binding online vote for conservative party members to choose its next leader. all stages of the election will be concluded by friday 28th of october. who might find themselves moving in here a week tomorrow? after what s happened to liz truss, you might imagine it could give some second thoughts. poisoned chalice it might be, but prized it still is, and tonight, the race is under way. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. earlier i spoke to sheri berman, a politics professor at barnard college at columbia university and i asked her what americans thought of the chaos in british politics. i would say with a combination of bemusement and puzzlement. bemusement at how such a chaotic situation could arise, and puzzlement because the rules of your political game are so different from ours. let s talk more about that,
at teatime, we found out more from the conservative party about how the contest will work. nominations are now open, will close at 2pm on monday. candidates will be expected to have at least 100 colleagues nominating them. but if the party should put forward two candidates there will be a binding online vote for conservative party members to choose the next leader. all stages of the election will be concluded by friday 28th of october. who might find themselves moving in here a week tomorrow? after what has happened to liz truss, you might imagine it could give some second thoughts. poisoned chalice it might be, but prized it still is, and tonight the race is under way. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.
all stages of the election will be concluded by friday 28th of october. who might find themselves moving in here a week tomorrow? after what has happened to liz truss, you might imagine it could give some second thoughts. poisoned chalice it might be, but prized it still is, and tonight the race is under way. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. laura beers is professor of british history at the american university. she s in washington. thank you for being with us, what do you make of this? thanks for having me. it s a mess. you know, i have to say, just a few days ago, i said i didn t think truss would go, and the reason is not because i
all stages of the election will be concluded by friday 28th of october. who might find themselves moving in here a week tomorrow? after what s happened to liz truss, you might imagine it could give some second thoughts. poisoned chalice it might be, but prized it still is, and tonight, the race is under way. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. sheri berman is politics professor at barnard college at columbia university. shejoins me now from pittsburgh. thank you very much will being with us. quite the drama in the uk, how is it being viewed in the united states? i uk, how is it being viewed in the united states? uk, how is it being viewed in the united states? i would say with a combination the united states? i would say with a combination of - with a combination of bemusement and puzzlement. bemusement at how such a chaotic situation could arise,
and just to stabilise the ship? the and ust to stabilise the ship? the risk and just to stabilise the ship? the risk at the and just to stabilise the ship? ire risk at the moment and just to stabilise the ship? iue risk at the moment is and just to stabilise the ship? iie risk at the moment is continuing with this chaos, not having a stable labour government, that is why they should be a general election. we cannotjust allow should be a general election. we cannot just allow the tory party to keep putting up the next candidate in the middle of this chaos. there is a choice. there is a labour party thatis is a choice. there is a labour party that is capable of stabilising the economy, has a clear plan and the public are entitled to choose between that stable labour government and this utter chaos of the conservatives. are government and this utter chaos of the conservatives. government and this utter chaos of the conservatives. are you ready for government? the conservatives. are yo