Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The scale of the conservative party triumph in last weeks uk election promises to have seismic consequences. Borisjohnson can get brexit done on terms and a timetable of his choosing. Parliamentary approval guaranteed. Not since Margaret Thatcher is a tory leader had such an opportunity to remake written. An opportunity to remake britain. Well, my guest is conservative mp and former cabinet minister andrew mitchell. Boris johnson has been handed immense power. What will he do with it . Andrew mitchell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I want to begin with some very interesting words coming from the mouth of Boris Johnson after his election victory. He said, this election has changed this government and this conservative party for the better. What did he mean by that . I think hes right. I think what he meant was that the paralysis that has characterised the past 3. 5 years of mrs mays government has been swept away. There is a decisive conservativ
Law territory defectors plus the chair of Britains International trade committee angus mcneil in a parliament shot down the end of Boris Johnson and the end of the United Kingdom all those or more coming up in todays going on the ground the 1st straight to the threat of a u. K. U. S. War in iran joining me now from istanbul is the deputy chair of the Founding Party of modern turkey and else have a cause was turkish ambassador to the u. K. Were going to Prime Minister David Cameron came to power thanks so much for coming on and also before i even get to the meeting of 3 president s in the capital monday just what did you make of trump saying he is locked and loaded after all in june he said he called all for an attack on iran then it of course iran borders turkey to its east what i think its a very complicated situation 1st of all nobody knows so who has attacked actually so the key word here is prudence and b. U. T. I think this. Saudis are also very cautious saw the americans nobody c
To the world this is r. T. International my names you know neal pleasure to have your company. With more than 60 percent of the vote counted the fate of israels Prime Minister in the balance this afternoon polls suggest hes neck and neck with his nearest rival after the repeats parliamentary election Binyamin Netanyahu even with included currently does not have enough seats to secure a majority government also calls for his main challenger benny gantz. This vote was largely viewed not as a general election but as a vote of confidence for netanyahu and mind that not for his party but for him personally and that is important because the whole reason why these elections happened is because netanyahu couldnt form a government after the elections in april so he called for another elections and during the containing some of his policies the policies that he personally proposed they managed to a alienate some of his former allies and be gave a boost to his rivals also at the same time this ad
General assembly i think the situation on the ground in the region is it is not that bad a confrontation between major powers or major actors most of the confrontation is taking place through proxies and it is so obvious that the who have mentioned that they will attack again this doesnt necessarily mean that they have conducted the 1st attack but they at least tried to give the sign that they are also in the game you see im really referring to the fact that when shinzo arbor the japanese Prime Minister was in tears suddenly iran was accused of seizing a japanese vessel then when donald trump says 11 conditional talks with president rouhani was of course being in turkey on monday suddenly this happens you dont see that theres anything to be suspicious about i dont find any kind of the direct relationship between the president. Heinies and prison terms meeting possible meeting and the visit of bit to to her on it is probably a coincidence but i still insist that we will have to wait and
Damage denying him a date for the next general election and forcing him by law to seek a love of brechts extension from the e. U. If you cant get a deal with the 19 my guest to this week is andrew bridge a conservative m. P. And leading supporter who Boris Johnson now upgrade the law the parliament has put in front of him. And to britain welcomes conflicts of. One of the biggest obstacles preventing a deal between britain and the e. U. Is the irish backstop the socalled insurance policy to keep open border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic the government has promised new proposals well rather well i think theyre already out there also to arrangements have been discussed for over. 12 months a trust a trade a scheme for regular trade its a very relatively small amount of trade that goes across the board about turn of 1000000000 pounds a year but only exemption exemptions for small traders. And checks away from the border but aug 21st the Prime Minister said in berlin standi