a divided country. he promised to renationalise the railways and create 400,000 jobs in the green economy. delegates also voted to keep all options open when it comes to brexit. political watchers spoke of more confidence and positivity at conference, compared to the year before. will the mood be similar among conservatives, about to meet in birmingham? brexit is the inevitable backdrop, and the former foreign secretary borisjohnson has stuck his oar in again, right before curtain up. we make nationalised railways. some of us are old to remember nationalised. i think renationalising, deep investment in public services, more power to the unions and so forth, investment, the

problem is how do you finance it? that is the weakness of the labour plan which on paper is really good for the future of this country but how do you finance it? if you stopped austerity you had to increase taxes. the poor award paid tax, the rich would be tax —— the brewer won't pay tax, the rich would pay tax. british public opinion once a cost. —— wantsa british public opinion once a cost. —— wants a cost. i think the plan is good but the financing is not there. he said he would also nationalise water and energy, the postal service, and this is a huge amount of money and not only all of those

things, they furthermore said they wanted to compel companies to give 10% of their value to their workers. companies over a certain size. 10% of their value to their workers. companies over a certain sizem you're thinking about investing in a country and in the uk you are going to have to dial of the value of your business by 10% to give to those who work for the business over and above what you pay for them —— dilate the value, you're going to invest in another country. even the threat of it makes international investment less likely. it would cripple british business. i do agree with alex on that. it has been thought of ina vacuum alex on that. it has been thought of in a vacuum almost, that you could impose something like this on companies and companies wouldn't react in some way, they would cut dividends —— they would not cut dividends. it is a back door tax on

companies. if they want to give workers more say over pay, for instance, there are other ways to do that. i think it would lead to companies rethinking their investment in the uk and perhaps thinking of delisting and going elsewhere. but there are increasing numbers of people who supportjeremy corbyn who would say, why do we a lwa ys corbyn who would say, why do we always start from the point of what businesses want? the point is let's talk about real people who are seeing wages stagnate, who haven't had an increase in real terms for a long time. the backdrop is the company ‘s who are going to be nationalised, these are companies which are inefficient and have been providing terrible services to customers for many years and soul label is likely targeting a popular —— and soul labour is targeting a popular need with dissatisfaction

and the way people are being ripped off with electricity, gas and water, so off with electricity, gas and water, so the idea that the private sector, it is also an idea that the british voters no longer buys and the whole question about taxing, there is a very strong argument to be made about how corporations do not pay sufficient tax or invest sufficiently in their companies. a lot of what is done in the british economy is done in science, innovation and so on, it is done by the state so it is about time there isa the state so it is about time there is a payback and another thing that is a payback and another thing that is important to remember, in the 19905, 1987, is important to remember, in the 1990s, 1987, labour introduced a windfall tax to fund welfare reform and then those ideas were not unpopular, they were extremely popular and effective. sign that we

we re popular and effective. sign that we were talking about the plan to compel businesses and your response was to talk about nationalisation plans. i did not defend them, i put them in perspective. we were talking about something else. what do you think about the idea of compelling businesses to give value to the workforce ? businesses to give value to the workforce? the businesses to give value to the workforce ? the rest businesses to give value to the workforce? the rest of us agree that will make businesses not want to be in the uk. i think we need to see the proposals, they are not sufficiently detailed. there are four years until the next election. the cost of nationalising those companies by the labour plans, is that the best way to spend money? it's not about whether the state is spending more but is that really the best way to spend money? wouldn't it best way to spend money? wouldn't it be better off invested in infrastructure spending? we already

invest in infrastructure, that is owned by the private sector. the amount of money the british taxpayer has given to private utilities for the private rail operators and so on so the private rail operators and so on so it is a good time to call the bluff. we could spend the whole programme discussing that. i want to look ahead to the conservatives who are about to meet in birmingham. how do you view the week ahead? we've had a huge intervention from the foreign secretary. how do you view the prospects for the coming week? from my point of view, theresa may is in from my point of view, theresa may isina from my point of view, theresa may is in a strong position because she is in a strong position because she is the only one who can deliver an agreement on brexit, a soft brexit and an agreement with the european union. she has this marvellous

argument, it's nearjeremy corbyn —— it's me orjeremy corbyn because all the other candidates are possible candidates to the leadership are either untried or boris johnson candidates to the leadership are either untried or borisjohnson and for someone who is very attached to the defence of morality, how can you have a serial adulterer as prime minister? ijust don't get it.” think she's stuck between a rock and a hard place. ithink she is boxed in between pro—brexit tories who do not want chequers and the ones who do not want canada plus, so i do not know how she get yourself out of that in what many think is a giant fudge on a blind brexit where she comes up fudge on a blind brexit where she comes up with a vaguely worded

political statement that anyone can spin as they want, but i think there is no parliamentary majority for either. it would be hard for her to even get a fudge through because it is attached to this high—priced divorce bill of £39 billion, is that all we're getting in exchange? there's no other choice for britain. europe is holding the it is all the arrogance and delusion of grandeur. britain wants to leave, britain is unprepared, britain is divided and juniper ‘s united. unprepared, britain is divided and juniper 's united. -- europe is united. will emmanuel macron relent on blind brexit? 0ur united. will emmanuel macron relent on blind brexit? our only way out to be stopped by emmanuel macron —— her only way out. she has a deal in her

pocket which she might bring. only one of us has a book out about her brexit is a success. you cannot get half pregnant, you are brexiteer. no, iama half pregnant, you are brexiteer. no, i am a remainer who thinks brexit will happen. there was a lot of action on the fringes but the ce ntre of action on the fringes but the centre was a kind of stage on which things were played out. in labour, the hall was where things happened. labour policy arguments. now that is a much pressure on theresa may for this speech to go right. every single conference for theresa may is the most important one but this is crunch time for her winners in labour, the big battle was between basically the unions on one hand and momentum on the other for controlling the hall. there was a

sea controlling the hall. there was a sea of palestinian flags and the hall was united. but what does theresa may have to do in her speech now? what is she going to see?|j think there's a huge amount of goodwill for theresa may in the tory party. genes the state is not to collapse, — — party. genes the state is not to collapse, —— she needs this stage not to collapse. we're going to have something like the chequers agreement and the party will not be surprised by my saying that because she has released up to her guns. i think the country will look back and say, that woman is resilient. thank goodness in retrospect she wasn't on either side of the brexit to beat because she is probably the only one of the cabinet who could have taken your position. she has pressures on both wings but any other person

would have had one of those wings balancing them. she has pulled it off. pooled what off? what are we getting towards? i think most likely we will leave in march on something akin to the chequers agreement but my point is that for brexiteers like me the most important thing is getting out. there is a movement in this country to have a second vote and delay are exit and that is the biggest threat to brexit, not whether we have canada plus or a norway model on a hard brexit. the biggest danger for people in my position is get stymied. we have less than six months to go and it is a danger. what's wrong with the second vote? i think she is quite isolated. she is in a very weak position but strangely enough, she

has installed an incredible resilience. she has stood her ground and she has the support of voters, they cannot see anyone else negotiating brexit in better terms than the one she will negotiate. no one knows what those terms will be, it will be a fudge, the european union is terribly good at producing fudges and that is the sort of fudge that will let us —— lead us through to brexit. britain will have to decide what kind of relationship at once with the european union —— relationship it wants. we have been discussing brexit says 2010, since david cameron was prime minister. this has dominated some a european summits, it has to stop. britain had to choose what kind of relationship. the europeans also have other

problems than brexit like immigration and reform so to be fading brexit agreement will be quite easy because the europeans don't want to have that as another problem. the conservative party conference is this week which means we can all ta ke this week which means we can all take stock again next week. political divisions have been laid bare on capitol hill over the last few days and been watched by millions of americans on tv as the process began to question president trump's nominee to be the nextjustice of the supreme court. there were powerful and emotional scenes as the senatejudiciary committee heard from christine blasey ford, a university professor who's one of three women who've accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. the nominee himself was often aggressive and angry in his questioning that followed. the division between republicans and democrats in response to the testimonies could not have been starker. stephanie. it looks like there is a one—week delay for an fbi investigation,

whatever that throws up. it seems the last few days on capitol hill we re the last few days on capitol hill were really on edifying unedifying. it was emotional and it is difficult to predict how this will play out. 0ne to predict how this will play out. one week for an fbi investigation is not a lot of time to get to the bottom of what happened 36 years ago so it is unrealistic to think that they will come up with something that will change the outcome. the issueisif that will change the outcome. the issue is if someone else comes forward in the meantime that gives more credibility to what is a credible testimony by christine blasey ford, and that makes it harderfor blasey ford, and that makes it harder for some blasey ford, and that makes it harderfor some of the blasey ford, and that makes it harder for some of the moderate republican senators, of alaska and

maine, the other huge amount of pressure to get this right and you will see from the polls that have come out more recently that republican women are dropping in support for brett kavanagh dramatically. it dropped about 18 percentage points. is your point that lawmakers are following those polls and if that having any resonance with them ? polls and if that having any resonance with them? they're worried about how this will play out in the midterms. they don't want republican women to sit at home because they are disgusted with what happened and for many women who watched christine blasey ford's testimony, it rang true and sounded right now one could imagine whya true and sounded right now one could imagine why a woman would come forward with a like this, she has no motivation, it has come at a tremendous personal cost, she is dead certain it was him. he has came

back with a counter testimony that he was understandably angry but he was unhinged and uncontrolled and many people are now saying that it was an unbecoming demeanourfor a supreme courtjustice was an unbecoming demeanourfor a supreme court justice and was an unbecoming demeanourfor a supreme courtjustice and because he was evasive and kicked back questions, especially a question to a female senator, do you have a drinking problem? he looked like a petula nt drinking problem? he looked like a petulant teenager anna support —— rather than is looking forjustice. he has gone through many fbi investigations in the past. does anyone think in terms of this nomination, someone is innocent until proven guilty, whatever the charge? i do, i not surprised by the way this discussion has gone because you need a presumption of innocence. i don't think you can get to the bottom of this in a week. i think the fact he resisted an fbi

investigation, eight times he was offered, why not get the fbi to investigate? why does he not want to clear his name if it is nothing to hide? that is proper due process. why is he worried about it? that's remarkable to say it is proper due process because as i understand it, the democrats sat on it since august. she wanted to have a private hearing. she did not want to have dianne feinstein‘s letter released. we do not know who leaked it but dianne feinstein has denied that her office was involved in the leak at all. at the end of the day you can and hope —— you cannot have a

supreme court judge with and hope —— you cannot have a supreme courtjudge with a rape allegation. they have to be above suspicion. this is the supreme court so suspicion. this is the supreme court so he has to withdraw. what i find extraordinary is that we are shifting the discussion from automatic experience of a woman and we are questioning the veracity, either her memory was failing or she has a knotty emotive —— she had an ulterior motive. he has a presumption of innocence. the attack documents that were launched on christine blasey ford were undignified. this was an image out of gilead and we are in 2018. when you say you believe in the presumption of innocence but, what you're saying is you don't believe in it. why is she not given at

trust? she's not being accused of anything. she is, she's being accused of lying. there's no way we're going to get to the bottom of that unless proper time is given to investigate the allegations. he was to clear his name and is and what this hanging over him, why not go through a proper investigation?” interviewed a republican on friday who said, he could have had a long stay, not just the who said, he could have had a long stay, notjust the one week we're looking at right now. the best thing to do for the due process was to have a very, very long stay, there's no harm done, you don't have to have this new justice in no harm done, you don't have to have this newjustice in place immediately, then it totally clears the air. they still have time to get another justice through before january, there is no need to rush this. we can't have someone accused

of being a rapist in the supreme court. this is precisely what happened with clarence thomas and he has been a fine justice. that's questionable. lets talk more broadly about the supreme court and why so many people have been watching and why this is so significant because the point is it is a presidential nominee, that's how the system works, but talk us through the balance of the supreme court and why this is so gripping people in the united states because it is an appointment for life and this is about where did the supreme court go? well it is brett kavanagh or somebody else. it a big battle because brett kava nagh somebody else. it a big battle because brett kavanagh would replace justice kennedy who for decades was the swing vote on the court and kept the swing vote on the court and kept the court more or less balanced between conservative and liberal through a number of decisions. if

brett kava nagh is through a number of decisions. if brett kavanagh is confirmed, he would solidify a conservative majority for decades to come and that means issues that would come before the courts such as the rates of labour unions, gun rights, and importantly the state's ability to restrict abortion would come before the court and he would be the crucial vote on those issues. we have already seen with the confirmation of the last paper supreme court, he was the decision in important decisions lately narrates —— labour rights and this is the first time in years were going to have a solid conservative majority on the supreme court that could change laws for decades to come. but in the end, to position might be, let's get anotherjustice. how can we expect anything other if these tricks work that there may be

allegations against the next nominee until we get to someone? there was none of this with neil. there is no evidence that christine blasey ford was part of any democratic conspiracy and i think the real problem with brett kavanagh now is that in his testimony on thursday, he ripped into the democratic party saying it was a hitjob so if he is confirmed, he now has shown a partisanship which is unbecoming for supreme courtjustice and questions his impartiality. what did you think as an american? i think america at the moment is so divided between conservative and liberal but i agree

completely with stephanie. you don't have... it is so terrifying to have someone have... it is so terrifying to have someone who has a suspicion, whether he did it or not, a suspicion of rape on his head. stefanie said we can have another conservative —— stephanie. what could he have done or said that would have satisfied you once the allegation is made? is it just the case you once the allegation is made? is itjust the case that once this allegation is made, it must be believed? i want the fbi to look at this because he should say that because he wants to prove his innocence. why is he so resistant? younis, a final

thought from you about the role of the supreme court. —— eunice. thought from you about the role of the supreme court. —— eunicem thought from you about the role of the supreme court. -- eunice. it is an extremely important position for an extremely important position for a long time and to a certain extent, it isa a long time and to a certain extent, it is a barometer of morality in the united states, it's a very long period of time and to have a supreme courtjustice that has period of time and to have a supreme court justice that has this cloud hanging over him and a demeanour which frankly demeans the office that he is about to represent doesn't look good. . i am not a candidate to the supreme court justice of the united states, this is the point. this debate will probably continue around this table but i'm afraid our time is up this week. plenty more to discuss at the same time next week. join us then if you can. bye—bye. we started today with a real chill

in the air, a touch of frost and fog. it had all the makings of a beautiful day at sunrise here in aberdeen. blue skies overhead for this weather watcher in cornwall. most places are looking fine for the rest of today. there will be good spells of sunshine, but there is something different across the far north—west of the country. the best of the sunshine to be found in the south, parts of wales, southern england, east anglia. we will keep some

sunny spells at times. for the north west of scotland, we will have outbreaks of rain. these wind speeds are the steady wind speeds we can expect. gusts across the north west of scotland perhaps up to 55 mph. quite blustery. 12 celsius in stornoway, 18 in london. that is what you would expect at this time of year. this evening, the rain in scotland will sink further south—east into northern ireland. the rain sizzling, but we will keep a band of cloud. temperatures will not drop as they will elsewhere where we keep clear skies. some spots will get down to freezing and it will turn chilly again to the north. here is our band of cloud, a weather front continuing to drift southwards through the first part of tomorrow. behind that, we get into a very chilly north or north—westerly wind which is coming from a long way north. quite a cool feel to the day.

0ur old weather front, the odd spot of drizzle moving southeastwards across england wales. it'll be cloudier tomorrow. for northern ireland and scotland, we will see good spells of sunshine and a scattering of showers. those temperatures taking a bit of a tumble, 11—15 at best. as we start the new working week, we will be stuck between low pressure across scandinavia and high pressure to the west. that squeeze will continue to bring a fairly keen northerly breeze so another cool day to come on monday. a lot of dry weather to come and temperatures, for a little while, will recover. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at twelve. more than 300 people are killed after a powerful earthquake triggers

a tsunami sending huge waves through an indonesian city. translation: as for the tsunami damage, we have received a number of reports that many bodies were found along the shoreline but the numbers are still unknown. facebook resets the accounts of more than 50 million users after a major security breach. the car giant toyota says production at its derbyshire factory would be severely disrupted if britain crashed out of the eu without a deal. also coming up — first blood to europe at the ryder cup this morning. rory mcilroy and sergio garcia extend the lead over the usa in paris with an opening fourball win. and in click — the team looks at the calls to control the use of personal data held by the tech giants.