could britain s former chancellor, rishi sunak, be the conservative party s new leader, as he becomes the latest mp to enter the race to be the next prime minister? downing street has just told the bbc it is incredibly disappointed, real disappointment with the former chancellor for not reciprocating the loyalty of the prime minister showed to him. the body of japan s former prime minister, shinzo abe, is brought back to his tokyo residence, a day after he was shot dead during a political rally. elon musk is threatened with legal action after pulling out of a $41; billion deal to buy twitter. now, we are going to talk more about the causes and consequences of boris johnson s resignation as prime minister. it is dateline london with me, shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists with foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline: london. britain s conservatives like to think of themselves as belonging to t
10 other mps from the party have so far announced their intentions to run. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists with foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline: london. britain s conservatives like to think of themselves as belonging to the natural party of government. this week, it s looked more like the natural party of farce. two cabinet ministers announced publicly that they d had enough of borisjohnson. mrjohnson had not had enough of himself and for 48 hours, he dug in his heels, refusing to resign as prime minister, even as, one after another, members of his government resigned. in all, five cabinet level and 23junior ministers quit because he wouldn t, along with a couple of dozen parliamentary aides. on wednesday evening, the prime minister sacked one of his oldest allies who d told him to go. another, who d accepted promotion from him just the night
for 48 hours, he dug in his heels, even as, one after another, members of his government resigned. in all, five cabinet level and 23junior ministers quit because he wouldn t, along with a couple of dozen parliamentary aides. on wednesday evening, the prime minister sacked one of his oldest allies who d told him to go. another, who d accepted promotion from him just the night before, deserted his cause. mrjohnson insisted the voters had given him a mandate to govern and he would do just that. some feared he was considering a fresh appeal to the nation by calling a general election. a prime minister who d dissolved parliament once when he couldn t get his way might do so again. in fact, come thursday lunch time, borisjohnson decided he had to go. he announced his resignation blaming not himself but the herd instinct of his party. when time is up for tory leaders, they are visited by the men in grey suits , political grandees. the verdict in the dateline studio is delivered
more than 1,000 people dead. later this hour we will break down the results from tuesday s primary election. steve kornacki will join us from the big board. the big board. this morning, the house january 6th committee is preparing for its next public hearing, tomorrow, one day after hearing powerful testimony about former president donald trump s efforts to intimidate state lawmakers and election officials into overturning the results from the 2020 creeks. testimony from someone who detailed phone calls from trump and his allies pressuring them to find votes for trump or send fake protesters to washington. the trump team never produced evidence of fraud. he got emotional when he insisted he would method violate his oath of office. for me to do that because somebody just asked me to is foreign to my very being. i will not do it. some of the most emotional testimony came from a former georgia election worker and her mother who have been harassed and threatened after the
disapprove of biden on nearly every key economic concern. 37% approve of his handling of the economic recovery and has worse numbers on issues like gas prices and inflation. nearly 80% of americans say the economy is in extremely or very important factor in how they will vote. the media trying to warn democrats of what s to come. president biden is a serious drag on democratic candidates nationwide. he is badly underwater on all the top issues including the big ones. inflation, gas prices. less than 30% approval rating on the issues we are told by voters are dominating their state of mind. greg: gas prices hit a staggering record high at $4.86 a gallon, doubling since biden s presidency began. the administration is having no problem passing the blame on their economic woes. the price of gasoline is not set by a dial in the oval office and when an oil company is deciding our by our how much to charge you for a gallon of gas, they are not calling the administration to ask