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sector and the just—in—time supply chains which he first heard about about six months ago from the secretary of state for business and industrial strategy? i will not comment on when i heard about the times supply changes, it many years ago, but the objective, as she knows, to create a zero character, zero quoted deal which is readily deliverable when you consider we have zero tariffs and zero quoted as. as for her anxiety aboutjob zero quoted as. as for her anxiety about job losses, i zero quoted as. as for her anxiety aboutjob losses, i had to say that we have already heard a lot of promises about losses ofjobs. i think it was said to would lose 500,000 jobs in this country if the british people had the temerity to vote to leave but we actually gained 800,000 jobs so i take these prophecies with a pinch of salt. the
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sad thing is... too many people and indeed some of the people who have been negotiating this deal, seem to regard brexit as a disaster to be managed rather than an opportunity and i'm afraid they also see bad news as a vindication of that judgment and talk up bad news as a result. taking that attitude, i'm afraid they are badly miss understanding the instincts of the people of this country. they did not vote for brexit out of hate. as i think the chief of staff said after the referendum but they voted to ta ke the referendum but they voted to take back control of our laws because they believe i think rightfully that if we govern ourselves and legislate in the interest of the uk economy then they have a better chance of good jobs,
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higher wages, cheaper food and clothes and a brighter future, all of which are possible under a proper brexit and none of which can be delivered in this deal. if we read through this apology for brexit, we will be sharing that we have treated the 17.4 million people, the highest number of people ever to vote for a single proposition, with contempt. we will be turning our backs on those people and this country must understand that when the people of this country voted to leave in 2016, they voted for change, they did not vote for an end to this transition 01’ vote for an end to this transition ora vote for an end to this transition or a thinly disguised version of the status quo. they voted for freedom and they voted for independence, and and they voted for independence, and a better britain. for a country where politicians actually listen to what the people say. i may say to
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the house that if we try to cheat them now, as i fear that we are trying to cheat them, they will sport it and they will never forgive us. that was boris johnson and that was borisjohnson and you can see the debate continuing on bbc parliament. we are going to continue listening as the snp leader makes his points. we will continue listening to this live debate in the house of commons after the government has been to be —— defeated three times tonight. let's listen in. taking back control from a government that is so out of control. 21 ministerial
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resignations, communities, resignations, communities, resignations, household divided, politics scale. a prime minister fighting for political life. the past number of months have been filled with political drama, theatre, squabbles and chaos from crisis to crisis, this government hangs on by a thread. but beneath all of this is the real reality. the cold, hard truth that this is a moment of self harm in our history. history has a way of teaching as lessons. if only we would listen. that moment such as this, i reflect on someone be regarded as an icon. winning the june came on someone be regarded as an icon. winning thejune came into this house for the seat of hamilton representing the seat of the island at the european parliament and
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fought hard to make sure that scotla nd fought hard to make sure that scotland benefited from this membership of the european parliament. something i can see right through my constituency with all the signs of project that were funded by european money and we have a welcoming year in the european parliament and when he played such an important part in the development of that institution. we've had the importance of erasmus today and it holds a special place in the snp‘s heart because it was winnie ewing who chaired the european parliament's who chaired the european pa rliament‘s european and who chaired the european parliament's european and culture committee on erasmus when it was established in the 19805 and that is the legacy of someone who fought ha rd to the legacy of someone who fought hard to make sure lovers benefited from that european membership and if ican from that european membership and if i can contrast the approach that we've had from this place, i want to quote from the great lady herself, time after time, one matters great and small, we are still standing on
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the sidelines, excepting mutely than what is decided elsewhere instead of raising our voices and making my choices. goblin‘s march voted partnership ofjonah and the whale. —— scotland's march voted partnership. these are the core values of the european union. values that have united, not divided other citizens. values now ingrained in oui’ citizens. values now ingrained in our society to be cherished and protected, not discarded. or eroded. iam protected, not discarded. or eroded. i am proud and privileged to be a citizen of the european union. the european union has been the greatest peace project in our lifetime. a peace project in our lifetime. a peace project born out of the horrors of two world wars that ripped europe apart. a project that
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has gone on to change the course of oui’ has gone on to change the course of our communities and improve citizens‘ rights across the continent. a project i still believe is worth defending and we on these benches, defend a project that has enabled our generations to travel to work, to live and to thrive in all countries in the european union. today, i come here with a heavy heart. with the deepest regret that the opportunities that i had to work in amsterdam but also to travel throughout europe in a working career, to learn from the best and brightest across europe, will be taken from our children. that is what we are doing. embracing the diversity of european culture that has enriched so many of us. working in amsterdam, barcelona, brussels, berlin, copenhagen, vienna as well
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as many other places. the choices and opportunities our generation had to work and develop friendships across europe. to learn from the rich diverse city that europe has to offer, to their benefit from the experiences of different cultures, form friendships with those like us who celebrated being european citizens with shared rights. the right to live and work across the eu is to be ended as a right for the next generation. i have in the gallery today an ex—colleague from amsterdam where i worked for a ba kery amsterdam where i worked for a bakery ingredients company. someone whose friendship was formed from our time in amsterdam and that is a celebration of the success and opportunities that eu membership gave to all of us. that right to live and work across the eu is to be ended as a rightfully next—generation and that automatic right to benefit from career opportunities to be removed.
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opportunities to benefit from an inclusive europe, swap for the constraints of an inward looking united kingdom. iwill give constraints of an inward looking united kingdom. i will give way. constraints of an inward looking united kingdom. i will give waylj thank my honourable friend forgiving way. most people in this chamber now my husband is german but not what not all them will know ...you not all them will know you are watching bbc news, we have been live in the house of commons for hours of political drama this evening. you can watch the debate continuing on the bbc parliament channel. good evening. the government has been defeated three times in commons votes on the brexit process. mps found the government in content of parliament over its refusal to publish legal advice on the prime minister‘s deal. in an abrupt climb—down, the commons leader andrea leadsom said the government
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would provide the full legal text tomorrow. then the government was defeated in another vote giving parliament more powers to control the brexit process if the deal was rejected by mps. it all comes as mp5 embark on five days of debate on the government‘s brexit plans, leading to the vote next tuesday, billed as one of the most significant parliamentary events of recent times. in yet another twist, the european court of justice times. in yet another twist, the european court ofjustice has been told the uk could stop the brexit process on its own without eu approval. the prime minister was on herfeet approval. the prime minister was on her feet for approval. the prime minister was on herfeet for an approval. the prime minister was on her feet for an hour this evening, defending her deal. it‘s been strongly criticised byjeremy corbyn, the labour leader, and the former foreign secretary boris johnson. we can speak now to our chief political correspondent in central lobby for us. it‘s been in
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the evening of real political drama and a series of blows inflicted on the government. this is not what theresa may wanted. remember she has been on a tour of the uk trying to sell her deal, then she was due to come here and sell the deal to mp5. some seeing this as a last chance to get the house of commons behind her, to back home in the vote next tuesday, but of course this wasn‘t what she wanted as the warm up act if you like. she had three defeats. i think the most that has happened in one day for a government for a very long time. if we go back to the first of those, this was a row about the government refusing to publish in full its legal advice, the brexit legal advice that was given to the cabinet, and the house of commons voted last month and said the government must publish that. the government must publish that. the government refused so they ended up today facing this motion saying they
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we re today facing this motion saying they were in contempt of parliament. in the end, that went through. the government was defeated on all of that and this is how labour reacted with sir kier starmer. this house has now spoken and it's unprecedented to find government ministers in content. the government must now publish the legal advice in full. the leader of the house of commons stood up and reacted to that, andrea leadsom, and said the government had listened and said that they would 110w listened and said that they would now publish the final full legal advice given by the attorney general. she said the government will respond tomorrow, she didn‘t say they would publish it. she also said they would refer the matter to the privileges committee because she said it was breaking such a precedent that she felt they needed to look at it. theresa may, after
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all of that, went on to talk about the vote and saying that people had to get behind her deal. she said it had to be a compromise, at one point she said "this argument has gone on long enough, it is corrosive to politics and life depends on compromise". we should not let the search for a perfect brexit prevent a good brexit for the british people and we should not contemplate a course that fails to respect the result of the referendum because it would decimate the trust of millions of people in our politics for a generation. the labour leader not happy with the prime minister‘s deal, they have said they will vote against it. the number is not looking good for her. they want a closer relationship with the eu. jeremy corbyn characterises it as a
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jobs first brexit but as things stand labour mps will be voting against. this house will make his decision next tuesday. i hope and expect this house will reject that deal. at that point the government has lost the confidence of the house. i think they should reflect oi'i house. i think they should reflect on that. either they have got to get a better deal from the eu or give way to those who will. but perhaps the most significant moment of the day was when 26 conservative mps decided to rebel against the government. this was an amendment put down by the former attorney general dominic grieve. he himself wa nts to general dominic grieve. he himself wants to have a second referendum on all of this, but what he was trying to do was to look ahead to see what could happen if parliament is deadlocked. if theresa may‘s deal is voted down next tuesday, parliament can‘t decide what to do next, he
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wa nts m ps can‘t decide what to do next, he wa nts m p5 to can‘t decide what to do next, he wants mps to have a much bigger say in the next step so his amendment was put down and in the end it was a pretty clear defeat for the government once again. i think many people will look at that as a significant moment because it could be parliament now that has a say in what happens next. i think it makes the prospect of a no deal exit from the prospect of a no deal exit from the eu less likely. it could even focus the minds of exit tears because they may think that actually if they vote down theresa may‘s deal the only thing that will happen is a closer deal with the eu and the one she is offering. thank you. the bbc has dropped plans to hold a brexit debate between theresa may and jeremy corbyn, saying it could not reach an agreement on its proposal. both the bbc and itv had offered to air the debate between party leaders on sunday. labour said the bbc‘s proposed format — including a range of voices — was a mish—mash.
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itv says invitations remain open to both leaders to hold a debate on the channel at the end of the week. and we‘ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow‘s front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are owen bennett, head of politics at cityam and helen brand, chief executive of the association of chartered certified accountants. the headlines on bbc news... the government has suffered three brexit defeats in the commons — full legal brexit advice will now be published after a contempt of parliament vote. the prime minister has opened five days of debate, setting out the case in the commons for her brexit deal which she described as an ‘honourable compromise‘. the bbc has pulled out of a brexit tv debate between theresa may and jeremy corbyn, after failing to reach an agreement. sport now, and a full round up
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from the bbc sport centre. let‘s start with some football and manchester city can stretch their lead at the top of the table to five points tonight, that is one of the games in the premier league. let‘s have a look at how they are going so far. russian athletes will remain banned from international competitions after the iaaf upheld the country‘s substantial —— suspension. athletics‘ governing body
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banned russia in november 2015 because of evidence of state—sponsored doping and the ban will remain in place until samples and data from moscow‘s former anti—doping laboratory are made available. russia must also pay all costs incurred by the work of the iaaf‘s task force. our philosophy from the very outset has been can we separate the clean athletes from the tainted system. so over 30 russian athletes are competing internationally. they are competing internationally. they are competing as neutrals. the remainer of that journey which will be competing as neutrals. the remainer of thatjourney which will be the reinstatement of the athletics federation will depend on the full completion of that criteria. england are still waiting for theirfirst win at the hockey world cup in india after drawing with china in their opening pool game, they were soundly beaten by two—time defending champions australia, 3—nil the score. ireland came from behind to draw with china. the match was goalless until well into the third quarter but two in two minutes, including this
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equaliser from alan sothern earned ireland their first point of the tournament. in snooker‘s uk championship action, judd trump has qualified for the fourth round. the world numberfive made an impressive start, leading 3—1 over mark king in only 50 minutes. he closed out victory 6—2 in york. meanwhile neil robertson trailed by two frames in his decider against graeme dott, but the two—time uk champion responded in style. the australian is into the last 16 at the uk championship. that sealed it. this evening‘s third round matches are taking place tight now. are taking place right now. an all chinese tie, ding junhui is playing xiao guodong on table one.
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northern ireland‘s mark allen is playing iran‘s hossein vafaei on table two. you can also follow that on the website. two other third round ties see englishmen gary wilson and barry hawkins in action and thailand‘s sunny akani is up against the welshman jakjones. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that‘s also where you can follow all of the football this evening. we will be back again soon. sarah, many thanks. the transport secretary, chris grayling, has admitted that he and his department didn‘t ask tough enough questions before new timetables were brought in on northern and govia thameslink routes in may, causing chaos. his admission comes after a report by mps said he should have been more pro—active. the timetable change in may
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was the biggest shakeup of its type in a generation. it involved more than 43,000 changes, affecting nearly half of the services. it mainly affected northern trains operated by arriva rail north, and govia thameslink routes into london. for several weeks, up to 780 trains were cancelled each weekday. the rail delivery group, which represents rail companies, said it was very sorry for what happened in the summer, but for many passengers the problems still continue as danny savage reports. seven months after the timetable debacle, things have not improved for many passengers. this northern service from bolton this morning was so crowded people couldn‘t get on. on a following train, there was dismay. it‘s already costing me about eight quid a day to get in and out of manchester and then it‘s going to go up, so i‘m not happy about it. the amount of investment that goes into southern transport,
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and it shouldn't have to be a comparison, there should be money for everybody. people in the south should be able to have good transport, but we also deserve good transport here as well. over in doncaster, the 657 to leeds left on time, testament perhaps to the power of complaining. vanessa bremner has a pile of letters from her mp and northern rail about delays and cancellations. it‘s just been the same as it was back in the summer. we haven‘t had a single train that‘s arrived on time since october, and that was only one day. it‘s still ongoing. for months now, the transport secretary chris grayling has been lampooned in the regional press in the north over rail problems. today he was also criticised by his parliamentary colleagues and admitted mistakes. clearly we didn‘t ask tough enough questions. the reality is that at no point did i get the information that i would have needed to intervene. mps are now recommending discounts for the worst affected season—ticket holders. independent oversight of timetable changes and simplifying compensation. the leader of leeds city council
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was also asked to investigate the problems over the summer. you‘re talking about passengers who still are getting to work late, unable to get home to pick their kids up from their childminders. all of these things are still happening and it‘s absolutely crucial that we put passengers at the heart of everything that we do. this was commuter chris ellerby‘s view on his way home last night. they need to understand what people actually go through. the people who are relying on this for their living each day. they need to understand it is causing problems and is causing issues with their work, their family life at home. govia thameslink has also been told it must contribute £15 million towards improvements after the chaos of last summer. danny savage, bbc news. more than 2,000 children in england with special educational needs and disabilities were not given the support they needed at school last year, that‘s according to the education watchdog, ofsted.
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the regulator‘s annual report describes the failure as "a national scandal". our education editor branwenjeffreys has more. jamie loves school. cooking is one of his extra lessons with the special needs teacher, mrs cassidy. school is really big, really enjoying it. and, like, doing cooking... and doing eggs. this school is known for its support for special needs. it hasn‘t excluded any pupils for seven years. but there‘s growing concern that others are more ruthless. what we are concerned is we‘ve seen a pattern of increasing rates of exclusion for children with special needs. it looks as though that it‘s becoming even more difficult for them to do well in mainstream school. around 15% of all pupils have a special need or disability.
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27% of these pupils had a fixed—term exclusion last year. at the same time, families faced delays. more than 2,000 children with severe needs were waiting for a suitable place, three times more than in 2010. ofsted is beginning to change the way it inspects schools, but there‘s still an emphasis on results. a bad ofsted report can be career—ending for a head teacher. some argue that that pressure is driving the exclusion rate and that children are being taken off school roles. sienna has an autism spectrum disorder. she hasn‘t been in school for more than a year. i don‘t have a school and i don‘t have anything to do. i just feel really anxious, sad, upset, worried. after an incident in which a teacher was hurt, her mum got three days‘ notice that she would be leaving the school.
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there was no consultation with me or her dad. it was just an e—mail and when i asked if she was being excluded, i was told no, she wasn‘t. schools, even the best, face growing pressures. some teachers are frustrated that ofsted doesn‘t recognise that budgets are one of them. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. there‘s a stark warning today that accident and emergency departments are in poor shape ahead of what could be a tough winter. there‘s a stark warning today that accident and emergency the royal college of emergency medicine, the body that represents a&e doctors, says performance levels are the worst they have been for 20 years. here‘s dominic hughes. another busy day in accident and emergency at harrogate district hospital. this is one of a relatively small number of nhs trusts generally meeting the four—hour a&e target, but even here, they‘ve seen performance slip as winter approaches, and the pressure is already building. we‘re not at a stage here where it feels hopeless,
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but it‘d be a complete lie to say there aren‘t days where you think, crikey, how on earth are we are going to get through this? we had a record number for us of people needing admission through the day. so monday was a very challenging day, meaning the team here in the emergency department and the wider hospital had to work really hard. for months, a&e departments across the country have been planning for winter, but there are still real concerns about just how resilient the system actually is. for the past year, accident and emergency departments right across the uk have been under intense pressure. one of the toughest winters in memory was followed by a summer that saw precious little relief. and as we head into this winter, senior doctors are warning this is a workforce that is really struggling to cope. a survey by the royal college of emergency medicine found that of more than 1,100 a&e doctors who responded, over 900 believe that things can‘t go on as they have been, or that they‘re getting worse. fewer than 50 felt things are getting better.
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five years ago, i met consultant taj hassan. he told me then of a crisis in emergency departments. now he represents a&e doctors across the uk and it seems that little has changed. we are entering winter in probably the worst state of performance in emergency departments probably for the last 20 years. when you look at the performance of our departments, we are struggling badly. the nhs has been promised extra money, but that won‘t arrive until next year, and it‘s finding and keeping staff willing to work in the most demanding parts of the health service that‘s proving difficult. the workforce is their biggest concern. it‘s particularly difficult coming into winter and that‘s made worse by brexit. we need to see some short—term action, in order to overcome these challenges, as well as a longer term strategy. it‘s notjust for the nhs, it‘s for social care as well. nhs england says more emergency consultants are now working
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in the health service and that extensive plans for winter are in place. the coming months could see those plans tested to the limit. dominic hughes, bbc news, harrogate. lots more ahead on the political drama unfolding at westminster but let‘s catch up with the weather prospects first. the southern half of the uk temperatures rising overnight en masse because we have more cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing from the southwest heading very slow north, we still have cold air, mist and fog patches, mainly in the north england to central belt of scotland it‘ll be frosty and could get down to —6 or so. the northeast of the country
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may be frosty and could get down to —6 or so in the northeast of the country, maybe a touch of frost by the end of its way slowly north, we may get snow over the top of the southern alps in central highlands if he gets that far north. the rain does turn it east and heavy rain in the afternoon for eastern england drying off further west particularly in northern ireland, but here and for most of england and wales it‘ll be a milder day on wednesday for the north. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... there‘s been three commons defeats for the prime minister in one day, now the government says it will publish brexit legal advice in full, after mps find it in contempt of parliament. 311 to the right, the note to the left, 393. it's a historic first to
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find them in contempt and frankly it should never have come to this. amidst the turmoil in parliament the prime minister has opened five days of debate, setting out the case in the commons for her brexit deal which she described as an honourable compromise. the choice before parliament is clear, this deal or no deal or the risk of no brexit. in other news, after severe failings with new timetables earlier this year, mps say genuine change is needed to restore trust in the railways. more than 4,000 children in england with special educational needs and disabilities were not given the support they needed at school last year, according to the ofsted chief inspector. and at 8:40 we‘ll be looking ahead to this year‘s turner prize award, we‘ll find out the winner live, here on the news channel, later this evening. good evening and welcome
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to brexit, the debate. every evening we‘ll be looking back at the key moments in the commons, as mp5 debate theresa may‘s brexit plan ahead of the vote in parliament on december 11th. bbc parliament‘s alicia mccarthy will be watching every day this week and joins us now from westminster. the debate started with theresa may setting out her case, what a dramatic start to the debate even before the actual debate got under way, the comments was in uproar, three defeats and theresa may ben began setting out her case, and just tell us a bit more about what you have to say and
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the response she got? what a dramatic backdrop for theresa may to stand up and start to try and make her case, once again. and it was a very familiar case she made it with passion, but as far as she was concerned she said this with the best deal and in fact it was the only deal. now westminster watchers will know that in the last few days when she has been making statements to the comments, it‘s taken quite a long time before we urge support of voices from her own site, mps long time before we urge support of voices from her own site, mp5 on her own side who backed her, and this time there were more of those voices and they came earlier. this is the tenth —— conservative the keyboard who used to be a member of european parliament. some of my colleagues in this house seemed to think that if they reject this deal on tuesday, they reject this deal on tuesday, the other eu 27 l will come back and they give us something better. why should they? she said that was the
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point there‘s no better deal at why should they operate? she seemed to be saying it was the best compromise available but clearly there are many on her own side who don‘t like it and prepare to vote against it tell us and prepare to vote against it tell usa and prepare to vote against it tell us a bit more about that? the first of the backbench mps to be called was borisjohnson you‘ll remember him used to be in her cabinet, he clearly didn‘t like the deal and he said he didn‘t think the government‘s heart was in it but interestingly watch the exchange between him and a fellow conservative back bench are pleased to bea conservative back bench are pleased to be a minister as well.|j conservative back bench are pleased to be a minister as well. i cannot believe there is a single member of this house who sincerely believes that this deal we have before us is a good deal. and if i may say... there we go, there is one. and i
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must say, i said sincerely. i said sincerely. and, you can tell the government's heart... forgive me for. a point of order. i believe it sincerely i've no stake in the government any more but i do think it's the right thing to do. there you are, and if you are wondering who the mp was sitting right behind borisjohnson there, that who the mp was sitting right behind boris johnson there, that was who the mp was sitting right behind borisjohnson there, that was sir roger and he clearly didn‘t agree with him either. so divisions on the conservative benches really laid bare forest there, now, jeremy corbyn the labour leisure of course is facing some division and his own party, just tell us a bit more about how he responded to the debate? well he is still saying as far as he‘s concerned, this is a botched a deal and the government has it wrong and he said the two mps who used to be brexit secretaries neither of them
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we re brexit secretaries neither of them were backing this deal either. but as you mentioned, there are divisions within the labour party as well, so this is the respected labour backbencher chris leslie setting up a different way forward to the one he might be endorsing. setting up a different way forward to the one he might be endorsinglj agree it is a bad deal, but that he not agree that our country would be better off remaining in the european union ban exiting on the basis of this deal? he said that it had been elected as did the last election on the idea of respecting results of the idea of respecting results of the referendum, so he wasn‘t going to endorse what he was suggesting. this debate is going to go right into the small hours tonight and we have another four days of debate afterward , have another four days of debate afterward, as we approach this crucial vote, a week from tonight, positions seem quite entrenched but is there any sign of fresh thinking? you are right, you may have thought
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mps you are right, you may have thought mp5 from what they have been saying out and about in the media, pretty much made up their minds, but i is not to say there are not a few fresh ideas floating around. listen to this, here‘s another conservative george freeman. given that this issue divides all parties in this house indeed on this house is even the factions, would it not be sensible next week as parliament begins to take back control to consider if revoked? the significance about that is if they vote where mps vote with their conscience not along the lines of parties, is traditionally used for issues like abortion or fox hunting 01’ issues like abortion or fox hunting or something like that, you suggesting that all mp5 be free to vote whichever way they want to and surprisingly —— unsurprisingly she was a backing the idea. she had a battle on her hands as she has prospect of keeping her deal alive and of course we should not forget the snp as scottish nationalist, they are now a significant lock in parliament. that that's right, the
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third biggest party what they think was not their leader at westminster didn‘t like it either. was not their leader at westminster didn't like it either. mr speaker, the past number of months have been filled with political drama theatre, squabbles and chaos. from crisis to crisis, this government hangs by a but, beneath all of this is thread. but, beneath all of this is the real reality that the hard cold truth that this is a moment of self harm in our history. he set he could teach as a valuable lesson if we are prepared to listen to history, mps will carry on with the debate until about one o‘clock tomorrow morning, and when they finally finish they have another four days of this debate to go. alecia i know you'll be across every moment of it for now, many thanks for the latest. it‘s one of art‘s most prestigious awards, the winner
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of the turner prize will be announced this evening in central london. previous winners have included damien hirst, grayson perry and steve mcqueen but this year, for the first time, there‘s not a painting in sight. our arts editor will gompertz is there. hello and welcome to tate britain for one inside here who are gathered to find the winner prize. back in 1984 the first show in this space painter here, sculptors and painters that a dustup is in this one at all this year, it‘s all film—makers to make sense of this year‘s the we have two guests with of the gallery and martin, who won the prize in 2001,
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for switching lights and off, let‘s start with this year‘s turner mean the fantastically strong with both legions, but what it does do there are times where the idea that it time based in narrative and folding, and captures in some kind of a drama, something where there is a chance or entranced a sequence of events and a story, and it's capturing the imagination of many artists today. also we have that possibility of using our phones, to make film and i think that analogy
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is what this is reflecting at the moment. you have made working using the film, and he won a prize in 2001, i don't the film, and he won a prize in 2001, i don‘t know the seen the show yet it did, and the question i want to ask is what is with your hacked? i couldn‘t decide what to wear i suppose. yeah. what does it mean for an artist to win this prize?|j suppose. yeah. what does it mean for an artist to win this prize? i often wish i didn‘t have it only because i think if you think you can win at life, that‘s not a good idea. i think if i had not have wanted i would have learned more. and i think idid art would have learned more. and i think i did art and the first place because i hated exams in school and any kind of learning so i found myself here, but i had a good time.
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but have a quick look at some of the artists here on the list, our correspondent rebecca has been there to ta ke correspondent rebecca has been there to take a look at the short film. 0k it ok it doesn‘t look like much in the first glance this is refined or suffers but let‘s face it doesn‘t look like a dentist waiting room, but can you see the four doors of the dark, these are what matter because they lead to each of the four exhibits, which this year, are all films. when you walk into this room, it‘s at first confusing and actually rather claustrophobic, it‘s dark, disorientating, and is dominated by this floating ceiling screen. this film is about a police raid ona screen. this film is about a police raid on a village in the desert in southern israel last year during which two people were killed. and it was shot by a camera woman who was trying to avoid gunfire, so it‘s
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blurry and jerking and hectic stuff, and i‘m delighted to sam joined by doug beatty curator of the exhibition, lindsay. this film is made by a group of people called the forensic architecture, who are they exactly? is a research agency and they were funded by an architect in 2010, and the agency formed a number of people up to about 25 people were artists are architects and lawyers and range of skills, and they each employee interdisciplinary talents to investigate allegation is eight and corporate violence. how did he do that? people send them images of things that happen for example the film—maker here said this footage to them, and they have analysed it to kind of extrapolate what during that day. forensic architecture don't actually call themselves artists, so what is their film doing actually call themselves artists, so what is theirfilm doing here in an
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art exhibition? they use exhibition to expand the reach of what they do, they work in courtrooms and write books and there‘s many ways they‘re working to be seen, but a direct way to be seen if the exhibition. thank you very much. while forensic architecture are looking at real events, our next artist named hyman has created fictional film and it‘s one hour and has created fictional film and it‘s one hourandi has created fictional film and it‘s one hour and i have summer lead to there are chairs to sit on in here, it‘s just one character in this film and it‘s about a man who spent a decade living alone in an abandoned airport. it was inspired by the experiences of his own father, who was stranded in the airport in 19705 for nine days after he lost his passport. that co—curator of the exhibition is here with me, and he has an interesting family background, tell us a bit more about him. he was born in london in 1969 and moved to dhaka, where he grew up
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and moved to dhaka, where he grew up and then he got a scholarship to study the united states where he started making documentary films. people may remember that tom hanks film terminal, indeed this is the length of the feature film, so you might wonder perhaps it should be in contention for the oscars rather than this prize. is a film that's slow and contemplative, images are very meditative it's a film about boredom and loneliness that what he means to live in exile. this is one of two films being exhibited by him and the other is being displayed on three screens, and it‘s about the history and politics of countries in south asia freed from colonial rule, and the 19605 and 705. an 805. what links the two films do you think? what brings them together is his desire to make sense of the 705 and past events that he couldn't understand growing up. for now, many thanks. you‘ve now seen the works of
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the first two are to shortlisted for the first two are to shortlisted for the price this year, and before that the price this year, and before that the forensic architecture. great stuff more from rebecca in a moment but before that i have two of the biggest bidders, i have both of them are victorious. let me start with you, because you put on shows which contain a huge amount of art, this is for films contain a huge amount of art, this is forfilms which contain a huge amount of art, this is for films which take about five hours to watch given most will don‘t tab five hours to spare how do you navigate and get this out in the exhibition? i think it's interesting they‘re united by using moving image because of something we‘re familiar with now and we have phones that make films ourselves that we do it every day but them on social media, said there is a language very familiar to said there is a language very familiarto us, and said there is a language very familiar to us, and a lot to take m, familiar to us, and a lot to take in, icame familiar to us, and a lot to take in, i came here twice before to get my head around it, the interesting thing is they are so different from each other, so each one is
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incredibly fresh and a different experience how lovely is it and to see everything you need probably got about five hours. and you run this as well, this is called the turner prize because of the great romantic artist turner because he was radical how radical is the show? artist turner because he was radical how radical is the 5how?|j artist turner because he was radical how radical is the show? i think it'5 how radical is the show? i think it's a really radical 5how, how radical is the show? i think it's a really radical show, the work i5 it's a really radical show, the work is fantastic and innovative, we have films from the entire balance which is so incredible, i think turner would have been very proud of artists working today using new technology, but also really engaging with the world. the subject matter is part of the world and it's really contemporary and i think it's important that is issued based as well. thank you very much. we will see another short film from our arts correspondent who looks at the other two contenders for this prize. before we see the work of the next
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artist, i want you to have a look and listen to this. the sound of old—fashioned technology, and listen to this. the sound of old —fashioned technology, 35mm and listen to this. the sound of old—fashioned technology, 35mm films clattering through this giant projector. and it‘s actually the only noise in this room because willis thompson‘s are silent. this isa willis thompson‘s are silent. this is a portrait of a dime in reynolds, whose partner was shot by police in america in 2016. an event she streamed live on facebook. elsa is here with me, how did this work but? so he saw the video online and affected by it and got in touch with their together they decided to do a second broadcast would be would be different from other images of how that were circling. he shown to other films of young black men, whose relatives had been killed by police and alice also, what else can
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you tell me about him and the focus of the films? he's the youngest this year of the nominees born in new zealand both of the gin and european descent and his work especially the trilogy of films he‘s showing here, we think the stories of violence affect a certain individual. he has also made some of the tiny sculpture ofa also made some of the tiny sculpture of a little house which was made using scraps of shed skin held together with tape in pan, this is slightly strange because not only because the house itself was made by novartis, why did he want to film it? is actually a personal work because it was made a few years after he found out about a genetic condition running through his family, so you can see this work as a portrait of the artist himself. thank you very much. from 35mm film to the most modern of a mobile technologies, the smartphone, i want
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you to have a look at this work, because it was spent in a year being made entirely on an iphone. charlotte was born in... orfilm was an autobiographical whine about coming out as gay, in rural scotland. there is no linear narrative, instead she shoots scenes of her home her cat and the scottish countryside. she also uses music and readings from her own diaries. lindsay is here, why make a film shot entirely on a smartphone? she's interested in the technology and body relationship impractical things about an iphone make it interesting to her, so when she pulled that you often see the movement of her breathing and it's very lightweight, also sometimes she puts her thumb across the lens and you see her blood moving through and also she loves to film on her on and go out into the countryside and not having
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a film crew is possible using the iphone. we live in an age where eve ryo ne iphone. we live in an age where everyone has a camera in their pocket, so what makes this special? i think the themes are very pertinent to us, a major kind of focus of all her work is queer identity, but she is also interested in notions of independence. the film is fragmentary, and quite impressionistic and yet i feel like we‘re watching it in a formal setting on these benches, why is that? she works with culture as well as in that background is culture informs the installation, so she thinks the entire thing of the sculptural environment and you're really being invited into her world when you come into one of these rooms. i guess we will not be selling popcorn here then, thank you very much. that‘s the work of charlotte and before that is luke willis thompson, you seeing all of the that a shortlisted for the prize and the only question is who winds. who indeed when i want to know you
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wa nt to who indeed when i want to know you want to know and you can find out in an hour byjoining us for the live show here at 9:30pm. thank you very much indeed back with you with that. a review into an immigration removal centre run by the g4s security firm says some staff there acted in a "draconian" way and indulged in "laddish behaviour". the review followded follows secret filming at the brook house centre near gatwick airport, in which detainees were seen being verbally and physically abused. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. inside brook house immigration centre, images captured by a bbc reporter who got a job there. he used a hidden camera and showed staff struggling to cope. he heard detainees being threatened and filmed force being used excessively.
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now an independent report has revealed why it went so wrong at brook house. the report describes a laddish culture among some staff, with certain managers seen as unapproachable and draconian. that, the report concluded, presented opportunities for some stronger personalities to gain undue influence, leading them sometimes to behave in inappropriate ways without being challenged. i think the main issues in this report that have been identified is understaffing, staff out of control, it is ultimately affecting detainee welfare. the report accepts that some of the 300 immigration detainees are difficult to deal with but says violence was not managed properly. it describes one shocking incident in which staff thought they had lost control of the centre. detainees on one wing refused to return to their rooms and attacked officers. one was hit with a pool cue and suffered a broken nose, two were bitten. the detainees caused
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damage worth £16,000. g4s says the centre has made substantial progress since that incident one year ago and is implementing most of the report‘s 52 recommendations. there is obviously small groups of people that we need to root out, and we will. we can always do more, we are looking at how we can change the culture, we have changed our recruitment processes and initial changing course processes. the home office is also criticised in the report for focusing on removing detainees rather than the health and welfare. it says it has already announced a series of reforms. danny shaw, bbc news, at brook house. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. we continue to see large contrast that cost the country and day today,
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ta ke that cost the country and day today, take yesterday for example, so that half of the uk temperatures were 15 degrees. but today, we are struggling much colder a significant drop for example by 9 degrees. lots of cloud coming our way, limiting the sunshine earlier on in the cloud is continued to pick it up from the southwest, and bringing outbreaks of rain as well. that continues to push slowly north through the night. i had of that mist and fog patches particularly northeast england and central belt of scotland and it‘s going to be frosty again in scotland it‘ll get colder. we could see frost also for north east england for a while and northern ireland and further south it won‘t be as cold as ice night. because of the plague —— thickening of clouds and drizzle, it continues to move north on wednesday, i had of that mist and fog —— fog lift, increased clouds and snow in the central highlands it to get that far north, mostly rain if anything asserts to push its way east, so it turned less whacked for
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wales in western england and should be dry quickly and northern ireland and for most of us, and milder day really i was sick, that didn‘t —— exceptin really i was sick, that didn‘t —— except in scotland. wetter weather though tends to get swept away east, during tomorrow evening and then into the nearest continent and we see the west to the atlantic to see another change and band of cloud and rain, we are drying in southwest winds, and that means milder air and this time pushing through the whole of the country. it comes with lots of the country. it comes with lots of cloud and the recent rain and drizzle around as well, wettest weather over the hills in the west, weather over the hills in the west, we may get a bit of sunshine for a of scotla nd we may get a bit of sunshine for a of scotland and in scotland and northern ireland temperatures will be the double figures 11—12 quite widely, high further south of 13 or 14 celsius. that band of rain it moves as well, and more is to come as we headed to friday, threat of disruption not so much from rain but more the strength of window, it 80
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mph, across an troll northern ireland and into north wells as well. that comes as a deepening area of low pressure heads our way swedes rain away from a stereo followed by sunshine and showers. hello, i‘m ros atkins, this is outside source. quite a day in westminster. three times theresa may saw defeat — as her government achieves an unwelcome historic first. it is unprecedented for this house to find government ministers in contempt. the government must now publish the legal advice in full. in light of the expressed will of the house, we will publish the final and full advice provided by the attorney general to cabinet. we‘ll report from france, where president macron has backed down in the face of protests and suspended his new taxes on fuel. two senior us republicans
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say they‘re certain the saudi crown prince ordered the killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi.
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