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for 48 hours, he dug in his heels, even as, one after another, members of his government resigned. in all, five cabinet level and 23junior ministers quit because he wouldn't, along with a couple of dozen parliamentary aides. on wednesday evening, the prime minister sacked one of his oldest allies who'd told him to go. another, who'd accepted promotion from him just the night before, deserted his cause. mrjohnson insisted the voters had given him a mandate to govern and he would do just that. some feared he was considering a fresh appeal to the nation — by calling a general election...

director brian deese with this. >> of course what's important is looking forward and the administration and all of us are focused on where else can we reduce costs for families even as we try to bring down the deficit and help to reduce inflation on the fiscal policy side? the united states is in a better position than any other country in the world right now. if we make these right policy choices it will matter and make a difference and bring prices down more quickly and give us a better chance to drive that transition effectively. >> harris: talking points. i wonder if they sit on ...

now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme in which leading uk columnists discuss the week's news with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. 18 months after margaret thatcher first became prime minister, underfire even in her own party as half a million more people lost theirjobs and facing calls for a policy u—turn, she delivered a speech that still defines her — "you turn if you want to, the lady's not for turning". this week, the woman who would be...

game? let's bring in michael pillsbury, senior fellow at hudson institute and author of book "the 100-year their mono. -- marathon." michael, thanks very much, indeed, for joining us. >> thanks. gerry: a lot of sound and tour -- fury around speaker pelosi's itinerary. did this visit achieve anything? >> well, it achieved a lot, but a lot depends on what nancy pelosi does when she gets home to washington. she refused to join a series of republican initiatives including a task force to deal with china. she's kind of cold shoulderedded any cooperation across a broad range of issues. so ...

and a brit becomes the oldest commonwealth games bulbs medallist in history at the tender age of 75. some of the uk's best—known commentators dread me to discuss the lady returned and the lady who did not. dateline london in half an hour's time on bbc news. hello and if you have justjoined us, welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour with the first of a series of hosepipe bans which come into force today... ..following the driestjuly in england since 1935. in the areas affected, people won't be allowed to use hosepipes to water plants and lawns, to clean cars or to fill paddling poo...