have to live in so far, we will talk tonight about the us to the decision tonight about the us to the decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine and the latest request from president zelensky for long range weapons. the war in ukraine and the resulting energy crisis is weighing heavy on the german economy. figures out today such germany is heading into its longest sustained recession since 2008. data from the first two months of this quarter the alliance meets in vilnius next week, a summit at which ukraine s so lets start with ukraine. a lot of news in the past couple of hours. president zelensky has just landed in istanbul where he has been meeting president erdogan. the turkish leader touts a special relationship with president putin, and has in the past served as a go between. but he also, stands in the way of sweden s, full membership of nato. an issue that which will be a major part of the discussions when nato meets next week in vilnius. earlier in the day, on his
the moment in the uk, is a mistake. we raise the moment in the uk, is a mistake. we raise interest rates in the 80s and early 90s because of the boom and early 90s because of the boom and the and early 90s because of the boom and the crash to try and dampen inflation and the crash to try and dampen inflation that is because we have an open inflation that is because we have an open to inflation that is because we have an open to keeping our economy, high consumer open to keeping our economy, high consumer demand, rising realwages consumer demand, rising real wages and living consumer demand, rising realwages and living standards. we do not have that now and living standards. we do not have that now. we have a study in cod liver that now. we have a study in cod liver growth is minimal, if any of us up liver growth is minimal, if any of us up holding living standards. this is actually us up holding living standards. this is actuallyjust hitting people who are in is actua
tennis ball they are picked up because they are tennis ball sized by children, later on, especially, ithink tennis ball sized by children, later on, especially, i think it was after the kosovo on, especially, i think it was after the kosovo war, reports from the un humanitarian envoy at the time of 15 chiidren humanitarian envoy at the time of 15 children every month being killed or injured. children every month being killed or injured, maimed, because of these cluster injured, maimed, because of these cluster munitions. because they were touching cluster munitions. because they were touching and picking them up and ust touching and picking them up and just walking over the potentially. they are just walking over the potentially. they are very dangerous that s why 123 countries have banned the including 123 countries have banned the including many of the us nato allies. including many of the us nato allies, the uk would not supply men, france, allies, the uk would not
well. obviously we are talking about a question well. obviously we are talking about a question of scale. germany and the uk and a question of scale. germany and the uk and the a question of scale. germany and the uk and the these are much bigger, nronetary uk and the these are much bigger, monetary donations of weapons that are being monetary donations of weapons that are being made. ithink it is monetary donations of weapons that are being made. i think it is a complex are being made. i think it is a complex of things. there are sometimes practical reasons as well why those sometimes practical reasons as well why those weapons do not come through why those weapons do not come through quite so quickly as they do from other through quite so quickly as they do from other countries. let s through quite so quickly as they do from other countries. from other countries. let s talk about the from other countries. let s talk about the nato from other countries. let s talk ab
average make housing affordable for the average uk citizen. even with that seven average uk citizen. even with that seven have average uk citizen. even with that seven have thousand pound drop in the average house price, the average uk house the average house price, the average uk house price is still nine times the average earnings of a full time employee the average earnings of a full time employee in britain today. so housing employee in britain today. so housing is still deeply unaffordable, completely removed from the unaffordable, completely removed from the real economy. it has become a separate from the real economy. it has become a separate asset class that is part of the a separate asset class that is part of the problem. with our housing systen1~ of the problem. with our housing system. we have to essentially tackle system. we have to essentially tackle the housing market, we will have to tackle the housing market, we will have to build more council hou