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Gates and norman. we have more from capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, boris and amara. republicans are bracing for a potentially messy floor fight in january. under house rules if no candidate secures a majority of the vote on the first round house republicans keep voting until someone does. now, mccarthys critics vow to oppose him on the floor and say they have enough detractor to deny him the speakership. mccarthy is not going down without a fight and go through as many ballots as it ta...

Majority. they wrote in a letter to colleagues, such quarrels delay our ability to establish a working majority in the peoples house. make no mistake. we will not allow this conference to be dragged down a path to a paralyzed house that weakens our hard-fought majority. no serious challenger to mccarthy has emerged yet. but if not for lack of trying. the anti-mccarthy group has been having informal talks with republicans gaging their interest. that includes steve scalise, the number two republic...

Party at the present state of time. david is probably at the opposite end of the spectrum of the conservative party from me, but its well worth listening to and the sort of person who should be nominated to the house of lords where he could make an excellent contribution. you were talking — make an excellent contribution. you were talking there, we are seeing those pictures of rishi sunak, you are talking about what is needed going forward and saying that the party has a big majority, a majori...

Along with other political parties and calling for another general election for the members public have been getting in touch a lot recently to say why isnt there a general election in the circumstances? find election in the circumstances? and the reason — election in the circumstances? and the reason is _ election in the circumstances? fific the reason is because election in the circumstances? el“ic the reason is because the conservative party dont want one and they have, in theory, a wor...

And finally, in the last few minutes, wasps rugby club have announced they have gone into administration, you can follow this story and all the latest on the bbc sport website. that�*s all the sport for now. the chancellor�*s emergency statement this morning was timed to reassure the markets and so far it seems, partly at least, to have succeeded. the pound was up against the dollar and the cost of government borrowing has fallen. so far the financial markets have reacted positivity, but wha...

She needs — wants to give liz truss all the room she needs to do the job to the best of her_ she needs to do the job to the best of her abilities and i think he is refocused _ of her abilities and i think he is refocused at the moment on the job that is— refocused at the moment on the job that is the _ refocused at the moment on the job that is the most important to him in politics— that is the most important to him in politics which is serving the people of richmond in north yorkshire. i ...

Israel is going back to its fifth election in as many years. my guess is bibi netanyahus party likud will get plurality but never in any history has any party gotten the majority. first he has the challenge of putting together a government. that will be extremely difficult. even if he were to succeed hed have real problems getting a govern that could govern. israel essentially is stuck with a political system and society that is so divided that it cant essentially get out of its own way to produ...

We are at the friday market where people are queueing up to get their fruit and veg and enjoying a cup of tea in the sunshine. the question, the results of last night�*s by—election may well be a topic of conversation about what has not been notable this morning is any sense of surprise. lots of people here saying it was inevitable, they felt it was inevitable that labour won back the sea from the conservatives. other people are saying that things are back to normal. i was a surprise here fo...

Somerset all the way down to the bay in the south of devon, it is a vast area, large towns like axminster, famous for its carpets, and here in tiverton. the lib dems will be here in an hour orso tiverton. the lib dems will be here in an hour or so when the party leader comes to celebrate the remarkable success. that by—election win overturning a concert —— conservative majority of 2a,000 biggest in numerical terms any by—election ever and the scale of the victory is not only something li...

Is a very significant thing for an mp of any party to vote against their leader. that is two thirds of tory backbenchers who do not have faith and trust in the prime minister, i think it is a stunning level and we have seen votes of no confidence in other tory leaders in the past, theresa may and margaret thatcher, in the end it can run away from the reality that you dont have the moral authority to lead when you have such a large percentage of your own party against you. in a wider context, you...