Third Yesterday News Today

fled sri lanka after weeks of mass protests. at ten oclock we will be here with a full round up of the days news. first, newscast. hello. hello, it is victoria in the studio. chris in the studio. one of the other things we have been doing on newscast is, for the tory leadership contest, getting big bbc brands and smashing them into the tory leadership contest, so today please listen tojohn briggs, whom you may recognise as the voice of the weakest link. after the second round of voting...

Like? it was the final of the big launches, after rishi sunak a couple of days ago, penny mordaunt yesterday. i dont know if it is because there have been two launches every day this week, but it seemed to have a bit less zip than the other two. also, because of where she decided, or the timing of her launch, we could put to her, "well, you came third yesterday", and of course she is still third after today, whereas the others were spared that, so there was more scrutiny for her, from the outset...