where s it going in the united states? and in australia, how come much of it ended up in the hands ofjust one man? and even his his friends aren t happy about it. to discuss all of that, in the studio, we have latika bourke, a correspondent for the australian newspapers the age and the sydney morning herald, a writer who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 1987, polly toynbee, and michael goldfarb, who was a foreign correspondent for national public radio in the united states, his podcast is called the first rough draft of history. lovely to have you all back in the dateline studio. this is ourfinal month on air, so we ll make it a good one. polly, let me start with you, with a week left of voting, how confident are liz truss s supporters that she will be in downing street at the beginning of september? absolutely. every poll puts her further and further ahead. it is a funny little electorate just 160,000 people choosing a prime minister for all of the r
equal right to the poor and the rich. and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me. as an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. meet the newest member of the u.s. supreme court, history was made on thursday. in a moment, i will speak with former democratic who guided jackson through her tumultuous senate process. but first, let me take you back to 1998, when president bill clinton appeared before a grand jury, any investigation by independent counsel who there was no sex of any kind, in any kind of shape or form with president clinton, was it utterly false statement? as a correct? it depends upon what meaning of the word is in this case. it depends on what s the meaning of the word is, is. a classic. why are we showing you that special moment in presidential rhetoric? the person asking the questions of president clinton, is this fellow. within kenneth s team, he was known for its hard char
spending. nave got better with two people, claiming the thatcherite mantle. in very different ways. so it is a battle on the right of the tory party. the focus is on tax cuts. when is the debate but not should there be. there is no focus on the role of the state as demands on the role of the state as demands on the role of the state as demands on the state are growing. and so it is a return to that sort of 1980s thatcherism, that very erratically the tory party have been trying to move away from. thatcherism incidentally, absolutely a product of its time. the late 70s and early 80s. not the situation we are in now. but she cast a spell over its membership. at least two candidates. and it is a very narrow contest, in that respect. you were reporting from london when margaret thatcher was prime minister. as steve rightly says, circumstances are different but the debate is over notjust taxation and the fact we ve got the highest tax burdens. therefore that is something that she
focus. the january 6th tour taking pictures of hallways, tunnels and staircases inside the capitol complex, clearly not normal tourist fare and there s more. the committee has also released video of that same man you saw there near the capitol on january 6th issuing violent threats against house speaker nancy pelosi. senate majority leader chuck shumer and other democratic members of congress. we re coming in like white on rice for pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you, aoc. we re coming to take you out and pull you out by your hairs. how about that, pelosi? we re coming to take you out. we ll pull you out by your hair. we made the decision to play the video to you at all, not to amplify the threats, but to present the powerful evidence in the hands of the committee that refutes congressman loudermilk s previous forceful denials that he was not involved with tours of any insurrectionist in the run-up to january 6th. today loudermilk doubled down denying once again that he was