andrew griffiths, thank you martin. andrew griffiths, a supporter of kemi badenoch. is a supporter for the team. robert jenrick mark francois, the chairman of the european research group of tory mps, known to many of our viewers as a regular guest on gb news, mark francois, you're smiling. what on earth has just happened? how how is these votes happen? i mean, civilians, people outside your world of tory mp politics are looking on aghast that your guy robert jenrick goes back to votes yesterday and then leaps forward. an extraordinary ten votes today to come second. >> hello again chopper. >> hello again chopper. >> well, there was actually there was a gasp in the room. >> i was there. so you know rob is the comeback kid. >> some pundits, not you, but some of them are. >> you know, this morning had written him off and now he's in the final. so i've seen a few of these leadership contests , as these leadership contests, as have you. >> and i think we both know you can never take anything for granted. >> so rob is in the final and he's done brilliantly. and i think hav

shadow secretary of state for science and technology andrew griffith says he fears the current governmentoesn't understand business left the economy in decent shape. >> it was our government that made the uk a science and technology superpower. there are 100 days in and what we're heanng 100 days in and what we're hearing about is a tax on jobs, which would break their manifesto promise. last week we had this whole slew of workers rights, which means you can turn up for work on a monday morning and then take your employer to and then take your employer to an employment tribunal in the afternoon. and now the chancellor, ahead of the budget, we're hearing, is going to fiddle the definition of debt so they can go on a spending splurge splurge. so for business not all that great to be honest . not all that great to be honest. >> in other news, four idf soldiers have been killed and more than 60 wounded in a drone strike on an army base in northern israel. its deadliest attack on israeli base since israel stepped up attacks on hezbollah in lebanon last month. lebanese terror group hezbollah ha

andrew griffith, the current shadow science secretary, is here as the tories prepare to respond to aget for the first time as the opposition in a generation. and as big as it gets across the atlantic ? nine days to go till the election — we'll hear our north america editor's verdict on the week. and it's sunday, so there's some stardust — steve coogan s been telling me how alan partridge might handle hosting a sunday morning political show: as a white, middle—aged, older than middle—aged man, he would be desperate to be relevant in any way, shape or form. a bit like keir starmer, he'd see which way the media wind was blowing and go that way. and welcome to our team at the desk for the next hour this week: baroness amos — former cabinet minister and diplomat; top economist andy haldane and hotelier sir rocco forte. let's start with the headlines. the budget dominates. rachel reeves tells the observer her statement will match the greatest moments in her party's history, but the sunday telegraph say businesses have already started shutting up shop and the mail on sunday warns of tax hik