commentators and correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, britain s elusive prime minister turned up. in ukraine, as the country marks the six months since the war there began. we now know in the uk how much energy bills will rise in the uk, in october, but not what the new prime minister will do when they take over from boris johnson. where is power going in the uk? where is it going in the united states and, in australia, how come much of it ended up in just the hands of one man and even his friends aren t happy about it? to discuss all of that in the studio, we have latika bourke, correspondent for the australian newspapers, and the sydney morning herald, polly toynbee, a writer who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 1987, aand michael goldfarb a renowned foreign correspondent for public radio in the united states. his podcast is called the first draft. the first draft of history.
mark is destined to go into no. 10 as chief of staff, should liz truss be victorious. i think sometimes though there is a little bit of exaggeration. | about the wonderful wizardry effects of linton crosby. - he basically made a political kind of strategy out - of awaiting a community, seeking division lines - and relentlessly prosecuting them. i haven t seen a liz truss do i as much of that this campaign. but she has been quite good at defining her opponent and putting him on terms that are not flattering to him, but then he ends up having to defend his reputation. i i think this is where crosby may. come in, because that damage has been mainly done by borisjohnson and his supporters who are quite shirty. if i was crosby i d be steering well clear of this one because she is not at all popular. she is going to win because of her tiny conservative party choosing her, she not