Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Ireland is bracing itself for the scariest of halloween nightmares. Prime minister borisjohnson has pledged to take the uk out of the eu on october the 31st come what may. That may very well mean a no deal brexit, with potentially damaging economic consequences for the uk, but also for eu nations, most particularly ireland. My guest is neale richmond, chair of the irish senate . S brexit committee. Can ireland prevent itself becoming the collaterdamage in a brussels london showdown . Neale richmond in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me on. Lets start with Boris Johnson, new Prime Minister. He has changed the dynamic of the brexit process, because he says britain is leaving on october the 31st come what may. How has ireland adapted to this new Boris Johnson dynamic . Well, being quite frank, for us in ireland and across the eu, the change of british Prime Minister doesnt actually mean we need
He wants pelosi to cancel the august recess of the he will explain why. All that, so much more on making money. So the economy grew at 2. 1 in the Second Quarter. That was well above official estimates at one point. The question is the driver . The answer is allmighty american consumers, flush with better jobs, higher wages, robust confidence, in fact the president tweeting, q2 up 2. 1 , not bad because we have the heavyweight of the Federal Reserve anchor wrapped around our neck. Almost no inflation. Usa is set to zoom. Lets bring in moodys managing director, chief economist, john lonski, Fox News Contributor liz peek, manpower group, becky frankowitz. What do you make of it . The highlight was gain by real Consumer Spending up 4 1 2 . It probably wont continue. As you stated earlier, not only the u. S. Economy, the World Economy owes a deep sense of gratitude to the american consumer. I dont think well see Consumer Spending contract in a man theyre might bring about the nearness of a
Speaks to irish senator Neale Richmond on hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Ireland is bracing itself for the scariest of halloween nightmares. Prime minister borisjohnson has pledged to take the uk out of the eu on october the 31st come what may. That may very well mean a no deal brexit, with potentially damaging economic consequences for the uk, but also for eu nations, most particularly ireland. My guest is Neale Richmond, chair of the irish senate . S brexit committee. Can ireland prevent itself becoming the collaterdamage in a brussels london showdown . Neale richmond in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me on. Lets start with Boris Johnson, new Prime Minister. He has changed the dynamic of the brexit process, because he says britain is leaving on october the 31st come what may. How has ireland adapted to this new Boris Johnson dynamic . Well, being quite frank, for us in ireland and across the eu, the change of british Prime Minister doesnt actually m
Well over one south korea says pyongyang has launched 2 Ballistic Missiles off its east coast the 2nd such test and test in less than a week the missiles were fired from the town of one some apparently flew 250 kilometers south koreas foreign minister said such tests dont help in easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula japan is also reacted saying it is working closely with its allies over the situation in the region more with rob mcbride in Seoul South Korea now hi rob classic understatement there from the South Koreans that this doesnt help in easing tensions what are the reactions theyve been. Thats right the National Security council of south korea is actually meeting at the moment command to discuss this still gathering data from these 2 flights the 2 flight paths they do seem to be similar to the launch of 2 short range Ballistic Missiles last week that drills still trying to determine if they are the same type of last weeks missiles really seem to be far more sophisticated than
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