breaking news that has just come in, midwives in wales have announced more strike dates. midwives and maternity support workers who were members of the royal college of midwives working in the nhs in wales will take strike action from 8pm, sorry 8am to 4pm and fibber of the seventh. i will get that right, 8am to 4pm on the 7th of february. they will also be taking industrial action short of a strike by claiming payment for any overtime worked in the week following the strike action. news from midwives in wales who are going to be going on strike on february the 7th from 80 am to apm. they will also be taking industrial action for any overtime worked in the week after that straight is bowled strike action takes place. now time for the stories making newsrooms right across the uk.
have to get justice to the survivors, there are also many pieces of legislation, we have put our heads together and work through these details. we have a new governor that starts on tuesday, and lieutenant governor. we look forward to working with them. we will not be able to function this term if this is how it will be. let me switch gears to this upcoming special elections taking place. yesterday, the commonwealth ruled in your favor to have the elections take place on february the 7th. republicans are calling that a paperwork insurrection. i want to give you a chance to respond to that and what you expect to see in the elections with these three seats that need to be filled? it s disappointing that they chose to use the words paperwork insurrection when two years ago, they put letters
can work on the rules for special sorenson and the rules for reckless ocean. we can operate in this gridlock because to your point, while we have to get justice to the survivors, there are also many pieces of legislation, we have put our heads together and work through these details. we have a new governor that starts on tuesday, and lieutenant governor. we look forward to working with them. we will not be able to function this term if this is how it will be. let me switch gears to this upcoming special elections taking place. yesterday, the commonwealth ruled in your favor to have the elections take place on february the 7th. republicans are calling that a paperwork insurrection. i want to give you a chance to respond to that and what you expect to see in the elections with these three seats that need to be filled? it s disappointing that they chose to use the words paperwork insurrection when two years ago, they put letters together signing their names, saying that there were irr
we are very cognizant of our reality even if we have a one seat majority. unfortunately we weren t able to negotiate an agreement so we have to move quickly. and moving quickly from me meant there was a vacancy and there had to be a special election issue. that can only happen when someone is sworn in to be the acting interim officer. i got sworn into because my caucus won in 102 districts, i was the acting interim presiding officer. i m hopeful that as the court decides there is gonna be the first meeting in the court commonwealth court in pennsylvania next wednesday, i m hopeful they will say go ahead and will hold all the elections on february the 7th so that voters can make sure that their voices are heard and we can have a full complement in harrisburg sooner rather than later. i want to get your take on my analysis of how republicans and democrats approach moments like this. where democrats are in the