convened her final cabinet meeting afterjust seven weeks in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. this is the easy bit, they will appreciate the transition from one prime minister to the other. after that, in tough road lies ahead with rising inflation, rising bills and rising inflation, rising bills and rising interest rates. we will bring you more throughout another momentous day in british politics. do stay with us on bbc news. it has been a period of immense instability in british politics, the transitions between two prime ministers in a matter of months. a busy summer, a long contest to decide who would become the leader of the conservative party, the ruling party in the uk at the moment. they have been in office first with coalition partn
the criminal trial of former president donald trump. i m rachel maddow. i m here with my colleagues stephanie ruhle and jen psaki and alex wagner and chris hayes. in a courtroom in downtown manhattan just after 5:00 eastern time this evening the foreperson of the jury rose and delivered the jury s unanimous verdict, donald trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election. it s a scheme that was described by the prosecution in their summation as something that may very well have been the reason that donald trump won the 2016 election. as of tonight it is officially a criminal scheme. he has been convicted on 34 counts. with those convictions we enter uncharted territory as a country. for the first time a president has been criminally convicted, and for the first time one of our two main political parties is about to nominate that same man for president after he has been convicted of 34 felonies. that is wher
store you are watching our live continuing special coverage of today s unanimous guilty on all counts verdict. in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. i am rachel maddow, i m here with my colleague, stephanie ruhle and jen psaki and alex wagner and chris hayes, in a courtroom in downtown manhattan, just after 5:00 eastern time this evening, a foreperson of the journey rose and delivered the jury unanimous , guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal the scheme to correct the 2016 election. the scheme that was described by the prosecution in their summation as something that may very well have been the reason that donald trump won the 2016 election. as of tonight, it is official a criminal scheme, he has been convicted on 34 counts. with those convictions, we enter uncharted territory as a country, for the first time, a president has criminally convicted and for the first time for one of our two main political parties is about to
brought his usual electric campaigning ability and what they massive benefit. at the next election, i have no doubt we will have boris the campaign machine by the conservative party and rishi sunak. so it is not or, it is and, we will unite and deploy the big beasts in the next general elections. beasts in the next general elections beasts in the next general elections. ., elections. you say unite, we will wait and see elections. you say unite, we will wait and see on elections. you say unite, we will wait and see on that, elections. you say unite, we will wait and see on that, with - elections. you say unite, we will. wait and see on that, with respect, the jury is perhaps out, wait and see on that, with respect, thejury is perhaps out, given wait and see on that, with respect, the jury is perhaps out, given the events of the last few months. let s talk about cabinet. there is clearly an expectation that there will be some rishi sunak appointees in the cabinet, and perhaps an a
the ring. people don t know her. people don t know her. but from jeremy hunt through the brexiteers and they obviously will include people like ritchey sunak. javic who is perceived moving at the right time or not depending whether you are a strong boris johnson person or very well-known to us, particularly well-known to you, but they don t resonate like boris johnson. this is one of the reasons that he lasted so long because he had that public appeal and that campaigning ability. so is that still something that everyone is very concerned about going into a potential general election frankly? i think a new prime minister whoever it may happen to be will have probably about a year and a half and therefore it is not the case of we need a name. whether tv, industry, commerce or politics, actually many people recruit somebody who is not like the previous chief