tally of support for the runners, and also a potential runner, because there is only one now and that is borisjohnson. we have seen a few changes over this morning. rishi sunak has now got 133 mps behind him. so he has achieved that 100 mark that is needed to enter the ballot. borisjohnson yet mark that is needed to enter the ballot. boris johnson yet to declare, as 55 mps behind ballot. borisjohnson yet to declare, as 55 mps behind him. and penny mordaunt, the first to have declared, has 23 backers. so those are the figures as it stands. earlier, i spoke to the chief leader writer at the observer and she told me that it isn t surprising that the former chancellor announced that he will be entering the race to be the next conservative leader. this will be entering the race to be the next conservative leader.- next conservative leader. this is what she told next conservative leader. this is what she told me. next conservative leader. this is what she told me. rishi - next conservati
beijing, which is hosting the chinese communist party congress, have been placed under covid lockdown. some areas have been cordoned off following a slight increase in infections. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha, who s the chief leader writer for the observer, and gerri scott, who s a political reporter at the times. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the economist nods to italy s turbulent politics, likening it to the chaos of westminster. it features liz truss dressed as a centurion, holding a pizza shaped shield, with a union jack design and one slice eaten.
good to have you with us. jim, hue crucial is this pmq for liz truss, it is one event in the parliamentary week but it is quite a big deal isn t it? , ., ., , , isn t it? they are often presented as the make isn t it? they are often presented as the make or isn t it? they are often presented as the make or break isn t it? they are often presented as the make or break moment i isn t it? they are often presented j as the make or break moment for isn t it? they are often presented i as the make or break moment for a prime minister and i think the truth is even if she came out there and she was dazzling and witty and commanded the floor of the house of commons, it might buy her time but the underlying reasons why she is in such trouble won t go away. there is a huge fiscal black hole that is exacerbated by the mini budget, she has mps who support her in the summer or didn t, turning on her, and basically as long as the opinion polls put the labour party 30 or 35 points ahead of the con
the secretary of state for work and pensions chloe smith would be available, that offer was withdrawn late last night. we think we know now why? the surprise announcement this morning that the chancellor is to make a statement on more changes to the mini budget might, perhaps, explain that decision. let s get some reaction to all these developments with deputy political editor for the spectator, katy balls and sonia sodha who s the chief leader writer for the observer. i m sorry we are making you stand in the wet, i apologise! thank you for bearing the weather with us! and film in westminster, hate, katie? what another storm in westminster, katie? more you turn blue back, hard to believe. == westminster, katie? more you turn blue back, hard to believe. more
you can go to the website for more from our correspondence. the papers will be back again tomorrow evening with sonia sodha, chief leader writer at the observer, and geri scott, political reporter at the times. dojoin us do join us than dojoin us than if do join us than if you dojoin us than if you can, but for now, from me and all of the team, have a very good night. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week s cinema releases, anna smith is back with us. good to see you for the summer, anna, and what have you been watching? first off, we re getting on board bullet train. this is brad pitt s new starring role in an action thriller based on a japanese novel.