the government should be trying harder to resolve the dispute. i think that there is a deal to be done. every single day that those workers have been on strike, they ve lost pay. so they don t want to do this. they want to find a resolution. for many businesses, especially cafes, restaurants and theatres, the timing of the latest strikes couldn t be worse. this is our busiest trading week before christmas. . it s the main week for christmas parties, for people coming - into the office for the last time before term ends at schools i and people break for christmas holidays. i it s also when people come in to to go to shopping. - so it hits the last big weekend for shopping before christmasj when people also eat and drink out. but here in birmingham today, travellers seem to be taking the news in their stride. i booked coaches for most of the christmas period. it does put you off travelling, but again, i understand why they re doing it. there s strikes going on. i work in a hospital so th
there s already a great deal of concern about the legitimacy of the court, role of the court. so the timing is not very good. you need to be careful being a former justice in texas, careful about who you speak to with respect to any decision. even after the decision is ren rendered. sometimes you don t want to talk about the discussions that occur in conference, for example. so it s just it comes at a very bad time. the timing is interesting. i guess eight years after the fact, why is it why are we just now hearing about this? but the notion that perhaps alito may have been influenced by conversation with outside folks is troubling. the court already from my understanding is that the reputation is at a historic low. so this certainly doesn t help that. a follow-up to that. you were a former justice in texas. there is no written code of ethics for the supreme court justices at this point.
prosecutions faorward and hopefully have some action, some decision at some time in the near future. if you can also talk about the new york times piece it published over the weekend about an alleged leak in 2014 of the supreme court s decision on contraception. the hobby lobby case, well known. the majority opinion written by justice alito. this person who is an evangelical and anti-abortion activist. told the times they were told about it by a donor. now alito says that is, quote, completely false and he released a long statement to the times. i understand you wouldn t have inside knowledge about this. but i do wonder what questions this raises for you, especially following the leak of the dobbs decision earlier this year also written by alito. yeah. i think that the timing probably couldn t be worse.
quitter. with inflation in the u.k. rising 20% faster than in the u.s., truss cut taxes for some of the wealthiest, hoping to simulate the economy. but the timing couldn t be worse. hey tories, get out of office! reporter: her plan sent markets into meltdown. the pound crashed and mortgage rates exploded, adding hundreds of dollars to household bills overnight. why is she still here? reporter: a british tabloid even poking fun at the embattled prime minister with a livestream asking, will liz truss outlast this head of lettuce? today president biden, who was among those critical of her tax policy, reacted to the news. look, she was a good partner on russia and ukraine and and the british are going to solve their problems. but she was a good partner. reporter: the conservative party, in chaos, must now elect a new leader. among the contenders, possibly former prime minister boris johnson, who was only forced out six weeks ago. yeah, learning that was really something l
what we re doing in the fossil fuel area, bring on more green energy, and now people are saying, whoa, stop, just get my gas prices down and then you can worry about that. that doesn t quite work for them. it s the summer i mean, the season couldn t be worse. very quickly what i would really say is i think that the most the most aggressive but rational position would be to keep the rates up, although gas prices to stay high and monitor unemployment and total consumer credit card debt. it s getting worrisome. and then if credit card debt what you want is you want inflation to come down before unemployment goes up and before credit card debt explodes. if you are sitting on the dashboard, you re like let s just keep hitting the brakes, hitting the brakes, hopefully inflation will come down before people start losing their jobs and consumer credit card debt explodes, but but. but? but it s a dance, right? and it s a dance that people are