you're watching beyond 100 days... boris johnson is confirmed as the new leader of the conservative party, fulfilling a lifetime ambition. the incoming prime minister beat his opponent 2 votes to one — but now faces the mammoth task of uniting party and country. full of optimism and the "can do" spirit — but how will he fix britain's brexit problem? deliver brexit, unite the country and defeatjeremy corbyn, and that is what we are going to do. tomorrow mrjohnson will visit the queen to ask permission to form a government. not in post war history has a pm faced such a daunting task. also on the programme: watch what you say — special counsel robert mueller

is told to stick to his report as democrats get ready to ask him why he didn't press charges against president trump. and you know what they say about mad dogs and englishmen. i'll be helping christian brave the mini heatwave sweeping europe and the uk with a few pointers from the animal world. hello and welcome — i'm christian fraser in westminster and jane o'brien is in washington. borisjohnson will be confirmed tomorrow, the 55th person to serve as british prime minister. and fitting for a programme with a title like ours he has exactly 100 days until brexit on october 31st to find a deal. mrjohnson declared that his mission was to take britain out of the eu by that date come what may and re—unite the country. right through the race borisjohnson was the frontrunner — and it was no different in the final

ballot with conservative members he beatjeremy hunt comfortably — mrjohnson‘s share of the vote was 66 %. now he promises he will put his maximum energy into his new role as britain's prime minister. we are going to unite this amazing country and we are going to take it forward. i thank you all very much for the incredible honour you have just done me. i will work flat out from now on with my team that i will build, i hope, in the next few days, to repay your confidence but in the meantime, campaign is over and the work begins. thank you all very much. applause joining me now is the conservative mp kit malthouse, who backed borisjohnson in his leadership bid. i want to talk about the numbers because with a similar problem that theresa may had come up with the majority with the dup, it was for, it is now down to three, it could be down to two after the special election in wales. that means the

new chief whip, confirmed as marks & spencer has a crucial role. mark is a great appointment, i have known him sincel a great appointment, i have known him since i came into the house a couple of years ago. he is well respected across the house, he knows how it works and he has been part of the whips operation that has dealt with difficult maths so i think he isa with difficult maths so i think he is a good appointment. does matter in situation this who you put in that position? would you say that is the crucial appointment? it is one of the four, in my view, crucial appointment and it is critical to building a government because while the media will naturally focus on cabinet there are 60 or 70 ministers below who need to be slotted into place and the knowledge that mark will have built up in the whips office will allow him to do that. it is an important first step towards building a government. the winter

blockbuster was the malthouse compromise, this was your deal that was supposed to bridge the divisions. do you acknowledge that parts of that rejected by the european union might see the light of day again? the structure of the compromise which was the two deal structure, a plan a and a plan b seem structure, a plan a and a plan b seem to have formed the android operating system for eve ryone's brexit plan and it is what the winner, boris has said he wants to do. he wants to craft the deal but in the event there is a deal that the eu declines, that there would be ano the eu declines, that there would be a no deal deal and by offering those two to the european union and getting them to choose which one they want. fundamentally, for me, that has to be one of the steps we ta ke that has to be one of the steps we take so the eu has some decisions to make as well. we find ourselves at an impasse. theresa may's deal would not passed the house and the eu

refused to change it. that means that deal is dead so we need a new deal which we know will pass the house and we offer to the eu. if they decline it they are effectively choosing no deal for both of us and we need to prepare for that because we need to prepare for that because we know they are. that means going back into the picture as alternative arrangements. there has been an alternative arrangements road show going to europe over the past couple of months, what has been the reaction? the alternative arrangements commission has been led and has been taking it very seriously with conferences in london, bringing together trade experts around the world. this is the alternative arrangements to the border problem. and northern ireland, how do you find different ways to handle the issue in ireland to avoid any kind of hard infrastructure? nobody to avoid any kind of hard infrastructure ? nobody has to avoid any kind of hard infrastructure? nobody has shot any holes in this thing, it has been a success holes in this thing, it has been a

success around europe holes in this thing, it has been a success around europe so holes in this thing, it has been a success around europe so their work putting this thing together may prove pivotal. it gives us a coherent sensible option to how we might handle the problem of the irish border. 0k, might handle the problem of the irish border. ok, that is a good starter for ten. irish border. ok, that is a good starterfor ten. thank irish border. ok, that is a good starter for ten. thank you very much indeed for being with us here in westminster. the formation of boris johnson's government will take place in his first 2a hours or so. mark spencer — the current deputy leader of the house of commons — will be given the crucialjob of chief whip. we wait to see what the shape of the new cabinet will be, but we know a few of the people, that will not be in the new government. justice secretary david gauke tweeted his congratulations and said he'd be returning to the backbenches tomorrow. same for rory stewart — the secretary of state for international development — also saying he'll be on the back benches. let's check in with lucy frazer who's

the solicitor general. shejoins us from our westminster studio. are you resigning or are you staying ina are you resigning or are you staying in a phone call? i am not resigning, i backed borisjohnson and i am pleased he has become our new prime minister. but you were a remainer? i was, yes. i understand a transition tea m was, yes. i understand a transition team has been working in the background on what this cabinet will look like. what would you like to see? do you want to see two wings of the party brought into the cabinet oi’ the party brought into the cabinet or would you prefer it to be a brexit cabinet so there are no excuses? those are questions for borisjohnson, above excuses? those are questions for boris johnson, above my excuses? those are questions for borisjohnson, above my pay grade, but i think it is important boris johnson unites the party. i think we're starting do that. a cabinet and a government more broadly that represents all wings would, i'm sure, find favour with the whole

party. theresa may tried and failed to unite the cabinet. why do you think borisjohnson to unite the cabinet. why do you think boris johnson might to unite the cabinet. why do you think borisjohnson might have a better chance? what does he bring to the party? is his personality going to be enough? personality alone is not enough but it is a key feature. boris is a huge character, extremely optimistic, humour goes a long way but he is more than that. he was a lever and that is important. both in terms of our negotiation with the eu but to bring the trust and confidence of those people who voted to leave in our party on our benches. i think they will trust borisjohnson perhaps benches. i think they will trust boris johnson perhaps a benches. i think they will trust borisjohnson perhaps a little more than theresa may. is it really a goodidea than theresa may. is it really a good idea to stick to a no—deal brexit strategy if push comes to shove on october the 31st? boris has been clear about his strategy. he said he does not want to leave

without a deal. he wants to prepare in case we have to leave without a deal but that is not his priority and not what he wants. what he wants is to go back to the eu, negotiate a better deal and put that to parliament. you will have heard kit malthouse saying the eu has choices to make as well. we saw a tweet from michel barnier saying a withdrawal agreement was agreed with britain, not with the british prime minister and he looks forward to working with borisjohnson to ratify it. not sound like they are willing to reopen legal text. i was not surprised by it because if i was on the other side, i would take a hard line. of course that is the sort of tweet that will come out of the eu but that is not to say there will not be something in due course. it is going to be difficult and of course, there is no certainty but i would not take that as the starting

point. ok, thank you very much. how does it work tomorrow incidentally. do you get a phone call or what happens? do you stand by the phone and see if you are still solicitor general tomorrow? you get a phone call. we look forward to hearing the news. thank you very much. let's get the thoughts of lord heseltine — former conservative deputy prime minister — whojoins me now. where do you think this goes because alan duncan wanted to encourage a vote of confidence even before he got in the door of number 210 but it seems likely that one of his backbenchers will call that in september? then what? he may win because people do not want a general election and if you look at the polling position there is no point in having an election because we will get another hung parliament and there is no way the conservatives

could win an election orjeremy corbyn. we have got a division in the country all hovering around 25 points in the opinion polls. i think in answerto your points in the opinion polls. i think in answer to your question we are in for a period of considerable instability and uncertainty. the problem with that is industry has stopped investing, industrialists are sitting on their hands, overseas investors are saying, what the hell are we supposed to do? it is the uncertainty around the country. are you surprised, given he was such an overwhelming favourites that he boxed himself in so tightly? do or die by the 31st of october? boxed himself in so tightly? do or die by the 31st of 0ctober?|j boxed himself in so tightly? do or die by the 31st of october? i think he had a problem and he has got such a depth of feeling within the conservative party on the eurosceptic wing that any hesitation on his part would have made them worry and doubt. so he has fed the

sharks which is a dangerous thing to do. who is his master because the feeling is it is the erg that is tightly policing what he does? does he have any wiggle room or if he steps away is that when the problem starts ? steps away is that when the problem starts? of course it is. we will see this with the reshuffle. what he should do is balance the party, to have wings of the party fairly representing parts of the country, ethnics and ladies, a proper essentialist approach. that is how you win. unfortunately he is in hock toa you win. unfortunately he is in hock to a narrow part of the conservative party and he either pays them of which will alienate the centre grounds and you will see more of

them tomorrow, i suspect there will be resignations of significant numbers of people from the government because they will not have anything to do with this hard rate eurosceptic agenda. his problems get worse. avon the other hand he was to balance the books he will have exactly the alternative problems with right wing. very interesting, thank you very much indeed. brexit is top of borisjohnson‘s agenda and he's promised britain will leave the european union by the 31st of october ‘do or die' — so how are those in brussels reacting to his victory? today the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier tweeted this: "we look forward to working constructively with prime minister borisjohnson when he takes office, to facilitate the ratification of the withdrawal agreement and achieve an orderly brexit. we are ready also to rework the agreed declaration on a new partnership in line with european council

guidelines." so how different will brexit negotiations be under borisjohnson? 0ur correspondent damien grammaticus is in brussels. the thing that changes this time is the very real prospect of no deal and that according to michel barnier was not brought up at any point in the negotiations over the last three yea rs. the negotiations over the last three years. no, and for brexiteers in the uk they say, that is why theresa may didn't get the concessions she could have done because it wasn't tough enough here and the eu wasn't told the uk was prepared to walk away. michel barnier said very clearly he expects the ratification of the withdrawal agreement, that means the current deal. that means the eu is not seeing room at the minute for significant changes in what boris johnson was promising in his campaign, beating the sharks as you just heard, is not on the agenda for

the eu at the minute. what they are talking about is possibly changing the future relationship. that is the eu line throughout and the eu has stuck to that. i think the crucial question will be, what does boris johnson do now? does he come here seeking to rework the deal on the table, looking for some sort of constructive engagement. the eu might try to help him like they did with theresa may even though that failed, but if he comes saying he is prepared for no deal and have to strike down everything they had done, i think the eu will take in much deeper at that point. what about his winning personality in inverted commerce. so much has been made about him bringing a new tone. we re made about him bringing a new tone. were that actually make a difference? were that actually make a difference ? it were that actually make a difference? it is a good question, i think in this town they have different memories and a different view of borisjohnson.

different memories and a different view of boris johnson. they have memories of him as a journalist who they believe was one of the first to start writing stories that were critical of the eu in the uk but not necessarily, they believe, true then this his leadership of the reef campaign and his recent election campaign, in which many believe he played fast and loose with the honest truth. we had a whole blog post written by a senior figure in the commission, published today, lithuanian commissioner in which he said there was a virtuoso type of politics where anything was allowed, incorrect statements, unrealistic promises, ignoring economic rationales and he was writing that, he said, because he wanted to warn that was a path that could lead to serious disappointment and harm economically for ordinary people. there is a real concern here about that kind of borisjohnson, they believe they have encountered before and they are concerned about whether

they will encounter again. they want a negotiating partner if they are going to make concessions, a partner that will get them through parliament and work with them to achieve. give us a brief last thought on your idea that it was borisjohnson thought on your idea that it was boris johnson that thought on your idea that it was borisjohnson that have to make choices. kit malthouse said they have a choice to make because faced with no deal, it will be damaging for the united kingdom potentially but potentially very damaging for the european union. you are right but the eu's view is clear. the uk has a choice to make, more than the eu. they might have a choice to make about how they shake things to help borisjohnson but about how they shake things to help boris johnson but equally it about how they shake things to help borisjohnson but equally it is the uk's borisjohnson but equally it is the uk's choice. did they go down the route of no deal or except. the german commission said, threats to

meet with no deal are harmful and will come back like a boomerang. the election of a hardline brexiteers has increased the danger of a no deal and the eu should stick to its position. german business backing german politicians and eu are not wanting to give on that. thank you very much. just one line to bring you. it is confirmed david frost would beat the european chair, taking over from 0llie would beat the european chair, taking overfrom 0llie robbins. yes in history with borisjohnson, he was special adviser. he knows brussels extremely well and the interesting anecdote to his take on the brexit deal as he is open to a deal and he is open to the alternative arrangements that we spoke about with kit malthouse. some interesting first appointments from the seam to be prime minister. stick to the script. that's the message from the department ofjustice as robert mueller gears up to answer questions about his two year russia

investigation when he appears before congress tomorrow. the letter reminds the special counsel that his testimony "must remain within the boundaries of your public report because matters within the scope of your investigation were covered by executive privilege." democrats are hoping he'll ignore the advice as this could be their last chance to get a definitive answer on whether president obstructed justice — and should be impeached. to underline the stakes involved, they've been holding a full dress rehearsal of the hearings today in effort to coordinate their questions. joining me now is elizabeth wydra, president of the constitutional accountability center. if robert mueller sticks to the para meters if robert mueller sticks to the parameters of his report, and there is no reason to think he won't, what will we gain? even if he stays within the four corners of his report and i think he is likely to

do so because that is what he wants to do, it will still be very important to hear from him directly all of the evidence of obstruction ofjustice, engaged all of the evidence of obstruction of justice, engaged in all of the evidence of obstruction ofjustice, engaged in by the president and his administration as well as the incidences in which champ, his campaign and administration did at least coordinate in some way with russia and interfering in the 2016 election and interfering in the 2016 election and potentially covering that up, whether it amounted to a prosecutable case or not. what is the killer question? what is the most important thing they could ask him? i think there are several. i think they could get him to push back on trump's characterisation of the report, no collusion, no obstruction. having robert mueller saying those words himself would be important. he he also said he cannot make a to charge trump because of

the department of justice make a to charge trump because of the department ofjustice policy that said you cannot indict a existing president, he also made it clear he could not clear president trump and there was a constitutional process encase to take care of these issues. i would want to him about that process when he could use the word impeachment. back to this idea they are rehearsing and having a mock interrogation of robert mueller. when i have watched these committee hearings in the past, it seems to be they had used this opportunity to grandstand, tomorrow it seems they will be much more forensics. i think the idea is they wa nt forensics. i think the idea is they want to put forth a narrative. they wa nt want to put forth a narrative. they want to put forth a narrative. they want to put forth a narrative with robert mueller's testimony that there are serious obstructions of justice incidents and serious incidents of foreign interference in

the 2016 election. it is important to remember that whilst this investigation may not have resulted in president trump being hauled integer with criminal charges, there we re integer with criminal charges, there were indictments against 37 individuals and entities including trump's campaign chairman for interference in the 2016 election. when you are back together the narrative of the mueller investigation is damming against president trump and because of the weight the narrative has been frankly manipulated by president champ and his attorney general, that has got lost a little bit. i think we will see the democrats are trying to change the narrative and bring out these really troubling charges of obstruction ofjustice and russian and trump campaign, if not collusion then certainly when the engagement. he is a reluctant witness. he said he did not want to come before congress and if it did

give evidence, it would be what is in the report. is there a danger for the democrats, there has been over expectation because it has been built up for weeks on end? there has beena built up for weeks on end? there has been a lot of hope placed on robert mueller throughout his investigation by people who are concerned about president trump but even having robert mueller say out loud what is in that 448 page report could be incredibly powerful but as one of the senators tweeted soon after it became clear robert mueller was going to testify, robert mueller will not save us. the constitution puts back to congress and its oversight authority as well as to the people ultimately. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. an exciting day tomorrow.|j very much indeed forjoining us. an exciting day tomorrow. i was listening to a radio four report that you put together and they were talking about the demeanour of bob

mueller, i will not repeat what they said because we are before watershed but what were they trying to put across? robert mueller's expression does not change whether he is in agony or ecstasy and i think we will leave that they are. the broader point is he is a man of incredible experience, not only as a former director of the fbi but as someone who is used to appearing in front of these sorts of hearings and probably has more experience than half the people he will be questioning them. ido people he will be questioning them. i do not think we will hear anything from him he does not want to say that the point. he has great economy with words, does not use many when one will suffice. i've been thinking about the clothes i have been wearing over the course of brexit, i have gone from long johnson to a

seat today in 33 degrees heat. this is not what i was banking on. it's ok for you jane , in a nice air—conditioned studio, in washington we have to put up with weeks of this type of weather — so not sure i have much sympathy — but as a heatwave rookie, i've got a few tips for you... you could follow in the footsteps of this dog... and make a dash for it straight into cold water... have you got a pond near where you are? refresh yourself like this elephant with some nice cold water. 0h oh look at that, a ice lolly. that is what we need here. we should spend the camera around and show you our producer, he looks like he is going on safari. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc.

coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — more on borisjohnson becoming the uk's prime minister after being elected as new conservative leader in a ballot of party members. we'll be speaking to a former state department official about the potential impact. the heat is really building and todayis the heat is really building and today is a hotter day than yesterday and this week could turn out to be a record breaker. early on we had some cloud around, especially in scotland but that is breaking up with most places are seeing blue skies and high temperatures. especially across england and wales, widely in land, 30 degrees plus with a peak of 35 around the london area. that heat and humidity is going to spark some torrential downpour, they will start torrential downpour, they will start to arrive across the channel islands and northwards into wales and the midlands, not far away from the south of england and east anglia and in pushing up overnight across

northern ireland into scotland later on. some hail, thunderand northern ireland into scotland later on. some hail, thunder and gusty winds. there could be some flash flooding, a really noisy at night and warm and sticky, especially when it is likely to stay dry in the south—east corner of england. still some wet weather around first thing and into the early rush hour but it is moving northwards so drying offer most places, a couple of residual showers left in scotland and northern ireland but on the whole, the sunshine and dry weather returns. probably not quite as hot across eastern parts of england but this is where we will see the highest temperatures. the jet stream is changing position, it is diving to the west of the uk allowing high pressure to develop to the east, changing the wind flow. the wind is coming up from north africa in across europe and lifting the temperatures with the peak of the heat expected on thursday. sunny and

muddy start. the realfocus heat expected on thursday. sunny and muddy start. the real focus of the heat is going to be across the midlands and eastern england and the south—east of england. we could find the temperatures up to around 37, possibly 38 degrees and that would break the record, thejuly record for the uk is 36.7. that was that a couple of years ago. by the time we get to friday, fresh atlantic air will be sweeping in most places will be trite with sunshine. this time the highest temperatures are 27, 20 eight celsius.

this is beyond 100 days with me, jane 0'brien in washington. christian fraser is in london. our top stories: borisjohnson is elected the new conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next uk prime minister. congratulations roll in. people call him britain trump. people are saying that's a good thing. they like me over there, that's what they wanted. that's what they need. the president of the eu commission and the eu's chief negotiator both say they look forward to working with borisjohnson. coming up in the next half hour: what will the change in leadership mean for british opposition? we'll speak with the shadow chancellor about labour's next moves. and what's it like delivering food in a big city — the experience can be daunting, especially when the person answering

the door isn't wearing any clothes. borisjohnson inherits a conservative party that is still deeply divided on brexit, with a parliamentary majority on the brink of disappearing. for months, theresa may struggled to earn the support of the european reasearch group — the europesceptic mps who back leaving the eu with or without a deal. borisjohnson will have their support, at least while he promises to leave on october 31st. but overall support of the house will be difficult, and it's getting tighter. the working majority is just two, and to get there, the conservatives need the dup's support. it was four at the beginning of week and it could be lower than that

after the by—election in brecon and radnorshire — where polls have the liberal demoncrats in the lead — could see that majority fall tojust one. i'm joined now by conservative mp andrew bridgen. you are part of the erg. is there any deal you would vote for?|j you are part of the erg. is there any deal you would vote for? i would vote for a free trade deal, but as the eu has made very clear, we can't have any debate about our future relationship until we're out of the european union, sol relationship until we're out of the european union, so i think we should leave, offer the eu gatt 24 while we negotiate the detailed free—trade deal. it is crucial, what you and your colleagues in the erg are saying, because he has said made commitments to leave on october the 3ist, commitments to leave on october the 31st, if he starts to move from that, do you start to move away from him? i don't think you could leave

it now with no deal, because there are about 17 agreements been made the car to transport, airlines, visas, so it would very much be a managed no deal. boris has made it clear that the withdrawal agreement bill is dead, backstop's unacceptable. to leave on the 31st of october, what we need now is major concessions from the european union, something theresa may never managed to persuade them we were ever willing to leave without a deal. we need to get to the compression points. i think that is around four weeks out from the 31st of october, let's see what you're willing to give us. there are some on the brexit said it would agree with you, we need to see where they will blink. but the timetable, the gaukeward squad, will blink. but the timetable, the gaukewa rd squad, the will blink. but the timetable, the gaukeward squad, the mps now fulfilling the role of the rebels, it is almost the role snowflakes, they're not letting you get anywhere

near “— they're not letting you get anywhere near —— the roles have flipped. they will not let you get near that by the middle of september? the alternative is that those who don't wa nt alternative is that those who don't want us to leave the european union is to revoke article 30, which is almost impossible, because that would need a money resolution from the government minister, which would be impossible. so it would be a vote of no confidence to bring the government down. that would require conservative mps to vote against their own government. we've just had a ballot of our party members, overwhelmingly, they've backed boris johnson as prime minister. those aren'tjust my johnson as prime minister. those aren't just my members johnson as prime minister. those aren'tjust my members in my constituency, they are philip hammond's members, mr gauke's members, ithink hammond's members, mr gauke's members, i think there will be a lot of pressure from those association members fortheirmps to of pressure from those association members for their mps to come into line and back borisjohnson in the conservative government. at the cabinet, does it have to be a exit

cabinet? it doesn't have to all be brexiteers, but the positions have to be filled by people who believe in the project and are willing... said the treasury, chancel, all those positions? and brexit secretary, obviously. the choice of borisjohnson to become next prime minister will have reaching implications. president trump seems happy enough, at least for the moment. at an event earlier today, he had warm words for mrjohnson. we have a really good man is going to be the prime minister of the uk now, borisjohnson. applause. good man. he's tough and smart. they say britain trump, they call him britain trump. that's a good thing, they like me over there. that's what they wanted. that's what they need. applause. that's what they need. he'll get it done. boris is good, he's going to do a good job. for more, we arejoined by former state department official

heather conley, who is now at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you forjoining us. theresa may bent over backwards to get on with donald trump, state visits, the whole nine yards. court bans at every turn. out what makes it more likely that boris johnson have every turn. out what makes it more likely that borisjohnson have a better relationship? —— got burned at every turn. i think the president likes him and lex's approach, but president trump is going to apply an enormous amount of pressure on a variety of issues, including iran, and the prime minister is going to have to decide the interests are defending his country's interest, as they are defined, or is he going to support president trump's direction. as you will recall, president trump was always informing prime minister may that he had a better strategy,

but she did not listen. we will see if borisjohnson but she did not listen. we will see if boris johnson takes negotiating tips from president. how much the average does the uk have in negotiating with the us and the eu? this is where the prime minister is going to enter reality. he'll find in brussels, very much as prime minister may date, there is a barrier to what he can achieve. there are some tinkering on the margins, some transition help, i think the us could manage some possessions and try to help, but at the end of the day, the us is going to focus on its interests. certainly, president trump during the state visit was very clear about a free trade agreement and how the us would use its leveraged in that relationship, so this is about national interests. the prime minister is going to have to make some difficult choices. one of the concerns, and it is a warm relationship between the president and boris johnson,

relationship between the president and borisjohnson, is that it is too warm and he will not be able to push back against donald trump. you're right andl back against donald trump. you're right and i will be watching very closely and i wonder how soon boris johnson will be visiting the oval office or the united states, and thatis office or the united states, and that is when i think some of that pressure might be applied to get the uk to respond to us initiatives. certainly, around, the iran nuclear agreements, where is the uk it has been part of the agreements, lots of pressure they are, so you're right, in keeping this a very positive relationship when it comes to it, the uk is going to have to decide how it wishes to preserve its interests, and they'll be in conflict from time to time. thank you forjoining us, it'll be fascinating to watch how that dynamic plays out. almost daily in the uk newspapers, there is a column about borisjohnson not being suitable for the job. it seems there's an equal number who say the opposite, that he is exactly what british politcs needs right now.

he has a big personality and whatever you think of borisjohnson, he is a politician that is hard to ignore. he made that clear today. and i know some wag has already pointed out that deliver, unite and defeat was not the perfect acronym for an election campaign, since, unfortunately, it spells dud. but they forgot the final e, my friends, e for energise! and i say to to all the doubters, dude, we are going to energise the country, we're going to get brexit done on october the 31st, we're going to take advantage of all the opportunities that it will bring in a new spirit of can—do. helen thomas worked as an adviser to former chancellor george osborne, shejoins us from our westminster studio. nice to see you. we've no—one boris johnson for so many years, he's been around in so many public positions, yet we seem to know a little about him? he is excellent at being

slippery and chameleon—like, depending what the occasion demands. do you think we're going to find out very quickly what kind of brexiteer he actually is? because the reports were, when he came to the brexit decision, he had a remain letter in his hand at a brexit letter in a science, it is thought that was the best for his political career. is true brexiteer and how quickly will we see that? my company has been doing analysis on all 650 mp5 on a numberof independent doing analysis on all 650 mp5 on a number of independent criteria, and we rank boris as a true, ideological brexiteer. of course, not at the extremes of someone brexiteer. of course, not at the extremes of someone like jacob rees—mogg or steve baker, but he genuinely does mean in that direction. however it is tempered by a sensible pragmatism, and that is going to come in incredibly handy as he seeks to move forward to trying to unify his party. do you think he

is then serious about negotiating with brussels, or is his eye really on negotiating a no—deal brexit in october? i think it's somewhat different, he would see that is when when. so if you can renegotiate something and he is a consummate salesman, doesn't need to be too much... it could be quite cosmetic, he could re package much... it could be quite cosmetic, he could repackage it and sell a new deal to parliament — but if that doesn't go through and we are in a no deal situation, then he can, frankly, blame parliament for tying his hands once again, and it won't necessarily be his fault for taking us over the cliff edge. but what is important is that the conservative party does face an existential crisis now. we've past the previous deadline, attitudes have now changed, you can see it in the polls, we sought in the european elections, that is why boris has to stick to the line that we are

outcome which may on the 31st of october. how does he sell this to the critics remain in his own party? can he? he doesn'tjust have the conservatives to look at, because now the calculations are also changing for the labour party. which i've had that letter signed by 26 labour mps that they would not be happy to pursue another referendum. discipline has broken down in their party as well, and they will similarly be eating away and losing support because, again, the deadline has passed, and there are a number of labour seats that voted to leave. so he may well, ironically, be able to bridge that divide when the deadline closes better than theresa may dates. thank you very much indeed. one of the biggest cheers of boris johnson's victory speech today was when he said he'd unite the country and beat labour leaderjeremy corbyn. but the polling numbers for a general election aren't looking that great for

the conservative party right now. this latest poll of polls from 17th ofjuly, showing voting intentions, puts labour on 25%, conservatives on 23%, the brexit party on 21% and the liberal democrats on 18%. joining me now is labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell. nice to see you. is borisjohnson someone you nice to see you. is borisjohnson someone you could work with to get a deal? no, i don't think so. first of all, i think he is quite serious about a no—deal brexit and we have to oppose that. we have a majority against no deal in parliament last time, ithink against no deal in parliament last time, i think we can have a majority this time, it is finding the device to prevent it. i can't see boris johnson negotiating any deal that helps the economy. he has now been elected by less than 100,000 party

members, ithink elected by less than 100,000 party members, i think now is a time he should seek a democratic mandate and go to should seek a democratic mandate and gotoa should seek a democratic mandate and go to a general election. you are rolling out revoke because you probably couldn't get that past your own party, and you think a general election is the most likely. we are trying to look at what parliamentary mechanisms we have gods. we said we would like a referendum and will campaign for remain, it is difficult to see i will get a reference through parliament but we will try, but were probably easier to get a no confidence vote through. but were probably easier to get a no confidence vote throughlj but were probably easier to get a no confidence vote through. i read today in an interview gave elsewhere that, we will bring a vote of no confidence. when we can win it. we willjudge when you can win it. we willjudge when you can win it. we will see what happens in september and we will know a bit more about borisjohnson's intentions. and we will know a bit more about boris johnson's intentions. but if you get to the 23rd of september... it's a tight timescale and we will

make that call. it would depend on the tory mps who say now that they will stand strong against a no deal. so let's say, in october, i pick up a labour party manifesto, am i picking up a remain manifesto or a brexit manifesto? you will see that when we published a manifesto! but surely you must be having these conversations? of course we are. we have said referendum now, we will campaign for remain, but we will abide by democratic procedures, i would argue we should be campaigning for remain. the arm may be ten labour mps for remain. the arm may be ten labourmps in your for remain. the arm may be ten labour mps in your party who feel passionate about those who may support the conservatives? my seat was a brexit seat, but i could not support the conservatives pushing through a no—deal brexit. last time,

there was about four labour mps who voted the other day. i think that attitude remains, we cannot allow borisjohnson to attitude remains, we cannot allow boris johnson to damage our economy. i have to ask you while you're here, all the news about labour is about anti—semitism and your party, there are plans to speed up the disciplinary process, but will have heard criticisms today that it is not independent enough? these are the arguments are good forwards, first of all, complete openness and transparency, regular reports on what is happening and how, and what the cases are like, examples, and why we're kicking people out. second, summary explosion, so when there is a serious case, they go out within hours, not weeks. although they had the right to row appeal. then an independent overview, an independent overview of the whole process. were to have independent lawyers advising on each case, but this would give us even more

independence, and then we await the outcome of the commission investigation and listen to their recommendations to see whether they wa nt recommendations to see whether they want us to go further. you are confident that is enough? we always remain open to further advice. thank you. this is beyond 100 days. still to come: how much do you know about britain's new prime minister? we're about to put christian fraser's knowledge to the test. 66% of conservative members voted for borisjohnson to be party leader, but how far will his appeal spread? the bbc‘s alex forsyth has been talking to grassroots tories in loughborough. across the country, it was tory party members who made this choice, so what does this group from loughborough make of the result? boris will show us that he is a team leader. well, he better not let us down. he's got to get the party together and the country together. they watched with bated breath as the new prime minister was announced this morning,

not all convinced the right man got the job. well, i'm sceptical. i hope that i'm proven wrong. i'm absolutely over the moon. we first met these conservative members a few weeks ago, when there were still several candidates in the race. they were split then about who should win. i just want somebody that it's going to unify a party and, ideally, parliament. that's still sarah's hope today, even though she didn't back borisjohnson. he really does need to prioritise bringing all the different factions of the conservative party together. if he's going to make a success of his promises, he's just going to need to present unity rather than division. paul is convinced he can. i think the party will get behind him. they have to get behind him, because we've had a vote, and election of the members, and the members on the ground have decided he's the man. in loughborough this lunchtime,

the partygoers and picnickers were digesting news about their new prime minister. who, boris johnson? that's the one. he can't make much more mess than what we're already in. i must say, it really concerns me, because i don't feel confident that he understands the whole brexit process. delighted, basically. he seems to be the guy who's going to get us out of this brexit. but it will take more than that to bring his party and the country together. long day at work and don't feel like cooking? no problem. there are plenty of food delivery apps out there that make dinner possible with just a few taps on your phone. but what is it like for the delivery men on the other side of app? new york times reporter andy newman decided to find out by taking on thejob himself. he borrowed an electric bike

and spent 27 hours schlepping burritos and broccoli bowls around new york city. hejoins us now. andy, are you going to give up your dayjob to do this? andy, are you going to give up your day job to do this? i don't think so, no. that would be a very bad decision at this point. i don't know if the apps want me riding for them. probably the worst part isjust writing around in new york traffic, and trying to figure out, do i want to take this order or that order, while also focusing on the fact i was about to get hit by a bus or a cat was going to run into me. it's got to think about. i also found out that many fewer people tip their delivery person than i ever would have suspected. and that's before you even get to the people answering the door. you put in your article,

top tips, look the delivery worker in the eye and were clothes. what happened? this is not something that happened? this is not something that happened to me, this happened to a friend of mine who's been touring for several years, and he said that, fairly often, the door would be answered by somebody in their underwear and not because they were trying to be sexy and seductive, but because, he felt like, theyjust didn't see him as a real human being. he said, it's like you're a eunuch, you're not a real person, therefore it is fine for them to be naked in front of you. he finds it all quite super sizing. the serious point is that a lot of people do this as a second job, on zero—hour contracts, and it's stressful, particularly because you're not working so late for one app, you may

be working for a number of apps, and that must be mentally draining? be working for a number of apps, and that must be mentally draining7m is, it's very hard. delivery app work is a very good example of the kind ofjob that has been around for a very long time, working as a re sta u ra nt a very long time, working as a restaurant delivery man, and it's always been a pretty lousyjob. doing it for the apps is different, because if you want to make an ok living at it, you must work for more than one app at once, and then you have this constant calculation you have this constant calculation you have to do of whether to take this order or that order. i have an awful lot of noise at my ear right now. you have a constant calculation of whether to take this order or that order, very little information sometimes. they'll send you an order and won't tell you where to pick it up, but not where it's been delivered to until you accept it. so you have a lot of variables consular running around in your head. i'm

sorry about the noise in your ear, here at westminster we have someone playing xylophone and banging a drama, it's the nature of the job! is it competitive? do you have to go the extra mile to be able to get the jobs? it's a little bit like a mysterious black box, no—one really knows how the jobs get handed out. the basic thing is that all the jobs come into the app and they sent them as offers to the individual riders, people who have a lot of experience orare people who have a lot of experience or are known to be fast and able to handle biggerjobs, or are known to be fast and able to handle bigger jobs, they or are known to be fast and able to handle biggerjobs, they will get more work. it is that thing that, the more you do it, the better the pay gets. i was a rookie, sol the more you do it, the better the pay gets. i was a rookie, so i got a lot of runs that were go for two blocks to deliver a bagel, and you don't make any money on those hardly

at all. i can only imagine. andy newman, thank you forjoining us. i have to say, i have never tried an eating app... i have tried your services more than once. good for you. how well do you know our new prime minister, i thought i would give you a little test. i didn't know about this! it would be a lack of integrity if you did no. what is the prime minister's full name"|j of integrity if you did no. what is the prime minister's full name" i do know this, it's alexander boris de pfeffeljohnson. i didn't even know how to say that earlier, its you are already very good! where was he born? new york. and when? i don't know! why don't give me a year. limits of the sea otter then —— is a

older than me, 1962? which of these following statements... the top one, i've got more chance of being reincarnated as an olive. wrong! really? it's got boris' style written all over it. he said all of them. ok. game give it a timetable for tomorrow before we go? prime minister's questions at 12pm, sue theresa may gets herfinal minister's questions at 12pm, sue theresa may gets her final nights minister's questions at 12pm, sue theresa may gets herfinal nights in downing street tonight. then off to the queen, we get a statement at downing street tomorrow afternoon from borisjohnson, and then it gets frenetic. the top jobs tomorrow

afternoon and evening, then the junior roles on thursday. out we will cover it all you forjoining good night. bye-bye. the heat really building today, hotter than yesterday, and this turn out to be a record as well. we do have some cloud around, particularly in scotland, that is breaking up, most in scotland, that is breaking up, m ost pla ces in scotland, that is breaking up, most places seeing blue skies and high temperatures as well. particularly across england and wales, in land, over30 particularly across england and wales, in land, over 30 degrees, with a peak of 35 in the south east of england, around 110. that heat and humidity will spark thundery downpours. that will arrive across the channel islands through this evening, up towards wales, through the midlands, not far away from southeast england and east anglia, then pushing up overnight through

northern ireland, northern england and scotland later on. some hail, thunder, gusty winds, perhaps in flash flooding. a noisy night and a very warm and sticky night as well, particularly where it's likely to stay dry in the south east corner of england, very uncomfortable indeed to. some wet weather around early, and into the rush hour, but quickly moving north, so drying off in most places. some residual showers left in scotland to northern ireland, but on the whole, sunshine and dry weather remains. not quite as hot across eastern parts of england, but this is where we see the highest temperatures. if we get all the heats because the jet stream is changing position. it dives to the west of the uk, allowing high pressure to develop towards the east. the air coming up all the way from north africa into europe and lifting at those temperatures, over the peak of the heat expected on thursday. sonny start, very warm and

muqqy thursday. sonny start, very warm and muggy too, some storms across wales, but the real focus of the heat across the midlands and eastern england and the south east, this is where we could find temperatures up to 37, possibly 38 degrees. that would break the record, thejuly records for the uk is 36.7, said just a few years ago. by friday, fresh atlantic air sweeping in, the highest temperatures of 28.

this is bbc news. the headlines. you're watching bbc news with christian fraser live at westminster the headlines at eight. borisjohnson is to become the next uk prime minister after winning the conservative party leadership. jeremy hunt 46,656. borisjohnson 92,153. and therefore i give notice that borisjohnson is elected as leader of the conservative and unionist party. deliver brexit, unite the country and defeat jeremy corbyn and that is what we are going to do. this afternon, mrjohnson met activists at conservative party hq tomorrow he'll be heading to number ten downing street.