Are about to blastoff on a mission around earth. Hello and welcome. Borisjohnson has his eyes on a Post Brexit, post covid future. Not that those two seismic issues have been entirely put to bed, the fallout will occupy government for years to come. But suddenly there is a Question Mark over what the purpose of this government really is. And a reshuffle usually gives us a clue. The trouble is this wasnt the most radical of reshuffles, today, certainly not the night of the long knives. Yes, the Foreign Secretary dominic raab, paid the price over his handling of the afghanistan crisis. Gavin williamson also expelled as the Education Secretary. But the chancellor, the Home Secretary and the Health Secretary all stayed put. The most intriguing move of the day was the decision to send Cabinet Secretary Michael gove, to the department of housing. Which might ordinarily be seen as a demotion. Except housing is now a key part of the Prime Ministers levelling up agenda. Maybe a clue to where th
of jehovah s witnesses. the uk chancellor, jeremy hunt, has spoken to the governor of the bank of england about silicon valley bank uk, which is heading for insolvency after the failure of its parent company in the us. you are watching bbc news. now, politicalthinking with nick robinson. what makes the daughter of immigrants willing to risk the wrath of liberal britain by warning that we face an invasion of migrants, that up to 100 million could come here, that those who oppose her plan to stop the boats aren t real patriots? indeed, that they re betraying britain. the home secretary, suella braverman, is loved by some for the stance she s taking. she s loathed by others. my guest on political thinking has toured the news studios all week. this is not another news interview. it is not an interrogation about that policy. it is a conversation, as this whole series is, about what shapes her political thinking. what shapes her views? what shapes her values? suella braverman, th
in the mediterranean sea. it comes days after the prime minister, promised harsher prison sentences for human traffickers. britain s prime minister rishi sunak and chancellorjeremy hunt will hold talks with the governor of the bank of england in response to the collapse of silicon valley bank uk. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. what makes the daughter of immigrants willing to risk the wrath of liberal britain by warning that we face an invasion of migrants, that up to 100 million could come here, that those who oppose her plan to stop the boats aren t real patriots? indeed, that they re betraying britain. the home secretary, suella braverman, is loved by some for the stance she s taking. she s loathed by others. my guest on political thinking has toured the news studios all week. this is not another news interview. it is not an interrogation about that policy. it is a conversation, as this whole series is, about what shapes
in the next hour, before conservative mps go into that committee room, and place their votes in a secret ballot we will be talking to some of them in the run up. good afternoon. the prime minister borisjohnson has addressed conservative mps to try and convince them to back him in a vote of confidence this evening. in an hours time, tory mps will start voting on whether they want mrjohnson to be replaced. he s been under increasing pressure following the publication of a report which looked into parties at downing street which broke covid rules. a vote of confidence was triggered after some conservative mps handed in letters calling on the pm to resign to sir graham brady, the chairman of an influential group of backbench mps, called the 1922 committee. for a vote to be held, at least 15% of conservative mps need to write a letter that works out at 5a. let s cross straight to college green in westminster now and my colleague victoria derbyshire: it s been a dramatic day and it
A member of parliament, pretty quickly you re a rebel. you ve joined what we now know as the erg. the boring title is the european research group. it was the rebels, pro brexiteers, if you like. rebels to start with, at least, now many of them are in the government. solve this puzzle. you re a student in france. you were on the erasmus scheme, something abolished, by the way, as a result of brexit, which many people love. i m told you love french literature. how did suella braverman, the young woman loving life in france, become someone who wanted a political divorce with france? i am, and i ve always been, an avowed francophile. i love the french. i love france. i love french culture. i love their literature, as you say. and i loved my time living in france. well, let s get back to the question, then. so, given all that, how can you feel with the passion that you felt it, you led a group that became known