welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the british government has been plunged into fresh chaos after the resignation of its home secretary, suella braverman, and accusations by some members of the governing conservative party that they had been manhandled into supporting the government in a vote in parliament. in her resignation letter, ms braverman accused the prime minister liz truss of pretending there had been no mistakes and hoping everything would magically come right . later two ministers in charge of party discipline were rumoured to have resigned but it was later announced that they are to remain in post. here s the bbc s political editor chris mason. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest level in government don t even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointe
but it will be another mild start to the day. low pre55ure 5 still in charge for friday, quite a few white lines, isobar5, squeezing together here that shows that we will have some really strong winds. a windier day on friday, certainly around some of these western coats. showers or longer spell5 of rain with some thunder and lightning drifting northwards, some spell5 of sunshine in between. these are the wind gust5. we can expect wind5 gu5ting up to around 50 mph for some of these expo5ed coasts of southwest england and west wales. but that wind direction is a warm wind direction, so where you see some 5un5hine in east anglia, highs perhaps of 21 degrees and a fairly warm day elsewhere as well. into the weekend, this first low will weaken a little, drifting northwards. there s another one hot on its heel5. in between, though, this brief range of higher pressure, so a slice of something a little drier. i think we can say for the weekend, there will be some drier interludes, but still