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major— thatcher would say something, when john major was prime minister, for example. — john major was prime minister, for example, orthat john major was prime minister, for example, or that blair would under anything _ example, or that blair would under anything wau gordon brown was in power— anything wau gordon brown was in power and — anything wau gordon brown was in power and downing street for some and i power and downing street for some and i we _ power and downing street for some and i we are in a situation where we have _ and i we are in a situation where we have got— and i we are in a situation where we have got several former prime ministers, _ have got several former prime ministers, theresa may, boris johnson, — ministers, theresa may, boris johnson, liz truss, they are also knocking — johnson, liz truss, they are also knocking around and they cannot shut up. knocking around and they cannot shut up they _ knocking around and they cannot shut up. they are — knocking around and they cannot shut up. they are sounding off on whatever— up. they are sounding off on
major— thatcher would say something, when john major was prime minister, for example. — john major was prime minister, for example, orthat john major was prime minister, for example, or that blair would under anything _ example, or that blair would under anything wau gordon brown was in power— anything wau gordon brown was in power and — anything wau gordon brown was in power and downing street for some and i power and downing street for some and i we _ power and downing street for some...
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>> john major? >> john major? >> john, john, that was my minority report. >> i said you needed to keep track and trains together . you track and trains together. you would do it on a regional basis, but they needed to be subject to competitive challenge. and there would be a regulator to adjudicate pricing of slots and allocation of slots so that if the regional monopoly turned out to be bad for customers and bad on fares , there would be on fares, there would be a challenge and a regulator would use some of their slots for a competitor company . that was my competitor company. that was my model, so i don't know why i have to get insulted when somebody hasn't even read what i wrote about. these things made it very clear at the time that it very clear at the time that it was much better to keep track and train together. it was indeed an eu regulation, which made it extremely difficult to do that, and i suspect that's why my ideas were rejected . and why my ideas were rejected. and i think if you'd had that competit
>> john major? >> john major? >> john, john, that was my minority report. >> i said you needed to keep track and trains together . you track and trains together. you would do it on a regional basis, but they needed to be subject to competitive challenge. and there would be a regulator to adjudicate pricing of slots and allocation of slots so that if the regional monopoly turned out to be bad for customers and bad on fares , there would be on fares, there would be a...
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major to suffer an even worse defeat than that of sirjohn major to tony that of sir john major to tony blair in 1997. the poll suggested that labour could win more than 400 seats, achieving a majority of 154, with as many as 11 current cabinet ministers i'm sorry to say 1 or 2 former ministers losing their seats , ministers losing their seats, including the chancellor, jeremy hunt, and the leader of the house, penny mordaunt . and your house, penny mordaunt. and your obedient servant. is there anything that could done to anything that could be done to turn this round? is it too late to cut taxes? roll back green policies reform regulations policies and reform regulations to britain's animal to unleash britain's animal spirits? well, i'm joined now by gb news deputy political editor tom harwood, and my panel, former home office special adviser claire pearsall and the political commentator kai willsher. tom. and we all spend our lives talking about opinion polls. it's one of the great interests of both politicians and journalists covering politics. is this one particularly important at t
major to suffer an even worse defeat than that of sirjohn major to tony that of sir john major to tony blair in 1997. the poll suggested that labour could win more than 400 seats, achieving a majority of 154, with as many as 11 current cabinet ministers i'm sorry to say 1 or 2 former ministers losing their seats , ministers losing their seats, including the chancellor, jeremy hunt, and the leader of the house, penny mordaunt . and your house, penny mordaunt. and your obedient servant. is there...
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and yet john major got a majority of just over 20. but to that, i think this i don't think the polling in those days was quite as accurate as it is today . but i also think this i don't believe this ashcroft poll or many other polls that have been put out. i don't believe it's really about rishi sunak. i think if winston churchill came back and led the conservative party, it wouldn't really help their ratings very much. my belief is it's the conservative brand that's really taking the hit 14 years. people feel very let down. nobody quite believes anything. they come up with and say, and they keep changing leader anyway . how on earth leader anyway. how on earth we're getting rid of rishi sunak after the may the 2nd elections improve their prospects? i believe that the tory brand is absolutely in the bin . i don't absolutely in the bin. i don't think rishi can recover. but tell me am i wrong? can rishi recover? farage @gbnews. com now i'm joined on my right by scarlett mccgwire director of polling firm jr partners and gb news owen albi
and yet john major got a majority of just over 20. but to that, i think this i don't think the polling in those days was quite as accurate as it is today . but i also think this i don't believe this ashcroft poll or many other polls that have been put out. i don't believe it's really about rishi sunak. i think if winston churchill came back and led the conservative party, it wouldn't really help their ratings very much. my belief is it's the conservative brand that's really taking the hit 14...
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it just has all of these harbingers of, of john major's sort of dying days of government. >> of course, this is not the first time either, that menzies has been caught up in a scandal like this. >> certainly hasn't. i mean, he lost his ministerial status in the you'd the early coalition years. you'd have that he might have have thought that he might have been deselected they been deselected then, but they might about might have done something about it but not it then, but clearly not absolutely . absolutely. >> and what's what's particularly interesting as well is that these stories about tory sleaze seem to very, very quickly swamp out any discussion of similar stories in the news about the labour party , as we've about the labour party, as we've seen with angela rayner this week. so this is now the biggest story. >> that's certainly true, but there much more to there is so much more to talk about. covering all about. we'll be covering it all here on good afternoon britain. but headlines but first it's your headlines with tatiana. >> tom, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories
it just has all of these harbingers of, of john major's sort of dying days of government. >> of course, this is not the first time either, that menzies has been caught up in a scandal like this. >> certainly hasn't. i mean, he lost his ministerial status in the you'd the early coalition years. you'd have that he might have have thought that he might have been deselected they been deselected then, but they might about might have done something about it but not it then, but clearly...
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major >> we should say that john major had lot to do with that had an awful lot to do with that process as just be fair process as well, just to be fair and non—partisan. it's true. and non—partisan. and it's true. anyway, and bit and non—partisan. and it's true. anavay, and bit and non—partisan. and it's true. ana catch and bit and non—partisan. and it's true. ana catch 22 and bit and non—partisan. and it's true. ana catch 22 situation and bit and non—partisan. and it's true. ana catch 22 situation ford bit of a catch 22 situation for unattractive women, aka hefty lefties. >> loneliness prompts craving lefties. >> cake liness prompts craving lefties. >> cake .ness prompts craving for cake. >> loneliness prompts really pushing edge. i really pushing it to the edge. i really am coogan. >> okay, let's be serious. >> okay, let's let's be serious. loneliness prompts craving for cake in women. wedding cake in women. yeah, wedding cake researchers from ucla in the who the us found that women who perceive themselves to be lonely show brain activity in perceive themselves to be lo
major >> we should say that john major had lot to do with that had an awful lot to do with that process as just be fair process as well, just to be fair and non—partisan. it's true. and non—partisan. and it's true. anyway, and bit and non—partisan. and it's true. anavay, and bit and non—partisan. and it's true. ana catch and bit and non—partisan. and it's true. ana catch 22 and bit and non—partisan. and it's true. ana catch 22 situation and bit and non—partisan. and it's...
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days of the end of the john major regime, mired by endless sleaze. now it's seven that have fallen during this time. it's a nightmare. >> yeah it is. and paul mark menzies , yeah, the mp for fylde, menzies, yeah, the mp for fylde, he's alleged to have used thousands of pounds from donors to fund medical expenses and to have made a 78 year old aide to ask her for help because he had locked himself being locked up , locked himself being locked up, as he said, by bad people demanding for his release . demanding money for his release. mark menzies has denied, has denied wrongdoing . he's been denied all wrongdoing. he's been he's lost the tory whip. he's no longer a tory mp. the government's majority is falling in a commons in the commons. a commons overnight , in the commons. a commons overnight, yeah. in the commons. a commons overnight , yeah. another overnight, yeah. another problem. when you look at all the often when things are going wrong for you, they keep going wrong for you, they keep going wrong even when there's wrong for you, even when there
days of the end of the john major regime, mired by endless sleaze. now it's seven that have fallen during this time. it's a nightmare. >> yeah it is. and paul mark menzies , yeah, the mp for fylde, menzies, yeah, the mp for fylde, he's alleged to have used thousands of pounds from donors to fund medical expenses and to have made a 78 year old aide to ask her for help because he had locked himself being locked up , locked himself being locked up, as he said, by bad people demanding for his...
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for mom, with love. >> john: major criticism for president biden's title ix rewrite brother rule change was released on friday and include gender identity and-based discrimination for the first time. the concern for the new wording could pave the way for allowing biological men and women locker room and other single-sex spaces. absent from biden's revamp, anything to do with trans athletes. many people are saying the president's heart avoid is all politics as we close in from november. kim russell is the former women's head coach and end up independent women's forum ambassador. great to catch up with you again. as with a former education secretary betsy devos said about the title rewrite. "the biden administration's radical rewrite of title ix gets the half-century protections and opportunities for women and callously replaces them with radical gender theory as biden's car left the -- >> betsy devos is right on. while the biden administration has done is basically stripped women of all of our rights. they have stripped women of our opportunities to have single-sex spaces, specifically,
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i think 156 people contributed to this book, and it is everybody, from john major and brian laurenti, bob gates and secretary baker wrote the forward to bill clinton and nancy pelosi, to reba mcintyre, to the gardener at walker's point. and the timing of the book, you really can't make this up. it's perfect. and i am getting emails and text send calls from all over the country, from people who are reading the book and just so grateful for its positive message at this time. >> the new book is entitled character matters, and other life lessons from george h.w. bush. jean becker, your publisher was right, 100%. thank you so much for doing this , and congratulations on the book. and john meacham, thank you as well. >>> coming up, a new broadway play documents the rise of vladimir putin, from the mayor of st. petersburg to one of the longest-running leaders in russian history. russian history. the day. what people don't know is that not all dirt is the same. you need dirt with the right kind of nutrients. look at this new organic soil from miracle-gro. everybody should have it. it worked g
i think 156 people contributed to this book, and it is everybody, from john major and brian laurenti, bob gates and secretary baker wrote the forward to bill clinton and nancy pelosi, to reba mcintyre, to the gardener at walker's point. and the timing of the book, you really can't make this up. it's perfect. and i am getting emails and text send calls from all over the country, from people who are reading the book and just so grateful for its positive message at this time. >> the new book...
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john fisher, major league baseball and the elected officials of oakland alameda county, former a's executive andy do weighing in on the future of the coliseum with the a's moving to sacramento, the you can see this book over my shoulder. >> it's called goodbye. oakland village, referring to a book he co authored about the history of how bay area sports teams like the warriors and raiders left oakland. as for the coliseum, do says several 100 workers from security management operations, concessions. >> and parking will be impacted. the coliseum was the last town square. >> left in open that people of all backgrounds could get together and celebrate their sports change. and now it is going to be a quiet location. >> and a council member, rebecca kaplan posted on social media, a list of possibilities to fill the coliseum space that she referred to an op-ed she penned 5 years ago and some ideas include affordable housing, a music venue and a convention site in the newsroom. gayle ong kron, 4 news. thank you. gayle a's fans can already go to the website to put in a deposit for season tickets said
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john fisher, major league baseball and the elected officials of oakland alameda county, former a's executive andy do let's weighing in on the future of the coliseum with the a's moving to sacramento, the you can see this book over my shoulder. >> it's called goodbye. oakland viulage, referring to a book he co authored about the history of how bay area sports teams like the warriors and raiders left oakland. as for the coliseum, do says several 100 workers from security management operations, concessions. >> and parking will be impacted. the coliseum was the last town square. >> left in open that people of all backgrounds could get together and celebrate their sports change. and now it is going to be a quiet location. >> council member rebecca kaplan posted on the social media list of possibilities to fill the coliseum space. a list she is referring from an op-ed she penned of 5 years ago. that includes affordable housing, a music venue and possibly a can tension site. so a lot. it's a long list. so there's a lot to talk about love to see what comes out of this. >> well, hopefully, you know,
john fisher, major league baseball and the elected officials of oakland alameda county, former a's executive andy do let's weighing in on the future of the coliseum with the a's moving to sacramento, the you can see this book over my shoulder. >> it's called goodbye. oakland viulage, referring to a book he co authored about the history of how bay area sports teams like the warriors and raiders left oakland. as for the coliseum, do says several 100 workers from security management...
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but that goes back to things like john major's soapbox or whatever. i mean, politicians do to have a particular do that to have a particular image they put out to the public, as indeed you do . public, as indeed you do. >> i'm who i am. it's very >> i'm just who i am. it's very straightforward. anyway, thank you up next, you to my panel. coming up next, a former prime minister a certain former prime minister whose have heard whose father you may have heard of, has invoked another of, too, has invoked another former minister his former prime minister in his censure of the nanny state's attack on and cigar attack on tobacco and cigar smokers. forget smokers. plus, don't forget today's book today's nations book club features archduke eduard von habsburg on his new book, the habsburg on his new book, the habsburg way well, we've been discussing deportations and harold wilson's. and you've been sending in your mail. moggs graham says the softer we are on migrants, the greater their incentive to flock. it is incentive to flock. here. it is unsustainable. re
but that goes back to things like john major's soapbox or whatever. i mean, politicians do to have a particular do that to have a particular image they put out to the public, as indeed you do . public, as indeed you do. >> i'm who i am. it's very >> i'm just who i am. it's very straightforward. anyway, thank you up next, you to my panel. coming up next, a former prime minister a certain former prime minister whose have heard whose father you may have heard of, has invoked another...
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in the health ministry, the is really offensive, has killed at least $34450.00 full palestinians and johns, the majority of them being women and children. meanwhile and as well as far right administered as opposed to deal with him. us national security in minnesota. it's in the bank. this of the deal would mean the dissolution that the government's on the find out when is the into and the other to feel the fire. cleveland, if they're going to, if he decides to fly a white flag and cancel the order to conquer rafa immediately to complete the mission of destroying him. us and restore peace for the residents of southern israel and all of the country citizens and return our productive brothers and sisters were held hostage to their homes. then the government, who had will have no rights of existence. most of the city is ready, public continues to pay for the return of hostages. from her most pop, tennessee. alienness of the government protests were held in tel aviv protest as quote the elections and demanded the return of as well as from johnson to city guns and the position need it. yeah, i l
in the health ministry, the is really offensive, has killed at least $34450.00 full palestinians and johns, the majority of them being women and children. meanwhile and as well as far right administered as opposed to deal with him. us national security in minnesota. it's in the bank. this of the deal would mean the dissolution that the government's on the find out when is the into and the other to feel the fire. cleveland, if they're going to, if he decides to fly a white flag and cancel the...
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end of end of the john major. 18 of the end of the john major. 18 years of conservative government. it all ends in farce. in every week in farce. it ended in every week in 1997, before blair's landslide. we had some shame faced husband at the front gate of the house with the wife and kids. you know, the david mellor wearing a chelsea strip and sucking the toes of antonia de santa, i got that, that's right. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so basically it's the end of it's the end of days now. it's ending in fast. it's the end of days now. it's ending in fast . this tory ending in fast. this tory government, i mean, you know, it's been 14 in the last. however many years, hasn't it. i mean, i on i'd be mean, ijust on i'd be interested to see what everyone thinks. is it that narcissistic , thinks. is it that narcissistic, reckless people are drawn towards politics because it seems to me what these men are doing is madness. it's personal madness , isn't it? madness, isn't it? >> matthew laza is there a case that mps pay? i mean, it went up to something like was it £93,000 in course. yeah in recent
end of end of the john major. 18 of the end of the john major. 18 years of conservative government. it all ends in farce. in every week in farce. it ended in every week in 1997, before blair's landslide. we had some shame faced husband at the front gate of the house with the wife and kids. you know, the david mellor wearing a chelsea strip and sucking the toes of antonia de santa, i got that, that's right. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so basically it's the end of it's the end of days...
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in the 1990s, we saw the tail end, the fag end of the john major era , mired by sleaze, john major era, mired by sleaze, sort of make this lot feel like a tea party. look at the mark menzies situation. a 3 am. call for a ransom letter. we're seeing the labour party today. it's been claimed they destroyed evidence in the angela rayner case. two police investigations on the go. and then what's going on the go. and then what's going on with the snp . and there'll be on with the snp. and there'll be the seventh seat now. owen paterson imran ahmed khan, neil parish, david warburton , chris parish, david warburton, chris pincher, peter bone, scott benton the roll call of shame is politics completely in the gutter. catherine it's very depressing, isn't it? >> and of course, it's only 18 months since rishi sunak came in and he stood there and he said, i'm going to lead a government which is going to have integrity vie accountability and professionalism at every level. and so many of the people that you have just named, he has had to sack or remove the whip from in the 18 months since he's been
in the 1990s, we saw the tail end, the fag end of the john major era , mired by sleaze, john major era, mired by sleaze, sort of make this lot feel like a tea party. look at the mark menzies situation. a 3 am. call for a ransom letter. we're seeing the labour party today. it's been claimed they destroyed evidence in the angela rayner case. two police investigations on the go. and then what's going on the go. and then what's going on with the snp . and there'll be on with the snp. and there'll...
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and john major was a underrated, underrated a kind of underrated, underrated , ken clarke in particular. >> his chancellor very good. >> his chancellor was very good. yeah. true because they yeah. that's true because they lost, had lost, because they had that black like in black wednesday thing like in 92.and black wednesday thing like in 92. and then they limped on for like four whole years. yeah. and there's and there's the corruption and things that brought sleaze. >> yeah. yeah yeah. >> yeah. yeah yeah. >> which of course they have now with rig wriggle. his with rag rig wriggle. what's his name? yeah. a w right. >> oh yeah. with a w right. >> oh yeah. with a w right. >> yeah. it's very major >> yeah, yeah. it's very major ish. kind of last days of rome thing that you saw with the tax, the non—dom tax policy, is the non—dom tax policy, which is kind of a modification. >> labour's modified hunts kind of a modification. >> lalonr's modified hunts kind of a modification. >> lalon non—domsi hunts kind of a modification. >> lalon non—doms to jnts kind of a modification. >> lalon n
and john major was a underrated, underrated a kind of underrated, underrated , ken clarke in particular. >> his chancellor very good. >> his chancellor was very good. yeah. true because they yeah. that's true because they lost, had lost, because they had that black like in black wednesday thing like in 92.and black wednesday thing like in 92. and then they limped on for like four whole years. yeah. and there's and there's the corruption and things that brought sleaze. >> yeah....
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the prime minister's satisfaction rating has also dropped to an historic low of —59, matching john major's record. the public also appear divided on a conservative's leadership change, with 37% calling for a shift. sir keir starmer maintains his lead in the polls, but he too faces a drop in satisfaction , down from 29% to satisfaction, down from 29% to 25 since february. and prince harry has officially listed the united states as his primary residence, according to documents filed in the uk. the change was made last summer. he and his wife meghan, moved to america after stepping back from royal duties in 2020. for the latest stories , sign up to gb latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> for exclusive, limited edition and rare gold coins that are always newsworthy, rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . news financial report. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2473 and ,1.1687. the price of gold is £1,908.81 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7866 poi
the prime minister's satisfaction rating has also dropped to an historic low of —59, matching john major's record. the public also appear divided on a conservative's leadership change, with 37% calling for a shift. sir keir starmer maintains his lead in the polls, but he too faces a drop in satisfaction , down from 29% to satisfaction, down from 29% to 25 since february. and prince harry has officially listed the united states as his primary residence, according to documents filed in the uk....
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it's major came in it's like john major came in after boris after maggie thatcher, boris johnson, when he started, he was the ministers the carlsberg of prime ministers because he could reach part of the that nobody the electorate that nobody else could. into this could. he then turned into this marmite watching could. he then turned into this marwhole watching could. he then turned into this marwhole media watching could. he then turned into this marwhole media rollervatching could. he then turned into this marwhole media roller coaster could. he then turned into this mtemotionnedia roller coaster could. he then turned into this mtemotion is dia roller coaster could. he then turned into this mtemotion is brilliant. coaster of emotion is brilliant. so i like that could work on that like that we could work on that bafis like that we could work on that basis could then basis because we could then mould appropriate politician mould an appropriate politician to mould. mould an appropriate politician to yeah, mould. mould an appropriate politician to yeah, yeah..d. mould an appropriate pol
it's major came in it's like john major came in after boris after maggie thatcher, boris johnson, when he started, he was the ministers the carlsberg of prime ministers because he could reach part of the that nobody the electorate that nobody else could. into this could. he then turned into this marmite watching could. he then turned into this marwhole watching could. he then turned into this marwhole media watching could. he then turned into this marwhole media rollervatching could. he then...
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but it all has echoes of john major's sleaze ridden administration in 1997. now climate alarmists got very excited to see dubai flooded with rain this week, with wild scenes of hotels and shopping centres knee deep in water in what is basically normally an arabian desert. even aeroplanes struggled to navigate the runway. such were the levels of flooding, of course. predictably, this news was met with excitement and glee by net zero fanatics who will stop at nothing to stir up hysteria around climate change, except that some have been speculating that some have been speculating that the dubai authorities. that's right, the dubai authorities have been indulging in something called cloud seeding, where they essentially plant rain into the clouds in order to bring moisture to this arid landscape . now, if that's arid landscape. now, if that's true, it's probably best to leave nature to its own devices. the same could be said for a certain virus laboratory in wuhan. meanwhile, the climate cult will continue to seize on any unusual weather to prove that the world i
but it all has echoes of john major's sleaze ridden administration in 1997. now climate alarmists got very excited to see dubai flooded with rain this week, with wild scenes of hotels and shopping centres knee deep in water in what is basically normally an arabian desert. even aeroplanes struggled to navigate the runway. such were the levels of flooding, of course. predictably, this news was met with excitement and glee by net zero fanatics who will stop at nothing to stir up hysteria around...
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john fisher, major league baseball and the elected officials oakland alameda county. the you can see this book over my shoulder. it's called goodbye. dave newhouse, a longtime high-quality sports columnist for the been open tribune. and i wrote this book taking out about a year ago and it goes into the history for those that are interested. and how did we lose the warriors? how did we the oakland raiders? how are we losing? the oakland a's? how did we lose? a professional hockey called the golden seals ineptness on the part of these 3 entities, baseball jon fisher and the city and the i can try to sugarcoat it, but i can't no major american city lost 3 major professional sports teams in such a short period of time. the finger points directly in work. >> how many workers do see impacted by this decision at the coliseum? >> when we were selling out at the coliseum and people sort of forget that. but under the haas family, many years we were drawing millions of fans, not thousands of fans of states are now a full compliment at a sell out game which is 7 in a while could
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but it all has echoes of john major's sleaze ridden administration in 1997. now climate alarmists got very excited to see dubai flooded with rain this week, with wild scenes of hotels and shopping centres knee deep in water in what is basically normally an arabian desert. even aeroplanes struggled to navigate the runway. such were the levels of flooding, of course. predictably, this news was met with excitement and glee by net zero fanatics who will stop at nothing to stir up hysteria around climate change, except that some have been speculating that some have been speculating that the dubai authorities. that's right, the dubai authorities have been indulging in something called cloud seeding, where they essentially plant rain into the clouds in order to bring moisture to this arid landscape . now, if that's arid landscape. now, if that's true, it's probably best to leave nature to its own devices. the same could be said for a certain virus laboratory in wuhan. meanwhile, the climate cult will continue to seize on any unusual weather to prove that the world i
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major himself in that john major found himself in in 1997 where he, he had to plead with, his, his own mps not to put opposition to the single currency in their personal, manifestos, because, i mean , it manifestos, because, i mean, it would just divide the tory party down the middle. i mean, it's not just the cabinet. i mean, if you look at the parliamentary party, the one nation group claims they're claims 100 tory members. they're absolutely opposed to putting something like that in the manifesto, a commitment to leave the echr so i think that would divide the tory party deeply on the eve of an election campaign. >> john, i wonder if, the, the mood music is changing a little with regards to the echr among the general public, i imagine that perhaps readers of the independent and those working at your fine publication might scoff at the idea of leaving the echr. might think it's echr. they might think it's a far right idea, or something that headbangers think. but that only headbangers think. but then if you look at the, this ruling that we saw earlier on in the week with this relatin
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>> well, john, one major concern we still don't have much research or data on these nicotine pouches. so there is a debate here on one hand, these pouches are marketed for adults ages 21 and older who have a history of using nicotine. so some users use them to help you quit smoking but on the other hand, like you said, they're packaged to kind of look like candy and there's concerns about making them accessible to children. and at a young age, if a teenager starts using nicotine pouches, they can develop a nicotine addiction. so what we know about nicotine pouches, they are tobacco-free and the way that that you use them, they are put between the cheek and the gum and you kind of hold them in your mouth and you do it does provide nicotine, so you do get doses of nicotine and they're easily hidden in the mouth when they're used. but that nicotine that it provides, that's a concern among health experts. we know know that nicotine is associated with cardiovascular effects. there's concerns about holding these pouches in your mouth. the impact it could have on your dental health. and of c
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john. let's get a quick check of the roads this morning. again, nothing major happening. it's nice and friday, light for most. >> and that's certainly the case here at the bay bridge, which is a 12 minute ride to get from the macarthur maze into san francisco. we're also seeing a nice shot here of the san mateo bridge highway. 92 were again, traffic moving at the limit from hayward out towards foster city. 14 minutes to cross that part of the bay. up to the richmond, sandra fell bridge west bound 5.80, looking good. in fact that back up at the toll plaza in our last update. all but gone now pretty easy ride. 11 minutes across the san pablo bay. and then a final stop for the golden gate bridge where under blue skies, you've got southbound, 1, 1, traffic moving swiftly from nevado up at highway. 37 all the way down into san francisco. just 24 minutes to drive that stretch own is looking beautiful out there. >> let's head to the south bay because apple planning to lay off more than 600 of its workers, various locations in santa clara. the tech company recently notified state
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major did against tony blair. so could they do something drastic? let us know. >> things around is rishi sunak all words and no trousers. do you think he could possibly take us out of the echr? should he let us know? gb views gb news. com it's your headlines with com but it's your headlines with sam . sam. >> tom and emily. >> tom and emily. >> thank you very much. and good afternoon from the newsroom. 12:03. and as we heard from tom and emily, the prime minister says that britain could pull out of the european convention on human rights if it obstructs the government's rwanda plan. rishi sunak says controlling illegal migration is more important than membership to the echr, and he would not let what he called the foreign court interfere in sovereign matters . labour, sovereign matters. labour, though, has accused the prime minister of trying to appease the hard right of the conservative party more than 600 british legal experts, including three former supreme court judges, are calling on the uk to stop sending ar
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john fisher, major league baseball and the elected officials of oakland alameda county, former a's executive andy do weighing in on the future of the coliseum with the a's moving to sacramento, the you can see this book over my shoulder. >> it's called goodbye. oakland village, referring to a book he co authored about the history of how bay area sports teams like the warriors and raiders left oakland. as for the coliseum, do says several 100 workers from security management operations, concessions. >> and parking will be impacted. the coliseum was the last town square. >> left in open that people of all backgrounds could get together and celebrate their sports change. and now it is going to be a quiet location. >> and a council member, rebecca kaplan posted on social media, a list of possibilities to fill the coliseum space. that she referred to an op-ed she penned 5 years ago and some ideas include affordable housing, a music venue and a convention site in the newsroom. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> well, this will also be the last a season for hundreds of vendors that have worked the coliseum
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one of my favorite yotes in the book is former prime minister john major of great britain who wrote that working with george herbert walker bush was like taking a master class in leadership. and there is just a lot to learn from him. and so, that is everyone's assignment. read the book. and then you could figure out how you feel about what is doing on today. it is not right. it shouldn't be this way. >> when you think about him and you think about his private relationships, across -- with other world leaders, with people in other political parties, what do you think the importance was of those? >> he got a lot done because he was willing to reach across the aisle, the 1990 budget deal is a great example of that. senator rob portman and rob mcclure write about that very eloquently in this book. what he was also famous for calling world leaders and some heads of state who weren't exactly world leaders every single day. he would just call and check in. so, when sudden an hussein invades kuwait and he puts together a coalition of countries, a lot, it wasn't that hard because they all trusted
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john fisher, major league baseball and the elected officials of oakland alameda county, former a's executive andy do weighing in on the future of the coliseum with the a's moving to sacramento, the you can see this book over my shoulder. >> it's called goodbye. oakland village, referring to a book he co authored about the history of how bay area sports teams like the warriors and raiders left oakland. as for the coliseum, do says several 100 workers from security management operations, concessions. >> and parking will be impacted. the coliseum was the last town square. >> left in open that people of all backgrounds could get together and celebrate their sports change. and now it is going to be a quiet location. >> and a council member, rebecca kaplan posted on social media, a list of possibilities to fill the coliseum space. that she referred to an op-ed she penned 5 years ago and some ideas include affordable housing, a music venue and a convention site in the newsroom. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> but 10, 0, 7, is the time. and the a's will also, i should say the last a season for hundreds o
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chad well, john, house majority leader steve scalise tells fox that the gop will shift its legislative agenda for next week, focusing on israel and iran. the house hadn't planned to address appliance legislation. the liberty and laundry act and the affordable air conditioning act that's canceled now. the house will instead turn to bills to support israel and condemn iran . scalise said there could be an aid package for israel, but he did not rule out a comprehensive aid bill for israel, ukraine and taiwan. now, the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, reiterated that the house should pass the international aid supplemental spending bill that includes money for ukraine. and in just the past couple of moments, the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, he's echoed mitch mcconnell. he says, quote, given the events of tonight, it is even clear that the best way to help israel is for the house to pass the senate's bipartisan national security supplemental bill next week. now, scalise tells fox he would not rule out assisting ukraine. scalise also says the house will revive a resolution
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john fisher, major league baseball and the elected officials of oakland alameda county, former a's executive andy do weighing in on the future of the coliseum with the a's moving to sacramento, the you can see this book over my shoulder. >> it's called goodbye. oakland village, referring to a book he co-authored about the history of how bay area sports teams like the warriors and raiders left oakland. as for the coliseum, do says several 100 workers from security management operations, concessions. >> and parking will be impacted. the coliseum was the last town square. >> left in open that people of all backgrounds could get together and celebrate their sports teams. and now it is going to be a quiet location. >> and a council member, rebecca kaplan posted on social media, a list of possibilities to fill the coliseum space. that she referred to an she penned 5 years ago and some ideas include affordable housing, a music venue and a convention site in the newsroom. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> well, this will also be the last a season for hundreds of vendors that work there at the coliseum. sel
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john fisher, major league baseball and the elected officials of oakland alameda county, former a's executive andy do let's weighing in on the future of the coliseum with the a's moving to sacramento, the you can see this book over my shoulder. >> it's called goodbye. oakland village, referring to a book he co authored about the history of how bay area sports teams like the warriors and raiders left oakland. as for the coliseum, do it says several 100 workers from security management operations, concessions. >> and parking will be impacted. the coliseum was the last town square. >> left in open that people of all backgrounds could get together and celebrate their sports teams. and now it is going to be a quiet location. >> and a council member, rebecca kaplan posted on social media, a list of possibilities to fill the coliseum space. that she referred to an op-ed she penned 5 years ago and some ideas include affordable housing, a music venue and a convention site in the newsroom. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> well, this will be the last a season for hundreds of vendors at the coliseum as well. e
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i mean, i did a story about john major years ago doing worse than that. i did a story about paul nuttall, the ukip leader, worse that. leader, doing worse than that. but shows the but what it shows is the inadequacies of both rayner and starmer. and when starmer says it would be inappropriate to look at the legal advice. what complete rubbish. find me a decent lawyer in the kingdom who agrees with that. why is it inappropriate if i was the boss of a of a company and one of my senior executives had got into trouble like this and said they had legal advice, the first thing i'd say is, well, bring me the advice, and it makes the legal advice, and it makes everybody that legal everybody think that the legal advice than 100% advice is less than 100% supportive. important supportive. it's also important for three other reasons, and i'm sorry if i'm stealing all my colleagues points. >> first, enjoy the spotlight. >> first, enjoy the spotlight. >> first, enjoy the spotlight. >> first, starmer michael crick tonight for first time, one of starmer's selling points
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a good organization, but we saw the joy that vivek ranadivé had with john fisher. right, when is the last time john fisher grabbed a microphone and had that kind of enthusiasm in front of fans of the oakland a's? >> not even the day he bought the team by the way? >> no. so there's so much, duplicity here between all of these entities. and as vivek ranadivé gone? you know, if we show really well, maybe baseball will look at us as an expansion market because sacramento, though, has done great work with the kings. there are large enough city. there's disposable income. maybe this could work. and so keep keep the rumor mill flying, but if you think of the hearts, minds and souls of these tens of millions of a's fans that have been sold out by john fisher and major league baseball, it is absolutely despicable. >> well, it hurts as a kid that went there. you know, in the late 60s, early 70s, as a young kid, going to miss him in a big way. >> well, since we're ending, can i show you something that i have that not a lot of people have? i have my own world series trophy fr
a good organization, but we saw the joy that vivek ranadivé had with john fisher. right, when is the last time john fisher grabbed a microphone and had that kind of enthusiasm in front of fans of the oakland a's? >> not even the day he bought the team by the way? >> no. so there's so much, duplicity here between all of these entities. and as vivek ranadivé gone? you know, if we show really well, maybe baseball will look at us as an expansion market because sacramento, though, has...
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major in 1994 and a one jeremy corbyn in 2019. and with reform uk just six points behind the tories and snapping at sunaks heels , their founder sunaks heels, their founder nigel farage believes it's curtains for the conservatives at the next election. >> i don't believe it's really about rishi sunak. i think if winston churchill came back and led the conservative party, it wouldn't really help their ratings very much. my belief is it's the conservative brand that's really taking the hit. i believe that the tory brand is absolutely in the bin. i don't think rishi can recover. but tell me, am i wrong ? tell me, am i wrong? >> tory mp dame andrea jenkins joins me now. good evening andrea, thank you so much for joining me , is your party doomed joining me, is your party doomed at the election or is there any way back? is nigel right that even sir winston churchill couldn't look i like couldn't save you? look i like and respect nigel, and i'd love to have seen him in the lords for he did fighting for for what he did fighting for brexi
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maxwell i mean, a free market on the rails is the idea that john major's government had in 95, 96. it hasn't worked, has it? i mean , hasn't worked, has it? i mean, of all the things that should be state owned, probably the water, maybe , and the rail, there's no maybe, and the rail, there's no real competition. >> well there is. you can get competition on the rails. i mean, what my favourite comparisons is of course with, with aeroplanes, you know, there's only so many aeroplane slots and yet, you know, you don't really struggle with, you know, bad service on airlines unless it's quite a bad airline. >> but they seem to go out of business quite quickly, you know, when major set out the big reforms back in the 90s and the adam smith institute were helping the treasury get their way through this, you know, the two big things about competition efficiency, those haven't been reached . reached. >> and that's a huge, huge problem. and it's something, you know, that we all need to acknowledge. but that's a way of fixing the current system, make it more efficient, allow us to have proper
maxwell i mean, a free market on the rails is the idea that john major's government had in 95, 96. it hasn't worked, has it? i mean , hasn't worked, has it? i mean, of all the things that should be state owned, probably the water, maybe , and the rail, there's no maybe, and the rail, there's no real competition. >> well there is. you can get competition on the rails. i mean, what my favourite comparisons is of course with, with aeroplanes, you know, there's only so many aeroplane slots...
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is a major focus as we head toward the presidential ele election. now this. >> my daughter is getting out of school and saving all my money and she doesn't have any student loans, do i get the money back? of course not. so we will pay for people who did not save any money? and those of us who did the right thing get screwed? >> john: we remember that famous moment four years ago and that frustration still lies with many americans as president biden pitches his student loan bailout plan. is he really offering relief or just transferring the burden to someone else? >> sandra: plus jpmorgan ceo out with his biggest inflation morning at on an economic environment that may be as bad as world war ii? we will get reaction from charles payne when he joins us live onset next. one: call newday and apply. two: take out an average of $70,000. three: pay off your credit cards ♪ i'm gonna hold you forever... ♪ ♪ i'll be there... ♪ ♪ you don't... ♪ ♪ you don't have to worry... ♪ >> tech: at safelite, we'll take care of fixing your windshield. but d
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tv+ to netflix, so their first major release john has had full control over comes out at the end of this year. they think they have annexed "frozen." -- they think they have the next "frozen." they have -- if you are sitting at the paramount board, you are in a tough situation. stock is down dramatically. you have the year-to-date up, but if you look at the last several years, this has not been a good stock. the management team has made what appears to be critical mistakes by entering the streaming wars believing they could compete with the netflixes and the disneys. they clearly can't, so the question is, what do you do? start shutting things down, fire everyone, or look for a strategic merger that, even if it is not great in the short term financially, gives long-term growth potential or at least a story the board can get, double with? my guess is the board is getting comfortable with that story being the best alternative. caroline: that story still being written as we stand. rich greenfield, great to have time with you today. that does it for this edition of "bloomberg technology
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. >> well, that's the thing, isn't it, john major? >> minded that was >> that minded because that was a everyone, wasn't it? >> we all lived through the 90s thinking was boring, thinking like he was boring, and then what he got up then you find out what he got up to. sorts shenanigans. to. all sorts of shenanigans. >> and, legs weren't , >> yeah. and, his legs weren't, salmonella by the end of it salmonella free by the end of it , of the phrase were a free of something. steve. >> moving on. >> moving on. >> i suppose statistically, the least likely to have an affair would have been liz truss. just because the amount time. because the amount of time. >> yeah, days. because the amount of time. >> you1, days. because the amount of time. >> you wouldn't;. because the amount of time. >> you wouldn't be able to pencil it in. imagine that. >> if she had done be. >> if she had done that'd be. that'd brilliant tag to the that'd be a brilliant tag to the quiz wouldn't quiz question, wouldn't it? >> read the book yet, >> i've not read the book y
. >> well, that's the thing, isn't it, john major? >> minded that was >> that minded because that was a everyone, wasn't it? >> we all lived through the 90s thinking was boring, thinking like he was boring, and then what he got up then you find out what he got up to. sorts shenanigans. to. all sorts of shenanigans. >> and, legs weren't , >> yeah. and, his legs weren't, salmonella by the end of it salmonella free by the end of it , of the phrase were a free of...