u. k. steven vines, the author of the book, defying the dragon, hong kong and the world's largest dictatorship. a very warm welcome to each of you, andrew. i'd like to start with you. she's power remain strong inside the c. c. pay that certainly not in doubt, but what about outside it? are the tides turning against she domestically and internationally? well, this is a natural, almost development and even you. ready a pen and you would become a 1000000 pounds and then you'll press the felt and your influence will. ready raise concerns of and then psyche and your labor or your challenger or perceive rival but i did the c s that is taking this seem to be taking china. ready to a higher plane, a lot of the the western media is concentrating on certain specific aspects like the cold with. ready dynamic 0 policy and complete control with mark all taiwan. but actually in speech is much more than that. it is no less than a decoration or a strategic stage in child development. because we look at how china,

u. k. steven barbers, a professor of global affairs at regent's university in london. he says the new chancellor is now the dominant figure in less trust is government. we have economic chaos, political chaos to an extent, and it's self inflicted chaos, self inflicted by a prime minister and her chancellor, who yesterday she sang for carrying out her own policy. and in a sense, it's part of that kind of culmination of, of the fantasy politics that we've had in britain since breakfast, which divorces policy making from the real world trustees now was effectively, i kind of dead duck prime minister, her new chance that jeremy hung is the dominant figure in the government, and i no doubt the media around that he's done this morning, will have gone some way to reassuring markets in a way that that press conference. yes, there 8 minute press conference certainly will not have done, but he's done not by effectively trashing her economic policy. and you're, you're quite right. the consequence of that is a complete you turn really on the so called many budgets of a couple of w

u. k. a steven barber is a professor of global affairs at regent's university in london. he says the new chancellor is now the dominant figure enlist, trust is government. we have economic chaos, political chaos to an extent, and it's self inflicted chaos, self inflicted by a prime minister and her chancellor, who yesterday she sang for carrying out her own policy. and in a sense, it's part of that kind of culmination of, of the fantasy politics that we've had in britain since breakfast, which divorces policy making from the real world trustees now was effectively, i kind of dead duck prime minister, her new chance that jeremy hung is the dominant figure in the government, and i no doubt the media around that he's done this morning, will have gone some way to reassuring markets in a way that that press conference. yes, there 8 minute press conference certainly will not have done, but he's done not by effectively trashing her economic policy. and you're, you're quite right. the consequence of that is a complete you turn really on the so called many budgets of a couple of w

steven will be closely watching the market reaction in the u. k. when it opens up in about 2 hours time. but what indications are we seeing from the asian markets? i can't really, i and you know, obviously we don't want to step too far in one direction in the other right now because of all the you turn after you turn out to you terrible scene in the u. k. politic political so far. so we're markets are a little bit reticent. they don't want to jump hurley, they want to see the facts where they make the next day. but look, the pound is stabilized. rates are stabilized, ross, assets and assets are quite stable. so fingers crossed, we can get through the service, and you can chance that jeremy hon some new to the job. he's gonna be making a statement in the coming hours on his medium tom fiscal plan. what to the markets want to hear what they want to hear, fiscal is charity. they don't want the budget to blow us or to speak because the market voted against buying any more r u k. bonds last week. and that's the last thing they want to do. so they'll be