newspaper reporter with a kind of crumpled notebook in my back pocket that i was when i started in my 20s. we have seen a classic example today because we just talked about the suella braverman situation, and we did the bbc thing of some people say this, some people say this, here is our professional analysis of some options of the way the story could go, but on lbc tonight, you said, i think she should go. i said i thought it was a whopper of a mistake by the new prime minister, and apart from anything else this is a really important time for rishi sunak these are the days when he can present himself afresh to the country and turn the tory narrative around and people can get a look at him for the first time, and the whole news cycle is being taken up by suella braverman, so in terms of presenting himself it has been a disasterfor him. now we ve got tory mps and ministers saying that she will have to go. this story is not going away, i think we will see more of it in the sunday newsp
this is it? there was a peter mandelson this is it? there was a peter mandelson resignation - this is it? there was a peter mandelson resignation and| this is it? there was a peter- mandelson resignation and then when mandelson resignation and then when gordon brown was about to calla when gordon brown was about to call a general election and frankly call a general election and frankly had he called the general election at that point new labour might have survived another new labour might have survived another five years, but he delayed, another five years, but he delayed, and i got the call to id delayed, and i got the call to go into delayed, and i got the call to go into downing street and interview him in downing street and i interview him in downing street and i didn t know which way he was going and i didn t know which way he was going to go and when he said. was going to go and when he said, andrew, i have decided not to said, andrew, i have decided not to go
of interest they must set must be around 6% but they know that if they do that, then we willjust break the housing market and it will create untold pain in the hearts and minds of britons out there who fight have indebted themselves so massively over the last decade also. they are damned if they do and damned if they don t. this mini budget has been a disasterfor damned if they don t. this mini budget has been a disaster for the bank of england. they bought some time with their reversal of quantitative tightening, buying gilts effectively, again, quantitative easing again, but they will have to push interest rates up and they will have to push them very fast in a way that is going to create a lot of unnecessary damage. the good news is that. from the british perspective, is that the united kingdom is not greece. you issue the currency in which you borrow your money and that is a great advantage to have. you are not greece. but at the same time, it is
necessary to stabilise the situation by buying some of the government s in debt? i by buying some of the government s in debt? ., , ., in debt? i have sympathy for the bank of england. in debt? i have sympathy for the bank of england. they in debt? i have sympathy for the bank of england. they are - in debt? i have sympathy for thei bank of england. they are facing in debt? i have sympathy for the l bank of england. they are facing a high rate of inflation, which is not just a british phenomenon but a global phenomenon. and now a fiscal splashdown by this government, which means that in their mind, the rate of interest they must set must be around 6%, but they know that if they do that they will just around 6%, but they know that if they do that they willjust break they do that they willjust break the housing market, and it will create untold pain in the hearts and minds of britons out there who have indebted themselves massively over the last decade or so, so they are damned if
emergency situation. we are in search and rescue mode. but again, that count is going to continue to go up. and we don t lose this many people in flooding. this is a real tough one. rescuers fear the search for survivors and bodies could last several weeks. scenes like this are becoming more familiar. this part of kentucky has had flash floods before, but nothing on this scale. we didn t have no time to get nothing out of my little apartment in the basement. i lost everything twice. this makes twice that i ve lost everything. and i ain t the only one. we going to have to have some help, more than what they brung in here the last flood. president biden has declared a disasterfor this area, freeing up funds and equipment to help. but the worst may not be over, with more rain