Of his ministers resigned including his own brother and he sacked 21. 00 conservative m. P. Is one of them the grandson of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill or its the reports. Londons Parliament Square is graced with a statue of britains most famous politician and the ghost of Winston Churchill his legacy and beliefs have very much been on peoples minds in this extraordinary contradictory week. When Parliament Resumes Prime Minister Boris Johnson himself above refers churchill invoked the language and even the intonation of the wartime leader to suggest that the u. K. Was somehow in a conflict with the European Union he used the very same words about the e. U. That churchill had done about nazi germany in 1940. Never surrender that sort of language comes from the playbook of johnsons new chief of staff Dominic Cummings a brick city idealogue behind the slogan take back control and cummings many believe was also behind the brute. Treatment of those conservatives who could not
Between europe and the u. K. But that idea was was really pushed out when david frost the government because it went to brussels last friday and it looks as if it was a lot of calls for not so much law but pushed out of coal in a very brusque way by his counterparts in dublin like today friday. The suspension of Parliament Andrew the programming as they officially call it didnt actually have to start until thursday and yet here we are as i said monday and the government is pushing it through early why is that. Oh its a simple without going into the fine detail its simple because this isnt in Boris Johnsons control could he get back control whats broken actually starts well technically yes as Prime Minister he has control of it as gordon brown the former labor prime min. Said a few hours but the media Boris Johnson does not have control right now hes not able to follow what he wants to do now that a lot of people might breathe a sigh of relief that but and some might be excited by some
Brussels hes cautiously optimistic of one m. P. C. Say he said well have plenty of time to talk about think about and vote on all of these matters and then well be out on october the 31st he said the one big issue he doesnt engage on of course is that new law passed by parliament by backbench m. P. s last week requiring him to seek an extension if he cant get a deal hes adamant he wont be doing that and that of course just one of a number of showdowns to look forward to in the latter half of the obama. Coming up after the weather south African Women marching chants reaganite demanding action against Sexual Violence the street fights. As hunger takes hold in argentina thousands of protesters demanding help from the government. Head of the. South coast of china but notice as widespread as we have seen over the last several days in fact heres skies as well across much of northern vietnam across into thailand but the rain showers heading to reeling south today really anywhere from union th
German initials a. F. D. With send shock waves that could up end politics not only in regional capitals but also in berlin nearly 30 years after the fall of the wall it looks as though east and west could be growing further apart rather than together. Why that is is our topic this week here on quadriga and here are our guests. Works for she go online she says German Society is just beginning to deal with the disappointment and trauma eastern germans experienced after the fall of the wall many people felt their experiences had been ignored the a. F. P. Feeds off these feelings. And its a pleasure to welcome my colleague Michele Knight shes chief Political Editor here at t w she says most of all these elections are about what options will be on the table when i think of americas final Coalition Government leaves office and were very pleased to have them back on the show hes an author and commentator for the daily newspaper. He says a generation after the end of nazi. Germany experienced
Station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. Good morning and thanks for joining us on a thursday. Im daria and im james. And this thursday morning as a nice gray start, weve got some cool air around even some mist, possibly even some drizzle, depending on where youre driving. Was a good start considering it was pretty toasty. Yesterday. I was up in nevada and it was pretty warm, john. Yeah, yeah. For a lot of us is definitely warm. And if its 2 or 3 and now its going to be scorching here this weekend and into next week. So time to get ready for that. Warm up today. Tomorrow, the last of peak temperatures being in the 80s this morning. We have had some missed. I turned by windshield wipers on a time or 2 this morning as a result of some of that fog, especially closer to the coastline. North bay and upper elevations of the east bay. Thats where youre running into low visibility and a few spots of drizzle. Current temperatures 50s 60s oaklander at 62. Hey, were at 63. Well as s