matthew goodwin, he's a professor of politics at the university of kent. a warm welcome to your let's begin in london with joe la. is this the end of one of the most chaotic permit ships of recent history? well approaching that question. absolutely. technically, it isn't quite the end because we still don't know sitting here this afternoon, are quite exactly what mr. johnston's plans are for the next 2 or 3 months. we know he intends to stay on effectively and i can take a role in his own position as p. m. but we don't really know where the conservative party is going to move against him and try to bring about quicker demise. a quick exit from down the street, but as to your point about a chaotic period, i think this has been an exceptionally chaotic period. unfortunately, having followed the fortunes of the conservative party for very many years now, it does have a guy that has been prone to these periods of self reflection and, and certainly just to one side and then have the well, the fractious leadership election processes. but i have to say, having re

a professor of politics and also in london, matthew goodwin. a professor of politics at the university of kent. a warm welcome to you all. is this the end of one of the most chaotic premier ships of recent history? >> approaching that question, absolutely. it is not quit the end because we still don't know what exactly what mr. johnson's plans are for the next two or three months. we know he intends to stay on in a caretaker role but we don't really know whether the conservative party will move against him and try to bring about a quicker demise but to your point about the chaotic time, i think this has been exceptionally chaotic. and then having fractious leadership protests but having observed many of them, this one is right up there as being one of the most remarkable. >> two things seem to be happening simultaneously. one is boris johnson by himself sometime on say he could be the caretaker prime minister, perhaps hoping he could come up with a solution. he has done things like this before where he has come out of sticky situations and come

matthew goodwin also in london, nearly 50 more than 50 m. p. 's resign. people are surprised in britain resigning from positions that actually never even heard of. this is like unprecedented for storms and didn't seem to get the message within the 1st 24 hours of all of this. when richie, 2nd of it resigned, he must have got the message now. but why is he then trying to stay in power even if i can take a government elysa and m, he said to me this morning. i think one of the things that surprised everybody over the last 40 hours is the extent to which one so. so the chief opened up in bars, johnson's alma, everybody flooded in to try and take advantage of it. and such was the sentiment within the conservative party, the sort of the solution and the despair. both johnson's leadership also in their performance. ready in the opinion, polls recent action to face lack policy, coherence, a trickle became a flaw than that flood became overwhelming. so johnson, you know, even in his resignation, speech today clearly fails. he is the star key, as alluded to what he

matthew goodwin, good to talk to you. we'lll goodwin, good to talk to you.t of cloud across southern areas of england. wales could bring an odd spot of rain, but no greater amounts. fresher conditions extend into northern areas northern england, northern ireland and scotland with more comfortable conditions for a night's sleep here. now, for tomorrow, there'll be something of a change in the weather picture. breezy conditions for scotland and northern ireland, a mixture of sunny spells and just one or two showers. dry air for england and wales with more in the way of sunshine and quite a range of temperatures — generally high teens to low 20s across the northern half of the country. we're still hanging on to the hot air across the south east. another 30—degree day on the cards here now for thursday. another 30—degree day on the cards here. now, for thursday, again, we've got showers in the forecast, mostly affecting northern parts of the uk after a sunny start for wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern parts of england. well, you mightjust notice a li

let's hear the views of matthew goodwin, professor of politics at the university of kent. >> only a foolld predict what's going to happen in british politics. we thought the volatility was all over with brexit but anybody could win this contest. there will be annexed -- an extinct -- in extinct event reaction to go with them and that can bring the party together. but at the same time, what you have noticed over the last 48 hours is a lot of recognition in the party about the fact that younger candidates coming into this candidate -- coming into this have a lot of rings to say -- a lot of things to say. there are mp's coming forward that want to talk about issues we haven't really talked about as a country seriously before. i suspect this contest is going to be very broad, a big tent contest, lots of interesting perspectives and hopefully the country delivers somebody that can actually deal with those long-term challenges. ros: we talke about some of the contenders. let me show you all the others because there are a great number of them. 11 at the moment, could be bore -- could be more by

matthew goodwin, thanks for 'oinin: us. issues? matthew goodwin, thanks for joining us. m will struggle to get through the first round of the contest. now back to the studio. studio: thanks for joining us. update regarding the leak in the commons chamber and a spokesperson says the league has been resolved. —— the leak. he house of commons will be sitting from 330, an hour later than normal. most of the 11 candidates in the conservative leadership race are promising big tax cuts — but some aren�*t being clear about how they�*d fund them — and what impact they could have on public spending. earlier our economics editor, faisal islam, talked through the numbers tens of billions of pounds worth of tax cuts. the extraordinary thing about that is not a conservative leadership candidate will want to cut taxes, that�*s quite natural for them, but we have seen these taxes just go up in the past few months. so it�*s the grand old duke of york type of description of how these will go up and potentially come down if a certain prime minister comes in. what you have here, in the backd

let's speak to matthew goodwin who is a professor politics and international relations at the university of county joining us from london. thank you so much for your time with us on al jazeera. so now we're pretty sure that johnson is going to resign, but the debate has now moved on to whether he should stay on caretaker prime minister, or is it the right thing for him to do to stay on? what do you think? ultimately, only johnson can answer that question. the primary concern among conservative and he's will be the stability of the policy and the stability of the country. and many of them will argue that or johnston has lost so much support internally that it is not sustainable or even morally the right thing to do for him to, to stay on. i suspect he will end up remaining is take our suspect. they will preside over the policy and government, we got a war ukraine living crisis and so on. but he, he has now come to anna and we will now move very quickly into the leadership election, which will determine the next minister. right. and if, let's say that he does stay on his caretaker prime mi

next, here's matthew goodwin, professor of politics at the university of kent with more on the candidatesll would predict that's going to — only a full would predict that's going to happen in british politics. we thought the volatility was over with brexit, but anybody could win this context. somebody who can bring stability— this context. somebody who can bring stability after boris johnson's premiership, but what you've noticed is a lot— premiership, but what you've noticed is a lot of— premiership, but what you've noticed is a lot of recognition in the party about the — is a lot of recognition in the party about the fact that young candidates coming _ about the fact that young candidates coming into this contest have a lot of interesting things to say. whether it's kenny, sue ella braverman, tom tugendhat, there are mps bringing forward. i suspect this contest _ mps bringing forward. i suspect this contest is going to be very broad. lots of— contest is going to be very broad. lots of interesting perspectives. hopefully, delivers a somebody who can deal— hopefully, delivers a somebody w

for more on the candidates here's matthew goodwin, professor of politics at the university of kent.brexit, but anybody could win this contest. there will be an instinctive reaction _ there will be an instinctive reaction to go for experience, someone _ reaction to go for experience, someone who can bring stability— after boris johnson's premiership, but what you've noticed is a lot of recognition in the party about the fact that young candidates coming into this contest have a lot of interesting things to say. whether it's kemi, suella braverman, tom tugendhat, there are mps bringing forward ideas. i suspect this contest is going to be very broad. lots of interesting perspectives. hopefully it delivers a somebody who can deal with those long—term challenges. you've heard some more names there. let's have a look at the rest of the runners in this race. penny mordaunt is a trade minister. she was previously the uk's first female defence secretary. suella braverman is attorney general, the government's chief legal adviser. she was the first mp to announce her leadership bid. kemi baden