the theresa may left office and the telegraph, the spea ker of theresa may left office and the telegraph, the speaker of thousand comments was quoted after an interview he gave at the end of a festival where he said he would stop borisjohnson festival where he said he would stop boris johnson shutting festival where he said he would stop borisjohnson shutting down parliament if he plans to do that for a no—deal brexit. for the over 70 fives, anger over payraise and bbc as the licenses for millions of pensioners. it 2.9% hike in real fairs which is the way these things are determined, in january fairs which is the way these things are determined, injanuary next year we're. social are determined, injanuary next year social media apps of demonstrate to make damaging children's mental health, lucy come with your paper, the betrayal of the uk warns philip hammond. philip hammond has used his

interview to turn that betrayal narrative that we commonly hear it lever or remainder in peace back on the government, he is accusing boris johnson risking betraying the european referendum and electing any chance of leaving with the deal. it is quite clear that is taking a swipe peer dominic cummings, who borisjohnson has set up this is chief executive. is he really prepared to go the way that he is preparing for and vote down his own government if necessary, if it comes to an end to the vote of confidence that boris johnson to an end to the vote of confidence that borisjohnson is going to push through no—deal brexit? that borisjohnson is going to push through no-deal brexit? the fact that he has not gone as far as putting that into words, he probably isn't, although he is very much of the profile of where i would worry that. at the end of his career, he is independently wealthy, he is not someone is independently wealthy, he is not someone going, what happens if i get

deselected by my association. i don't care, i'll go back to my substantial wealth and he sincerely believes that he no deal will be a catastrophe. and there are number of people who don't have anything to fear but i actually think to be honest, in some ways, does not really matter so much whether or not he is willing to go that far, what matters is the government has been doing some very good coverage and its lack of part meant to do anything has been away on holiday. they became very grand announcements of what they would spend what on and this is a reminder is this problem has not gone away. members of the cabinet are being quizzed, amber conceding that no brexit were probably lead to a rise in unemployment. so sleep see people

come back from their holidays, their saying the idea of a no deal under pressure. this is strange because the time will be when you would usually in the heart of the season, we are usually in the heart of the season, we a re really usually in the heart of the season, we are really struggling for proper news stories and there is no lack of them because this great question of brexit hangs over us the americans are going to embrace you with open arms they say, sector by sector trade deal. and then we get this kind of stuff. it is hard to get a sense that the government is really in control of events. the clock is counting down. and will we tumble out without a deal? is a dream for journalists that we have not been scrambling around for the usual. journalists that we have not been scrambling around for the usualm not just a sense scrambling around for the usualm notjust a sense of scrambling around for the usualm not just a sense of what scrambling around for the usualm notjust a sense of what people come up notjust a sense of what people come up one of his former colleagues called them rather mischievously, it

is the man who actually controls the agenda of westminster to determine what is acceptable and not acceptable. this should be seen as pa rt acceptable. this should be seen as part two of that, john is basically saying that look, if parliament wants to stop no deal, i will make sure that parliament stops no deal. and ultimately our constitution really only has one rule which is if you have a parliamentary majority, you have a parliamentary majority, you can do whatever you like. if mps wa nt you can do whatever you like. if mps want to vote for a deal extender, whose one job is to go to brussels and ask foran whose one job is to go to brussels and ask for an extension and boris johnson can sit there in downing street stabbing his fists parliament can do that, that's our constitution works and it's something that he has gone on holiday, but it is a reminder that of course, provided there are people who were willing to let the majority will of the house expressed self, which there is, that is the only reason why he is still

there and explicitly after he was condemned by bullying in the housing brexit is more important than us. he is there because you know there's someone who will allow them to do that. and it raises the question of what is the government's response to that and what is it going to be?m is unclear what their response will be but not necessary clear howjohn could go about keeping parliament up and running if the government attempted to break in. it is obviously incredibly confusing on all sides here, we are wondering whether or not will see a scenario ofjohn burkle backing the idea of setting up a rival parliament in the streets of westminster of number ten locks the door on the chamber because we do not have this, it is very difficult to know how it is all going to unfold. every time there is a problem and the ghost of this

procedure of banging on the doors and demanding on behalf of her majesty that mps should be in the lords chambers. but it is slightly cumbersome and we talk about with great amusement in the history of it which was about the speaker at the time defending backbenchers the authority of the king which was a dramatic step in here we are odd yea rs later dramatic step in here we are odd years later without the bloodshed in the heads being cut off but the real practical power politics of authority of where our system lies. and one of the groups of people who will be biting their fingernails is buckingham palace, because the central political project of our monarch has been the survival of our monarchy by not getting involved in political issues. by not pointing out those weird bits of our constitution in which there are powers that are the monarchs but we

know reside somewhere in our elected politicians. the big nightmare if you're the queen or anyone around buckingham palace is if you're in a situation where this thing called royal assent which is usually a formality, when the prime minister says do not sign it. whatever you do at that point, you are in a political mess and this is going to i’ui'i political mess and this is going to run and run. let's move onto something a little more, we can without having to ask any of these great but obscure office on our constitution. this is a story in the express and we are still on the telegraphs, this is the story about hong kong and the picture on the front page and that really graphic illustration of power of the different kind, police officer, you see pointing a gun at comeau which

he did not fire but you can get more graphic than that concerning how tense things have gotten in the standoff in hong kong. it is incredibly tense situation as we have seen protesters successfully shut down the airport, one of the busiest airports. an extraordinary episode where a peace officer was being with his own baton before he managed to flee and put his gun but he did not shoot it, just a very, very volatile situation in the process is very concerned about infiltration of chinese agents and police officers among them beating people on even on their own site have come under suspicion so fear and paranoia all around all the time we are seeing tanks and massing on the chinese border. the picture illustrates that, from the express and page two of the express and

basically pointing out the these have moved towards the border between mainland china and hong kong yesterday, we had a guest this evening and he was pointing out that the real worry that has been for some people in hong kong is that the soldiers who were based in hong kong may be deployed on the streets. and i would really be a sign that the local authorities of lost control of the situation. there are two reasons. two the situation. there are two reasons. two reasons the situation. there are two reasons. two reasons why mainland china is using the word terrorism to talk about these protests the same rhetoric that they used when the tanks rolled in in tiananmen square. crucially one of the reasons why there has not been that is because there has not been that is because the hong kong police force has been criticised by these forces for excessive use of force is that the hong kong police force is historically much harder around the world here and anywhere to get local police forces to use excessive force

against their own and the fact that you have tanks massing on the mainland isa you have tanks massing on the mainland is a suggestion that what is likely to happen if soldiers and policemen outside may be used to to control, that is the end of the extent of the one country's to systems, that is the final into that syste m systems, that is the final into that system if that is what many people are expecting to happen does not happen. they felt that there would be more noise from the british government, one country to systems. it is difficult for the uk because of the same time, it really was to keep on good terms with china for trade. died by not wanting to meddle with a colony and imperialist step back but i think there is a suggestion that chinese trade

opportunities are far too important to jeopardise by speaking opportunities are far too important tojeopardise by speaking out more vocally and so there's really been a vacuum of political outrage around this and i found that surprising, considering the pro—beijing leader of hong kong warning that the state today that they are on the brink of the abyss and it really does feel like we are at a turning point now. dominic was tweeting about it .we . we now know, i'm jumping ahead of myself, on the front of that will come back to that in a moment. the results of, labour proposing the great system should be scrapped altogether and the new study applies

once you know your results. this is a perennial issue and previously burned government have suggested this. i think the idea that no other developed country in the world uses the system of predictions, going to good private schools often overly predicting the grades of the stu d e nts to predicting the grades of the students to try to help them get those places and hoping they will get their way and even if they do not meet those grades. recent studies show that 73% of people perform less well than they are predicted to in the 16% get the grades they are predicted. so labour think that this is a disadvantage to poor students want to see that scrapped and see them and hand before you can apply. the downsides to that are, if you have your exam results and you don't have the support of your teachers and help

you navigate through this complex system, that could end up also being a disadvantage for poor students. do you think it would work? well i think it works. we used to have this effectively a seventh term back in the proportion of people went to university was much lower. in terms of globalisation and the economy, is not desirable to return to that but you can very easily, partly because not having the application before the exams, you could have exams for a levels a bit early in the term and sell, it is one of those things were that various governments have talked about, breaking up the long summer holiday but it is a lot of institutional moving around for no real vote, which is one of the reasons why we propose it. let's

move on to the express. this is something we have always known about because it is tied to a lot of the real fair, because it is tied to a lot of the realfair, they because it is tied to a lot of the real fair, they could because it is tied to a lot of the realfair, they could only because it is tied to a lot of the real fair, they could only put it up as high as the retail price from the previousjuly, so this was coming in january, but as a result of it being relatively high, is going to be a bit of a wallop for commuters come the new year. and throughout the la st the new year. and throughout the last decade, these fares will have risen higher than wages and yesterday, they had to rise it with partly because when companies are givena partly because when companies are given a franchise to run, there are also given a target. they're told the amount of money they have to return to the treasury, which is why the east coast franchise kept collapsing because people kept saying they could give them more when they could not. and this is aware of their popular policies have aware of their popular policies have a great leaflet, they can mark up your ticket if you use the train

station, there is someone the labour position handing out these leaflets. and these are the type of headlines that i would not want to thousand downing street and i wanted this next election be very clean without things like rail fairs, next election be very clean without things like railfairs, the nhs and etc. and the bbc is going to have to do interviews explaining why this still the case and it is difficult because if you have a cap, the company advice is to go right up to it. it is not working in the way that the spirit of it would be designed. and the prices have continued to rise in the punctuality of trains has continued to fall so people are getting a worse service thatis people are getting a worse service that is more expensive and on the front of the telegraph, the average seasonal commuter front of the telegraph, the average seasonal commuter is now £3000, so for people pushing out of expenses in the city and a commute to work,

is becoming unaffordable. this is a cheerful story for people, cheerful if you live in the country. the bad news is living in the city is seriously damaging to your health. is dangerous is smoking 20 cigarettes a day. i never got anywhere close to smoking 20 cigarettes a day but i have lived in london essentially all my life this isa london essentially all my life this is a because of emissions from cars, factories and high polluting things. so one of the last things the government did was it moved away from this is where the fact that i am nota from this is where the fact that i am not a motorist is starting to show. you moved away from diesel, which is government omissions perspective but back from a pollution perspective with starting to see a return of londoners, london

is long. that is what they call it. people go to hospitals. do you feel that this makes sense as someone who works in london every day and goes on breeds deep into the air around westminster they feel that actually, this is something that makes you less healthy? yes, sometimes you can feel that it is smoking after wash her hands and face at night and it all feels part of that pollution picture and i just all feels part of that pollution picture and ijust think all feels part of that pollution picture and i just think after the episode into thousand i3 picture and i just think after the episode into thousand 13 of deborah having an asthma attack potentially linked to her living so close to the area is that not more progress has been made made byjust bringing up the agenda. for more headlines in front of the metro. thank you very much, i know you'll be back for the

second round on the paper review and half past 11. when we get on some of those other stories, including the daily mail report. thank you for your company and next up is the weather. the weather tomorrow is looking pretty cloudy with some rain on and off through the course of the day with one or two thunderstorms if you're lucky, but here's what it will look like with overcast skies. ido will look like with overcast skies. i do not think it is a wash—out for the day but the outbreaks of rain a string to reach western parts of the uk now. by the end of the night across many western areas of the uk but with that also comes some mild air in the starting temperature is 14 degrees, but on the first thing,

here is that rain. it moves into the morning into the afternoon and thunderstorms across parts of the midlands and maybe even staying there as well. in the forecast later, and the different northern ireland and western scotland, around 18 degrees on wednesday. on thursdays bit of a window of opportunity, high—pressure billets and on friday, saturday and sunday, the outlook does not look too dissimilar to what we had past weekend.

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