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right at the end of this budget, where richey sunak budget, where rishi sunak announced this huge amountte yet. to a bbc exclusive now, and two months after the taliban took control of afghanistan new details have emerged about the fall of kabul and the actions of the former president. ashraf ghani has always claimed, he fled the capital because his life was in danger, and to stay, would have sparked greater bloodshed. that has been totally rejected his former chief of staff, who's been speaking to the bbc. matin bek told lyse doucet that when mr ghani left in a helicopter, there was no danger and no threat to his life. i don't know why he ran away. i don't forgive him for that because i am telling you after everything was ok if he had run away when the cities had fallen there was no argument between us, could have been understandable maybe 0k he was a coward, he ran away for his life but after everything and some cease—fire was put in place and security arrangements were in place that gave the palace was the safest place in afghanistan. i don't buy that argument that there was threats o

going back to the richey syn rishi sunak idea, there is a blurring in policy terms that something comingbtly a setting out of the distinction between him and the prime minister, the chancellor's political instincts in normal times is to be conservative, to be very careful around public spending, very conscious, he would see it being sensible, spending our money, and be rather keen on tax cuts. the prime minister seems rather more relaxed on government spending and if necessary bothering. we will see how that pans out into the post—pandemic era. what you always get in party conferences because there are two audiences, those in the room and then there was more broadly around then there was more broadly around the country, was a bit of the tribal party political knock—about. you saw quite a lot they are of gentle political sledging in the direction of the labour party, during those dividing lines between the two parties and trying to infuse activists in the room who, to use the cliche, a cliche because it is true, i willing to stuff envelopes and deliver them on a wet, soggy october thursda

and richey sue neck art, i think, that this is a big political ideologicalfight think, that this is a big political ideological fight within the conservative part and during the pandemic, rishi sunakthis the thrust from number ten and terms of policy and boris has this level number gender that doesn't seem to be much policy behind it but things like supporting big companies that otherwise would be absolutely fine, but that's got to be part of the levelling up agenda and you can't have industry across the mittens in the north is going to bust because of the energy crisis in rishi sunak really trying to put the brake on and this is the big tension that is going to define the conservative party in the next three or four years and i the conservative party in the next three orfour years and i think the conservative party in the next three or four years and i think that is going to determine the extent of which borisjohnson come there's a lot of rhetoric from levelling up and we're going to see investment? i'm quite sceptical of that. but i think the political dynamic is really going to hold back. don't anic, really going to hold back. don't panic. we _ really going to hold back. don't