since robert peel and the tamworth manifesto. yeah, exactly.ger in and more quotable bluntly in what he's saying, pleaing for forgiveness. you know, sometimesjournalists write about a politician pleading for forgiveness, and you look at the quote and you think, well, it wasn't quite that. these are sort of vaguely passive, vaguely articulated, some sort of regret. but he did use the word forgiveness. it was that plea for forgiveness, which i think tells you something about where they found themselves on this issue, which is an a total kind of place they didn't want to be. and then that sense that maybe, maybe the only way to try and move on from it is to be as frank as you possibly can be about the scale of of sorry— ness that that you're feeling about it. but then yet again, therefore, it was creating sort of more headlines several, several days on. i mean, i suppose there will come a point where we have to talk about something else, i guess. but you're right, this could be the moment where he thinks i've made the most profound apology i can d

manifesto, that his home has now been turned into a theme park. and i said it was chessington world of adventures. i had misremembered my theme parks. it's actually drayton manor. i am happy to correct the record and i am happy to apologise to all theme park fans who pointed this out. hopefully that ends the matter. on happier news, lots of newscasters got in touch when chris and i spectacularly failed to come up with a name for this week when we're getting loads of party manifestos published one after the other, but plenty of newscasters jumped into the breach to save us. nick, who describes himself as an addicted listener, said, "how about the newscast manifestival?" and he then goes the extra mile and says, "you could decorate the studio with relevant party—coloured bunting." thenjohn, who says, "great show." thank you, john said, "with festival season approaching," sensing a little theme here, "how about you call it the manifestonbury?" love it, or festonbury. and then he goes the extra mile too and says, "you could have a different party head

manifesto, that his home has now been turned into a theme park.

the tamworth manifesto, very interesting , now here is a full interesting, now here is a full list of the tamworth constituency so far. eddie hughes of the conservative party, ian stewart, cooper reform uk jed martin, liberal democrat sarah edwards, labour party. sue howarth, the green party. sue howarth, the green party. now the list of candidates isn't finalised because the deadline isn't until 5:00 today, so there you go . 5:00 today, so there you go. >> but coming up, reform uk leader nigel farage provides a scathing reaction to the prime minister's early d—day departure . we'll have his words after .we'll have his words after this >> as well, 1249 is the time. and we'll return to the news that rishi sunak has apologised for leaving that d—day ceremony early yesterday . early yesterday. >> and now the leader of reform uk, nigel farage, says that rishi sunak is not fit to be prime minister. let's have a listen to his very latest words. >> well, if he doesn't understand how vitally important d—day is in terms of our country, its history , it is one country, its history, it is one of