rishi sunak sacked his home secretary, suella braverman, and kickstarted a major cabinet reshuffle that saw david cameron accepting a peerage to hold one of britain s great offices of state. david cameron, now lord cameron, is of course well known on the global stage. and he s now beginning to speak to his new counterparts, including us secretary of state, antony blinken. according to a social media post from his new office, they discussed the israel gaza war, including, israel s right to self defence and the need for humanitarian pauses to allow the safe passage of aid into gaza . they also expressed their support for ukraine and reiterated the strength and depth of the relationship between the uk and the us . france s foreign minister, catherine colonna, tweeted congratulations and welcome , and added theirtwo countries must join forces during this unique time in global affairs. and his german counterpart, annalena baerbrock, extolled the importance of the close par
rising inequality can be blamed on external factors. but is that true, or are the wrong economic levers being pulled 7 well, my guest is former governor of the bank of england, mervyn king. does economic orthodoxy need rethinking? mervyn, lord king, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure to be on your show. it s great to have you here. as we look around the world, we see heightened global tension, uncertainty, conflict in so many different arenas. does that mean that for you, there are many reasons to be fearful about the impacts of geopolitics on the global economy? yes is the simple answer. i think we thought about the russian invasion of ukraine, we thought that was a contained conflict. now we see in the middle east. the more you fight, if this extends beyond gaza two major areas of conflict makes it much more likely that a third will occur. who knows? the chinese blockade of taiwan, perhaps. all of this is going to put enormous strain on the ability of the united sta