hello and welcome to the programme that brings together leading uk columnists, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a week either of sequels or of re runs. in the uk, we re waiting for sue gray again and her report on partying in government whilst the country was in covid lockdown. borisjohnson and the european commission are wrestling over northern ireland post brexit again. covid surges and an authoritarian government in asia locks down again and polling made australia s politicians nervous about the outcome of this weekend s election yes, you guessed it again. in the studio are janet daley american by birth, british by choice whose weekly column appears in the sunday telegraph, the irishjournalist suzanne lynch, who writes for the politicos brussels playbook and newly returned from filming in cambodia, the bbc s asia pacific editor, celia hatton. welcome
street lockdown parties. joe biden discusses security and north korea s nuclear programme with south korea s president in seoul. as monkeypox spreads worldwide, uk doctors say it could have a massive impact on access to sexual health services. polls close in parts of australia as two political veterans battle it out for the country s top job. now on bbc news.dateline london with shaun ley hello and welcome to the programme that brings together leading uk columnists, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a week either of sequels or of re runs. in the uk, we re waiting for sue grey again and her reporting on partying in government whilst the country was in covid lockdown. borisjohnson and the european commission are wrestling over northern ireland post brest again. post brexit again. covid surges and an authoritarian government in asia locks down again and polling
mark: hello america, i am mark levin this is life, liberty & levin . we have a fantastic show tonight. do you want to know why i m not the host, here s my buddy pete hegseth, what are the nicest, smartest guys i know. every couple of years when i have a book i say why not have pete here who reads the book and understands the book and talk to me about the book and make it very intriguing and interesting. i m going to step out of the host mode and turn the show over to pete, he won t steal it i promise but he ll come back for interviews. i want to thank you. i cannot steal it if i wanted to, what an honor. i appreciate you handing this over to you far less capable. i study this book and i read it cover to cover i would advance copy of it. it s phenomenal, congratulations on a great book and out the gates i want to tell everybody it s worth giving to everybody in the state of our republic is that important. the last time we were here we were talking about american marxism,
mark: hello america, i am mark levin this is life, liberty & levin . we have a fantastic show tonight. do you want to know why i m not the host, here s my buddy pete hegseth, what are the nicest, smartest guys i know. every couple of years when i have a book i say why not have pete here who reads the book and understands the book and talk to me about the book and make it very intriguing and interesting. i m going to step out of the host mode and turn the show over to pete, he won t steal it i promise but he ll come back for interviews. i want to thank you. i cannot steal it if i wanted to, what an honor. i appreciate you handing this over to you far less capable. i study this book and i read it cover to cover i would advance copy of it. it s phenomenal, congratulations on a great book and out the gates i want to tell everybody it s worth giving to everybody in the state of our republic is that important. the last time we were here we were talking about american marxism,