and i ve agreed with brady, the chairman of our back bench mps, that the process of choosing that new leader should begin now. and the timetable will be announced next week. and i have today appointed a cabinet to serve as i will until a new leader is in place. i ve tried to persuade my colleagues that it would be eccentric to deliver when we re only a handful of points behind the polls even in midterm after quite a few months of relentless sledging and when the economics scene is so difficult domestically and internationally. and i regret not to have been successful in those arguments and of course it is painful to be able to see through so many ideas and projects myself. but as we ve seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves. and my friends, in politics no one is remotely indispensable. johnson spent days defying calls to step down from dozens of fellow members of his party. after a series of high-profile resignations from member
we won t play her games, we won t play roles in a tense game, when there is real work to be done, real work on the cost of living crisis, real work to invest in public services. the white house calls the deaths of 46 people found in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of the texan city of san antonio, absolutely horrific and heartbreaking . ghislaine maxwell is due to be sentenced in the next few hours for recruiting and grooming minors for herformer partner, paedophilejeffrey epstein. borisjohnson faces a row over increased defence spending, as he heads to a nato summit likely to be dominated by the need to boost military resources to counter russia in ukraine. the odds of it being a war in europe have shortened almost as much as the timeline, so we must act. we cannot protect the british people or our allies with transformation strategies and glossy equipment. and coming up in sport, we ll be live at wimbledon as 23 time grand slam champion serena williams prepares to go o
press conference where he tried to convince the world everything under his leadership is just dandy. he s put at 38% approval, the lowest of his presidency so far. biden getting asked why so many americans think the country is on the wrong track, but all he could muster up was his usual nonsense on russia and bogus claims about inflation. i can understand why the american people are frustrated because of inflation, but inflation is higher in almost every other country. prices at the pump are higher in almost every other country. we re better positioned to deal with this, but we have a way to go. ultimately the reason gas prices are up is because of russia. russia, russia, russia. how long is it fair to expect american drivers and drivers around the world to pay that premium for this war? as long as it takes. russia cannot in fact defeat ukraine and move beyond ukraine. jeez louise. and the guy who helped obama get elected think joe isn t cut out for this line of work.
we have you covered on that. first to edward lawrence with how they re dealing with this latest uptick that doesn t end. edward? it doesn t seem to. the president said basically he does not immediate action that he can take that will bring gas prices back down to $3 a gallon setting up the fact that this could take awhile. the president hearing louder cries, louder voices that he needs to act and to something in order to handle inflation. we re seeing voter anger in the polls for his poll numbers. some democrats are even starting to distance themselves from the message coming out of the white house. this is what voters are looking at. gas prices at record highs again. $4.76 a gallon for regular unleaded. the price of gas has set a new record every day since may 10. this pushes up inflation, eats into every one s paychecks. now finally a change in tone. listen here to secretary janet yellen. i think i was wrong then about the path of inflation would take. there s been u