hello this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may's cabinet is in disarray as borisjohnson becomes the second senior minister to resign in the space of under 2a hours —— saying ‘the brexit dream is dying, suffocated by needless self—doubt'. his departure follows the resignation of the brexit secretary, david davis, late last night —— he said the prime minister's brexit plan left britain in a ‘weak‘ position.// the point is that i was the person who had presented to parliament, the european union, to everybody else and ifi european union, to everybody else and if i don't believe in it, then i will not do as good a job as someone who does. the prime minister tells mps in the commons she is prepared to fight to keep herjob, if there is a vote of no confidence in her leadership. theresa may is expected to meet the conservative back—bench 1922 group this evening in the palace of westminster —— to shore up support for her leadership.// you're watching a bbc news special — on the day that the uk foreign secretary, boris johnson, has resigned, throwing

the government's brexit strategy into turmoil and raising the spectre of a leadership challenge against the prime minister. his departure came less than 2a hours after david davis stood down as brexit secretary. in a statement to the commons, theresa may said she did not agree with the two men about the best way of delivering brexit. we'll have the latest on an extraordinary day at westminster. but first let's look back at how have events unfolded. just before midnight the first reports emerged that david davis the brexit secretary had resigned. then we heard junior brexit minister steve baker had also quit. at ten—thirty, downing street confirmed that housing minister and prominent leave campaigner dominic raab would be the new brexit secretary. then at three o clock downing street announced that boris johnson had resigned

as foreign secretary. finally at three—thirty, the prime minister addressed the house of commons where she thanked mr davis and mrjohnson for their work, and defended the chequers brexit proposals. theresa may told mps that ministers were getting ready for every eventuality in the brexit negotiations. mr speaker, a responsible government must prepare for a range of potential outcomes including the possibility of dell deal. including the possibility of no deal and given the possibility of no deal and given the short period remaining before the short period remaining before the conclusion of negotiations, the cabinet agreed on friday that these preparations should be stepped up. at the same time, we should recognise that such a disorderly no deal would have profound consequences for both the uk and eu andi consequences for both the uk and eu and i believe that the uk deserves

better. so, the cabinet agrees that we need to present the eu with the new model, evolving the position that i set out my mansion house page so that i set out my mansion house page so that we can accelerate negotiations over the summer, secure that new relationship in the autumn, pass the withdrawal and implementation bill and leave the european union on march the 29th, 2019. mr speaker, the friction free movement of goods is the only way to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and ireland and between northern ireland and great britain and it is the only way to protect the uniquely integrated supply chain and just processors on which millions ofjobs and livelihoods depend. at the heart of our proposal is the uk— eu free trade area that will avoid the need for customs and regulatory checks at the border and to protect those supply chains. the prime minister speaking in the house of commons. the opposition, labour

leader, jeremy corbyn, said mrs may was incapable of securing a good dealfor britain: it is clear this government cannot secure a it is clear this government cannot secure a good deal for britain. on friday, on friday, mr speaker, the prime minister was so proud of her brexit deals she wrote to her mps to declare, collective cabinet responsibility is now fully restored. laughter. while the environment secretary added his own words and said one of the things about this compromises that it unites the cabinet. the chequers compromise took two years to reach and just two days to

unravel. mr speaker, how can anyone have faith in the prime minister getting a good deal with 27 european union governments when she cannot even broker a deal within her own cabinet? our political correspondent chris mason is in central london. we have seen no sign yet of the former foreign secretary, but this letter he sent to formalising his resignation, to the prime minister and which we have seen in the last hour is quite extraordinary. he says that the dream is steyn, suffocated by needless self—doubt, presumably thatis by needless self—doubt, presumably that is the prime minister. it is quite striking. we have been outside the home of the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson has been here all day. this letter really

quite striking, it is a tradition in britain that are resigning minister will exchange letters with the prime minister. a couple of pages, published in the last hour, i will bring you some extracts, brexit should be about opportunity and hope, a chance to do things differently and to maximise the particular advantages of the uk as an open, how would looking global economy. that dream is dying, suffocated by needless self—doubt. he goes onto say that crucial decisions have been postponed and then he talks about that cabinet meeting that place in chequers on friday. we heard over the weekend that boris johnson had friday. we heard over the weekend that borisjohnson had reservations about the plan but until this afternoon, he was staying in office and he said on friday that he acknowledged that his side of the argument were too few to prevail and congratulated you at least on reaching a cabinet decision on the way forward. he said, as i said

then, the government now has a song to sing but the problem is that i have practised the words over the weekend and they stick in my throat. his parliamentary aide, former parliamentary aide, was on the radio a while ago saying not only that he thinks further government resignations are possible, but also saying that borisjohnson resignations are possible, but also saying that boris johnson felt resignations are possible, but also saying that borisjohnson felt he had been bounced into agreeing to the deal on friday, that the cabinet had been bounced. if that is a more widespread feeling, then the authority of theresa may is being seriously questioned. there was clearly some frustration am an brexiteers in particular about the way the choreography of friday was handled. it was brief reporters that all of the ministers would have their mobile phones taken from them, that there was no chance of any leak during the discussions. downing street presented its analysis and the documents accompanying it in terms of what was agreed within one

hour before those ministers were reunited with their phones and they managed to get their argument out first. then there was all the briefing about any resigning ministers losing their ministerial ca i’s ministers losing their ministerial cars immediately and would be trying to find a lift home from a remote country house in buckinghamshire and there was even a reference made to there was even a reference made to the local taxi firm that they might be reliant upon. that kind of thing was a particular irritation to some of the brexiteers and even the british prime minister's perspective, she has been desperately trying to find some sort of common ground in amongst ike cabinet, a party and a country that is fundamentally divided about brexit. not only whether it is good 01’ brexit. not only whether it is good or bad but how it should be implemented. in an attempt to bring her party together and in an attempt to secure some sort of position that might command a majority in parliament as well has led to a situation where two of these most

seniorfigures in the situation where two of these most senior figures in the government and two of the biggest flag—wavers for brexit simply felt it did not amount to the kind of brexit they were advocating in the campaign of a couple of years ago. chris mason, still looking out for a boris johnson. thank you. joining us from westminster is mp tom brake who is the spokesperson for the liberal democrats on brexit (os) there is an infra saying if they're going to have a political crisis, haveit going to have a political crisis, have it now and get it sorted out and then by the time the deal needs to be reached in october, they will be ready to do it. i think the difficulty for the prime minister is having had her political crisis now and having shared some of the leading brexiteers from her cabinet and who knows what else is going to happen within the next couple of hours, i think she's in a position where she can know, whatever she

does, she is not going to be able to command their support and i think without reason, she has to look much wider the opposition parties, including the liberal democrats, to see if she can create a majority who would come in and support, probably not what you brought forward a chequers because i would suspect it will be rejected by the european union, but something that is closer toa union, but something that is closer to a single market and customs union membership. that would suggest she is now dependent or could become dependent in the next couple of weeks on the votes of opposition mps to get her through, in some form in the house of commons, but truly is a party going to allow that situation to continue. if they see that prospect, her effectively, as jacob rees mogg suggested, being like robert peel, leading the cut —— the country in one defiance of party, they will just get country in one defiance of party, they willjust get rid of her let us not forget that the people that

jacob rees—mogg represents, that is about 60 conservative members of parliament. there are much larger number of conservative members of parliament who campaign for an voted remain in the last eu referendum, many of them at the moment are keeping relatively quiet, but i think at the bottom of their hearts, they know that what the prime minister had been proposing in terms ofa minister had been proposing in terms of a hard brexit, it is going to be catastrophic for the uk and now that she has shared the most extreme brexit supporters from her cabinet, i hope they will become a bit more vocalin i hope they will become a bit more vocal in saying we do want to reflect the result of the referendum but we can do so in a way that does not damage uk business, does not damage britishjobs. not damage uk business, does not damage british jobs. what not damage uk business, does not damage britishjobs. what she brought forward at chequers covered the question of goods which is about 20% of the uk in terms of business that we do, but did not cover the

80% that is services. they will know that from a business perspective, there are some real question marks over what she is proposing. thank you. meanwhile — the president of the european council, donald tusk, has reacted to the resignations in the british government saying he regretted that the idea of brexit itself had not left with the departing ministers. speaking at a news conference, before borisjohnson‘s resignation, mr tusk said politicians came and went but the problems created by them remained: (tx next) politicians come and go. the problems they have created for their people remain. and the mess caused by brexit is the biggest problem in the history of the eu— uk relations. and it is still very far from being solved, with or without mr davies. u nfortu nately, solved, with or without mr davies. unfortunately, the idea of brexit

has not left with david davis. our europe reporter, gavin lee is in brussels, what's the reaction there? they were only trying to digest this new proposal, now they have to digest something much more complicated and arguably unpredictable. yeah, once the brexit secretary has gone, many leaders knew him, but actually from travelling around europe, the more totemic of the leaders, certainly the one that ordinary people associate, whether it is madrid or paris, is boris johnson. associate, whether it is madrid or paris, is borisjohnson. he is a big figure and his resignation as foreign secretary came in the middle ofa foreign secretary came in the middle of a press conference and i asked donald tusk‘s his reaction and we found out he was resigning and then the head of the european commission gave as a sarcastic comment to say, thatis gave as a sarcastic comment to say, that is the unity of the so—called chequers meeting and they left it at

that. if you think about 27 other leaders, all of whom will be here tomorrow because it is the start of the nato summit and they are arriving here, they normally are tweeting and using social media, suddenly nothing. i will tell you why, i was speaking to a senior eu sources said they are trying to show a unified, dignified silence. not because of any altruism for the uk, but because they know that if the wheels start falling off and they started adding to that, any no deal on brexit would affect eu countries as well. we have the comment from donald tusk and the other person worse thinking about is michel barnier, the chief brexit negotiator for the eu, he is in the us and is expecting talks to recommence on monday next week, with dominic grab

here in town for the first time. like the other leaders, he is king on social media, but nothing today. joining me now from westminster is labour mp and brexiteerjohn mann. you campaigned with borisjohnson. are you sorry to see him go? i am not surprised. it was predictable. at some stage he would resign and the only question was when. it has happened now. no surprise whatsoever. he was a resignation a lwa ys whatsoever. he was a resignation always waiting to happen. what do you make of his argument that effectively brexit is dying, suffocated by needless self—doubt in the government? the people who seem to be celebrating, there is a little gaggle of libertarian conservatives around him and they are celebrating,

because they want a no deal, they wa nt because they want a no deal, they want a cheap labour brexit with wages going down and they are to remain as who want a second referendum are celebrating as well, because they think that if it is a stand—off between a cheap labour brexit, the no deal option for a second referendum, that they might get the second referendum. i think they are living in cloud cuckoo land, but it is very informative, that they are alive today, in a celebratory mood and i think what we need is we need to be back at the negotiating table, for a good brexit and a good brexit is one that protects wages, protects jobs, protects wages, protects jobs, protects our industry, but retains british sovereignty. and is what you saw from theresa may powers—macro plan as it was outlined in the papers over the weekend and then in

the house of commons this afternoon, does that amount to that good brexit? it has parts of it, i do not think it is sufficient and there is a negotiation to be had. it has some elements of it, because it is recognising that what we do not want our tariffs and barriers, for example in the car industry, putting up example in the car industry, putting up the price of car buying by 10%. that is not in the interests of me or my constituents who voted in very large numbers for brexit. we did not vote brexit in order to have higher prices on cars, inflation, lower wages, we vote brexit in order to get immigration turned around, from the european union, and in order to ensure that we have sovereignty. that is the key principle, there is nothing from what i have seen today that undermines that principle of sovereignty, that a british parliament can, if it wants, at any stage in future years, reverse what

is being proposed and i would like to see the negotiations go on and i would like to see the bits on immigration strengthened. in terms of what happens next, do you think we are going to be distracted by a summer we are going to be distracted by a summer of political infighting and the government or do you think that this is going to be a case of resolving this quickly so that negotiations can start again next week. if i was prime minister in this situation, i would be moving rapidly and ruthlessly in getting new people inside and culling those who have gone to the site. it is a time for boldness, a weak government is seen as weak by the european union, that is not a good negotiating hand. my fear is, a weak government, weakened by what has happened today, by the tory infighting, will not get as good a deal as we could get from the eu. we need to battle away, battle for british interests, it is in the

interests of the european union to have a good deal, because they trade with us more than we trade with them and it is in our interest to have a good deal and that is one that puts jobs and wages first and that is what this government needs to be addressing, not distracted by the egos of boris johnson addressing, not distracted by the egos of borisjohnson and these people who frankly, it is almost the conservative leadership battle, in advance of it taking place, with people vying for position. you put country first. given that labour is also divided over the question of the relationship with the european union with many of your colleagues not having wanted to leave the eu in the first place, unlike yourself, do you really think that a labour government would be in a better position to negotiate this than the conservatives? i havejust position to negotiate this than the conservatives? i have just heard keir starmer speaking at parliamentary party and the question of, can we shift our position back toa of, can we shift our position back to a second referendum was raised with him and the was no. we have, on

the critical issue of second referendum i unity across the parliamentary labour party, which says that we are not going to spit in the face of the electorate who voted for brexit, i think that is democratic, i think that is sensible. i think in terms of the negotiations, that helps to strengthen... it is a shame we do not have the parties working together to get the best deal, but i do not see that happening in the near future. government of national unity, thank you very much. a reminder about the letter from boris johnson that came out this afternoon. he talks with great pride about having been so prominent in the campaign to leave the european union and he says he thought that the government was going to be pursuing a categorical promise that if they did so, they would be taking

back control of british democracy and he said that that dream is dying, suffocated by needless self—doubt and he warned that there was a danger that if the prime minister's plan was adopted, we are headed for the status of colony. let us hear now from the conservative politician and former deputy prime minister, lord heseltine. conservative politician and former deputy prime minister —— lord michael hestletine —— joins me from westminster (os) could he be a successor as the leadership candidate everyone wants to stop from becoming prime minister? there is an element of that but there always is if you get out in front, there is a consensus to try and cut you down. what do you make of the events of the last 2a hours? i think that the chequers compromises dead. i don't think there is a majority for it in the commons and that is before the

european stars to look at it. i don't think they would ever accept the offer. they are certainly not going to accept it if they think the british house of commons will not vote for it. of course, they will then have their own views as to what they want to add to it or changing it. if there is no agreement to let the compromise that came out of chequers true, there will certainly not be any agreement to allow a europeanised version of it. do you think that by resigning rather than swallowing their differences and accepting it even if it is not what they wanted, in effect david davis and boris johnson have they wanted, in effect david davis and borisjohnson have undermined the negotiating position, because they have acknowledged that there is not the support for it. no matter what she argues, they can say, you do not have the support back home. these things are complex and personnel and i think that david davis had been undermined by a

theresa may taking his top civil servant away and then creating and negotiating team in number 10. that was like margaret thatcher and nigel lawson and geoffrey howe with the appointment of alan waters. then boris was in a difficult situation because if he had let david davis lows as the leader of the brexit protest group, then boris loses a bit of street cred and he had to go as well. you will know the analogy i will draw, is theresa may now in the position thatjohn major was in 1995 she effectively should not wait for a leadership challenge, she should provoke them and say, if you want me out, let us have the leadership challenge? it is an option, but i think she would win. there is no consensus as to who to put in her place and i think there is a sense in that. the likely alternatives would be saying the same things and

asi would be saying the same things and as i have said, there is no point in changing the singer unless you change the song. lord heseltine, former deputy prime minister and a man who effectively brought down margaret thatcher back in 1990, thank you forjoining us on this special. you've been watching a bbc news special —on what has been an extraordinary day at westminster. we'll have more for you in the next hour — but first it's time for a look at the weather. two british cabinet ministers have resigned from theresa may's government. good evening. it has been another sweltering day, temperatures into the high 20s, 29 is the highest i have seen. not as high as yesterday and the reason we have had a bit more cloud in the skies, you can see

in worcestershire, earlier this afternoon, but there has been a definite robin tam bridge for the north of england, here in whitby and here is why. a noticeable dip in temperature in scotland. this is courtesy of a weak weather front, another one is approaching from the atlantic, this is giving a spot of drizzle in the east. it will move further west and introduce this pressure “— further west and introduce this pressure —— fresh breeze. it will be more bearable for sleeping. more cloud in scotland, temperatures on par with last night. behind this weather front, lower humidity, par with last night. behind this weatherfront, lower humidity, but weatherfront, lower humidity, but we will pick up higher humidity air in scotland and more cloud through the day and that will move on tuesday into northern ireland and we will keep the temperatures on a par with today, but further south that fresh with today, but further south that fres h m oves with today, but further south that fresh moves west and we will see more cloud for a time but sunshine

returns, a few sharp showers for wales and the south west, temperatures into the mid—20s. it will be cooler, much cooler for the east and south, particularly with the breeze. a welcome relief if it is too much for you. heading into wimbledon, what does that mean for spectators and players? are more co mforta ble spectators and players? are more comfortable day but even though temperatures are not in the high 20s, the sun is still as strong. come wednesday, another fly in the ointment, a weak weather front which could bring rain in northern ireland that the high pressure builds through the day, it does not look like will amount to a huge amount, but it will affect the west of scotland, but elsewhere the east of scotland, but elsewhere the east of scotland, england and wales, the cloud starting to melt away, temperatures on the rise, more widely into the mid—20s and into the low 20s, not the high teens in the east coast. the forecast keeps that

warmth building as you can see through thursday and further north through thursday and further north through scotland and northern ireland as well towards the end of the week. goodbye. football. i was thinking about you on saturday, thinking matt must be... england feels so good right now! it is coming home, it's all happening. very good. while the england players are performing heroics on the pitch, our guests tonight are performing heroics on the big screen. we're joined by the stars of two cracking new films. and while one is playing a character who is springing into action, the others are just trying to keep their heads above water. rule one, no one talks about swim

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but charlotte, we had a you're watching beyond one hundred days. borisjohnson has resigned as british foreign secretary, becoming the third minister in 2a hours to walk out of government. it's not only a fight over the prime ministers brexit proposal, you're watching beyond one hundred days. borisjohnson has resigned as british foreign secretary, becoming the third minister in 2a hours to walk out of government. it's not only a fight over the prime ministers brexit proposal, it could soon be a concerted move to unseat her — with borisjohnson taking the lead. throughout the day brexiteers have been voicing their deep opposition to her latest proposal. theresa may says she is confident it is the right plan and will fight any leadership contest. this is the brexit that is in our national interest.