Welcome back to the aspen security forum. I am director of the aspen shot a geo group. I should say good morning to the Prime Minister of australia. It is a real honor for us to welcome scott morrison, the Prime Minister of our great ally australia. In his two years of Prime Minister he has heard the country through several crises, the wildfires. The covid19 crisis where australia has an impressive record, and Foreign Policy the Prime Minister led a research and of australias insolent in the south pacific. Australia was the first government to exclude huawei from its 5g network. Australia is currently undergoing, as are many other countries in the world, a challenge in china. States, indiad and japan, and others. Prime minister, i have the Great Fortune to spend three weeks and australia. I had worked for the government in the past and was very impressed by the depths of everything we are doing together. You will be interviewed by margaret brennan. She is moderator of the pbs show face
And you were thinking about the future of American Cities, you would have seen potentially a very bleak future. That was the time when particularly our urban cores, new york city and los angeles, were in the middle of a bona fide crisis. You had seen years of deindustrialization ravaged the working class of the city and an enormous middleclass flight to other regions entirely. That was very hard on the Fiscal Foundation of the cities and the civic life of those cities. You saw the tremendous renaissance over the subsequent decades. That renaissance was not even. You did not see it in every single American City but you did see it in a handful of cities that had a renaissance in governance. The Manhattan Institute was deeply involved in an urban renaissance but one thing we have been arguing for some years is that, wait a second, everyone. We are in a period of relative health. You see a comeback of many major American Cities but lets not take this for granted. Lets look at some of those
Welcome to westminster in review. In the next halfhour, we take a look at the other big stories since december, including a newly elected Boris Johnson gets his brexit bill through parliament. Labour elects a new leader. He either dodges the question or gives dodgy answers. Any chancellor gives a shortlived budget. Tensions rise with russia and china. The uks colonial history comes under the spotlight, and as new mps make their first speeches, one tells us her struggle to get into politics. I was told that a chance like some of my getting a job in parliament would be very slim, and to not try. Boris johnson took over from theresa may in july of 2019. But they faced the same problem. A parliament with no majority to push through his brexit. Attempting to break the deadlock, he tried and failed to call an election, but opposition parties agreed to develop and to the ballot and got the 80 seat majority. Many of the new mps run in areas traditionally held by labour in the north of england.
Hello and welcome to westminster in review. A lot is Parliament Strong in the corona crisis. Boris johnson got the job he always wanted, but the Job Description had changed. I must level with you and level with the British Public. Losefamilies are going to loved ones before their time. The Prime Minister was almost one of them as the Global Pandemic landed too close to home. It left him with questions to answer. The Prime Minister welcomed challenge that could save lives instead of complaining about it. Crisis that overturned centuries of traditions to change the way westminster works with unexpected results. Why apologize. Why are you not doing this . On a wednesday afternoon in late january, the house minister was summoned to answer a question and what was described as the wu hand Novel Coronavirus wuhan Novel Coronavirus threat to citizens. It was the first threat of what was to be come just become a Global Pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of lives worldwide. The minister Lady Blackw
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