to have fallen into russian hands since mariupol. a third day of strike action disrupt services on the uk s rail network. rmt general secretary mick lynch says further industrial action hasn t been ruled out. borisjohnson has insisted that questions over his leadership have been settled and that he will lead the conservative party into the next general election. his comments follow the tories defeat in two by elections this week. speaking to the bbc from rwanda, where he s attending a commonwealth meeting, he said people were heartily sick of questions about his conduct and that a psychological transformation of his character would not happen. this report from alex forsyth in the rwandan capital kigali, contains some flash photography. diplomacy has been at the forefront of this commonwealth summit, but for the prime minister this morning, issues closer to home were dominant. evening, sir. last night, he attended an official dinner with his wife, carriejohnson, mingling with
good evening and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has insisted that questions over his leadership have been settled and that he will lead the conservative party into the next general election. his comments follow the tories defeat in two by elections this week. speaking to the bbc from rwanda, where he s attending a commonwealth meeting, he said people were heartily sick of questions about his conduct and that a psychological transformation of his character would not happen. earlier, i spoke to lucy fisher, who s chief political commentator at times radio. she told me she thinks mrjohnson is trying to distance himself from the byelection results. in the immediate wake of these two rather disastrous by election defeats, we had the prime minister try and link the discontent of tory voters or voters in those seats to the cost of living crisis. this weekend, he has moved the narrative on slightly, almost suggesting it s his mps, possibly the media, at part to blame with what he
about ethics and his character, that hasn t been made any better by the shock resignation of lord geidt in recent days. i think there are some who are concerned about policy. he is trying to say in recent days, since the by election defeat, focus on policy not on personality. but many of his backbenchers have concerns about the way his administration is going, and they think there is a sense of drift, there is not a real mission, policies like the rwandan flagship immigration policy haven t really come off yet, it has all been botched with a fake first plane due to take off and grounded, the whole levelling up agenda that is meant to be the flagship policy of this government, hasn t really had much flesh put on the bones which is what really is just a slogan, the critics say, and setting up the billion pound investment that would allow north and midlands communities to see really significant differences in their standard of living. fin
i think there are some who are concerned about policy. so he s trying to say in recent days, since the by election defeat, focus on policy, not on personality. well, many of his backbenchers have concerns about the way his administration is going, and they think there is a sense of drift, there is not a real mission, policies like the rwandan flagship immigration policy haven t really come off yet, it has all been botched with the first plane due to take off being grounded, another row ensuing with the european court, the whole levelling up agenda that is meant to be the flagship policy of this government hasn t really had much flesh put on the bones of is what really is just a slogan, the critics say, and certainly not the kind of billion pound investment that that would allow northern and midlands communities to see really significant differences in their standard of living. in a moment, we ll be joined by bbc one viewers for a full roundup of the day s news