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them to downing street. at an event in greater manchester, sir keir starmer will say wealth creation would be at at the heart of his government leading to a decade of national renewal . plaid cymru also launches its manifesto this morning, calling for a new funding dealfor wales. the prime minister is in italy, for the g7 summit of world leaders, where he will push a plan to seize russian assets to fund aid for ukraine. back home, one of his senior aides, the tory candidate craig williams, has admitted he s facing a gambling commission inquiry over a £100 bet he placed on a july election, just three days before rishi sunak s surprise announcement. you mustjust see quite a few of these. there are exactly three weeks to polling day, and in the manifesto he s unveiling today, sir keir starmer says there wil be no surprises. the labour leader is well aware every opinion poll continues to indicate a healthy lead for his party, so his manifesto will tread carefully, while promi ....
Would cost $2 billion and he plans to offset the tax cut by eliminate ing a tax cut for low income families. an dennis daugaard explains the republican logic, a recession is the worst time to raise taxes. so i guess that when reagan did it, it didn t count. check your history book, big guy in south dakota. time now to call in washington post columnist and senior fellow at the brookings institute e.j. dion and great to have you with us. good to be with you. thank you. and you wrote an article that said they are staying in the comfort zone and where do you come to that conclusion? explain that? well, if you are a con ser conservative republican and you come in and cut taxes or keep them steady or cut programs in of which benefit voters who vote the other way, you are not ....
Of which benefit voters who vote the other way, you are not threatening yourself with your base. you get cheered by your base. you get at lt lot of attention the conservative media all over the country and attention from mainstream media. but the hard thing to do is what these governors are doing which is raising taxes and cutting programs at the same time which risks making everybody angry at you, and yet, it is a more balanced approach to budget cutting and it is the way that governors used to be behave, and republicans and democrats alike. there is, you know, certain programs and certain areas of the budget that they are really attacking unlike any other time before. i mean this attack on education. this attack on collective bargaining, and is this the long-term strategy or have they been positioning themselves to be this aggressive for some 25 or 30 years and this is just the best time to do it? what do you think? well, i think that you have ....