In areas with low vaccination rates. Im joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. Let us begin tonight with two stories that say a lot about who we are as a country and where we might be going. In charlottesville, virginia, crews removed three statues today. Among them were monuments to Confederate Generals robert e. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Charlottesville had planned to remove them nearly four years ago. White supremacists and neonazis marched in protest and that led to violent clashes that turned deadly. It was one of americas first Looks at extremism during donald trumps presidency. Meanwhile in austin, texas, were monitoring a Special Session of the State Legislature that began this morning and continues into the night. Its happening right now. It is the next phase in the republican partys push for new rules on voting. Texas has become a Battleground State in the fight for Voting Rights. According to the brennan center for justice, nearly every state has introduced restrictive bills.
To violent clashes that turned deadly. It was one of americas first Looks at extremism during donald trumps presidency. Meanwhile in austin, texas, were monitoring a Special Session of the State Legislature that began this morning and continues into the night. Its happening right now. It is the next phase in the republican partys push for new rules on voting. Texas has become a Battleground State in the fight for Voting Rights. According to the brennan center for justice, nearly every state has introduced restrictive bills. More than 380 bills in all across the country. This is largely driven by the former president s baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. Those Claims Led to another outburst of Extremist Violence at the capitol on january 6th. The bills under Consideration Tonight in texas are House Bill 3 and Senate Bill 1. Theyre similar to legislation that got blocked in may. Democrats staged a Latenight Walkout forcing the legislature to adjourn before the bills could pass. Am
Robinson. Close your eyes for a second, try picturing the steps of 10 Downing Street. The Prime Minister. No, not boris johnson. Keir starmer. If you can do that, if enough people can imagine the Labour Leader there on those steps he will have passed what the pollsters and the psychologists call the blank test. At my guest and political thinking this week is not one problem, but two. Hes got to convince people he is ready to be Prime Minister but perhaps even more difficult, that his party is capable of winning an election, ensuring that he actually gets the job. On this, the first on a new three series of political thinking, conversations, not interrogations with people shape our political thinking about what shapes there is. I am delighted to be by the leader of the opposition. Second time on. I have encountered, i dont know if you have. 600 days it is today since you became Labour Leader. Is this 600 days . I have been counting the days but im not sure i got to number 600. That is a
Welcome to political thinking. While i have a conversation in the interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. My guest this week has a pretty daunting task. They have to persuade britain to persuade you that labour can be trusted with your money. Rachel reeves, who was made Shadow Chancellor in may, is used to thinking a few moves ahead. She used to be under 14 uk chess champion. Maybe she has a winning gambit. Rachel reeves, welcome to political thinking. You once said that chess was the perfect preparation for politics. Really . Its about getting you to look ahead and think strategically, not just tactically and what your opponents next move will be. Its not poker a Gambit Giving something up . Sacraficing the little people. I didnt play the Queens Gambit. I was more Sicilian Defence. Im a very basic player. Its the defence you do if youre playing black and the white player moves their kings pawn forward two spaces, and the other player mo
Welcome to political thinking. Where i have a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. My guest this week has a pretty daunting task. They have to persuade britain to persuade you that labour can be trusted with your money. Then again, rachel reeves, who was made Shadow Chancellor in may, is used to thinking a few moves ahead. She used to be under 14s uk chess champion. Maybe she has a winning gambit. Rachel reeves, welcome to political thinking. You once said that chess was the perfect preparation for politics. Really . Its about getting you to look ahead and think strategically, notjust tactically, and what your opponents next move will be, notjust your own. Its not poker a gambit, giving something up . Sacraficing the little people. I didnt play the Queens Gambit. Im a very basic player. What is the Sicilian Defence . Its the defence you do if youre playing black and the white player moves their kings p