hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines. mps have rejected theresa may's withdrawal agreement for a third time, throwing the uk's brexit this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 7, strategy into further confusion. on a momentous day in parliament: this government will continue to ayes to the right, 286. press the case for the orderly the noes to the left, 344. brexit that the result of the the referendum demands. brexit that the result so the noes have it, of the the referendum demands. the labour leader calls the noes have it...unlock. on the prime minister to step down immediately mps have rejected after the latest defeat, theresa may's withdrawal this time by 58 votes. agreement for a third time — throwing the uk's brexit strategy this deal now has to change. there into further confusion. has to be an alternative found and if the prime minister can't accept that, then she must go, not at an indeterminate date in the future, on the day the uk had been the implication of the houses set to leave the eu, thousands of leave—supporting decisions are at grave. the legal demonstrators have been gathering in westminster to protest fault is the uk is due to leave the against the brexit delay. the eu says it regrets the decision european union and 1a days' time. in the house of commons, and says the probability of a no deal brexit on april the 12th, is now that's not enough time to agree,

legislate for and ratify a deal. this deal now has to change. a "likely scenario". there has to be an alternative found. and if the prime minister can't accept that, then she must go. not at an indeterminable date in the future, but now. more on brexit now. i'm phillipa thomas in westminster what do people here in the uk — on the day the uk had been away from westminster — set to leave the eu, think about the uncertainty now now thousands of leave—supporting facing the brexit process? demonstrators have been gathering the city of leeds had one in westminster to protest of the closest referendum against the brexit delay. results in the country — with just over 50% voting to remain, and just under 50% to leave. our correspondent sarah campbell has been getting reaction from businesses and voters in the city. the opportunity now is for us good evening from westminster to embrace the certain legal where there are angry crowds right for an extension. on what should have been the day we will be taking a huge we left the european union. leap into the unknown. instead in dramatic scenes this afternoon — mps voted for the third time the green benches of parliament to reject the prime minister's are 200 miles away from these greens brexit divorce deal. in leeds but the golfers mps were told this was their last here are well aware that chance to deliver the kind brexit people voted for. what is said and done there matters here. but it wasn't enough march 29, was that in your calendar

to persuade them — as the day we believe that? 286 mps voted yes, 344 voted no — absolutely, yes. how are you feeling? frustrated, as a person who voted to leave, frustrated the prime minister lost by 58 votes. that my decision has not gone forward. do you think it will, ever? it is questionable, now. theresa may said it was a matter of deep personal regret that the uk how are you feeling? wasn't leaving the eu today and called it a grave moment for parliament. april 12th — is now brexit day. you voted remain. the vote has gone exactly how i expected. either we leave with no deal. the government is having major or the prime minister asks issues here, and is in turmoil. brussels for an extension — and i really don't know where this and it could be a long one. is going but my gut feeling is that the government will collapse. we may now have to fight opinions on the vote today the european elections too. it's not how the 29th are split among members. of march was supposed to be. enjoying a well earned drink our political editor after their round of golf, laura kuenssberg reports two remainers and two leavers on today's historic vote. wondering what happens next. i don't know where parliament is going to go. the this really is such an iconic day, government is leading. it is march the 29th. i don't think there has what do we want? been leadership from brexit! the government from the start. when do we want it? now. it is a great failure that we the vote was to leave, are not leaving this evening. and i think they should leave. crowds on the march to push no—deal on the 12th of april. parliament to get on with it. that doesn't worry me. it is a thoroughly bad idea and it

deserves to be defeated today. on the day that we were due to leave. shame on you! voters in leeds were split down the middle in the 2016 referendum. remain achieved 50.3% of the vote. leave, only very marginally protests brought frustration to parliament, the prime minister behind, at 49.7%. brought the deal that would divorce us from the eu to the commons forjudgment, again. the ayes to the right, 286, almost all of this company's tiles come from europe and profit the noes to the left, 344. margins have been hit, since the vote. we do need clarity, because as a business, a closer result than last time out all we want is to move on and be positive about what is but a third defeat of nearly 60 going to happen next. votes for theresa may's deal. nobody knows what is going to happen next, so that uncertainty still way off. that is out there in the marketplace i fear we are reaching the limits is creating problems. today was to be the day the uk of the process in this house. struck out from the european union. instead, britain will be staying this house has rejected no deal, it has rejected no brexit, put, at least, for now. on wednesday it rejected all the variations of the deal on the table. let's speak now to the conservative mp, pauline latham, this government will continue who voted for the prime minister's deal after twice voting to press the case for the orderly against the government.

brexit that the result of the referendum demands. this deal now has to change. she's in our westminster studio. there has to be an alternative found so did you compromise on the third and if the prime minister can't round of the vote? was a because we accept that, then she must go, not at an indeterminate date we re round of the vote? was a because we were being advised if we didn't we in the future, but now. would lose brexit all together, and she should now go and we should be thatis would lose brexit all together, and that is one thing i didn't want to having a general election. do, because i'm a brexiteer and so open calls for her to quit growing in her party too. is my constituency, and i actually do want to deliver what they want, there is only one thing the prime minister can do, and what the country wants but it is get us out on the 12th of april, get our country back very difficult now. we have heard and deliver what we promised. if we don't, god help us. cries of betrayal of democracy for a lot of people, who had been hoping do you think she should that today was the day. what is your stay in her job? no. reaction to that? well, everybody has a different point of view and we i think it was inevitable do have the exercise our democratic that what just happened was going to happen, right in the parliament, and we have because theresa may once to decide whether we want to support again singularly failed what the people wanted, which i want to reach out to people. the cabinet still to do, or you go against it, and the trying to cling on. we will have to think very hard over trouble is, the remainers tend to be the next few hours how we respond people from the south, tend to be to that but this is a hugely disappointing result people from the south, tend to be people who live in the westminster which, to my mind, is not

bubble, and they don't want to in the national interest. leave, they do genuinely want to the prime minister's pitch earlier stay within europe, which i don't. was this is the last chance to make sure we could leave 0k, stay within europe, which i don't. ok, so what do you suggest should the eu sometime soon. happen next then? well, i heard it avoids a long extension richard ashworth before, and he was which would at least delay talking about three scenarios, and could destroy brexit. i have said that i am prepared to leave this job earlier another referendum, reneging on article 50, or we go out with than i intended to secure the right no—deal. for me the only option of outcome for our country. and when the division bell rings those three is to go with no—deal. but of course we don't really know in a few moments time, what is going to happen in everyone of us will have to look into our hearts and decide parliament next week. because we've what is best for our got oliver letwin and friends who are trying to thwart it and they are constituents and our country. trying to stop it, so we don't know quite what they are going to go and what the speaker will allow them to this deal, even the half of it do, which may compromise what we can we have before us today do. so what did you make of jacob is bad for our democracy, bad for our economy and bad for this rees—mogg's comments, saying it is yes to a new leader, no to a general country and i urge the house not to be cajoled on this third time election, and that a second referendum was a very bad idea. he lucky strategy and down today! is actually right, and i agree 100% with what he said. so in terms of a -- built it —— built it down today. new leader, who and is in the right

ministers have only been able time and how and why would they to stand back and watch on and they made this deal sound achieve where the prime minister has like the end of the world. failed? well, i think what we need but listen. if we say we stand up is somebody who can negotiate a for 17.4 million people, better deal, not that this deal is then we have to get those people going to go away, but if we go out what they asked for and that is to leave the european union and this with no—deal, we need to have a good now is the only way. and then another. relationship with europe, and i i will vote for the motion. would like a new prime minister who the problem i have is that i cannot countenance can actually do that and go out and an even longer extension. talk to them, and persuade them, and i cannot countenance holding that we do need to have a good european elections in may. relationship, which i think they and then another. wa nt relationship, which i think they want as well, so, it shouldn't be too difficult but we don't need most of us do not like somebody who isn't used to the agreement, but it is a damn sight better than sticking two negotiating, and with the best will fingers up to the british public in the world, i think theresa may and say we will ignore you. has done the best she thinks she can but a clutch of convinced eurosceptic stood firm. do, but it wasn't good enough for we have capitulated, this country, so yes, we need a new this is not compromised, leader and yes we need somebody who this has been capitulation. isa leader and yes we need somebody who is a good negotiator in the future. and theresa may's allies from it is easy to say we need a new leader but there are deadlines northern ireland would not budge. there. who? who? there are deed whatever means there are available to us should this lines and what we don't want is a agreement go through,

coronation, we need a proper we will continue to oppose it. leadership campaign, so the members of the party can choose not us many more were furious. choosing in parliament so there is now, mr speaker, we cannot allow time there, but there isn't time the future of this country to be before the 12th of april, and we held to ransom by the neverending need to come out, because then it is internal tory psychodrama and those who want to put their own jobs under the second stage, we could and ambitions before the jobs don't negotiate after that, we could of the people in this country. talk to bourrust and get a much the rainbow of other parties better deal, where we can co—operate were never going to say yes. and that is all everybody in this we have been ignored, silenced and sidelined, country wants, is to be able to the futures of citizens co—operate with europe, rather than across scotland and the rest fight them, and if we go out with of the uk held to ransom no—deal, it is a clean slate again. by right—wing brexiteers and the dup. 0k, no—deal, it is a clean slate again. ok, pauline latham, thank you very this is nothing more than deceit, duplicity and deception much from a government in desperation. joining me now is the sinn fein mep what happens next? for northern ireland, tonight even members martina anderson. of the cabinet are not sure. if we know anything about theresa may it is not impossible that somehow thank you for speaking to us. so she will come up with another way of trying to get your reaction to today's events?m is just your reaction to today's events?m isjust more chaos, more her deal through again. your reaction to today's events?m is just more chaos, more of a political circumstances can that has been played out on an international

but remember, mps are working stage, and what we are deeply together behind the scenes to try to come up with a solution, concerned about, is that we are probably a softer brexit that could find a majority in the house inching towards a crash, and that is of commons sometime soon. but in either case, it is likely not taking account of the fact that the government will have to ask the eu for a longer extension, 56% of the people in the north of with conditions attached. ireland voted to remain within the they could say no, in which case we might leave the european union eu and at the time of good friday without a deal in a couple of weeks. agreement, the people were promised that there would be no as they leave on the day constitutional change to this island u nless constitutional change to this island unless the people voted for it and we were all meant to leave, consented to it, and of course, they the question on the departure haven't consented to be dragged out of the eu is far from journey‘s end. of the eu against their i'm joined now by our political democratically expressed wishes, so correspondent chris mason. farmers and businesses, and smes and i want to reflect first on what we community sector and the list is are hearing here. a lot of people endless of people who are deeply for whom this should have been the day. for reporters like the friday worried, but the common denominator between britain and us here in the the 29th of march, 2019, the 11 north of ireland, that has your o'clock of night is the sentence system in disarray and our system that has tumbled out of our mouths collapsed, is the dup. the every day for the last two years because that is the date and time democratic unionist party, who is propping up the british government

the uk was meant to leave the and one of the reasons why you european union by any measure that isa didn't get support for the european union by any measure that is a spectacularfailure european union by any measure that is a spectacular failure on the government's part and you get a withdrawal agreement today, is this sense of the anger felt by the concocted few from the dup, that protesters tonight. but we find this new found defence to a checking ourselves with the perpetual brexit facility in the irish sea, that has question which is what on earth been there for years. you have been happens next? the perpetual brexit heard to say enough of this a nswer happens next? the perpetual brexit answer is we do not know. we have an nonsense, it is time for action. is idea of the landscape of the next it too late in the day for action? i week or so without any certainty mean, how do you make this about where we end up. on monday parliament is going to have a second breakthrough? well, the borders attempt to try and coalesce around community against brexit is an agreeing on something as opposed to organisation who came into being after the referendum, and because co nsta ntly agreeing on something as opposed to constantly rejecting something. there is talk that maybe it could be the position of the people here was a majority for staying in a customs being ignored by the british union and a closer relationship with the european union that they want establish: tomorrow for instance the european union that they want the government is advocating. some have said perhaps the prime minister they have organised a series of could request a change to the protests along the boardser corridor. we have on monday michelle political declaration, the non—legally binding part of the package, and that is put back. the o'neill and mary lou mcdonald at the president and the vice president of sinn fein along with myself, and a prime minister has yet another go at trying to get it through before this number of other meps will be meeting

with michel barnier. i spoke in the new deadline, two weeks tonight. what about the idea of a change of prime minister? i spoke to one mp, chamber to president tusk, i spoke to him and explained about people's george freeman, who says it is time to change horses and get someone genuine concerns for your british like michael gove in there. there is listener, it is very, very important lots of talks over there about a that they understanding that the general election and i think it is democratic unionist party does not because, whilst there is a represent the majority of people recognition in there, there is a lot here, in fact, represent the majority of people here, infact, people represent the majority of people here, in fact, people that would be of weariness about a potential trip their supporters are asking for the to the polling station in the uk backstop their supporters are asking for the ba cksto p to their supporters are asking for the backstop to be the least worst after the elections and the option, in fact they want to stay in referendum, the parliament is the customs union and the single running out of road and the prime minister used language to that market, they want the democratic effect. she effectively said process here in the north recognised. iraccept people in parliament is so locked they might britain voted to leave. yous voted to leave. i wish yous well, think it not be another option. that is a possibility as is the possibility at was the wrong decision but i do some stage the prime minister goes. accept it was a democratic decision taken at polling stations and the her character will suggest she will wa nt to ballot box. we voted to remain, and her character will suggest she will want to see this to some sort of conclusion. i don't the conclusion where she gets a deal threw in some the british government as a co—guarantee for of a international format, that looks like a toll agreement, and that is why sinn fein

order, or she reaches the point where she has self—evidently failed has been on a diplomatic offensive to do that and the uk is committed to do that and the uk is committed toa to do that and the uk is committed to a long delay which is a and that is why sinn fein has possibility. at that point we could negotiated these in the european be in the territory of where she parliament and the commission. come stands down, where there is a conservative leadership race, and if that were to happen and a new prime monday, what would you like to see minister would come in, they would happen, as part of the next round of try and make their own mandate and indicative votes. well, i do want to get a majority, and we would be heading down another general ensure that there is no crash, sure, election. we should never rule out a crash, who in their right mind anything happening. i know you are would want to leave the eu, without running off to record another brexit a deal, only those who want to podcast. it will be out there for those who are addicts, as i am. reinforce petition —— partition and harden the border in ireland. so i live now to brussels and our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas. think from the vast majority of the the reaction from european quarters british public, regardless of how they voted, they would want an as to what has happened at westminster today? general dismay. i orderly withdrawal from the eu. we in ireland, in the north of ireland, hate to add a gloomy tone to what the only part of the ireland that you have just been was foisted upon this referendum, hate to add a gloomy tone to what you havejust been hearing but i think the eu view is that what you and our then are seeing and hearing there ignores was foisted upon this referendum, and ourthen our was foisted upon this referendum,

and our then our democratic will been totally ignored. we are quite this side of the equation. if you clear you cannot have a situation listen to european voices today, where you have part of the island in the eu, and part of the island out tonight, european leaders are warning about one thing which is of the eu. that is a breech. that is that no deal, eight no—deal brexit, income patn't with our peace and a hard crash out of the uk and just political process, —— incompatible. what we are asking the british government is to act as a two weeks' time, is a real possibility. when you listen to that co—guarantor of an international discussion in the uk you do not hear agreement, to recognise that there cannot be a hardening of the border much about it but listen to what european leaders have been saying in ireland, to recognise that the today. this is the irish prime minister, it is not clear if the uk rights we were told we could access has fully understood no deal is not and enjoy as irish citizens and of the agenda but a growing therefore as eu right holders will possibility. the mark rutte are be up held. so the british saying the same thing. the austrian government has a much more to do, a chancellor saying if the uk does not lot more do than what it is doing put a plan for it in the next two just in that what is being described, i have to say to you in weeks, there will be a hard brexit. europe, not the house of commons, the reaction from europe is now april to 12 which is the deadline. but the house of chaos it is shambolic what is happening we are that means it is a hard uk exit concerned about is the collateral damage that we, the people of u nless that means it is a hard uk exit unless the uk comes up with a plan ireland who voted to remain in the and it has to be a plan that presses

eu and who want to stay in the eu. scrutiny at the european council, we have ran out of time but thank the eu summit two days before that you for that. that. thank you. exit date. they will meet on april the 10th and the two questions they will have, is the uk going to commit now on bbc news it's time for newswatch, presented to holding european elections? must this week by shaun ley. you get an extension, and does the this week by sh to! ley. this week by sh to newswatch. with me uk have a credible plan? there is shaun lay. did bbc news give the real frustration and concern uk have a credible plan? there is realfrustration and concern in uk have a credible plan? there is real frustration and concern in the right priority to last saturday's eu. they see this confusion, division in the uk, they think the march supporting another eu uk has not confronted the core referendum? and what news value like question which is what relationship does it want with the eu in future? this deserve? also... i am notjust reading stuff out. i thought you there is no consensus on that and eu wanted to interview me. did this leaders question if it is worth their while granting a long interview show that the bbc has an extension, is it no deal better for anti—brexit bias? them to get a clarity and finality? this is the weekend the uk was it is not a done deal, the uk has a supposed to have been leaving the lot to do in the next week. thank european union. the debate over whether or not it is a good idea you. i'm going to pick up that continues unabated. one shade of opinion was thought about whether it no deal might bring more clarity and

finality. i'm joined now by the conservative mp andrew rosindell who voted against the government today... you do not think this deal would have produced what the referendum demanded? i do not. ithink have produced what the referendum demanded? i do not. i think the withdrawal agreement is a fake brexit. i voted to leave the eu, my constituents voted overwhelmingly and the british people voted to leave. i think we should leave properly. we do not have some half and half out arrangement and certainly not one that legally ties us certainly not one that legally ties us infour certainly not one that legally ties us in four years to come. i cannot vote for this agreement and i wanted to see, at this stage, if we cannot get a better deal we have to leave with no deal. so we perhaps have to leave on it will be 12 —— we have to leave on it will be 12 —— we have to leave on it will be 12 —— we have to leave on april to 12 with no arrangements in place? it is the new date but it does not mean no arrangements are in place. this is a mess. no deal does not mean nothing happens. we can have individual

arrangements and many are in place. foreign minister george eustice made that clear when he resigned. and today we met with the current minister who said no deal would not be anything like as bad as what is being said. would you say to people who are watching and worried about a 17 mile tailback from dover, about delays in visas, but trouble and bringing medicines over? people do have very real fears. if you have tailbacks goes both ways. if president macron is prepared to explain his farmers why french fruit and vegetables are rotting at carrie because of this ideology of the eu which says you have to agree to all the mechanisms to have a trading arrangement, i think he is going to have problems. we need to call their bluff. they are bluffing. i do not believe one moment. are you prepared to ta ke believe one moment. are you prepared to take that risk? there is not a

risk. they sell is more than we sell to them. we can do free trade agreements around the world, make our own laws and decisions. they will need our trade and vice versa. we need to face this down. you think the prime minister had read the power dynamics wrong with europe then? yes, i do. ithink power dynamics wrong with europe then? yes, i do. i think on day one we should have gone with a different approach to what has been adopted and say we will trade and cooperate but we will not be tied into a political union or the legal mechanisms through the back door of the withdrawal agreement, they are trying to keep us into those things. we simply have to be bold and i think the british people are up to this. they know it is not going to be simple to leave the eu, there are going to be issues but it is not a catastrophe. we have gone through far worse in catastrophe. we have gone through farworse in our catastrophe. we have gone through far worse in our history and we will come out strongly.

i think that is a view shared by many of the people are protesting today in parliament square and beyond. as the result of the vote became clear — there were boos from many in the crowd. large numbers of protestors from both sides descended large numbers of protesters have been chanting now means now and let's leave. let's have brexit! very, very sad. very disappointed. it is rubbish. we are not leaving. i think it is an outrage. that is why i am here. they wanted it, voted for it, won it, but didn't get it. today was supposed to be brexit day. how would you sum up this day for you? how would you describe it? it is a total and utter betrayal of democracy. whether or not you voted remain or leave, it is pathetic.

we were supposed to be having a party tonight, instead we are having a wake. what our politicians are saying to us, shut up and sit down. some on this leavers' march had walked from sunderland, determined to tell westminsterjust how let down they felt. march 29 was not supposed to look like this, not so much celebration but another demonstration and, amongst the brexiteers, a real sense of anger. this should have been an amazing day for england. yeah? but you've ruined it. they have ruined it. when they voted and they triggered article 50, i thought today would be the day. do you not think that actually the politicians who wanted to get out of europe just should have accepted the deal and then you could have been celebrating today? but the deal is not leaving. the deal is worse than remaining for leavers. parliament square and the roads around the commons were full of thousands of leavers. just a handful of remainers watched on. i am very glad that

it is not brexit day. but i also think that it is a pity that things have not progressed a little quicker and you would have thought that maybe by now that politicians could have sorted something out. we personally voted remain, but we just want it finish now, even if that means leaving. those who support leaving the most have resisted the deal the hardest. to them, the prime minister's brexit did not mean brexit. this was supposed to be the day. who knows when it will come? lucy manning, bbc news, westminster. the protesters a re the protesters are still out there. our correspondent charlotte gallagher is amongst the demonstrations at parliament square in westminster. what is the mood like right now? there is less people here than earlier on at it you would expect after the rally finished at about five o'clock a lot of people started to drift away and go home but the people who remain here this evening, ido people who remain here this evening, i do not know if you can see behind me, there is a crowd of a couple hundred people, a lot of them are

vocal following the immediate traitors, politicians traitors, and some people are being hostile. it is aggressive but i have not seen any violence. lots of police at this evening. britain was due to leave at 11 o'clock this evening so it will be interesting to see if people go home before then or continue their protest into the early hours.|j home before then or continue their protest into the early hours. i can tell there is activity around either charlotte. there has been more than one charlotte. there has been more than u charlotte. there has been more than one group out there protesting today. yes, it has not been a cohesive group of protesters. the one thing people agree with as they wa nt to one thing people agree with as they want to leave the eu. we have had tommy robinson supporters, uk supporters, people from the democratic that the lads alliance, conservative supporters, people supporting different fishing rights so it wide range of people. surprisingly a lot of people wearing

red donald trump hat saying make america great again. it is similar to some of the people on the remain of march who said they'd never been on eight march before but they felt so strongly they had to come. this is the impression i got here. a few people had never been politically active that wanted to come out and had their say. it is an incredibly important issue. today we were supposed to leave the eu and put them, they are frustrated, angry and emotional. thank you very much for bringing that to us. those who have supported theresa may's deal, are wondering what now may be. so what happens next — a short time ago i spoke

to conservative mp, george freeman — who has consistently voted ion favour of the wirthdrawal deal. he tolds me that things have now reached a stage where the different parties need to collaborate much more closley. i don't think a general election or referendum solves the problem or tackles what the public want which is leadership. this is a crisis and they expect us who are in public service to deliver the leadership. leadership isn't running back and asking the people. leadership is making some tough choices, and the conservative party has a date with destiny now. we've got to make some quite tough choices quite quickly, and i would say this. i think there is an argument for bringing some of the labour backbench leaders into some form of brexit cabinet. reaching out and forming a national brexit cabinet committee to try and sort this out because i think the public needs a solution, the pound needs a solution, this economy needs a solution, this country needs a solution. let's try and throw more light on what could happen now. with me now isjill rutter, director of the institute for government, a think tank focused on government policy. george freeman was saying it is time to bring in some key backbenchers and have a cabinet that goes across

party lines. that is not very british though, is it? no, but we are seeing a lot of things that are pretty unusual. on monday we are going to see whether this process initiated by the mps of trying to choose between different options, to see if they can agree on an alternative to the prime minister's deal and whether it manages to build consensus. it is possible but if they did something and the prime minister adopted it, she might ask one or two of the leading proponents to come on—board onto her team. it sounds a long way away from the way we normally do business but we cannot rule anything out at the moment and the prime minister loses ministers regularly. so there might be spaces! looking at the options mps are trying to funnel down, customs union, what kind of options are most likely to gain favour? the one that lost by the narrowest majority on wednesday, it is difficult to remember the days, he

lost the majority was a permanent customs union that only went down by four votes. it will be interesting we re four votes. it will be interesting were that one comes back and a tt ra cts were that one comes back and attracts more support. just remind us attracts more support. just remind us what that is because it does not involve the three neighbouring —— free movement of people?m involve the three neighbouring —— free movement of people? it does not merely state part of the singles market, we actually commit now we wa nt to market, we actually commit now we want to be in a permanent customs union with the eu so we will apply the same common external tariff as eu does so it will affect that part of our trade policy set in brussels. that is a possibility. it will be welcomed by quite a lot of people in business and will mean a guarantee of tariff free trade between the uk and eu. it is not far away from what is already in the declaration and implied by the backstop. one of the prime minister's former brexit

secretaries dominic mattrick —— dominic raab resigned. it is clear to the controversial with a lot of her cabinet members. it rules out largely an independent trade policy for the uk. it takes away one of your big believers in trade policy and you have to do your own trade deals but it would take away the ability to change tariffs which would be a significant thing. it is possible, and i think the people who supported a different option, it customs arrangement, which is likely a customs union for the time being, but also staying in the single market, so common market 2.0. they claim a lot of people abstained on that and they are saying they are now having top with the people who abstained —— having talks of the people who abstained like the liberal democrats and the snp who wa nt to liberal democrats and the snp who want to invoke article 50 or have a

referendum. we're talking about common market 2.0, does that mean freedom of movement? because that matters to a lot of it would mean freedom of movement. one of the things people are talking about is the snp's objection, they wanted freer movement for scotland and think it is too restrictive. the other option that part of the most votes a nd other option that part of the most votes and went down by a bigger margin than the customs union one was a different one, not about the content was a different one, not about the co nte nt of was a different one, not about the content of the deal or the outcome but the process used to get there and this was the idea that whatever deal ends up being agreed with the eu it goes, rather than coming automatically into force, it goes into what people call a confirmatory referendum, back to the people, so—called people's vote, against the option of staying in on our current

terms. that seems to be the options largely in play. i am glad you know so much about the different options. i'm going to pick up on the last thought about the ability of another vote. let's speak to richard ashworth, independent member of the european parliament for south east england. my my guess is that is what you would like to see. we are really getting ourselves backed into a corner. we only have three choices, one is we leave with no deal at all on april the 12th. the second is we take an extension and that is either because we are having a referendum or having a european election, which is difficult to see how you could have a referendum amongst british people without having the european election as well. or else you withdraw

article 50. parliament are looking at the option, d had faith in mps at westminster to put something together with the prime minister has it failed? i sincerely hope they do but at the moment it is difficult to see it is difficult to see because the debate has failed to accept and understand all these issues. we were listening earlier to andrew rossendale talking seeing a no deal scenario would be an advantage to the united kingdom but nobody has spelt that out. it would not put us in the same scenario. there is no deal like the one we have right now and it is a terrible, tragic shame we got to this 11th hour and people are beginning to realise that. there are beginning to realise that. there area are beginning to realise that. there are a lot of people here outside parliament today who believe they we re parliament today who believe they were promised an exit today and they have been betrayed. what would you

say to them? you can state they were promised that but on the other hand, they were promised things that have never been delivered. brexit has not been delivered and this is one thing we have realised. what was offered and promised at that time is impossible to achieve and therefore, it is compromise we will have to find it will not meet everybody‘s expectations. do you think a new leader is needed, a national leader in order to find a compromise?m leader is needed, a national leader in order to find a compromise? it is difficult to see how that would help at this time. we are in a crisis. we have not got time to change leader. we have actually got the focus on those three choices in front of us. if we went to the european union sometime before the 12th of april, it will actually be on the 11th, and said, we had to take a choice. we are either going to participate in european elections or withdraw article 50? it looks increasingly

like the choices to participate in the european elections, if that was the european elections, if that was the case that is fine. but make no mistake we are very short of time. we are indeed short of time at the moment. thank you for being with me at parliament. now it is time for a look at the weather. temperature, highs seven to nine, 14 in the south—west. bye. we have had warm spring sunshine and temperatures at high as 19 degrees. it is cloudier in the north—west. we have this weather front that will be bring cloud and patchy rain to scotla nd bring cloud and patchy rain to scotland and for northern ireland too. further south england and wales clear skies but we will see mist and fog forming, with temperatures falling close to freezing in a few spots so a chilly start to saturday morning, there spells of sunshine in england and wales, scotland and northern ireland start with that cloud, it will push further south,

drizzly spells of rain pushing into northern england in the afternoon. so temperatures in single figures to the north. 18 or 19 towards the south—east once again. by the time we get to sunday, still lots of dry weather round but we have the re m na nts of weather round but we have the remnants of that front bringing patchy cloud. mild to the south—west where we could see temperatures round 13 degrees or so, but we are looking at single figures elsewhere. bye.