we are joined by robert gardner who worked in the uk cabinet a few years ago.ent direct of government affairs. i appreciate your time. we will kick things off with israel and hamas and that situation is a political risk which is he nenormous. for the labour party government that could go into session soon. >> thank you for inviting me on the show. the second point is what happened on saturday has to be condemned in the strongest possible terms. i know everyone at home is thinking a great deal of those affected across the atrocity. to answer your question, i think what happened on saturday has recalibrated the region and it is certainly from the british perspective made people think differently with the relationship with iran and other countries affected by this. this is an atrocity that killed a number of israelis and others from china and russia and uk and u.s. and this is a big complex problem. any government here has to think about that and all of the short-term implications for policy. and another point is what happens after the atrocities is a polarization

the chief economist at nationwide, robert gardner, thanks so much. man rumoured to be her boyfriend — the chiefs' player — travis kelsey. and ticket sales have spiked. sales of kelsey�*s football shirt have also soared by 400% since rumours of their romance started. you are watching bbc news. plenty of build—up but today is the first day of the tory party conference in manchester. 0ne of the tory party conference in manchester. one of the main speeches today will be from the chancellor jeremy hunt. he is going to address the conservative party conference just after 2 pm this afternoon. we are going to bring you that live here on bbc news. some tories are piling on the pressure for tax cuts butjeremy hunt has insisted there will be no tax cuts this year. he does not however rule out anything for it next year. we are expecting the secretary for energy, security and net zero who is expected to speak shortly, and following her will beat the transport secretary. we will be bringing you those in the art and comic minutes so please stay with us but let's ge

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