floods the country had seen in a decade. now on bbc news dateline london with shaun ley. sombre but. hello and welcome to the programme which, for the last 25 years, has been the place where the uk s leading political commentators debate the big themes of the week. alongside them, the foreign correspondents who blog, pod, broadcast, and yes even these days write for audiences back home from the dateline: london. it may be our final edition but we re still looking forward not back leaders and their future. after liz truss told herfinance minister, the chancellor kwasi kwarteng, to go, how long before british conservatives force her to do the same? biden or trump? who will win a second term in the white house, or might someone else get the chance of a first? and can china survive a third term for president xi? in the studio arejeff mcallister, time magazine s white house correspondent during the clinton years, and then chief of the magazine s london bureau. he and his wife no
who will win a second term in the white house, or might someone else get the chance of a first? and can china survive a third term for president xi? in the studio are: jeff mcallister, time magazine s white house correspondent during the clinton years, and then chief of the magazine s london bureau. he and his wife now run their own international law firm. eunice goes, a portuguese writer and academic, lectures on comparative government which, i guess, is how countries learn from each other s mistakes; and steve richards, who arrived at westminster just as the conservative party was evicting margaret thatcher from downing street. the latest episode of rock and roll politics, his podcast, is entitled the next labour government and the power of markets. have events of the last few hours, perhaps certainly the last few weeks, steve, provided you with an insight into those two thoughts, the power of the market and the prospects for a change of government? prospects for a change
many of them children. they blamed the blaze on an electrical fault in the air conditioning system. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline london. this week, a meeting between boris johnson and the energy companies about the ticking time bomb which is the capping of energy bills. the cap will rise further in october. the meeting achieved nothing. the british have a government that apparently must wait for action until the conservatives have chosen their leader, the country s next prime minister. there was another meeting which ended without result too, new york s attorney general summoned donald trump to quiz him about his tax affairs. he pleaded the fifth then repeated the words same answer to every question she put to him. the former president, who would be president again, hadn t kept shtum whe
would take weeks worth of rain to replenish water sources, while experts warn england s drought could last into the next year. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline london. this week, a meeting between boris johnson and the energy companies about the ticking time bomb which is the capping of energy bills. the cap will rise further in october. the meeting achieved nothing. the british have a government that apparently must wait for action until the conservatives have chosen their leader, the country s next prime minister. there was another meeting which ended without result too, new york s attorney general summoned donald trump to quiz him about his tax affairs. he pleaded the fifth then repeated the words sa me a nswer to every question she put to him. the former president, who would be president again, ha
chosen their leader, the country s next prime minister. there was another meeting which ended without result too new york s attorney general summoned donald trump to quiz him about his tax affairs. he pleaded the fifth then repeated the words same answer to every question she put to him. the former president, who would be president again, hadn t kept shtum when the fbi had raided his florida home. to discuss those events in the studio with me are eunice goes, a portuguese academic and writer who teaches comparative government. janet daley, born in the united states. a 60s progressive who by the 1980s was a conservative, now writing a weekly column in the sunday telegraph. and thomas kielinger, who has been a foreign correspondent for german media, including in washington dc during the carter and reagan presidencies. he has written biographies of churchill and of both queens elizabeth. lovely to have you all in the studio with us today. let me start with you, eunice, on the