and hull. today, it is the spring conference for the conservative party in blackpool, so another opportunity and the protesters will take it. they will be up there when you have borisjohnson, the prime minister, and priti patel, the home secretary speaking the. at the moment, no sign of a climb—down from p&o moment, no sign of a climb—down from p&0 stop you have heard the line they have had for the two days. we had to do it, we had to look at alternatives but they didn't wash. we had to do something, we had to change the crew. i'm not sure that is going to be... i don't think that is going to be... i don't think that is going to wash for an awful lot longer because as you saw, we're still talking about it two days on. this story has really touched a nerve the country.— this story has really touched a nerve the country. tony, thank you very much- — syria's president, bashar al—assad, has made his first visit to an arab country since the beginning of the syrian civil war 11 years ago. president assad arrived