After celebrating their best ever general Election Results, The Party is the third biggest in parliament. Some of its members are here as mps for the first time. The mood is so upbeat, it is so buoyant but we are really determined to get stuff done. The reason we fight in elections and we win elections is so we can achieve things for our community so i am excited to be talking about our plan fixing Social Care and the health service, and how we really represent our community to be that strong, determined opposition to the government and represent our community is the best possible way we can. The Liberal Democrats achieved record Election Results by pitching themselves in opposition to the conservatives. Raising the question of what to do now that labour are in power. The party says it wants to offer a constructive opposition, challenging ministers on policies they dont like, such as the recent cut in the Winter Fuel Allowance. And they want to use this platform to put forward their ow
Change him . To discuss these issues and more, im joined by my guest, nick brown and washington. He is a National Coordinator with the movement for a Peoples Party also in washington. We have arvind balrog, he is a former Libertarian Party president ial candidate, as well as author of the book, pull out men modern life and mutiny. And in montreal we have lauren chen. She is a you tuber and host of pseudo intellectual. All right, cross up rules in effect, that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate it. Ok, its going to lauren 1st here. Im just very broadly speaking. How has this election changed the political environment . Because theres so much focus on trump, all of the time that is kind of crowded out, some of the interesting results of disallow action here. The g. O. P. Did it remarkably well, considering all of the predictions of doom and gloom. And then we see that the, the coalition that was behind joe biden, its quite fragile right now. And if you look at th
Considering all of the predictions of doom and gloom. And then we see that the, the coalition that was behind joe biden, its quite fragile right now. And if you look at the demographic vote voting demographics, a lot of surprises there too. Going to the g. O. P. So what are your major takeaways in this postmortem of this election . Well, i think the 1st thing to note is that, you know, of course the election has not officially been called yet. Electors do not vote in this ember 48. Just have to put that disclaimer out there. You know, of course press is still calling for biden, but trump does have legal challenges regarding the partys having right now. Both of them are much more divided than i think they ever have been with the democrats, we have course, have the establishment more moderate people like joe biden, even though i hesitate to call him a moderate nowadays. But you also have the more progressive branch of the democrats, people like a. S. C. Even his running mate come on, har
But dont go too far as more great programs get going in moments live from moscow. This is your r. T. International join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business. Im showbusiness. Ill see if hello and welcome to cross talk. Were all things are considered. Im Peter Lavelle now for the post mortem. How have the 2 Major Political parties changed in this election cycle . Can joe biden maintain an already weakened and divided Democratic Coalition . Is there such a thing as trump ism . Did he change the g. O. P. Or did the g. O. P. Change him . To discuss these issues and more, im joined by my guest, nate brown in washington. He is the National Coordinator with the movement for a Peoples Party also in washington. We have arvind balrog. He is a former Libertarian Party president ial candidate, as well as author of the book, pull out men modern life and mutiny. And in montreal, we have lauren chen. She is a you tuber and host o
A way forward. I think it is. We hope and will be careful, prudence to show that what happened today cant happen again. That the institution, the congress of the republic, which put us in this political crisis that paralyzed people, root for 5 days and led to deaths, is going to give us the solution. Choosing all the people who they want. Now gunman have killed at least 34. 00 people in an attack on a passenger bus. In ethiopia. Countrys Human Rights Commission described the attack as gruesome and says its likely that more people will die from the injuries happened at night in the Western Region of benish angle. Theres no known link with the conflicts in the northern take, great region or the leader of ethiopias to grey region has confirmed that his forces fired rockets at the airports in eritreas capital. He says, as mahers effort has been used to launch airstrikes on to cry, the attack marks a major escalation in the conflict. Moving to our other headlines, azerbaijan, as equate to e