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I wasnt thinking you should do that with your colleagues. I thought you were going to tell the David Cameron story about speaking in public on a full bladder, cos he thought he felt he had a sharper kind of delivery if he was desperate for the loo. I think of those speeches he did that went on for an hour. No note needing to go to the loo from the first second brave, brave men. Anyway, lets not talk about the 2010 or 2015 elections. Lets talk about the 2024 election. Also, dharshini, we should just reveal how unglamorous life is as a journalist when youre in an election, cos we have quite a long conversation about whether to call this day one you know,. A secure future. Deliver a secure future. That is the secure future that im working towards. Change is hard. Afairdeal. Thats the fair deal that the Liberal Democrats are fighting for. Quite simply, we put Scotland First to put Scotland First. Lets get out there and put Scotland First. If you want change, folks, youve got to vote for it. Vote for change. Vote for reform uk. Montage there shows you actually Election Campaigns arent necessarily the most sophisticated thing. No. Its about finding your core message and then hammering it over and over again. And this is day, whatever it is, one or one day, you know. And they are, youve heard theyre the key phrases that were going to hear over and over and over again on the basis that most people, most of the time, are not paying much attention. So until you say it a million times, most people havent heard it for a first time. So, you know, its that classic line, isnt it, that politicians will use, particularly in Election Campaigns, that the point at which us lot as reporters are yawning or rolling our eyes isjust about the point when it mightjust start to, to use the phrase, cut through. So you have to ram home those messages. They all obviously fail the Matthew Parris test, which is how does it sound if you flip it . Change, letsjust keep everything exactly the same. Letsjust have everything falling apart. Unfair deal, unfair deal. Although actually, like one of keir starmer� s slogans from last week, which ive become slightly obsessed about, is on the economy. And hes his slogan is stability is change, which to me does not sound like a very rousing or particularly grammatical phrase. It doesnt. But, you know, stability frankly counts. I say that, by the way, as someone whos perched on a Booster Cushion to reach the microphone. So stability does matter. And that really goes to show that, i frankly, its been a pants few years when it comes to prosperity. And youve got to acknowledge that somehow and were going to hear a lot about stability,. Because realistically, when you look at the next few years, what is any party going to realistically be able to offer, bearing in mind the state of the public finances, i bearing in mind we are probably| looking to cuts to Public Services the way the finances are set up at the moment. To guess what i lay up the tax rises. So, you know, stability at the moment probably feels like a realistic thing. But as you say, you know, were at the beginning i of a six week campaign. Its not exactly exciting. So, nick, i maybe i was a bit naive. I knew the rwanda policy the plan to take people whod crossed the English Channel and arrived in the country illegally, as the government would have it, under the new legislation, to then send them to rwanda to be processed in the rwandan asylum system, never to return to the uk. I knew that would come up and i knew that the tories wanted to be a Dividing Line. Ive been quite surprised to see just how dominant the rwanda Dividing Line has been. Well, yes, and obviously rishi sunak is absolutely determined to make it a Dividing Line. But then he made that very interesting admission on the today programme this morning that of course, no flights will take off before the General Election. Now, you could argue that thats his choice. He could have called this election in six months time, by which time under the time frame of the legislation, lots of flights should have taken off, have taken off, and he didnt. He chose to hold this election before its physically possible for any flights to take off. The way he frames that is, well, this is a choice about the future. You vote for me as Prime Minister and you will get the flights. But what some right members of the right of the conservative party are saying is no, hes had to cut and run now because the flights will never take off. They will never take off because, as they say, they will get caught up in the courts because you did not take the radical action that they said needed to be taken to get us out of the european court. Dividing line is starker with the anticipation of a potential policy versus labour saying they would call it than either and then, of course, there is the prospect were labour to win and collate that after all of the stuff weve talked about around miranda, the stuff in the supreme court, the stuff in the commons in the last few months that it never happens. Yeah. Not a single flight goes. And then this sort of reminds me of. I mean, i always love talking about the arcane parliamentary stuff and weve got this period called wash up now, which is where the Political Parties decide what bits of legislation that havent been passed yet are going to be saved in time for Parliament Dissolving on friday. And one of those things is rishi sunak� s plan to progressively increase the age at which you can buy cigarettes, which they call creating a smoke free generation, cos ultimately, youll have a whole a whole generation who can never buy cigarettes. Now, that was touted by rishi sunak as one of his big ideas when he launched the election. But because of the Wash Up Process and the pressure of time, hes not going to get that legislation through parliament by the weekend. So, again, that will be another thing that hes promising to deliver if hes re elected. And this is where you end up with politics on an issue where there isnt actually widespread disagreement. There are some there are some libertarian conservatives who dont like the idea of the State Intervening and stopping people being able to buy cigarettes when others across an arbitrary age gap can. But even though there is pretty widespread support for it, in order to get stuff sorted in this wash up period, which is trying to do stuff at incredible pace up against a deadline, youve got to have party party cooperation, rishi sunak wants this to happen. So do the parties. But Rishi Sunak Has made it quite a big thing of, you know, his legacy, a kind of thing that he really believes in. And of course, if it falls, which looks pretty likely now, yes, he can put it in the manifesto, and i think he would. But so can other parties. And if its a labour government, the other side of the election, they could then press ahead and do it. And its their idea, then, not rishi sunak�. And i bumped into one very senior tory on the right of the party, a very senior former cabinet minister, who has led the fight against that legislation. They were beaming. They were delighted that it hadnt been confirmed, but because it wasnt on the list of sort of carry over bills that they thought had died, they were very, very happy. Because of course, the opposition to that was all within the conservative party. But, yeah, itsjust another one of those things where its a promise that rishi sunak is making as opposed to a thing hes delivered that people can. And it does all get back to the choice. Rishi sunak did not need to hold the election now. He could have kept going for another six months. He could have got this onto the statute book and he chose to go now. Dharshini, what did you think about the choice to go on the day when the Inflation Figures came out . Because it wasnt a it wasnt as simple as like, oh, the Inflation Figures are amazing. It was like theyre ok, but. Theyre kind of good enough to scrape through. I and obviously, they werent thati good that the percentage chances, for example, of a rate cut injune ahead of yesterdays Inflation Figures, 50 50. Now its about 6 , according to most economists. Theyre now saying we may not get one even in august. So, in that sense, maybe youre thinking, ok, i ill preempt the fact that rates. Arent going to come down over the summer if thats the case. But yet you do feel that people, as weve been talking about time and time again, just arent feeling that turnaround as yet. Theyre not feeling i the inflection point. And by the way, i dont buy either this idea that they didnt wait i until the autumn because they may i not have been room for tax cuts, i because smoke and mirrors, theres i all sorts of things you can do. I you need a tiny changel in our prospects and our | Interest Rateexpectations and bingol youve got some extra cash to play with and that could have quite easily happen. I so, yeah, the numbers alone doesnt reallyjustify it. Theres one thing that a lot of conservatives were saying yesterday when they just were astonished that the Prime Minister was going for this election. A lot of them were saying to me, whats going on . And what they were saying is, i think one of the reasons hes gone is that theres a sweet spot that basically with inflation, its not going to get any better than this. Theres a chance that it might actually go up. Theres a chance that we may not say Interest Rate cuts in the next few months and it may not get any better. So cut and run now and run now. Well, the chances are actually in the short term, it about theresa may in 2017, she became very hamstrung because of the timing issue. Why are you doing it now . And she never adequately answered that question, which meant that a into her time to actually campaign on other things. Do you think the timing issue isjust an issue for these first few days . Well, i think youre right, because conservative mps were just, we thought when you said the second half of the year that you meant the autumn, and on newsnight on tuesday. And i basically said there are massive rumours that the Prime Minister is going to call an election tomorrow, wednesday, which he did, and that july the fourth was being talked about. And then the next day had all these ministers come here, whats going on in my party . He literallyjust couldnt believe it. And theyjust thought that theyd have more time, that inflation would come down and all that sort of stuff, and all that sort of stuff. But with good reason for them to be thinking that at that point, because the vast majority of the sort of mood music coming out from all corners of government until it wasnt was pointing Prime Minister, because you do have this power i mean, technically its the king, but its basically your power to decide your prerogative, isnt it . Since we got rid of the fixed term parliament, you basically get to choose when the election is. And what youve got to be really careful is that the timing of the election, its not too obvious that youre doing it in your interest. So, when gordon brown toyed with the idea of an election in october 2007, he was clearly doing it in his interest. When theresa may went in 2017, two years after the General Election, in whose interest are you doing this . And i think the problem that rishi sunak had, which im not sure he ever realised, that had he gone beyond the summer, then there have only been three times in the last 50 years when an election has been held outside the april to sort of summer window. And theres been really good reasons. There were emergency. There were special reasons. And i always thought the problem that he would have is if he went beyond the summer, itd be a bit weird. Arent there normal times . Why are you doing it now . I suppose the mild counter to that in terms of the comparison with 2017 is that were in the last few months of a parliament as opposed to going two years in halfway through. And so youre deciding between a handful of months as opposed to deciding to go as gordon brown might have done three years early or as theresa may did. Its a similar kind of three years early. But, i mean, definitely in the minds of those who eventually came to the view around rishi sunak to go when they did, was that perception, that sense that there would be a perception politically powerful, even if constitutionally kind of redundant, that waiting until the autumn would be clinging on. Chris, we did an episode of newscast, the Podcast On Bbc sounds this morning. And yes, as we were recording it, nigel farage made his not unexpected announcement that he wouldnt be standing as a candidate for the reform party. I notice hes now since put out a video where hes done a classic nigel farage thing to avoid, i think, accusations of being a bottler. He said, ive got one more political card to play in my lifetime. I aint playing it now. So, that thing of like teasing everyone by saying, ah, im sitting this one out, but not because im a busted flush. You see, for me, the more interesting thing with nigel farage and we dont yet have an answer to this, is not whether or not he decides to run in a particular seat, which it struck me was always relatively unlikely, just because hed have to spend a lot of time there. And it would be hard cos it always is for smaller parties to win first past the post elections. Its more the bit in that statement where we talked about getting involved a bit. What does a bit actually amount to that for me is the interesting thing, because if he decided to well, you know, how that manifests itself will be significant, i think, in terms of how much concern to put it in his mildest reform can put under conservative candidates in places where they think reform might do sufficiently well, that it could be the difference between a conservative candidate winning and a labour candidate winning. Interesting. In that statement, there was something that he said which suggests that there was something he was going to do more than a bit, quite a lot, and that is involvement in the United States election. Now, one of his mates told me who knows whether this is true that donald trump has offered nigel farage a job and that he is focused on that. And for donald trump, donald trump thinks that nigel farage is a really significant figure. Donald trumps been quite open that it was when the Brexit Referendum was rough, was won and theres an argument that that would never have happened had it not been for nigel farage when that was won. That was when donald trump thought he could win because in his mind, brexit was about breaking the establishment and that was he was about. And he thinks nigel farage is a very significant figure and nigel farage must feel that theres quite an audience out there in the United States, kind ofjob now thats speaking well, obviously. Donald trump is not able to appoint nigel farage, the uk ambassador to the United States. Thats one. We call them the point, which is one job that nigel farage would rather like to have. So, what are you going to do about the existing challenges before you slap on the stuff on top . And i think thats a really important one. And, you know, its going to be really difficult and we know that already. Right, just to kind of separate things out and go. 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If you think of the changes of the lance leg landscape, the changes of the lance leg landscape, ive seen so many things unfotd landscape, ive seen so many things unfotd on landscape, ive seen so many things unfold on tiktok, so my ai generated content, could that be popping up on peoples feeds. Lets be popping up on peoples feeds. Lets give be popping up on peoples feeds. Lets give you something original and offers lets give you something original and offers you analysis and insight so that and offers you analysis and insight so that youre not just saying something bonkers is happening. Mariana. Something bonkers is happening. Mariana, thank you very much and good luck with your many, many, many, many efforts. Parliament is about to shut up shop. The many, many efforts. Parliament is about to shut up shop. Many, many efforts. Parliament is about to shut up shop. The people we talk about, mps, about to shut up shop. The people we talk about, mps, are about to shut up shop. 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I hope its sticks and looking forward to it. I hope its sticks and carrots looking forward to it. I hope its sticks and carrots and looking forward to it. I hope its sticks and carrots and not i looking forward to it. I hope its| sticks and carrots and not pants. Say goodbye to. Sticks and carrots and not pants. Say goodbye to. Say goodbye to. Laughter you have say goodbye to. Laughter you have your say goodbye to. Laughter you have your own say goodbye to. Laughter you have your own hard i say goodbye to. Laughter you have your own hard gas, | say goodbye to. Laughter you have your own hard gas, mariana well be back with another one your own podcast. Hello there. Conditions look a lot better for the next couple of days. We should see more sunshine around, lighter winds, so it should feel a bit warmer as well. Friday, its an improving picture we should see sunshine breaking through across many areas. And for most areas, it should be dry, just a few showers across northern areas. Now, areas of low pressure is continuing to weaken, and the rain is fizzling out, so therell be barely anything on this Weather Fronts across scotland, Northern England, as we move through friday morning. Should see plenty of sunshine developing across southern areas, and some holes appearing in that cloud further north. Just the odd shower dotted around, but many places will stay dry. Temperatures responding, as well lighter winds, more sunshine, 19 celsius, maybe 20 celsius, in the south, high teens further north. As we head through friday night, it looks like skies will clear pretty widely, so it will turn chillier. Just the odd shower across scotland, a bit more cloud here so i think double figure values in much of scotland and northern ireland, single figures for large parts of england and wales. So, into the bank holiday weekend, its starting off fine and settled on saturday for most areas, and then, well start to see sunshine and showers through sunday and bank holiday monday. Weve got this Weather Front encroaching in slowly during the weekend encroaching in slowly but ahead of it, plenty of sunshine around. Will be a chilly start, little bit of mist and fog around. This feature moving in from the continent could bring some cloud and rains east anglia, eastern england, and then, later in the day, this Weather Front moves its way into southwest england. But plenty of sunshine across the country, just the chance of an odd shower. A much warmer 20 celsius for many areas, up to 22 in the southeast. Now, as we head into sunday, this Weather Front starts to cross the country, destabilising the atmosphere. Itll be one of sunshine and showers, i think and through the afternoon, some of these showers could turn out to be heavy and thundery, some local torrential downpours in places. Temperature wise, because a bit more cloud around and some showers, i think were looking at highs of 18 19 celsius. And then, through bank holiday monday, again, sunshine and showers probably the heaviest of the showers on monday will be across the northern half of the country, a bit more of a breeze as well coming in from the west. So, temperatures 16 17 celsius i think for many places. And then, for the upcoming week, i think it stays fairly unsettled low pressure always close by, showers or longer spells of rain. However, there will still be some decent spells of sunshine at times. Take care. Welcome to newsday. Reporting live from singapore, im steve lai. The headlines. Rishi sunak� s Whirlwind Tour Of Britain england, scotland, and wales in a day. Sir keir starmer rallies support at a Football Club in kent. Its the first full day of the General Election campaign. On the front line with myanmar� s resistance fighters. The civilians risking everything to overthrow the military. Well bring you the second of our special reports. Eight of our special reports. Km from here, just yesterday, eight km from here, just yesterday, a Military Air Strike killed a family of six, including two children. Chinas Military Encircles Taiwan in large scale drills. Beijing is calling it � punishment� for � separatist acts�. The uk has seen its first full day of campaigning for the upcoming General Election, and the leaders have hit the ground running. Prime minister rishi sunak clocked up the miles in england, wales, and scotland. The Opposition Leader sir keir starmer headed to labour target territory in kent. The economy and immigration emerged as the main early battle lines with mr sunak confirming that flights to rwanda carrying people who arrive on small boats wont take off before polling day. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Cheering placards and cheers, and babies getting attention from politicians. Keir starmer is quite the fan of visiting lower league