are being calmer now, and tonight they will speak to the european research group of brexiters, so she is clearly trying to show that proposition. forthe is clearly trying to show that proposition. for the moment things have stabilised a little bit but i don t think that has necessarily saved the prime minister, moore brought her a stay of execution. i spoke to a former cabinet minister before i came here and they likened liz truss to a piece of paper fluttering in the winter could blow away at any moment, and likened it to the fact that when boris johnson went it was gradually and then suddenly, bit by bit, lots of things happened and then we came to that awful chris pincher affair and that is what finally did it for the prime minister, so the feeling as she is not immediately practical, but anything, something could still tip over the edge. a anything, something could still tip over the edge- over the edge. 24 hours is a long time in politics over the edge. 24 hours is a long time
i m seeing is quite a lot of the people that were quite adamantly in favour of liz truss being pm feel quite let them by heart for not sticking to her guns and not having the political wherewithal to get through some of her most important policies through the commons, basically. so, yes, ithink there are some who regret their vote, but i think there are quite a few who still stand by their field i think there are quite a few who still stand by theirfield given i think there are quite a few who still stand by their field given the circumstance at the time and feel let down or disappointed by the events of the past few weeks. mi events of the past few weeks. all the predictions of rishi sunak, the other candidate in the final two, made by what would happen if liz truss tried to instigate her economic policies, those predictions came to pass, didn t they? yes. came to pass, didn t they? yes, unfortunately came to pass, didn t they? yes, unfortunately they came to pass, didn t they? ye
october the 31st, with the government is going to set out its longer term fiscal plan, and crucially where the spending cuts are going to fall, then what? what can liz truss do? what policies can she put forward? what would you catch pass? the answer is none of those things. even though she told the bbc yesterday she was going to fight the next general election, i do think there is a single person in the conservative party who thinks thatis the conservative party who thinks that is actually going to happen. today, 41 days in a job where i think i m right in saying. you ve been writing today about possible mechanisms by which liz truss would be removed from the job, mechanisms by which liz truss would be removed from thejob, and a successor appointed. be removed from thejob, and a successorappointed. do be removed from thejob, and a successor appointed. do you think we are at that stage already? are at that stage already? there s two wa s are at that stage already? there s two ways to
government wants to hear. liz truss is meeting her cabinet today. she will be trying to get a bit of breathing space, after the turmoil and scrutiny of yesterday, but many within the party are openly questioning whether she can continue much longer, despite that interview with our political editor last night when she said she would be leading the conservative party into the next election. we will keep you up to date with all of the goings on throughout the day. for the moment, back to the studio. thanks annita. there ve been fresh russian strikes on the ukraine capital kyiv this morning. there were several explosions as energy infrastructure was attacked, sending smoke rising over the city and reports of power cuts in kyiv and elsewhere in the country. it s a day after russian drone strikes killed at least four people. president zelenskiy has accused russia of terrorising and killing civilians. our correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega, gave me this update. we heard explosions right up u
its own eulogy. time he heard a corpse delivering its own eulogy- time he heard a corpse delivering its own eulo: . . ~ ,, , . joining me now is james dodsworth, from the young conservative network, a grassroots group for young party members. he voted for liz truss in the leadership ballot. thank you for joining us. notwithstanding the fact that when liz truss was one of the final two candidates and people said this was a continuation of what has gone before because her and rishi sunak were in the previous government, for the conservatives it was supposed to be a fresh start. how are you today? hat was supposed to be a fresh start. how are you today? not particularly ositive. it how are you today? not particularly positive. it has how are you today? not particularly positive. it has not how are you today? not particularly positive. it has not been how are you today? not particularly positive. it has not been a - how are you today? not particularly positive. it has not been a fre