who sought her resignation. —— it's. the guardian also leads, describing the confidence vote as a failed coup attempt by members of her own party however observes mrs may has been damaged by the contest which has exposed a bitter split within the conservatives. the telegraph says the prime minister has emerged deeply wounded by the vote result which has puts her own future and brexit itself in doubt. the paper belives the result leaves the conservative party more divided than ever, with the vote breaking down largely along leave and remain lines. the mirror takes a christmas slant, calling the prime minister a lame duck for christmas, as mrs may promises not to run in the next election. the paper says her eu withdrawal deal hangs by a thread increasing the chances for a second referendum. and finally, the irish times takes a different angle, explaining the prime minister won the confidence vote after she promised mps she would find a legally binding solution to the northern ireland backstop that would then allow

the dup party to support her brexit deal. with me is iain anderson, who's founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. —— communications. i've got the papers here. les gets stuck in. the daily mail, they're saying let her get on with it now, that's their big headline, may seas of the plotters. but has she? -- sees off. i never thought i would utter these words but i think the daily mail is right! i think people in britain were watching this, along with folks internationally, are sick and tired of the entire circus. the fact the prime minister has won the vote, a win isa prime minister has won the vote, a win is a win. all the people saying let's reopen the brexit vote, have a

people's vote, all the people saying we don't need to do that again, she has one this vote fairly and squarely under the conservative party rules. she can't be challenged for a year. she says she's not going to ta ke for a year. she says she's not going to take the tories into another general election, let her get on with the job of trying to deliver the brexit. the daily mirror said she was forced to say that in her speech prior to the vote late yesterday saying i won't stand again when we run for re—election. was that a way of her saying i am listening, in fact she said that after in her speech, i have listened to those who voted against me and their concerns. it was a big move yesterday, but my grey hairs around politics reflect that i've been hanging around westminster for too long. immediately after the botched

election of 2017, she came to exactly the same committee, the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers, to say she wasn't going to take the conservatives into the next general election. in a way, with all of this, with all of the psychodrama of the past 2a hours, nothing has changed, to quote somebody. yes, absolutely, this is the guardian, tory coup fails but scale of rebellion damages may. they all the numbers there. 117 against, 203, 200 for. -- 200 all the numbers there. 117 against, 203, 200 for. —— 200 for. people we re 203, 200 for. —— 200 for. people were hoping she would come through stronger. —— they have all the numbers there. she is damaged goods. borisjohnson had numbers there. she is damaged goods. boris johnson had his numbers there. she is damaged goods. borisjohnson had his brand—new haircut at the weekend, that was pa rt haircut at the weekend, that was part of a strategy to try to topple the prime minister and it hasn't worked. my benchmark, frankly

yesterday talking to people, was if she secured 200 or above, there's nothing the plotters can do. they can and and rave, they can talk about a constitutional crisis. frankly, sally, we're already in a constitutional crisis. nothing can change what happened in the past 2a hours. let's just get on with the job of securing our economy, making sure that people's jobs and economic livelihoods are not put in jeopardy by all of this, and get a deal. interesting front page from the daily telegraph, they've got a picture of her here, saying a vote to remain, but when will she leave? the daily telegraph has boris as a regular columnist, we must mention that. again they talk about the fact that. again they talk about the fact that she is pretty damaged in terms of her view to say i won't stand

again for the next election, but i am here to see through brexit. she's been completely determined and add at about that since she became prime minister. this is thejob i'm here to do, will deliver no matter what —— and adamant. she is the one that hasn't left. the daily telegraph is asking a question that's already had an answer. she's already told conservative mps that she's not going to lead them into the next election. my personal view has been, for some time now, and i've said this to businesses both domestic and international, that the prime minister is probably most likely to step back after the 29th of march, 2019 if, given all the psychodrama that's going on behind us, if we actually are going to be leaving the european union at that point. i think after having delivered brexit,

if she can deliver brexit, then that's probably going to be a moment for her to announce her specific timetable for departure. in terms of who will fill her shoes, of course much speculation yesterday about who might be the leader of the conservative party. the bookies are having fun right now, aren't they? i think one of the reasons why she is still in 10 downing street this morning is because the conservatives parliamentary party can't actually really agree as to who would be the best person to replace her. i think there will be an extremely large field of candidates when she eventually decides to go. the mirror calls her a lame duck, lame duck for christmas, no turkey on the menu as far as they're concerned, that's their angle. when i saw that it reminded me of the same headlines around angela merkel in germany when she announced she

realised her grip on power was coming to an end in germany, and they described her as a lame duck in domestic politics. give us your take on that view. she is or isn't? she's in brussels today, she has to be our prime minister representing us to get a better deal. do you want it darker or turkey on your christmas table this year? i think what we saw yesterday, sally, was conservative mps not wanting to be turkeys voting for christmas... an early christmas —— do you want duck or turkey. yesterday has done nothing to solve the fundamental question in british politics, how do you get a deal through that place, in parliament, over the next few months? nothing bad happened yesterday has resolved any of that question. the irish times talks about what they want, they want a death, better

deal, with the irish backstop sorted, may pledges to find a deal on the backstop that would satisfy the dup stop it when it comes to the dup reaction, they were at pains to say they want the eye back on the ball, the irish backstop —— the dup. something the prime minister had to do yesterday if she hadn't had the tory leadership many psychodrama was to go to dublin to talk to the overripe cut in some depth about the prospect of tweaking the deal on the backstop —— to leo varadkar. sublime confidence doesn't just take backstop —— to leo varadkar. sublime confidence doesn'tjust take place in the building behind me, it also ta kes pla ce in the building behind me, it also takes place between fine gael and thin foil, interesting move in the past 2a hours that fine gael, the partner to keep leo varadkar in power, has decided to extend the life of that supply and confidence

arrangement in till 20. it looks like ireland isn't going to see a general election in the coming 12 months —— until 2020. general election in the coming 12 months -- until2020. thanks, iain. thank you for your company. as you can see behind me, the lights are coming on in parliament. you can see a few windows with the lights on. it is the morning after that vote of confidence that theresa may won, 200 mps voted for her to remain leader of the conservative party, and, of course, prime minister. she is today headed to brussels to try to win some concessions on the withdrawal dealfor the uk's. some concessions on the withdrawal deal for the uk's. that some concessions on the withdrawal dealfor the uk's. that is some concessions on the withdrawal deal for the uk's. that is the briefing for another day. thanks for your company, i'll see you soon. hello. there'll be a definite chill in the air over the next couple of days.

not only will the air be cold, we have strong winds to contend with, which will exacerbate that chilly feel during the day ahead. it should be dry for most, but not quite for all. a frontal system lingering in western areas bringing some outbreaks of rain here. that front making very little progress, though, because it's running up against this big block of high pressure, and the squeeze between the two will be driving brisk south—easterly winds across the country. it will not feel warm by any stretch of the imagination. now, we're starting off thursday on a largely dry note. still a fair amount of cloud around and a few showers peppering north sea coasts. and our weatherfront bringing cloud and some patchy rain for northern ireland, the far south—west of wales, the far south—west of england. elsewhere, we will develop some long spells of sunshine. however, we will have this wind to contend with, particularly gusty for some western coastal areas. so, put a thermometer outside, it might say five, six or seven degrees, but when we factor in the wind chill, it will feel more like —1 for the channel islands, freezing for birmingham, one degree in glasgow.

a very chilly—feeling day, leading into a pretty chilly night thursday night into friday. there'll be more in the way of clear, starry skies ahead. the winds easing a little, so that will allow temperatures to drop, particularly across scotland, england and wales. you can see this blue shading on our temperature chart. towns and cities will get down to freezing or a touch below. it could be colder than that in the countryside. not quite as cold across the far west, particularly northern ireland, because here, there'll be more cloud, there'll be some patchy rain. this old weather front still lingering here as we go on through friday. but elsewhere, a decent amount of sunshine. still the potential for one or two showers blowing into north sea coasts. now, these numbers don't look particularly impressive — three, four, five degrees — but by friday, the winds won't be quite as strong, so it may feel a bit less bitter. so as we head towards the weekend, a change because these frontal systems here will have a bit more impetus about them. they will make more progress. they'll bring some wet weather across the country but that rain running into cold air.

so just about wherever you are, there could be, for a time, a little bit of snow. but over higher ground in northern ireland, northern england, and especially scotland, there is the potential forfairly widespread and potentially disruptive snow. we'll have to keep you posted on that one. however, milder air will be wafting in from the south—west all the time, so wintry weather will slowly but surely turn back to wet weather, and eventually all of us will get into the milder air on sunday and monday, but there'll still be some wind and rain at times. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt — live at westminster. 0ur headlines today: theresa may vows to fight on as she survives a crucial leadership challenge. the parliamentary party does have confidence. but the prime minister's authority is dealt a blow as more than 100 of her mps vote against her. a significant number of colleagues did cast a vote against me and i've

listened to what they've said. after a dramatic 2a hours in westminster, we'll ask what's next for mrs may — and the brexit process. also this morning: french police ask for the public‘s help to find the man suspected of killing two people at a christmas