things we are talking about feel much more normal are ready. that is classic politics. ready. that is classic militia-— ready. that is classic olitics. , . ., politics. they will regard that as issue not _ politics. they will regard that as issue not accomplished i as issue not accomplished because it is day two but the start of the project, the user line from michael gove the levelling up second, boring is back. so we have spent time at westminster running around like mad things got quite a while, and today, that was it, there has not been any news here, and it has gone from gale force whatever a strong wind is to the most gentle of breezes. there are still things happening so messed tick off what has happened. the suella braverman reappointment controversy ru m bles braverman reappointment controversy rumbles on with the opposition parties trying to keep that alive and the odd tory backbencher saying we are not sure. ,, . , tory backbencher saying we are not sure. ,, ., , ., tory backbencher saying we are not sure. ,, ., ,, . ., , not sure. she as home secretary for breaking — not sure. she as home secretary for breaking the _ not sure. she as home secretary for breaking the ministerial - for breaking the ministerial code — for breaking the ministerial code because she sent an e—mail she should — code because she sent an e—mail she should try a work account, private — she should try a work account, private accounts for the book account — private accounts for the book account and then six days later she was— account and then six days later she was back on the job. she was back on the 'ob. labour will keep going h she was back on the 'ob. labour will keep going with _ she was back on the job. labour will keep going with it, - she was back on the job. labour will keep going with it, there . will keep going with it, there are conservative mps are really not comfortable with it, some are not keen on her brand of conservative politics but beyond that there are those who think, hang on. it is one thing doing something, breaking rules, acknowledging you have made a mistake, and she has acknowledged all of that, and having your career resuscitated a year later or two years later, there are loads of examples of that, and the sense that water has passed under the bridge, but six days... so, i think there will be lots more scratching around it, about the story that she set out as far as what happened versus what others say happened. and then i think the other thing will be, is there a broader sense, particularly given the job she is doing, around, can she be trusted with sensitive information? because of course there is a sensitive information in all governmentjobs, but if you are in the home office, there really is because of your interactions with the intelligence agencies and all the rest of it, there really is, so there will be questions about that. and we got confirmation from downing street on thursday that rishi sunak will not go to the cop27 climate conference in egypt starting next week which is of course the sequel to the cop26 conference which happened in glasgow with lots of bells and whistles. is it a major dealfor him not to be going to that? people are saying it is because people are saying that he ought to be turning up at something as pivotal as far as so many see it in terms of the planet's future to not be going. from his perspective, politically, a week ago he did not know he would be prime minister. he has gone from backbencher to prime minister, there are these great domestic issues that he has to deal with, he has got the best part of five days out of the country in about three weeks when he goes to the 620 summit in bali, he will come back and hours later, the autumn statement will happen. so clearly he has got a lot on and i suspect he thinks that that is one trip... i think liz truss was originally going to do a day trip, or maybe one night, a quick visit and then come back, so i think their calculation will be that in the grand scheme of priorities, perhaps they can send someone else. and the big news in radio land today is that lbc has been stealing lots of listeners from the bbc. so, in the best tradition of, if you can't beat them, join them, we are nowjoined by andrew marr from lbc! very strange being back in these familiar surroundings. have you brought some listeners with you, - that is what we want to know? i wouldn't know about that. you are being much nicer than i thought you were going to be, i am tongue—tied about that. so, for months on end after you switched to lbc, every time i got on a bus, you were on the side of it. very embarrassing. it was all about you getting your voice back, as you have said about being beyond the bbc and being able to offer your opinion again, how did you find that? it did sound as if my last year at the bbc i'd had laryngitis all the way through. but it's a really interesting question, i talked to shelagh fogarty who is on lbc and was on the bbc for years and years when i moved over and we had brunch together and i said, how do you move from being a bbc voice to being an lbc voice? she said what you do is every day you come in and you peel a little bit of bbc off and then one day you come back in and you think that is too much and you stick it back on again. and that is a good way of thinking about it. i am not somebody who wanted to come onto the radio and tell people how to vote or, this person is disgusting or whatever, but i do like fairly vigourous and aggressive analysis of the news, and i am learning to do that much more. i was a newspaper guy before i came to the bbc and i am really going back to being the gumshoe newspaper reporter with a kind of crumpled notebook in my back pocket that i was when i started in my 20s. we have seen a classic example today because we just talked about the suella braverman situation, and we did the bbc thing of some people say this, some people say this, here is our professional analysis of some options of the way the story could go, but on lbc tonight, you said, i think she should go. i said i thought it was a whopper of a mistake by the new prime minister, and apart from anything else this is a really important time for rishi sunak — these are the days when he can present himself afresh to the country and turn the tory narrative around and people can get a look at him for the first time, and the whole news cycle is being taken up by suella braverman, so in terms of presenting himself it has been a disasterfor him. now we've got tory mps and ministers saying that she will have to go. this story is not going away, i think we will see more of it in the sunday newspapers, perhaps before that, everyone is piling in and i think there are times in life when you have to cut loose and say, ok, this was an appointment i made which is not working out and just get rid of the whole thing as quickly as possible. the way to do it would be to persuade suella braverman to say, i have become a distraction, i don't want to be a distraction to this wonderful new conservative government and so i have decided to step aside. but if she doesn't he has to show her the door. you will know that when liz truss got rid of kwasi kwarteng in a short space of time there was a lot of flak for her about the judgment she initially had by appointing him, is there a danger for rishi sunak that this just looks like a huge mistake and he has to ultimately take some of the responsibility for that? you're absolutely right, he takes a hit. he certainly takes a hit if that happens. but is it better to take one cricket and then everything moves on again, the news moves on, or let it run for days and weeks? i would say better take the hit upfront. let's take a step back from the specifics of the suella braverman story to where we find ourselves at the end of an extraordinary handful of months in politics and an even more extraordinary last six or seven weeks. i've been conscious that every superlative has kind of been maxed out and i was warned when i started this job, be careful with superlatives, because you run out of space, but... by previous political editor andrew marr! no, it was james landale who said be careful of the superlatives. we've used them in recent weeks for good reason. a wise fellow! but to put this delicately, your heritage as a political reporter is greater than ours because you have been around for longer, so, can you put this period into some sort of context? it has been unprecedented, hasn't it? it is very like my early days reporting on robert walpole's first administration. no, i am going to think of this... what was it like when america voted for independence?! it was extraordinary! no, i am going to think of this for ever as the autumn of the three prime ministers, when they were falling like autumn leaves. and i am going to think of liz truss as of somehow our version of the winter queen, who was elizabeth of bohemia, way back, much mocked because of the short period that she was in there, and now liz truss is out, i keep thinking, what is it like being liz truss? she is on holiday at the moment, i saw kwasi kwarteng for the first time in the house of commonsjust now, he wasn't enormously friendly, he seemed to me to be a bruised guy but i make you think how politics burns through friendships, destroys relationship, throws people out, really brutally. you would have to do something pretty horrible at the bbc to be thrown out as briskly as liz truss was. we haven't seen anything like this before, quite clearly. i think it's all because of the after—effects of brexit, i think after brexit, the conservative party, triumphant, wasn't absolutely sure what brexit was really for, what it was about, was this the moment when britain did do this singapore on thames thing? was this a moment for slashing regulations, getting rid of employment laws, cutting taxes and going for a really fast, aggressive growth policy? or we going to sort of fold back to being a kind of another centrist, social democratic country, outside the eu? and i think that argument has been throbbing through the conservative party year after year after year, and expelling group after group, leader after leader, and this, let's hope, is the culmination and the end of that process because we are all exhausted. why could this be the culmination of the process? well, the conservatives have come this close, about an inch apart, from an absolute financial meltdown, a real proper financial crash, for the whole country, which would not only be humiliating but would give us economic scarring for years and years ahead. very close to that. and they have also been looking right at extinction level polling, polling which would see them obliterated as a serious political force, some of the polls suggest that the conservatives would come back with three orfour mp5, or maybe even two, in which case the leadership contest should be very interesting indeed. so, they have had these two events, and if after those they have not started to think again, we must pull together, hang together or hang separately, then they are completely deranged. they are not. they finally understand, this is absolutely, rishi sunak is absolutely their last chance. seeing that you are the executioner of her, just facilitating it and chris has spoken on newscast about what it is like when you get a phone call from downing street and i wonder if you go back into your memory banks, what was the most important phone call, the most important phone call, the most important summoning, thinking this is it? ., , ., this is it? there was a peter mandelson _ this is it? there was a peter mandelson resignation - this is it? there was a peter mandelson resignation and| this is it? there was a peter- mandelson resignation and then when _ mandelson resignation and then when gordon brown was about to calla _ when gordon brown was about to call a general election and frankly— call a general election and frankly had he called the general election at that point new labour might have survived another — new labour might have survived another five years, but he delayed, _ another five years, but he delayed, and i got the call to id delayed, and i got the call to go into— delayed, and i got the call to go into downing street and interview him in downing street and i_ interview him in downing street and i didn't know which way he was going _ and i didn't know which way he was going to go and when he said. — was going to go and when he said, andrew, i have decided not to— said, andrew, i have decided not to go— said, andrew, i have decided not to go into an election... that— not to go into an election... that was— not to go into an election... that was very good! i�*m that was very good! i'm deciding _ that was very good! i'm deciding the _ that was very good! i'm deciding the not - that was very good! deciding the not right that was very good!“ deciding the not right for the country— deciding the not right for the country is not to give a general— country is not to give a general election. and i remember doing the interview and going to the window and looking — and going to the window and looking down into downing street _ looking down into downing street and there, pacing furiously about was adam bouuon furiously about was adam boulton of the sky news team! when _ boulton of the sky news team! when i — boulton of the sky news team! when i got the call to do the interview with the prime minister, part of the building process, it was obvious that she was in a lot of trouble back the very taking of the call it home to me how much trouble she was in, because that was the only reason i invited in.— that was the only reason i invited in. you don't talk to chris mason _ invited in. you don't talk to chris mason unless - invited in. you don't talk to chris mason unless you - invited in. you don't talk to chris mason unless you are j invited in. you don't talk to i chris mason unless you are in real: — chris mason unless you are in real, reat— chris mason unless you are in real, realtrouble! belowl chris mason unless you are in real, real trouble! below i got the catt— real, real trouble! below i got the call with an hour and have to do. — the call with an hour and have to go, coming in 90 minutes, a prime_ to go, coming in 90 minutes, a prime minister in that sort of situation _ prime minister in that sort of situation is in trouble almost certainly _ situation is in trouble almost certainl . . ., situation is in trouble almost certainly-— certainly. can i ask again, with a longer— certainly. can i ask again, with a longer view, - certainly. can i ask again, with a longer view, we - certainly. can i ask again, l with a longer view, we have seen — with a longer view, we have seen what _ with a longer view, we have seen what has _ with a longer view, we have seen what has happened . with a longer view, we 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know that it is hard to _ under rishi sunak? i know that it is hard to star— under rishi sunak? i know that it is hard to star gaze _ under rishi sunak? i know that it is hard to star gaze into - it is hard to star gaze into the — it is hard to star gaze into the future, _ it is hard to star gaze into the future, but... - it is hard to star gaze into the future, but...- it is hard to star gaze into the future, but... when you get extreme swings _ the future, but... when you get extreme swings in _ the future, but... when you get extreme swings in the - the future, but... when you get extreme swings in the polls, . extreme swings in the polls, you can _ extreme swings in the polls, you can expect them to extremely swing back again sir keir starmer has been saying to the shadow cabinet, for goodness' sake stop tweeting your— goodness' sake stop tweeting your delight about the polls, these — your delight about the polls, these will change again and i think— these will change again and i think he _ these will change again and i think he is absolutely right. we talk— think he is absolutely right. we talk about a short attention span— we talk about a short attention span and — we talk about a short attention span and have short memories these — span and have short memories these days and three or four months _ these days and three or four months of the conservatives things— months of the conservatives things together, or four months of the _ things together, or four months of the bond markets we all know so much — of the bond markets we all know so much about these days improving and the currency moving _ improving and the currency moving back up again, and perhaps— moving back up again, and perhaps the price of gas coming down _ perhaps the price of gas coming down and — perhaps the price of gas coming down and so forth, people will look— down and so forth, people will look again at the two parties and i— look again at the two parties and i think it is all to play for~ — and i think it is all to play for~ i_ and i think it is all to play for. i think that keir starmer is getting _ for. i think that keir starmer is getting better by the day. his performance at pmqs this week— his performance at pmqs this week was quite strong, he's becoming more like a leader, more — becoming more like a leader, more steely, it will be a real fight, — more steely, it will be a real fight, it— more steely, it will be a real fight, it depends on the extent to which— fight, it depends on the extent to which when they are asked, what _ to which when they are asked, what is — to which when they are asked, what is your group policy the labour — what is your group policy the labour party has a really clear atso _ labour party has a really clear also that — labour party has a really clear also that they can express interest— also that they can express interest back sentences shorter than _ interest back sentences shorter than i _ interest back sentences shorter than i am — interest back sentences shorter than i am doing and the people at her— than i am doing and the people at her really remember. if they can do— at her really remember. if they can do that, then they will win the election because people have — the election because people have had the conservatives for a long — have had the conservatives for a long time, we have had 12 years— a long time, we have had 12 years of— a long time, we have had 12 years of anaemic growth. | a long time, we have had 12 years of anaemic growth. i am leased years of anaemic growth. i am pleased to _ years of anaemic growth. i am pleased to say _ years of anaemic growth. i am pleased to say that _ years of anaemic growth. i am pleased to say that we - years of anaemic growth. i am pleased to say that we can - years of anaemic growth. i —n pleased to say that we can now say hello to, sort of, rishi sunak, because we are joined by sri patel who played the new chancellor in the covid drama, listings in. i am slightly 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really see much of rishi's - really see much of rishi's personal— really see much of rishi's personal life _ really see much of rishi's personal life but - really see much of rishi's personal life but i - really see much of rishi's personal life but i still- really see much of rishi's personal life but i still do| personal life but i still do lots — personal life but i still do lots of _ personal life but i still do lots of research - personal life but i still do lots of research into - personal life but i still do| lots of research into that. personal life but i still do . lots of research into that. as an actor _ lots of research into that. as an actor i _ lots of research into that. as an actor i like _ lots of research into that. as an actor i like to— lots of research into that. as an actor i like to prepare - lots of research into that. as an actor i like to prepare in. an actor i like to prepare in that— an actor i like to prepare in that way— an actor i like to prepare in that 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the way he stood, his personality that you are trying to get across all to emulate?— emulate? vocally, he is a lot more well — emulate? vocally, he is a lot more well spoken _ emulate? vocally, he is a lot more well spoken than - emulate? vocally, he is a lot more well spoken than me. i emulate? vocally, he is a lot i more well spoken than me. just more well spoken than me. just feeling — more well spoken than me. just feeling in — more well spoken than me. just feeling in my— more well spoken than me. just feeling in my mouth, _ more well spoken than me. just feeling in my mouth, his- feeling in my mouth, his placement _ feeling in my mouth, his placement is _ feeling in my mouth, his placement is more - feeling in my mouth, his placement is more at. feeling in my mouth, his| placement is more at the feeling in my mouth, his- placement is more at the front of his— placement is more at the front of his mouth, _ placement is more at the front of his mouth, i— placement is more at the front of his mouth, isaw— placement is more at the front of his mouth, i saw a - placement is more at the front of his mouth, i saw a few- of his mouth, i saw a few youtube _ of his mouth, i saw a few youtube videos, - of his mouth, i saw a few youtube videos, he - of his mouth, i saw a few youtube videos, he sits. of his mouth, i saw a few| youtube videos, he sits a of his mouth, i saw a few- youtube videos, he sits a bit more — youtube videos, he sits a bit more upright— youtube videos, he sits a bit more upright than _ youtube videos, he sits a bit more upright than i- youtube videos, he sits a bit more upright than i do, - youtube videos, he sits a bit more upright than i do, he i more upright than i do, he likes— more upright than i do, he likes to _ more upright than i do, he likes to cross _ more upright than i do, he likes to cross his - more upright than i do, he likes to cross his legs - more upright than i do, he likes to cross his legs at. more upright than i do, he - likes to cross his legs at some points — likes to cross his legs at some points also— likes to cross his legs at some points. also notice _ likes to cross his legs at some points. also notice the - likes to cross his legs at some points. also notice the way. points. also notice the way that — points. also notice the way that he _ points. also notice the way that he uses— points. also notice the way that he uses his _ points. also notice the way that he uses his hands - points. also notice the way. that he uses his hands when points. also notice the way- that he uses his hands when he has got — that he uses his hands when he has got something _ that he uses his hands when he has got something like - that he uses his hands when he has got something like a - that he uses his hands when he has got something like a folder| has got something like a folder or paperwork _ has got something like a folder or paperwork. he _ has got something like a folder or paperwork-— or paperwork. he loves a binder- _ or paperwork. he loves a binder. yes, _ or paperwork. he loves a binder. yes, he - or paperwork. he loves a binder. yes, he doesn't i or paperwork. he loves a i binder. yes, he doesn't love or paperwork. he loves a - binder. yes, he doesn't love a binder. yes, he doesn't love a binder- they _ binder. yes, he doesn't love a binder. they had _ binder. yes, he doesn't love a binder. they had binders - binder. yes, he doesn't love a binder. they had binders in i binder. yes, he doesn't love a| binder. they had binders in the cabinet — binder. they had binders in the cabinet room _ binder. they had binders in the cabinet room and _ binder. they had binders in the cabinet room and i— binder. they had binders in the cabinet room and i felt - binder. they had binders in the cabinet room and i felt there . cabinet room and i felt there was — cabinet room and i felt there was a — cabinet room and i felt there was a certain _ cabinet room and i felt there was a certain way— cabinet room and i felt there was a certain way that - cabinet room and i felt there was a certain way that he - cabinet room and i felt there i was a certain way that he would hold _ was a certain way that he would hold it — was a certain way that he would hold it that _ was a certain way that he would hold it that i_ was a certain way that he would hold it that i wouldn't _ was a certain way that he would hold it that i wouldn't hold i hold it that i wouldn't hold it, hold it that i wouldn't hold it. so _ hold it that i wouldn't hold it. so things— hold it that i wouldn't hold it, so things like _ hold it that i wouldn't hold it, so things like that, i hold it that i wouldn't hold| it, so things like that, yes, that— it, so things like that, yes, that is— it, so things like that, yes, that is how— it, so things like that, yes, that is how i _ it, so things like that, yes, that is how i came - it, so things like that, yes, that is how i came to i it, so things like that, yes, that is how i came to it. i it, so things like that, yes, j that is how i came to it. do ou that is how i came to it. do you think — that is how i came to it. you think there is another that is how i came to it.“ you think there is another side to him — you think there is another side to him that we don't see because _ to him that we don't see because i think of the confrontation he had with boris johnson — confrontation he had with boris johnson on the saturday evening at millbank tower at westminster where borisjohnson was clearly using all of the force — was clearly using all of the force of— was clearly using all of the force of his personality and his rhetoric and trying to bulldoze rishi sunak into standing aside and rishi sunak, because — standing aside and rishi sunak, because he had the numbers, wasn't — because he had the numbers, wasn't having it. he seems to me to — wasn't having it. he seems to me to be _ wasn't having it. he seems to me to be a _ wasn't having it. he seems to me to be a macro do. | wasn't having it. he seems to me to be a macro do.- wasn't having it. he seems to me to be a macro do. i think he is a macro _ me to be a macro do. i think he is a macro do. _ me to be a macro do. i think he is a macro do. but _ me to be a macro do. i think he is a macro do. but it _ me to be a macro do. i think he is a macro do. but it doesn't i is a macro do. but it doesn't mean — is a macro do. but it doesn't mean that— is a macro do. but it doesn't mean that he _ is a macro do. but it doesn't mean that he does - is a macro do. but it doesn't mean that he does it - is a macro do. but it doesn't mean that he does it in i is a macro do. but it doesn't mean that he does it in an. mean that he does it in an aggressive _ mean that he does it in an aggressive way. _ mean that he does it in an aggressive way. he - mean that he does it in an aggressive way. he just i mean that he does it in an- aggressive way. he just stands his ground _ aggressive way. he just stands his ground "— aggressive way. he just stands his ground. —— mackie - aggressive way. he just stands his ground. —— mackie is- aggressive way. he just stands his ground. —— mackie is a i his ground. —— mackie is a toughie _ his ground. —— mackie is a toughie he _ his ground. —— mackie is a toughie. he is— his ground. —— mackie is a toughie. he is a _ his ground. —— mackie is a toughie. he is a very- toughie. he is a very intelligent— toughie. he is a very intelligent man. i toughie. he is a very intelligent man. hel toughie. he is a very- intelligent man. he wants to make — intelligent man. he wants to make sure _ intelligent man. he wants to make sure that _ intelligent man. he wants to make sure that all— intelligent man. he wants to make sure that all of- intelligent man. he wants to make sure that all of the i make sure that all of the information— make sure that all of the information is— make sure that all of the information is given i make sure that all of the | information is given when make sure that all of the - information is given when he is making — information is given when he is making his _ information is given when he is making his arguments - information is given when he is making his arguments and - information is given when he is making his arguments and that is why— making his arguments and that is why he — making his arguments and that is why he comes _ making his arguments and that is why he comes up _ making his arguments and that is why he comes up with - making his arguments and that is why he comes up with all- making his arguments and that is why he comes up with all ofi is why he comes up with all of the lists, _ is why he comes up with all of the lists, i_ is why he comes up with all of the lists, i think. _ is why he comes up with all of the lists, i think. he - is why he comes up with all of the lists, i think. he is - is why he comes up with all of the lists, i think. he isjust. the lists, ithink. he isjust very— the lists, ithink. he isjust very strong _ the lists, ithink. he isjust very strong in— the lists, ithink. he isjust very strong in his - the lists, ithink. he isjust| very strong in his opinions, and — very strong in his opinions, and he _ very strong in his opinions, and he makes _ very strong in his opinions, and he makes sure - very strong in his opinions, and he makes sure he- very strong in his opinions, and he makes sure he putsi and he makes sure he puts forward _ and he makes sure he puts forward his— and he makes sure he puts forward his arguments - and he makes sure he puts forward his arguments but| and he makes sure he puts i forward his arguments but in and he makes sure he puts - forward his arguments but in a very— forward his arguments but in a very respectful— forward his arguments but in a very respectful way, _ forward his arguments but in a very respectful way, and - forward his arguments but in a very respectful way, and i- very respectful way, and i think— very respectful way, and i think that _ very respectful way, and i think that is _ very respectful way, and i think that is the - very respectful way, and i think that is the energy. i very respectful way, and i- think that is the energy. what do i think that is the energy. what do i know? _ think that is the energy. what do i know? i— think that is the energy. what do i know? i have _ think that is the energy. what do i know? i have never- think that is the energy. what do i know? i have never even| do i know? i have never even nret— do i know? i have never even met the — do i know? i have never even met the gov _ do i know? i have never even met the gov sri— do i know? i have never even met the guy-— met the guy. sri patel, thank ou for met the guy. sri patel, thank you for entertaining - met the guy. sri patel, thank you for entertaining us, - met the guy. sri patel, thank you for entertaining us, and i met the guy. sri patel, thank l you for entertaining us, and we look forward to seeing you in the next thing you are doing. andrew, who would you like to play you in the movie of your life? it play you in the movie of your life? , . . ., life? if they are allowed prosthetics _ life? if they are allowed prosthetics then - life? if they are allowed prosthetics then clearly | prosthetics then clearly kenneth branagh, with huge, huge ears! like a lovely to see you and lovely to listen to you as well. great to talk to you. like a by the time you are what you are listening to this episode the government has probably called fresh elections in northern ireland stop otter in northern ireland stop after elections there _ in northern ireland stop after elections there a _ in northern ireland stop after elections there a few - in northern ireland stop after elections there a few months ago the political parties in northern ireland have not been able to form a government because the dup, the democratic unionists, have said they will not nominate a speaker to the northern ireland assembly which is the key that unlocks the whole process —— my unlocks, until there are big changes to the northern ireland protocol, which is the northern ireland bit of the brexit deal. because they have been talking and talking and not nominating, nominating, it has ground to a halt, and the deadline has now passed, which means probably that the only route is to have new elections. what does all of this stuff mean? the person who can tell us is our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, who is at stormont. we are in the period where an election has to be called. what does that mean for the governance of northern ireland, to use a very brainy word? in terms of people's lives and decisions made in northern ireland? it sounds like the decisions have been on hold anyway, just on hold more? everything has been on hold, to a point. we are approaching halloween so let's use a metaphor, we have had a zombie government where ministers have been in post but not able to really take any big political decisions. the wheels have been turning but you can't make much progress or get targeted to support people for the cost of living crisis or things like that and that's been difficult when it comes to responding to the needs of changing circumstances. that is where you run into problems with a political stalemate like this. when we hit midnight, from then on, the ministers are no longer in their roles and it is then a civil servant running things and even less can be done. they can keep stuff going but only really do the very basics which doesn't help people's lives when you have changing circumstances like a fuel crisis or problems elsewhere that create problems for schools or gp surgeries where you need politicians to take measures that relate to the local circumstances. we enter this period of stagnation, we are into potentially this campaigning period if the secretary of state comes out and calls an election, which he had threatened to do at one minute past midnight. and then you are on the campaign trail with politicians up to the point of the 15th of december which will be election day. so merry christmas! we are into all that. the thing is with this, i kind of get it is set down in the law that this is the process that has gone through in this situation with an election and the rest, but the election might not actually solve anything. that is what everybody has been saying, the parties don't really want another election, they say it will cost loads of money and what does it achieve? the electorate might deliver pretty much the same result or something a bit different, but the problems remain. there is no indication the dup is changing its position, it will not go back into an executive unless it gets bigger changes to the protocol and in fact it wanted to see the legislation to override the protocol fully enacted before it said it would go back into government. you are right, an election does not change everything and people have been arguing that already. what might change something is getting some differences on the northern ireland protocol and of course that is out of the control of the people who sit here at stormont, it is all decided between the british government negotiating with the eu. i know i'm asking you to be a bit of a pulse to undo that difficult think of reading the public mood of the whole place, and you have been in the us, but how are people feeling about this? is there a sense of frustration or any appetite for an election when they watch how things are unfurling at stormont? what's the sense you get from people? huge frustration, stop anybody on the street and asked him about the stalemate at stormont and they are tearing their hair up but they were also doing that a few years ago happen in 2017 and we had another political crisis. loads of frustration but what does that turn into when people come to the ballot box? actually, voting habits are pretty well in grain here and people still go back and vote for the nationalist or unionist parties but what we seem in the last couple of elections, particularly the last one, was more people moving to the centre ground and voting for the cross—community party the alliance who are now the third biggest party, and we also saw the dup particularly losing votes but we sure that the people moving to a harder line party, the tuv, even harder on the northern ireland protocol so the message sent back from an election doesn't really help solve the problem. one argument that is getting louder with all of this is that the centre ground alliance party say this cross community power—sharing military coalition that was set up because the northern line's history of conflict is getting out of date and doesn't work for people any more put it was set up when almost everybody was voting either unionist or nationalist but now there is a growing centre ground and they are saying that maybe we should have a voluntary coalition so parties don't have so much of a veto on things and they can't hold you to ransom and walk out of the executive and leave it in a stalemate like we are seeing. i expect those kinds of arguments to get louder to say that this power—sharing rules that were set up because of the good friday agreement 25 years ago, bringing to an end the conflict, they are getting out of date and this political crisis just fuels the argument even more. thing is, that would involve a wholesale rewiring of how northern ireland is governed and given the current government model, even though it clearly has all sorts of potential problems with it, or levers that can mean the whole thing is suspended, underpinning all of that is the good friday agreement which is the centrepiece of the peace settlement of 20 odd years ago so that rewiring that some talk about would be mighty hard to pull off? and that's all from this episode of newscast, you for watching and listening. goodbye. hello. with 18 degrees in edinburgh on thursday, 21 in london, it doesn't feel like the last few days of october out there, it will stay very mild into the weekend, often windy and there will be further rain at times with low pressure anchored to the west of the uk and around it spinning towards us these weather fronts to give these spells of rain but also drier, sunnier moments at times, too. all the while, the air coming from a long way south of us, although temperatures take a little bit of a step backwards during friday, they will head back up again during saturday. starting with a lot of rain across western parts on friday morning, some strong winds, too, gales in places, a lot of standing water, spray in northern ireland, the heavy rain runs into western scotland, here there could be some flooding disruption. we'll all see a spell of rain in the morning, not much across east anglia and the south—east, compared with elsewhere. look how far away from the far north of scotland and northern isles, just about gone into the afternoon to allow much drier, brighter picture with just a few showers around. these will bring gusts north wales northwards, 50 miles an hour or so, in fact, into the far north of scotland for a time in the afternoon 60 mph gusts and temperatures widely in the mid to upper teens. there will still be a few spots in the east and the south—east of england, and it will get to around 20 celsius. largely fine on friday evening, though we are waiting for the next weather system to move on up from the south as we go into saturday morning. so some outbreaks of rain pushing into parts of england and wales at this stage, a little bit cooler, as we start off on saturday, with some spots towards north—east england and eastern scotland, down into single figures. so, cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing steadily further north during saturday, so into northern ireland, reaching into southern scotland, northern scotland staying largely dry, still some sunny spells. largely fine and bright and sunny across east anglia and south—east england, and temperatures getting back into the low 20s. so what will be a blustery day and a windy part two of the weekend on sunday with further weather fronts coming our way. looks to be more showery on sunday, most of the showers will push in across northern and western areas, some of them could well be heavy and thundery, the spells of sunshine in between tend to move through quite quickly on the strong wind, and again, temperatures well above where we might expect them to be at this time of year. now, next week, low pressure stays close by. wet and windy at times, you will notice a gradual decrease in temperature. welcome to bbc news, i'm rich preston. our top stories. america's special envoy on climate change warns the world could still limit global warming to just above pre—industrial levels, but only if countries increase their efforts immediately. if we get more countries directly engaged in changing their plans to more rapidly kill the emissions, to more rapidly transition, it is plausible. but as 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