hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. polling stations have opened across france, in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the five hundred and seventy seven seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. he held sway for the last five years. is just voting here placed he isjust voting here. he has placed his vote and we saw earlier marine le pen and jean luc bell on show, his two main rivalsjust two months ago, also placing their votes. the situation with the presidential election was that in the end, emmanuel macron won with a fairly decisive victory, but marine le pen had a lot of popular support and it was predicted that the vote may have been tighter than it was in the end, but the issue at stake there was the cost of living and french voters voicing concern that emmanuel macron was not focusing on it in the same way that mari
home office has cited is the tip of the iceberg. the real cost is on things like house prices, it s on the general strain on public services of immigration and the sense that a lot of voters have that we are not properly policing our borders and the country is not safe so yes there will be people who think it is an outrageous amount of money to be spent this way but i think there s other costs that are even bigger in people s minds which is 806 issue for the conservatives. a toxic issue. is 806 issue for the conservatives. a toxic issue. is 806 issue for the conservatives. a toxic issue. then new grander oli on a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the table, a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the table, robert - a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the table, robert jen - a toxic issue. then new grander| policy on the table, robert jen rick policy on the table, robertjen rick who quit last we
struck on sunday has been hit a second time and that air defences shot down two other drones. hsbc says its pre tax profits have more than doubled to almost £17 billion in the first half of the year as it benefited from higher interest rates around the world. but the energy giant bp has seen its profits slump by two thirds because of a sharp drop in wholesale energy prices. how are you feeling about this? it is ambitious, isn t it? how do you feel about the government s plans to ban petrol and diesel cars that are new by 2030. let me expand on a couple of things. borisjohnson said amidst much of a fanfare, our green industrial revolution will be powered by the wind turbines of
generally drive. electric car drivers drive generally more miles because. while generally more miles because. white much more fun to drive is pretty white much more fun to drive is pretty subjective. i mean, obviously feelings pretty subjective. i mean, obviously feelings are important but let s stick feelings are important but let s stick to feelings are important but let s stick to the facts and the infrastructure here. we are heading there infrastructure here. we are heading there we infrastructure here. we are heading there. we had some interesting points there. we had some interesting points from howard, to be fair. but it is a points from howard, to be fair. it is a massive points from howard, to be fair. pm it is a massive challenge facing society. wouldn t it be reasonable to delay it until 2035? look, charging points, nowhere near ubiquitous enough. battery factories, big problems there. the energy grid itself, we are way behind. this was a bit of bold boosterism b
was more to the fore. this ban was announced by borisjohnson amidst much who how. rishi sunak so far sticking to it. there are a few wobbles from some people but it looks like they are on course. a yougov poll for the times found 68% of tory voters were opposed to the 2030 deadline. 27% in favour. what about you? a government source says the deadline is palpably attracting investment to the uk. the new mini, the car industry, many drivers absolutely dreading it. is it time for a u turn or at least a delay? looking at the electric infrastructure, insufficient, many argue. the deadline 2035 in europe, by the way. is it pure fantasy to think we can get there in just seven years, orthe think we can get there in just seven years, or the sooner the better? we have electric people, we have petrol people, we have british people. get in touch, what think? new petrol