Weather get the message . Find out in a little bit. Very good to see you. Our top story on this monday morning is that the Prime Minister has urged the conservatives to stick by him, amid speculation of a plot to oust him as Prime Minister, and this follows speculation over the weekend that some tories are attempting to use leader of the house Penny Mordaunt as a so called stalking horse candidate to trigger a leadership race. The rumour has forced number tens hand. Theyve issued a statement to mps last night, with the pm told backbenchers and i quote the economy is turning a corner and urged them to hold their nerve. Despite the conservative partys dire poll ratings. Well, joining us now for some analysis is the political commentator peter spence. Good morning to you. Were going to be hearing from the Prime Minister today. Hes going to want talk want to talk about apprenticeships whatever apprenticeships and whatever else plan. But quite else is todays plan. But quite frankly, all any
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Increase in Co2 Concentrations in the atmosphere. The link between c02 and rising temperatures is well established and this year Global Temperatures got an extra boost thanks to el nino, which brings warmer water to the surface of parts of the tropical pacific. That explains why february was 1. 77 degrees warmer than preindustrial temperatures, and why global average temperatures hit a record 1. 55 degrees above preindustrial levels over the last 12 months. It means we have temporarily at least breached the 1. 5 degrees threshold the world agreed to try and limit Temperature Rise to, to avoid the worst impacts of Climate Change. February 2024 was the warmest february on record globally, with an average temperature of 13. 54 degrees, above the 1991 2020 temperature. While this is remarkable, because, for instance, it is a tenth of a degree warmer than the warmest previous february, which was 2016, its not really surprising, because this has been the el nino year, where temperatures tend
Welcome back. Thank you very much. How was the holiday . Very sunny. I think i timed it quite well. Ive missed this wet patch that everybodys been experiencing ive come experiencing and now ive come back are you . Back to sunshine. Where are you . Of france. Yeah. South of france. Yeah. South of france. Yeah. Its lovely. Yeah. Really nice. Can you imagine . And you were just saying that you were busy boozing the flight last night. Well, i had glass of well, i had had a glass of wine, of course, on a wine, but, of course, on a flight, you have to have a little mini bottle. Oh, and it was about 6 00 in the evening. I thought would having thought everyone would be having a drink, but maybe everyone had had on their holidays. Had too much on their holidays. And was drinking and it seemed i was drinking alone flight home. Alone on the flight home. Yeah. How many bottles did you have . No, just the one. Just the one i was working on. Getting the cider. Might getting the cider. I might not dr