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This Week's Guest:
David Davis
16 November 2008
Repeated
21 December 2008 |
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David's Choice |
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Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the Conservative politician David Davis.
Born just before Christmas in 1948 to a single mother he was brought up in poverty in first York and then London. He says that he learnt early on the importance of not running away from a challenge and his grandfather and step-father taught him how to face up to his own fears.
He went on to join the SAS through the territorial army and, during his career at Westminster, has earned the nicknames "Bone Crusher" and "Bovver Boy".
Yet he shocked his own party when, in June last summer, he stood down as Shadow Home Secretary and announced he was going to campaign against what he saw as a fundamental assault by the government on our civil liberties.
In this personal interview, he describes the anxieties that beset him as he made that decision - and the extent to which his political life changed as a result of it. |
1. Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major
Performer The Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
Composer Pachelbel
CD Title The Best of Baroque Track
10 Label
EMI Rec No CDZ7625262
2. Get the Party Started
Performer Pink
Composer L Perry
CD Title Pink: Get the Party Started
Track 1
Label ARISTA
Rec No 74321913372
3. Another Day in Paradise
Performer Phil Collins
Composer Phil Collins
CD Title Phil Collins…But Seriously
Track 7
Label VIRGIN
Rec No CDV2620
4. The Ashokan Farewell
Performer Ungar and Mason
Composer Ungar and Mason
CD Title Classical Chillout
Track 12
Label VIRGIN
Rec No VTDCD 408
5. Un Bel Di – One Fine Day
Performer Kiri Te Kanawa
Composer Puccini
CD Title Verdi/Puccini:Arias:Kiri Te Kanawa
Track 10
Label CBS CD
Rec No 37298
6. Stealing My Democracy
Performer Mundy-Turner
Composer Jay Turner
CD Title Ha’Penny Tweedle
Track 9
Label GYPSY RECORDS
Rec No gypc016
7. Brothers in Arms
Performer Dire Straits
Composer Mark Knopfler
CD Title Brothers in Arms: Dire Straits
Track 9
Label VERTIGO
Rec No 8244992
8. Schindler’s List
Performer Itzhak Perlman
Composer John Williams
CD Title Schindler’s List soundtrack
Track 1
Label MCA
Rec No MCD10969
Record: One Fine Day -Kiri te Kanawa
Book: The complete works of Iain Banks
Luxury: A magic wine cellar which never runs out |
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