That is made possible in part from a generous gift from massachusetts of the cincinnati features. Dr. Brooke barbier discussing her new book, king hancock the radical influence of a moderate founding father, recently published by the university of harvard press. Brooke barbier is a public historian who holds a ph. D. American history from boston college. In addition to king hancock, she is the author of boston and the American Revolution a town versus an empire, published by the unit excuse me, the History Press in 2017, which focuses on prerevolutionary boston and its during the American Revolution. In addition to her scholarship, she is also the founder of yield tavern tours, a popular guided outing along bostons renowned freedom, and that was founded in 2013. But before i hand over to dr. Barber, however, the usual housekeeping items are in order for our friends tuning in with us on zoom this evening following tonights authors talk there will be a question and answer session. So ple
Afternoon. This is the latest from the newsroom. Angela rayner is the new shadow deputy Prime Minister and levelling up secretary. She replaces lisa nandy, whos becomes shadow cabinet minister for international development. International development. Shabana mahmood takes the role of shadow secretary for justice liz kendall takes work and pensions and steve reed takes environment, food and rural affairs. It comes as the keir starmer reshuffles his top team, which began earlier afterjim which began earlier after jim mcmahon said he would step down from his post as shadow environment secretary. An independent review says former cabinet minister sir Gavin Williamson should apologise to mps for bullying the former chief whip. He sent offensive chief whip. He sent offensive Text Messages to wendy morton after he wasnt invited to the late queens funeral. The panel late queens funeral. The panel says sir gavin should also take part in appropriate behaviour training. The Prime Minister trainin
The bank of englands Monetary Policy committee, the nine economists who decided Interest Rates, they dont meet every month. They meet eight months a yeah month. They meet eight months a year. The fact that they have been held, it is disappointing for lots of people who want to remortgage their house. They want to see Mortgage Rates come down, its also disappointing, of course, for someone called rishi sunak, who is betting hes bet the ranch , bet the tories bet the ranch, bet the tories entire strategy for this election, to the extent they have a strategy on playing the long game, on waiting for Interest Rate cuts on getting more tax cuts in. Weve had two so far, those National Insurance reductions, tory high command wants to get another one in before the general election. So i dont think therell be disappointment in downing street because they knew this was coming. They knew there wasnt being an Interest Rate cut today. Now, when i take my eyes away from the camera and manage to read,
Sunak. Were asking all of those very Big Questions as. Sunak. Were asking all of those very Big Questions as. And as very Big Questions as. And as even very Big Questions as. And as ever, this show is absolutely nothing without you and your views. Let me know your thoughts on all of the stories well be discussing today by visiting gbnews. Com forward slash yours. Join that conversation there or message us on our socials. Were gbnews first of all though, heres the news with ray addison i thanks, darren. Good afternoon. 12 01 of our top stories. Sir keir starmer says the tories dont deserve to be in government for a moment longer. Thats after rishi sunak lost hundreds of councillors in the local elections, 102 of 107 councils have declared so far , councils have declared so far, with labour making major gains and the lib dems and the greens also doing well. Election expert sir john curtice says the final outcome could be the tories worst performance for 40 years, celebrating a mayoral vi
Well be discussing the tory party. Is it the end . As we know it . And if you are a fan of married at first sight, you will not want to miss star florist rosalind darlington, also known as ros. But before we get started, lets get your latest. News. Very good afternoon to you. Its just gone 3 00. And the top story this afternoon. Afternoon. Labour sources say they are confident that sadiq khan has won the mayoral contest in london. Thats despite the battle with conservative challenger susan hall being said to be closer than previously expected. Well, the count is well underway and so far mayor khan has won the five of six london boroughs due to declare susan hall has won just one of those officials have asked candidates to arrive at city hall for 430 this afternoon. So we can expect to have a declaration soon after that. We will bring that to you here on gb news. In total, seven contests are being announced today, with labour already retaining Liverpool City Region and south yorkshire.