Newly appointed UK prime minister Liz Truss said she would take immediate action in her first week in power to tackle rising energy bills and increase energy supplies
thank you for being with us again. we seem to be in a period where one day after the next we get results of ballots. we knew the strike was coming up, it is a big one, they haven t had a strike there since the 19805. haven t had a strike there since the 1980s. is haven t had a strike there since the 19805. is it haven t had a strike there since the 1980s. is it too soon to think we may be entering a 1980s style period of industrial unrest? we may be entering a1980$ style period of industrial unrest? of industrial unrest? we are certainly of industrial unrest? we are certainly entering of industrial unrest? we are certainly entering a - of industrial unrest? we are certainly entering a period l of industrial unrest? we are| certainly entering a period of significant unrest industrially, it is nothing like the 1980s. we need to look at what is happening today, unprecedented surge in inflation. when you get a quick rise in prices, people are completely unprepared, they cannot deal wi
of trouble? absolutely. the official line is of trouble? absolutely. the official line is that - of trouble? absolutely. the official line is that this - of trouble? absolutely. the official line is that this man | official line is that this man is thoroughly bad for the country and should go but privately, the champagne corks will be popping because it absolutely suits all the opposition parties, the labour party, the liberal democrats the s&p in scotland as well. it suits to have borisjohnson very wounded by this vote of confidence with a large number of conservative mps voting against him and now another set of very bad by election results, plus we have this cost of living crisis, plus we have inflation going up, there will be a lot of industrial unrest. from a raw, brutal political point of view, yes, it does fit the opposition parties but they have to do more than just rely on boris johnson s unpopularity. this will be a big boost for the labour party. it will be a boost for kei
onlyjust begun. goodness knows what it will look like when we get into the winter, with industrial unrest, more inflation and energy price rises. how will they respond? they have already announced what they are going to do and some of the comments are very difficult indeed to know how to respond to. there is a sense in the conservative party, tim montgomeryjust alluded to it, that there is some inconvenience within borisjohnson s government, particularly around economic. sometimes they want to deregulate, sometimes to spend more, sometimes to level up and address regional imbalances, and sometimes they want to cut taxes and sometimes all in the same week and there is a feeling among some conservative mps for sure that there needs to be more coherence about what the government actually thinks. joining me now is kerian pedley, director of politics at polling company ipsos mori. welcome. what is your analysis of why the voters went so strongly