here in the studio are. the french author and journalist, agnes poirier and adam raphael, who has been commentating on british politics since the 1970s. and jef mcallister, an american lawyer, who was london bureau chief for time magazine. thank you very much for being with us. adam, let s start with the british conservative leadership contest. in effect the beauty contest for britain s next prime minister. it s been 1 on 1, blue on blue in some of the attacks. how revealing or interesting has it been? well, it s an odd election as you rightly pointed out. 0nly 160,000 in the electorate, we think anyway, nobody knows what the conservative membership is. 97% are white, half live in london or the south east, half are over 65, i know i m even older than that, but there you go. itjust is not a representative election. there are 1a million conservative votes in the last election. you have this tiny number who actually decide not only who the party leader should be, who the prime m
morning, morning. let s start by looking at the papers. the sunday times front page likely to please labour, their promise not to raise some key taxes will be in the manifesto. the observer goes on the party s pledge to set up specialist courts for rape cases. nigel farage claims to the express that reform, his party, are the real opposition now. many of the papers carry the worrying story about rescue teams search for the missing tv presenter dr michael mosley, who disappeared while on a greek island on wednesday and there will be coverage of that across the bbc through the day but let s with you three, welcome, turn to the election. it s been a busy weekend, john, you ve been watching on for some time, you gave money to the conservatives that backed boris johnson, you seem keir starmer who has been trying to get your support, have you made up your mind? his. has been trying to get your support, have you made up your mind? no, not at all, the have you made up your mind? no,