For some information about those events coming to you shortly. In the interim im so pleased to welcome my guests Douglas Murray to our event this afternoon. Douglas is a journalist and i am sure many of you, if not all, have read his work in the pages of the National Review or wall street journal or the associate editor for the spectator. Most recently he wrote the madness of crowds and was with us in person at the Manhattan Institute in early 2018 and that was just after the publication of this book, the strange death of europe. Douglas is a Formidable Political critic and while he is an observer of all things uk and, i think, the u. S. Im not sure he knew the subjects of his most recent book and this one would come into play so much during this particular moment in time but they have and it is for that reason and many others that it is my pleasure to welcome y you, douglas, to our event this afternoon. Thank you very much, vanessa. Its a pleasure to be with you and all your members.
Thank you for taking the time to tune into this event today with the general membership. Im so sorry we cannot all be together in person but in the meantime its nice to connect and stay tuned the Manhattan Institute is putting together virtual content over the next few months so look in your inbox those coming to you shortly so in the interim slow pleased to welcome our guest Douglas Murray this afternoon a journalist and i am sure many of you if not all have read his work in the National Review and associate editor also an author and is with us in person at the Manhattan Institute in early 2018 just after the publication of this book the strange death of europe. And a critic and while an observer of all things come im not sure he knew the subjects of those most recent book would come into play so much during this moment in time but they have. And for that reason it is my pleasure to welcome you to this event this afternoon. Its a great pleasure to be with you and your members. We will
In your inboxes for some information about those events coming to you shortly. In the interim im so pleased 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 and the pages of the wall street journal, the National Review for a force in the spectator where he is an associate editor douglas is also an author most recently of the 2019 book the madness of crowds. And he was with us in person at the manhattan institute. I think in early 2018 and that was just after the publication of this book, that strange death of europe. Now, douglas is a Formidable Political critic and while he is an observer of all things uk and i think us, im not sure that he knew that the subject of both his most recent book and this one were coming to play so much during this particular moment in time but they have area and its for that reason and many others that it is my pleasure to welcome you to bless to our event this af
Well i have selected three of the questions which i think i can answer. The first about the number of mps standing down. Is it a particularly large number . I thought that there would be because we had some big names, kenneth clarke, the pam and the former chancellor, vince cable former leader of the liberal democrats standing down. But is not particularly large, 68 so far, on average it is about 80 and after the expenses scandal it rocketed to above 100 not a huge number this year. The second question is when will we know who the candidates are and how on earth are they selected. The truth is i suspect most of us already know, the literature has been coming through the door, the dog has chewed it up, but you will not know absolutely everyone until next thursday when the nominations close. How are they chosen, by the local pleiades, dow given a list by head office and then it is up to the local parties by large to decide who your local candidate will be. Question number three, why cann
Whoever starts one will not finish it. Wait, wed we work, we worry. Pressure mounts on the ceo of in the u. K. , the collapse of thomas cook leaves thousands stranded. Matt good morning. We have not escaped worries about trade concerns regarding a farm trip. We have been and reporting that the u. S. Requested that but we are also told it does not mean anything is going on that is bad between the trade talks. It has nothing to do with the trade talks as we look ahead to the facetoface meeting on october 10 after the working level talks last week. That is not stopped the asian stocks from falling. Closed today. S asian stocks coming down. Biggest losses in hong kong. Mscia look at the asiapacific and index that following this morning as well. And looking at u. S. Futures, they are up. Reading thes are signals differently or maybe Something Else is at work sending asia down but making traders optimistic for the opening of u. S. Trade. Is strengthening a little bit. Coming down to 7. 11. G