Welcome to dateline london. Im jane hill. This week we are discussing whether theresa may can go on and on as Prime Minister, well look at the latest round of brexit talks, and well ask what can be done to defuse the north korea crisis . My guests this week are the author and journalist rachel shabi, the politicaljournalist and commentator alex deane, the north american journalist and broadcaster jeffrey kofman, and the writer and broadcaster mihir bose. A very warm welcome to all of you. Good to see you. So the british Prime Minister theresa may ended up having a rather frank discussion with journalists on her flight to japan this week. She insisted she would like to lead her conservative party into the next general election, not something perhaps a lot of people were expecting. For politics watchers of a certain age, there were echoes of margaret thatchers stated determination to go on and on. Alex, what did you make of those comments . I think as soon as any political leader gives a
Welcome to dateline london. Im jane hill. This week we discuss whether theresa may can go on and on as Prime Minister, well look at the latest round of brexit talks, and ask what can be done to defuse the north korea crisis . My guests this week are the author and journalist rachel shabi, are the politicaljournalist and commentator alex deane, the north american journalist and broadcaster Jeffrey Kofman and the writer and broadcaster mihir bose. Welcome to you all. The british Prime Minister theresa may ended up having a ratherfrank conversation with journalists on her flight to japan this week. She insisted she would like to lead her conservative party into the next general election, not something a lot of people were expecting. For politics watchers of a certain age, there were echoes of margaret thatchers stated determination to go on and on. Alex, what did you make of her comments . I think as soon as any political leader gives a deadline as to when they are going to go, speculatio
The ashes squad is announced tomorrow. Tributes paid to the coronation street star liz dawn, known as Vera Duckworth, who died at the age of 77. Duckworth, who died at the age of 77. In downing street theresa may and the eus progress, but there has been a change of approach. Also this hour, its best known for its vacuum cleaners, now dyson plans to hit the road. The British Engineering firm reveals its secret two billion pound plans to develop what it calls a radical electric car. The grown up only known the internet, but is generation z misunderstood . Internet, but is generation z misunderstood 7 a internet, but is generation z misunderstood . A news feed special coming up at nine oclock. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has said its right for the party to be planning for every eventuality if it gets into power including a possible run on the pound. It follows comments from his shadow chancellor last night that his team were preparing for a range of scenarios including a potential ad
What do we call it the classic characters of coronation street, she was definitely one of those. A legend. A legend, indeed. Admiring my stone cladding, are you . Well, its certainly eye catching. Veras personality is still writ large within the very fabric of the street, the garish blue and yellow cladding at number nine, her addition in 1989, to the horror of the neighbours, but still here as her legacy today. Here, come on, say youve never loved anybody else. Ive never loved anybody else, shall i go and get your slippers . As jack and vera, liz dawn and bill tarmey were a true double act, it made them a Firm Favourite with corpy fans, like michael adams, who blogs about the soap. The comedy scenes that she actually did with bill tarmey, who played jack, they were really good. She had good comic timing that seemed to bounce off each other. So i always remember her laugh. Carry on doing what youre doing, showem youve got principle. Liz dawns family say theyre bereft, her soap colleagu
Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The leader of the scottish conservatives, Ruth Davidson, has told critics of the Prime Minister to put up, or shut up. Her intervention came after cabinet members rebuked the former Party Chairman grant shapps after he claimed around 30 mps wanted a leadership contest. Ms davidson is viewed by some as a potential contender. This morning, borisjohnson became the latest senior party figure to comment on the rumours, telling a messaging group of conservative mps that they should get behind the pm. The foreign secretary said we have just had an election and people are fed up with all this malarkey get behind the Prime Minister. Grant shapps has received plenty of advice from colleagues, with some mps and peers literally telling him to shut up. Most of the party strongly support. I think we have two roads we can go down. We can behave like knuckleheads, like grant shapps did today. Knuckleheads, really . Well, what else was it . It was just trying to ac