you've got penny mourdaunt who's spoken— you've got penny mourdaunt who's spoken out— you've got pennyf it. sunak keeping well away and well out of it you've _ sunak keeping well away and well out of it. you've got people she was up against _ of it. you've got people she was up against in _ of it. you've got people she was up against in this leadership battle who already don't have her back — it'sjust _ who already don't have her back — it'sjust awful, if who already don't have her back — it's just awful, if it wasn't so serious, _ it's just awful, if it wasn't so serious, and what she's done with quasi-tart— serious, and what she's done with quasi—tart dust kwasi kwarteng didn't— quasi—tart dust kwasi kwarteng didn't impact so many people too lives, _ didn't impact so many people too lives, it— didn't impact so many people too lives, it would be funny. it's like a the _ lives, it would be funny. it's like a the thick— lives, it would be funny. it's like a the thick of it nor make soap opera. — a the thick of it nor make soap opera, but it's serious because impacts— opera, but it's ser

and others talking _ matters, penny mourdaunt and others talking about the fact that benefits shouldnflation, as pensions are, so they should _ inflation, as pensions are, so they should be — inflation, as pensions are, so they should be consistent — that is not government policy, and you have nadine _ government policy, and you have nadine dories now coming out and taking _ nadine dories now coming out and taking aim — nadine dories now coming out and taking aim at liz truss, saying she's— taking aim at liz truss, saying she's abandoning the centre ground, she's abandoning the centre ground, she doesn't— she's abandoning the centre ground, she doesn't really have a mandate for the _ she doesn't really have a mandate for the real, or rather cold policy she's— for the real, or rather cold policy she's trying _ for the real, or rather cold policy she's trying to enact. you have jacob _ she's trying to enact. you have jacob rees—mogg with this education of the _ jacob rees—mogg with this education of the public around energy consumption. several issues going on at the _ consumption. sev

going off message, michael_ penny mourdaunt going off message, michael gove was saying what he reallys one reason that the — really thought. this is one reason that the i— really thought. this is one reason that the i is — really thought. this is one reason that the i is picking up on the potential— that the i is picking up on the potential for some rebellion, even though— potential for some rebellion, even though li2— potential for some rebellion, even though liz truss did come out on stage _ though liz truss did come out on stage much more confident that many people _ stage much more confident that many people expected — she's not a natural— people expected — she's not a natural orator, i think many people were _ natural orator, i think many people were quite — natural orator, i think many people were quite nervous for her as to how it might _ were quite nervous for her as to how it might go — were quite nervous for her as to how it might go. as you honestly does -et it might go. as you honestly does get packed up by certain tracks of music, _ get packed up by certain tracks of musi

you�*ve also got another issue here where you have certain key cabinet ministers like penny mourdauntn, the home secretary, and her speech which gave a lot of red meat to the tory right, talking about reducing immigration to the tens of thousands, a commitment that david cameron made years ago. and you do wonder, the tories have been in powerfor 12 years, i except wonder, the tories have been in power for 12 years, i except they are part of the eu, but they�*re out of the eu now and immigration numbers haven�*t come down at all. because he kwarteng in the prime minister want to increase immigration numbers in this —— for growth. then you have the latest issue where apparently there is a difference in opinion over whether the public should be encouraged to reduce their energy consumption with jacob rees—mogg wanting to sign off £15 million to have a public advertising campaign around this, which has been vetoed by number ten. the government is not singing with one voice at the moment, and certainly the poll ratings are pretty damning. there needs to be a turn around quickly. let’s pret

he might have to bring in penny mourdaunt, the candidate who withdrew today, she might be rewarded with about. for more on the economic challenge ahead, here's faisal islam. rishi sunak will be prime minister because of economic instability, and a crisis partly the result of his predecessor's misjudgments in this area. he says, as we've been hearing, there are profound economic challenges — so let's have a look. inflation's at 10% right now, a 40—year high already. the energy guarantee limiting the rise this winter — but if that expires, inflation could, in the spring, hit 13—14%, several times the target. now the economy itself is already falling and heading for a 1990s—style recession, says the bank of england, as you can see there. and the core of it all — energy prices, having gone up incredibly. current levels consistent with typical yearly household bills hitting over £4,000 without that government support. now they have come down, which could be the look the new pm needs — but this chart is the price for next winter. the big picture is that most of these challenges are now materi

house of commons, 38 so far have declared for boris johnson, 29 for rishi sunak, and 111 for penny mourdaunt appeal, ithink, across behind him. and he does have a wider appeal, i think, across the country. i know he has his detractors, and certainly from within the party, as well. but what he managed to do was something really extraordinary at the last election — he got people who had never voted conservative before to do so, hence we had that massive majority. 50 i think he's got a really good track record at general elections. he also has an amazing track record of actually producing and doing what he says he'll do. so i think the most important thing is that whoever is elected, whoever it is, i want every single elected mp to get behind them. not a single one of them must say they won't support him or they won't force a by election, which i just heard is a possibility. that is outrageous and ludicrous. so whoever is finally elected must have 100% support from their mps. if we don't, then that way it lies disaster. well, indeed so, and i understand the sympathy that there might be for bori