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sort of said, "yeah, i got the briefing, absolutely happy "to back it, the right thing to do." so i think in terms of the action this week, i think the government feels absolutely rock solid. i think the labour leadership also feels solid on it. but they know also that there will be noises from their backbenchers about whether or not they should have gone to parliament and also for keir starmer as an individual politician, because not so long ago, as we touched on yesterday, he was promising the prevention of military action act, which would have required a vote in parliament before military action. and i wonder, henry, what you made of his sort of... i was going to say wriggle. that might be unkind. have you changed your mind? no. there's no inconsistency here. really? there's obviously a huge distinction between an operation, the like of which we've seen in the last few days and military action, - a sustained campaign. military action, usually involving - troops on the ground. that's recognised by everybody. national security must come first.
of a foreign prime minister. no offense to james cleverly, opposite numbers, expect to see opposite numbers, but david cameron has the status as a former pm to take lots of that work of rishi sunak�*s back. take us behind the scenes because when you walked in here for i wouldn't call it rehearsals, people looking at this would not think it's been rehearsed. but when you walked in here, you passed on the comment that geordie gregg made. the former editor of the daily mail, now editor in chief of the independent, who was on our panel this morning. what did he say? at the end of the david cameron interview, i asked him how he thought it went and he said he purred, "the rolls—royce is back." henry, live reaction to that gossip from the green room? well, i mean, it's certainly true that once you've been prime minister, you know, as tough
can i go back to where you began? this is the card employed by rishi sunak. henry was there on downing street. now then we see him being wielded almost say, i like a deputy prime minister and i wonder if you two boffins think that cameron's trumped dowden? i think david cameron has a lot of power and a lot of influence. i must push you to answer my question. and i think that david cameron is doing a lot of work that the prime minister otherwise would actually be doing. so those grip and grins, the cheesy handshakes in front of number ten when foreign leaders come to town, those bits of protocol, those bits of phone calls, those bits of this, that and the other, david cameron can do a lot of that work that a prime minister would normally do because he has the status of a foreign prime minister. no offense to james cleverly, opposite numbers, expect to see opposite numbers, but david cameron has the status as a former pm to take lots of that work of rishi sunak�*s back. take us behind the scenes
like it, obviously... i'm sure you're going to watch it straight, the minute we finish. because i'm otherwise engaged. so can i go to a question which i think radio four audience would be very interested interested in? what do we read into the fact that david cameron is doing the talking, touring the tv studios? can i go back to where you began? this is the card employed by rishi sunak. henry was there on downing street. now then we see him being wielded almost say, i like a deputy prime minister and i wonder if you two boffins think that cameron's trumped dowden? i think david cameron has a lot of power and a lot of influence. i must push you to answer my question. and i think that david cameron is doing a lot of work that the prime minister otherwise would actually be doing. so those grip and grins, the cheesy handshakes in front of number ten when foreign leaders come to town, those bits of protocol, those bits of phone calls, those bits of this, that and the other, david cameron can do a lot of that work that a prime minister would normally do because he has the status
morning. staunch in his support for it this morning, didn't raise any sort of even really a flicker of doubt. sort of said, "yeah, i got the briefing, absolutely happy "to back it, the right thing to do." so i think in terms of the action this week, i think the government feels absolutely rock solid. i think the labour leadership also feels solid on it. but they know also that there will be noises from their backbenchers about whether or not they should have gone to parliament and also for keir starmer as an individual politician, because not so long ago, as we touched on yesterday, he was promising the prevention of military action act, which would have required a vote in parliament before military action. and i wonder, henry, what you made of his sort of... i was going to say wriggle. that might be unkind. have you changed your mind? no. there's no inconsistency here. really? there's obviously a huge distinction between an operation, the like of which we've seen in the last few days and military action, - a sustained campaign. military action, usually involving - troops on the ground. that's recognised by everybody. national security must come first.
and cheaper bills and, you know, 28 billion in the context of a government that spends, whatever it is, a year about a trillion. can i ask a question for all of us exhausted viewers and listeners? sorry, was that too long? no, no, no. it's about the tone of the year, henry. is this kind of the next three months of my life, labour being asked what would you do differently, and not really saying? well, they would say that they have said plenty of things that they would do differently. but i mean, probably not on foreign policy, which we've been talking about today, but, you know, on... whether it ends up being 28 billion or less, they would borrow to invest in the economy. i'm sure you heard from wes streeting in various ways. he would he would run the health service differently. but, yes, i mean, ithink those are the questions you're going to hear for a lot of the year. 0k. and i think in many ways, this year could be quite tedious until we actually get to the general election campaign, i'm afraid to say. there you go. there's an advert for you. it won't because it will be filled with scoops from you, henry. so it won't be dull. you'll be filled with scoops, with the things that politicians
we can't go on. but henry, it's lovely to have you on a day off. thank you very much for summarizing everything that's happened. we're going to say good bye now. good bye. bye bye. newscast from the bbc. hello there. this upcoming week is looking even colder. it could be the coldest spell of the winter so far thanks to arctic northerlies, which will bring significant snow showers into northern parts of the uk, but even around other coasts as well. and nights will be cold, severe frost and ice to watch out for. so arctic northerlies already across scotland, pushing their way southwards as we head through tonight into the first part of monday. and frequent snow showers will be blown in on a strong northerly wind giving rise to some blizzard conditions here. risk of ice as well by the end of the night. it's very windy across the northern isles and wintry showers around coasts, but dry and clear through central areas.
the country and saying, ok, here we are in scunthorpe, steel producing part of the country. it could mean exposing jobs here. here i am today in doncaster. it could mean 6000 jobs here and 28 billion. actually, a government can borrow that. no sweat. let's get on with it. make the positive case. look at how it stimulated the economy in other parts of the world. so there's trouble stirring from the conservatives towards the labour position here. and there is frustration on the left saying if you're going to do it, let's just do it, make the case, get round the country, make the case. some labour mp would also say why else this in the rest of the case this is you know, it's true i mean, it's true here that say if you're going to do it, be loud and proud and do it and get out there and make a positive case, because this should be aboutjobs and cheaper bills and, you know, 28 billion in the context of a government that spends, whatever it is, a year about a trillion. can i ask a question for all of us exhausted viewers and listeners? sorry, was that too long? no, no, no. it's about the tone of the year, henry. is this kind of the next three months of my life, labour being asked what would you do differently,
because when you walked in here for i wouldn't call it rehearsals, people looking at this would not think it's been rehearsed. but when you walked in here, you passed on the comment that geordie gregg made. the former editor of the daily mail, now editor in chief of the independent, who was on our panel this morning. what did he say? at the end of the david cameron interview, i asked him how he thought it went and he said he purred, "the rolls—royce is back." henry, live reaction to that gossip from the green room? well, i mean, it's certainly true that once you've been prime minister, you know, as tough and forensic as laura's interviews are, i'm sure they are slightly less stressful for lord cameron than they are for most of the cabinet ministers. this is a recurring theme of the weekend newscast. it's rishi sunak who gave him thatjob. yes, he surprised people on downing street like henry. he's wielding him, if i may use that phrase, in more and more muscular ways. and he's allowed him perhaps to go to ukraine.
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