my guest, no guests, this week used to face each other in the house of commons. their clashes were memorable. tony blair, now sir tony, was notjust a leader of the labour party, he was of course prime minister. william, now lord hague, was leader of the conservative party. hard then to imagine that they would be as they are now, working together to outline what they say should be the country s new national purpose. but they are, and they are here together. so welcome, sir tony and lord hague, to poltical thinking. thank you. thanks. i am still getting used to this. now, how should i think if you? do i think of you as friends, allies, colleagues, partners in crime? i don t know, partners i think in saying what we have been saying about science, innovation, ai, biotech, you know, the latest reports. we haven t set up a new political party, we are not changing the landscape in that sense, but definitely partners in thinking about what any political party has got to do in the fut
winds and rain. we begin in the united states, where florida governor, ron desantis, has dropped out from the republican presidential race and endorsed donald trump. the surprise video announcement comes ahead of this week s republican primary in new hampshire where mr desantis was polling in the single digits. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump s only significant rival. here s what he had to say. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. i m proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises. i will not stop now. it s clear to me that the majority of majority republican primary voters want to give donald trump another chance. they watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance and they see democrats using la
we begin in the united states, where florida governor ron desantis has dropped out from the republican presidential race and endorsed donald trump. the surprise video announcement comes ahead of this week s republican primary in new hampshire where mr desantis was polling in the single digits. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump s only significant rival. here s what he had to say. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome more campaign stops, more interviews i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. i m proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises, and i will not stop now. it s clear to me that a majority of republican primary voters want to give donald trump another chance. they watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance, and they see democrats using warfare to this day to attac
to violate un resolutions, and sow instability throughout the region. maritime agencies say there s been another missile attack on a cargo ship off the coast of yemen. a maltese flagged vessel is said to have suffered minor damage. the oil giant shell says it s suspended all shipments through the red sea indefinitely. iraq has recalled its ambassador from tehran after describing iranian missile attacks on targets in iraqi kurdistan as a flagrant violation of sovereig nty . the united states described the missile attack, fired into iraq by iran s revolutionary guards, as reckless and imprecise . the us military said it had tracked the strikes which iran claims, had destroyed anti iranian targets, including what it called an israeli spy headquarters. israel hasn t commented. this was one of the buildings hit near erbil, in north of the country. local officials said, four people were killed. these pictures from iranian television, purportedly show the missiles taking off and
suggests the gap in new hampshire, which comes next, was down to just seven points. quite the shift since november. which perhaps explains why both trump and de santis are sharpening their attacks. they are endorsing nikki haley, who does not have what it takes, by the way, i m just telling you. i spent a lot of time with her. she does not have. i hope you enjoyed her, with her little quips, like how did the civil war start? what was that. 7 well, it had to do with the government. no, it was slavery. i never questioned her on that, i never wanted to pile on. nikki haley is running for her donors issues, i am running for your issues and your families issues and to turn this country around. here to discuss all of her issues tonight bronwen maddox chief executive director of chatham house and bryan lanza chief us republican strategists. welcome. bryan lets start with you because i know you will be in iowa on monday. given the state of the race, there might be people wonderin