at 10pm, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, a look back at boris johnson s time in downing street in a special programme presented by michael cockerell. six weeks ago, a typhoon fighterjet took off from an raf base in lincolnshire. its co pilot just announced he was about to become britain s ex prime minister. after three happy years in the cockpit, and after performing some pretty difficult if not astonishing feats, i am now going to hand over the controls, seamlessly, to someone else. i don t know who. boris johnson believes in the great man theory of history, and he thinks he is that great man, like his hero, winston churchill. churchill, the guy made the most incredible series of mistakes, his early career was studded with disasters of one kind or another, but he always came back from them, and he always stuck by what he believed. applause whenjohnson became prime minister three years ago, churchill s grandson, sir nicholas soames,
the former conservative cabinet secretaryjustine greening, the is chief political commentator paul waugh and the republican political analyst doug heye. good evening, welcome to the programme. by the 5th september we will know who is to become the next prime minister of the united kingdom. currently, we have 11 candidates, the hope is that by next week, 11 will become two. in the last hour, the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers has set out the rules by which they will eliminate candidates. here is the chair of that committee sir graham brady. we tried to find a balance where we are not making it impossibly difficult for serious candidates to enter the contest but we don t want to have a cast of thousands of people who don t really have great prospects of progressing in the election. so the first round will be held on wednesday, by which time candidates will require the support of 20 mps. a second on thursday, in which they will need the support of 30. another round
nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon, five days after technical problems scuppered the first. and, serena williams is defeated in the third round of the us open in new york, in what is likely to be her last competative match. now on bbc news, borisjohnson: departing downing street, looking back at borisjohnson s time in number 10, from brexit to the coronavirus pandemic, partygate and the russian invasion of ukraine. a warning that this programme contains flashing images. six weeks ago, a typhoon fighterjet took off from an raf base in lincolnshire. its co pilot just announced he was about to become britain s ex prime minister. after three happy years in the cockpit, and after performing some pretty difficult if not astonishing feats, i am now going to hand over the controls, seamlessly, to someone else. i don t know who. boris johnson believes in the great man theory of history, and he thinks he is that great man, li
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