Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Wednesday, April 12th. I'm Nyla Buddha. Here's

what we're covering today. Whether UK economy is projected to be worse than Russia's, plus

how that's even affecting British fish and chips. But first, what's next for the Tennessee

lawmakers expelled from office? That's our one big thing.

Four days after being expelled by the GOP-led Tennessee State House, Democratic

Representative Justin Jones was reinstated. Nashville's Metro Council voted unanimously to

send him back to his old seat on Monday. Jones was one of two black Democratic lawmakers expelled

for participating in a gun control protest following the Covenant School shooting.

Axios' Adam Tamborin is joining us from Nashville with the big picture. Hey, Adam.

Hi, thank you for having me. Adam, this expulsion has made national headlines and gotten attention

from the White House and civil rights groups. First, I need to ask you how common are expulsions

from the Tennessee General Assembly? They're very, very rare and they usually follow things like

a serious criminal investigation or allegation, convictions, or a serious breach of ethical rules.

So for an expulsion to take place under circumstances like this, where we're talking about decorum

rules being violated is really unprecedented. Democratic Representative Justin Pearson was also

expelled. His seat represents part of Memphis. Yes, what we're hearing is that the commission

in Shelby County will be meeting today to discuss that. And I should mention there's a third

lawmaker, Representative Gloria Johnson, who represents Knoxville, also a Democrat, also participated

in the protest. Her vote to get expelled failed by one vote. What has she been saying about that?

Well, outside of the chamber, a reporter asked her, why do you think you weren't expelled when

your colleagues were? And she said, I think you can look at the color of our skin. Johnson is white,

Pearson and Jones are black. And there's been a lot of attention to the fact that the two black

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