Of Thousands Ofjobs for other programmes leaving the state. Our business correspondent, theo leggett, joins us now. As we heard, this is Notjust A grievance about rejecting a 25 pay rise, this is problem going back over 15 years, what is the history . We have seen in this vote which was absolutely emphatic, 96 of both pulled voted for the strike shows the depth of feeling between the workforce against management and how little trust there is between the workforce and bowing management. As you say, that does go back a long time because in past renegotiations of Contracts Bowing was in a strong position and it went into these negotiations threatening to remove production from the pacific Northwest Area and take it into other states. That went down very badly with Boeing Workers in the region who are to accept reduced terms and conditions including the removal of Pension Schemes and those resentments have remained. Over the past few years as well while boeing has been trying to mmp while
lots more on that on our website. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking. this week, i ve been down to downing street to number 11 to speak to the chancellor, jeremy hunt, who s preparing his budget. he wanted to tell tory mps not to get ahead of themselves about the taxes that he could cut, but also to have a go at those who are saying he shouldn t cut taxes at all. all those organisations with acronyms the imf, the obr, the ifs. here now is my conversation with the chancellor. well, chancellor, thank you for having us here inside number 11 and a rather grand dining room. yes, welcome, nick, it s great to see you here. we re in 11 downing street, this is your office here, you host meetings and dinners in this particular room, but it is also your home what is it like living above the shop? well, the first thing is that i n
now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking. this week, i ve been down to downing street to number 11 to speak to the chancellor, jeremy hunt, who s preparing his budget. he wanted to tell tory mps not to get ahead of themselves about the taxes that he could cut, but also to have a go at those who are saying he shouldn t cut taxes at all. all those organisations with acronyms the imf, the obr, the ifs. here now is my conversation with the chancellor. well, chancellor, thank you for having us here inside number 11 and a rather grand dining room. yes, welcome, nick, it s great to see you here. we re in 11 downing street, this is your office here, you host meetings and dinners in this particular room, but it is also your home what is it like living above the shop? well, the first thing is that i never expected to be here. and as i
showers today or snow melt, there could be icy stretches first thing. in towns and city centres we are looking at below freezing, even colder where we had lying snow. early fog could be slow to lift across northern ireland, elsewhere a brief ridge of high pressure will build. some crisp winter sunshine to look out for on friday. a few scattered showers and a brisk breeze across the east coast, but generally speaking temperatures between four and 6 degrees, milder out of the south west. there is a change on its way but it will be painfully slow for some. way but it will be painfully slow forsome. it way but it will be painfully slow for some. it will bring milder air into northern ireland and scotland so we could have a rapid snowmelt for the start of the weekend, but the cold air clings on across england and wales, particularly on saturday. another chilly start. outbreaks of patchy rain and poor visibility to the west, top temperatures generally around five to 7 degrees. it w
breeze are always strongest across southern counties of england. that ll be the case through this evening and overnight. in east anglia and the south east, a few more showers cropping up towards the morning. lots of cloud across parts of scotland. that will stop the temperature dropping too much, but any cloud breaks here, down into single figures in the countryside, and it will be a bit fresher through some rural parts of england and wales. where we start with lots of sunshine tomorrow, another sunny day to come here. the cloud in scotland breaking up a bit more readily, just one or two showers in the west, but a greater chance of cloud and showers in eastern and more particularly south eastern, east anglia parts of england, where temperatures will be down a bit in the breeze. up to around 23 24 towards the south west of england and south west wales. bye for now. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. nasa cancels the launch of the artemis space rocket on its mission to the