At the day at westminster. The headlines the speaker of the House Of Commons has told mps he doesnt want President Trump to address the Houses Of Parliament. Our opposition to racism and to sexism, and our support for Equality Before The Law, and an independent judiciary, are hugely important considerations in the House Of Commons. By comparison, slightly more measured tones from the Prime Minister on the Special Relationship, as she reports back from an informal eu summit in malta. We should engage patiently and constructively with america, as a friend and ally. An ally which has helped guarantee the longest period of peace which europe has ever known. And radically different views as mps try to get to the bottom of what its like to work in the gig economy. First the speaker of the House Of Commons has told mps he is strongly opposed to President Trump addressing the Houses Of Parliament on his state visit to the United Kingdom. John bercow said the Migrant Travel Ban has made that op
they were uniformly weak. the number was so low, it s not consistent with all the other economic data we are getting. gdp has been a lot stronger and that has been going more strongly and the surveys have been stronger and retailing has been good. it doesn t make sense. i don t want to pay attention to it at all. the one thing i would wonder here is there was a prediction that the government shut down combined with the sequester would have a form of impact after the fact. the government was shut down for a couple of weeks in october and it takes a month or two to see the impact. is it possible we are seeing the impact. the timing is all wrong. they have seen it in october or november or december. it s across the board. it s everything. construction, manufacturing and a decline in the number of courier job that u.p.s. and fedex to ship online.