and destroying thousand of homes. at least five people are confirmed dead. it's now moving towards the east coast of america, with florida, georgia, north and south carolina all declaring states of emergency. more than a million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes. in an astonishing admission caught on tape, hong kong's leader, carrie lam, says she is to blame for the political crisis and wishes she could quit. and a heart—warming story is doing well on our website. there's a new arrival at the british prime minister's residence, it's dilyn the downing street dog. he was rescued from a puppy dealer and moved in to his new home on monday. it's thought there won't be much contact between dilyn and the number ten cat, larry, because dilyn will live in the flat above number eleven. thanks for watching.

now on bbc news, stephen sackur speaks to conservative mp peter bone on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. for more than three years, british politics has been convulsed by brexit. we've seen endless parliamentary arguments with no resolution. this week, that may change. prime minister boris johnson's determination to be out of the eu come what may on october the 31st, and his decision to suspend parliament for more than a month starting next week means opponents of a no—deal brexit have just days to thwart him. my guest is conservative mp and ardent brexiteer peter bone. is brexit about to break his party and britain's democratic reputation?

peter bone, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you've been a parliamentarian for m yea rs you've been a parliamentarian for m years or $0, you've been a parliamentarian for m years or so, do you accept that parliament must be the alternate arbiter of how britain makes an exit from the european union? no. under normal circumstances i think parliament must decide, its sovereign. but we live in a representative moxie. indeed. but parliament decided to delegate that decision to the british people in a referendum, massive majority for that, and now we have to implement what the british people decided.

that, and now we have to implement what the british people decidedm constitutional terms it was an advisory referendum, consultation with the people, it didn't have the force of law. that is technically and legally right, but in fact everybody knew it was binding. what isaid is everybody knew it was binding. what i said is playing right. but then you decided... you will recall the prime minister said what is decided is what i will implement. of course he then resigned after the referendum, but that's another issue. we established the referendum didn't give legal authority... everyone knew that decision would be respected. let me take you through this. we also know the leave campaign didn't tell the british people directly that brexit would be in the form of a no—deal brexit, and quite the contrary, leaders of the leave campaign made it quite clear they thought brexit would be a smooth and orderly transition. so there is no mandate for a no—deal brexit. you are wrong on two grounds. firstly the ballot paper

said leave or remain, there was nothing about a deal at all, and all this discussion about a deal is post—brexit. firstly, what do you mean bya post—brexit. firstly, what do you mean by a no—deal? as far as i'm concerned, it was the greatest democratic thing i've been involved in probably for many, many years and the result was people were saying to me, "we want to end free movement of people, we want to make our own laws in ourown people, we want to make our own laws in our own countries by our own judges and we want to stop giving the eu billions each year. " that's what they wanted. what you call a no—deal delivers exactly that. no—deal, what you're referring to, is about the trading relationship with the eu, nothing more. let's not trade, sort of, impressions, let's deal in facts. specifically i looked at what

michael gove, one of the absolutely key leaders of the leave campaign said in the run—up, this is before the vote in june, said in the run—up, this is before the vote injune, 2016, a couple of months before in a keynote address stop he said, "after we leave we will remain in the european free trade zone. remaining in it is a simple course, it's in everyone's interest. the day after we leave we hold all the cards, we can choose the path we want and there will be no turbulence nor drama. " of course that message does not match anything 110w that message does not match anything now being proposed in terms of a no—deal brexit. now being proposed in terms of a no-deal brexit. what michael gove said... everyone assumed union would agree to. the fact they sell £100 billion more goods to us than we do to them, it would seem we would have a free trade agreement that would benefit both. that was the perspective that the leave campaign used and it was obviously false. nobody challenged it, everyone thought that's what would happen.- the beginning of this, let's talk

about your recognition that ultimately we live in a representative parliamentary democracy. you now sit as a member of the conservative party led by borisjohnson, the of the conservative party led by boris johnson, the prime of the conservative party led by borisjohnson, the prime minister who has just prorogued and declared parliament will be suspended for more than a month, starting next week, therefore precluding parliamentary debate at what everybody agrees is the most important, most difficult time facing britain in political terms since world war ii. i don't know where i start with my disagreement to all that. you will probably notice we in discussing brexit for more than three years now in great detail. another three or four weeks of me talking about brexit and another three or four weeks of me talking about brexit isn't going to change anyone's opinion. the british people have already voted. prorogation was essential. where in the second longest parliament since the second longest parliament since the civil war. we need to reset the

parliamentary clock. we need to have a queen's speech where this new government puts forward its proposals stop you we need to start the clock for the 20 opposition days, the 35 back bench business days, the 35 back bench business days and the 13 private members days. these things are essential to parliamentary democracy stop its restoring parliamentary democracy, not what you're saying. i'm sure you don't take the british public fool is and it's transparently obvious that the prorogation of british parliament was specifically to avoid weeks of extremely difficult and potentially dangerous debate for borisjohnson potentially dangerous debate for boris johnson and his potentially dangerous debate for borisjohnson and his intent to get britain out of the european union by 0ctober britain out of the european union by october the 31st. it was political. that's wrong if you look at it. prorogation loses about four parliamentary days. we always have a recess in the second half of that ember and the first week of october for the party conference week. you

will recall it was a conservative government that implemented this in 2010, the coalition government, while labour was in power they didn't start until the middle of 0ctober didn't start until the middle of october when they shutdown in july. how about that time in our parliamentary history? even these members of the government in private moments, ben wallace, didn't know he was being recorded at the time, said as far as they are concerned, the suspension of parliament was to prevent suspension of parliament was to p reve nt m ps suspension of parliament was to prevent mps from blocking boris johnson's brexit plan and eventually every leader has to try, and we found ourselves, said ben wallace when he didn't know he was being recorded, with no majority and in a coalition and that is something we had to do to drive brexit through. ben is wrong in the sense we had to have a new queen's speech. not only do we have to have it, i've been

calling for it, but not only i've been calling for it, leading labour mps have been calling for it and we're doing exactly what the labour party has called for. the shadow member of the house has called for this for at least three times. what matters is the leader of the house. he runs the house of commons and he, when he heard about borisjohnson‘s prorogation suspension of parliament, firstly he wasn't consulted and secondly he responded with rage, saying it was blindingly obvious the purpose of prorogation was to stop parliament debating brexit and performing its duty of shaping the course of the country. brexit and performing its duty of shaping the course of the countrylj would agree with the speaker if the prime minister tried to prorogue parliament passed the 31st of 0ctober, parliament passed the 31st of october, and i would be the first person to have called that out. what's happening now is we have a queen's speech i think on the 14th of october. that's when the opposition can scrutinise the government. more importantly it can table amendments to the queen's speech. they can move an amendment

to the queen's speech requiring us not to leave on the 31st of october. they've got a mechanism because of this where they can legitimately do it. it is just wrong to say that they can't do it. you know many on your own side, indeed people in the cabinet today when they looked at the possibility of prorogation over the possibility of prorogation over the summer said it would be tantamount to sajid javid savaging democracy, matt hancock, another cabinet minister, the end of the conservative party. you have changed your tune because you can use this to railroad brexit through a parliament that doesn't want no—deal. they were right and they we re no—deal. they were right and they were responding to the question, if the prime minister prorogued parliament passed the 31st of 0ctober parliament passed the 31st of october to get a no—deal brexit, they would have been absolutely right. i would have been absolutely right. i would have been absolutely right. the prime minister said he

wouldn't do that and he hasn't done it. this is a normal process that should happen every year. let's talk about the prime minister and his credibility. he says he doesn't want a no—deal brexit and is working very hard to avoid it by getting a new deal with the european union. he met angela merkel, german chancellor, emmanuel macron, french president, nine and eight days ago respectively. since then there's been no sign from borisjohnson and his government of new proposals on the key question of what to do about the key question of what to do about the border between northern ireland and ireland. what on earth is going on? well, i think there will be a deal done and i think it will be put to parliament and i think it will be done after the 14th of october. there are private discussions going on all the time between representatives of the eu and the british government. if i had to bet 10p at the moment i'd bet we'd have an agreement before the 31st of

0ctober. an agreement before the 31st of october. the chief negotiator for the eu, michel barnier, said yesterday no new proposals from the uk and he said the backstop, this is what we always come back to, the eu determination to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and safeguard as they see it the integrity of their single market. it is shorthand, known as the irish backstop, and barnier said the backstop is the maximum amount of flexibility that the eu can and will offer to a nonmember state. and in a negotiation he is saying that now. for goodness' sake, it is september. at some point you're going to have to a cce pted at some point you're going to have to accepted that in brussels the mindset isn't one of playing games, this is realfor them and mindset isn't one of playing games, this is real for them and they're not prepared to give you your cake and let you eat it too. i think that they will have an agreement. ajax that if you take them at their word now, we could say fine, negotiations off, we will prepare for a no—deal.

who is going to build the infrastructure on the northern ireland borderfor... infrastructure on the northern ireland border for... to infrastructure on the northern ireland borderfor... to stop infrastructure on the northern ireland border for... to stop this sort of free movement? who's going to do it? this government isn't going to do it, the irish government isn't and neither is the eu. there won't be a hard border in northern ireland. point to anyone who says that's going to happen. ireland. point to anyone who says that's going to happenlj ireland. point to anyone who says that's going to happen. i don't know if you've been listening to the eu but they say they will do anything on the irish border to safeguard the single market. talk to anyone who says... nobody is saying that. they do anything necessary, they say. from your point of view, boris johnson insists there's alternative that can be made, technological solutions to the border problem. i don't know if you know, but today a lea k don't know if you know, but today a leak has come out from a government report working on the vexed order

question suggesting there are serious major problems with the proposals put forward by boris johnson and members of the government. these technological solutions he talks about simply aren't there. other people say they are... but this is a government report. other people who do this as a living say that's already happened. i was in business and are used to export all over the world and it didn't matter where i was exporting, to the eu or non—eu, my goods would get there on time. when a working group is set up by the government to look at these alternative sand when it comes, concludes there are problems, you ignore them? the reputation of the government exports hasn't been very good. you just follow your gut instinct? there's many experts who do this for a living who say this works. i am do this for a living who say this works. iam prepared do this for a living who say this works. i am prepared to accept that.

you're just crossing your fingers and hoping for the best on the basis of absolutely no evidence. we go back to the point, who is going to build the hard border? it's not going to happen. we're talking about something that's not going to happen. i'm not sure you've been listening to what eu leaders have been saying, all the irish government, but we will leave that for now. let's think about the next few days. this change is hour by hour and few days. this change is hour by hourandi few days. this change is hour by hour and i believe you and other conservative mps are going to boris johnson later when you leave the studio. as we speak there are at least 15 to 20 conservative mps, including very senior recently formally cabinet ministers, who are determined to do what it takes to thwart boris johnson determined to do what it takes to thwart borisjohnson if he seeks a no—deal brexit. your party is falling apart. well, that represents, what, less than 10% of the parliamentary party. as the government has a majority of at best at one... when you talk about the

conservative party, we've just had a major election contest of which two—thirds of the members chose to support boris johnson. he's trying to implement what the british people voted for in a referendum. it's a bit rich if conservative mps then don't support boris johnson. you fail to mention that included in this group determined to thwart a no—deal brexit, philip hammond, and to few weeks ago was chancellor of the exchequer, and thought that it would wreck the british economy. on philip hammond, he was chancellor, one of the most senior officers of state, and he is now trying to block the government, put an alternative government in power. that's not how a former chancellor of the exchequer should behave. it's disgraceful. he says, and i'm quoting him from twitter a short time ago, i intend and want to honour our 2017 ma nifesto and want to honour our 2017 manifesto which promised a smooth and orderly exit and a deep and

special partnership with the eu, not an undemocratic no—deal. special partnership with the eu, not an undemocratic no-deal. that ma nifesto an undemocratic no-deal. that manifesto said no—deal is better than a bad deal, and he supported that so why isn't he continuing to support the government? the answer for him is he knows what damage it would do to the british economy. he stood on a manifesto saying that, he didn't say at the time we have to have a deal. he was chancellor on that manifesto and now he's not supporting it. should philip hammond and david gauke, a much respected formerjustice and david gauke, a much respected former justice secretary, and david gauke, a much respected formerjustice secretary, former secretary of state for development rory stewart, should these people be expeued rory stewart, should these people be expelled from the conservative party in effect if they vote with opposition parties to thwart a no—deal brexit over the coming days? if they vote effectively to put an alternative government in power, which i believe is the likely proposal... to be honest i think what they're proposing at the moment

isa what they're proposing at the moment is a very simple piece of legislation if they can take control of the house of commons. that's where i'm going, if you take control of the house of commons you're effectively putting an alternative government in power, jeremy corbyn, the snp and the lib dems in power against your own government. no conservative can do that. they are quite entitled to vote that way and if their men of principle and want to do that, that's fine, but then they can't continue as a conservative clearly. when david gauke says he believes borisjohnson is seeking a purge to fundamentally change the conservative party and get all of those out of the party who still believe no—deal would be disastrous for britain, you're agreeing ina disastrous for britain, you're agreeing in a sense saying a purge is now necessary. it's not a purge. if you can't agree with the fundamental principle of the conservative party and the government, then by nature you can't bea government, then by nature you can't be a conservative. let me just stop you for a moment. there are members of the cabinet who consistently

voted against theresa may's deal, the most fundamental plank of her premiership. they won't purged or expeued premiership. they won't purged or expelled from the party.|j premiership. they won't purged or expelled from the party. i will defend the right of individual members of parliament to vote against legislation, but the decision here is your trying to put an alternative government in power and initiate legislation. that's a difference. will defeat for the prime minister and his government this week in the house of commons trigger a general election in your view? it won't automatically trigger a general election because we have fixed. there is a fixed-term parliaments act which means if was a regard is this, as he seems to, a fundamental issue of confidence in him and his government, he could then seek from the house of commons permission to call an early election, but he would need a two—thirds majority. election, but he would need a two-thirds majority. exactly, and the fixed—term parliaments act, which i supported, was to stop

governments choosing the time they governments choosing the time they go to the polls. but asjeremy corbyn and the liberal democrats and the snp have always been calling for a general election, if that's what the prime minister says to clear this mess up, we need to decide this once and for all and i would expect parliament would agree with him. whether that would happen, it would depend on whether he loses the vote on tuesday stop do you think he will? no, idon‘t on tuesday stop do you think he will? no, i don't actually. the last time no—deal came up it sneaks through by one vote, partly because a conservative had gone home or something. i don't think the numbers are there, but let's see. let's talk big picture about this situation, and it changes hour by hour, what it means for the tory party and british democracy. the tory party is going to end up as a party of zealots, a brexit party. 17.4 million zealots, how can you

suggest that? we are representing what the british people voted for. the point about the tory party has beenifs the point about the tory party has been it's a very broad church, in the future it won't be, it will be a true blue brexit party. it will be over very broad church. i've survived in the conservative party with ken clarke for a very long time and it will carry on being so. the point you've made is if you believe ken clarke votes alongside opposition parties to thwart a no—deal brexit, he will no longer be in the conservative party. this is crucial as a moment for your party. if he votes to establish an alternative government then yes, anyone who does that, other than the conservative government, can't by definition be a conservative mp and they will lose the whip. if he's talking about hs2 or dealing with social care, there would be broad opinions within the conservative party. that's the party, but the country and british democracy. we had the extraordinary moment yesterday when

a senior member of the government, michael cove, couldn't commit to the idea that if the house of commons, then the house of lords, approves a measure to block a no—deal brexit on 0ctober measure to block a no—deal brexit on october the 31st, i.e. measure to block a no—deal brexit on 0ctoberthe 31st, i.e. if measure to block a no—deal brexit on october the 31st, i.e. if it passes all of its stages in the westminster parliament, he wouldn't commit that the government would then go to the queen and seek royal assent to turn that into law. what does that say about the state of british democracy, in particular the commitment of boris johnson's government to that democracy? it's an interesting fact and it's of course happened in the past. normally private members' bills... some private members' bills have gone through all the stages in the house of commons and exactly what you talk about has happened. i think tony blair did it once and i think harold wilson did it twice. 0f course it's always the case that the only people who can legislate other than the government, introduced

legislation, was private members on private members fridays. i understand where michael gove was coming from but in reality that would never happen. what would happen if somehow there is an alternative government and we have prime minister letta when whatever temporarily in charge of the brexit negotiations, the prime minister would ask parliament for a general election, i have no doubt. and the country would decide, would you want a brexit or wouldn't you? a couple of questions before we end about what might happen in british politics from this day forward. is the conservative party seeking to do a deal with the brexit party in this election, which we know is coming. it might not come before october the sist, it might not come before october the 31st, but soon after if not before. is the conservative party seeking to be the brexit party and to remove officially titled brexit party from the little seen? they're certainly not seeking to do a deal, i'm sure

of that, but i worked with nigel farage and richard pires, john longworth. .. do farage and richard pires, john longworth... do you regard farage and richard pires, john longworth. .. do you regard them as political allies? in the sense they wa nt political allies? in the sense they want the same thing as conservative members. to leave the eu. the conservative party as brexit party. if borisjohnson went to the country and said, look, i want a mandate to come out with no—deal on the 31st of 0ctober, they would support us and if they don't do that, they will probably oppose us but that's what democracy is about. sorry, given your relationships with these people, have you put out feelers for adl? absolutely not, i'm saying i worked with them. you would expect them not to stand? i expect from what they have said publicly, if borisjohnson was proposing a no—deal brexit they would support us. no—deal brexit they would support us. i think we're getting a bit ahead. let's see if we can win the vote. if we can't win the vote, let's see if there is a majority in

the journal action. let's see if there is a majority in thejournal action. my guess, and you're right, would the there would bea you're right, would the there would be a general election sooner rather than later, and i think that's a good thing because i do think we need to establish a conservative government with a majority. we have to end there, but i do thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. peter byrne, thank you. thank you. —— peter bone. hello. there's a trend to something cooler for all of us in the week ahead. still not much rain across parts of east and south—east england and barely a cloud in the sky in sevenoaks on monday afternoon.

for others, we've had more cloud and outbreaks of rain, some of which has been heavy, especially in scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england. more rain in the forecast on tuesday. but in the early hours of tuesday, more rain confined to southern scotland, northern england, quite light and patchy but some mist and fog developing along western coasts. we start tuesday with some spells of sunshine for central, southern and eastern england. also for the northern isles and channel islands, which will hang on to that sunshine in the afternoon. cloud building north and west, bringing rain into northern ireland, northern and western scotland. likely to be heavy in places. maybe a bit patchier in southern scotland, northern england and parts of wales and dry in central, southern and eastern england with temperatures up to 22 celsius, just 14—15 where we had the cloud and rain in scotland. eastwards on tuesday evening and this rain sliding south and east along england and wales, some of which could be heavy. clearer skies developing behind and a fairly mild start

for most with temperatures in double figures. we've still got this band of rain to deal with first thing on wednesday morning, soon pulling away from east anglia and south—east england. sunshine developing behind. notice how the isobars start to squeeze themselves together. a much windier day on wednesday, particularly for northern and western coasts. the rain out of the way for east anglia and south—east england with sunshine behind. showers soon developing, though, in northern ireland, scotland and northern england, merging to give a longer spell of rain in places, and some showers going to wales and south—west england. much windier day with gales developing in the western isles. add the strength of the wind to temperatures ofjust 12 celsius, really a chilly day in parts of scotland, with temperatures getting up to 20 or 21 further south and east, it will feel cooler given the strength of the wind. now, all these fronts start to pull away eastwards as we go into thursday. the isobars becoming a bit further spaced apart, so the winds will fall lighter. still showers and longer spells of rain to deal with, particularly for northern and western scotland, a few may filter into the far north of england.

for northern ireland, england and wales, thursday will be a day of sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud. fairly brisk breeze, not as windy as wednesday, and a cooler feel. this continues into friday and the weekend. temperatures not much higher than 18 or 19 celsius. still some outbreaks of rain at times the further north and west you are, but drier further south and east. for the latest on hurricane dorian, you'll find all the details on our website. goodbye.

i'm kasia madera in london. the headlines: borisjohnson insists there are no circumstances that would make him delay brexit, but is the uk on course for a snap election? hurricane dorian claims at least five lives in the bahamas, with 13,000 homes destroyed or damaged. the prime minister says it's a historic tragedy. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. in an emotional outburst caught on tape, hong kong's leader, carrie lam, says she's to blame for the crisis and wishes she could quit.