frailty had led his decision. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading british journalists with foreign correspondents based in the uk who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline london. ballot papers will be sent out in the coming week to the 160,000 or so people who will, in effect, choose the next british prime minister. the candidate debates have not been without incident the host of one brought it to an abrupt end by fainting. has it sent our panel to sleep? has europe yet woken up to the prospect of energy rationing this winter? and are the democrats slumbering whilst donald trump is back, thundering? here in the studio are jef mcallister, an american lawyer, who was london bureau chief for time magazine. the french author and journalist, agnes poirier and adam raphael, who has been commentating on british politics since the 1970s. thank you very much for being with us. adam, let s s
for being undemocratic. moscow is accused of deliberately sparking a globalfood crisis through its war in ukraine. russia s un envoy storms out of the security council in protest. and the man taking drastic action to save ancient plane trees near the eiffel tower in france. hello and welcome. borisjohnson has survived a vote of confidence in his leadership of the conservative party, although more than 40% of tory mps voted against him. he described the result as decisive and his supporters have urged their colleagues to allow the government to push ahead with the running of the country. but one of mrjohnson s critics said it was a very bad result and he would be surprised if he was still in downing street by the end of the autumn. here is the story of the vote and the results. after months of awkward question for borisjohnson, weeks of mounting speculation and a day of intense public, sometimes angry, arguments, the moment a verdict, the result with yes, the potential t