snide reporting i heard from chris mason at the tory conference. liz truss was getting into a car, and he said words to the effect of, liz truss can t leave quickly enough. maybe she had an appointment or a room to go to or work to get on with, whatever. she s probably sick of being caught and verbally mugged by reporters. do they do positive or only one upmanship? we put that point to bbc news, and they told us. the thinking behind the mini budget a fortnight ago and the economic philosophies of the prime minister and her chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, dubbed trussanomics, have been developed over recent years by a number of individuals and organisations, including the institute of economic affairs. and staff from the iea have appeared on several bbc outlets over the past two weeks. right, let s talk to a panel of experts, the head of public policy at the free market think tank, the institute for economic affairs, matthew lesh is here. matthew, your organisation enthusiastica
her life to illness. herfamily rejects the claim. downing street intervenes and stops the launch of a public information campaign on reducing energy use this winter. in the uk city that will host next year s eurovision song contest has been announced after the contest was moved from ukraine. moved from ukraine. liverpool! congratulations! warm welcome. ukraine s president zelensky has told the bbc that he echoes president biden s warning that any use of nuclear weapons would lead to armageddon, and has urged russians to stand up against the war. it comes as ukrainian troops continue making steady progress in reclaiming land occupied by russian forces in the east and south of the country. our world affairs editor, john simpson, has been speaking to president zelensky in the presidential palace in kyiv. hello. mr zelensky made a rare misstep yesterday. he was reported as calling on nato to stage a pre emptive strike on russia to stop the russians using tactical nuclear weapo