godlike personality that has grown around him, that is not seen as invincible any more. russia has faced repeated rounds of western sanctions, but its economy has continued to grow thanks to help from china. it means the mood at russia s equivalent of davos welcome to newsnight. our political panel tonight philip collins, who was tony blair s speech writer and worked alongside sir keir starmer on his 2021 conference speech, and mercy muroki, who is a former policy adviser to the conservative s kemi badenoch. today has been very much about the fall out from last night s tv debate when mr sunak claimed housesholds would be paying £2,000 more in tax if labour win. we questioned energy secretary clare coutinho on newsnight last night straight after the itv debate. clare coutinho, where did you get this £2,000 figure from? because it is not an impartial independent figure, is it, it is your own tory special advisers who have added this up and come up with the sums? no, no, n
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of the party depending on what happens in the election. and of the party depending on what happens in the election. and they will be conversations happens in the election. and they will be conversations going - happens in the election. and they will be conversations going on - happens in the election. and they i will be conversations going on about zac goldsmith saying it is hard to imagine zac goldsmith saying it is hard to imagine much of the conservative party imagine much of the conservative party will imagine much of the conservative party will remain in parliament after party will remain in parliament after this party will remain in parliament after this election. they have been conversations of stage about a canada conversations of stage about a canada style meltdown where it is even canada style meltdown where it is even bigger than the normal landslide in 1945, 1997, much more than that, landslide in 1945, 1997, much more than that, and you have had zac goldsmith
all but guaranteed a majority of his mps will lose theirjob next month. do you genuinely believe that most tory mps will be voted out? it is lookin: tory mps will be voted out? it is looking pretty tory mps will be voted out? it 3 looking pretty bleak. i have not been studying the election day today like you, but it is hard to imagine that much of the party will remain after election day. but who knows? strange things can happen. there is a decent opposition at least so i think that was a good thing and it may be the voters worry about the conservative party being completely obliterated and will correct their vote somewhat, that is the only thing that might swings back a bit in favour of the conservatives and i hope that happens because i think a giant majority is dangerous in the hands of any party. hands of any party. thanks for oinin~ hands of any party. thanks for joining us- there will be conversations going on within the tories about the future