spread throughout the las vegas convention center and surrounding hotels. it s great to be here, back in our studio overlooking part of the show. yeah, only part, though, because this place is big. how big? very big. to give you an idea of how huge, i ll tell you what, should we give them a whistlestop tour? i ll go that way, you go that way, i ll meet you halfway around. deal. all of the halls have pretty spectacular stands in, and you even get a bit of a theme in each one. this is the north hall and i m getting health care vibes from this place. here at the venetian expo is my favourite bit, eureka park, where some startups get small stands to set out their big ideas. the west hall is shiny and new and this is where all the car stuff is. and now, we re in the central hall to try out some haptic gloves that mean when you touch things in virtual reality, you can feel them. here, shake my hands. hello! i can feel you! that s so weird. you re tickling me. i am! have a little ti
russian aggression could encourage similar acts elsewhere, and china remained the central challenge for both the us and japan. newswatch will be here in around ten minutes time, but first on bbc news, it s click. let s get 2023 started in style. welcome to las vegas, where there s lights, sounds and a whole lotta shakin going on. uh, not sure this is what they meant, though. did that make you feel better? trust me, it made me feel everything. yes, everyjanuary, the tech world heads to the massive consumer electronics show spread throughout the las vegas convention center and surrounding hotels. it s great to be here, back in our studio overlooking part of the show. yeah, only part, though, because this place is big. how big? very big. to give you an idea of how huge, i ll tell you what, should we give them a whistlestop tour? i ll go that way, you go that way, i ll meet you halfway around. deal. all of the halls have pretty spectacular stands in, and you even get a bit of a
Tom shakespeare, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its great to be here. Its great to have you here. Now, in your personal life, in your professional life, everything has been intertwined in terms of your campaigning work, your academic work. I just wonder whether you ever for a moment considered going into something entirely disconnected from your own personal circumstances, Something Like accountancy, law, geology. And you know what . There are short people, restricted growth people, in all of those professions. There are farmers, teachers, solicitors, everything, who are short. But i didnt go that way. And so, as a social scientist, ive always been interested in what ive experienced. And so, obviously, disability has to be top of the list. Let me ask you about growing up, because your family has its own history, which is important, i think, to talk about. Your grandfather, it seems, experienced a mutation, a Genetic Mutation. My father. So he was born in 1927. William shakespeare unfo
welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s great to be here. it s great to have you here. now, in your personal life, in your professional life, everything has been intertwined in terms of your campaigning work, your academic work. i just wonder whether you ever for a moment considered going into something entirely disconnected from your own personal circumstances, something like accountancy, law, geology. and you know what? there are short people, restricted growth people, in all of those professions. there are farmers, teachers, solicitors, everything, who are short. but i didn t go that way. and so, as a social scientist, i ve always been interested in what i ve experienced. and so, obviously, disability has to be top of the list. let me ask you about growing up, because your family has its own history, which is important, i think, to talk about. your grandfather, it seems, experienced a mutation, a genetic mutation. my father. so he was born in 1927. william shakespeare unfor
no big surprise there, rates on hold but what does the bank of england thing happens next because it always got its eye on the future, hasn t it? yes, you are right. we saw this second hold in a row and i think what the expectation is going forward is that we will see interest rates higherfor longer. the chief economist at the bank of england has thought about this table mountain theory where interest rates go up and they are expected to raise at this elevated level for some time before we eventually see cuts, perhaps around august of next year, even a bit later. inflation is still really high, it still at 6.7%. of course, interest rates work with a lag so a lot of the hikes that we have already seen are yet to be priced in and filtering through into the economy. if there is still going to be kate king hold in the economy in the months ahead, inflation is going to come down but not down to that target it estimated until 25. that is inflation and interest rates, talk to me abo