There are 2 men remaining in the race to be both a leader of the u. K. Conservative party and one minister but with only a tiny fraction of the public getting a vote what impact will the outcome have on an already divided country our family ok send your thoughts through twitter and you to give or try to get them into the show. An estimated 160000 conservative Party Members will choose between bush johnson and jeremy hunt to succeed to reason may as party leader but because a general election isnt due the winner will also get the keys to 10 downing street for london mayor johnson is the favorite to win the leadership ballot when its announced in 3 weeks time meanwhile hunt is highlighting his record as both defense and Health Secretary both candidates have been appealing to Party Members in the run up to the postal ballot. We need to get bricks it done this someone who can thank the actually. Believe. Someone who is made into a deeply only opportunity is a bricks that could bring your c
Conclude that shes going to win in june. That is fairly obvious. Sticking your neck out here. Personally, im sticking my neck out, i dont think it will be the 140 or 160 margin some people are saying. I think its more likely to be around 80 or 70. Actually, if you extrapolate out the local Election Results, they did slightly less well in the local Election Results than some of the polls would suggest. Is that it some of the polls would suggest. Is thatitis some of the polls would suggest. Is that it is clearly going to be a Pretty Sizea Ble that it is clearly going to be a pretty sizeable conservative majority. We must mention the lib dems, they are happy with their share of the vote this time. But not with the number of seats that theyve got. So thats the perennial problem for the lib dems. It has played at in local actions as in national action. They have not had a good time, and again they are trying to put a brave face on it and say, we have five weeks, we can do this, make a diffe
9 . Time percent when was the last time we saw a fall like this . Not my lifetime. It is historic. It is concerning. At the beginning of the day, traders , youur pretty certain think it could fall further. Trading in a time when to the Getting Started and people will come in this morning andsit down and analyze there will be some big money put to work in this could see considerable selling. Panic . His a i think they not have been 10 fall could be called a panic. This is a big move. Ive never seen ms. Like this like this. Ne moves the bank of england will be watching this. They will be thinking what the applications for inflation. The pound is falling. Then prices are going to go up. Inflation will rise. It will also look here at what is happening in the stock market. ,he current market position likely to open down 7. 7 . Hsbc, also in hong kong. Down 11 . Nearly 10 billion pounds knocks off. There is a real price to be felt. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Nigel pharaoh has
This house i shall have further meetings with the house today. 75 years ago, sptfires and hurricanes were flying over in the battle of britain defending our country from hitlers agreaks. Its part particularly important that the air force defended the island will the Prime Minister join with me in paying tribute to those courageous r. A. F. Airmen who helped ensure we enjoy the freedoms we enjoy today. The Prime Minister i certainly join my friend in doing that. There was a very moving ceremony in st. Pauls yesterday where they paid tribute to all the brave pilots and everyone jolved involved in that, a vital moment in World History as britain stood alone as the only one would could stop hitler and nasdaqich. Mr. Speaker mr. Corbin. Thank you, mr. Speaker, i want to thank all those that took part in an enormous exercise in democracy in the election. I think we can be very proud of the numbers of all those people who engaged and took art in the debates. Ive taken part in conversations wi
The world is unprepared for the impact on societies of falling fertility rates will have, according to a big new global report. China has said it will take all necessary measures to safeguard its interests, after the uk decided to purge Huawei Technologies from its 56 infrastructure. China said britains decision was political, and not an issue of National Security. It comes as President Trump welcomed the uk decision, saying it was him who convinced britain to abandon the chinese tech giant. Beijing has also warned of reciprocal sanctions against the us, after the president ruled out further trade negotiations and ended hong kongs preferential trade status. Our north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. The us has long been campaigning for britain and other countries to ban equipment from the chinese tech giant. The about turn follows months of pressure from washington, including imposing tariffs on china. Huawei posed a National Security threat, said the Trump Administration. T