Cross talking some real news im joined by my guest glenn deeson he is a professor at the Higher School be cannot mix as well as author of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia we also have Dimitri Bobbitt shes a political analyst and editor and you know so many internet media project and in london we crossed a Marcus Papadopoulos hes the editor of politics 1st magazine right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to london 1st here lets talk about Boris Johnson i asked in my intro is he a friend or foe of democracy because some people are making very strong arguments on both sides of that proposition go ahead marcus. Well these are exceptional slants the president the likes of which the city has not experienced since the 2nd world war and directs it which is a cool idea not as claimed the scouts of 2 british Prime Ministers David Cameron and the reason made and there is no reason as to why b
Democratic well on the one hand in the context that britain is a parliamentary democracy yes you could make that argument but on the other hand a Prime Minister in the u. K. Has the power to suspend parliament also the deadlock the impasse over brets has to be broken because it is an excess it will be good for the u. K. Economy to go into 2020 with direct sit still lingering and let me at this is well regarded in the politicians at westminster who are claiming both for instance is that in an undemocratic wait this is what i say to them and indeed once parliaments returns from the summer recess i will be saying in this to them to the ones in the house of lords labor and conservative career shes in the Prime Minister being undemocratic well what dont desart see they have because members of the house of lords have not been elected they are appointed to minister to. The house of commons her cheese and all stance on it being undemocratic i say this to them when they took their seats in the
A low and welcome to cross talk for all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle continuing brags that saga is Boris Johnson a friend or foe of democracy and another saga russia gate is the way to treat peered Justice System one for the protected and one for the rest of us. Cross talking some real news im joined by my guest glenn days and he is a professor at the Higher School of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia we also have Dimitri Bobbitt shes a political analyst and editor and you know so many internet media project and in london we crossed it Marcus Papadopoulos hes the editor of politics 1st magazine right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to london 1st here lets talk about Boris Johnson i asked in my intro is he a friend or foe of democracy because some people are making very strong arguments on both sides of that proposition go ahead marcus. Well th
Parliaments returns from the summer recess i will be saying this to them so the ones in the house of lords labor and conservative cheese in the Prime Minister will be an undemocratic well what dont desart say they have because members of the house of lords have not been elected they are appointed minister and. So the house of commons her cheese and all stance on it being undemocratic i say this to them when they took their seats in the commons they swore an oath of allegiance to the queen well excuse me the heads of the british states the queen has not been elected so this arguments that Boris Johnson is acting in an undemocratic way can be turned on the very people who are choosing it will be an unsettling krantz actually clinton plan i mean one also i mean again irrespective of you like Boris Johnsons tactics i will even agree there a bit devious ok but its within the bounds of law and tradition here. And bore and is as mark is quite correctly pointed out that his claim to scalps Pri
You on trading yuan. Take two interactive came in with results of a very Strong Quarter, and the pipeline is amazing, what with Red Dead Online and the grand theft auto series continuing. 1. 77 today. Ield guy European Markets are up, but not that much. Stocks like lvmh are doing well. Puma doing well. Volumes are pretty good. The yield continues to decline. Down, so therading dollar gaining a little bit of strength. The euro down by nearly 3 10 of 1 . Vonnie lets get back to the trade tensions as the u. S. Labels china a currency manipulator. Former treasury secretary Larry Summers telling bloomberg earlier today the move is not justified. China has been entering the market not to sell its currency, but to buy its currency. Really, china has been propping it up. If we simply let Market Forces operate, no chinese currency intervention, no chinese controls on the flow of capital, the currency would fall very substantially. Vonnie with us to discuss now is tom orlik, who has spent lots o