The time to tune into this event today. Im so sorry we cant be together in person, although a very much hope it will be sometime soon. But in the meantime, its nice to connect this way. And stay tuned. The Manhattan Institute is putting together a ton of virtual content theyll be rolling out over the next few months so look at your in boxes for information about those events coming to you shortly. In the interim im so priced to welcome my guest, Douglas Murray to our event this afternoon. Douglas is a journalist and im sure many of you, if not all, have read his work on the pages of the wall street journal, National Review or the spectator 0 where he is an associate editor and his 2019 book the madness of crowds and is with news person at the manhattan instate, i think in early 2018, and that was just after the publication of this book the straight death of europe. Douglas is in Formidable Political critic and while he is an observer of owl things uk and u. S. , im not sure he knew the
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Extremism. Were there live. Of course, i am absolutely, deeply want to hear from you. I want to hear your views, your comments. So do let me know your thoughts on all the stories we are discussing today. The email address is on your screen. Youre listening to us. Its gb views at gb news. Com or you can message me on our socials. Were at gb news first. Pip, thank you very much and good afternoon. Your top stories good afternoon. Your top stories from the gb newsroom. Economy minister Vaughan Gething has been elected as the welsh labour leader and hell succeed Mark Drakeford as the first minister of wales. He drakeford as the first minister of wales. He beat his only rival, the Education Minister, jeremy miles. Mr gething wont take over as first minister until wednesday, when a vote will be held in the senate after 25 years of devolution. He says he remains committed to the cause. Today we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together, not just because
The Labour Run Council is still struggling to pay off a huge equal pay claim that dates back more than a decade ago. It has also had major issues with a new it system. Our Midlands Correspondent navteonhal is there. The pressure on the citys finances has been rising and rising. Europes biggest Local Authority is now in biggest Local Authority is now in big trouble. Its problems began more than a decade ago, when a Landmark Case was brought against the council, which led to it having to pay out more than £1 billion so far in equal pay claims to mostly female staff. But with the authoritys revenue budget, the money it spends on recurrent costs like wages, at £750 million, the announcement of this summer but it had up to £760 million still to find to settle the equal pay claims was a huge blow. And that is on top of the botched roll out of a new it system which has set up back and about £100 million. The City Council Leader who is currently abroad, he says, is part of a long standing
But enrique tarrio, although he was the last of the proud boys to be sentenced for his role in the violent events of january six, 2021, he was the leader of that group, and thejudge had made it clear that even though he wasnt in washington on the day, that fateful day, he did orchestrate, organise and take credit for what happened. Many viewers will remember, of course, the violent scenes when people died. Many people were injured during the attempts by the proud boys and other right wing groups who supported donald trump to stop the peaceful and constitutional handover of power from one elected president to another. Of course, President Joe Biden won that election of 2020, even though that was denied and they still denied by many supporters of donald trump. Tarrio was in the courtroom, sat in a head to toe in an orange prison, prison issued jumpsuit. As he listened to his lawyers try to plea for some leniency. He stood up himself. He showed a lot of remorse, even though, as the judge