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bbc news website, that terrible accident that took place last night in seoul in south korea. we will talk about some of those issues later. you have watch the conservative party for a long time, iain. how tricky do you think things will be for the new leader? iltrui’eiiii will be for the new leader? well they shouldn't _ will be for the new leader? well they shouldn't be _ will be for the new leader? well they shouldn't be tricky because as philip _ they shouldn't be tricky because as philip has — they shouldn't be tricky because as philip hasjust said, he has made the commitment to implement his 2019 manifesto _ the commitment to implement his 2019 manifesto. he said it wasn't owned by boris _ manifesto. he said it wasn't owned by borisjohnson but by the conservatives. i really want him to -et conservatives. i really want him to get on _ conservatives. i really want him to get on with— conservatives. i really want him to get on with implementing his manifesto and obviously particularly his commitment around banning conversion — his commitment around banning conversion therapy, that awful quackery— conversion therapy, that awful quackery imposed on many lgbtq plus people _ quackery imposed on many lgbtq plus people so _ quackery imposed on many lgbtq plus people. so implement your policies and, people. so implement your policies and. yes, _ people. so implement your policies and, yes, i've heard a lot from the prime _ and, yes, i've heard a lot from the prime minister so far about compassion. i want to see compassionate conservatism and i see michael— compassionate conservatism and i see michael gove writing about it in the
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who still see him as a winner. the tory mps, conservative members and public and protesters who want him back, those people still exist and feel as strongly. it is not a majority of people. there's no guarantee that he would win an election. ~ , ., guarantee that he would win an election. ~ y., ., ., ~' guarantee that he would win an election. ~ y., ., ., ~ ., ., election. when you look at how it finished in _ election. when you look at how it finished in the _ election. when you look at how it finished in the summer, - election. when you look at how it finished in the summer, rishi - election. when you look at how it i finished in the summer, rishi sunak over 100, finished in the summer, rishi sunak over100, penny finished in the summer, rishi sunak over 100, penny morton over 100, do we ultimately assume the names that were for rishi sunak and penny morton would fall in same line? i rishi sunak and penny morton would fall in same line?— fall in same line? i would say probably. _ fall in same line? i would say probably. yes. _ fall in same line? i would say probably, yes, but _ fall in same line? i would say probably, yes, but iain - fall in same line? i would say. probably, yes, but iain watson fall in same line? i would say - probably, yes, but iain watson down the candidate added, people who backed boris johnson the candidate added, people who backed borisjohnson then were worried about the privileges committee and more disruption now, but i think interestingly rishi sunak supporters are not necessarily going to row in behind him this time, a lot are, going to row in behind him this time, a lotare, but going to row in behind him this time, a lot are, but he has been quite quiet in recent weeks, in the
the moment. -- have afebrile the atmosphere is.— atmosphere is. it certainly is, i have to say- — atmosphere is. it certainly is, i have to say. it _ atmosphere is. it certainly is, i have to say. it is _ atmosphere is. it certainly is, i| have to say. it is unprecedented because we had —— not exactly a resonator because we have had a febrile under sledger and brexit and borisjohnson�*s last febrile under sledger and brexit and boris johnson's last asbut considering the prime minster has not been in the job for very long, and because of that, all kinds of reassurances had been made, ifound out only today she was ensuring the pensions triple lock since yesterday, for example, and i think if she can seat on defence spending, if she can seat on defence spending, if you like, on defence spending and the triple lock, which is possibly not the right word because she never said she was against the triple lock, you can see pressure being applied and she has to reassure people because she knows she is vulnerable so it is not impossible she will have to reassure them over the fracking consultation as well to make sure she does not have, well, not necessarily defeat in the vote but potentially a sizeable and embarrassing rebellion. thank you for “oininr embarrassing rebellion. thank you forjoining us- _ embarrassing rebellion. thank you forjoining us. iain _ embarrassing rebellion. thank you forjoining us. iain watson - embarrassing rebellion. thank you forjoining us. iain watson at - forjoining us. iain watson at westminster, there. just to say... for more on how to navigate the rise in living costs join us today at 1a:30 for a special edition of your questions answered
to doing something. so my advice to the chancellor would firmly be, do it now. make sure it's something significant, notjust nibbling at the edges, but something that is going to be firm, bold and convincing, but do it as soon as possible. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster for us this morning. iain, is another u—turn now inevitable? mel stride, who chairs the treasury select committee which scrutinises what the chancellor does, he effectively put forward the dilemma which kwasi kwarteng and liz truss face because politically if they do a u—turn, is going to be extremely difficult for them. a u—turn, is going to be extremely difficult forthem. during a u—turn, is going to be extremely difficult for them. during the summer, she of course campaigned relentlessly against the tax burden being at a 70 year high and suggested that taxes on businesses would stifle growth. so part of her
at the end of the day. so really, they have a weekend to sort out what they are going to do. are they going to u—turn? how much are they going to u—turn on? or are they going to face the markets next week? these are very big stakes, a dramatic return to london for the chancellor of the exchequer. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster for us this morning. iain, is another u—turn now inevitable? nothing is inevitable in politics, but i _ nothing is inevitable in politics, but i think the situation is this. if the _ but i think the situation is this. if the markets are expecting a u-turn— if the markets are expecting a u—turn and there isn't one, the situation — u—turn and there isn't one, the situation could get worse politically and economically for the prime _ politically and economically for the prime minister. i don't think we will see — prime minister. i don't think we will see a — prime minister. i don't think we will see a complete unpicking of the mini budget from last month. but as we have _ mini budget from last month. but as we have been hearing, rishi sunak wanted _ we have been hearing, rishi sunak wanted to— we have been hearing, rishi sunak wanted to increase corporation tax to 25% _ wanted to increase corporation tax to 25% for— wanted to increase corporation tax to 25% for big businesses from next
iain, kwasi kwarteng will be taking questions from mps today for the first time since he announced his so—called mini—budget. what sort of reception is he likely to receive and what does he need to say? i think he needs to calm nerves, especially on his own side of the house of commons. already, we have heard there from pat mcfadden, the shadow treasury minister, rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, has also been commenting this morning and clearly what labour are pushing for is for a reversal of not so mini—budget that they announced a few weeks ago. that said, though, it�*s a bit of an odd position because labour obviously agree with the reversal of the national insurance rise, the legislation that makes that happen is also going through the house of commons today and they say they are in favour of a cut in the basic rate of income tax, so they obviously don�*t want a complete reversal. but what they do want, i think, is to look at different ways of raising money, the windfall tax, for example, and almost going ahead
of pounds of spending cuts in order to achieve that. it's hard to see what other way out the chancellor has. mps return to parliament today, a week earlier than planned with the government facing mounting pressure from labour to reconsider its mini budget. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. good morning. iain, what can we expect to hear from the government today? good morning, sadly, yes, westminster is return to westminster after the party conference season. there were divisions openly on display of course but there will be an early win for liz truss because today mps will vote on reversing rishi sunak�*s rise in national insurance. labour back to that, but as you were saying, they also say the mini budget which included that measure should be reversed because it could lead to big spending cuts further down the line. they are
electoral votes. we're not going to have an election, we're giving him our states electoral votes in 2024, and nothing could be done. if you have a problem with that, you go to the supreme court with the 63 republican majority. >> -- sounds like it's almost a working the outcome, yen. have you in-depth have in a super red state senate, state house, and then any challenge from the results of their decision, which is total autonomy on their end, to decide what they want to do, would end up in front of that conservative super majority. iain, last month, the group that represents chief justices from all 50 states, issued a brief urging the supreme court to rule against north carolina republicans. the definitely shows you something. what are your predictions for this case, and what does it tell you that the court a greedy here in the first place? >> it's very troubling. we already know that there are four justices who supports some version of the theory behind this case, because it's doesn't say as much. really, the future of democracy
night that the president and first lady will head to puerto rico last night which was rocked by hurricane fiona -- 25 deaths in puerto rico have been connected to the storms. reuters reports that as of friday, 230,000 homes and businesses remain without power. fiona bore down five days after the anniversary of hurricane maria, which wreaked major havoc on the island before moving up the east coast. after puerto rico, the first couple will head to florida to examine the damage caused by hurricane ian. with wind speeds that top 155 miles per hour, tens of thousands of buildings were leveled, millions of people lost power. so far, nbc news confirmed at least 77 people have died from the effects of iain which barreled into florida's west coast as a category four storm on wednesday before veering to the east overland, reentering the atlantic ocean and making a second landfall as a category one hurricane and the carolinas. nbc's steve patterson is in