hi jintao, is mysteriously led out of the hall by officials. giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister, and its first far right leader since the second world war. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has arrived back from holiday as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader and prime minister intensifies. mrjohnson s plane touched down at gatwick airport in the last hour. neither he nor rishi sunak have declared their candidacy only penny mourdant has officially put her name forward. but it s widely being seen as a battle between the former prime minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. currently the bbc estimates 168 out of 357 tory mps have gone public with their support rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers, borisjohnson has 46 and penny mordaunt 21. it s worth pointing out that these are
opinion? i unfolding in recent weeks, in your oinion? ~ , . opinion? i think the principal ruestion opinion? i think the principal question that opinion? i think the principal question that is opinion? i think the principal question that is facing - opinion? i think the principal question that is facing the i opinion? i think the principal. question that is facing the party opinion? i think the principal- question that is facing the party at the moment is, can it find a leader who is capable of uniting the party? i think around that, there is quite a substantial question. at least as far as rishi sunak and borisjohnson are concerned. it is clear there are some mps who have said it publicly that they would find it difficult to support a government headed by boris johnson. but, equally, there are those in thejohnson camp who was saying, rishi sunak was responsible for bringing mrjohnson down. we can argue that, but that is what they say. they blame him for the fact that public spend
something being felt acutely by conservative mps as well, and something that is being pushed by various representatives hind closed doors of the leadership campaigns. they are 20 pitch their person as the person to avoid a general election. as you say, the polls are not looking good for the conservatives and turkeys do not vote for christmas. conservatives and turkeys do not vote for christmas. thank you for “oininr vote for christmas. thank you for joining us- how popular are the two main contenders, borisjohnson and rishi sunak, among the public? sirjohn curtice, professor of politics at the university of strathclyde, has this assessment. the truth is, if you look at the opinion polls, the first thing you have to say is that quite a lot of people don t know, which is also an analogy for don t care, because they have never voted conservative and would never consider it. that said, the polling is remarkably similar to
the polling is remarkably similar to the previous contest. ask voters in general, rishi sunak is ahead. but if you look at the views of those who voted conservative previously, which is the number of people need to badly win back, then it looks as though mrjohnson is perhaps the more popular of the two. in a sense, it is a question of whether or not the conservatives feel like they are going to restore their fortunes by regaining their core vote, in which case they might want to go for mr johnson, orwhether or case they might want to go for mr johnson, or whether or not they want to maximise their appeal to the electorate in general, in which case it is pretty clear that rishi sunak is the person they should go for. what does the party need to do right now after what we have seen unfolding in recent weeks, in your
hi jintao, is mysteriously led out of the hall by officials. giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister, and its first far right leader since the second world war. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has arrived back from holiday as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader and prime minister intensifies. mrjohnson s plane touched down at gatwick airport in the last hour. neither he nor rishi sunak have declared their candidacy only penny mourdant has officially put her name forward.