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00:00¿Qué es el rey de la República?
00:02Naturalmente, un escritor no va a admirar un rey de la República de los españoles que quiere matar la República de la República de la República.
00:11Es difícil de ver, es difícil de ver.
00:15Él realmente se sentía que tenía el derecho de imponer su voluntad en toda Europa.
00:25This is not an unusual thing for kings to believe, or even presidents.
00:33And if we think about the United States, it has a doctrine called the Monroe Doctrine,
00:38which basically means we are the boss and we do what we like.
00:44So it's not unusual, but of course then there's a conflict.
00:50And Spain in the 16th century was the big bad bully, a little bit like the United States in Vietnam.
00:59Most people in the 16th century thought that it was quite right to kill people who had the wrong religion.
01:06And of course, tragically, in the world today, there are still people who think it's their duty to kill people who have the wrong religion.
01:15So it's not over yet.
01:18And it interests, I think it's interesting to ask, what drives the person who says,
01:29I'm going to kill those people because they worship the wrong God?
01:33What drives that?
01:35And what drives that movement?
01:37Because arguments about religion are never just about religion.
01:40They're always about power and money as well, and politics.
01:44And so I thought it would be interesting in a column of five to explore that network, power, money, and religion.
01:58My work is not highbrow.
01:59And I don't mind anybody saying that.
02:09You know what?
02:11I'll make a comparison.
02:12When we go to a musical concert, there are some people who admire the violinist's technique.
02:23But most of us are there for the tunes.
02:26We like that music.
02:29So a highbrow approach is almost technical.
02:33It's looking at the thing in an analytical way.
02:36And that's not the way people read my books.
02:42People enjoy the tunes.
02:43They enjoy the story.
02:47And highbrow literature is often...
02:49Highbrow literature often doesn't have a story.
02:54And that's okay for the people who like that sort of thing.
02:57And I actually read that sort of thing myself quite often.
02:59So if people say Follett's work is not highbrow, I say, you're absolutely right, it's not.
03:07We know Jeremy Corbyn, Barbara and I.
03:10And I thought he was kind of harmless.
03:15But this is before he became leader of the party.
03:18He believes everything I believed in 1965.
03:22He hasn't changed since then.
03:24I have.
03:25I'm still a Labour Party member and it makes it very difficult for me that I have so many disagreements with the man who is now the leader of my party.
03:35And all I can do is sit still and wait and see what happens.
03:40He won't be the leader forever.