intense and this has come about really quickly. in intense and this has come about really quickly- intense and this has come about really quickly. in practicalterms, what does really quickly. in practicalterms, what does it really quickly. in practicalterms, what does it mean really quickly. in practicalterms, what does it mean for really quickly. in practicalterms, | what does it mean for businesses really quickly. in practicalterms, - what does it mean for businesses and families? ~ , , , ., families? well, firstly, in terms of household. families? well, firstly, in terms of household. if families? well, firstly, in terms of household, if they families? well, firstly, in terms of household, if they are families? well, firstly, in terms of household, if they are affected - families? well, firstly, in terms of household, if they are affected by| families? well, firstly, in terms of| household, if they are affected by a hosepipe ban, i mean, it is what it says on the tin
mean for businesses and families? well, firstly, in terms of households, if they are affected bya hosepipe ban, i mean, it is what it says on the tin, really, don t use your hosepipe to wash your car, water your gardens and that kind of thing. it also sends out a strong signal to water users everywhere to be much more aware of what you are using, whether that is slightly profligate use and you could bear down on it a little bit. having it at the front of your mind is really important and it is quite easy to save quite a lot of water by being a bit careful. businesses, i think the worst hit businesses obviously will be farmers, they are really struggling in the south and east at the moment, i think. and those conditions are likely to continue, as we understand it, for probably the
ione wells, bbc news. well, for more on this, i m nowjoined by tina mckenzie, policy and advocacy chair, federation of small businesses. good to have you with us today, tina. we have been talking a lot about the cost of living crisis of course and you have been talking about the cost of doing business crisis are what you make of these ideas from david buttress? is there something private businesses can work with? i something private businesses can work with? ~ . ., work with? i think the cost of wm work with? i think the cost of living crisis work with? i think the cost of living crisis is work with? i think the cost of living crisis is inextricably - work with? i think the cost of i living crisis is inextricably linked to the living crisis is inextricably linked to the cost living crisis is inextricably linked to the cost of living crisis is inextricably linked to the cost of doing living crisis is inextricably linked to the cost of doing business . living crisis is inextric
it businesses me off.it s the d. those in power and the rest of us. we saw it in those examples you showed here. we saw insider trading pelosi does and has been doing for quite some time but also blatantlied a row indicating for. i introduced legislation in congress to prohibit members of congress and their spouses from trading in stocks, period. or even any perception of insider trading because your job is to serve the people and not cushion your own bank account. but, you know, one of the hypocritical things, you pointed out a number of them. one of the hypocritical things i see here is that president biden and his administration take a lot of time touting how great our democracy is around the world and how we follow the rule of law and so on and so forth and that autocracies with oligarchs should look to us to copy what we do and, yet, we have this living example of the oligarchs of america in people like pelosi and joe biden and hunter biden showing exactly
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