you know how politicians are sometimes criticised and people go, oi, you muppet, why did you say that? yes. hmm. you know that phrase—du—jour at the moment, "lean in"? well, borisjohnson sort of leant in to that by actually quoting the muppets when he was at, i can't believe i'm saying this, the united nations general assembly. here's how it went. when kermit the frog, kermit the frog sang l it's not easy being green... do you remember that one? i want you to know| that he was wrong. he was wrong. it is easy. it's not only easy, . it's lucrative and it's right to be green. he was also unnecessarily rude to miss piggy, - i thought, kermit the frog. do you remember that one? it wasn't met with an overwhelming wall of noise. well, you have to also remember, at the united nations meetings, lots of very august leaders who are sitting

there have got simultaneous translation, and the next sentence some went on to talk about sophocles, and ijust kind of wonder, you know that phrase "read the room"? yeah. er, while making a speech, and the central message of the speech was, world, grow up, climate change is here, it's real, it's dangerous, you have to do more. grow up... here's a gag about kermit. yeah. i wonder if kermit's ever featured... i merely put those things on the table. i wonder if kermit's ever featured at a un general assembly before. well, bts were there, so it was all a weird mixture. the korean boy band, for those who aren't familiar with their oeuvre, adam. so what's interesting, i had a bit of time this afternoon, and you know i always like to go back to the original text of things... oh, you love a document. so i went to the original lyrics of being green, the kermit the frog song... oh, wow. and actually i think boris johnson is perhaps slightly guilty of selective quotation. so kermit�*s song starts off with kermit saying,

it's not easy being green, but by the end he said, but green is the colour of spring and green can be cool and friendly, like, green can be big like an ocean or important like a mountain or tall like a tree. when green is all there is to be, it would make you wonder why, but why wonder, why wonder? i'm green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful and i think it's what i want to be. go, kermit, go green. i haven't had very much sleep and i'm not sure this is really happening. is it really happening? next week, we'll be discussing the meaning of the rainbow connection. hopefully, keir starmer would be putting that in his conference speech. more high quality textual analysis in this edition of newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's adam in the studio. and laura in the same studio, and we are still two metres apart. and chris in the booth of news, having elbowed john whittingdale and adam out of my chair. well, you say we're two metres apart. we've literally been an ocean apart this week. oh, so smooth. and people listening

to the podcast edition of newscast earlier this week would have heard our budget remake of planes trains and automobiles, as you tried to make a news programme on a train with borisjohnson... how nostalgic it felt. and there's this great bit where it's like, i could almost see boris johnson and liz truss, the new foreign secretary, carrying their bags past you going, excuse me... i had the wheelie cases as well, and i was trying to get off the train with wheelie cases and get out of the way, because boris johnson was walking down the platform. yeah, it was redolent of some of our more chaotic days of trying to cover brexit from different countries. when you got back on the plane, and i am sure perhaps a little drink was served, do you think the number ten lot looked really pleased with how it had gone? yes. downing street believe that this was a really good, if kind of frantic trip for them, for a couple of reasons. i think the biggest reason is that they got president biden to put his hand in his pocket, to double his promise of wonga for the $100 billion target for the cop26 climate conference in glasgow.

that sounds very complicated, but a massive priority at the moment is for the uk government to be getting countries around the world to say, we will give more cash to developing countries in time for that big conference in november. president biden came to the wicket this week and, when we were on the plane on the way over, downing street was not expecting that to happen, so that was a big win for them and they hope it will unlock actions for lots of other countries. other things they are pleased about, lifting of the travel ban from next month, from november, so brits, like people from other european countries, but double—jabbed brits will be able to go backwards and forwards, and they were also pleased with the discussions around security and the new pact with australia and all those kinds of things. but i think, more than anything else, there was a sense for the number ten team that joe biden and borisjohnson are not necessarily logically politically going to be mates but i think they felt actually this time that they had sort of deepened their understanding and their bond and actually showed that they could do

business together, they can get things done, and i think also they were able to fill in some of the blanks of the global britain thing, where people quite often go, what does that mean? it was like a random thing, but thatis it was like a random thing, but that is a little bit of diplomatic cuteness there. , being woven in and as ever,

america gave the ukjust enough. here are some bits and pieces to show we can do bits and pieces and we can be very good but the long promised trade deal that donald trump used to say was going to happen and borisjohnson promise lots of times would happen, it is just way down the priority list for the joe just way down the priority list for thejoe biden white house now and it's not surprised, but it became really, really clear this week. you heard boris johnson saying about the emmanuel macron annoyance of the uk and us submarine pact done at the expense of an existing french deal but a few hours after the joe existing french deal but a few hours after thejoe biden puts out a joint statement with emmanuel macron saying we acknowledge the process could have been handled better if we share more information. how do these things _ share more information. how do these things reckon _ share more information. how do these things reckon -- - these things reckon —— reconcile chris white those two things— reconcile chris white those two things can be true.—

things can be true. boris johnson _ things can be true. boris johnson and _ things can be true. boris johnson and the - things can be true. boris johnson and the french. things can be true. boris - johnson and the french were surprised at how they took it and the level of outrage but what also emerged during the talks is that they both said, wasn't scott morrison, wasn't he meant to tell them? he told us he would tell the french. we thought they were an important ally and we didn't think there are going to get that cross because nobody wants to fall out and lo and behold, the french ambassador goes back to washington and joe biden makes it up to emmanuel macron so there is a kind of, oh, well, what's the announcement what it should be but it's also been suggested in my earshot than some of the french outrage might have been to jack up the level of compensation that they might get, just suggested by somebody in a position of influence, shall we say. the oldest excuse _ influence, shall we say. the oldest excuse in _ influence, shall we say. the oldest excuse in the - influence, shall we say. the oldest excuse in the book. i thought— oldest excuse in the book. i thought you were going to call the french president, but it was — the french president, but it was going to be me. at the french president, but it was going to be me.-

the french president, but it was going to be me. at the end ofthe was going to be me. at the end of the day. _ was going to be me. at the end of the day, that _ was going to be me. at the end of the day, that ensuring - was going to be me. at the end of the day, that ensuring the i of the day, that ensuring the contract between australia and france, and that was a matter for those two but don't forget for those two but don't forget for the us and particularly the uk, lots of security and military cooperation and it is a big deal that they didn't know. and in quite a revealing way, we asked borisjohnson about this on the train and one of my colleagues in the lobby said, come on, you must understand why he was right to be a bit sore and he said, it's human nature to put off the really hard conversations, isn't it? surely you not loathe that from your emotional lives —— you lot know that from your emotional lives and you put it off until the last minute and it was a bit hard to know where they look. the splash said forest suggests emmanuel macron is a jilted lover. he was at the end of a very long few days. i the end of a very long few da s. ., ., ., ,., days. i love hearing about diplomatic—

days. i love hearing about diplomatic stuff _ days. i love hearing about diplomatic stuff and - days. i love hearing about diplomatic stuff and i - days. i love hearing about| diplomatic stuff and i keep getting my microphone and excitement. and i do think the un speech when he talked about leaving _ un speech when he talked about leaving your irresponsible years _ leaving your irresponsible years and starting to act like a grown _ years and starting to act like a grown up i was like, who could _ a grown up i was like, who could he _ a grown up i was like, who could he be talking about? the other thing _ could he be talking about? tue: other thing was could he be talking about? tte: other thing was the could he be talking about? tt2 other thing was the passage about getting away with it and then thinking you could just keep getting away with it because you got away with it to start with. which pointed some labour wags on twitter to say he is talking about himself again. he is talking about himself aaain. �* , ., ., he is talking about himself aaain.�* ., again. and when you go across the atlantic — again. and when you go across the atlantic you _ again. and when you go across the atlantic you get _ again. and when you go across the atlantic you get chased - again. and when you go across the atlantic you get chased by | the atlantic you get chased by british— the atlantic you get chased by british news the whole time in the big — british news the whole time in the big british news this week was the — the big british news this week was the cost of living and particularly what is going on with— particularly what is going on with energy bills which are tackled _ with energy bills which are tackled borisjohnson with energy bills which are tackled boris johnson about and it what— tackled boris johnson about and it what looks like top of the skyscraper. if it what looks like top of the skyscraper-— it what looks like top of the skyscraper. if you look at our ten point _ skyscraper. if you look at our ten point plan. _ skyscraper. if you look at our ten point plan. forgive - skyscraper. if you look at our ten point plan. forgive me, | skyscraper. if you look at our| ten point plan. forgive me, at the moment— ten point plan. forgive me, at the moment people _ ten point plan. forgive me, at the moment people would - ten point plan. forgive me, at| the moment people would like ten point plan. forgive me, at. the moment people would like to know how they are going to put food on the table in the next few weeks and months rather than thinking about a long—term ten point plan. fin than thinking about a long-term ten point plan-— ten point plan. on that, ifi ma , ten point plan. on that, ifi may. actually. _ ten point plan. on that, ifi may, actually, and - ten point plan. on that, ifi may, actually, and i- ten point plan. on that, ifi may, actually, and i know. ten point plan. on that, if i - may, actually, and i know what youte —

may, actually, and i know what youhe saying _ may, actually, and i know what youhe saying but _ may, actually, and i know what you're saying but i _ may, actually, and i know what you're saying but i don't - you're saying but i don't believe _ you're saying but i don't believe that _ you're saying but i don't believe that people - you're saying but i don't believe that people will| you're saying but i don't i believe that people will be short — believe that people will be short of— believe that people will be short of food _ believe that people will be short of food and - believe that people will be short of food and wages i believe that people will be i short of food and wages are actually— short of food and wages are actually rising _ short of food and wages are actually rising under- short of food and wages are actually rising under this . actually rising under this government— actually rising under this government if— actually rising under this government if that's - actually rising under thisl government if that's what you're _ government if that's what you're driving. _ government if that's what you're driving.— government if that's what you're driving. the prices are risinu. you're driving. the prices are rising- that _ you're driving. the prices are rising. that sex _ you're driving. the prices are rising. that sex and - you're driving. the prices are rising. that sex and the - you're driving. the prices are rising. that sex and the city. rising. that sex and the city remake not _ rising. that sex and the city remake not what _ rising. that sex and the city remake not what i - rising. that sex and the city remake not what i was - remake not what i was expecting. more political content. expecting. more political content-— expecting. more political content. ., ., , content. there were no martinis and fancy _ content. there were no martinis and fancy shoes. _ content. there were no martinis and fancy shoes. but _ content. there were no martinis and fancy shoes. but i _ content. there were no martinis and fancy shoes. but i did - content. there were no martinis and fancy shoes. but i did have| and fancy shoes. but i did have and fancy shoes. but i did have a new pair of trousers. it was really interesting at the beginning of the week that downing street were in a classic, and this is a very broad point, buti classic, and this is a very broad point, but i think broadcasters and viewers are as sad as we are and they were in what i would describe as a classic trip bubble where they are in this massive high—profile situation and have a white house visit, the united nations, but meanwhile in a different time zone there is a huge story of massive public concern running really hard and it takes them a little bit of time to catch up with that. this is a very, very real

problem forfarmers, for supermarkets, forming producers, energy companies going underfor bill payers. this is a really big issue and the government, and you guys have been here this weekend you have been here this weekend you have been here this weekend you have been struggling to keep up with what to do with the bailout of companies or not or propping up some sectors or not and has borisjohnson said on monday, the market will fix it and it's a temporary problem and it's a temporary problem and don't worry. here is my ten point plan. tt and don't worry. here is my ten point plan-— point plan. it is a massive thing because _ point plan. it is a massive thing because you - point plan. it is a massive thing because you put - point plan. it is a massive - thing because you put together the here and now in the headlines of the last week and the broader conversation going on for a few weeks about universal credit and the loss of the £20 a week uplift in a couple of weeks' time, alongside the bigger promises about levelling up. this is a huge moment for a government trying to prove its delivering encountering reality.

politically, it's very, very uncomfortable and the government defence that wages are rising in the labour market is tight and unemployment is low and we want to help people into jobs rather than low and we want to help people intojobs rather than propping into jobs rather than propping things intojobs rather than propping things up, but it's not clear how and what kind of interventions they are prepared to make and they did put in a temporary subsidy. the people who make _ temporary subsidy. the people who make fertilisers, - temporary subsidy. the people who make fertilisers, cf. - who make fertilisers, cf. natalie _ who make fertilisers, cf. natalie lowe there is no question that it should not be a surprise _ question that it should not be a surprise to the government that— a surprise to the government that there is the energy supply being — that there is the energy supply being tied. that there is the energy supply being tied-— that there is the energy supply bein: tied. ., . , , being tied. how many nights did ou aet being tied. how many nights did ou net to being tied. how many nights did you get to sleep _ being tied. how many nights did you get to sleep on _ being tied. how many nights did you get to sleep on your- being tied. how many nights did you get to sleep on your own . you get to sleep on your own bed before you actual bag for the labour party conference? three. that's more than i was expecting _ three. that's more than i was expecting. and he will be back full on — expecting. and he will be back full on party conference.- full on party conference. yes, first time _ full on party conference. yes, first time in _ full on party conference. yes, first time in two _ full on party conference. yes, first time in two years - full on party conference. yes, first time in two years which l first time in two years which will be really interesting, actually. and already, in

classic labour party style, there is a big bun fight over what will happen at a conference because it is the time of year when they can change the rules and we know how much the labour party likes to discuss whether or not to change the rules because it's really important and it's basically about who is in charge and controlling the party. charge and controlling the -a . �* charge and controlling the .a _ �* ., charge and controlling the party. and there are few people who know _ party. and there are few people who know the _ party. and there are few people who know the rules _ party. and there are few people who know the rules better - party. and there are few people who know the rules better than | who know the rules better than former— who know the rules better than former shadowjohn mcdonnell. before _ former shadowjohn mcdonnell. before we dive into the labour party— before we dive into the labour party rule _ before we dive into the labour party rule book which is always a fun— party rule book which is always a fun conversation, we have heard — a fun conversation, we have heard about the cost of living crisis — heard about the cost of living crisis and _ heard about the cost of living crisis and how would you describe _ crisis and how would you describe the situation facing your— describe the situation facing your constituents or the situation might face them in the next _ situation might face them in the next few months. pretty tough. really tough, actually. in my constituency, i have got heathrow airport, - so we have had a large number of people not working - for a long period of time. when the furlough ended, a fair number of them -

were laid off as well, so it has been reallyl tough and even those not l associated with the airport, a lot work in the public- sector, so public sector pay freezes have been hitting them, energy prices going up, - inflation going up, - and for other constituents, the cut in universal credit is really, really tough. - i am worried. we have had a really hard time and i am worried that a lot- of people are on the edge at the moment, under- an awful lot of pressure. so, yes, it is hard, - it is really hard and i feel for people at the moment. we just need more support. the universal credit cut has. got to be halted in some form and we need to know that soon, because it is putting an awful. lot of pressure on people. what more do you think that labour should be doing as far as this argument is concerned, given it could be one of the big political dividing lines in the coming months? first of all, i think we need to get a bit angrier- about what has gone on, the mismanagement, i the whole process. you know, the energy prices and the mismanagement, i ed miliband has come out| slugging over the past few days, which is quite good, i am pleased with that, i but we just need, one, i we need to make sure that people know that this is a mess

created by the government i itself on a whole range i of fronts, but in addition to that, we just need to be i clear about what we are doing. in terms of the universal i credit, we have made it clear, the 20 quid should not be cut, but we also should be - going much further than that in saying that we really do i need to have a system i where people are not living in poverty or on the edge of poverty _ my view is that johnson is incompetent at basic| administration, but when you do push him along, he will seize i upon something, you know, claims, i don't care - about that, but you can get i some movement if you push him along, but you have to be both angry and skilful about it. i do you think they are going to shift on universal credit, then? yeah, they are. they will do it in some way. it looks as though they will shift on the type. i t will be — a face—saving exercise. the amount of universal credit is taken away from you as your work more. they are going to have to dol something on energy as well, to assist people and the reason i am saying that is, _ you know, i talked to people in the house of commons, l

there is a depth of anxiety- on the tory backbenches and, you know, there is a build—up of frustration with johnson i and a bit on sunak, less - on sunak, because he is hiding at the moment, but there i is a build—up of anxiety, some of it in what you described as the red wall seats, i there is a bit of anger as well and i thinkjohnson will have | to move on some of these issues. i now, john, you talked about that keir starmer has to get angrier at the government so they will change position and that is one tactic, what do you think about the tactic of writing an 11,000 word pamphlet or the fabian society, is that not a good tactic? that is what keir starmer did. i described it, i have read it, i described it... - all of it? well, fair dues, you have i to read the thing if he has put it out there, so i described it as a sermon on the mount i written by focus groups. to be honest, it does not do it for me, idon't think it- would convince many people about the labour party -

as a vision. so, john, do you actually know, though, that this pamphlet has been put together with the help of focus groups? it is a great line, but do you actually know that or are you assuming that from having read it? i have no idea, but now that deborah matheson is head of strategy,... prominent pollster, yes. yes, she is the focus group queen from the blair days, | if you remember, so i am sure that there has been a fair- amount of involvement, you know, fair enough, i it is a technique to be used, i but focus groups are techniques that we use about the language and how you win an argument, i it is not about how- you design your policies. as ever, no one in the labour party is really talking about policy at the moment, actually the big row before conference is about changing the rules, changing who would be allowed to pick the leader, keir starmer sort of got into a bit of a pickle over this. he is considering whether or not this conference to try and change the rules that got jeremy corbyn elected as a labour leader, you and your colleagues on the left are not very happy about it,

what is that all about? well, we could do with i an argument or a row at this labour party conference about our constitutionalj rules, like a hole in- the head, to be honest. why are you picking it, then? or is keir starmer picking it? what do you make of him using this moment to do it and people on the left are picking an argument, aren't they? i think it is a real mistake to even bring it forward. i kier has only been elected, what, 18 months ago? i at no time in his candidacyj or his campaign to become leader did he raise anything around this, apart from i the one thing he said, - he would give members more power, so people feel a bit, actually, he is open - to charges of dishonesty, to be honest, that is- the problem for him. why didn't he set this upl when he stood as leader? now he is bringing it forward, he knows this will provoke i an argument and it will be left

and right and all the rest, i what we need at the moment, for this conference is we just i do need a bit of unity and we need to focusj on the tories and we need to focus on the policy- programme and kier said we have got to focus outwards and this i isjust making us focus| inwards again and it is, i think it is unnecessary. well, just ignore it, then, john! if you ignore it, there isn't a row and then the party can focus on the outward stuff. yeah, it is too important, because it means that it. undermines the democracy in the party that we have . settled on, so it is too- important to ignore and a lot of our members are very angry about it, so the best thing, i i have said to kier,| the best thing to do on things like this is, i when we have done things like this in the past, - you do a proper consultation, ed miliband even had a speciall conference, you take time over it, to try and bounce i it through three days,

announcing it three days before a labour party conference - and then to try and bounce it through, people just get i frustrated and angry about that and then you have a row- which spoils the first few days of the conference and also, i to be frank, even if kier. gets his proposal through, it will cause quite a lot i of bitterness, we will lose more members, we have lost 150,000 already- in the last year. what i am saying is it willj spill over for the next few months, notjust in conference. clearly there are people who are really unhappy and of course, they are entitled to be unhappy, but when you and jeremy corbyn were running the labour party, there were lots of times when people thought, you were going to change the rules and, isn't he entitled... didn't you nearly get rid of tom watson as deputy leader while he was sitting in a chinese restaurant on a saturday night? that is a very good example! that is the best example i you could use, because part of this, sometimes it is not the politicians, sometimesl it is the courtiers that might cause you the problem. i

so, are you going to go along with trying to get rid of david evans, the general secretary of the party? when it came to the example. you just used, that was around them trying to get rid - of tom watson, when jeremy found out about it, i he put his foot down and stopped it. that was it. that is what i would say to i kier, you need to do that now. yeah, becausejeremy corbyn did not have enough control of the party and it stymied him and he would have benefited from having more control, which is what keir starmer is trying to do. well, the way you get control. is that you ensure that you win elections and the partyi and kier has got control of the nec, he has got a majority of the nec i and in terms of the structural. arrangements, we were settled on one person, one vote, - that was settled by ed miliband and now, to raise it again, i within 18 months of a general election and you have a row over it, it is- absolutely pointless. it would have been better for him to say, look, i this is what i am thinking of, let us have a proper- consultation, take a biti of time over it, he most probably would have got - a compromise settlement anyway and people would have been relatively happy. | to do it this way has i just provoked everyone.

john, there is a bigger thought though here, isn't there, which on newscast, a labour party activist might even be thinking of, which is that you and jeremy corbyn led the party into two general elections, you lost them both, lost the last one, biggest defeat in terms of parliamentary seats since, what, 1935. what do you say to people who mightjust say, look, the best thing you could do for the labour party isjust disappear off into retirement? actually, sometimes you can provide advice and assistance because you have been- through that experience and that is what i am i trying to do. when kier got elected, i we agreed that when kier becomes leader, because towards the end of the campaign, - it was fairly obvious, i we said we will not allow to happen to him what happened to us, when jeremy was - elected leader, we had - the parliamentary labour party, we had people resigningj on the day, we had coup after coup, almost on a monthly basis and we said that _ would not happen and i have done everything i can- to support keir starmer for this period. -

i have had a fair amount of flak as a result of it, . but sometimes when you get into situations like this, i you have to be straight- about it and ijust think this was a huge mistake. in the background of this video conferencing shot, there is something that looks like a trombone. have you become a trombonist? during covid, i felt i needed something to do and seized| the opportunity to learn i a new skill, so i decided... do you want to give us a go? give us a blow! hang on, i decided to learn- the trombone and i have done it for about nine months now and i am dreadful. - you don't want to put your viewers off. i 0h, we do! are you taking it to conference? the labour conference, at the end, everyone always sings the red flag, sojohn, you could reveal here that you have been practising the red flag on your trombone and you're going to take it down to brighton and you could give us a blast, a preview.

do you know, surprisingly, l no one has asked me to play the red flag at conference, i possibly because some people might have heard me already. john mcdonnell, former chancellor and current trombonist, thank you very much. shadow chancellor, sorry, you wish you had been chancellor. nearly made it. thanks, john. we will see you in brighton. i am off to do some i busking, see you later! see you, john. now, of course labour is not the first party conference, because the liberal democrats had theirs and it was semi—real and semi—virtual, but sir ed davey was definitely there and he came on newscast, on the podcast, on monday, and we had a quick chat about insulation. we insulated well over a million homes and, i by and large, had a pretty good record — the government's insulation i programmes have been a joke. i mean, you remember, - i am sure, the greenhouse grant fiasco, which was supposed to be this new part - of the covid recovery, i but it failed, hardly anyone took it up and it - has been a disaster.

and, of course, they did their favourite gag, which was to have a bunch of people bursting through a blue wall on stage, to represent their victory in the chesham by—election, which they thought showed that the tories were vulnerable to the yellow surge. did he bring his hammer when you did the interview? sadly not. that tiny hammer that he had. i know there was a frantic search to try and find a bigger one, on the day they did the photo stunt and i heard afterwards that they thought, you know, as a photo op, whether people thought it was cringeworthy or whether they thought it was great, it was a big tip for the firstjob of a photo op, which is to get noticed. there was apparently a bit of anxiety about the size of the hammer, but it was the biggest they could find at short notice. they could have used john mcdonnell's trombone! well, anyway, one of the features of party conferences is everyone getting hammered. that is all from us! speak for yourself, adam fleming! i will be doing the early shift for the first time ever, so my socialising is going to be tiny. right, thanks to everyone who has been on newscast tonight and thanks to you, too, for watching and listening. we will be back with

another episode very soon. bye. goodbye. bye. newscast. newscast, from the bbc. good evening. it's been unusually warm september so far. we've got a few more warm days to come as we head towards the weekend and for many of us, today was a pretty warm affair. thursday was a warm day for many — thursday was a warm day for many but _ thursday was a warm day for many but not _ thursday was a warm day for many but not for _ thursday was a warm day for many but not for all, - thursday was a warm day for many but not for all, 23 - many but not for all, 23 degrees _ many but not for all, 23 degrees the _ many but not for all, 23 degrees the top - many but not for all, 23 - degrees the top temperature in the midlands _ degrees the top temperature in the midlands and _ degrees the top temperature in the midlands and compare - degrees the top temperature in the midlands and compare that| the midlands and compare that withiust — the midlands and compare that with just ten _ the midlands and compare that with just ten in _ the midlands and compare that withjust ten in shetland. - the midlands and compare that with just ten in shetland. this. with just ten in shetland. this lozen . e with just ten in shetland. this lozenge of— with just ten in shetland. this lozenge of cold _ with just ten in shetland. this lozenge of cold air _ with just ten in shetland. tiiiii: lozenge of cold air locked with just ten in shetland. lozenge of cold air locked in from the north but already clearing away and you can see the orange covers the flooding across the map meaning warm and at times humid weather in the air holding a lot of moisture which means a lot of cloud. low pressure to the north and low to the south and a westerly wind and the strong wind across the northern half of the uk and

one that will deliver a lot of cloud across western scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england and wales in the cloud thick connecticut's spots and spots and rain and mist and there but with some shelter from the westerly winds that cloud can break across eastern scotland give sunshine and warmth as well, 20 or 21 degrees and across parts of wales and england, some real warmth, especially in the sunny places, 23 or maybe 2a degrees. three friday night we will keep the warm and humid air in place and we will see a lot of cloud and we will see a lot of cloud and spots of rain and drizzle and spots of rain and drizzle and missed untilfog and more persistent rain in the far north of scotland and a very mild starting saturday for most of us. as we have through saturday we can expect a lot of cloud in the forecast and dry weather as well. high pressure not too far away and the highest building for the weekend and low pressure pushing in from the west, so as you see on saturday, a lot of dry weather but extensive cloud cover and some sunny spells,

more across northern scotland and maybe in southern england and maybe in southern england and also the chance of seeing one or two showers. the breeze will be strengthening across western areas but it is a southerly breeze by this stage southerly breeze by this stage so feeling quite warm, the high teens or low 20 celsius. the southerly breeze will strengthen as we move through saturday night and particularly into sunday is this frontal system squashes in from the west and the southerly wind really picking up on that wind will start to break the cloud up will start to break the cloud up a bit more so we will see more sunshine on sunday, potentially one or two showers but has different slides into northern ireland, some heavy rain late in the day. between 17 and 22 degrees but it does turn during next week. —— turn cooler.

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