Now on bbc news, saturday in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to this special edition of saturday in parliament, as the commons and the lords sit at a weekend for the first time in 37 years to discuss borisjohnsons brexit deal. But the Prime Minister is defeated again, as mps back delay. The ayes to the right, 322. Murmurs the noes to the left, 306. Cheering Boris Johnson remains defiant. I will not negotiate a delay with the eu. The commons spent five hours debating the latest brexit deal, with theresa may making her first Public Comments since standing down. If you want to deliver brexit, if you want to keep faith with the british people, if you want this country to move forward, then vote for the deal today. Opposition mps say whats been agreed this time is even worse than the deal she negotiated. Voting for a deal today wont end brexit. He knows that, if given the option, that people will reject his bad deal and choose to remain in the European Union. And peers, too, remained d
The week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament, where, for the first time, mps back a deal to leave the European Union. The ayes to the right, 329, the noes to the left, 299. So, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. Unlock but mps also throw out borisjohnsons plans to rush the bill through parliament in time for a halloween brexit. We spent, my wife and i spent longer choosing a sofa than we had to debate this incredibly important bail. The government says the best option now is a general election in december. Offering an election is not playing games, it is trusting the people. But first. It was a parliamentary week that ended as it began with no one quite certain exactly what was going to happen next. A rare saturday sitting had seen mps decide to delay voting to approve borisjohnsons eu divorce plan, until the legislation putting it in place had gone through parliament. So on tuesday, the Prime Minister presented his Withdrawal Agreement bill to mps which would
Next, look at the current relations between the United States and china with security and defense experts. U. S. China economic and Security Review Commission hosted this event. Thank you. We will catch up sometime here. We are not too far behind. I would like to introduce our second panel, which will explore major developments in the u. S. China security relations in 2019. We will start with doctor orianas carl mastro who is assistant professor of Security Studies at the admin a Wilson School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. And a resident scholar at the american enterprises. Shes the author of the cost of conversation, obstacles to peace talks and more time. And currently working on a book about chinas challenge to u. S. Privacy. Next we hear from doctor andrew kirby voinovich senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and adjunct senior fellow at the center for new American Security and president and ceo of solarium llc, defense consulting firm. His previously served as presi
Enough times. Weve heard them enough times, they werent true then and they arent true now. The majority of economists have always agreed that there was another approach the government could have taken, rather than austerity, and we always argued, and we were right, that austerity was a political choice, not an economic necessity. As recently as march, the Party Opposite ploughed on, saying there was no alternative. To look at them how was no alternative. To look at them now suddenly proclaiming an end to austerity after 125,000 excess deaths as a result, after 100 billion taken out of the economy, after the worst decade for wage growth since the 19th century, just because there may be what . An election round the corner. And after all that, after all that, to deliver what is a pathetic sum to spending departments who are on their knees at the moment. Itsjust adding insult to injury. A government not just callous and uncaring, but hypocritical as well. This isnt a government, its a rack
U. S. China, the changing relationship between the u. S. And china and ongoing trade tariff. The u. S. Economics Security Review Commission is a host of the event. With taiwan and hong kong. The commission began the hearings this year, we marks the 40th year of u. S. China diplomatic relations. By examining the external and internal ability to sustain growth, project power and spread its influence on the globe. This year has been one of extreme volatility between the u. S. And china. Chain and insta they thought it would be to visit and explore key topics. There is an increasing amount of commentary in the Foreign Policy community, con jebbibbij con jebbi conjecturing. And this commentary further characterizes china as a rival, having upgraded it from a competitor. The word enemy is less frequently used, but is not absent. The previous assumptions underlying u. S. Policy, such as the Current International order benefits china and capitalism brings with it democracy have been shattered