w. may. stewart, let's talk about theresa may. a big day for her yet again today. what are we expecting from that statement to mps? today. what are we expecting from that statement to mp5? there today. what are we expecting from that statement to mps? there seems to be an ongoing series of big days for the prime minister. i don't think we expect much. discussions with the other political parties do not seem to have gone well, in fact labour refused to meet with her. the s&p and others have made their position is clear. you can sort of see how we have got into this position with the negotiations with europe. a series of red lines she is not prepared to move from, which has influenced the discussions with the parties, as it influenced the discussion with the european commission and its institutions over the past couple of years. nothing is shifting and unless she is prepared to loosen the tyres or rub out a couple of those red lines, it is difficult to see how this will shift in any meaningful way over the next couple of weeks. frankly, that end of march deadline is looming. so, depending on 1's view of these things, that is either a good or a bad thing. but that deadline is that deadline. i am

bad thing. but that deadline is that deadline. iam not bad thing. but that deadline is that deadline. i am not sure we'll be seeing much change this afternoon. she wants cross—party consensus, but the difficulty for her looks like getting consensus within her own party. i think that is the problem here, fundamentally. she spent a lot of time talking about what she thinks the issues that will bind her party together are, without reflecting on what might bind in the other political parties across parliament. so now she wants to try to open up, and freckly, she can't, because she will alienate huge parts of her own party. —— frankly. she is the twin rock and a hard place but it is of her making. the ft has another wrangle, it says that theresa may is poised to a commons clash after refusing to budge on brexit. it talks about what she said to cabinet ministers yesterday when she met with them. she said she wa nted she met with them. she said she wanted to replace the so—called backstop, the insurance policy to avoid a hard irish border, she didn't specify how. frankly, if it was that easy, she would have done it months ago. this was always going to be the sticking point, from the chequers agreement, using the word

agreement on the loosest possible sense, to the position of the dup, which cabinet ministers have been leaking or briefing the press, the backstop has been a fundamental problem for months. if it was that easy, if it could be solved in weeks, which now appears to be what is on offer as far as the prime minister is concerned, it would have happened. i am minister is concerned, it would have happened. iam not minister is concerned, it would have happened. i am not surprised there are not many details because it would have been solved by now it was that straightforward. if she can get the dup onside, the deal will go through, innocence. and this is parliament really saying to her, look, we are the parliament, there are groups of individuals here, as a majority, as a whole, that want to hold the government to account. that is what parliament is four, holding the government to account, and that is what we are doing. some would say the parliament is there to put forward the will of the people. and their constituents. shouldn't necessarily just be bound their constituents. shouldn't necessarilyjust be bound by party discipline and the party whip. traditionally, one party wins and

you have a majority and there is a strong prime minister in place. the whole party discipline thing hangs together. what the government says, what the cabinet says, goes forward. but we are not in normal circumstances at the moment. let's talk about this story in the independent. this is the news that, from today, those eu nationals living in the uk will have to apply for settled status. talk me through thackley what this is? this appears to be the idea that if you want to stay in this country is an eu citizen, yes, you may have some time and some leeway, but fundamentally, you have to register, you have to be involved. the government has a whole has never had the greatest reputation when it comes to it systems, and online form filling. who does? and then, adding on to that, the windrush scandal and frankly, people who have been here for generations, suddenly finding themselves, finding their settlement status queried, this is a real problem. this is the human cost of these decisions. again, come the end

of march, these things may go in credibly smoothly, but it sort of leaves a bad taste in the mouth for a lot of people who have been here for a very long time and have paid a lot of taxes to us, and have been employed, they are not the archetypal person coming here from certain parts of europe and claiming benefits and sending it back home. these are lots of people, lots of work, lots ofjobs, and they have paid tax over a number of years. the government argues this is a good way of looking exactly who is here, their status, theirjob status. of looking exactly who is here, their status, theirjob statuslj mean, you could extend that argument to id cards, years ago, they have come back under tony blair and others. there is a margin to be said that, actually, having some sort of recognition of who we all are and... it is quite expensive. £65 for an adult, £35 for a kids. that will deter some people for doing it.|j think it will. and if the process doesn't work smoothly it will put people off and it leaves a bad taste in the mouth. is it fair on people

that they should have to go through this process and this system, despite having been here for a long time? ithink despite having been here for a long time? i think there are lots of exa m ples over time? i think there are lots of examples over the coming months, there will be very human story is about the system, and my fear is that this system will not be working oi’ that this system will not be working or it will be alienating people. i think the warning is a fair place one. let's move on and talk about the story everybody has been talking about over the weekend. this is a car accident that prince philip suffered in his land rover. now, in the mirror, the headline says the queen says sorry but there is no word from philip. obviously we are not entirely sure this is true, but according to the mirror, according to sources, the queen sent a message of concern to one of his philip's crash victims but he has not made contact. what do you make of this story? he appears to think in some way that he is above the law, that's the normal rules of the land don't apply to him in the way that they apply to him in the way that they apply to him in the way that they apply to you on the anybody else. ——

you or me or anybody else. the papers are quite right to ask these sorts of questions, and frankly, i'm not entirely clear why the first thing he didn't do, even if he didn't want to, why his advisers did say, the first thing you need to do is make sure these people are ok. my thought was mainly that they contacted the driver but not this lady, because this lady was the passenger. possibly, possibly. some good advice would be, look, in any sort of crisis situation, it is very much the human side of the way that companies and organisations react, and this is no different to that. the royal family have taken years to rebuild their reputation and their standing in this country, and to a large exte nt standing in this country, and to a large extent abroad as well. this is exactly the sort of is —— of the sort of story that puts them apart and make them question things again. why should he get away with things that nobody else would? has it got away with it? he was breathalysed by the police. he might have received a warning. the question is, if you or

i received —— if we had an accident like this, would we be expected to contact the person and say sorry? ultimately you would let the insurance companies talk. maybe he is letting his company talk to them. i don't know. the royalfamily are ina i don't know. the royalfamily are in a completely different position to you and i. there are expectations of their behaviour, the media spotlight being on them, maybe not as much as you, certainly more so than me under normal circumstances. hejust appears than me under normal circumstances. he just appears to have not had that human element, he appears to have not shown much empathy, really. which is surprising. because that is what the royal family have been particularly good at in recent yea rs. particularly good at in recent years. let's talk about the japan times story, nissan and renault. these two companies have an agreement with each other, and the interesting thing is that nissan was widely seen as wanting to step back from the agreement between the two, but now it looks like there could be talk of a merger. the automated sector is huge injapan. it is

hugely competitive at the best of times and, as is featured on this programme a lot, it is going through massive change. it will be focused on big shifts in demand and products, et cetera, for a long period of time yet. i hate to bring it back to brexit, but frankly, anybody who underestimate the value and the worth of nissan in the north—east and around sunderland, they don't really understand the british economy. the nissan plant up there and the jobs, that is notjust a sign of the economy and the growth and the strength of exports in this country, but actually, fundamentally, it sits with the ethos of the place and the recovery post 1980s. you have to say that the french involvement, more so than the company, it might put questions forward about those agreements that came up in the post—brexit environment. this has huge run location is not just environment. this has huge run location is notjust for the sector but for us, and for the post—brexit environment, especially in the north—east. environment, especially in the

north-east. an ongoing story. let's talk about sugar cubes. they used to give you should refuse when they gave you a polio inoculation in the old days. i wonder if they do that now. sugar cubes, counting cubes to work out mathematical problems but also to combat obesity. anything that makes children think about it more is a good thing. when i was a kid, which is now a very long time ago, it was all about how far cars could get twin places and distances. do you even care about sugar? if someone said you, as a kid, do you know what i mean? kids don't have the same kind of... they have more ofan the same kind of... they have more of an understanding about healthy eating these days. a know that they can't eat a load ofjunk food in that way. and if this helps them focus on that that is fine. but i don't think it will achieve much. stuart thompson, good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed. that is a round—up of the newspapers from us here on bbc news. stay with us. much more to come. goodbye from me. hello. eyes to the skies for the total lunar eclipse. there are some areas of cloud around england and wales, some high cloud in scotland and northern ireland that may limit

the views, so good luck! the blue indicating where there's a frost around. in fact, more widespread frost to start monday compared with sunday, so that is indicative of that. there are some breaks in the cloud, allowing temperatures to drop away for quite a widespread frost, then, for the start of monday. underneath this ridge of high pressure, giving the first half of the day for most of us some quiet weather but things are going to change. a more vigorous weather system is approaching from the north—west. that quite quickly is going to thicken the cloud even further in scotland and northern ireland. the winds pick up as well — gusts eventually towards 60 miles an hour, i think, in the western isles — and then here comes the wet weather, moving into northern ireland, into western scotland through the afternoon and into the evening. some hill snow again, especially in scotland. ahead of that, though, much of eastern scotland, much of england and wales — at least during daylight hours — will stay dry. quite a bit of cloud around, some hazy brightness here and there. probably some good sunshine in kent.

it is a cold day though, around 4—8 degrees. this wet weather pushes south, then, monday evening and night. snow to the hills in scotland, the pennines, maybe some snow to lower levels, some wet snow and some heavier bursts. squally winds as that moves south as well. clearing behind it, notice some wintry showers coming in towards the north—west for the start of tuesday — a sign of things to come on tuesday. temperatures dipping again behind this weather system to give a touch of frost going into tuesday morning. so that weather system pushes away early on tuesday from the far south—east and a flow of quite cold air coming in from the north—west on which we will see these wintry showers. some sunshine too, but the showers into northern and western scotland, northern ireland, wales, western england. snow notjust on hills out of these. get a heavy shower, even to lower levels, you could see a brief covering, and it will start to drift a little bit further eastwards on through tuesday on that north—westerly wind, which will make it feel colder. now, as we look ahead to wednesday, still a few of these showers running in towards the west. quite a bit of sunshine elsewhere. could start to pick up some showers, too, towards east anglia and south—west england going into wednesday night—early thursday.

that could give a little bit of snow in places so be aware of that potential. but actually in the second half of the week, there is quite a bit of dry weather around. some sunshine at times. frosty nights. by friday, the atlantic weather system brings thicker cloud towards parts of scotland and northern ireland but at that stage, it becomes a little less cold. at the end of the week, looks like it turns colder again, though, next weekend. much of this week, though, is cold. sunshine and wintry showers with snow in places, and some frosty nights to come. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: so the noes have it — the noes have it. what next for brexit? the prime minister will set out her latest plans to parliament, but will it be enough to break the deadlock? the prime minister will be back here in the commons with the outline of a plan b this afternoon, searching for compromise in an ocean of disagreement. this is what you might see if you look out of your window now, as the moon turns red in a rare

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