you have been a conservative party member. >> in the past, yes. i would not now because i feel like you can't trust them. the whole fiasco with boris and followed by the fiasco with liz truss, i can't support them anymore. i feel like we need a change. >> i am put off by what is going on. >> you will put off voting for them in the next general election whenever that might be. as thoughts turn to the next prime minister, one familiar name kept returning. >> bring back boris. he did a good job on brexit. i think somebody over there agrees with me. >> personally i would bring back boris. >> we hear he might be throwi his hat into the ring. >> he was an excellent leader, made mistakes, admitted to it. apologize. he got us through covid and he has the presence that liz hasn't got. >> some haven't even had chance to catch up on today's news. >> she will survive. >> you know she has resigned. >> i did not know that. >> she resigned earlier this afternoon. >> that surprises me. i'd have told her to stay. >> and anybody standing in the raisman have the sup

her decision followed a meeting with the senior conservative party backbencher sir graham brady, the r since the summer. the labour party has called for an immediate general election. in a brief statement in downing street, liz truss

and there has been some reference to that from the conservative party chairman jack barry, who has said that the the party must unite behind re she soon act. he says the time for internal debates should be well and truly over, i think by internal debates he meant only in fighting at asked to be said, there is no surprises. in fact, of anything that's an understatement. busy because this party has destroyed 3 prime ministers, it didn't take the opposition to do it. the party did it on its own, for reasons that may well be justified. but the question has to be asked, how did they get there in the 1st place? and in the sense that why wasn't, are more, how should i put it more careful thought given to such situations as, as trust, promising tax cuts when the country couldn't afford them. and of course we had this whole crisis with the financial markets which set off a chain reaction with truss falling very, very badly. and in downing street in the only name as prime minister she, most of her term here was as a lame duck prime minister. the sure to serving a prime minister any okay history a

what would be the best thing for the conservative party and for party members to have what could wellow or in fact for there to be two people who managed to get over that 100 hurdle and stan?— 100 hurdle and stan? speaking personally. _ 100 hurdle and stan? speaking personally. i— 100 hurdle and stan? speaking personally, ithink— 100 hurdle and stan? speaking personally, i think of— 100 hurdle and stan? speaking personally, i think of the - personally, i think of the everybody�*s interest if this was wrapped up as quickly as possible. and if there were a coronation as you put it tomorrow because the conservative party is the party of government. and it really ought to be concentrating on the government of this country rather than ripping itself to pieces and public. there will be some party members who feel badly done by, they don't get to have a say. yet, what we're looking at is the possibility that yet again, the second time in only a few weeks we would end up with a situation where mps overwhelmingly backed one candidate and then they were effectively forced to work with somebody

the conservative party? having written this book, _ really struck you? having written this book, the — really struck you? having written this book, the lessons _ really struck you? having written this book, the lessons are - really struck you? having written this book, the lessons are in - really struck you? having written i this book, the lessons are in some ways timeless. people who three months ago, whether the membership of the party, who made liz truss prime minister were making the next present prime minister as well. very much the difficulty keeping that 2019 electoral coalition together. the red bull seat and traditional story on eid tory seats in the south. because of recent events and the pressures, things like taxation because of covid, turmoil in recent months, that really pushes device within the party. i think you ever need to put these things together will have to you talk a good game, that both liz truss and boris johnson did when they came into power, but also have skills of the highest poli

if i could start -- can another internal conservative party vote produce stable leadership for the u.k >> i do not think so. it was loud and clear the party is badly affected. it is the same people. how will they make a difference? these are the people responsible for the mass. we will be made the laughingstock of the world. i do not think it will make a difference. host: let's take that point to alex. he mentioned the revolving door. you get the idea of conservative party is running out of options when boris johnson is back in the running again? alex: not just back. i must say, boris johnson is the most likely person to win this contest. that is because of something paul was reflecting in the piece we just heard. conservative party members of parliament would not want an election. it would go bad -- it would go badly for them. as to whether a new leader would have a democratic mandate. a third prime minister in a single year. that argument dissipates if it is boris johnson who won the majority in 2019. whatever you think of him, the conservative party is most likely to select boris jo

party last night. now the conservative m. p 's had been told to vote against it as a sign of loyalty to their party. that's called a 3 line where the bat instruction was then removed just before the vote. and that is when chaos in seed scenes the scenes of shopping and pushing of m p 's into the voting lobby. a general strike is being held across the occupied whist bag . after the death of palestinian man is royal, says killed one of its soldiers. protest is a demanding israeli authorities, returned the body of a day to me, me to his family. you crime has restricted to electricity usage after russian strikes destroyed several energy facilities. nationwide limits have been imposed for the 1st time since the invasion began and figuring muhammad jammah june has more from cave. there is so much concern here right now on the part of government officials that there will be more blackouts that there will be more power outages because russia has been targeting the power infrastructure of this country restrictions that have been announced to day. the 1st time since the russian invasion, they include that the

conservative party.nomy and how people are feeling and what is happening to their personal budgets, mortgages, their rent and energy prices. are they budqets, mortgages, their rent and energy prices. are they feeling budgets, mortgages, their rent and energy prices. are they feeling even worse off than at the moment, when things are tough? if they are, they will take that opportunity to punish the government. and the decisions this conservative government have made, from brexit to the disastrous mini—budget that tanked the economy and plunged the pound, they deserve to be held to account for it. sonia sodha of the _ to be held to account for it. sonia sodha of the observer, _ to be held to account for it. sonia sodha of the observer, chief - to be held to account for it. sonia sodha of the observer, chief leader writer, thank you very much. so rishi sunak, the former chancellor, has officially declared he will be entering the contest to become prime minister. let me show you some of what he said this mor

it's clear that the biggest danger to a conservative party prime minister is the conservative party's members of parliament. they've done now the 3 prime ministers in a row. and you'll find agreement between me and our labor party member of parliament on me now is that it makes the conservative party looks ridiculous. it was tearing down leader after leader consider to resume paris johnson. now let's trust the secretary party, a column and destroy 3 leaders. in a row and this flows nice, i guess to the next question, let me take it off. so will the conservative party be able to withstand the pressure for an early election also, especially if bars johnson met finds his way back into number 10. let me just stop say, you know, the fact that we're discussing, the possibility of bodies. johnson coming back is self, i think, shows how difficult is it because it party or are in this it seems to me a total mass, a phone one, you know, it's just been pushed out. someone has been approved a lie of someone was already being investigated. the only prime minister in the history who got a criminal

got conservative party headquarters, the welcome to buy and peace party workers and well wishes. he was of course, greeted warmly one quite clearly over penny morton's the other and p that wanted to actually become the prime minister. these alive pitches we expect him to speak shortly. rob matheson, of the very latest i will be going live to that speech. when it happens here on al jazeera. ah, he added to the passion, the success under popularity. and then he gave it all up for the love of his whole land. football rebels delves into the realm of footballing legend. rashid le clue fee for to the algerian national liberation front. with his feet, rashid mccarthy and the f. l. n. team on al jazeera. we understand the differences and similarities have cultures across the wound. center matter where you call hand out 0 will bring you the news and current affairs that mattie out is here with fight is winning kayla or control. what does the new forever proxy war mean for america and nato as long as americans keep consuming? prices are going to keep going up. why didn't joe biden see infl

and also in london, alex dean, a conservative party member and political commentator. welcome to all if i could stop by and 1st of all with ourselves. so as i can do think another internal conservative party vote produce stable leadership for the u. k. i don't think so. i think fundamentally with the loud and clear that the party is badly fractured and it's the very same people are just having the revolving door here. how will they make a difference? these are the very people who be responsible for want to be going through the whole mess, would been made a lawful, thoughtful to the world. so i don't think just going through the same people getting a new person, but there can a difference. let's take that point to alex. alex also mentioned the revolving door looking at the names of the likely candidates for the job of prime minister. you get the feeling is the conservative party running out of options when a name like boris johnson is back in the running again. not just back in the running. i didn't think this 48 hours ago, but now i must say that i think barbara johnso

announcement was made. >> we have received 1 -- rishi sunak is therefore elected as leader of the conservative partym: at westminster, the main opposition parties are united on the need for a general election. they called for millions of voters to have their say. >> labor things we should be having a general election. everybody i've spoken to said we should be having a general election. there is no mandate now. he should call an genera election. he is the second person in a row to be appointed as prime minister by tories not elected by the population. tim: rishi sunak's rapid advances a significant moment for politics. he is the first british asian to become prime minister. we will hear from members of that community. hello, and welcome. i'm tim willcox, live in downing street. britain has a new prime minister. rishi sunak has become britain's first british asian leader and youngest in 200 years. this trust resigned last week as leader of the conservative party -- liz truss resigned last week as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. this is the moment mr. sunak was officially named as

absolutely, the headlines _ conservative party? absolutely, the headlines in _ conservative party?es in the _ conservative party? absolutely, the headlines in the united - the headlines in the united states just are portraying this as an implosion of the conservative party, a sign not only that the polling numbers are down and that the party is divided, but that the party that seems to be firmly in control of britain has nowjust really lost its way. those kinds of reversals of fortune in the contemporary united states are really difficult to imagine. again, despite the close ties between the countries, and the fact they are both democracies, it's really a lesson for americans in how very different the rules can make democracy work. you mention those _ can make democracy work. you mention those close _ can make democracy work. you mention those close ties, president biden was critical of prime minister truss's economic plans, but he did thank her after her resignation or her support of the war in ukraine, how do you view the relations progressing from here? i don't imaaine progressi

britain's governing conservative party has announced a fast—track contest to choose a leader, so thates have said there should now be an immediate general election. in other news, a court in new york has dismissed a sexual—assault lawsuit against the actor kevin spacey, after ruling that his accuser did not prove his claim that the oscar—winner made an unwanted sexual advance on him when he was aged 14.

not sure this is a very divided party that does the crisis that's been seen has split the conservative party into into factions even more than it normally would do. things go right back to 2019. when the e r g of the european, a research group which is a right wing of the parties, pro brexton, it pushed for breaks it. it got behind bars, johnson made sure he was elected. the e r g is, is, is very, very angry that they've see that moderates moved in. and we're seeing a situation whereby the, you know, with, with the, with, with that jeremy hung coming in he, he is a safe pair of hands. but he is a very much, a moderate, conservative center ground, and they are annoyed about that. they're annoyed that they want, they want a candidate of their own. they want to see, they don't want to see that their policies are going to be overrun by one nation conservative for the future. so this is not a good situation where people are going to get a unity candidate. so it remains to be seen, but there is a real critical aspect to this. there will be online voting by the conservative party members. there won

the conservative party has been in power now for 12 years, before that the labour party was in power 13 years, before that conservatives in power 18 years. what we see is these big transitions, and we will have to see a lot of soul-searching from the conservative party which down out - went down a particular route with brexit. a lot of the economic cleavages in the party were often disguised by first, brexit and the economic populism of boris johnson who is able to be all things to all men often. and now we have these big economic divisions between the leveling up agenda and what we saw from trussonomics really exposed the conservative party. they will have to come to agreement about what the point of the conservative party is. dani: i'm also seeing some soul-searching probably from you as well after getting up at 6:00 a.m. to talk politics. we really appreciate it, alan wager, research associate at the changing europe initiative at king's college london. u.s. bonds fall into the longest slump since 1984. we will look at the swap market driving the selloff. this is bloomberg. ♪ dani:

that is a group of senior backbenchers in the conservative party. for the party. he is the person to whom mps who are unhappy with the leadership can sent a letter of no confidence in the prime minister if they so choose. we know in the last three minutes dated 15th mp, ruth edwards, the conservative mp for rushcliffe, has donejust edwards, the conservative mp for rushcliffe, has done just that, publicly made it clear that she wants the prime minister to go. in her letter she said it is not responsible for the party to allow liz truss to remain in power. she also urges the prime minister to step aside, go and let someone he is “p step aside, go and let someone he is up to the task, in her words, take on the great privilege and responsibility of leading our great country and party. others reflecting their unhappiness a few minutes before that's. jill mortimer, the mp for hartlepool, also making it public that she called on the prime minister to go. she said yesterday i tried to get a call in in prime minister's questions to ask liz truss for an assur

it is a massive shift in ideologically for the conservative party _ ideologically for the conservativend how dire this financial situation is ifjeremy— how dire this financial situation is ifjeremy hunt is moving to effectively put a windfall tax on banks _ effectively put a windfall tax on banks and energy producers as well that we _ banks and energy producers as well that we see from the story, jeremy hunt _ that we see from the story, jeremy hunt has _ that we see from the story, jeremy hunt has talked about a pen for the decisions _ hunt has talked about a pen for the decisions are going to be to take it again. _ decisions are going to be to take it again, politically forthe conservatives, there will be looking forward _ conservatives, there will be looking forward. the conservatives, there will be looking forward. , ., , , ., , ., forward. the story below this on front of the _ forward. the story below this on front of the ft, _ forward. the story below this on front of the ft, only _ forward. the story below this on front of the ft, only mention - forward. the story below this on

deputy mandates, if only one person recruits, then he automatically becomes the leader of the conservative party as the country's prime minister. if there are three, then voting among the conservative deputies begins, by exclusion, two candidates remain one more vote, but this vote will not be decisive, because after all, ordinary members will determine the prime ministers and the leader of the conservative party conservative parties, which will have to vote online within a week, are also possible there will be a debate between the two finalists. and uh, the total will be announced. uh, these are the elections within the conservative party, and the result will be announced on friday. well, the mood in the uk of course about this is very complicated and the fact is that already, uh, this will already be the third pop-po- in a row of the prime minister of the conservative party, who is elected since more than johnson, uh, was elected prime minister over johnson's show of resignation was then short-lived. here again may come back over johnson and again voting is an insignificant number of voters. t

they become conservative party.ive party leader on winning that race but they only become prime minister having been invited in to see the king and asked to form a government. are we receiving news? i think we are... the development here. let mejust think we are... the development here. let me just click on a twitter link here, if it's going to open up. we are hearing penny mordaunt has withdrawn. , ., ., , withdrawn. there you go, so rishi sunak will be _ withdrawn. there you go, so rishi sunak will be our _ withdrawn. there you go, so rishi sunak will be our next _ withdrawn. there you go, so rishi sunak will be our next prime - sunak will be our next prime minister, ourthird prime minister in a matter of seven weeks. this extraordinary period of time out in british politics, its next chapter marked now with confirmation from penny mordaunt that she is withdrawing from this race or hasn't made the nominations, i haven't yet managed to read exactly what she is saying. the crucial detail here, at 2.00 is penny morda

the course of the weekend and he tory mp hoping to get that top spot the next leader of the conservative partyter for the country will need to try and shore up country will need to try and shore up support from the conservative mp colleagues. they need to get at least 100 conservative mps to back them by 2pm on monday if they are to have a chance on getting that top job. as it stands at the moment, no one has publicly put themselves forward but a lot of tory mps have indicated of who they would want to backin indicated of who they would want to back in a potential leadership race. at the moment the two mps yielding the most support are the former chancellor rishi sunak and the former prime minister borisjohnson. so very interesting that boris johnson in particular is getting a lot of attention this evening. i have heard from some conservative sources like the business secretary jacob rees—mogg have been encouraging to back borisjohnson. the fact that he is giving that supportjust the fact that he is giving that support just three the fact that he is giving that supportjust three months after r

conservatives reputation. and it was virtually impossible for the party to ever pull back from that. and now we don't have as long as he had to try and turn things round, conservatives only have 2 years at the most, really before the next election. so this is a, i mean, there's no mistaking. this is an extremely difficult uphill task. richie soon acts out and i don't in any way, try to minimize how hard that is. but i do think thank goodness the conservative party has, has made a sensible decision. today. it seems to be one in which they have allowed their head the rule rather than that hawks. they have been very emotional, very sentimental in recent, so, weeks and months. partly i think because far as jumps from himself was a political figure driven by career learn personality rather than by them. the content essentially of his agenda. oh, thank you so much interesting. there massive challenges i had a foolish as soon as there is a perception that he is really the only man for the job within the uh, the, the selection, the options that there were at this time. at the moment, we're st

the conservative party has always been seen as the glosses party, the party that understood the economy. they've always been seen as not necessarily very compassionate. but they had been seen as completely competent at running the economy at adding up. and that has been trashed, and in the last few weeks that they've looked like the people who didn't understand adding up, they've looked like the people who didn't understand that you can't simply borrow huge sums of money in order to cut taxes and, and now they have been revealed so to speak, as like a sack full of weasels all fighting with each other. the scenes which we and britain have all seen on, on, on, on television, that the scenes have been, have been appalling and last night it, it sounds like it was almost a fist fight and the division lobbies at that, that must be what finally persuaded les tress it was time to go, and he thank you so much for your insight. that is matthew, a paris, a former tory member of parliament and political commentator. which on virchow is a former speaker in the u. k. house of commons. he says thursda

party. i wonder if conservative members _ party. i wonder if conservative members think— party. the last few weeks. he resigned not that long ago knowing full well that in the story that he would return. did he know that this would return. did he know that this would be a fiasco and through his support behind liz truss and now look where we are had to have any legitimacy to run again? t look where we are had to have any legitimacy to run again?— legitimacy to run again? i think he is not a unifying — legitimacy to run again? i think he is not a unifying but _ legitimacy to run again? i think he is not a unifying but a _ legitimacy to run again? i think he is not a unifying but a divisive - is not a unifying but a divisive figure in the party. it is a fairly recent time ago that he himself was in the exact position that truss was in the exact position that truss was in the exact position that truss was in the position that he is in today. that is because the resignations that took place across government and a number of those people are still sitting on the benches in his own part

the conservative party is now racing to find a successor, with a new prime minister due to move into unist party congress has gone ahead in beijing this week, despite areas of the city being under a covid lockdown. organisers have kept delegates well away from beijing's residents, after cases quadrupled in recent weeks. stephen mcdonell reports. thousands of delegates down at the great hall of the people are possibly not aware that the city, which is hosting the communist party congress, has started to implement localised lockdown. now i say they are possibly not aware because most delegates are in isolation to stop them from being infected. at the moment, in beijing though, it is at the housing estate, housing compound type level, where there are lockdowns being imposed. if you are a contact with someone who has been infected or a contact of a contact, you have to stay home. if you've been to a part of the city deemed to be high risk, your health code will change colour and it will also order you to stay home. earlier this week, china's leader xijinping said there would be no swervin

you have been a conservative party voter? nd i wouldn't vote conservative now because i don't feel we can trust them. i feel a whole fiasco with boris and followed with the whole fiasco now with liz truss, i don't feel i can support them any more. ifeel we need a change. like a lot of people, i'm put off by what's going on. they haven't covered themselves in glory. you are put off voting for them at the next general election? i'm afraid so, yes. as thoughts turn to the next prime minister, one familiar name... bring back boris. he did a good job on brexit. i think somebody over there agrees with me so yes, bring back boris. personally i would bring back boris, that's my answer. we hear he may be throwing his hat into the ring, why do you want to see him return? it was an excellent leader, he made mistakes and admitted to it and apologised eventually but he's a good all—round leader. but not everybody was looking ahead. the pace of events means that some haven't even had a chance to catch up on the news today. she will get over

_ well reading that broad conservative party a _ well reading that broad conservative party. e how it goes. as with liz, i did not back her— see how it goes. as with liz, i did not back her but she very kindly made _ not back her but she very kindly made me — not back her but she very kindly made me a _ not back her but she very kindly made me a pps at the department of international trade. what i want to see is— international trade. what i want to see is a _ international trade. what i want to see is a conservative party delivering. without is a new hospital— delivering. without is a new hospital a better transport infrastructure. and crucially providing economic stability and good _ providing economic stability and good jobs our people.— providing economic stability and good jobs our people. thank you very much forjoining _ good jobs our people. thank you very much forjoining us. _ good jobs our people. thank you very much forjoining us. as _ good jobs our people. thank you very much forjoining us. as you've - good jobs our people. thank you very much forjoining us. as you'v

can the conservative party really afford to ignore that? i think they're going to try and ignore it and that, but there is, it's not just the opposition parties. clearly the labor party is demanding a general election. it's very clear from the opinion polls that that is what a clear majority of voters way of a 70 percent want a general election. but the truth is that an awful lot of conservative members of parliament would be condemned to lose their seats and therefore lose their incomes . if they went for a general election and as we say in english, usually turkeys don't vote for christmas. it looks like going for a general election would be voting for a turkey's christmas. is labor really interested in holding a general election right now given the difficult situation the countries in i think they would be quite tall. and actually because whoever takes paula at this moment, face is a very severe economic crisis. they face the consequences of the war in ukraine, and they faced all the problems following kobe than the really critical stage o

a contest under way in the conservative party to decide who will become the next party leader.e next few days, low pressure itself to the south—west, throwing the weather fronts around that low, driving in plenty of frequent showers. but the wind direction from the south, still relatively mild, and mild start to friday morning, plenty of showers from the south—west, some of them heavy, possibly even thundery first thing in the morning. they will drift out of cornwall into wales and towards the midlands as we go through the morning rush hour. eventually moving steadily north, fewer showers into the far north of scotland, but nowhere will escape those showers as we go through the afternoon. at least they will rattle through at quite a pace because of the strong southerly wind, the strongest gusts close to the centre of the low during the afternoon, 50mph not out of question into the south—west. but always coming from the south, a mild source, so in between with the sunshine coming through, temperatures are likely to peak in the high teens, pretty good for this time of year. early

conservative party has always been a, you know, a coalition of of different views of social conservativesif you like the word, or free marketeers of people who have a range of views... but we're talking of people, unlike in, say, the thatcher period, where there were deep divides inside the conservative party in the cabinet. you did not get what you get now, which is people saying, "i will quit my membership of the conservative party if so—and—so becomes leader, i will do everything to bring this person down." you do get it now, you, for many people, are the symbol, if you like, of that kind of right—wing orthodoxy. so i'm trying to get a sense of you what's at stake? why are the stakes so big? the tory party is a brexit party now. i think that's that's clear. there are very few who disagree with that in the party now. but i think you've got to you've got two wings, you've got, you know, if you like, a sort of free market liberal wing to the party that is in inverted commas, "globalist," if you like, looks out of britain, you know, is not so invested in things like immigration. stopping..

candy conservative party live for another two years, -- can the conservative party live for another twoears or are we going to get the bow sooner than they thought russian mark guy: thank you very much. king's college london professor of economic and public policy. let's talk about the significance of all of this. we were discussing the economic backdrop that the u.k. finds itself within the moment. the markets have made it clear, the big shifts in policy are not going to be tolerated. does the politics matter? does it matter who leads the conservative party? does it matter whether it is conservative or labor of the stage? jonathan: i think it does matter who leads the country in the median term. in the short-term, but we are going to have is not a huge fiscal policy. we have to recognize that, some of the issues that liz truss w eighs, low growth is stagnant productivity, low-wage in the last 10 years of the u.k. economy, those may have been due to the policy mistakes of the conservative party. that does not mean that she was wrong in raising those as being issues. the problem is, real

not to mention the question marks as to whether the conservative party actually has a mandate to govern any more wishes to not was rejected by his own party membership only weeks ago. the people in his country now deserve was to go to the electorate to put our policies forward about how we going to deal with this cost of living crisis it. the conservatives to put upon the british people and let them have a vote. scary how we kind of tend to page and continued down the same track up. i feel like prime minister, but we're just as good so. so we're looking at the bird bars that really talk to the board lawyer. if you look at all the other 4 person about offices which are lawful during the summer leadership contest against trust, which you soon i predicted many of the you case current economic difficulties. the economic landscape has turned even bleaker since then, but be in the country now. wait to hear what it's new leader and his government plans to do about it. ho brennan al jazeera downing street. and alan, where she was seen ac was saying earlier in remarks, it is time for the conserv

but will there be a contest even within l the conservative party. hin the tory party estimates supporters of penny mordaunt have been racing this morning to gather the 100 backers she needs to get on the ballot. her campaign insisted she was staying in and that members needed to have a say. and that members needed to have a sa . , , . .. ., and that members needed to have a sa. , ., ., and that members needed to have a sa. , ., say. penny is a candidate who can unite all sides _ say. penny is a candidate who can unite all sides of— say. penny is a candidate who can unite all sides of the _ say. penny is a candidate who can unite all sides of the party - say. penny is a candidate who can unite all sides of the party it's - unite all sides of the party it's very important that we actually give people a choice. and during the course ofjust people a choice. and during the course of just the people a choice. and during the course ofjust the next people a choice. and during the course of just the next few people a choice. and during the course ofjust the n

— under conservative cover, and that the party is — under conservative cover, and thatis, what is going to stand _ question really is, what is going to stand for? — question really is, what is going to stand for? the question really is, what is going to stand for? ,, ._ question really is, what is going to stand for? ,, ., , question really is, what is going to stand for? ,, ._ ., , ., , stand for? the sunday telegraph has the headline. — stand for? the sunday telegraph has the headline, hunt _ stand for? the sunday telegraph has the headline, hunt delays _ stand for? the sunday telegraph has the headline, hunt delays 1p - the headline, hunt delays 1p tax—cut. kate, he is going to have to take some tough decisions, he said that. he may become unpopular, but it does look like it is going to be necessary. could that in any way save the tory party? i be necessary. could that in any way save the tory party?— save the tory party? i don't see how. because — save the tory party? i don't see how, because if _ save the tory party? i don't see how, because if and _ save the tory

conservative party.in the conservative party. you know you need to be in — the conservative party. you know you need to be in order _ the conservative party. you know you need to be in order to _ the conservative party. you know you need to be in order to stay _ the conservative party. you know you need to be in order to stay in - need to be in order to stay in office. ,., ., , �* office. the important thing is i've been elected _ office. the important thing is i've been elected to _ office. the important thing is i've been elected to this _ office. the important thing is i've been elected to this position - office. the important thing is i've been elected to this position to l been elected to this position to deliver for the country. we are facing very tough times we simply cannot afford to spend our time stalking about the conservative party rather than what we need to deliver and that is my message to my colleagues. ah, deliver and that is my message to my colleauues. �* ., , . colleagues. a word they

i don't think you can fault the conservative party i leader is broken?he conservative party for speed this time around. the last process to take a long time, this one is going to be very quick. i think it is still possible, probably not likely, but possible that rishi sunak will be prime minister on monday night or tuesday morning, i an extremely sceptical about the briefing from thejohnson campaign about 100 mps. the simplest way fame to prove that would be for 100 mps to prove that would be for 100 mps to publicly say they are supporting him, as they have rishi sunak. so, if borisjohnson does end up with 100 mp5, if borisjohnson does end up with 100 mps, and it is possible that he will, and then goes up against rishi sunak and one of them whence, for sure the consulate party will be divided, but it is just about possible, given the relatively public —— sad —— sluggish pace of public —— sad —— sluggish pace of public support for boris johnson. thank you so much for your thoughts on that, henry, and for taking the time to speak to us, that was the associ

_ people in charge of the conservative party hie _ people in charge of the conservative pa . ~e, but we�*ve had a few things on — if you want to get in touch with the programme we would love you to. you can email me at kuenssberg@bbc.co.uk — i�*d love to hear your ideas or thoughts on what they�*re all arguing about. on social media you can use the #bbclaurak — and if you are one of those people who likes to know what everyone else is thinking and get analysis as we go — the bbc news live page is there for you — at bbc.co.uk/news. in a moment we�*ll hear from the chancellor — yeah, the fourth in four months — the man who is trying to salvage the government�*s reputation. but before we do, so much has happened this week your head might be spinning, so buckle up, let�*s remind ourselves what�*s been going on. it was only on wednesday that liz truss went to see king charles after prime minister�*s questions to be greeted with this. prime minister, your majesty. your prime minister, your ma'esty. your ma'es , prime minister, your ma'esty. your majesty. good * prime minister, your m

you have been a conservative party voter? i you have been a conservative party voter?e _ voter? i have in the past, yes, and i wouldn't vote conservative - voter? i have in the past, yes, and i wouldn't vote conservative now i i wouldn't vote conservative now because i don't feel we can trust them. ifeela because i don't feel we can trust them. ifeel a whole because i don't feel we can trust them. i feel a whole fiasco with boris and followed with the whole fiasco now with liz truss, i don't feel i can support them any more. i feel i can support them any more. i feel we need a change. like feel i can support them any more. i feel we need a change.— feel i can support them any more. i feel we need a change. like a lot of --eole, feel we need a change. like a lot of people. i'm — feel we need a change. like a lot of people. i'm put _ feel we need a change. like a lot of people. i'm put off _ feel we need a change. like a lot of people. i'm put off by _ feel we need a change. like a lot of people, i'm put off by what's - feel we need a change. like a lot of people, i'm pu

i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. about everything that had already happened. the disastrous mini budget, the markets forcing u—turn after u—turn, the chancellor being sacked. liz truss was already under pressure, but monday morning was a chance to reset. dramatic news to start the week here at westminster. liz truss had a new chancellor, jeremy hunt. reporter: any more u-turns? yes was the answer, because after speculation of what markets would do next, his immediate task was to calm them. we will reverse almost all the tax measures announced in the growth plan three weeks ago. this can reasonably be called the biggest u—turn in british economic history, or as one tory mp put it... her central prospectus has been...uh, consigned to the history books or to the recycling bin, or whatever it may happen to be. the government's intervention did serve its immediate purpose. the markets calmed. the politics didn't. the opposition labour party tabled a question for the government. but it was minister penny mordaunt not liz t

next, it's clear the conservative party want to have this done and dusted as quickly as possible. but does it make sense to open this vote up to party members? not just mpg, but party members who have found themselves burnt last time round when they banked less trust. well deducting debate going on around how this would work. and it seems to me, if you can keep this amongst n p 's who are the, they are elected and represent a whole range of constituents, then that would be helpful because if nobody's interests, to have a long drawn out and very, very pers, no and bloody leadership contest, the way to do guys, to people to coalesce around one candidate. i think that will be difficult. there's lots of ego play. it is those people who do want to talk who are not going blink 1st and say no, you go, i might get a good job in your government. and therefore, if there is this lack of agreement, and there are a few people you get down the last to then it will go back to the party members and the members have been burned. they made a choice, it didn't work out the things that they thought th

there are many, even with in the conservative party, even within their own m. p. 's. we're saying the party is actually ungovernable at the moment. and given that we have the labor party, some tories, as you've highlighted, they're asking for a general election to be held that the country itself should have it say, what did the chances of that happening? this is what are the majority of the british public one, they do want a general election after all, this is the 2nd time that a prime minister isn't elected by the public, but just within the conservative party. now the party argues that this is a parliamentary democracy and it can be done and it's not undemocratic, but it's really out. you know, that there is a lot of, there is a lot of criticism from the public and obviously from the positioning parties. however, the conservative party know that if there was a general election anytime soon, they would be more or less obliterated. the labor opposition party is almost 30 points. it had an upholds and some predictions are really dire as, and the conservative party could

priding themselves in, but we have seen over the last decades that something was eroding the conservative party from within. and that was the issue of europe. it as divided the party between a madrid sort of centrist and broadly pro european wing and another wing which was more libertarian. and those people made sure that the u. k. left the you on on really the, the, the strongest and hardest of breaks it with just a free trade agreement and that, but really bad bane and it's these people that are the moderates, are fighting this trust to somebody who comes from the libertarian small state wing of the party, and now she's been ousted by m p. 's mostly by the moderate m. p. 's. but even people to the right of the party. and she had lost that trust to so where does this leave british politics bear good, what. what happens next? good question. this trust a state that has said that she was saying office until a successor is found and that should happen rather quickly. however, we are already seeing the opposition, the liberal democrats and labor. they are demanding that there should be a general el

is it simply down to the personalities or the handling of the conservative party? some of the structural the u. k. has one of the worst performing g 7 economies in the g 7 that party low productivity, low pay, low, low levels of investment compared to many of us being competitors. and also as well . a government refused. it has a few so many years to countenance working in partnership with business to try and for example, tackle the climate christ and so all yes, they've moved in that direction in some ways, but no, i'm anyway near the scale that they should be. so that economy were not performing is what we could. secondly, our democracy in this country is, i'm afraid, antiquated is coming upon the seems, you know, the fact that we're now on the 3rd prime minister as many as the money isn't just because of the psycho drama of the conservative party also comes down to the fact that democracy in this country it's boss, is boss, be undermined by the fact that we have voting system the any other country in and europe has that. it's been a ruse. we have no proportionali

, because now the conservative party is declaring that a new leader will be named by next friday, that is, in less than two weeks , and what is important is that it will be much faster than it was in in the case of the previous elections for the new leader of the conservative party, which lasted two months, and this is how it happened then, first , the conservative deputies in the parliament sifted out the candidates, two finalists remained, it was the then minister of foreign affairs, livy trasa, and the minister of finance, rishi sunok, who were chosen from among the two of them already the prime minister party members interviewers all over the country what will be the terms of the current consul we still don't know the competition yet but it is known that by monday the candidates for the position of party leader therefore, the prime minister of the country must gather e100 and they must enlist the support of conservative mps. we do not know how the elections will proceed, but it is certain that the conservative party wants to hold these elections as soon as possible in order t

and then whoever gets the most votes in the end, but he will become the next leader of the conservative party and thereby the prime minister and all of this. so nominations will have to be made by monday, coming monday. and then by next friday, the new conservative leader and the new prime minister should be picked. so who would be the candidate that the party could get behind will if you look at poll that moment, and then it's just that that could potentially be where she cynic, he is able to, at some point at this point, gonna sort of make the most boats in a way he was less stresses contender and i like in the, in the leadership race over the summer. and he has experience and government. he used to be the former chancellor, but he's not alone. right. so there are other candidates, like ben wallace, the former, or the current defense minister, and penny mordant, who is the leader of the house of commons. although she doesn't have a lot of government experience. so there's that, that others have criticized and you know, the hash tag has been trending. bring back boris on line. so a burst on

i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i therefore slaten to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. whom doing started last friday, she'd sacked her finance minister, concent quoting, but blaming him for getting it wrong had no effect on the markets. the pound wasn't recovering on the cost of government borrowing was still going up to say a nervous trust walked out on questioning. i'm going to say i minute in came political, heavyweight jeremy hunt as new chancellor, trashing virtually all of the trust plans, saving billions of dollars and calming the markets. he cannot make credibility. ah, the next day she was confronted by opposition. labor leader kissed darma for the 1st time, she seemed to be defiant. i am a fighter. i know i hate 24 hours later she was told to quit know the conservative party is engulfed in leadership elections again. and those in charge say they'll have to be quick. i think we are deeply conscious all the imperative of a national interest or resol

she wooed the right wing of the conservative party, the hard line breaks it is to believe that she was the right person and almost immediately it's all blown up in her face. she represents a cleverly divided party and now they get to try and hang on to power it's, it's a contradiction in terms really. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. the philippine government says it will take part in peace talks on the 2 year old conflict in the northern t y region. next week. the negotiations with t, the t right people's liberation front in south africa are due to take place after a previous attempt failed earlier this month, triggering further fighting at least 60 people, including security officers, have been killed in the unrest and shots capital and jemina. hundreds of demonstrators defied a band on protests to mark the date when the military administration was supposed to hand over power. it's rule has now been extended by at least 2 years. police in northeastern germany say a blaze in a house in a hotel housing ukrainian refugees may ha

and rishi sunak is therefore elected leader of the conservative party. at westminster, the main opposition parties are united on the need for a general election so that millions of voters can have their say. labour thinks we should be having a general election. i think everyone i've spoken to in the public has said we should be having a general election. there is no mandate now. he should call an early general election. he is the second person in a row to be appointed as prime minister by tories, not elected by the population. mr sunak�*s rapid advance is a significant moment for politics. he's the first british asian to become prime minister. we'll talk to members of that community. hello and welcome. i'm tim willcox, live from downing street. the uk has a new prime minister — rishi sunak has become britain's first british—asian leader and its youngest in more than 200 years. he will take over from liz truss, who resigned last week, as leader of the conservative party and prime minister once he has been invited to form a government by king charles. that'

has been _ because the conservative party has been in _ because the conservative party has beensome time, the — been in a death spiral for some time, the fact he thinks they might enter— time, the fact he thinks they might enter one — time, the fact he thinks they might enter one is astonishing. they will lose the _ enter one is astonishing. they will lose the next election, whether it is in a _ lose the next election, whether it is in a week— lose the next election, whether it is in a week or two years' time. torv— is in a week or two years' time. torv mps — is in a week or two years' time. tory mps know they are heading for a period _ tory mps know they are heading for a period in_ tory mps know they are heading for a period in opposition, it is how to -et period in opposition, it is how to get as— period in opposition, it is how to get as many of them there as possible _ get as many of them there as possible without losing too many seats _ possible without losing too many seats and — possible without losing too many seats and destroying the party on the wav — seats and destro