Good morning everyone, so this morning we will be talking about more rather we will begin our conversation about neutrality, that conversation will last over the course of several lecture, so it will wrap up other countries neutralize, but this morning we are gonna focus on what neutrality looks like an event for the americans, especially in the first half of the war, so the thing that i want you to understand the most and this is really vital because its a very different understanding of neutrality that we have today neutrality at the beginning of the war did not mean an activity, it did not mean passive 80, and im certainly did not mean impartiality, so if it doesnt mean those things and what on earth does neutrality mean, the definition of neutrality differs with each country, some like belgium will say that they never gave their neutrality, they were invaded, right but they always remained officially neutral so they were aggrieved against as a neutral country, others like switzerla
Im lucy, welcome. Hollywood Studio Bosses and the Union Representing writers have reached a tentative deal. Writers have been on strike since early may. The 15,000 plus members still have to vote to ratify the deal. In a statement, the Writers Guild of america said we can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership. Actors, though, are Still Holding industrial action. They have been on strike sincejuly. Both strikes have hit the Entertainment Industry hard. Cbs correspondent Wendy Gilette told me what this deal means. This tentative deal between the Writers Guild union and Hollywood Studios is a three year contract. Not many other details have been released just yet. If its approved by the unions 11,000 members, talk shows could get back to work within days. The Writers Guild is calling the agreement exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership
Well, this was the Liz Truss Economics and it led to disaster. There is no magical connection between cutting income tax one day and getting growth the next. Economic growth is a difficult process. It is about raising productivity and things we have been talking about for 50 or 60 years. Getting the Economy Moving will involve things like long term industrial strategy, concentrating on improved training, something we have been trying to do for a long time. Butjust income tax is a Magic Money Tree Economics that makes no sense. There is a short term feeling that an election is coming closer with rishi sunak s queens speech. Have the lib dems got to compromise some of their ideas on things like House Building where the target has been for 300,000 houses to make things affordable for young people and now they are talking about cutting that in half and just going for affordable quality housing, in order to win over conservative voters . Well, the country does need more housing, but there i
And the Union Representing writers have reached a tentative deal. Writers have been on strike since early may. The 15,000 plus members will still have to vote to ratify the deal. In a statement, the Writers Guild of america said we can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership. Actors are Still Holding industrial action, though. They have been on strike sincejuly. Both strikes have hit the Entertainment Industry hard. Jeanie wolf is an Entertainment Reporter in the us she gave us her reaction to the deal. This is the most positive news weve heard out of any meeting in all these months. What the writers are asking for reflects the changes in the entertainment business. For instance, residuals, replay of programmes and programmes that are successful, especially in streaming, which is where the Television Industry is aiming. And the streaming services dont like to report these statistics of thei
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