so they really are looking for some political and economic stability. well, for now, markets are calm. but investors say any mis step in appointing a new leader could see the uk plunged back into financial crisis a place in uk political history as the shortest serving prime minster ever. she lasted just 44 days in office before announcing her resignation yesterday. but she s also contributed another record to the english language. the shortest lived economic catchphrase. we started using the term trussonomics just six weeks ago. a plan for a low tax, low regulation, high growth britain by liberated by brexit. with the phrase and its policies now on the scrapheap, our business editor simonjack takes a look back at the rapid rise and fall of trussonomics. can we afford these tax cuts, chancellor? the road to liz truss demise arguably started here the not so mini budget that she and her chancellor announced with great fanfare. and i commend it to the house. trusso
no, that was up to seven. i think that was seven. it might be my souvlaki talking, but yes. so it s a big debate with all of the parties who are fielding candidates in the election being represented. and as a result of that, what you have is of course, the sort of battle royale going on between labour and the tories, but you have an opportunity to hear from a much broader rainbow of political opinion. yeah, it means on the one hand it s less focused than when it was starmer versus sunak on tuesday, and it sjust two people going head to head on a range of issues. it becomes a bit more sprawling, but equally it feels more like britain because you re hearing about wales and hearing about scotland. sure. and it s a reflection also of the fact that there are lots of different kinds of political races in lots of different kinds of constituencies. there are races that are between the snp and the tories in some parts of more rural scotland they tend to be. there are of course that ar
northern parts. mostly dry further south and i think you will notice the temperatures creep up. thanks, sarah. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. let s ta ke let s take you back down to normandy where events have been taking place throughout the day to mark the 80 years since the normandy landings. you can see there are events taking place there. that is the french president on the left of the screen and his wife just arriving. they are meeting veterans from 80 years ago. anniversary events taking place throughout the day today. we have seen also soup the events here in portsmouth, the uk and also there you can see the french president and his wife also there in france we are expecting a thanksgiving ceremony, a joint uk ceremony at the cathedral later this evening and there will also be a vigil at the cemetery that will light up in honour of those who fought on the beaches. we ve seen earlier today, the king and queen officially starting events
as frank gardner reports. war planes from another time. memories from 80 years ago. today, a chance to honor those men and women who took part in d day, the operation that helped end the second world war. service chiefs, prime ministers past and present, the royalfamily and of course, the veterans. roy haywood was 19 on that day, a trooper in the sherwood rangers. i landed in on the evening of d day, and three weeks later i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my legs below the knee. i returned home eventually, and i have to say that i always considered myself one of the lucky ones that survived because so many of us didn t. this was the largest ever amphibious invasion in human history, over150,000 british, us, canadian and french troops landing on normandy s beaches under withering fire from german defenses. let us once again commit ourselves always to remember, cherish and honor those who served that day and to live up to the freedom they died for. honoring
unprompted, people have heard of. unprompted, people have heard of angela rayner people have heard of penny mordaunt, which explains why the party s put them up tonight. but in their clashes there was real kind of energy and real fire. penny mordaunt getting quite shouty. keeping repeating the tories like slightly dodgy £2,000 tax line on labour. yeah. that s not gone away, has it? despite all the slaps on the wrist, the fact. of course it s not going to go away. you know, the point we talked about is in the day when political parties do these things, they do it because they want to create the conversation. they don t go, oh, well, we ve had a slap on the wrist. we better not say it again. it doesn t work like that. and you know, i m not surprised that she raised it again tonight. quite right that michelle hussein, who played a blinder, i think calmly controlling seven of them, is quite something pointed out, quite rightly, that official bodies and the top that official bodies in the