was rushed through to allow it. she never hid her ambition, though, for the topjob. asked if she would run for leader here before her boss had actually resigned. i ll be straight with you, robert, yes, iwill. in the resulting contest, she came sixth, but suspicions swirled that her punchy style was, in part, but setting the ground for another run. it s the guardian reading, tofu eating, wokerati, dare i say, anti growth coalition that we have to thank for the disruption that we are seeing on our roads today. for now, suella braverman will return to the backbenches. it seems unlikely, though, that she ll do it quietly. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. helen catt reporting. i have been looking at our live page and our political editor chris mason has been sharing his thoughts on this morning in westminster. he says as moments go in politics as corr blimey moments go. he says it is not unprecedented for the foreign secretary to be someone in the house of lords. but the retu
trying to get to it at what point should have everyone been worried about coronavirus? and at what point was everyone worried about coronavirus? so i think it s this idea, i think we are building up to it with some of the questioning now or shortly before the break. at what point were people starting to worry and should they have been worried? the focus continues to be on the former prime minister borisjohnson. during the course of this inquiry, he has been criticised for what people say were a poor decision making, his lack of attention. today, lord sedwill questioning whether he was just making a lot of these decisions by himself and not involving the cabinet. they haven t been many people during the course of this inquiry who have been defending the former prime minister. no. and maybe he is an easy target because he is no longer prime minister. i think some of the criticism has been slightly nuanced to be for example, borisjohnson s former director of communications last
it has been a difficult year for the government. they are trailing labour in the polls right now and so we will hear more about what they intend to do in the coming year and how they intend to win back some of those voters. with me is our political correspondent damian grammaticus. give us a sense of how significant today is but also what we might hear when the king, as you are telling us, delivers a speech not written by him but by the government? it not written by him but by the government? not written by him but by the government? , , ., government? it is significant. you are talking government? it is significant. you are talking about government? it is significant. you are talking about elections, - government? it is significant. you l are talking about elections, looking forward to elections. this is a government that is trailing heavily in the polls, 10 15% behind. it needs to change that sort of dynamic, needs to find something to start shifting the needle and dra
of this complaint. thank you very much though our audience campaign. you ve all been a really important part of this. thank you to the two contenders. this is the last time you are scheduled to appear together. we are grateful to both of you for taking part. thank you very much. applause applause studio: and the two men shaking hands with mishal husain after an hour of clashes and claims. thanks to michelle of course as well. they ve had their say here in the spin room. the supporters will ve be vying to make their claim that their man was the winner. in the next half-hour, their man was the winner. in the next half-hour, politicians - their man was the winner. in the next half-hour, politicians and i next half hour, politicians and journalists will tell us was it dazzling or disaster? most importantly, remember, robertand taz need, two of the questioners, will be with us. we will find out if they thought the answers were good enough. we they thought the answers were goo
this programme continues on bbc one. good evening. welcome to our weeknight newsnight extravaganza of interviews and intoxicating insight. here in the studio, a critical friend of the conservative party, the commentator tim montgomery, the former leader of the scottish labour party, kezia dugdale, and the uber pollster, luke tryl, the uk director of more in common. first, that debate in nottingham, only the second time sunak and starmer have shared a stage in the last five weeks. we ll show some of the most interesting bits, but was this the moment of the debate? interesting bits, but was this mr sunak, i think you made a fair job of being chancellor. but you re a pretty mediocre prime minister. sir keir, i think that that your strings are being pulled by very senior members of the labour party. are you two really the best we ve got to be the next prime minister of our great country? applause. there was just that moment, wasn t there kind of a whoa . your reaction to the deb