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set to debut. it's arabic commentary service. ah, welcome to the news or we begin with breaking news coming out of the british capital form, a finance minister richie sooner has won the race to become the u. k. new prime minister, his sole challenger to lead the conservative party, penny mordant, has dropped out. she's apparently failed to secure the support of a 100 m. p. 's needed to stay in the contest where she see that will replace las trust the resign just 6 weeks into the job. and re, simmons are correspondent, following events for us from downing street as a fast moving story and announcement just in the last few minutes. it seems, andrew yes, sir, i went right to the wire, literally to the 2nd ride up that there was a big debate going on with the campaign group that has been supporting penny

mordant. she was insistent that she thought she could get beyond a 100 votes. one of her campaign managers from the 1st or the last shall i say, a leadership battle in the summer. george freeman had been trying to persuade her to throw the towel into actually, regardless of whether she could get just beyond a 100 or not to actually basically say in the interests of unity that she wanted to stand down. now that has happened then there is a statement in which she explains that she wants to have more party unity that she had gone along with her instincts all along. and she certainly got a lot, quite a lot of support from supporters of boris johnson who pulled out johnson pulled out . and they, quite a few of them are transferred to mordant, but also a lot of them transferred to sooner. now what does this mean?

well, it means that soon act is the only candidate now. and that means an automatic process in which he'll become 1st of all leader of the conservative party. something he's always wanted a, he's the youngest, 42 years of age is going to be the youngest prime minister in u. k. history. and that prime minister's role will kick in once less trust, formerly resigns before a king charles the 3rd and then and just attracted as sorry we have to pay for the penalty rooms in parliament where the 1922 committee is meeting supreme brady's speech now with all this, ah

right, it was that was he said, great brady. chairman of the 922 committee, making a very brief statement that the committee will announce the result at 230 local british time. obviously, it's 1300 hours. i g m t at the moment and andrew, obviously they, it seems the committee is also reacting perhaps to that statement from penny mode. and it's breaking news to them as well with, well, yes indeed. i mean, basically, morgan has put out a statement. she says, these are an unprecedented times despite the compressed time table for the leadership contests. it's clear but colleagues feel we need certainty right now to day. they have taken this decision in good faith for the good of the country. members should know that the proposition has been fairly and thoroughly tested by

the agreed 1920 to process as a result. as a result, we've now chosen our next prime minister. this decision is an historic one and shows once again, the diversity and talents of our party. richie has my full support and i'm proud of the campaign. we ran ungrateful to all those across all sides of our party. who gave me their backing. so they, you have it, you know, any more than probably going to be in line, possibly for a senior position in a soon not government. who knows that very likely. but she has gone absolutely to the wire. a lot of her support is a lot of her managers. those aids who have helped her all along had disagreed with her staying in so long. she thought she could do it. they thought the every extra alice spence of uncertainty in that situation was going to cost the party dear in

terms of unity. and there is a major issue with disunity with the conservative party right now. as soon as he has a mountain to climb and not just with the economic crisis, he has to really work on unity, the e r g. the european research group is a right wing section of the party. it sees things going wrong with more moderate forces at work amongst them. ah, the finance minister now, who has been, who intervened with the late less trust crisis and got everything sorted out, jeremy hunt is seen as an at moderate, a moderate figure. now, the sort of decisions he made and reversing all of las trusses, i. e, can all the policies, particularly the tax cuts, the decisions he made up pretty much in line with the thinking of the prime minister in waiting. now, because her soon act i had described list trusses ideas on tax

cutting and growing the economy immediately and not doing the summons to actually work all this out as fairytale economics and he had declared in the summer when he was runner up to trus a. he had declared that if he, he'd sooner not make the or that the leadership of the conservative party to lose out to her rather than come up with promises he couldn't match in reality. so therefore. busy you had a clear viewpoint, there are now, he is in this position at 42 years of age as being a prime minister in waiting. it could be within a matter of 24 hours, even less that he takes that position and comes to downing street. and of course, he's got his hands full with a whole range of issues that you know for you might say, the ordinary british man and woman in the streets, you know, a party elections are fine at the end of the day. that real concern is the cost of

living, how they going to pay their bills? do they have a job? how will they get to a job with though various strikes in operation around the country protest galore from people who don't like. what the conservatives have been doing this past decade or so, and he has to hit the ground running. we spoke to a previous sad, conservative m p. and they said he really does have to control of the economy and gain the trust of the markets. the do very vital points, andrew they certainly are you listed along a pile of reasons that sir, i mean that soon acts not gonna find it easy at all, but he is pretty well placed in some ways or some of this made work has already been done in terms of putting out the fire that live frustrated because that it did cause a storm in the markets. the, the whole list of,

of tax cuts and ideas the rightly, according to su neck and according to many others, belong to disney land because it none, none of it was going to be really possible without crashing the economy more. and indeed the economy did stop doing precisely that it started to crash. the fire was put out by, by jeremy hunt. he came in, he took over darling street, really has had a prime minister in all all but certainly not in only a name because this trusts as basically have a job taken offered by a standing chancellor. and that, that, that, that role that sir, he played basically save the u. k. from going down on the can completely in terms of it, sir, standing in the markets. and so what is happening now, a process which is incredibly fast moving, much faster moving, believe it or not, than the,

the crisis that we've seen over the past few weeks. this is just been an extraordinarily dramatic type of politics that the u. k has never seen before. some would say not only dramatic, theatrical, if not farcical in places indeed under it who knows what might happen in the next few days. i do stay with us. of course we're getting the latest from you in a moment for those either. joining us here on al jazeera english just a few moments ago sir ian graham brady. pardon me. the chairman of the 1922 committee went into one of the main committee rooms to the assembled conserved to ben peas, to tell him exactly what had happened about the vote. he said there would be another announcement. this is exactly what he said. we apologize for the sound quality. it's out of our control. ah

with for t. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. oh the chairman of the 1922 committee. of course sir saying that of course within the next hour or so they will again convene with a new leader of the conservative party. apologies of the sound quality. it wasn't in our control there at the house, the parliament, but what isn't controllers are sound quality to stephanie decker correspondent to

st abingdon green in london. of course, it does seem inevitable stephanie, that the united kingdom is breaking new ground with a new prime minister from an ethnic minority. yes, it's the 1st time in a 1st hindu prime minister as wow heading. what? leaving it right up to the 11th hour there, there street was waiting to pull out of the race said, and now you know what we thought could have been a very lengthy week still is over. it is clear. we now know who the next prime minister is. i have a guest with me, leon and maralie is a former i a to the conservative party. i wanna get your opinion about the extraordinary times that we're witnessing here. first and foremost, what is your reaction now that we've had to miss more than to pull pull out and where she soon? i will be your next prime minister who i think who she, she knock signal was a return to sensible, pragmatic politics that the country has been crying out for, for

a number of years now. so i think that brings a bit of stability, at least in the short term, both to the markets, but also reassurance to voters, households who want a steady pair of hands on the economic situation. and i think we've now got back in which you sooner because he does have the experience and he is someone who, when he had that debate with less trust, he did call out her economic policies. he did say they were a fairy tale at the time. perhaps it wasn't taken to seriously, but he's silently watched his words come to fruition, right. has it helped him? do you think in gaining some kind of back confidence if you will, of a man that is perhaps the best one to talk with dealing with these massive economic issues, the economic crisis, this country is facing? yeah, i think which is, you know, has the experience that he was chief secretary to the treasury. he was chance of, of the exchequer. he's caught those big jobs of the top of economic machine in british government. so i think he is able to understand those figures, those economic trends and different directions that we're moving in. and i think that is going to be a great deal of reassurance to

a lot of people looking at the economic situation in the u. k which is, you know, does bring that credibility or so he's got that private sector experience, so he's able to speak the language as it were. of the markets, not going to be a good thing. how liked is he a, he's not been elected? there are calls from a lot of members of the public and also politicians, opposition parties for a general election. is this going to be a challenge for him? is he going to get people on board? how is this going to play out? you think what i think was soon i can a slight political issue, which is that he is popular with colleagues in parliament clearly, but with the conservative party membership as well as the general public at large. there is still question marks over his popularity. he seen haps as the, the, the person who stopped boris in the, in the back to take him down. and boris johnson is still very popular with conservative party members. so he's got to square that as questions with the general public about his personal wealth and whether not he's through you african is indeed and whether or not that becomes a political issue. we'll have to wait and see. so there are still question marks

over his electability. i have no doubt the labor party, he asked alma going to come out and cite it. we need a general election right now. it is not in the conservative parties interest do that. we may see if there is a bump in the polls and she soon act thinks that if he went for an early election, he could either win the majority or at least get something close to it. then we may well see that, but at the minute it looks as though that play the long game and run that it was a way to january 25, which is when a general election is the latest. the can be held said to give argue as an idea about how damaging all of this is then to the conservative party. i mean the pony putting it at an all time low in terms of popularity attract. describe how is the conservative party suffering from a william? well, the conservative party traditionally is the party of economic management of good economic management. and i think that turmoil over the past couple of months, certainly with less trust in the, the market term. all that we've seen has dented by economic credibility that the conservative party are known for then merited the divisions over bricks. it was

still loom large in this country and in this parliament. so i think that that is going to be one of the big issues for the conservative is to restore that credibility to reassure voters that they are the party to, to move the country forward and to present that positive economic vision if they can. so i do think that that's a big job and she seemed like is not necessarily gonna enjoy being prime minister. it isn't an easy time, but i think that he has to provide that reassurance as much as he can to pick up on that tab. what are his main challenges immediately after taking off? as i mean, this is not an easy time to become premier should have massive challenges ahead. one of the 1st things is going to have to tackle. well, we've got the big fiscal event happening on the 31st of october. i think that's going to be the major flash point individually soon at premier ship. now they will probably be a re shuffles, either before then or, or, or soon after to put in place please team. and i think he has a job to unite the policy. we are looking at a very divided conservative party right now, and i think that we are going to up see richie soon and bring in supporters from

other camps, whether that's from the bar is johnson camp, the lives trust in penny morton. camps to have that united approach a move the country forward in the way that he wishes. so it is going to be a very busy and potentially very difficult beginning to reach soon. next time as prime minister, how difficult you're talking about the divisions is in the conservative vitamin there, major. and he also has no enemies if you will. but the way he's been seen is stabbing virus johnson in the back. how challenging is this going to be for him in governing and governing in the party? is the party possible to govern or, or is it to fractions at the moment will look, the conservative party is one of the most accessible political policies in the world. they have a ruthless instinct or survival. so i think if they see that the, the path to winning the next general election is reuniting rallying round, which he soon act even if they don't agree with him on everything. and then see i to i, if i see that as a political bonus, then i will certainly do that and get behind them. and i think i have no other

choice right now. so it is down to those different factions within parliament to rally round richie, see next a pull him and then hope that they can keep hold of their jobs when the country eventually goes to, to, to and not the, not the general election. okay, because obviously the real issues to deal with people suffering who cannot afford to know these days. right. so we'll have to answer mr. leon emoralez. thank you very much for joining us here on out there. so there we are. the wait is over. it's the come clearer, the next 5 minutes will be re she's soon as we are expecting to hear from him within the next 20 minutes or so. so we'll have to wait and see what his 1st words are. i think the country is waiting also to hear clear guidelines about how he expects to move forward at a time when this country and the people are living a severe economic crisis. stiff ticket in london for thanks very much stuff will get much stuff later in the day. now, richie sudak will of course be the 5th person to take on the role of prime minister in just 6 years. that he baba looks out a series of tortuous events that brought down successive governments. in 2015 prime

minister david cameron was re elected after promising britain a referendum on the european union membership. his conservative party governing in coalition with the liberal democrats was splitting over europe under pressure from the united kingdom independence party. you kept the head of the referendum in june 2016 cameron back to remain, but the vote leave campaign headed by new convert boris johnson. one cameron resigned a few hours later, negotiation with the european union will need to again, under a new prime minister, the riffles are still being felt to resume one the conservative leadership contest promising to make a success of breaks it. in march 2017 prime minister may set the clock ticking on 2 years of negotiations with brussels. that summer she called a snap election to boost her mandate. but instead she ended up with a hung parliament, the u. k. and the you did eventually reach a withdrawal agreement, but parliament rejected it 3 times and knows have a,

the knows have a following a series of cabinet resignations, including that of boris johnson, whom she'd made foreign secretary theresa may also quit in july 2019. re enter boris johnson this time in the top job leading the conservatives into an early election in december 2019 under the slogan, get brakes done. he won a large majority in parliament and the u. k. left the european union in january 2020. but a new threat was emerging. the corona virus, the johnson government, hesitated before imposing a tough lockdown. later accounts from inside downing street, suggested johnson, and government officials had broken their own covered 19 rules on gatherings. johnson told parliament that be no partying. i'm sure that whatever happened or the guidance was followed in the rules of holiday time, but in april he got a police fine, the 1st sitting prime minister to be punished for lawbreaking this summer after allegations johnson had appointed a top official. despite knowing,

he was accused of sexual misconduct, dozens of his own, m. p. 's resigned. soon, johnson was out. i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up. the best job in the world, larry trust was the person, the conservative party membership chose to replace him within weeks or many budget announced by her finance minister, cause he quoted, had spooked the markets with its extensive unfunded tax cuts. trust sacked, quoting, but his replacement jeremy hunter reversed most of the many budget, leaving the prime minister looking week. last week she stood down after only 44 days in office, the shortest serving leader in modern british history. miti barber al jazeera senior cabinet minister penny more that withdrew in a statement saying that this decision is a historic one man shows. once again the diversity and talents of our party. russia has my full support. i am proud of the campaign we ran and grateful to all those across all sides of our party who gave me their backing. we owe it all to the

country to each other and to richie to night and work together for the good of the nation. there is much work to be done. indeed, there is some joy now by conservative political commentator, alex steen, he's in london much work to be done. and the new prime minister as and when he's announced, and around about 10 minutes time, i'd say alex hasta sort of hit the floor running. did that sir? i say go with a very nice words from penny bolden salt lay, but one can't help it. notice the complete accuracy of the 2 pieces you just played, which demonstrates and remind us that the last 3 conservative pi ministers have been brought down by members of their own party. with all due respect to the opposition who are doing their best. we do this to ourselves on the conservative benches, where a breakdown in discipline has been almost complete. so it's very nice to hear people saying good things about on the new leader. let's hope play, stick to them. indeed, i mean, alex a, you are a list. trust supporter a in terms of the membership. yeah. with your a we,

we can talk about what went wrong. it's quite obvious what went wrong, but penny mordant, was in that cabinet as well. richie was part of, you know, the conservative party a. m p 's at one stage or another they've, they've all worked together, haven't they? and therefore it's hard maybe for the public to distinguish what's right and wrong any more in the conservative party. how much of a, a problem is that in the much wider populace right now across the u. k? because he has to win public support doesn't he's got 18 months before a potential general election. it is true that all of the other candidates worked at some point or another with boris johnson. many of them, of course, going on to resign, but leading to his departure himself, it's not true that they are all worked under liz trust, where she soon act was on the back benches for that short period of time. indeed, less, trus appointed. no richie soon ac supporters to her initial cabinet, which might be part of the problem that she faced at. but the,

i think the bigger picture here is that you can go on consuming your leaders with an increasingly rapid kind of half life eroding on their time. in office, but in the end it will just hand victory to the labor party because in this country, one of the things that the electra hates, the most is a divided party. and my gosh, the divisions in the conservative party, a plane for all to see right now. so how does rashid soon act? once he assumes the portfolio of 1st minister and the prime minister as in another way, how does the actually solve this? because he does have a very deeply divided party. he has the stigma of being one of those cabinet members that resigned from boris johnson's government and some people may never forgive him within the conservative party. that's right. he does have the stigma that you describe. i'm what he doesn't have as a direct electoral mandate. that was one of the big things going for boris johnson . bizarre. let me no one would have predicted a couple of weeks ago, boris yeltsin might be a realistic contender to come back. and then

a couple of days ago, it seemed almost guaranteed, this thing has been moving at lightspeed. but one thing boris johnson did do was when an electoral majority in 2019 soon act cannot say that he's a 3rd prime minister in a year without that direct mandate from the people say, one of the things i think he's got to do is try and this is going to sound very difficult given what just been through preside over a period of relative calm, reassuring the markets and not doing anything too bold or too rapid, which is what did for liz trust. so one of the things i think he's very, very likely to do is to keep jeremy hunt as chancellor. they really reassured the markets when he arrived and saw sterling at recover to where it was before our recent mini budget. and to demonstrate to financial commentators in the markets especially that britain is in safe, economic hands. that's what he can do. what he can't do is to compel, tory impedes to demonstrate loyalty to him. and that's why this question in the end is up to one is up to a group rather than any one person. those people who got now to come together,

if they're going to face any chance of keeping government and even more keeping their own seats at the next general election. one of the things you just said it is very important to keep the markets you might say. happy and alden side, with richie soon like he did talk the talk because he had the experience, he had the experience of the inner workings of the treasury under the may government and, and under the boris johnson government. how important is it that he actually put sin a chancellor h a finance minister that actually knows what he's doing? well, i think he's going to keep jeremy hunt and despite the fact the hunt has no background in finance. my gosh, he's really and demonstrated sure, footed nist in parliament and he reassured the markets very quickly. let me be clear. i didn't vote for jeremy hunt when he ran for the leadership. the conservative party is, is a views are not mine. if he'd been in a final to this round, i wouldn't have voted for him again. but my gosh, he's really had a successful start. and i think given the, the she

a level of turbulence, the level of instability we've had rotating another chancellor seems mad to me. you were talking about the fact we've had 5 prime ministers in 6 years. that's true. if we change chancellor's will up had 5 chancellors in 5 months. i mean for heaven's sake, i think was time to stick with one. and of course, you know, you, you, you say that jeremy hunt and richey, scenic are stability. you might say personified. but all that job hunt did was reverse lives, trusses, and a quasi quad things, policies. they have yet to put forward a economic policies that the market has to react to. surely that's the next test. totally set, but you'll have noticed that in his remarks to parliament, one of the things jeremy hunt underscored was that deep waltz. he didn't have a background in financial services or in the treasury as a minister. he was a long standing cabinet minister who went through the austerity is say, when george osborne was our chancellor and was overseeing

a series of very significant restrictions. t a public service spending a public sector expenditure. jeremy hum was leading departments that had to go through that process. so a, he made it clear he had that experience and be he made it clear that on his economic planning, we're not going to have anything like the same level of public sector cuts again. and i think that's very reassuring, not just for the markets, but for the millions of people in this country who work for the public sector, whether they be in our health care system, our education or elsewhere. i think that was a, a message of reassurance. that means hunt is very likely to stay so alleys. let's take the conversation. a sally out of london in the sense that people across the u . k. a. now looking at what's going on in london, they are part of that blue wall. that bars johnson one with the election in 2019 jeremy hunt has already said they will be more cuts and we're talking about the am possibly as social service payments, possibly the health service. i mean, where do you think those cuts might come?

a where do you think the wiggle room is for the incoming prime minister? because no matter where he goes, as you say, the opposition are going to be holding like a ton of bricks. i think it's going to be very difficult for the government see, raise and benefits at the level of inflation because inflation is so high in the united kingdom as it is in so many places around the world. so they look at other measures and a mechanisms really cpr or another mechanism to ensure the wealth benefits go up. they don't go up as fast as high as they would do if it was to match inflation. the secondary, which is a real challenge for hans and our economic team is that pensions on their current arrangement, are supposed to rise at over 10 percent in this country. so public sector pensions, estate pension would rise because of the rise of inflation and a so called triple lock that's been placed on boosting at pensions in this country at, by a really very significant amount on i, i don't see i that's going to be a really big thing for the conservative parties tackle,

especially because traditionally in this country, older people skew towards voting conservative for the re taking on some of that are invite to base if they want to restore economic credibility. the 3rd area and it's a big one, is, is likely to be not going to 3 percent of g d p expenditure defense. and that may trigger some real problems not least because our current defense secretary bran wallace who's very well regarded a said he'll resign. if a leader does that say was we meet our needs so commitments of 2 percent expenditure on gdp, walla said, if we don't move to 3, that then he's off, i think he might show some situational flexibility in the face of, of the economic reality of the moment and allow that promise to go. so those i think of the 3 big ones alex dean. good to get your insights and thanks very much for joining us on al jim. thank you. let's come over to andrew sevens, who's monitoring events for us, from dialing street send and it's all law moving on there of call, sir a quite quickly. not just a dining street, but it will be shortly in the committee rooms. the 1920 committee rooms in

parliament, andrew, just for the view is at a joining us now. just bring us up to speed on what we know, what's gonna happen in the next few minutes. yes sir richie sooner his his next job is to address the 9022 committee. that is the back benchers committee. the who announced this result are in charge of all of the calculations are on the are on the results process and they made the rules as well. um that meeting will be behind closed doors where she soon i will be spelling out what he wants to do. the theme is evidently right now, obviously, unity because that's what the conservative party desperately needs. 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 and now we have the youngest prime minister in modern times, political times about to be made prime minister. i have to hasten to add because right now he is the new conservative party leader about the has to be a process. the constitutional process followed. and that will be liz dress, formerly adding in her resignation as prime minister, and that it will be down to king charles the 3rd to form his 1st government. hm. that call in, ah, as that this, that the, the prime minister in waiting and say to richie soon ack invites him to form a government that will play out in a time frame. where yet to hear about technically it's possible. on monday to day,

it's possible, but it perhaps is more likely to be tuesday that there is a but a word confirmed word that king charles the 3rd is either in buck at buckingham palace or certainly windsor is available right the way through this evening. so one can't rule left out, i'm but let's move on to another reaction and that is from david cameron. prop former prime minister, he says huge congratulations to richie soon becoming prime minister to lead us through challenging times i had he is the 1st british indian prime minister as i predicted. and that is from david cameron, who had a lot of admiration of a richie sooner and richie snack, as i say, addressing now the 1922 committee. and of course, are, what does that mean that the british markets will be looking at is how the pound reacts to this news and how the public react? because of the say at the moment sir,

that the real issue for much of the british public, andrew is the cost of living and rising fuel prices. i'm just looking at the wires now. the pound has gone up slightly by 0 point one sent to the dollar, so it's positive news there. in the initial, our, of knowing richie soon acts, sir, potential appointment. but it's all about the cost of living. is it for the british man and woman right now? it certainly is, and this is, you know, week we've, we've heard all of the are a drama, the theatrics in the house of commons on the, the shouts, the laughter. all of this is, it may be jockeying, it may seem sporting to sullen. it may be entertaining to some about for the vast majority of british people, particularly those who are up against it in low paid jobs or, or no jobs at all. the elderly, the infirm, a, those in need of care. this is

a deeply serious matter matter. that's making many people angry, you know, we have double digit inflation. now in the u. k, i just teach ringer on recession of the aside from the inflation, the mortgage rates jumped because of the mess that live trust left in her wake with these a tax cuts she, the country couldn't afford the market reaction. the interest rates being hiked by the bank of england, the bank of england doing the opposite to what the government was doing. the whole thing, you know, you couldn't really make it up if you had to script writes a disastrous sir a few weeks, few months in u. k. political history. if you find it hard, going to actually put the actors in place to make. this is happened in the, the person who stepped in and, and put things straight with the markets in a pragmatic, sharp way. was jeremy hunt, who was

a someone who hasn't done particularly well. um and, and in terms of popularity because he became, he was or what was the runner up or the last in line in his his 2 attempts are getting the conservative party leadership. but he stepped in and just pushed, basically not literally pushed but, but just stood in in the prime minister's way made decisions on her behalf. so less trust was, was totally overshadowed by jeremy hunt. jeremy hunt did back soon act in this leadership race. could he be the next? her finance minister, i possibly i is, is not a world apart at all from or the, or the idea is that sooner cason soon act doesn't have to rewrite the economy economic policy of the u. k. he just needs to tweak it. indeed, and i will have big issues as while you know, toys, policies, one of the things in ask, in essence, in essence, are you what one of the things that has alarmed people,

andrea is that was jeremy had took place, took part, took the position of finance minister, he said that the cap on energy prices, the energy bills that the public are paying may well have to be reviewed in a few months time of the april was the date given to 2023. this will be very, a sort of enervy time for not just the public, but also the markets all has a knock on effect. it's all interconnected, isn't it? but when it comes to energy prices right now, as we had into when to certainly in the northern hemisphere, it's a, it's a huge issue. it's a massive issue right across your been here in the u. k. it's pretty up front because of that idea which jeremy hunt said of less trust that the one thing she got right was this, you plan for help for a subsidy for everyone, a universal system that was to run 2 years. and that was, was, was really up to sort of a rolls royce product. the government did serve up a massive cost billions of billions of dollars. but jamie had quickly not prefers

his line on that because it's, it's, it's costing so much so. so now that the way the stands just to explain it briefly, ah, it last 6 months in april, it will be reviewed. there will, that will be targeted at those who, who need it most. but of course that that doesn't help the overall population who are facing really serious choices to make their mortgages going up. the heating bills are going through the roof tripling quadrupling the. the planning has to be a long time ahead. just 6 months. okay. this winter, the system will go through, but by april, what happens then? how do you plan the next winter? the winter after that, families have to make long term planning families really, you know, who find it hard going after long term plan. how can they with that? so that's something that's going to be on his desk right away in terms of that way, richie sooner plans his, his popularity box in terms of re engaging with

a very angry disturb britain. thinking that the conservative party has just trashed itself and really is unpopular right now. he's got a huge job there. he's got a big job to reunite is party and he's got a big job to keep those markets content. they certainly will never be a fan of the u. k. the weights performed of late. but that issue of the big that the energy prices is big and he's got to come up with something that's going to play kate. not just those who are so called targeted those who, who, who, who are all benefits and need it, but also the middle classes as well. and he also has, while we're talking about it and i'll be brief on it, or the issue of classes, middle classes soon like his is a very rich man, lisa richest m p and his wife is, is a millionaire billionaire. in fact,

there's been controversy about that in the past, and so it was domiciled her tax payments, others a little controversy about whether she should pay you k tax on her earnings and her and her general investments. and that is a decision that was taken. there was also a demands at to know by the, by the labor party to know whether or not sooner i had to use tax havens. and now that was always pushed back. but some media suggested that he did use tax haven some stages in his, in his business career. so that's an issue. he's perceived as being a rich person who may not just who may, for photo calls relate to ordinary people. but you know, that's something he's got to get over cuz he's, he is seen by many people as being up there and a not necessarily a part of the elite, the u. k. all the established people with old money and, and land that. so he's got something to, to overcome that. and he was very successful in many ways. he approached the public during the pandemic and to, and he did have generous,

generous offerings to get people through both businesses and ordinary self employed people at the foot. the systems he used during the pandemic who's very successful in that regard. so. so the jury is out, he's, he's pragmatic. he can be populist. so this is, is probably better than, than what they had before. and of course, and relentless focus in on one of those issues. you just touched on the coven, 19 pandemic. and richie sue, next involvement there as the chancellor. and as you say, his background, his history will be. investigate to to the fine tooth comb, i'm sure. by all areas of the british media, i mean the print presser. like to get right in that day, one of the things that they will bring up, and i'm sure the opposition parties will bring up, is that, you know, richie also along with boris johnson was fined for in the whole party gates candle for holding a gathering during those locked down when the conservative government actually told

the rest of the united kingdom population to stay in doors. they broke those rules and they will find, i'm sure the labor party get to run down his throat still. yes, i think i think they will. i think whether the british public will see that as the, the biggest points that they, that worried about those issues. i alluded to earlier about his wealth and, and possible tax areas of concern. i'm but in terms of party gates, that was that the name for his johnson is very much nailed to that whole issue. and we can get into that later if you wish. but the point about his part in it, and he did have a reasonable defense that he went along into a room and, and that there was this sir catherine going on. and yes he did. he was there, but he did not go to all of these parties which were all over white hall and indeed, downing street. he did have some defences. it didn't seem to be that he lied about

anything. he certainly in lying about anything. and he was straight up and he paid his fine. but sir, it has to be said that he was part of a government that was breeching a cove in regulations when people were dying in that thousands all over the u. k. at that time. and they were partying here, and it was very much associated with very weak, a government management on the part of the prime minister, the lat to place. and of course, he was a senior minister in that government. yes. he's going to get some flak on that. but i think the, the labor opposition will be pushing harder on the points about 3 prime ministers in a row and up, out the, the, all, all downed by their own party. i'm and he, i think the point will be made on the pressure points on sooner will be people suffering people in a situation where they're not,

they've not got enough care that the health services in a mess that so many areas of public public functions and public services are being starved resource and inflation will be eating into everyone's blaise ways of life. and indeed, public services, visally issues that the opposition parties will be pushing on. and they will be calling for a general election and many feel that's totally justified with what's been going on with the conservative party. that's the big area. he has to really work out be pragmatic about certain things, pull back in certain areas, a give where he can give and take where he can take. but the issue about the election will be a long time before that goes away. because the mandate a, when you look at the situation with live trust and her mandate that wouldn't comes, didn't, wasn't belong to a manifesto. it belong to her wanting to win

a leadership campaign. that's what a lot of critics would say. so in terms of moving on, he hast at, has to sort of, 1st of all, get over october the 31st the, the mid term fiscal statement, which will need some, a polishing. it will need some more movement in terms of explanations and, and so on. that is his 1st goal financially, and that's coming up very quickly. so he's got to get a cabinet together and he will he pull in all areas of the party. i would think he will do. i think he'll tries to being as inclusive as he possibly can. and he will try to have a unity tickets in the way he works. there are a lot of conservative m. p 's who feel that he stabbed boris johnson in the back by resigning and then campaigning against his prime minister. but then a lot of conservatives feel that was absolutely fair game that was very reasonable

thing to do. he only only a 36 hours ago was he meeting bowers johnson who of course, a came back to the u. k. from sunshine and see holiday as like a knight in shining armor. not wanting to use himself as, as the savior of british politics. he term it as he would think it perhaps um by putting his hat in the ring. and he did that. and he could have been humiliated because it was patently clear that the parliamentary party of the conservative party did not want johnson to have come back. because the feeling was that the johnson carried so much baggage. you mention one fine for his finance minister will johnson i had said so much that was untrue in certain quarters and was under investigation for misleading the house. so that could have

been, according to many conserves of m, p, 's, a disastrous move, another round of, of real up thoughtless politics. and, and really right now, a lot of people are still reeling still in shock of the pace of events that they want some light at the end of the tunnel. we're not talking politically here, but lights at the end of the tunnel in terms of how this country is run and how people as you have alluded to twice. so how people who are up against it financially, or without work or in need of help, can get that help up from that government and recipients or for the update. thanks so much for joining you throughout the day there, andrew, are there in downing street? well, i spoke to the former speaker of the house of commons, john burke, and he says, the conservative party has major internal divisions that must be mended. must be gathered when you and say, looking at it objectively and from a distance,

i'm not sure that anybody could achieve the nation wrong with it. so it is huge divided it is largely exhausted, is run out of ideas running out the road soon. now running out of time the economy is in deep trouble. people's. busy personal finance. ready great damage in recent times by conservative government, most recently the bible straus. those brought in the british system presidential parliamentary. we hold general elections. ready which we, that was a problem. so we elect up homes from which a government is the head of back government is the prime minister. so the choreograph is that if there is a change of prime minister during a parliamentary term, the reason they were was for

a general election. most of all these women, if the changes and premier need, if you will, recent, any sense necessitated or anybody widespread mom or general election to the constitutional position. i change in the on the sad why, for example, the major opposition. ringback about say, this is ridiculous, it's time for the public to have a say, and i recognize my constitutionally, there isn't a requirement there again on the elections where she's not casa, killed, the top top becoming persons 1st asian prime minister. so what kind of leader will soon be sonic. i have reports to become the return of richey sumac. this time as leader of his party, he missed out till his trust in the last leadership contest, only to find himself less than 2 months later. back in downing street,

this time at number 10. she neck is the 1st u. k. prime minister of south asian heritage. indeed the 1st from any ethnic minority in modern times. and hindus family came to britain from east africa while he's rise in british politics marks a milestone moment, a reflection of the case diversity. it is his personal wealth and privilege, and that of his wife's that has come on the scrutiny. the effect, many believe that would have been the decisions he would make running the country. there are so many challenges that he has to face. first of all, of course, he ran the economy that built up a lot of the debt that we're now talking about. and there was some episodes of discussion about hughes and his wife's tax affairs and the position of a green card which suggested, you know, i've gotten a check to seat in case things didn't work out and put his politics, which a lot of people didn't like. well see, next super wealthy wife's tax status played badly with voters. the parliamentary party regarded him as a safe option to guide the economy at

a time of global uncertainty. see next financial support packages to businesses have by cobit lockdown, marked him out of leadership material within the party, putting him on a collision course with then prime minister boris johnson. but they continued to work together through the various scandals that precedes johnson till his position became untenable and soon publicly parted ways with johnson. let's make him a mix leader. he threw his hat in the ring for leader of the party campaigning on a plate that he was the right person to manage the economy. my message to the party and the country is simple. i have a plan to steer our economy through these headwinds. we need to return to traditional conservative economic values, and that means honesty and responsibility. not fairytales. hill is deeply critical of his predecessors unfunded tax cuts that plunged the british economy

into chaos is mostly and lead to less trust is resignation. nike, i now scenic faces the challenge of his career, uniting his party, stabilizing the government, and fixing the economy in a country that has seen more than his fair share of political and economic drama. in recent times, sony guy eggo al jazeera sherlow more sugar. bobby moore is an author and political commentator, joys been out from tokyo, good tuffy with us on the program. ma'am. some might argue that it doesn't really matter what color you are, as long as you can do the job properly. how important is it in the u. k. to have that opinion right now? i think the reality is that this is truly a historic moment in having the 1st asian british prime minister 1st person at whose non light to be british prime minister. absolutely. he started warming that

diving. a lot of people would want to reflect on, but let's bear in mind what we're facing here. we, she soon act is not just going to be the 1st on asia and british prime minister. he's also been appointed to be the leader and prime minister of a political party that is the most right wing, anti war, culture, war mongering and political party in british political history and present. and that i think is the substance that we should all really be focused on. i think by all means we're reflect on the, on the historical impact that this has. but the reality is that, you know, the person we talked about yesterday, she still act represents a lot of the, a lot of the policies and issues that we are all we all say needs to change. so what exactly, what tell a chain easy going to represent, he's not really going to represent that, that change that is much needed in his poor i society where we don't see is the

status quo will. of course, you know, he does come from a pretty well to do family. he married into wealth as well. but again, you know, it wasn't just a few weeks ago where we had the 1st asian home secretary, the 1st black finance minister in the u. k. you know, it all sort of leads to and talks about sort of britain's multi cultural history. and george also, paul, a former chancellor, also on twitter. when i read just a few hours ago was talking about he could only happen in the u. k. but it has happened elsewhere, you know, bob broke all the rules as well and became the 1st black president of the united states. so, up please, let's not compare. first of all, which is an act is not barack obama, not even by any stretch of the donation to, let's say he was an act as lost that registers an act does not stand for policies that benefit that many versus the few. and you mentioned earlier by his, well, you know, coming from these background merrily to, well,

his wealth is not an issue. people you know, want, we've had reached extremely wealthy white people, particularly white men, lead the united kingdom. nobody weighs questions about this. well, so about there? well, so we shouldn't be talking about well as long as it is legit legitimately obtain. why should that be an issue that should not be a bar to him being able to our represents the country. but what we're talking about here are, is the substance of the people that will be run in the country, especially in this, in this polarized time, where there's so much division and this division has been caused by the conservative party. so we don't have color that talk about asian one second cheese . we talk about pretty the puts them patel or swell up brave than that. and you know exactly what the policies have been. again, we're talking about one doubt meter we heard about from swell our brave men ever having a dream to, to the port people to rwanda. you're here in humane policies in him, in our positions that do not bode well bought the men and those policy decisions.

man, this polity says those policy decisions will be treated, i'm sure not just by the public, but by opposition parties. as a question, i researched richie sooner because he takes up the position of prime minister. but now we've had, we've had, we've had commentators of all through the day talking about what the conservative policy is. so we are fully aware of that at the end of the day, still in the united kingdom, there will be people in various communities will and within the conservative party, who will be slightly taken aback by having an asian ah prime minister. but you talk about policy, how long will it take and does it take an election mandate to gained the reassurance of the public? your policies are in line with those of the public. and that's what the chuck's, the position is at the moment, is that the politicians seem to be seemed to be not on the same page as the, the public at the moment when it comes to the main worries of the economy,

the cost of living or putting food on the table. so you, if you would give a, you touched on a number of points there, so please allow me to respond to them. when you mentioned earlier about some people will be taken aback by having the 1st asian prime minister. i think you'll be to kind i think that we, people will be literally lived it, that there work that there is going to be a 1st british age and prime minister. because we know that the united kingdom is institutionally races, are not re, she soon act should have been prime minister according to you know, by all of that. but by all means i, he was more competent. we all know he was more competent. alice stress and evil that bars johnson, but that title was denied him about 2 months ago. we know why we know for is that they did not want him in opposition, because exactly because he's asian. and because he's, well, they all kinds of reasons that they would not have put 2 white horses what they put jewish sooner. now i do think that there is legitimacy that comes from

a democratic election, especially when a political party has been at a colossal failure, as a conservative by the have been for the last 4 years. i mean, they do not get to take us through the ringer with how many prime ministers without coming back to the people to asked us whether or not we still want them to govern whether or not their policy is still reflect our policies. and it is clear that over the course of a period of 2 years or so, while boys johnson as we prime minister, because everybody up as totally deviated from that, which those who voted for break to the wanted from that which the, the concrete required, especially in the imbalance in what the country will require respect to the pandemic, the economy, we see that things have gotten worse. so yeah, a general election would make far more says i would be the right thing to do. we shall see. what does happen obviously is very hot debate and it will continue, i'm sure, in the coming days for the moment charlotte mos sherbie.