It depends how you count it. It depends who you are. If youre mark harper, who is a loyal ally of rishi sunak, you say, its all to play for. Or if you are Suella Braverman, former home secretary, you say on the telly, we might not have any mps left if rishi sunak doesnt change course. And if youre paul scully, whos another former minister who was also on our programme, you say, its all looking pretty terrible and the party needs to take a breath, show some humility and stick to the centre. So its not a very pretty set of realities, but there are differing realities, but not a very pretty set of realities for rishi sunak today. So i offerfrom radio 4 land today Gavin Barwell, who was theresa mays adviser. Now, of course, she saw a chance to go for an election and was then humbled by it, was then replaced as Prime Minister. He said the conservatives are on course for a defeat, possibly a huge one. But he said keir starmer is not loved, hasnt necessarily got the blair power. Henry, whats
good morning, we are in a very, very muqqy good morning, we are in a very, very muggy farm in detract for a perfect lesson in pumpkin carving. we would love to see yours soaping your pumpkins in good or bad, we will be having a go. weather wise, fairly quiet in the next couple of days, by comparison by the end of the next week, we could see dora me, storm ciaran pushing and affecting the far south of we could see quite stormy weather. it s monday the 30th of october. our main story. israel has continued its heavy bombardment of gaza overnight, as it targets hamas in areas that are also crowded with civilians. aid workers say israel has ordered the evacuation of the al quds hospital in gaza, where14,000 people are sheltering and 400 seriously ill patients are being treated. areas near the hospital have already been hit by air strikes. more than 30 trucks carrying food and supplies entered southern gaza yesterday, which is the largest humanitarian aid convoy to the territory