. who had toyed with voting for the brexit party-— brexit party. are saying that is a myth? popularity amonist saying that is a myth? popularity amon . st a saying that is a myth? popularity amongst a certain _ saying that is a myth? popularity amongst a certain section - saying that is a myth? popularity amongst a certain section of i saying that is a myth? popularity amongst a certain section of the | amongst a certain section of the public, but what was crucial was that the leave vote united behind the conservatives and they united behind borisjohnson. what we also know about borisjohnson is that behind borisjohnson. what we also know about boris johnson is that the public started to turn against him and that included the leave voters who had gone to the conservative party for the first time in 2019. not all of them but on average more of them were moving away from the tory party under him.— tory party under him. there is a -iece b tory party under him. there is a piece by camilla _ tory party under him. there is a piece by camilla long, - tory

the former leader of the brexit party is nigel farage joining me now. so bad in britain they want to go back to bureaucratic socialism of europe, nigel? >> they never ever gave up and bbc and financial times and many metropolitan elites never accepted the result of the referendum and now because of absolute chaos, a total failure of leadership from the conservative party and a declining economy, they've got the narrative that it's all going wrong in britain because of brexit, of course what they've not done is look at other european economies that are doing even worse than we are. but there is a problem here, and that is that boris johnson talked about this-on ready -- oven ready deal with the european union and didn't deliver on it. there's a lot of people in business and elsewhere not seeing the benefits they thought would flow. yes, we're self-governing but we're being governed very badly and that's the problem. stu: that's a good line there. rishi sunak is the next prime minister and the others withdrew from the race. nigel, what can we expect from

the tory party is a brexit party now. i think that's that's clear. that in the party now. but i think you've got to you've got two wings, you've got, you know, if you like, a sort of free market liberal wing to the party that is in inverted commas, "globalist," if you like, looks out of britain, you know, is not so invested in things like immigration. stopping... yeah, exactly. and then you've got another wing, which puts emphasis on, you know, strength of the state law and order, migration, borders, defence spending and pushing back, i hate the word, but pushing back against sort of "woke opinions," to use shorthand. and those i think can co—exist within a party. but if one or the other becomes too strong, as has happened in the past, is happening now, you get this rubbing up against each other in a very robust way. you're a commentator now and quite an influential one within the conservative party. and people listening to you will hear a kind of thoughtful man, quite philosophical man, a man who stresses that he's a bit uncomfortable with some of t

overlapping voices] >> they have few division demons in the closet with brexit, union strikes, there are a few divisive issues in the labour partywere it to make it to a general election. afzal: what i said was to do with brexit. i am trying to say, how come with such high inflation, and it years of stagnation, and how is it for the last 12 years, the most growth in 200 years -- surely this is not all about brexit. i am bringing home the point the chaos at the heart of the government, failing to deal with the brexit issue as well. the idea of brexit is that everything will be fine. host: the question now is, labor also has --labour also has its divisions and does not have a clear vision when it comes to some of these issues, whether it is exit, positions on union strikes, voter reforms, true or false? afzal: i do not accept that. the whole country was divided on brexit. half wanted to remain and half wanted to leave. host: but you have to have a policy and that is a criticism of all the major parties. afzal: we have a clear policy that we now accept [indiscernible] what i am objecting to now is, this government is failing to mov

nigel, the former brexit party leader with us now.el, looks like everyone will be able to take a turn to be prime minister at the rate we're going. i could be talking to the next prime minister now. what do you think of what's happening and who's in and who's not? >> it's an absolute shambles. that's the word on everybody's lips and embarrassment and behavior of many of the mps has been a complete and utter disgrace. they're turning us into a laughing stock all around the world. liz truss, she lasted 44 days and chancellor didn't even last that long. but you know something, the first time since margaret thatcher, they were trying to reduce the size of estate, trying to reduce taxation, trying to help small or medium size companies and not the big global corporates and for their sins, the market punished them, their own party didn't stand behind them, we saw the imf, biden administration, the german chancellor, we saw the globalists basically put jeremy hunt into the position of chancellor and immediately seized control of the country

joining us congressman greg stuebe from house foreign affairs and brexit party nigel farage.e'll get to nigel later in the hit. thanks for joining us tonight. congressman stuebe is clearly for the midterm vote>> 100%. elizabeth: what is he doing is not sustainable. >> 100%. the strategic petroleum reserve is supposed to be used for war, military vehicles, emergencies like we had here in the state of florida. it is not supposed to be used for political motivations to lower what will happen with the cost of fuel and gas so that people aren't more inclined to vote for republicans. so transparent what they're doing the mainstream media is talking about the fact they're doing it right before the midterms. we're three weeks before the midterms. suddenly biden feels the need to release the strategic petroleum reserve to lower prices so that people aren't feeling the pain at the pump. only a small bandaid on what is going to happen. it will still not lower prices on consumption americans have every single day. this can be stopped right now by the war on domestic energy production. by

joining us now, nigel farage, the brexit party leader.e minister how is that going? >> yeah, not so good, really i mean, i technically left the wedding reception, frankly here's the interesting thing, she is coming in with a new approach to economics, and she's saying we need the uk to be competitive and what we want to do is cut taxes and lift incentives, and i thought great when i heard that statement, because we have become a low productivity economy, and it went from 45 p to 40 p, and all the big global organizations do not want to see tax cuts, and the reality of why the pound is in trouble has nothing to do with the tax cuts at all, it is because of the energy bailout, which dwarfs -- it's a very inexperienced new prime minister and chancellor that got their messaging wrong, and they have been savaged for it. >> we talked about the ineffectness, or the paradoxical way we try and handle inflation by killing demand, and there has been a list of people that say, look, you want to increase the supply for when you have tightness and you

used to be the party that was conserving institutions, but they seem to reinvent themselves since brexitthe prime minister turn| to her chancellor right now, get permission to make another u—turn and commit to raising i the state pension ati the rate of inflation? i honestly don't know what the honourable gentleman is talking about. i would argue that is not a u—turn, that's clarifying an uncertain position. we have been clear in our manifesto that we will maintain the triple lock and i am committed to it, so is the chancellor. this comes across as a government which can't decide what it is doing. the express said on wednesday morning, don't do it, prime minister — which seemed like a red line, if they are saying that, it is serious and that triggered the response. do you think she minds what the express says? i think so. the telegraph? yes, this is the base. before you go, you have your phone, how many messages have you got from tory mps? how busy does your whatsapp get on a day like this? it is going off now. i can't read that one out on air. i had better go. nice to see you, thanks. t

i think you will hear very very loudly a chorus from those mps on the right of the party, particularly at the brexiteereer when, if we see for example a liberalising of immigration to help deal with some of the economic troubles we have had, that is where rishi sunak will probably sense there is a lot of danger so we'll have to straddle a very fine line of trying to pivot slightly more towards labour and try to gather up those votes from the centre ground whilst not all so upsetting those on the right of the party who feel that there would be a complete dereliction of what the conservatives stood for and were voted in four in 2019.— conservatives stood for and were voted in four in 2019. when people talk about the _ voted in four in 2019. when people talk about the frustration _ voted in four in 2019. when people talk about the frustration they i voted in four in 2019. when people talk about the frustration they feel| talk about the frustration they feel in hearing the conversations focusing around how political parties can protect themselves, protect their mps in an election, is there a disconnect bet

— boris johnson or most of our party. brexit was— boris johnson or most of our party. looks at the — think the reason is this, when she looks at the pole, at the focus polls. — looks at the pole, at the focus polls, public opinions they have had it with _ polls, public opinions they have had it with brexit. there been a swing against _ it with brexit. there been a swing against it— it with brexit. there been a swing against it but above all get this done — against it but above all get this done you _ against it but above all get this done. you said you got this done, how could — done. you said you got this done, how could we be having wars with europe? — how could we be having wars with europe? we thought it was all over, without— europe? we thought it was all over, without a _ europe? we thought it was all over, without a deal would been struck. i think— without a deal would been struck. i think she _ without a deal would been struck. i think she just wanted to go away. there _ think she just wanted to go away. there will— think she just wanted to go away. there will

... 569f> the two parties, the people who voted for brexit. . ._ the two parties, thenot look good for brexit. some people did. — not look good for brexit. some people did. i — not look good for brexit. some people did, i don't _ not look good for brexit. some people did, i don't because - not look good for brexit. some people did, i don't because i i not look good for brexit. some i people did, i don't because i think it is important for us to be able to recall— it is important for us to be able to recall our— it is important for us to be able to recall our politicians and we could not recall— recall our politicians and we could not recall them from europe, and one of the _ not recall them from europe, and one of the concerns i have over the past few days _ of the concerns i have over the past few days as — of the concerns i have over the past few days as there has been a coup, effectively — few days as there has been a coup, effectivelyjeremy hunt is the prime minister. _ effectivelyjeremy hunt is the prime minister, taken over as the factual prime _ minister, taken

party. he has talked abut his commitments to levelling up, to brexit, to issues like migration, defending britainant for a conservative party that over the last six months maybe even a year has gradually been losing touch with those 2019 conservative voters who rallied behind borisjohnson. so this is clearly a prime minister who is aware of where his electoral support is, he is aware of where his supporters are in the country, and i think his cabinet reflects that. but some people might say this is supposed to be a new government with a new stamp and it is actually pretty much the same old faces? there certainly are some faces from the past. i think there are also some faces that reflect his emphasis and trying to bring together this bitterly divided party, and there's one thing that voters do not like, thatis one thing that voters do not like, that is divided parties. but he is also, let's not forget, facing the biggest crisis for any incoming prime minister, certainly since liz truss, but more generally i think since david cameron came in after the globalfinancial since david cameron came in af

and brexit still hangs over the torrey party, a party that's tired over whether brexit -- or whether it's a means to allowing a clamp down on immigration and so the torrey party is completely -- it's the oldest political party in the world. it used to be brilliant -- [ no audio ] >> i've lost audio. zanny, is part of all this also the kind of new age, where we're in an age where interest rates matter. you know, reaganism and thatcherism would work in a world of declining interest rates. deficits didn't matter because you were borrowing at almost zero. >> yes, i'm back. >> interest rates do matter now. you can't just cut taxes willy-nilly and assume the deficits don't matter. interest rates are going to be high. servicing this debt is going to be expensive. >> absolutely. we are in a world where interest rates matter and inflation is way high and central banks are trying to get the inflation down. but it's also true that britain would never do a warmed over reaganism. because ronald reagan, who was able to massively increase deficits, had the dollar, and the dollar surged. britain has

i think it's all because of the after—effects of brexit, i think after brexit, the conservative partynt, wasn't absolutely sure what brexit was really for, what it was about, was this the moment when britain did do this singapore on thames thing? was this a moment for slashing regulations, getting read of employment laws, cutting taxes and going for a really fast, aggressive growth policy? although we going to sort of fold back to being a kind of another centrist, social democratic country, outside the eu? and i think that argument has been throbbing through the conservative party year after year after year, and expelling group after group, leader after leader, and this, let's hope, is the culmination and the end of that process because we are all exhausted. why could this be the culmination of the process? well, the conservatives have come this close, about an inch apart, from an absolute financial meltdown, a real proper financial crash, for the whole country, which would not only be humiliating but would give us economic scarring for years and years ahead. very close to that. and t

and secondly, politically brexit still hangs over the tory party, a party that's tired over whether brexit -- or whether it's a means to allowing a clamp down on immigration and much more sort of little england view that much of the tory party has. >> is there a new age where interest rates matter, you know. reaganism and it could work in a world of declining interest rates, deficits sort of didn't matter, and what the market seems to be saying, and maybe we all need to be listening, is interest rates do matter. you know, reaganism and thatcherism would work in a world of declining interest rates. deficits didn't matter because you were borrowing at almost zero. >> absolutely. interest rates do matter. we're in a world where 9 macro environment is very different. it's also true that britain could never do a warmed over reaganism. he had the dollar and the dollar surged. bring is a smaller, open economy, so it's a much riskier bet and relies much more on market confidence. >> your cover this week is brilliant. the idea is that britain as italy. i suppose what one thinks of when one thinks o

but, he still the leader of a party that is brexiteer, it is passionately brexiteer and that means he manoeuvre over things like the northern ireland protocol, all those other loose ends from the brexit trade deal where there is a lot of stuff that still needs to be agreed. hopefully a degree of calmness can come over it, may be some progress can happen on that but it's not automatic. an important new phase in the ukraine war is starting. the ukrainian forces are closing in on kherson city in the south, which controls a part of the access to crimea. but winter is on its way and russia has been targeting ukraine's power stations, cutting electricity supplies to the population. life is suddenly becoming even harder for ukraine's civilians. this is a ukrainian expert from bbc monitoring. from what i am hearing and seeing when talking to ukrainians, it's not exactly working. 0bviously these power blackouts are highly disruptive, but at the same time i am hearing a lot of defiance, i'm hearing a lot of anger, sort of hatred to russian forces who have been doing that. so the whole purpose o

party has become ungovernable. yes, liz truss made mistakes, but you have to wonder that since brexit, whether the conservative partyable to function in a normal way. they seem to have developed a taste for this, and once they kill one, let's kill another and do something like i don't like, i'm going to take you out and have you shot as well. >> is this fallout from brexit? all of this turmoil? >> i think a lot of it is fallout from brexit. what you are seeing is extraordinary drama and everything you see on the screen, or the crow "downton abbey." and the fallout, when you have brexit, you have a big disagreement in the tory party, and she never articulated, are you going to aim for britain a backwards looking return to the past or are you going to try radical economic reform and be like, singapore or hong kong, on the thames and a free market, open economy, and essentially take away a lot of the government controls. and that was never clearly articulated and essentially what liz truss was trying to do was unveil a vision of britain was very free market, very open, deregulated, and the reality is we don't know if t

the government doesn't have any talent to choose from to put on its front benches since brexit the conservative partyf lords or got rid of them altogether that there is not possible to have a government of talent. it's the case of having a government of what's left. that's the reason we're in the problem that we're in now and why the conservative parties in the state they are in. she could try to build a coalition for that she could have jeremy hunted someone from the right of the party but fundamentally, they are all good to be jockeying for position. it all it ignores the fact that labour has been a head in the polls since november 2021. the conservatives problem with the popularity has got nothing to do that in absence of borisjohnson. it's a very little to do with what liz truss managed to destroy for them it's to do with the fact that since november 2021, party gate and everything else is piled up to make things worse and worse and worse. and you need to get over that somehow for them added to it you've got a growing need in the entire country, if you throw a rock out the window you will hit som

really ideological, far to the right of boris johnson or most of the party. brexiter easing up. i think the reason is this, when she looks at the polls, at the focus polls, public opinion, they have had it with brexit. there's been a swing against it but above all get this done. you said you got this done, how could we be having wars with europe? we thought it was all over, we thought a deal would be struck. i think she just wanted it to go away. there will be peace and it sounds as if the europeans have understood that that certain message and they themselves sending... definitely a change of tone. she will have to take off the table this bill that she's passed to say that she will unilaterally break the treaty. that will have to be taken away. it's all very doable. everybody wants peace except the maddest of all... britain is back. hang on a minute. 27 eu members plus another 17. it's everybody, basically. only a french president like emmanuel macron could invent something that completely surreal in his mind. and deliver it. because that's important. it is the con

i mean, he was, as you say, a committed brexiteer, and a committed brexiteer before many other people in the partylieved that. but i think he's also somebody who is not naturally antagonistic. he said during his leadership campaign he didn't think a trade war with europe would be in the uk's national interest. so the hope in brussels is that he's going to be a little bit more pragmatic, but he is still the leader of a party that is brexiteer, that is, you know... it is passionately brexiteer. and that means he won't have that much room for manoeuvre over things like the northern ireland protocol and all those other loose ends from the brexit trade deal, where there's a lot of stuff that still needs to be agreed. now, hopefully a degree of calmness can come over and maybe some progress can happen on that. but it's not automatic. an important new phase in the ukraine war is starting. the ukrainian forces are closing in on kherson city in the south, which controls part of the access to crimea. but winter is on its way, and russia has been targeting ukraine's power stations, cutting electricity suppli

brexit. and then they voted for the conservative party which delivered them brexit.t many of those same types of voters here in the united states who are concerned about immigration, who are concerned about open borders who are concerned about global free trade voted for donald trump, the challenge in both countrys and this is why the conservatives have got themselves into such a mess is those voters who voted for brexit are not necessarily traditional. they're not at all conservative votes -- traditional conservative voters. the sort of conservative voters who want low taxes, deregulation, smaller state. they actually favor, in britain, health spending and welfare spending because they're working class voters, former er labour voters, their vision of popular nationalism is a state. boris johnson tried to deliver that. he failed. liz came in and went back on all that, went a more conservative approach, low taxes and deregulation. that failed, too. i think that is the challenge for these right of center parties, conservative parties like america's republicans and brit

brexit agreement. lizzy: the big picture is rishi sunak's in this position because he's brought together a broad coalition of mps, including the skeptic wing of the tory party. if he missteps on brexit or tax rises, he could disrupt that unity in the party. it looks like he is going to carry on with the path laid out by his predecessor, his trust -- liz truss. elephant in the room economically is that the u.k. is in an economic crisis. most economists agree it would be less bad were the u.k. still in the european union, but that is politically toxic right now. it is not something that either the conservatives or the labour party could even think about saying, but it remains the elephant in the room. kriti: lizzy burden covering u.k. politics. we thank you. let's bring in tony travers from the london school of economics. tony, your initial take of rishi sunak as prime minister? tony: it is a first in a number of ways for the u.k., but he is a mainstream conservative in a conservative party. he will want to try to bring together a cabinet that is not just people who think like him. he will want it to be a broader cabinet to try to reinstate the party's reputa

and we will have to see a lot of soul-searching from the conservative party which down out - went down a particular route with brexit. a lot of the economic cleavages in the party were often disguised by first, brexit and the economic populism of boris johnson who is able to be all things to all men often. and now we have these big economic divisions between the leveling up agenda and what we saw from trussonomics really exposed the conservative party. they will have to come to agreement about what the point of the conservative party is. dani: i'm also seeing some soul-searching probably from you as well after getting up at 6:00 a.m. to talk politics. we really appreciate it, alan wager, research associate at the changing europe initiative at king's college london. u.s. bonds fall into the longest slump since 1984. we will look at the swap market driving the selloff. this is bloomberg. ♪ dani: from u.k. bond vigilantes to the american variety, the swap market is pricing a 5% peak fed funds rate in the u.s. for the first half of 2023. that has driven a worldwide selloff in bonds, treasuries are now in the longest sus

the backing of the northern ireland minister steve baker, a key figure on the right of the party, staunch brexiteeriser in parliament and you would think that with his endorsement may come others from that section of the party who will be crucial to rishi sunak if he is to find unity and hope to bring the party together in parliament, deeply factionalised as it is. mr baker explained his reasons for backing rishi sunak with a stinging criticism of boris johnson's prospecting power. there was a lot of love out there for boris — there was a lot of love out there for borisjohnson, but unfortunately, with the privileges vote, _ unfortunately, with the privileges vote, his — unfortunately, with the privileges vote, his premiership would be a nailed _ vote, his premiership would be a nailed on — vote, his premiership would be a nailed on disaster. too many mps would _ nailed on disaster. too many mps would vote — nailed on disaster. too many mps would vote against him because they would _ would vote against him because they would not _ would vote against him because they would not be willing to lay down

we are the party who got brexit done and we will realise on the promise of brexit.e are building an economy which makes the most of the huge opportunities brexit offers. by the end of the year, all eu-inspired red tape will be history. instead, we will ensure regulation is pro-business and pro-growth. leaving the eu gives us the chance to do things differently. and we need more of that. that is why over the coming weeks, my team of ministers will set out more about what we are going to do to get britain moving. we will make it easier to build homes, to afford childcare and to get superfast broadband. we will help you set up your own businesses and get a mobile phone signal wherever you are in the country. we are in tough times. but i want you to know that day in, day out, i'm thinking about how we get this country moving. i'm working flat out to make sure people can get through this crisis. so let me be clear, we have your back. that is why the government took decisive action to tackle the energy crisis. it is why we are pushing ahead with our plan for growth. econo

they are getting behind, there are actually quite a few figures on the right of the party, some of the die—hard brexiteerink that in itself is quite telling because in the summer, liz truss was seen as the candidate of the right who mps were getting behind, and rishi was the opposite. now if rishi can garner support of those brexiteers and those on the right, as well as the moderates and one nation mps, i think that in itself shows that he does have a broader party appeal than some of his predecessors. i think that's quite interesting. penny mourdant�*s pictures based on her being the unity candidate, whether that's... unity candidate, whether that's. .. that unity candidate, whether that's... that remains to be seen. but i do think from some of the senior figures, we are seeing a bit more hence that there could be slightly better party unity coming down the line. i better party unity coming down the line. ., , ., better party unity coming down the line. . , ., ., better party unity coming down the line. . , . . ., ., ., where my looking? sorry, i'm trying to look on twitter. there we go. this is called

but the dup and other unionist parties say brexit arrangements go against the spirit of the good fridayic of ireland is part of the eu. to avoid a hard border, a new trade border was introduced on the irish sea, meaning some goods from mainland britain are now subject to customs checks. the dup says this undermines northern ireland's place in the uk. its views are shared by two other unionist parties — including the ulster unionist party, whose leader is doug beattie. we are being put on the windowsill of the united kingdom. and that concerns me as a uk unionist, as an ulster unionist. and of course, this is because of the protocol — and the protocol is absolutely an issue _ and we have changed on that issue from rigorous implementation to people saying, "look, actually there are fundamental problems here and we have to deal with those fundamental problems." there are, and we do, and we can't ignore it — and we have been arguing this case since 2019 that we need to fix these problems. but to fix these problems shouldn't be done at the detriment of having stable government. for the briti

not just economic repercussions, and i don't think it's an accident that since the brexit vote in 2016, the tory party fragmented much more. there's been full conservative leaders, prime ministers, since 2016. and there's tensions between england, wales, scotland, ireland which has been exacerbated by brexit. what people talk about the economic factors rightly, there are broad issues we have to bear in mind as well. >> absolutely. and i think many of us here in the united states need to look at this analytically and realize there are some parallels to be had in terms of issues here across the pond. thanks to all three of you. good to see you. >>> coming up, we're just 19 days out from the midterm elections. how president biden is working to rally voters today in pennsylvania. >>> and charge everything, that's the warning people in ukraine are getting today as more russian strikes hit power stations. the new measures being taken to conservative energy in that country. >>> former president trump could get hit with that subpoena from the january 6th committee today. how members are racing against the clo

party. >>> we are back. so, brexit to have it all came about the west at the same time. i think we have to thanks our >>> i am a fighter and not a quitter. >> i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. der of the conservative party >>> we are back. so, brexit and donald trump, dhani, both seem to have it all came about the west at the same time. i think we have to thanks our founders, because our system of government has prevented the chaos that the uk has gone through, but what are the similarities between the uk and here? >> well, i think much more than a crisis of democracy in the uk, what we see is a crisis of conservative. this is the tory party. it's not just here, australia, all over europe and, of course, it's in the uk. you know, we're just seeing it all out in the open. it's like what burt used to see much watching democracy is like watching sausage being made? it's a particularly gross sausage in the uk. we don't even know who will be prime minister at the end of this week. god knows we don't know w

the democratic unionists are not happy with the post—brexit trade deal, but biggest party sinn fein sayshey're disrespecting the voters�* wishes. backin back in may, people voted for change. they voted because they want politics to work. the electorate want grown—up politicians to take everyday challenges seriously, the things that impact the lives of workers and families. the things that impact the lives of workers and families. the barrier to devolution is _ workers and families. the barrier to devolution is not _ workers and families. the barrier to devolution is not the _ workers and families. the barrier to devolution is not the dup, - workers and families. the barrier to devolution is not the dup, it - workers and families. the barrier to devolution is not the dup, it is - workers and families. the barrier to devolution is not the dup, it is the l devolution is not the dup, it is the northern_ devolution is not the dup, it is the northern ireland protocol, and when this is— northern ireland protocol, and when this is addressed, we are ready to form _ this is addressed, we are ready

and this is what happens after 12 years of this party in power, through austerity, through brexit, throughn stage except for ukraine, this is what has happened. a country -- a party that appears to be unaccountable to the people. so you've heard the labor opposition leader today again say there needs to be a national election, a general election to help will country out of the crisis that it is in now and at least put it to the people. >> this was something that had really grabbed global attention here recently. not the least because she had been compared to a head of lettuce. you had economists dubbing her the iceberg lady, that she had the shelf life of a head of lettuce and the daily starr doing a live stream asking which one will last longer and the head of lettuce seems to have outlasted liz truss. she has come down in such a fashion here but when you are talking about this going this one week, right, if you are talking about an election and it is not part of the democratic process happening in one week, what would that look like in terms of stability and the reaction that britain is

street during the parties during the pandemic, what liz truss did with her mini—budget, tanking the economy. people are angry, and brexitways, it doesn't matter who ends up leaving the conservative party —— who ends up leading the conservative party. the next election will be about the economy and how people are feeling and what is happening to their personal budgets, mortgages, their rent and energy prices. are they budqets, mortgages, their rent and energy prices. are they feeling budgets, mortgages, their rent and energy prices. are they feeling even worse off than at the moment, when things are tough? if they are, they will take that opportunity to punish the government. and the decisions this conservative government have made, from brexit to the disastrous mini—budget that tanked the economy and plunged the pound, they deserve to be held to account for it. sonia sodha of the _ to be held to account for it. sonia sodha of the observer, _ to be held to account for it. sonia sodha of the observer, chief - to be held to account for it. sonia sodha of the observer, chief leader writer, thank you very much. so rishi suna

party? will they break away and go off to a kind of brexit, farage—type party?ay, _ things might go? it follows the pattern of the day, which - things might go? it follows the pattern of the day, which is - things might go? it follows the pattern of the day, which is all| things might go? it follows the . pattern of the day, which is all the momentum being with rishi sunak, increasing pressure on penny mordaunt to accept that mr sunak has the backing of the majority of mps and that she should stand aside to allow him to take over at number 10 and to move on quite quickly with coming up with a plan to hit the economy —— get the economy back on the road. i don't get the impression from the conversations i have had this morning that that is likely. i think team mordaunt can deliver want to wait to see if they can get over the 100 figure. the latest we have from them as they say they have more than 90 backers. we can't verify that. ourfigures are publicly declared backing a considerably low, still under 30. the vast majority of people who have declared today that th

brexit was meant to resolve problems in the conservative party.that is not been the case. the pandemic has taken the u.k. to a fiscal position that was very different to the one we enjoyed in 2018 and 2019. a number of things have changed here and what is clear as a result of the pandemic and the inflation generated post-pandemic is the market tolerance for a big shift in policy is relatively limited. tom: i want to go back to what prime minister truss talked about which is this distinction of members of parliament of her party and the people of the conservative party. how far apart are they? in america, we have liberals and conservatives far apart from their elected official but how big a sack canyon between the mps in the people? guy: right now, i don't know. let's put it this way, the parliamentary party did not vote for liz truss. the grassroots party voted for liz truss. my understanding is that the parliamentary party would like to keep this within the parliamentary party. there are reasons why, and get a hint of the next prime minister from

brexit. most parties in this chamber stand opposed to brexit do support the protocol and also want it to workthe alternative to power—sharing isjoint alternative, the alternative to power—sharing is joint authority from london and dublin. greek the recall of this assembly is another flawed _ recall of this assembly is another flawed and failed attempt at trying to form _ flawed and failed attempt at trying to form a _ flawed and failed attempt at trying to form a new executive and each time _ to form a new executive and each time unionist members in this house and our— time unionist members in this house and our mandate is disrespected. power—sharing, if it is to mean anything. _ power—sharing, if it is to mean anything, has to be about consensus and consent, not contempt, which is what _ and consent, not contempt, which is what we _ and consent, not contempt, which is what we on — and consent, not contempt, which is what we on these benches have been subjected _ what we on these benches have been subjected to on every occasion that the recall— subjected to on every occasion that the recall o

meanwhile, at the conservative party conference, the northern ireland minister and arch brexiteer, stevestanding to his irish and eu counterparts during the brexit process.

brexit. i recognize that given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative partyhave therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. >> so what on earth happens now? >> this morning i met the chairman othe 1922 committee and we agreed that there will be a leadership election to be completed within the next week. this will ensure that remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country's economic stability and national security. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. >> what an extraordinary moment three point five months since boris johnson stood at that lectern and resigned himself. now his successor has done just the same. the chaos deepened. enter than this man, sir graeme brady who the prime minister mentioned who will oversee the race to replace liz truss. what he got to say? >> i have spoken to the party chair and he says it will be possible to conduct a ballot and conclude leadership election by friday the 28 of october. >> it is certainl

time and now it has a very serious task to implement the promises of the conservative party regarding the success of brexit, and since boris johnson did not succeed in this, it was also unable to do more she got into a serious financial mess in 45 days in office and now a chance is given to a solution to sumik, who is obviously not only in his appearance completely a-a opposite to what borjjonsson looks like. he is also a successful entrepreneur and financier known as they claim with his decency, honesty and diligence, he also today insisted on his modesty and truthfulness, which has a very serious , serious meaning against the background of the accusations that were made about boris johnson until recently, and in particular here i offer to listen to an excerpt from today's speech by rishi sumka, when he accepted, so to speak, congratulations on his election to the position of party leader, and this is what he emphasized, in particular, you find it is at confree the united kingdom is a great country, but there is no doubt about that that we have faced a serious economic test, now we need stability and unit

party chairman? one of his old brexit team who is now in the government, steve baker, he had come out today and said cause he is good with people could be out there as a sort of front man during any forthcoming election. there was some discussion, some chatter about, was there potentially some of those discussions happening in the background this weekend, those meetings going on, rishi sunak and borisjohnson? we simply don't know. perhaps there may be some sort of chatter like that. but clearly boris johnson here framing this decision as a sort of statesman—like thing to do. saying, is in the national interest, he hoped he would come together in the national interest but the best thing to do is not to go forward. but then this is simply not the right time. if he had the 102 are not he is sort of trying to exit gracefully at this point. you sa this exit gracefully at this point. you say this is _ exit gracefully at this point. you say this is simply _ exit gracefully at this point. you say this is simply not the right time he didn't write asked all of you start this particular statement. nonetheless h

another key brexiteer on the right of the party throwing his weight behind rishi sunak.retary backing boris johnson and he has several high figure profile supporters, so the numbers continue to tech up, but as i say, borisjohnson in terms of public support is quite a long way short. i public support is quite a long way short. ~ ., i. public support is quite a long way short. ~ ., ,, , public support is quite a long way short. ~ ., , ~ , short. i know you will be keeping oure es short. i know you will be keeping your eyes on _ short. i know you will be keeping your eyes on the _ short. i know you will be keeping your eyes on the numbers. - short. i know you will be keeping | your eyes on the numbers. thank short. i know you will be keeping - your eyes on the numbers. thank you. paul bristow is the conservative mp for peterborough. he's supporting boris johnson. how confident are you that boris johnson will officially declare his running? i’m johnson will officially declare his runninu? �* ., , , johnson will officially declare his runninu? �* , running? i'm absolutely con