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of widespread unrest. taiwans president tsai ing—wen has pledged to bolster the islands combat power and defences in a major speech on taiwans national day. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. there is one question which haunts the chancellor, haunts any chancellor of any political party stopping it is, what will the iss say? because the verdict of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, any budget o...

of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, in any budget, or what these days we have to call fiscal event, can be devastating for a politician. that verdict is treated like the word of god, not least by broadcasters like the bbc who have experts from the ifs on our programmes all the time. my guest this week is the director of the ifs, pauljohnson. welcome to the programme. if the ifs is the word of god, that makes you god. how does that feel? very strange. he c...

ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland — police say it appears to have been a "tragic accident". protests continue in iran and around the world as three people are killed in the country. now on bbc news — its political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking. one question haunts the chancellor, any chancellor of any political party. it is what will the iss say because the verdict of the institu...

Continues to rail against his indictments and the prosecutors involved in each case. Senate republicans meeting Behind Closed Doors on capitol hill with minority leader Mitch Mcconnells Health Issues in the spotlight. We may expect Mitch Mcconnell will check out for 20 seconds a day. The other 86,380 he does a darn good job. It looks like a neurologic event. It doesnt mean he cant serve. It means that somebody should wake up and say, wow, this looks like a seizure. A report from nbcs chief Forei...

Are very clear. if you sever links with your biggest, nearest, richest trading partner you will be worse off. that may well be a price worth paying. thats the political judgement to make. that is why i say it is difficult in the referendum situation because you have remainers saying, "everything "about it is wonderful and leaving would be disastrous". well, thats not true. and you have the leavers saying, "everything "about leaving will be good." well, thats not true either. that brings us to wh...

It was awkward for an organisation like the ifs because we only do the economics and not the politics. of course, there are good political reasons for wanting to leave the european union. but the economics are clear. if you sever links with your biggest, nearest, richest trading partner, you will be worse off. that may well be a price worth paying. thats the political judgment to make. that is why i say it is difficult in the referendum situation because you have remainers saying everything abou...

Right before p.j. crowley came out to brief everyone, and they are looking at that fax. they say its a fax. its not a letter. its not a hard letter, a diplomatic letter, and so until they determine the authenticity of that fax mr. aujali in their view is the ambassador, even though hes denounced the regime, the gadhafi regime, and even though the regime has named a charge daffaires. >> we know that the u.s. embassy in tripoli has been shut down. all the u.s. diplomats have left. but does the uni...