Appeal of soccer because i would be very happy if my being a female referee helps women play an active role in sports. And especially in soccer, in japan, there is still a long way to go for women in the world of soccer. So it would be great if this event could help promote female participation in all sorts of different ways. Not only sports, ah, this is edge 0. Lets get around now the top stories, georgia, maloney has been sworn in as italys new Prime Minister, the 1st woman to hold the post. Shes also leading italys 1st far right government since the 2nd world war. The former u. K Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is expected to join the race to get back his old job, former chancellor, reaching soon. I also expect it to be a can tender cabinet minister penny more than has officially declared her candidacy on friday. Shes a bit of a mess at the moment, isnt it . You know, conservative tomorrow between the sell. For instance, you know, wait till i got stuck, the bar is full. I inclined to the queen and was wanting to make a call back if she some believe will conserve is just should resign now and of a general election. I cant call it. I think the government wants to get kind of the public on site. I think theyll need the right thing to probably would be another general election. Wow, if be to take the mass so far with all the things you get all worked out the initial term. But it all sorts itself out and be fine in the coming month. Iran has rejected accusations, it is supplying russia with drums to use against ukraine. The u. S. And others believe the kremlin is using iranian, made drugs to attack here, as well as Energy Facilities across the country. Thats some out a gun that way if youre that youre sort of africa and the leaders of other countries meet with me. They asked me what around. So its a military equipment to them. Previously you give around nothing but barbs. And now youre asking for rans, military equipment. I tell them why dont you buy it from other countries. Its available everywhere. But in response, they say theyve heard around military equipment is so advanced and unique ukrainian forces, say russia could be preparing to abandon her son as he is counter offensive intensifies ukraine says its retaken, 88. 00 towns and villages in the region. Chinas communist parties approved an amendment of its charter that could give more power to president. She jin thing on sunday. The governing party expected to confirm it as party chief for a 3rd term. Those are the headlines inside stories next. Ah, the u. K is governing party choosing a leader for the 2nd time this year to replace list trust cannon, new conservative Prime Minister, restore confidence over the country, head towards early elections. This is inside story. Ah hello and welcome to the show. I am sammys aid and the United Kingdom is set to have its 3rd Prime Minister in less than a year. This truss resigned on thursday just 45 days into the job for economic policies. It spoke the markets and caused a sharp fall in the pound. A new leader now face is formidable economic and political challenges. Government debts has risen to its highest levels and nearly 60 years. Thats 98 percent of economic output as inflation surges. And as the unfinished task of navigating the implications of briggs, it will the opposition, they were parties calling for a new general election or get to our guests in a moment. First, paul res has more on the content is to replace trust. There were some familiar names emerging for this leadership contest from the leadership contest that sold his truck elected in the summer. At the 1st of those richie soon as the former chancellor, who finished behind liz trust in that contest, penny more than he was the 3rd. In what would be an extraordinary come back, but maybe will not entirely unforeseen. Maurice johnson, the man who left office as Prime Minister in the summer. What seems to be the case so far is that johnson is flying back from a holiday in the caribbean, gathering support gathering diamond is getting the same team behind him that helps him win be 29 team general election. Theres a walk up Group Already doing the rounds called back and forth, and he seems to have around 40 and peas or so already willing to back him in this race, johnson does have an Ongoing Investigation around him over whether he lied to parliament overlook sound policies during the throne of ours pandemic, but that might not put him off. And even though theres many in his party who dont believe hes morally fit to govern, they may decide that he is the best from a piece of labor in a general election. Whether that eminence or within the next 2 years, with the conservative trailing labor in the polls. Now in terms of how these candidates will be elected, its a much higher ball than during the election during the summer. Each one has to receive the backing of 100. 00 m pays to go through to the final round, which means that will be a maximum of 3. There will be a lot of soul searching in the coming days with m. P. s deciding whether to throw the weight behind bars johnson to help him reach that threshold. Pole reef for inside story. The well, thats bring in, i guess theyre all joining us from the u. K. In london, we have asked hon a member of the British Parliament for the Opposition Labor Party insults free pizza obo and a political commentator and associate editor at the middle east. I also in london, alex dean, a conservative party member and political commentator. Welcome to all if i could stop by and 1st of all with ourselves. So after all can do think another internal conservative party vote produce stable leadership for the u. K. I dont think so. I think fundamentally will be loud and clear that the party is celsius. Badly faction, and is the very same people are just having the revolving door. How will they make a difference . These are the very people who be responsible for what were going through. The whole mess would been made a lawful, thoughtful to the world. So i dont think just going through the same people getting a new person will back any difference . Lets take that point to alex. Alex also mentioned the revolving door looking at the names of the likely candidates for the job of Prime Minister. You get the feeling is the conservative Party Running out of options when a name like Boris Johnson is back in the running again. Not just back in the running. I didnt think this 48 hours ago, but now i must say that i think Barbara Johnson is the most likely person to win this contest. And i think 1st of all that because of something that paul was reflecting in the piece that we just heard, and i thought his reporting was very accurate. I may say conservative Party Members of parliament will not want an election. I would go badly for them. I think if they were to be one cool, any time seeing as a great deal of challenges, we just heard from the labor party as to whether a new leader would have a democratic mandate, you know, Prime Minister in a single year. Will that argument dissipate somewhat . If its orest johnston, who of course one and a t c. Majority of the last election in 2019. So whatever you think of him, i think right now the conservative party is most likely to select up what former Prime Minister barak johnson. Thats kind of in an incredible situation. Isnt it, peter . Do you agree that who do you think at this moment is best place to win the contest . And if it is Boris Johnson, what does that say about his politics . Where it says about conservative politics is, is that great and wonderful thing in a way, mr. Morris johnson is a proven and habitual liar. There was sat by his own party for like only and only 3 months ago. And yet here we yeah, hes there talking about him possibly coming back though. Not alex deed, i mean, no, no more person. If you know, if you were a local bank manager on the man who ran your local village shop or whatever it may be, has been sacked 3 months ago. For compulsive lying on a repeated and systematic basis, it would be absolutely unbelievable that he would be reinstated that job 3 months later. But alex is completely right. It does look very interesting reasons that the mr. Johnson has a reasonable chance of becoming Prime Minister this time next week, because thats when the normally when thats when this contest adds, that is quite a situation quite a turnaround. If that comes true, i want to go back to alex dean and ask this question. If it is Boris Johnson, whoever it is, will the next 5 minutes to be able to unite the conservative party, let alone the country because the divisions are much deeper than personalities. Right . Its a really fair question, semi and of course the number of the members of parliament will be asked to back a bar is johnson government. All the very people that peter able and rightly said to express kinetic confidence in him only a few short months ago. The most generous phrase we might apply to their position might be situational flexibility. And i think wed like to see some of that if they realize that or johnson is the Prime Minister, and they prefer to keep their seats and not to incur the wrath of their own association schools. The conservative party local associations which produces that nominees to the members of parliament than against back bar assumption, as Prime Minister, at least at the beginning. But youre right, youre the 1st of your questions. Absolutely. The right with no disrespect meant to the labor policy, whos doing that best to oppose all flying and all right, now its clear that the biggest i can get to a conservative party Prime Minister is the conservative partys members of parliament. Theyve done now the 3 Prime Ministers in a row, and youll find a agreement between me and our Labor Party Member of parliament on me now is that it makes the conservative party looks ridiculous. It were tearing down leader after leader consider theresa may forest johnson. Nowadays trust the conservative party, a parliament has destroyed 3 leaders in a row. And this flows nice, i guess to the next question, let me take it off. So will the conservative party be able to withstand the pressure for an early election also, especially if bar johnson met, finds his way back into number 10. Let me 1st start say, you know, the fact that were discussing, the possibility of bodies. Johnson coming back is self, i think, shows how difficult is it because it party or are in this it seems to me a total mass, a phone one, you know, its just been pushed out. Someone has been approved a lie of someone was already being investigated. The only Prime Minister in the history who got a criminal record you could say as well. And so many of them are m p s. Now what are the often to resign . How does that go down . How does that help . And i dont see this actually taking us forward so towards early elections then the difficulty at the moment is exerted party do have the majority and they can see the risks to their own house and their party. And that proves the fundamental point that theyre putting their south and their party before the interests of the country, where you can see the whole chaos they have created and is one thing after another. They just see a bar and then you can suddenly see another lower bar and then another lower bar and theyre making us as a loft in stock. And at the same time, millions of all the people are suffering as a result of their policies. Peter, i guess what were getting at here with our sell comments is the concert is not going to break ranks and push, or none of them will be open to the idea of early elections because they know labors way ahead. Thats certainly true that if that was election tomorrow morning, based on the polls as they are not, the stories would not actually get a single seat. Now obviously this is mid term and im things can change and that means that theres no incentive every incentive to the consensus to avoid an election, but the fact remains aswell. Its impossible to disagree with the conservative party has caused chaos. Ex, financial chaos looming economic chaos. People are going to start losing their jobs, mortgages again arising and they are a chaotic that unfit for government. Everybody can see that and i think they are in danger of losing their legitimacy. Im to try and as im going back to alex, deans point boys, johnson is currently favorite to return is often i wonder allison, but it was, they might see sense on this. I mean, in a period of, from the actual emergency which is where we are now to put boys johnson who is not a stable figure. Hes the candidate of chaos. Battery and charge will start to price of the actual markets. And i have noted that the prospect about potential johnson but sign has already sent yields rising in the guilt market. Market and British Government debt. The candidate of hey i stay fresh and then i was yeah, actually i was going to come to you and alex and say it as you have these divisions railey, were talking about may we need to explain why the conservative party is so divided it go back to breaks it, go back to the Unfinished Business of exit and has been something of a hollowing out of government, of ministers, of the most experienced elk, because they were perceived to be on the wrong side of brags it, well, they certainly been some change in the place rec environments and i think there was a fact in the very strong push against forest johnston, especially in the last days of his premier ship. Weve also got a, you know, be very consensual so far. So now we got a bit of disagreement because i would point, i was listening carefully to what peter said. I point 1st of all to the fact that no one can change the card. Second sounds good, we got for child. So its in 4 months in the, you know, contracts that up and pretend that its supposed to. But there are significant economic headwinds against every developed economy. Inflation is rampant across europe, Interest Rates are rising across the world. And a lot of that is not to deal with whoever occupies number 10, downing street number 11, our chancellor. I would also points out that jeremy hunts are arrival. I looked, i didnt, but when he was a candidate leader is politics and not mine. But hes a rival, was one of the bright points that the brief lives trust premier ship. It was welcomed by the markets and it does look a good deal, what were main shop. So whether winds conservatively to possibly talk contest, so i wouldnt quite go so far as to say the things that peter said about the future. In fact, i think a lot of the economic fundamentals in the u. K. Are better than some of our european neighbors. And if youre comparing up seats, whats happening at the maintenance in france, germany, italy, spain, the u. K. Is in some basket case outline. In fact the u. K. Is doing rather well and thats one of the reasons the g at 7 group has seen the u. K for cost by the high growth rates than the rest of you know, what he painted. All right, lets have a look at some of the, the stats that weve got here because theres, theres obviously a lot of different stance about how well all differently the u. K. Is doing compared to other european or other countries, and the political instability has been bad for the u. K. Economy. I think theres no doubt about that. And it was already struggling because of briggs, if you follow some of the charts, the economic grass look at this one, the british pound, falling significantly against the dollar and taking its hardest hit in the past month after less trust is controversial. Many budget, but its been on the decline since breaks it. Basically look at this on the Case International business also suffering its total trade as a share of g d p falling by 8 percent, 8 percent since 2019. And the latest research suggest brags it has cost the u. K. Economy, nearly 35000000000. 00. 5 percent smaller were told the economy is at the end of last year than it wouldve been, had britain remained in the u. Peter born is britain. Just one of many countries suffering the economic consequences of i dont know covey the war in ukraine, or is there a particular price . Britain is paying for its political decisions, whether its for exit or people coming in and out. Number 10, theres 3 factors. You seem to have identified that the 1st is those global headwinds we can see that alex dean is quite right to point to that. Then you have what is now being called by the Financial Times and others, the so called moron factor in british politics is that the conservative party is so out of control of employ of such low key, low caliber figures to embark on the raged economic experiments that the markets no longer trust the British Government to manage sensibly. Now, and the 3rd is the general effect bracket going back to 2016. And that is undeniable. God challenge the figures which you just read out, but to deal with the current situation, were dealing with the idiot factor. As it were, a absolute collapse chaos top of the conservative party, clearly and bits to run the local corner shop, let alone a g 7 global economy. And that is why i think you have seen significantly. And alex will have to accept that guilt market is taking brides at the prospect of Boris Johnson. A writ returning to his lazy, incompetent, mendacious, deceitful school of government, which we had 3 years off from sinai, 2019 to till he was for 3 months ago. And some of the, the stat looked specifically like the c p, v. Looking specifically the volume of u. K. Goods export falling 14 percent in the 3 months to january 2021. At a time when the global average was an actual rise of 8. 2 percent. When you, when you compare the u. K. In some ways to the global economy, the u. K is kind of singled out, isnt tip for poor performance. While i think this is it. I mean that we just heard from al