secretaryjustine greening, sir malcom rifkind, who served as foreign and defence secretary in the thatcher and major governments, and catherine haddon from the institute for government. hello, welcome to the programme. after one of the driest summers on record, the notoriously fickle british weather turned of course it did just at the very moment liz truss arrived in downing street this afternoon. and as the heavens opened, drenching the loyal conservative members who had gathered to greet her, the sketch writers might have been tempted to draw analogies with the deluge of issues, that are now piling up on the new prime ministers desk. not that she seemed fazed by the challenge ahead. this is a storm we can ride out, she said, to become the modern brilliant britain i know we can be. i m honoured to take on this responsibility at a vital time in our country. what makes the united kingdom great is our fundamental belief in freedom in enterprise and in fair play. our people
australia, how, much of it ended up injust the australia, how, much of it ended up in just the hands of one man and injust the hands of one man and his friends? to discuss all of that in the studio, we have a correspondent for the australian newspapers, the age and the sydney morning herald, a writer who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 19 87, as a foreign correspondent in the united states, his podcast is called the first draft. lovely to have you all in the dateline studio. this is ourfinal month on air, so all in the dateline studio. this is our final month on air, so we ll make it a good one. polly, let me start with you, with one lick dashed when we left of the voting, how confident and at liz truss s supporters, that she will be in at downing street at the beginning of september? downing street at the beginning of se tember? , ,., downing street at the beginning of setember? , , , september? every poll puts her further and september? every poll
another, whether in five years or god help us in a ten years. they will have to end somehow, as you say, it is a stalemate. it will have to end somehow, as you say, it is a stalemate. say, it is a stalemate. it could be for a very say, it is a stalemate. it could be for a very long say, it is a stalemate. it could be for a very long time. say, it is a stalemate. it could be for a very long time. i say, it is a stalemate. it could be for a very long time. i think - say, it is a stalemate. it could bej for a very long time. i think there is another for a very long time. i think there is another conversation for a very long time. i think there is another conversation to - for a very long time. i think there is another conversation to add . for a very long time. i think there is another conversation to add to | is another conversation to add to this mix. is another conversation to add to this mix, though, is another conversation to add to this mix, though, and is another