for this year s song contest. here in the uk it s been an historic coronation weekend starting with the pomp and pagentry then street parties and a night of music to round off the celebrations. at last night s coronation concert at winsdor, a crowd of 20,000 people saw performances from stars including katy perry and take that. the prince of wales paid tribute to his pa king charles, saying the late queen elizabeth ii would be a proud mother . well, as we ve just seen, the uk s flair for pomp and ceremony has been on full display this coronation weekend. but will all that splendour be a benefit or burden to the uk economy? joining me now is independent economist julianjessop. how much the coronation will cost the taxpayer? there are two ways of looking at this. the first is the cost of the celebrations themselves. that might be of the order of the cost to the taxpayer but that part for more than pay for its because of the additional spending in sectors like hospitality
In poland more than thirty years ago, following a bitter and divisive campaign. Donald tusk said polands bad days were over. Translation yesterday people approached me and asked, will you be able to do it . It wasnt possible for so many years. This is the end of this bad time. Of the rule of law and justice. Donald tusk, who did work in brussels as the European Council chief, has pledged to reposition warsaw on a firm pro european path which could unlock billions of euros in eu funding withheld by the European Commission in a spat with the current government over judicial reforms. To talk us through whats at stake im joined by bert colijn senior Eurozone Economist at ing bank. A warm welcome to the programme. Do you think brussels is Breathing A Sigh of relief as it looks at how this General Election has unfolded . Well, i think that if we look at these first pulse and indeed if this is how a coalition is ultimately going to be formed, i think it will make things slightly easierfor i t
important to give us something to celebrate and bring their nation together and provide a big boost to sectors like hospitality, pubs and restaurants. sectors like hospitality, pubs and restaurants. ~ . , ., restaurants. what is the cost of the relationship restaurants. what is the cost of the relationship between restaurants. what is the cost of the relationship between spender - restaurants. what is the cost of the relationship between spender and i relationship between spender and opinion, with one poll suggesting a 32% of the public believe the taxpayer should foot the bill, especially as the king is worth £i.5 especially as the king is worth £1.5 billion according to some reports. i think it is totally reasonable to expect the taxpayer to foot the bill for something that is a state event, part of our constitution. it is a once in a generation event and if you think about it in any other sector, you wouldn t normally expect someone working in anyjob to pick up someone workin
up the bill for this event. thank you very much forjoining us. i saudi arabia says it expects talks, which began injeddah on saturday between sudan s warring military factions, will reach an effective ceasefire. in the first confirmation that the meetings had started, the saudi foreign ministry said both sides recognised the need to ease the suffering of the sudanese people. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher is in the kenyan capital, nairobi, where she s been following events. the goal is to establish a short term ceasefire, so that humanitarian groups can enter the country and essential services can be restored. saudi officials have not given any details in their statement about the talks but sudanese officials have said that some of the things been discussed involved a humanitarian corridor in khartoum, which is where most of the battles have been taking place, also protection for civilian institutions like hospitals and of course a mechanism for monitoring the ceasefire because