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hello and welcome to the program. i'm fully back table. britain's new prime minister is taking over at a time of unprecedented challenges at home and abroad. list ross is under pressure to act on the countries cost of living crisis. families face soaring grocery and energy bills as inflation hits a 40 year high. she also needs to manage the you case specs in relationship with the european union and the war in ukraine. but our 1st task has been to form a cabinet trust, promoted m p. 's, who supported her during the leadership contest against 3. she's so knock for the 1st time, the government's top 4 roles are not held by white men. try the house phone calls with the us and ukrainian presidents before facing her 1st session in parliament as leader. she's promising immediate steps to deal with high energy. we can't just deal with today's problem. we can't just put a sticking cluster on it. what we need to do is increase our energy supplied long.

and that is why we will open up multiply and see which the honorable gentleman as the reason why we won't fail to play a power station because he didn't do when they were in office. we will get home with delivering the supply as well as helping al jazeera xandra. simmons reports from london. this process had to hit the ground running both at home and internationally. her 1st call with a foreign leader was with vladimir zalinski, the president of ukraine. she reassured him, of long term commitment, bother you. k. in supporting that war against russia and she attacked vladimir putin saying he was continuing to weapon eyes energy. next came joe biden to you as president. he assured her that the special relationship with the u. k. would continue, and he thanked her for her commitment to the ukraine war and the challenge russian

aggression. he went on to say though, that the european union at negotiations over northern ireland to get the legislation in place, had to be chased by the new prime minister. domestically, she's got a major problem with energy prices with you k families, millions of them really finding it hard going. she's going to announce in the next few days, a new plan for capping the energy bills, right? the way across the country, limiting them to below $3000.00 us dollars in any given year. now this is a colossal commitment over a $100000000000.00 committed to it, which could actually threatened the whole mantra about cutting taxes because somewhere that money has to be found. and it could be found in taxes for the future . and that could put her under threat. ah, well let's bring in our guests now in london, ron da. com reader in politics at king's college, london,

and director of the university center for british government and politics. in cambridge, lydia peak, head of economics and at the new economic foundation and in brussels, petras fessler, secretary general of the european movement international, which is a civil society network promoting close a european integration a well one, welcome to you all. thank you very much for being on inside story. before we get into the nitty gritty and the details of domestic and foreign policy challenges, i want to ask each one of you 1st, your general view of the new u. k. prime minister. your impressions, if you will, after a 1st speech rod, let me start with you. what did you think? can she deliver? well, that remains to be see. i think um, one of the major issues is, has she started on the seriously unfavorable circumstances? so while it looks like she them on the face, bits of past positions a large elementary majority, she can do pretty much whatever she wants in terms of legislation. she has

a politically very tricky position with an election looming and her party plummeting in the polls. so i was just things are looking quite gloomy from the start, but it remains to be seen whether she can handle the ground running just one. alright, lydia, you're fast. can she hit the ground running? can she deliver what's going to be very interesting to see what she actually does. because obviously up until now she's been trying to appeal to a very specific and quite small group of people. and they make conservative policy members. and now will say she needs to appeal to the public at large what already starting to see her pivots. for example, the big emergency energy package that we're expecting tomorrow is, is very, very different to. busy the sorts of things that she's talking about a few weeks ago. so i think she is going to have to backtrack a lot of what she said in her conservative leadership campaign. and it'll be interesting to see exactly what she,

petro less in brussels. how does the rest of your view, les stress? what do they make of her vision of the u. k? well, after the boat is jonathan, his bees and my li north stair comic premier ship. things cannot get worse as far as people have brushes, are concerned. having said that, british politics have the tendency to surprise us and to have done so over the past few years, especially since you decided to leave you. so people are hoping for the best, but they're expecting the worse. ok, right now let's get into the details of it. of course, a long and costly to do list for list drives the most pressing issue, as we heard domestically is of course to help people cope with a huge rise in energy prices. the cost of living crisis, but this energy crisis, of course, is not just affecting britain, but the whole of europe given what's happening in ukraine right now. do you think britain underly stress is better place to deal with it than other european countries? with the energy crisis that remains to be seen again,

we won't know until tomorrow, some specifics of what this trust is going to come up with. i think what we can save you some confidence is this is the immediate around that she's facing. so we already promised questions today when she faced kids some of the 1st time, the question over precisely who is ultimately going to pay for and be benefit from this trust measures is the call back around night or is giving way. i think less trust is immediately paying quite a big gamble that she will be able to cut through the electorate with her connections immediately. lydia has is absolutely true, but i want to underline that she's a very difficult point in everything from talking to her own political party to talk to the country at large and opening and what a difficult transition. what does the country at large make of her rod? not just, you know, conservative voters but, but all over the country as a whole. what do they think of her?

well, not withstanding the fact that she isn't hugely well known amongst the country, large, at least on harrison to other members, johnson with exceptional and use cut through the country. she, her number is a not found test it, i think, you know, in comparison to case tom on question though, but they who would make the best problem is that she is around him, points down to most measures. so not fantastic at the moment. got a little grounds make up. all right, libya coming back to the energy crisis. one of the plans, at least until, you know, she was elected, seemed to be that there be some kind of freeze on energy bills. how, how will that be paid for? and what would that entail? yes, so there's been a lot of rumor about how, how it will be paid full. but some people i'm suggesting that it might be paid for by loans to energy companies, which would mean because energy companies would put up household bills and for

possibly up to 20 years afterwards to be able to kind of recoup these costs. it could mean prolonging the paying on households for quite a long time. well, they will receive producing at that pain in the future with a lot of people particularly criticizing the fact that it doesn't seem like there are any plans to increase the winning full tax on oil and gas produces to make sure that they pay for the contribution is they're able say, so there's been a lot of criticism of baffling suggestion. maybe it will be paid for via bar a feature taxation that's, i mean, that certainly seems like potentially more progressive alternative as long as you go progress track system. you know, at least it's, it is the, the burden is falling more on the wealthy by would say, if she's going to be the partially boring large amounts to some of the tax cuts that she's been talking about, right. the be helpful from cost of living perspective. i'm not going to ask you

about that. i mean, during the campaign, her opponent said that this would be political suicide, electro suicide. but yet here she is. is this package of tax tax cuts that she's offering that she's announcing? and lydia is that, is that going to help people with low income? no, i mean they're all the ones that we've had in being mood says are ruled. i would say fairly on taxes. and are often going to benefit wealthy people who don't need the help more in the case, for example, corporation tax corporations, making a profit rather than those struggling. so i know that the tax cuts in my opinion are very, very cool. you're boring. and this is, this is going to have to be a big support package. so having waste, like you know, what was never a good thing, but it's a sticky, bad thing in times of crisis. when a large rescue package is needed and may be needed for many years and people are

talking about this crisis going on until maybe end of 2024, possibly long petros in brussels, less trust. and the and u. k. general has worked well with the you on issues like support for ukraine, for example, the e right now as a whole is trying to find common ground and means of stabilizing these energy prices across the block. can they work with a u. k. on this? there is genuine desire for acute brushes in capitals, across the continent, to cooperate with a huge because as you pointed out, the challenges we are facing common and they require a joint reaction. and which is why also it's imperative that, that these trust and you prime minister at adoption motor, conciliatory and constructive on duty and election campaign. even those who was trying to appeal to and not all section of the relation at people who are paying close attention here, likely most speak english and describing the president of france are supposed to be

full and also communicating fairly good for a patient and methodist. when it comes to the u hasn't been helpful. that has really made people have a low expectations and it will make cooperation harder. so it's imperative that the soon at least try to communicate messages that are based on the need to be neutral trust because people is also in the british government. certainly as he was perceived quite hostile towards the european rod. which version do you think? which version of less trusty i think the european union is going to get her critic say that she's cavalry used opposition to the northern island protocol and and the south to gone a support within the conservative party. do you think she'll dive down the temperature now that she's been elected? most likely. i want to think, you know, lease trust is no longer campaigning. she's going to be confronted by the realities

of government, but particularly the reality government in crisis. i think her options are going to be serious limited. she will have to develop some or consider a, b, c. exactly. when that happens mediately, i think the fiscal costs, all of us just try to. ready europe become a parents, i think that will be when you see this point, but yeah, i think if nothing else lose trust is a flexible politician. i mean, you can say the certainty throughout her career as she has changed positions openly repeatedly. so i think, yeah, absolutely. a very different kind of figure. do you agree with that? lydia? i mean, she was very tough with the you during negotiations for, for rex it. she was a tough, negotiate a confrontational, even at times with brussels. are we going to see continuity when it comes to breakfast, or are we going to see a change as the wrong thing?

well i, i certainly hope that we will see a change because i think you know, that everybody loses from the currents of your situation with regards to brussels. the u. k definitely continues to suffer. say for example, if you look at something like business investments, it's been down since the brakes that referendum. it's still down on a lot of that is, is to do with the uncertainty. and so much of, you know, the brakes and negotiations still to be worked out. so you know, we're already paying the price plus, you know, like others have emphasized, you know, well the u. k. may literally be an island when we're certainly not economically an island. i think we're gonna see this actually over the winter is going to be really how much homes do you k, because obviously the e u has, has big problems potentially coming this, this winter with, with energy shorts at schusters, possibly blackouts, et cetera. and that's gonna have lots of ripple effects for the u. k. economy through supply chains, because our economies are also in length. so, so i think it's going to be, yeah, i very much hope to see this trust working in a,

in much more constructive way with the european union petros on, on the northern island protocol, which has been really at the heart of that, that the dispute with the european union, ah, where, where do you see things going and what sort of flexibility is there from brussels on this issue? are they likely to give a, give up a little bit just to be on the same page as or less stress in the british government bossa the you leadership to the you institutions but also see prime minister sandra state in most states have said that there is of course, desire to work out any difficulties that my am i need from the protocol, or there is no appetite to re negotiate the often lease agreement. people here are cautious, how difficult the negotiations, where and how difficult easy is that we needed to call to address. and they don't ways to go back to the start and negotiate again. there is appetite to find

solutions to difficulties about that. but i need to be reciprocated. we need to demonstrate the desire, the 1st and foremost respect. they agreements that the her signed up to and then constructively, not with break muncie in mind and gauge into finding solutions. and unfortunately, we have seen, are successive prime minister said from comment on all the way to really stressed to, failing to adopt a confrontational stance rather appreciating the, the size he said, but actually being victim to i don't in my theory when it comes to dealing with a you and that doesn't play very well over here. as you alluded to earlier during the campaign, when she was asked about future relations with the french president demanded my call, she said that the jury was still out. do you think that was a diplomatic mistake? do you think she'll change your attitude when dealing with other leaders? certainly it was, it was in diplomatic language. let's just say that and you raise

a lot of eyebrows because even if you're in an election campaign, even if you're trying to appeal to the galleries and get a cheap laugh and you are, you know, you are rehearsing to be a statesman prime minister. and this is not the kind of language settling kind of stone, and he wants to adopt that aspires to the nation like the gate. so he has left a sour taste in the mouth among people over here, over the list there grownups that have the hearts keen and i, mr. micro abrasion micro demonstrated shortly after those statements. he didn't take it personally, they general desire to engage and work together with britain and hoping that there will be actually the people who will grow up and engage as adults. all right, right. i want to come to you and talk about another domestic issue, and that is well domestic keeping the union together. northern ireland and scotland threatening to break away,

will she be able to do is to keep the union to get well, that's one of the questions. i mean, certainly it's going to be high on the agenda. i think the scott is national park. see opening list, ross premier ship, we can expect to see pressure coming from them. i think be one of the reasons why the less likely in the immediate future is that none of the major parties say is a viable policy tool. berry. i'm just at least in, in, in england. and so, yeah, not mediately, i didn't, can see. it doesn't rise on the agenda. i think it's going to be very but other things, and let's look at least trusted in boxes is probably the worst in boxes. any incoming prime minister in living memory, you know, living crisis, we got a collapsing and you've got the ongoing war and you crave so many other things. i think we're going to squeeze out. so i think it will be an issue, but not until probably after the next general election,

that's going to be not in the media. what about her ability to reunite the conservative party? well, this would be the question cabinets. not always yes. been designed to reach out to critics. she's very much being promoting people who kind of stride this quote from brian every they have the right thing of the party. her job will be to kind of secure a broad coalition within the parliamentary policy. i think her 1st appearance in parliament did that to an extent. she landed a punch or 2 own kiss. sama. the question will be, once you get into the 1st couple of weeks, couple months of payments it, will she be able to keep that going in the face of a seriously perilous electoral situation? not always, especially on days in libya, as you talked about. and this really seems to be high on the agenda for her,

at least supporting from foreign policy vision. it seems, will be focused on boosting the british economy. right, as he said, so do you, do you then expect any changes diverging from boys johnson government at all? on china, for example, we've got quasi quoting as a new chancellor. what changes do you expect to see? are we going to see continuity when it comes to economic policies and relationships with china? for example, trading partners? yeah, i'm not, i mean i've, i've, i've not seen an enormous amount of kind of rumor intel on that for me. so i'm not sure. i mean, i think the theory about to see what she actually does. but just to kind of go back to the previous point about will she be able to unite the conservative party? i think from an economic perspective, it's going to be very interesting because obviously lots of the tax cuts. but she is advocating that a large number of conservative views being

a very inflationary also because she's committed to these tax cuts. she's going to have to have big rescue package through large amounts of borrowing. and a lot of conservatives are going to be picking a view that has been very, very on services. so i think she's gone. it's no less challenge to, to bring the conservative party together on some of the big kind of economic changes that are going to happen because it's going to be a very different treasury to the treasury that was run on the bar strong. all right, so you think domestic issues really are going to be her focus as she's taught her term as prime minister, let me come to you now. petro seen brussels as a foreign secretary. she promoted global britain seeking to strengthen the case role in international politics. how did she do van, and how do you think she's going to do taking the u. k. heading under her leadership, where she going to go on issues like china, for example, ukraine. the relationship with russia very is equal to addiction in the basin

to for global britain, and the distance that the news trucks and numbers. and because we have taken from the closest neighbor, they're more intimate trading partner in the european union. so they're, they're all to go by breathing, certainly goes through europe. and then if, if please trust ease to be true to that vision. the 1st thing that you should do is ensure close and constructive relationships with a european union in europe and nation say. and you can record that probably now has been relatively poor, about breeding as a whole, highly indicate agreements. anybody the agreement has actually signed. we're just rolling over existing agreements that the j enjoy as a member of the european union. and those new trade agreements were far from beneficiary for the gauge self. so record was poor and fees to continue

down the v 6. intellectually dishonest and effect her position. a global future exist far away from the closest neighbor and trading partner. then i don't expect my success, the key ease in re engaging with europe on union, constructively building across economic and political relationship. because our challenges are common and only join solutions can actually get us out of the current deal political situation that we're in, rod in london. what about the so called special relationship with the u. s. person biden has been critical over the northern ireland protocol issue. where, where do you see the relationship with washington heading? so continue is primarily on bowers johnson always use shoes. relations with america bigger, i suspect least trust is going to do the same, in part because it's a break with european tennessee. i think you're right. i think i don't think it can

be to the same extent from the west, of least least not because at least until that issue resolved. i think it is, can be one of those things that will be in the background will be one of the many competing issues for agenda. i think she's going to be obviously the 1st couple months, you know, with crisis after crisis, this won't be one of them all along to do lists at home for sure. thank you so much for a very interesting conversation. thank you. to all 3 of you haven't, they. com, lydia creek, petro specialist. thank you very much and thank you for watching. you can always watch this program again anytime by visiting our website at al jazeera dot com for further discussion, go to our facebook page that facebook dot com forward slash ha inside story. you can of course, also join the conversation on twitter. we are, i've a j insights story from me for back to the whole team hearing doha, thank you very much for watching bye. for now. the

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