members of the national education union will walk out on the 5th and 7th ofjuly. the government says the strikes will cause real damage to pupils. now on bbc news political thinking with nick robinson. rishi sunak is talking rubbish, at least that s what boris johnson says, as a bitter row between the two men that have been simmering for weeks burst into the open. it s just the latest episode of tory infighting that dates back notjust to the fall ofjohnson, but arguably to the fall of margaret thatcher decades ago. my guest on political thinking this weekjoined the conservative party back then, in the early 1990s, he s been close to or an adviser to five of the last seven conservative leaders from john major to rishi sunak. and for much of that time, daniel finkelstein, lord finkelstein has been a columnist for the times newspaper, chronicling the ups and downs of british politics, drawing on his experience of that politics, but also drawing on his family s extraordinary
their celebrations, that s for sure. also celebrating today, is kate cross. she s been named in england s squad for the ashes test with australia after recovering from illness. the pace bowler needed multiple rounds of antibiotics to treat a parasite infection, but has been included in a is player squad for the four day test at trent bridge starting on 22nd june. she said on social media, it s always so special . the test is followed by three t20s and three one day internationals. full details of the squad are on the bbc sport website and app. it s a huge day for women s sport in england. last year was the baroness this morning euros. this summer at the ashes. the winners of the ashes in particular, for us, i think is much as we can we would encourage people to get out. and watch what we are hoping will be some really entertaining cricket. meanwhile, the men s ashes starts in four days time and australia got the perfect warm up by beating india on sunday to become world tes
of lords appointments commission. mr sunak said the former prime minister had asked him to override the recommendation, which he didn t think was the right thing to do. let s go to westminster and our political correspondent lone wells. lone, this is turning out to be much more than a war of words. this is getting to the territory of open warfare, isn t it? warfare, isn t it? that s right. this is probably warfare, isn t it? that s right. this is probably the warfare, isn t it? that s right. this is probably the most - warfare, isn t it? that s right. l this is probably the most public disagreement we have had to date between the current prime minister in the former prime minister, and it doesn t look like one that is calming down any time soon. just to recap what we know so far, the house of lords appointments commission, who vetted appointments to the house of lords, did confirm in a statement that they had rejected eight of the names that borisjohnson wanted to put
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list were excluded by the house of lords appointments commission. mr sunak said the former prime minister had asked him to override the recommendation, which he didn t think was the right thing to do. let s go to westminster and our political correspondent ione wells. this seems to be a whole new level of their this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter dispute. this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter dispute. this - this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter dispute. of their bitter dispute. this has descended of their bitter dispute. this has descended into of their bitter dispute. this has descended into a of their bitter dispute. this has descended into a very - of their bitter dispute. this has descended into a very public i descended into a very public slanging match between rishi sunak and former prime minister, boris johnson. we do know that the house of lords appointments comm