u. k. right now, well, it's been cooling significantly, not just in the many budget, but i did kick you up again, but we were talking about this back in june, july kind of time. the move market cooling right off. but interestingly, not as it's not as bad as sentiment would have. you think that if you look at the actual beta, you look at the number of property having price cuts. if you look at it by interest and things like that, it's full and bright down. but if any come back to where it was in a normal year kind of before the cobit, it's all set in the market into overdrive not to get worse from here. it could day . but i feel like at the moment the, the sentiment is worse than the reality on the ground. and the flip side of that is the rental market at the moment is super strong. yeah, the bank of england though is saying that it might have to raise rates again at least a couple more times. but how long is this list on cars? you know, you said the things on as bad as, as perhaps the sentiment w

with that in mind, human rights watch is now sounding in the alarm of violations in the u. k. itself in 2022, we saw the most significant assault on human rights protections in the u. k. in decades. from your right to protest, your ability to hold institutions accountable, fundamental and hard one rights of being systematically dismantled. the report was highlighted several new law introduced in 2022 that we can human rights protections in the u. k. for example, some measure strips the right for the fall of the cars and other vulnerable groups, while others limited judicial oversight, restricted the freedom to peacefully protest. let's discuss this further. now let's cross live it to all guest alexander mackay political analyst and it's a red star radio many thanks for joining us on the program. nice to see this evening, said alexander, according to human rights watch. as we heard 2022 was the worst year for human rights protection in the u. k. in decade. so why now with london so focused on hong kong when it's its own country thing, it's biggest decline in civil liberties in

u. k. right now we have american style is a with trying to get towards that box with european style welfare state. so actually we need to have an honest discussion of how we're paying for the chest re taxation, who's paying for it. it's, it's well known the non dollars, for example, on paying the share of tax landlords as well on paying their fair share of national insurance or capital gains. there are lots of holes in the tax system which are quite easy when the government of any color to come in and fix and. ringback immediately you could, you could put that money back into the n h s. what about this idea? finally, if rely on the private sector and, and hospitals to help rescue the energy put forward by the labor party. so maybe as a very short term plan, this could work, but anything longer than, than short term doesn't quite make sense. we've. we have a staffing issue both in indiana and social cat where we've also got about 130000 of. ready agencies, if i, if we can rely too much on our priv

u. k. right now we have american style is a with trying to get towards that box. we've european style fest state, so actually we need to have an honest discussion of how we're paying for the chest re taxation, who's paying for it. it's. it's well known, the non dorms, for example, are paying for tax landlords as well on paying the share master insurance or capital gains. there are lots of holes in the tax system which are quite easy when the government of any color to come in and fix and immediately you could, you could put that money back into the chess. what about this idea? finally, if rely on the private sector and hospitals to help rescue the energy put forward by the labor party. so maybe as a very short term plan, this should work. but anything longer than, than short term doesn't quite make sense. we. we have a staffing issue both in indiana just social cat, where we also go about 130000 vacancies. if i, if we can rely too much on that private model staffing within the n a check is going to get even worse. and that means kind of a greater reliance on priva

u. k. right now. a 2nd nationwide strike against pension reform has taken place in france, disrupting public transport and forcing schools to close more than a 1000000 people march through cities across the country to denounce president emmanuel mac calls, new legislation. government wants to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. people also have to make social security contributions for 43 years to draw a full pension journal reports now from paris. for a 2nd time this month, the french workers and unions took to the streets across the country in their hundreds of thousands against planned pension reforms, and public sector strikes tor, into the economy, affecting the energy grid, transport, education, and health services. there were minus scuffles between some protesters and police, and tension is likely to grow with more days of protests like this. ahead. as the government tries to raise the pension age from $62.00 to $64.00, and to increase the period of compulsory workplace contributions to com

with that in mind, human rights watch is now founding the alarm of violations in the u. k itself. in 2022, we saw the most significant assault on human rights protections in the u. k. in decades. from your right to protest, your ability to hold institutions accountable, fundamental and hard one rights of being systematically dismantled. there are poor highlighted, several new law was introduced in 2022 that we can human rights protections in the u. k. for example, some measures strip the rights of asylum seekers and other vulnerable groups, while others limited judicial oversight and restricted the freedom to peace. the freedom to peacefully protest political analysts, alexander mackay's human rights rhetoric is just the toll of british propaganda and never apply such standards to itself. because the good old fashion, pretty standard when it comes to human rights is never apply to yourself. that which you seek to apply to your enemy. and the doctrine of human rights, particularly human rights, as applied to the international relations arena, is always one that is only going one way

u. k. right now. when john sanders had his economics avenue economics foundation, he joins us now on skype from london. why is the catering so much less than its neighbors in europe and all 70 eisen likely to slide into recession? this e. m. bullard is the combination of a decade long failure in economic policy. you know, we had no growth decade followed by the was recovery from the pandemic. and now we have slow growth that had in this year the slowest growth of eddie single major economy. and we actually do get public investment back so we can see future prosperity in this country, you know, investing in renewables at home insulation to get our energy battles down, investing in public services. we get productivity up again, investing in actually leavening up as kaji and getting wages back up. but of what she has not will be all this moment. doesn't look like that's why this government is about to take us, what, how much of it is it down to break it? and all that in many budget that was announced lat

u. k. right now. i process has called for an end the exploitation of natural resources by foreign powers in democratic republic of congo . the leader of the roman catholic church is in conjunction for a 4 day visit. he warned that the congo, suffering a forgotten genocide and denounced what he described as a poison of grees at stoking the conflict. pontiff will travel to south sudan on friday. welcome web is live for us in that can jasper america is a very strong word from the pope at the start of this visit. yeah. after he landed the international airport, he drove through the city, greeted by tens of thousands of cheering followers, went straight to the presidential palace where he met connally, president, felix, just to kitty and other congress politicians where he said these things. and he said the political exploitation here in democratic republic of congo giving way to economic colonialism which he describes is equally and slaving. so that sounds like a reference in the 1st to the colonial pass,

u. k was busy passing laws that significantly restrict the right to such protest, and that's despite hundreds rally in, in various cities across the u. k. calling for an end to the bill, which has also been condemned by human rights activists. meanwhile, there is no uproar from the west. ah, in france, its year 4 of the so called yellow vest movements weekly protest aimed at economic and political reforms at various times, hundreds of thousands of people rallied. but did the french government observe them peacefully? no, the violent crack thou that ensued has since been condemned by rights groups as well as all the countries. and that's still happening, by the way, ah, moving on to china and the mass protests against the countries. strict 0 cove at policies, people should be allowed. the right to assemble and to peacefully protests, policies or laws or dictates that they take issue with the white house, supports the right of peaceful protest. so it's ok to protest in china and iran, but not france or the u. k. you got that right? and america support comes with a warning, as well as some more

u. k. right? so it's similar to tba, and that's a lot of radioactive material that's transported regularly through sorts of different purposes for analytical equipment such as this. there are 2 ticks and diagnostics for medical applications. so it's very heavily regulated in control of the transport, the storage, the disposal of any material like this. this is exceptionally rare. and so it's really been a leaky occur. and that this is managed to slip out of the equipment and fold off the truck. on in the usa, minnesota outdoor hockey played unfrozen lakes and palms has been a tradition of generations. but now the climate change is changing, or that john henry, in the long winters of minnesota hockey is a way of life, the colder, the better. but we enjoy winter here. i love the 4 seasons and i love winter as much as summer. so for this community to be able to come out here and have a really neat event like this for free to attend, reasonably priced food inside. so families can come down here and en

u. k. so right now, this adds to it all. it's an unsavory aspect to this government. certainly shaving out to be very interesting. prime minister question. thanks any updates andrew simmons latter i stay in london. meanwhile, an inch as staff demanding pay rises as the cost of living souls as we heard from andrew. but they're also drawing attention to the poor state of the national health service. the president of the royal college of emergency medicine has warned as many as 500 people awake and dying because of the delays in emergency care. 35 percent of patients needing urgent care. we're not saying within 4 hours. that's the service is worse performance on record. patients are also struggling to get appointments with a local doctors. one survey found more than one in 4 adults have been unable to get an in person appointment in the past year. and the waiting list to start routine. and i just treatment in england alone stands at 7200000 people. the day bob looks at a debate on the future of free health care in the united kingdom. 55, with strike spreading and talk of

u. k. maricia and the u. s. prepared to seek your release. students are apprehensive, but a lawyer on the boat could help sort of, you know, make sure that your rights are being respected. every step of the way. but if we think about it, which one we, we think on bullet deal. but if i get arrest that i can't help you. if you're picked up by the american forces, they could charge you with some sort of espionage actor or some trees and this act i'm trying to infiltrate a u. s. space. and if they were to get you 300 miles off shore, then granted, they haven't, they have total, a reason to believe you're trying to get on the base. you're doing some sort of act of direct activism. you're trying to get on the base and try to sneak on the base and that concerns me because it would leave you very little opportunity. and it would be a great risk tiered to your safety honestly for you to challenge them so openly. if you were to, to try to escape them, they'd forgive me, but they would hunt you down. they would, they would chase you. i really want to advice. this is, this is why, but being on that boat, i'd rather run into somalia, pirates them right into the

u. k. but broadly speaking, what are the right, is the reaction going to be like this and even other foreign countries, but also of course, within it on itself. well, it's definitely going to have an answer now negatively. have it affected iran's pause, international, particularly a terrible issue with, with london already fried and probably going to further detail years because i live as a bare. he was also british citizen hubbard in iran. iranian utilities do now to recognize a dual citizenship for the iranian citizen. so said the said i was an iranian citizen and he was providing sensitive information to be okay. and working for m, i 6 and they have executed him. however, on the other hand, you know that you are now is already heavy in a town solutions or the detention with france as well over the cartoons that were published by charlie have dog. and iran just recently has closed our french research institute. so both the u. k and france are the member of p 5 floss, one companies that are conducting the nuclear negotiations and trying to provide the g. c p, which was signed in 2015. but w

u. k. to be wary of spies right in their kitchens. and the form of chinese made refrigerators, archie contributor rachel marson, explains, do you ever worry that your refrigerator could be watching while you stand there in front of it in your boxes chucking milk straight out of the carton? midnight. new fear unlocked, while a new report warned the household items could not only be spying on you, but basically fronting for the chinese government. the reports author is calling for the british government to act on his claims. the chinese made internet of things, appliances, and even components of cars, can collect and transmit data through the cellular 5, g network. 2 chinese companies which could then be ordered to pass it to the chinese government. we are not yet awake to the strength. china has spotted an opportunity to dominate this market, and if it does so, it can harvest an awful lot of data as well as making foreign countries dependent. it's time to wake up, free and open countries should band chinese manufactured internet of thi

u. k. government. they called themselves extinction. rebellion or x are for sure. i'm doing the right amount is in for a company they, they work outside the system, engaging in bold, non violent acts of civil disobedience. their strategy is to create headline grabbing protest designed to maximize public exposure. they believe this will gain them a mass following and force real change. in just 6 months, they have already expanded into 15 countries to spread across full continent. i met that london headquarters on the day of one of their most extreme actions. yet in a protest day, a cooling blood of all children exile plant, still 500 liters of fake blood on downing street office and residents of british prime minister high care. and i live in history, nice me one of the x i was co founders is clare tiro, when the idea of the blood of our children were already suffering a genocide because of the impacts of pollution. so we're trying of this action to get people to understand that it's that it kills people and that it kills people. now it's already killing people. it's not like something