david owen, chief european economist, jeffries international. abouttalk a little bit tech. continued his attack on amazon. ae american taxpayer costs massive amount of money. has: the online retailer shrugged off the comments. it had its biggest gain in a week. the white house was not actively discussing taking any action against amazon. who ising in alex webb here with more. this is a lot of bluster around amazon. any threat that they could be taxed further, our reporting suggests there is a lot of twitter commentary from the president but no actual plan behind the scene. there is very little, it seems there is little they can do. what they can do is prevent amazon from getting the of federal contracts, and that relates to the web services and profitable cloud business. there is a big contract coming up, and the suggestion that could be given to a competitor. with that ceo of oracle, a potential rival on tuesday night. that is the only immediate punishment they manus: can vent on amazon. other big story that is out there in the market. spotify came to the market, the timin

david: we are joined by david owen of jeffries.on't want to ask about specific banks but i am really interested in what this might mean in terms of corporate lending and capital raising. the investment bank really goes in the capital markets. what is going on in europe right now in terms of financing companies? >> the larger companies increasingly making use of the capital markets. obviously interest rates are incredibly low. interest rates are sort of driving that form of lending. in terms of smes and households basically the borrowing rates are being driven by the banking sector. seen back lending picking up in certain countries, particularly france and the ecb release date bank lending survey which showed credit conditions easing. so the trend is actually quite positive at the moment. illustrate what you were talking about, the white line is euro bank lending. almost 2% and the blue line is the european bank stock price. obviously we know has been struggling to really pick up steam. if the economic data in terms of the soft data

and with right honourable mentions for david owen, who went on to form the sdp, and alan clarke, whosend socially, in many respects, has a lot more in common with cities further north than with other industrial cities, and its pattern of politics reflects that. adrian leigh, a former head of politics at plymouth university, has analysed elections for more than a0 years here. the electoral landscape has changed significantly, or appears to have done, but still, the contest this time will be between labour and conservatives, particularly as ukip has declined significantly. but we ought to mention the fact the liberal democrats are fielding a full slate of candidates in the city for the first time for a number of years. but if a ward is deemed to be a safe seat, then margaret tells me ca nvassers are scarce. we never get anybody coming down our way. general elections, local elections, you never see anybody. in terms of the wider issues, defence is a vital industry here, but transport links are often criticised. the city's ambition is to grow from 260,000 people to 300,000. but as the popu

and with right honourable mentions for david owen, who went on to form the sdp, and alan clarke, whosefamous diaries transcended the world of westminster. well, plymouth has, economically and socially, in many respects, has a lot more in common with cities further north than with other industrial cities, and its pattern of politics reflects that. adrian leigh, a former head of politics at plymouth university, has analysed elections for more than a0 years here. the electoral landscape has changed significantly, or appears to have done, but still, the contest this time will be between labour and conservatives, particularly as ukip has declined significantly. but we ought to mention the fact the liberal democrats are fielding a full slate of candidates in the city for the first time for a number of years. but if a ward is deemed to be a safe seat, then margaret tells me ca nvassers are scarce. we never get anybody coming down our way. general elections, local elections, you never see anybody. in terms of the wider issues, defence is a vital industry here, but transport links are often cri

and with right honourable mentions for david owen, who went on to form the sdp, and alan clarke, whose

and with right honourable mentions for david owen, who went on to form the sdp, and alan clarke, whose of westminster. well, plymouth has, economically and socially, in many respects, has a lot more in common with cities further north than with other industrial cities, and its pattern of politics reflects that. adrian leigh, a former head of politics, has analysed elections for more than a0 years here. the electoral landscape has changed significantly, or appears to have done, but still, the contest this time will be between labour and conservatives, particularly as ukip has declined significantly. but we ought to mention the fact the liberal democrats are fielding a full slate of candidates in the city for the first time for a number of years. but if a ward is deemed to be a safe seat, then margaret tells me ca nvassers are scarce. we never get anybody coming down our way. general elections, local elections, you never see anybody. in terms of the wider issues, defence is a vital industry here, but transport links are often criticised. the city's ambition is to grow from 260,000 people

the first woman to take a seat in the commons, miss aster, along with michael foot, and david owen, wholymouth has, economically and socially, in many respects, has a lot more in common with other industrial cities. politics reflects that. adrian leigh, a former head of politics, has analysed elections for more than 40 has analysed elections for more than a0 yea rs has analysed elections for more than a0 years here. has analysed elections for more than 40 years here. the electoral landscape has changed significantly. but still the contest this time will be between labour and conservatives, especially as ukip has declined significantly. but we have to mention the fact the lib dems are fielding a full slate of candidates in the city for the first time for a number of years. but if the ward is deemed a safe seat, i am told candidates are scarce. very few people come our way, general elections, local elections, you never see anybody. defence is a vital industry here. transport links are vital industry here. transport links a re often vital industry here. transport links are often criticised

we welcome leaders such as general david petraeus, former british foreign secretary lord owen and former u.s. ambassador to the u.k., matthew barsen, actor gary oldman, and distinguished historians including tim snyder to discuss not only the particulars of churchill's life and career, but their application to our present-day challenges. for as churchill himself observed, the longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward. this notion of applied history is near and dear to our very special guest this evening. miami ferguson -- niall ferguson came to stanford full time after a dozen years as the lawrence tish professor at harvard. his many books include the house of rothschild, the ones who made the weather today as you probably heard -- [laughter] war of the world, the ascent of money, civilization, colossus and empire as well as volume one of his official biography of henry kissinger, volume two is on the way. in 2012 he was asked by the bbc to deliver the prestigious reith lectures after time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. he was edu