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we are expecting the speech from rishi sunak.lready we heard from him overnight when he was talking at his seat. he mentioned it was a difficult night and sobering verdict. what are we expecting here? he suggested he is spending the next weeks and months ahead spending more time with those around him. that sound ed like he was going to stick around. will he stick around as a politician and as an mp? >> reporter: we don't know for sure, ultimately, right? as you said that, karen, in hths hit, we saw a motorcade step in and wondering if that is for his departure or incoming of keir starmer as well. all of that will be interesting. let's remember there are a few people within the conservative party who will probably want to lead the party forward to try to get them back into number 10 downing. whether they will be able to do that or will rishi sunak or ultimately stay as conservative leader? so many questions still at play here and i think everybody might be vying for that number one spot. >> arabile, thank you. that's the end of ou

here comes rishi sunak. , here comes rishi sunak. good morning- _ here comes rishi sunak.s back to target, mortgage rates are falling, and growth has returned. we have enhanced our standing in the world, rebuilding relations with allies, leading global efforts to support ukraine, and becoming the home of a new generation of transformative technologies. and our united kingdom is stronger too, with the windsor framework, devolution restored in northern ireland, and our union strengthened. i am northern ireland, and our union strengthened. iam proud northern ireland, and our union strengthened. i am proud of those achievements. i believe this country is safer, stronger, and more secure thanit is safer, stronger, and more secure than it was 20 months ago. and it is more prosperous, fairer and resilient than it was in 2010. whilst he has been my political opponent, sir keir starmer will shortly become our prime minister. in thisjob his shortly become our prime minister. in this job his successors will be all our successes, and i wish him and his family well. whatever our disagr

on them, saying don't wake up to rishi sunak on the 5th ofjuly.trying to bribe all the travelling journalists with free mcdonald's breakfasts. just a bit obvious. yes, there is all of that. i've noticed that the last couple of days, both labour and the conservatives have been sort of leaning into this sort of imagery about who you wake up next to. it's been quite a lot of stuff about pillows and alarm clocks going off and and all that kind of stuff, which is kind of quite, i don't know, evocative imagery. but then, you know, for those who decide that sleeping between midnight and 6am is a sensible thing to do, then there is that sense, isn't there, that you wake up on friday morning, even if you've caught the exit poll on thursday night, you wake up on friday morning and the political landscape is remoulded, either significantly or otherwise, for the best part of the next five years. and that's that's kind of quite a thing. what are your plans for wedensday, last day? so tomorrow we're not quite sure yet. is the honest truth. here we're in sort of

i hereby - declare rishi sunak is duly elected. her successor— declare rishi sunak is duly elected.lected. her successor won his— declare rishi sunak is duly elected. her successor won his seat - declare rishi sunak is duly elected. her successor won his seat but- declare rishi sunak is duly elected. her successor won his seat but hisl her successor won his seat but his face said it all. for the tories, it had not rained, it poured. 250 losses. rishi sunak with his wife akshata murthy walk to downing street for the first time as prime minister this morning to apologise. to the country, i would like to say first and foremost, i am sorry. i have given thisjob first and foremost, i am sorry. i have given this job my all, but you have given this job my all, but you have sent a clear signal that the government of the united kingdom must change and yours is the only judgment that matters. i have heard your anger, your disappointment, and i take responsibility for this loss. to all the conservative candidates and campaigners who worked tirelessly but without success, i am sorry that we cou

on them, saying don't wake up to rishi sunak on the 5th ofjuly. to bribe all the travelling journalists with free mcdonald's breakfasts. just a bit obvious. yes. yes, there is all of that. i've noticed that the last couple of days, both labour and the conservatives have been sort of leaning into this sort of imagery about who you wake up next to. it's been quite a lot of stuff about pillows and alarm clocks going off and and all that kind of stuff, which is kind of quite, i don't know, evocative imagery. but then, you know, for those who decide that sleeping between midnight and 6am is a sensible thing to do, then there is that sense, isn't there, that you wake up on friday morning, even if you've caught the exit poll on thursday night, you wake up on friday morning and the political landscape is remoulded, either significantly or otherwise, for the best part of the next five years. and that's that's kind of quite a thing. what are your plans for wedensday, last day? so tomorrow we're not quite sure yet. is the honest truth. here we're in sort of

rishi sunak. _ new occupant of number 11. rishi sunak. we — new occupant of number 11.ank you from a very soggy downing street. | from a very soggy downing street. you wonder what it will be like for rishi sunak if he goes to conservative party headquarters. nurse will be jangled because he has given his chief of staff a peerage and sending him to the house of lords although many are curious about how the campaign was run. iota: about how the campaign was run. lots of anal sis about how the campaign was run. lots of analysis and — about how the campaign was run. lots of analysis and recriminations, one suspects. and possibly so, is welcome in birmingham yardley. let's go and talk tojess phillips who has held onto her seat but with a drastically reduced majority. a few hundred. less than 700. just sum up how difficult it has been for you there. despite the victory. i mean, here at the — there. despite the victory. i mean, here at the count, _ there. despite the victory. i mean, here at the count, you _ there. despite the victory. i mean, here at the count, you mean? - th

your party's been complaining about rishi sunak using private jets. week that you accepted a private jet flight. and very broadly speaking, the way the bbc works out how much coverage it's going to give each party depends on that party's electoral support that it's had in the past. why would leaving. a 300—year—old union with england not be even worse? jeering there are also other factors taken into consideration. for example, you know, if it is a relatively new party, you've got to bear that in mind. you accuse other parties of broken promises, but isn't this really a list of unrealistic promises, a wish list? if that party's had a consistent position in the polls, that will come into it as well. and sometimes it might be how widely that party's standing in the election, so how many candidates they're standing and where. would the king survive as head of state of an independent wales ? um, it would be up to the people of wales. so, there's a whole, you know, range of things that are taken into account when the bbc decides how much coverage it's givin

chris: his rival rishi sunak with this morning. prime min.n't sleepwalk into something you haven't thought properly about. think very hard what it means for you and your family. in spite of all these polls, every vote matters. chris: i asked to the prime minister -- you must share a sense of solidarity that you are doing a job where a million other people think they can do a better job than you. sir keir: everybody understands watching the television how he should do his job. i've got no ewnd of advice on foreign half years and no doubt i wille getting more. chris: he has more places to visit. via attribute darvish are, it was here to staffordshire. lewis: chris mason there. let's pick through this. joining us, are u.k. election panel, deputy political editor for "mail on sunday," and a professor of social politics at university of let's start with keir starmer. what is your reflections on the way he has carried out the campaign? >> well, i think a lot has already been said. effectively he has played a very cautious and. -- cautious hand. the

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rishi sunak is adamant he's not the towel in.the argument if enough people change their mind tomorrow, that is possible the conservatives could still win. the word he uses is it could make the difference. not sure if it means a majority is just stopping a labour majority. but when you speak to conservative candidates and staffers, i think there is a sense of resignation that is not going to go their way tomorrow. they needed to go all but perfectly to be in with a chance. we expect rishi sunak literally within the next few seconds to give his final rally of the campaign. just popping into this building. you can hear the chance. i think you can show them on the status to. if you think that is fair. ., ., , status to. if you think that is fair. . ., , . status to. if you think that is fair. ., ., , ., ., ., fair. caroline is a dear, dear friend of— fair. caroline is a dear, dear friend of mine. _ fair. caroline is a dear, dear friend of mine. it _ fair. caroline is a dear, dear friend of mine. it is - fair. caroline is a dear, dear

but the two children, rishi sunak's children, rishi sunak's children, are teenagers.ing . interesting. >> rolled out. >> rolled out. >> chris talked about magic dust. did rishi have magic dust? has keir starmer got magic dust and what sort of speech will he give when he resigns? which will happen one day? >> yeah. let's tell you, our viewers are saying actually robert has said too little, too late. you should have said sorry months ago. and that, i think, is what i'm sort of reflecting on a little bit. is this sense. well, it's a bit late now to say sorry. >> i think it was about as magnanimous as he could possibly muster, actually. >> and to be fair, a lot of our viewers are saying that i am being too harsh, and they said that the speech was dignified. i thought it was bad. yeah. and they said that apparently we're being sore losers. but anyway. >> and actually, how often do you see prime ministers say they use the word sorry? >> no, not very rarely. absolutely. i thought it was really gracious . really gracious. >> sorry. cameron walker outside buckingham palace. he

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prime minister rishi sunak is set to speak at 10 downing street at any moment. t. sunak will offer his ceresignatn to king charles and then keir starmer will take over. let's bring in wilfred frost with more. >> reporter: good morning, frank. we will see the hand over in power in the next couple hours. you don't have the long delay that you have in the u.s. between election day and inauguration. in the next couple hours, rishi sunak will leave downing street and give a good-bye speech. it will be interesting to see the level of personal responsibility he wants to take, frankly, for the biggest failure for the tory party, perhaps of all time even though he had achievements in the office. he will go to the king and the king will invite keir starmer to government and he will return to 10 downing street 90 minutes after his predecessor left and step into the new home as new prime minister. there will be a quick set vans e will have a new prime minister, frank, in the next couple hours. >> wilf, ywho is the real perso here? people voted for a politician, but give us a

rishi sunak has announced his interim shadow cabinet.s richard holden, who was conservative party chairman. other appointments include kemi badenoch as shadow levelling up secretary. our political editor chris mason reports. applause. however good your trip to work was this morning, i reckon you weren't applauded and serenaded on the commute like this new mp for plaid cymru, ann davies. the national anthem of wales ringing in her ears, the trip from carmarthen to westminster began. there were flowers rather than song for green mp carla denyer in bristol. it was a laptop and a flask for others, hauling suitcases, a sense of wonder and pride to parliament. it's all been a bit of a whirlwind and there's a lot to take in, but i'm really excited to get started and see how it goes over the next few days. how was it walking into that chamber for the first time? really incredible. down the road, put your name on a sticky label and smile, there are 72 liberal democrat mps now. it was worth bungee jumping. laughter. he has tried to become an mp pl

>> come on, let's see the selfie of you and rishi sunak. >> you go. >> there's rishi. look at it. but when? >> when he does come to richmond, it's quite a nice thing to see him about, but it's very rare that it's very rare. >> it's very rare. that's about right. >> well, let's go over to you, ian. ian. right. so talk to me. who did you vote for before, and then who did you vote for? this time? >> i voted conservatives before, and i voted for reform this time. >> yeah. reform. and why did you change your vote, >> basically trying to get . i >> basically trying to get. i couldn't vote for labour because you can't get a yes no answer out of keir starmer, and i think it's enough of the tories, and nigel farage basically says what he's going to do and does what he's going to do and does what he's going to do, and i believe in them. >> yeah. so how do you feel the election has gone now? because obviously labour, are going to be running the show. yeah >> well, obviously it's time for a change. we'll have to wait and see, the main thing is that he

and take a listen to rishi sunak�*s tone and emphasis.servatives is notjust a vote to stop a super majority, but it's also a vote to make sure that we will fight for you. i will fight for you. i will make sure that your voice is heard, right? that is what this is about. and crucially, i will keep cutting your taxes. prime minister, listening to you, talking to the workers just now, it sounded like you'd given up. no, absolutely not. i'm talking to as many people as i can across the country. talking about a super majority? yeah, what i was saying to people is i don't want anyone to sleepwalk into thursday, because there is a danger of a labour government that i want people to be alive to. and the choice for everyone on thursday is a vote for the conservatives, which will mean their taxes continue to get cut. we will get migration down and secure our borders. pensions will be protected. a vote for anyone else is just going to get the precise opposite of those things. you and your campaign have talked in the last few days about the irreversi

his rival rishi sunak has been in oxfordshire, with this warning about a labour government. hard about what it means for you and your family, _ and in spite of what all these polls say, every vote matters. - i asked the same question of the prime minister, along these lines yesterday. do you...? you must share a sort of sense of solidarity with gareth southgate, that you're doing a job where a million and one other people think they could do a betterjob than you. yeah, everybody in the stands and watching the television has got a better idea of how gareth southgate should do his job! and there are some similarities. i've got no end of advice, i've had it for four and a half years, and no doubt i'll be getting a lot more. and he has more places to visit. via a trip to derbyshire, it was on here to staffordshire. just one more day of this ahead. lingering shot there, chris mason. meanwhile, a second reform uk candidate has suspended her campaign and defected to the conservatives. georgie david, who was running in west ham & beckton in london, said the vast majority of reform's

tom: a short time ago rishi sunak conceded.e heavy defeat, which has seen several cabinet ministers lose their seats, it will bring to an end 14 years of conservative rule. >> the labour party has won this general election, and i called keir starmer to congratulate him on his victory. today power will change hands in a peaceful manner with goodwill on all sides. that is something that should give us confidence in our country's stability and future. british people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight, there is much to learn and reflect on. i take responsibility for the loss. tom: the outgoing british prime, rishi sunak. the pound is relatively steady at 1.27 versus the u.s. dollar. ftse 250 futures pointing to gains around 0.4%, this is a result predicted by the polls. no big shock for these markets. it does not dilute the significance of this moment, bringing you your expertise, what are you watching for in the next few days ahead. what is the significance around the economic policies of this incoming labor government. --l

, as rishi suna— as rishi sunak stock shelves in a sho in as rishi sunak stock shelves in a shop in oxfordshire rishi sunak stock shelves in a shop in oxfordshire. he - as rishi sunak stock shelves in a shop in oxfordshire. he was - as rishi sunak stock shelves in a l shop in oxfordshire. he was asked about this prediction from polling expertjohn curtis. he said there is more chance of lightning striking twice in the same place and a bit more ., , twice in the same place and a bit more . , ,, ., ~ ., ., , more than rishi sunak remaining as prime minister. _ more than rishi sunak remaining as prime minister. do _ more than rishi sunak remaining as prime minister. do you _ more than rishi sunak remaining as prime minister. do you accept - more than rishi sunak remaining as| prime minister. do you accept that? that is— prime minister. do you accept that? that is his _ prime minister. do you accept that? that is his view. that will not stop me from working aside as i can over these finalfew me from working aside as i can over these final few days to talk to as many people as possible about the choi

and take a listen to rishi sunak�*s tone and emphasis.top a supermajority, but it's also a vote to make sure that we will fight for you. i will fight for you. i will make sure that your voice is heard. right? that is what this is about. and crucially, i will keep cutting your taxes. prime minister, listening to you talking to the workers just now, it sounded like you had given up. no, absolutely not. i'm talking to as many people as i can across the country. talking about a supermajority. yeah, what i was saying to people is i don't want anyone to sleepwalk into thursday because there is a danger of a labour government that i want people to be alive to. and the choice for everyone on thursday is a vote for the conservatives, which will mean their taxes continue to get cut, we will get migration down and secure our borders, pensions will be protected. a vote for anyone else is just going to get the precise opposite of those things. you and your campaign have talked in the last few days about the irreversible damage that a labour government

apart _ of why they don't like rishi sunak. apart from — of why they don't like rishi sunak.ook at the group of people who lent their votes to the conservatives last time, it was a loan of a vote and people we do need to vote tomorrow to stop a labour majority and who are either likely not to vote or likely to vote for reform and likely get a labour majority, boris is the right person to articulate that message. it started earlier this morning because the work and pensions secretary mel stride who has been in the studio a number of times, he all but conceded the election. let's take a listen. i totally accept that where the polls are at the moment, means that tomorrow is likely to see the largest labour landslide majority, the largest majority that this country has ever seen, much bigger than 1997, bigger even than the national government in 1931. what therefore matters now is what kind of opposition do we have, what kind of ability to scrutinise government is there within parliament. what mel said is if the polls are right, _ what mel said is if the polls are right, then it

it— i call the leader of the opposition, rishi sunak-— rishi sunak.vative _ rishi sunak. it is important that the conservative party - rishi sunak. it is important that the conservative party rebuilds, rishi sunak. it is important that . the conservative party rebuilds, we will take up the crucial role of his opposition professionally effectively and humibly. for the longest serving female mp, this was a chance to highlight the changing face of the commons. when i was a new member in 1987 there were only a0 female members of parliament. today, we have 26a. and some of us are glad that we have lived to see this. with fewer conservative mps, other parties will have a louder voice. the new government of the day, as the mother of the house hasjust said, faces a very difficult task, clearing up the mess it has inherited. we on these benches will hold the government to account. we are the new kids on the block. we have no experience in this parliament whatsoever, - even though some of us have tried many times over the years - previously to get here. what's

we are discussing the bills that rishi sunak was putting - bills that rishi sunak was putting forwarda lot of cross—party support. the government decided to call the election injuly and then take the fault time it could have done to pass those laws. but i think it's a really positive sign that some of those things where labour agrees with what the objectives of the previous government to work, it went to pick this up and put them into law. i’m this up and put them into law. i'm -la with this up and put them into law. i'm play with martin's law, there is criticism of rishi sunakfor play with martin's law, there is criticism of rishi sunak for making the promise and length calling the general election before it was ten. 0ne general election before it was ten. one of the reasons why that is an integral part of what we will see today. he said it marks the start, but with a new government coming in, you know the civil service very well. how much preplanning was done or wasn't done, because there were so many big radical changes as labour describes. was their work to begin en masse? the lab

and take a listen to rishi sunak�*s tone and emphasis.just a vote to stop a super majority, but it's also a vote to make sure that we will fight for you. i will fight for you. i will make sure that your voice is heard, right? that is what this is about. and crucially, i will keep cutting your taxes. prime minister, listening to you, talking to the workers just now, it sounded like you'd given up. no, absolutely not. i'm talking to as many people as i can across the country. talking about a supermajority? yeah, what i was saying to people is i don't want anyone to sleepwalk into thursday, because there is a danger of a labour government that i want people to be alive to. and the choice for everyone on thursday is a vote for the conservatives, which will mean their taxes continue to get cut. we will get migration down and secure our borders. pensions will be protected. a vote for anyone else is just going to get the precise opposite of those things. you and your campaign have talked in the last few days about the irreversible damage that a

rishi sunak is the interim leader. rishi sunak is the interim leaderfor the leader.pposition now, leader. rishi sunak is the interim leaderfor the opposition now, swats bases with keir starmer in the house of commons, but she does not want to go on and on, farfrom it, so the timescale for that an action is likely to be hammered out, but from people i've spoken to on a conservative benches, most of them seemed not too keen to rush swiftly to judgment. seemed not too keen to rush swiftly tojudgment. they instead seemed not too keen to rush swiftly to judgment. they instead want a longer and more considered camping, one suggest it could go to christmas. the consensus is it last unto the conservative party conference onto the autumn, but some conservatives already jostling for position and making it clear they are interested in running and also setting up their own, shall we say, solutions to the parties problems. suella braverman, the former home secretary, robertjenrick, former immigration minister as well, some suggesting a party has to move to the right to marginalis

if we go in a rishi sunak direction, you say it's, going to be, completely self—indulgent. it. you say you said that the tories have failed in office and deserve this result. you know , so you might end up with a know, so you might end up with a leader who advocates a more sunak lie—in approach to a suella approach can you serve under such a person? >> listen, these kind of discussions are so premature. camilla, with respect , as camilla, with respect, as i said, we're right now in the place of the aftermath of a devastating result . sure, tory devastating result. sure, tory mps are, you know , demoralised. mps are, you know, demoralised. our members are exhausted . our members are exhausted. everyone's just waking up from a shattering disaster, and we can't make decisions like that. that's why what i'm trying to say is we all need to take stock. we don't have the burden of government right now. we don't need to rush into a knee jerk reaction or a rushed leadership decision. so you're happy we need to remain as leader for the main time. the main objective now is for all of u

it was never rishi sunak campaigning, political campaigning was never rishi sunak's strong point.tail. i think he's actually been, you know, just impartially. i say this i think he's been quite a good chief executive of the country. yeah. and i think, you know, he's obviously got designs to go and be a chief executive somewhere else, perhaps in california after this, india after this. yeah. after this election . but yeah. after this election. but when it comes to political campaigning, it hasn't been a well run campaign. there's a lot of frustration. i mean, for one, one thing, i was speaking to somebody who was canvassing up in the north, north—east of england and they were saying just before the election, we got the green light on to money jul, a particularly difficult road where there had been a number of accidents in our constituency. i'm not going to talk about the constituency because then it's just going to create all sorts of problems. but why , if we just of problems. but why, if we just plan this a bit better, then we could have had, we could have had an autumn election

and rishi sunak, by the way, did appoint a new shadow chief whip, stuart andrew.... although there isn't yet a shadow defence secretary or a shadow education secretary because there are... actually, getting bums on seats in the house of commons is really important. you know, when bridget phillipson stands up and says, "i'm going to bring in vat, i'm going to remove the vat "exemption from schools", who's going to be the person who stands up opposite her? you know, jeremy hunt, as things stand, is the shadow chancellor, but is he going to stay in that? so it will all look very different. and also, even once they do have a leader, whenever that is, it is going to be hard for them to form a functioning opposition — just numerically. labour really struggled at times in the last five years with far more mp5 than the conservative party now has. they basically had everyone on the front bench who was willing to serve, or who they were willing to have serve, on the front bench — that's it. and when they had a load of resignations over gaza several months ago, they ended up f

and take a listen to rishi sunak�*s tone and emphasis.st a vote to stop a supermajority, but it's also a vote to make sure that we will fight for you. i will fight for you. i will make sure that your voice is heard. right? that is what this is about. and crucially, i will keep cutting your taxes. prime minister, listening to you talking to the workers just now, it sounded like you had given up. no, absolutely not. i'm talking to as many people as i can across the country. talking about a supermajority. yeah, what i was saying to people is i don't want anyone to sleepwalk into thursday because there is a danger of a labour government that i want people to be alive to. and the choice for everyone on thursday is a vote for the conservatives, which will mean their taxes continue to get cut, we will get migration down and secure our borders, pensions will be protected. a vote for anyone else is just going to get the precise opposite of those things. you and your campaign have talked in the last few days about the irreversible damage that a lab

rishi sunak was i masted majority. rishi sunak was warning, saying it was a danger.to deliver on some difficult decisions. it allows them to make some decisions that might not be universally popular. how do you think keir starmer will use that power. as yellow all the commentary i've heard is not one i experience. i've heard is not one i experience. i've worked in all three governments. you don't have to be threatened or held hostage by a handful of people. you have to debate. it's not a dictatorship, but having majority is an important thing to do. i did notice that keir starmer is the size you to the —— emphasise unity. that means he'll need to do a whiter coalition than just labour. people want parties to collaborate together. if you want to make lasting change, you want to actually cooperate. sir keir —— attorney blair was on the few that survived. —— tony. you really want to have a consensus to work with that as well. it to have a consensus to work with that as well-— that as well. it was a ma'ority, clearl . that as well. it was a ma'ority, clearly. .f i that a

the outgoing prime minister of the united kingdom, rishi sunak.come, we will speak to our next guest about india, the reserve bank and the budget. also what is next for indian bonds. that conversation up next, this is bloomberg. ♪ the future is not just going to happen. you have to make it. and if you want a successful business, all it takes is an idea, and now becomes the future where you grew a dream into a reality. the all new godaddy airo. put your business online in minutes with the power of ai. paul: welcome back, let's look at how we are tracking on indian markets, opening a few seconds ago. risk off territory at the moment. the bank index off by about two thirds of 1%. we are standing by for the budgets of india due within days, not too far away. we will watch for any announcements on infrastructure spending and perhaps cost-of-living measures. we did have data out of india earlier. we sell retail sales rising about 0.75%. passenger vehicle sales slipping to 1.9 million units. we are seeing a little softness in the early going in the marke

and take a listen to rishi sunak�*s tone and emphasis.er majority, but it's also a vote to make sure that we will fight for you. i will fight for you. i will make sure that your voice is heard, right? that is what this is about. and crucially, i will keep cutting your taxes. prime minister, listening to you, talking to the workers just now, it sounded like you'd given up. no, absolutely not. i'm talking to as many people as i can across the country. talking about a super majority? yeah, what i was saying to people is i don't want anyone to sleepwalk into thursday, because there is a danger of a labour government that i want people to be alive to. and the choice for everyone on thursday is a vote for the conservatives, which will mean their taxes continue to get cut. we will get migration down and secure our borders. pensions will be protected. a vote for anyone else is just going to get the precise opposite of those things. you and your campaign have talked in the last few days about the irreversible damage that a labour government could

for rishi sunak . statistic for rishi sunak. >> it was a bit of a question in westminster over why rishist early and personally, my best answer to that question was always that he was worried. obviously, the rwanda plan had failed to actually take off. no flights had literally taken off from the runway. it didn't look like it was going to get going any time soon. and i always thought that rishi called the election. now because he was worried that come the autumn or the winter, you would have had a whole summer full of migrants, coming over in those small boats. and the numbers would look even worse than they did this time a year ago. but, i mean, he hasn't really managed to avoid or mitigate that catastrophe because, as you say, the numbers are already going up. we're already well into the summer now, even though it doesn't really feel like it today. and we know that in those summer months it is much, much easier for migrants to cross the channelin easier for migrants to cross the channel in small boats, and they do so in much larger numbers. so rishi sunak is already facing the fallout

rishi sunak election fight.ot over until the final whistle blows, adding the election is not a foregone conclusion. >> it is our job. it is our duty >> it is ourjob. it is our duty to make sure that britain does not sleepwalk into this and that's what i need. your help with, because yes, many people may want to say the result of this election is a foregone conclusion, but i believe in my bones that it is not. and i think you do too. >> and in his last general election campaigning event tonight, sir keir starmer has appealed to his supporters not to think that a labour win tomorrow is guaranteed. >> we are fighting for every vote and across the country there will be constituencies which will go down to the wire and therefore we will continue to fight until 10:00 tomorrow night, making the case. that change only happens if you for vote it. but it is a huge opportunity for our country. this is the opportunity to turn the page and to move forward, and i want people to go out and vote for change and be part of the ch

i liked rishi sunak, what he said.ut thank goodness for a system that can produce that speech. and do you think that that means we are entering into a period of politics where perhaps we can say goodbye to some of the toxicity, some of the clamour, some of the yelling and unpleasantness, at least in westminster? well, my memory is related to that, because it is the first leadership debate between rishi sunak and keir starmer. and it's when keir starmer did not rebut the claim from rishi sunak that labour's policies would increase everyone�*s taxes by a number that i'm not going to say, because it's old history and the fact that starmer did not go in and rebut that straightaway. does that show keir starmer is a different kind of politician who doesn't want to play the old games? and actually, that means maybe we're in for a new type of politics if he can do that? or does it show that keir starmer is a bit of a newbie, doesn't have the killer instinct and the usual access to the usual tools and techniques of politics, wh

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you can't imagine rishi sunak staying until christmas.w leader by the party conferences, surely. which is september october time. they don't know yet if they're going to give the members the final say or not. they could change the rules. there's been talk about changing the system. how long can i expect to see rishi sunak as leader of the opposition? i think if the party decides to have a long race and not have a new leader until november, december, i think they'll end up going for a caretaker. i think if the party decides that they won't have a new leader until september or october, i think he would stay until that point. and also remember that there's a month of summer holidays for parliament coming up. so actually it sort of doesn't really matter. well, it's less visible to the public, but that is when the party theoretically should be getting going. we're nearly out of time. on our last radio four encounter. do you both want to share your favourite memory of this last period of election excitement, or the thing that will stay with you

what did you make a rishi sunak's performance _ fruition.'s performance today? it's i fruition. what did you make a rishi sunak's performance today? it's a | sunak's performance today? it's a difficult role to play when you are on your way out. and also he doesn't have much to go out because we are only a couple of weeks into a new government. they've not really done anything yet. i think there is a universal agreement across the political divide that in opposition and as temporary leader of the opposition, rishi sunak has carried himself with a lot of grace and has been very dignified and how he approaches keir starmer and approaches keir starmer and approaches labour. it's not a fun or comfortable position to be in. he lost comfortable position to be in. he: lost absolutely dismally, and instead of sort of throwing a tantrum or getting nasty about it, he's been very gracious. in fact, some people sort of question where was this softer more calm and relaxed side to him ahead of the election? could that have helped him at all instead of the

rishi sunak was quick the game.unak was quick to comment on the website formerly known as twitter, the southampton fan said it's not over until it's over, along with a picture of him throwing a celebratory fist into the air. meanwhile, sir keir starmer's interpretation took a slightly different view . the arsenal fan different view. the arsenal fan boldly told his following that it was never in doubt. an interesting contrast, perhaps, perhaps not an entirely related to those two respective leaders. the labour party maintains its 20 point lead in the polls, a win for keir starmer would certainly be described as never in doubt. meanwhile, for the conservative party, which does well to break past 20% in the polls at the moment, and it's not over until it's over, attitude does seem apposite off the back of our votes, 2024 the leader's interview with rishi sunak gb news political editor christopher hope told this programme that the prime minister appeared to be a new man with a new found energy. however, following his ro

i thought the remarks about rishi sunak were well meant. know, he recognised the journey mr sunak had been on. being a second generation immigrant, coming here and doing so well, rising to the highest office in the land. i think it was a he's just trying to, i think, draw a line under the division of the last few years of the tory party and show that under labour, well, it can get better now. i think there's are so many challenges for this government, not least how do you how do you get the economy growing to pay for the things you want to do beyond what's in the manifesto? we don't even know. know that. but he's in a rush. he wants to start immediately. he's off to washington on tuesday to for a very big nato summit. he wants the cabinet appointed by the end of the day, junior ministers over this weekend and to hit the ground running and is how that happens, i think, which will be the measure of him. but there's no question he thinks he's here for the five years he wants to govern for the whole country, he's saying this will be a service,

one of these two rishi sunak. one of these two men has got to spend the next five years pushing back on this divisive and frankly sinister movement, which is damaging our society. the brilliant historian niall ferguson likens the increasingly woke west to the crumbling soviet russia after the second world war. he thinks it could bring down the west altogether. writing for the excellent free press website, he said the following. he wrote a bogus ideology that hardly anyone really believes in, but everyone has to parrot unless they want to be labelled dissidents. sorry. i mean deplorables. check a population that no longer regards patriotism , religion, having patriotism, religion, having children, or community involvement as important. check how about a massive disaster that lays bare the utter incompetence and mendacity that pervades every level of government? for chernobyl ? read government? for chernobyl? read covid check. he's absolutely right. as i said, all the way back in 2020 on my old talk radio show, covi

do you not wake up to rishi sunak on friday? saying rishi sunak's re—elected, how will you feel if you don't want that feeling, vote labour on thursday and if you've had enough of the green belt, vote labour because isupposeif green belt, vote labour because i suppose if you were to come up with a mantra for starmer, we had education, education, education with blair, it's build, build, build. >> with starmer, it doesn't matter where. >> well, we are going to build houses. i mean, you know, there's people in their 30s who still can't get on the housing ladden still can't get on the housing ladder. if we carry on like this with people in their 40s, even 50s, who can't get on the housing ladder. look, there's lots of brown brownfield sites across the country. everybody will have seen it in their local communities. it's usually an area which is overgrown, surrounded by fencing. we should be building on those sites. but there are areas of the country which we've called the grey belt, that old petrol stations, which are now designated

, , , , rishi sunak.ve to pay out promised our questions and for many more times. we are looking at his own political future, wanting to be seen after his retirement, as a bit of a statement. he said he does not want to give advice of the to olympians because he about winning because he did not win the election. a bit of self—deprecating humour. but after, the summer recess, would that change? certainly, with a new leader of the conservative party is a world wee unveiled, they want to... that the point i'm sure you'll see a concerted leaderfar the point i'm sure you'll see a concerted leader far more aggressive and force that case, that'll be a far more intelligent prime minister's question. ads, far more intelligent prime minister's question. a question about the prime _ minister's question. a question about the prime minister- minister's question. a question about the prime minister the i minister's question. a question | about the prime minister the net labour party itself? can be seen for lights follo

. to replace their ex—boss rishi sunak . nations close sunak. nominations close tomorrow . the foreign secretary tomorrow. the foreign secretary is condemning a rocket strike in the israeli controlled golan heights , which killed 12 people, heights, which killed 12 people, including children . david lammy including children. david lammy says he's deeply concerned about the risk of further escalation and destabilisation. israel released this footage of air attacks being carried out against hezbollah targets in lebanon overnight . water bosses, lebanon overnight. water bosses, who repeatedly allow sewage to be dumped illegally, will face criminal charges under new government plans. environment secretary steve reed is warning that they'll also be stripped of their bonuses as part of tighter regulations. he also says customers will receive refunds if money earmarked for sewage system investment is not spent on that purpose. >> if water bosses keep pumping these levels of raw sewage into our waterways, they'll face criminal charge

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