there have been discussions about how to share the middle east, essentially. it s pretty tenuous. the saudis have been fighting a five, six, seven year war in yemen against the iranian backed houthis, without success. british politics, which has always seemed so stable, even predictable compared with the politics of the rest of europe, appeared to have settled down again after eight or nine years of chaos. since the brexit referendum in 2016, eight years ago, there ve been no fewer than five prime ministers, all from the conservative party. now the opinion polls suggest the labour party will win power onjuly the 4th, either outright or through a coalition. will british politics settle down to their usual stability after that? and what will britain s position in the world be? the bbc s diplomatic correspondent james landale. the great irony is the last election was essentially a referendum on whether or not we should get brexit done. that was the great conservative slogan, and
there have been discussions about how to share the middle east, essentially. it s pretty tenuous. the saudis have been fighting a five, six, seven year war in yemen against the iranian backed houthis, without success. british politics, which has always seemed so stable, even predictable compared with the politics of the rest of europe, appeared to have settled down again after eight or nine years of chaos. since the brexit referendum in 2016, eight years ago, there ve been no fewer than five prime ministers, all from the conservative party. now the opinion polls suggest the labour party will win power onjuly the 4th, either outright or through a coalition. will british politics settle down to their usual stability after that? and what will britain s position in the world be? the bbc s diplomatic correspondent james landale. the great irony is the last election was essentially a referendum on whether or not we should get brexit done. that was the great conservative slogan, and
hello and welcome to unspun world. thank you forjoining us. britain heads into a snap election. will its position in the world change? international politics is becoming far more fluid, and in that context, the uk potentially has advantages to gain because of its unique relationship set around the world. iran will soon hold an election too, but is there any possibility its rulers can win back popular support? the majority of the people have been disillusioned with this regime. they have taken to the streets time and again asking for regime change. and we look at the new shape of the middle east with security correspondent frank gardner. there have been discussions about how to share the middle east, essentially. it s pretty tenuous. the saudis have been fighting a five, six, seven year war in yemen against the iranian backed houthis, without success. british politics, which has always seemed so stable, even predictable compared with the politics of the rest of europe, appeare
i mean, it s bizarre, and it s been surprising that there s been no pushback. there have been, every now and then, rumours of assassination attempts, putsches. but mbs, he removed all his rivals, concentrated all the levers of power in his hands, and he s immensely popular with young saudis. and beyond saudi itself, the rivalry with iran, or at least the relationship with iran, continues, doesn t it? but it has been changing. so there ve been. what amount to peace talks going on in iraq for a long time, iraq being, in some people s eyes, basically a province of iran now, because iran has got its tentacles so far in there. and the saudis have never forgiven the americans for doing that, for basically handing, in their eyes, iraq to tehran.