affairs told journalists that more than 1.3 million people had been displaced in the worst floods the country had seen in a decade. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. and boy, there s quite a lot of politics to think about, isn t there? all the drama about this government mess, though, a dramatic shift in our politics. it has become the conventional wisdom overnight that labour will win the next election. the polling suggests there s been a greater swing in recent days and weeks than there was during the last worst financial crisis to hit a conservative government black wednesday back in 1992. and that ll mean there will pretty soon be much greater scrutiny of what labour will do. faced with the same economic fundamentals high taxes, high borrowing, high inflation and low growth. if labour does indeed win an election, lisa nandy will be the cabinet minister with the job of delivering for what s become known as
it has become the conventional wisdom overnight that labour will win the next election. the polling suggests there s been a greater swing in recent days and weeks than there was during the last worst financial crisis to hit a conservative government black wednesday back in 1992. and that ll mean there will pretty soon be much greater scrutiny of what labour will do. faced with the same economic fundamentals high taxes, high borrowing, high inflation and low growth. if labour does indeed win an election, lisa nandy will be the cabinet minister with the job of delivering for what s become known as the red wall. northern industrial towns like wigan in lancashire, which she represents and which she says has changed her politics. a politics learnt at the knee of her grandfather, who was a liberal mp and a father who was, who is a famous marxist academic. political thinking is a conversation with, not an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking. and today we r
tonight at ten the international monetary fund weighs into the financial uncertainty in the uk, criticising the government s plan and saying it s likely to increase inequality. meanwhile, there are concerns that costs could rise including mortgages after the bank of england hints a sizeable interest rate rise could be coming. i think it is hard not to draw the conclusion that all this will require a significant monetary policy response. the chancellor has defended the government s plan and has today tried to reassure big investors and critical mps from his own party. also tonight. sir keir starmer sets out his plan to the labour party conference including a state owned green energy company. britain will get its future back a country where aspiration is rewarded, where working people succeed, a force for good in the world, a clean energy superpower, a fairer, greener, more dynamic nation. two pipe lines that carry gas from russia to europe suddenly spring a number of l
On this in the Sunday Express. Makes toxic aid resigns. But ultimately they are only aids and all ministers have advisers, dont they . But the minister or the Prime Minister in this case, the buck stops there. Absolutely. Inside westminster and whitehall, people know how powerful these two people were. They were two of the most powerful people in this country, along with theresa may. Unelected. Unelected. To normal people looking at this, hank on, you have had a bad Election Result and you have sacked your advisers, that is not a good look, she has not. This is the moment where she has dispatched her chief whip to go fast to basically shore up a majority for her to try and basically save her of and, save her skin, her aides have fallen on their sword to save her, and she goes shopping. There is a sense that it hasnt really sunk in. She is probably exhausted because of the time they have had. I do think that caroline is right and there was a sense that she is in denial. Anyone that saw
On this in the Sunday Express. Makes toxic aid resigns. But ultimately they are only aids and all ministers have advisers, dont they . But the minister or the Prime Minister in this case, the buck stops there. Absolutely. Inside westminster and whitehall, people know how powerful these two people were. They were two of the most powerful people in this country, along with theresa may. Unelected. Unelected. To normal people looking at this, hank on, you have had a bad Election Result and you have sacked your advisers, that is not a good look, she has not. This is the moment where she has dispatched her chief whip to go fast to basically shore up a majority for her to try and basically save her of and, save her skin, her aides have fallen on their sword to save her, and she goes shopping. There is a sense that it hasnt really sunk in. She is probably exhausted because of the time they have had. I do think that caroline is right and there was a sense that she is in denial. Anyone that saw