it within whitehall? you are a former civil servant. street for something that happened at the other end. i wonder how much harder it is for a prime minister who is perceived to be weak? i for a prime minister who is perceived to be weak? i think people in whitehall recognise _ perceived to be weak? i think people in whitehall recognise the _ perceived to be weak? i think people in whitehall recognise the power - perceived to be weak? i think people in whitehall recognise the power and the land isjeremy hunt, the treasury, in this government, not liz truss or number 10. the treasury is always powerful, even when prime ministers are not keen on that, as we saw in the dynamic between boris johnson and rishi sunak in the treasury. but now the prime minister has sacrificed one chancellor. she can't possibly afford to lose a second one. everybody in whitehall and now that the person who is really in charge of this government now isjeremy hunt. really in charge of this government now is jeremy hunt.— really in charge of this government now is

there's gabriel pogrom — whitehall reporter, correspondent for the sunday times.that jane garvey and fi glover were leaving the bbc for times radio. now, for almost all of you listening, you don't need me to tell you who fi and jane are — in different ways, they've been giants of 5 live and then radio 4. no more, though — they're shifting across to times radio and so theyjoin quite a list — jon sopel, emily maitlis, andrew marr, lewis goodall, vanessa feltz, simon mayo, mark kermode — and if we go back a little further, eddie mair, chris evans, john pienaar and others — all of whom have departed the bbc�*s tv and radio output. so let's understand how these deals happen, and the calculations that are involved. we're joined by sue ayton, who's fi and jane's agent — also co—founder of knight ayton management, which represents a whole raft of the biggest names in broadcasting. and we're joined by megan carver — founder and managing director of carver pr, which does publicity for some of the biggest names in broadcasting. megan and sue, thanks for being with us on the

from home office and number ten in whitehall and later confirmation come that suella braverman had essentiallywas forced to resign and this was for breaching the ministerial code. that was number tends view now what they said she had done was used her personal e—mail, private phone device to send something to parliamentary colleagues that she wasn't supposed to. and this was the breach of the ministerial code as you had to resign for it. but obviously, that has slightly been eclipsed by the wider problems the government had later in the day about a complete collapse of discipline and what other cabinet ministers may follow suit and whether liz truss is primary or ship will survive the week. . �* , . primary or ship will survive the week. . �*, ., ,, primary or ship will survive the week. . ,, week. katie, it's a bombshell, says theguardian — week. katie, it's a bombshell, says theguardian front _ week. katie, it's a bombshell, says theguardian front page. _ week. katie, it's a bombshell, says theguardian front page. is - week. katie, it's a bombshell, says theguardian front page. is this - wee

and if the value to russia is taken whitehall pronounce, since texas are better, it is the nearest the it is, russia supports those african regimes that it can benefit from in return, russia gets access to that minerals, especially diamond that makes it is basically plundering the mineral resources of african country. ah, that ah, as the russian army keeps besieging bombarding my g ukrainian cities o pluto keeps brucely cracking down all critics at home. no way not i can bully, i see every. and this, especially the russian nation, leaky is kiff bull of distinguishing true patriots from scum and traitors, and missing the latter like flies. ah, the question becomes, how boiler vladimir putin remained in power for them, sir shrill to perish, vladimir putin has made a monumental mistake. and he thinks he is destroying the ukrainian state mazama in reality, is destroying his instinct. putin will not be able to hold on to power much longer . mistletoe dwaa are ready to represent that. i'm one of the people in britain's inner circle or their wealth to hint quaboag. i don't think they will kil

whitehall editor at the ft talking _ feels like already.t editions of the front pages, we will get some idea of how they are reporting today's extraordinary events. i want today's extraordinary events. i want to bring you an update as we talked about allegations that mps were in tears, some of been manhandled in the division lobbies voting for the government with great reluctance and only with a little bit of outside assistance. certainly those claims have been made in the house of commons in the chamber and social media by labour mps. here is what one of those mps said. on the bbc live page where you can follow all developments on our website. this entry is tied at 21 minutes has 18 times for the alexanders stafford, conservative mp alleged to have been manhandled by senior members of the government, as it tweeted to say he had a frank and robust conversation outside the voting lobby but that was it. in a tweedy wrote "lots of rumours around tonight, this vote was never about fracking but about labour trying to destabilise the country and

with me now is sebastian payne, the whitehall editor at the financial times.ritory in terms of where the coalition government was with its mandate and party pulling together. this is very different, isn�*t it? hugely and if you think about the situation we are in now, jeremy hunt has announced a wholescale u—turn and trust comics is dead. but the consequences will exist for a long period of time and even with everything reversed, there will be a big black hole in the public finances —— trussonomics. everyone is trying to work out the implications of what happened this morning, but there was a talk of a £20 billion black hole. finding that kind of money can be done but it�*s not easy and when jeremy kind of money can be done but it�*s not easy and whenjeremy hunt is going around whitehall departments asking for cuts, be it in defence or other areas of domestic services, thatis other areas of domestic services, that is going to be very painful and when the markets look at this, they will say, hang on a minute, can this get through the house of commons? we�*ve se

let's talk to the whitehall editor of the financial times.ment of the rules? that is right, i have been talking to i infringement of the rules? that is i right, i have been talking to people in whitehall over the past half an hour or so, since this story broke and they think it is very unusual to see a home secretary sacked for sharing a written ministerial statement which would be in the public domain anyway when it eventually goes to parliament and the general view at the moment is this is more of a ruse for wider policy disagreements between the home secretary and downing street. there is a lot of conflicting reports going round, some say it is over migration policy. we do know liz truss has been wanting to allow more visas, allow more people to come into the uk and suella braverman has been on the other end of that spectrum, take a hardline view of migration. it is a very plausible suggestion. the other thing, as you can see in that very bombastic resignation letter, is the general unhappiness of how the government is being run when the h

with me are sebastian payne, whitehall editor for the financial times, and martin lipton, chief sports reporter at the sun. tomorrow's front pages. the mail leads on speculation mps will move to topple liz truss this week. mps will move to topple a similar tone in the i, saying it could all be over for the pm within days. meanwhile, the metro details three separate plots to oust her. the mirror is rather more blunt, saying tory mps want truss to just "quit now". the independent says senior tory figures are telling her "the game is up". the guardian echoes this sentiment, but suggests truss will try to fight on. the daily express meanwhile focuses on the economic backdrop to all this, asking if her latest u—turn will be enough to turn things around. amid this, a plea for unity by former leadership rival penny mordaunt is on the front of the telegraph. so, let's begin. there is sebastien! i'm glad we managed to sort out the communications! i will start out with you, martin. the front page of the daily mail, the plot to topple liz truss this week. tell us all about it. , , liz truss this

it's clearly that's the strategy right now by the ministration, whitehall, brussels, and everybody. jeremy, it's so short sighted because andres already pointed out our program is that i see a real breach a breach that will not be mended with russia in europe. it's is over. there's the peter, the great dream of working with europe is finally the 300 year journey is finally come to an end because it's just one big headache. okay. you sign agreements, you don't honor them. you know, men, yes, we agree. and all of this, you know, we want the pipeline north stream and then, you know, one of your friends blows it up, ok, what these people are paid in the neck. ok. and without cheap, wretched energy, their productivity is worthless. why do you want to deal with these people, jeremy? go ahead. i mean, i think we're seeing a major power shift gets in earlier point about this kind of back for further on the west, because yeah, russia is 40, very strong. busy block with east with china, and a lot of countries are joining around is now involved with this lions. they're making economic deals. a

with me are sebastian payne, whitehall editor for the financial times, and martin lipton, chief sports reporter at the sun. a very good evening to you, gentlemen. quick look at the front pages. we will start with the mail. it leads on speculation mps will move to topple liz truss this week. meanwhile, the metro details three separate plots to oust her. the mirror is rather more blunt, saying tory mps want truss to just "quit now". the independent says senior tory figures are telling her "the game is up". the guardian echoes this sentiment but suggests truss will try to fight on. it might be too late, though — the times suggests the party is looking to "crown" a new leader already. the express, meanwhile, focuses on the economic backdrop to all this, asking if her latest u—turn will be enough to turn things around. and there we go, that's the times, we have caught up. and amid all this, a plea for unity by former leadership rival penny mordaunt on the front of the telegraph. let us begin our chat, sebastian and merchant. lovely to have you both with us again. sebastian, it is your round

knows that he was and the worry— whitehall knows that he was and the worry he _ whitehall knows that may be a piece of paper floating around to— may be a piece of paper floating around to that effect. added to which, — around to that effect. added to which, suella braverman, he has reappointed williamson and to say today— reappointed williamson and to say today that doesn't matter because it happened _ today that doesn't matter because it happened four years ago that williamson was sacked, he was sacked for a briefing out of a national security— for a briefing out of a national security council meeting. that is an unforgivable offence. there are several — unforgivable offence. there are several appointments that could unravel— several appointments that could unravel fairly quickly. what i saw today— unravel fairly quickly. what i saw today was — unravel fairly quickly. what i saw today was rishi sunak being pretty punchy, _ today was rishi sunak being pretty punchy, wanting to get the support of his— punchy, wanting to get the support of his backbenchers but not really engaging — of

secretary had an interview with the times, labelling spending cuts for government departments across whitehallnding habits which outstripped our ability to pay for an easter change. all these measures aimed at reassuring people and on the eve of the conservative party conference in birmingham, trying to shore up support amongst conservative mps for liz truss as well. . ., conservative mps for liz truss as well. . ~ , ., conservative mps for liz truss as well. . ~' , ., , conservative mps for liz truss as well. . ~ y., , . thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... the ukrainian president response to the annexation of four of its regions by making a fast—track application to join nato. regions by making a fast—track application tojoin nato. millions of people in the uk begin paying more for gas and electricity is a new energy price cap comes into force. large parts of britain's train network grinds to a complete halt. 0nly train network grinds to a complete halt. only one in ten services are running a 50,000 workers staged a walk—out in the biggest rail strike over pay and conditions. le

with me are sebastian payne, whitehall editor for the financial times, and martin lipton, chief sports

with me are sebastian payne, whitehall editor for the financial times, and martin lipton, chief sports

party gate for he was responsible not clamping down on part is around dining street inside, outside. whitehall also and term johnson that was fine. he broke the law. he's also been accused of lying and he's was facing a, an inquiry into misleading parliaments. now, johnson was part of the whole drama here. i am flying back from his holiday, but being booed on a plane, arriving in here like enlightened shot, shining armor, unfailing to get the numbers even though that's the view of most m. p 's or failing to get the numbers. but then saying he did have the numbers and he chose to stand down in the interests of unity. well, ok, history of judge that episode in johnson's life. but he also tried to get to deal with sooner. well, i wasn't any chance of that. and now soon ark is here and there he will be addressing go, the conservative party itself, or later on. and that's going to be happening quite soon. we think a but just going back to some of the reaction ah, david cameron, lamb, who is a former prime minister said he remarked about some, are soon ack sir. status as being a british indian, the

so there would be cuts with public spending on the nhs, defence, education but when it comes to whitehalle made? effectively the government would take the decision to front—line staff in the nhs, schools, military would be more important than the administration part of the government, you still keep the cash going through to schools and hospitals, but clearly the administration area would be much smaller and much less government control across different parts of the spending which they have. find different parts of the spending which they have.— different parts of the spending which they have. and on friday do ou which they have. and on friday do you think — which they have. and on friday do you think the _ which they have. and on friday do you think the bank - which they have. and on friday do you think the bank of - do you think the bank of england will follow through with its statement this week that it will no longer be buying up bonds and supporting pension funds, beyond friday? the background as interest rates have been rising across the world, evaluation world government it in the u

answering of questions regarding watergate and, and all the positive to place in this, this district, whitehall and a dining streets, which sure were in contravention of covert rules were imposed by, by this government in the pandemic. all of that and, and that we have now a look at the city and look at the financial markets. this got to be circumspect, has got to be sure that, that, sure footed, in that sir richey soon arc has to convince the city in the next fiscal a report which will be on october. the 31st, the midterm fiscal report, which will have to be verified and checked and gone over, he hasta, really convince the markets that things are stable despite the fact that we have double digit inflation, high interest rates for mortgages and economy that's very different in style than before, so yes, this is a big victory for richey soon act. a pragmatic sort of operator, a man of finance, a man who has been a finance minister for the the, the, the air of the government, of johnson or johnson from february 2020 onwards. and then he resigned, and that led the way to johnson a coming down and

times talking about signalling pretty clearly spending cuts at various government departments across whitehallor it, and that needs to change. so all those interventions aimed at reassuring people, and on the eve of the conservative party conference in birmingham, trying to shore up support among conservative mps for liz truss's plan. the prime minister will be interviewed live on bbc one this weekend on sunday morning with laura kuenssberg. you can see that at the slightly earlier than usual time of 8.30am. hurricane ian has made landfall in the us state of south carolina as a category one storm, after pummelling florida. the historic coastal city of charleston has been lashed by winds and heavy rain. hundreds of kilometres of the south—eastern seaboard of the us are under severe weather alerts. this map shows the expected path of the storm on saturday. the bbc�*s nada tawfik is in south west florida and sent this report. the category one storm made landfall friday afternoon near georgetown, just north of the historical city of charleston, with winds of 85 mph. its powerful storm surge downed

as i say, it then turns to the statecraft, running whitehall well as well, which is the thing again wewe have a couple of years to turn this round, that the economy is absolutely critical. we saw on the campaign trail what an expert rishi sunak is. he called all the errors out that have now come to play. let's get back to governing, let's get back to running the economy well, let's get back to britain.— running the economy well, let's get back to britain. how would you deal with the economic _ back to britain. how would you deal with the economic black— back to britain. how would you deal with the economic black hole - back to britain. how would you deal with the economic black hole that l with the economic black hole that has emerged since he was chancellor? if you present unfunded tax cuts thatis if you present unfunded tax cuts that is going to increase the cost of borrowing, if you increase the cost of borrowing that means interest rates go up, which has an impact on mortgages as well. the markets have responded in this way. rishi that out. we are halfway through that budgetary set

elsewhere, as we look around whitehall, a reminder of the turbulence over recent months, gillian keegan of the balance between rishi sunak wanting to assemble a team he feels is right, whilst at the same time trying to project stability at a time of constantly swirling change. as you mentioned, breaking in the last couple of minutes, the reappointment of michael gove, a big beast of the conservative party and someone who can cause trouble when he is not kept busy in government, backin he is not kept busy in government, back in government as levelling up secretary. this is rishi sunak�*s attempt to bind his party together because he knows that unless he does that, governing will be impossible. chris, we will have more from you later on but for the time being, thank you. so what do voters around the country make of the extraordinary events we've been witnessing here at westminster? worksop in bassetlaw is a former labour heartland in nottinghamshire which turned conservative in 2019. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports on how people there view britain's latest prime minister.

control during the economy in his control during the pandemic, he knows the mechanics of government in whitehall starmer and rishi sunak, and all eyes will be on that showdown. the conservative party will be looking, wondering if they made the right call, antilabor mps will be looking at keir starmer and saying, ok, going against borisjohnson, going against liz truss, that is one thing — can he maintain that lead, that sense of confidence, against rishi sunak? this is going to be a really fascinating total for all of us who really watched westminster closely. matthew, that is going to be a fascinating encounter, prime minister's questions tomorrow. we will be covering that live here on the bbc news channel above the matthew goodwin, thank you for your very interesting and expert analysis. a little earlier, i spoke to damian green. i put it to him some people are saying, is it the same old faces backin saying, is it the same old faces back in this new cabinet, despite rishi sunak's promise of a fresh start. ~ ., , ., , start. what he promised was stability and _ start. what he promised was stabil

lena: i think it is safe to say there are active discussions between whitehall, number 10, number 11, and the bank of england at the moment. it probably suggests we are in an environment where public policy conversations are not going to be made -- decisions are not going to be made in isolations -- isolation. those conversations between the bank of england and the chancellor, but of course rishi sunak, will be responsible for that, given his own economic credentials, and given we are in an economic crisis. we may have averted a confidence crisis by avoiding that scenario of a negative feedback loop of negative financial and political headlines, and also having two pairs of trusted hands as the chancellor and pm. we are seeing gilt yields return, but we are nowhere near an environment where good or easy policy choices. the economic scenarios ahead in terms of bank of england fiscal austerity, this is not an environment that will restore the confidence that has been lost. guy: what can this government do if it is going to stick with brexit to improve relations with the eu? do you think

these are the scenes above whitehall in central london. it was when it started earlier, when we arrived it was rather wet and the sun is out and the prime ministerial cavalcade is on its way up whitehall, switching lanes and everything has been cleared in terms of access towards probably towards trafalgar square, we think. and then “p trafalgar square, we think. and then up to trafalgar square to turn left down the mall and along to buckingham palace. a grand processional route which is very familiar to those of you who follow all of the big state . there we are, lord nelson surveying the scene from nelson's column and trafalgar square bathed in lovely sunshine, through admiralty arch, and then down along the mall, admiralty arch which was one of the important parts of the government's own property portfolio in central london but was sold a few years ago and has been redeveloped. along the mall, which is still looking rather green in october, and along past the flank of saintjames park on the left—hand side. and then the clive steps on the

peters kicked everyone out of the party van dorn moves to whitehall apparently jesse was not far behindhim. you've got to rememb tt the will add on this they are gd christian folk and when you open the door up and jesse walks there and asked where the generalist you are supposed to wait him in the parlor. >> she's not waiting for she go straight up the stairs to his office and they close the door and they don't come down for couple of hours. you can't have that happening. so the missus takes sick puts it on on her husband to kick van dorn out and van dorn moves down the hallway to the martin share home also known as ferguson hall. meanwhile dr. peters who has been making sick calls found out something was amiss and he returned home. here's the story. george peterson did not appreciate that so he's ready to go goes to find van dorn and there are two versions of the story. one is that he found van dorn at his house came home unexpectedly and there was a driving rainstorm out there and van dorn came out and he found them in the house and he dragged them out of the house beat him up and stu

investigation by the propty and ethics team in whitehall.arkets, the u—turns and then of course the biggest u—turn, from her new chancellor jeremy hunt who basically shredded almost all, not its entirety but almost all, not its entirety but almost all, not its entirety but almost all of that mini budget. keir starmer on the attack during that pmq saying what is the point of a prime minister whose promises don't even last a week? let us get some thoughts of than session. i'mjoined byjim pickard — chief political correspondent, financial times and sonia sodha — observer columnist and chief leader writer. first of all on the broad question of how she performed, how did she do? ~ , ., ., do? think she tried to come out tuite do? think she tried to come out quite punchy — do? think she tried to come out quite punchy but _ do? think she tried to come out quite punchy but there - do? think she tried to come out quite punchy but there just, i do? think she tried to come out i quite punchy but there just, there aren't any lines she could come up with

it�*s notjust parliament, but people who are in whitehall and behind the scenes in that kind of thingr sure. but, it really is like nothing i can rememberfor quite some time. but that said, if you talk to the people who are slightly on the whitehall site, they feel that other the next 2a hours to a8 hours are incredibly crucial for the prime minister, if she makes it through that, it's going to be a long protracted death, is the phrase that we use that the mp5 can't really get their act together and can coalesce around it that makes it very difficult to replace her and this will be like a very long painful demise. i5 this will be like a very long painful demise.— this will be like a very long painful demise. this will be like a very long ainful demise. , ., , this will be like a very long ainfuldemise. , . , ., painful demise. is there any way for her to recover _ painful demise. is there any way for her to recover her _ painful demise. is there any way for her to recover her authority? - painful demise. is there any way for her to recover her authority? this . her to recover her auth

charles was led to a public scaffold in whitehall where he lost head in front of a throng of spectators. one witness later wrote that upon the fall of the executioner's ax quote, there was such and groan by the thousands then present as i had never before, and desire that i may never hear again the word of charles the first execution reached a virgin u and berkeley ever the royalist and supporter of the english monarchy refused accept the legitimacy of cromwell's commonwealth rule that took effect, and instead he that virginia as royal colony would recognize the new lawful monarch charles the second who was then in exile, can't blame them, berkeley declared in 1651, quote we are resolved to continue our allegiance to the most gracious king. again, speaking of charles, the second year, as long as gracious favor permits us and we will peacefully trade with the and all other nations in with our sovereign berkeley really aside from that assertion try to maintain neutrality during the english civil wars. but he had reason to publicly proclaim virginia as a royalist colony because he himself

he�*s the whitehall editor of the sunday times.es. last year, he won a british journalism award for anti—corruption reporting, in part for his work on david cameron and lex greensill. if you remember those cameron text to rishi sunak what we know about them, thanks to gabriel. and then in the last few weeks there was the scoop that liz truss is chief of staff. mark fallbrook had been interviewed as a witness by fbi agents investigating an alleged criminal plot to bribe a puerto rican politician. and then we learned, courtesy of gabriel, that mr. fallbrook had been paid was being paid via his private lobbying company, not as a civil servant, something that is now changed, i should say, in both cases. mr. fallbrook denies doing anything wrong. but let�*s meet the man behind the sun. scoops i gabriel thanks for coming in. i couldn�*t have dreamed of a more generous introduction. you�*re going to be very popular with my mum and dad this evening. well, if they�*re listening, hello to them and it�*s all entirely factually correct, you�*r

peters kicked everyone out of the party, some van dorn moves t whitehall. and apparently, jesse was not far behind him. you've got to remember that the people doing this, they are good christian folk. and when you open the door up and jesse walks through and asks where the general is, you are supposed to wait him in the parlor. well, he is not waiting. he goes straight up the stairs and they closed the door and they don't come down for a couple of hours. well, you can't have that happening. and so -- [laughs] -- the misses takes sick. put it on her husband to kick van dorn out and van dorn moves right down the hallway to martin shares home, also known as ferguson hall. meanwhile, dr. peters, who has been making sick calls, has found out that there is something amiss. and he returns home to hear the story. well, old george peters did not appreciate that. so he is ready to go. and so he goes to find van dorn and there are two versions of the story. one is that he found van dorn at his house, he came home unexpectedly, there was a rainstorm, and van dorn came

earlier, we heard from seb payne, whitehall editor for the financial times.age the prime minister wanted to convey in her speech. the because she put out is her radical economic agenda, and you heard it in her slogan, which was, growth, growth, growth, and she set out what was an antigrowth economic group, it was her enemies, all the kind of people who have come out opposing the tax—cutting agenda, the small state programme she has been trying to pursue. so it was very a logical speech but also pretty personal one too. liz truss did talk a lot about her upbringing, about shops being boarded up, in paisley in scotland, where she spent some her childhood, so this was her chance to introduce her to the wider party in the nation. she has done that, but she has had to reflect the market turmoil that followed that mini budget last week, and it has been a very traumatic conservative party conference for one tory donor i spoke last night said it was probably the worst he had been to in 50 odd years, in terms of party unity and strife of purpose, but i think liz truss

so if you see very tall walking down whitehall to number ten that's time to meet that it's all over.over. or indeed slipping through the cabinet office door, which _ over. or indeed slipping through the cabinet office door, which allows i cabinet office door, which allows you to your connecting door to get it to downing street. i suspect sometimes we miss people because they go in that way to deliver really bad news and come out through the back door. the extraordinary thing is that less than ten hours ago now the prime minister stood up, did a prime minister's questions at are right, the bar wasn't set very high but allowing for that, a pretty decent performance. she did drop the ball. she surprised people a bit with that commitment to the triple lock. but otherwise, she had a pretty decent run as prime minister questions. mps more vocal behind her than they had been last week. now just a few hours later she looks like she is really on the skids once again. like she is really on the skids once aaain. , like she is really on the skids once atain_ , , again. yes, absolutely. her perfo

difficult decisions very, very early on and amongst those are likely to be significant questions about whitehallhe privilege of walking through that door —— and ill loaded with ambition. the youngest since lord liverpool in 1812, the uk's 57th prime minister. just as was the case with liz truss there will be more honeymoon, instant tough decisions, and central element of that, as you hint at, will be spending. we heard from the chancellorjeremy hunt in the last couple of weeks aboutjust how difficult the decisions he faces i. whether it was heaven or his successor as chancellor alongside the new prime minister, they will make those tough decisions very soon, perhaps as soon as next monday and they are likely to be painful, politically for him but also for plenty of people around the country as well. is. plenty of people around the country as well. . plenty of people around the country as well. , ., ,, plenty of people around the country as well. . . ,, . . as well. is, we will talk again tomorrow — as well. is, we will talk again tomorrow i — as well. is, we will talk again tomorrowl know. _ as

for a week today, with the expectation of significant spending cuts being announced in multiple whitehallhat has been in government for 12 years and is showing its age in terms of its time in government. so a massive challenge for a new prime minister. of course, now we know it isn't going to be borisjohnson who won the majority of the party leader for the majority of the party leader for the conservatives at the last general election, the questions around legitimacy and mandate for the new prime minister will be instant and we are already seeing that clamour from the opposition parties, demanding that there should be a general election. a general election lies in the gift of a prime minister or in the gift of a majority of people in the house of commons, in other words, majority of people in the house of commons, in otherwords, a significant proportion of the governing party. at the moment the conservatives will stare at the opinion polls and think a general election is the last thing they would want. but there are one or two now publicly say, christopher chope being one of them, saying

joining me today, whitehall editor of the financial times. iceland chief executive, richard walker.r cabinet minister andrea leadsom. and the bbc�*s deputy political editor, vicki young. the chancellors�* day began like this. this 45p rate was simply a distraction in our mission to achieve higher growth. a u—turn on the scrapping the 45p top rate of tax — a policy he'd announced in his mini budgetjust 10 days ago. now, in a little under 15 minnutes he'll be addressing the party faithful — to persuade them that he is the man to be trusted with the economy through turbulent times. welcome to politics live in birmingham. andrea led some, after the market turmoil following the mini budget on the 23rd of september by kwasi kwarteng, and then the dramatic u—turn overnight and this morning, on a central plank of that budget, and the economic perspectives of the government, how damaged is kwasi kwarteng's authority? i damaged is kwasi kwarteng's authori ? ~ ., , authority? i think it was really important _ authority? i think it was really important that _ authority? i think it was really im

accusing. allegedly that the strategic assessments of british intelligence that were reported by whitehalld harmful, and that russia is not a superpower, but mi6 reported that russia itself is a superpower. you know, i never thought that i would speak in defense of british intelligence, but i want to perform you there in london listening. who is ben wallace, his ceiling is a strategic captain of the british army, you know, such a boot, i would call it that, so there is no need to bark at the british secret service. still, these are traditions and those people who work in mi6 are not ben, you know the streets, small-scale british idiots, but still this tradition. this school is more than several centuries old. and in this regard, russia remains a superpower and the assessments of british intelligence are correct. for the simple reason that it is necessary to evaluate the totality of military political economic possibilities. countries. they do cheap propaganda, you know, this is ben wallace - this is a backup dancer. at reznikov, the minister of defense of great britain, this went for brita