SpIrIt, a polItIcal correspondent for the tImes and Andrew FIsher who wrItes for the I. Thank you both for beIng wIth us. Tell me lara what do you thInk KeIr Starmer has do today . When you speak to people In labour about what they want to achIeve, they want KeIr Starmer to put a stamp on thIs conference and say what he belIeves In and what the government Is for, we have had ale dIffIcult couple of weeks for the government, we have had storIes about donor gate, freebIes and dIffIcult storIes about the salary of chIef of staff. Some are sayIng that Is because there a voId that starmer has left and Into that voId he needs to state what It Is he needs. So we need to see from hIm today there Is a real sense he needs to stamp hIs authorIty on thIs conference. Another thIn andrew was the sense we got from the government about tough decIsIon, the WInter Fuel Payment whIch was a contentIous decIsIon about that for mIllIons and we have heard from some sayIng you need to Inject more optImIsm whI
they did last year by this time this year. the whole year last year, so, it is really working for retailers. heather: when we aring a great separated with the christmas lights out here on the streets in new york and we see the advertisements in the stores, already, we . guest: it is our fault. it is because we are doing it on purpose. i am having greg to my shopping. health i have enough creeps in my life. is this cautious optimism? guest: it is a bad sign we are only increasing by 1 percent. there is not much money. people are doing it in a budget conscious way. we have a last uncertainty about the election. get out there. you will get the deals before black friday. the research shows now that all of that waiting for the big day
from an independent panel working on this? isn t that what you would hope for? the voters approved this independent commission. it has not been a smooth process. it is for those of us that are in office. it s been long and strenuous. it was created so no majority in the legislature could feather their own nest. while there s not 100% satisfaction, at least on my behalf, what is true is what the governor did and the state senate did was i think is potentially illegal, unconstitutional and they did it in the middle with no time, no due process for the chair of the commission to be able to respond and more importantly, it s a kangaroo court. this was all predetermined. this is to protect the four incumbent republicans that are in congress right now to make sure that they have a district that secures them. and i really believe that what has been done here adds another very ugly and painful episode to the legacy that jan brewer and this legislature have provided to the nation about arizon
while some businesses in oakland closed altogether today, some stays open but decided to go cash only so big banks and credit card companies would not be taken their pound of flesh from the local businesses today. again, this is general, right? there is not a specific target. there s not a specific agenda. this is about saying the system shouldn t only work for the rich, period. as occupy oakland quite radically keeps things vague, keeps things general on the west coast, we are heading into a weekend where people are expected to take some very, very specific, very personal action as part of the 99%. this saturday, november 5th, has been unofficially declared bank transfer day across the country. it s part of the move your money project which is encouraging people to quite literally move their money out of big banks and into community banks and credit unions, even though the big day isn t until saturday, this is a movement that is already spreading across the country. in seattle, becu