secretaryjustine greening, sir malcom rifkind, who served as foreign and defence secretary in the thatcher and major governments, and catherine haddon from the institute for government. hello, welcome to the programme. after one of the driest summers on record, the notoriously fickle british weather turned of course it did just at the very moment liz truss arrived in downing street this afternoon. and as the heavens opened, drenching the loyal conservative members who had gathered to greet her, the sketch writers might have been tempted to draw analogies with the deluge of issues, that are now piling up on the new prime ministers desk. not that she seemed fazed by the challenge ahead. this is a storm we can ride out, she said, to become the modern brilliant britain i know we can be. i m honoured to take on this responsibility at a vital time in our country. what makes the united kingdom great is our fundamental belief in freedom in enterprise and in fair play. our people
holiday, it s an absence from his desk, an essential break. he s in his family desk, an essential break. he s in his family home. desk, an essential break. he s in his family home. prime - desk, an essential break. he s in| his family home. prime ministers desk, an essential break. he s in - his family home. prime ministers and senior ministers do work from home. especially with covid everyone has been able to do that. isn t it a bit of a cheap political shot for the opposition to say no one should have a break in august? i opposition to say no one should have a break in august? a break in august? i think when it comes to boris a break in august? i think when it comes to boris johnson a break in august? i think when it comes to boris johnson being - a break in august? i think when it. comes to boris johnson being away comes to borisjohnson being away from his comes to borisjohnson being away from his desk, that isjust continuing the sense that dominic raab continuing the se