the south china morning post reports that hong kongers have used their first town hall talks to condemn chief executive carrie lam over the crisis gripping the city. and finally, bbc online are reporting that japan airlines has introduced a feature on its seat booking system that shows where young children are seated, so passengers can book seats to avoid the noise. what do we make of all of that? get in touch with me on twitter on that one as well. with me is priya lakhani, the founder and ceo of century tech. let's start with this ongoing family feud going on over at thejohnstons. racheljohnson, the prime minister's sister, says her brother is using a strongman gambit to whip up voters. she says the prime minister is not

the brother i see at home, branding his comments about murdered mpjo cox as reprehensible. all of this after accusing mps of passing a surrender act. these are his words yesterday. i mean, what does all of this inferno of rhetoric actually achieve? well, it's very clever. it's very clever use of language, it is morally reprehensible. he has created a parliament where you look and think how are you ever going to get anything done? what is happening now is, it is clever because there is absolute insistence on using words like surrender, using words like take back control, whether you are brexit or remain, that is not pa rt are brexit or remain, that is not part of the debate right now, just looking at the language in the strategy, when you look at that sort of language, you are talking about very territorial language, this is really territorial, it is about taking back control, it is mine. when you are talking about territory and survival, you are hitting right through to the primal monkey brain

ofan through to the primal monkey brain of an individual. and so the public listen, and it is this idea that it cuts through to voters. so they use this language, they will continuously use this language, because it cuts through to the core. whereas, at the same time, the opposition parties, the rebels, they are coming up with language on fake news, and let's talk about facts, let's not have buses with 350 million... but what happens is when you cut through to voters and talk about something that really sits in that sort of primal part of the brain about territory and taking back our country, that prefrontal cortex pa rt of back our country, that prefrontal cortex part of your brain, that rational, judgement part of your brain, is not engaged. and so i think it is really clever. it is a strategy. this is very dominic cummings, he is on the front of the telegraph, and he will keep using this rhetoric. the name of this bill

is the benn act, and that is what we we re is the benn act, and that is what we were calling it before yesterday. now we're hearing this word surrender because it cuts through. but the language onjo cox, he should apologise for that. i mean, that's just outrageous, to call it humbug, and female ministers are getting attacked, they are receiving these death threats, it is awful. there has been calls forjohn bercow to chairan enquiry there has been calls forjohn bercow to chair an enquiry into keeping mps safe, because parliament can't continue when people are being threatened in this way. in terms of the numbers, the number of abusive tweets directed at mps has more than doubled from just over 31,000 in january to 73,000 injune. so this is real in terms of the abuse that is real in terms of the abuse that is being levelled across the board. yes. but the pm says mps must control their tempers, and yet we are seeing a control their tempers, and yet we are seeing a very control their tempers, and yet we are seeing a very defiant pm himself. i mean, his own language, he is talking about the outrage mob,

about selective, confess that anger. summoned when it needs to be. i mean, this is doing nothing to temper the debate. and surely, i understand what you are saying about the prefrontal cortex. it is a clever strategy. but ultimately the priority surely, at this stage, has got to be some form of deal. so that's what he's obviously trying, 01’ that's what he's obviously trying, or he is saying he is trying, to work towards. he also didn't want no deal, it isjust work towards. he also didn't want no deal, it is just do work towards. he also didn't want no deal, it isjust do or die work towards. he also didn't want no deal, it is just do or die 31 0ctober. if we don't have a deal by 31 october, 0ctober. if we don't have a deal by 310ctober, he is 0ctober. if we don't have a deal by 31 october, he is stuck. there is this backstop issue we can't quite get around. what he is saying about tempering anger, the thing is that some people show their anger and it isa some people show their anger and it is a bit chaotic and quite embarrassing to the british public that we are looking at this and these are our politicians. these are these are our politicians. these are the smartest people apparently in the smartest people apparently in the country sorting out our country, behaving like this. at the same time, he might be sounding quite calm but using that emotive language

is not helping because it sparks the temper in others. i think he has got to look in a mirror in a sense and think how is he behaving? what languages he using? in the humbug comments obviously not appreciated, i think, by most of the country, let alone people in his own party. they have to come through the deal, and thatis have to come through the deal, and that is what he is focused on. it is the only thing he cares about. you know, 0ctober, essentially it is either no deal or they do a deal. but then obviously this benn act, let's call it what its actual title is, is there to essentially frustrate that. it is very humiliating for boris johnson, frustrate that. it is very humiliating for borisjohnson, the prime minister, to go back to the eu and ask for a delay when he is saying i will not do that. we were talking earlier in the programme about france and this idea of the social crisis. there appears to be real warnings about a social crisis in britain as well. in the times backin in britain as well. in the times back in august, they first came to

the public with 0peration yellowhammer, with independent advice about what no deal would be like. and then they talked about riots. now we're talking about senior cabinet ministers telling the today that the country risks a violent uprising if a second referendum overturned the results of the first one. so riots either way, by the looks of things, in terms of what people are being advised. yes, and the language doesn't help, right? because people feel what they are seeing is very fuelled and strong language, using the same sort of language on the streets. a lot of people have said this over the last couple of years, since the referendum, that the public did vote. they were asked, they voted, and the fact is, and this is coming from someone who voted to remain, the fact is they voted, although they didn't know what brexit means, it was a very poor referendum and wasn't very well thought out. but the fact is that this has always

been a huge risk. and it would be terrible if on our streets we see something like the gilets jaunes, and riots. that is not something anyone wants, and it is scary. but even dominic cummings is saying what do you expect? people were asked for a vote, they won the vote, we have got to brexit. so it is a really difficult position, and it is incredibly scary. it is terrifying that the result may be violence on oui’ that the result may be violence on our streets. but people are really angry. they are angry in parliament, they are angry outside parliament, they are angry outside parliament, they are angry outside parliament, they are angry outside london. and i think london has got to get outside this bubble. you've got to go and look at some of the mda streets. you've got to see why people voted the way they did, and you've got a start listening to people. very difficult to listen, though, while you are shouting. that is all i would say on that story. let's turn oui’ would say on that story. let's turn our attention to the other top story for global audiences, around the world. the white house facing accusations of a cover—up after

allegations that us officials used classified storage systems to store the official transcript of a conversation between donald trump and his ukrainian counterpart. and victoria, from reading this, there accusations, this is not the first time this has happened. this is the whistleblower saying this. it is an accusation, it has not been verified. and what is really extraordinary about the phone call with the ukrainian president, where it is alleged... well, we have seen transcript, short versions, we now know there is a 30 minute conversation that couldn't possibly be covered in five pages of transcript. this phone call happened the day after special counsel robert mueller testified in congress about this potential collusion between the russians and the us president. this isa russians and the us president. this is a day after. donald trump, it just seems like he just doesn't care. these are the sorts of allegations that would completely

cripple a former president, but he seems to just be moving cripple a former president, but he seems tojust be moving on, cripple a former president, but he seems to just be moving on, just thinking, you know, it is really interesting how he doesn't seem to ta ke interesting how he doesn't seem to take any of this really very seriously. let's talk about what is going on in hong kong at the moment. two years ago carrie lam is the slogan we connect to propel herself to the leadership of hong kong. is she connecting now? even yesterday, in these town halls, about these hong kong protests and saying i shall do some of the burden, she is saying we need to connect better, she used the word there was a problem of disconnection to the people. they are asking for her to resign and for an enquiry into police brutality and basically for this extradition built to be permanently withdrawn. she has said none of that will essentially happen. ijust look none of that will essentially happen. i just look at none of that will essentially happen. ijust look at it and think what lip service. we didn't get onto the babies! bad idea, by the way. plenty more on bbc news. let me know what you think of that story. we will see you very soon.

good morning. well, last week's high pressure and settled autumn sunshine a distant memory. this week, it's been very different, hasn't it? on monday, we saw some heavy rain, some areas seeing a month's worth of rain injust a 24—hour period. through the middle part of the week, it's quietened down a little. sunny spells and scattered showers, but there's more wet and windy weather to come through this weekend. here it is sitting out in the atlantic, and it's going to continue to push its way across the seas towards us for the second half of the weekend. ahead of it, circulating around an area of low pressure, a scattering of showers. some of those quite heavy, possibly thundery, and some of them, as we go through the day today, merging together for longer spells of rain. blustery winds, particularly through the south—west, driving those showers inland. there'll be some heavy ones through wales, north—west england, and northern ireland as well. the best of the driest, sunniest lot perhaps reserved for scotland. temperatures a little subdued in comparison to of late. we're seeing highs of 14—18 degrees the high. now, as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, that low pressure will ease away,

and we'll see a relatively quiet spell for a time. so the start of the weekend is not looking too bad. yes, we will have sunny spells and scattered showers, but there will be some drier interludes in between. quite a blustery feel still, and by end of the afternoon, we'll see some wetter weather pushing into the south—west. now, the timings for this rain still subject to change, so if you do have outdoor plans this weekend, you'll certainly need to keep abreast of the forecast. but that is likely to bring a spell of very wet weather and some windy weather with it as well. so we could see 2—3 inches of rain, and at times, through the early hours of sunday morning, we're going to see strong, gusty winds, in excess of 40—50 mph in places, and as that low moves through, maybe for a time 60 mph across eastern england, close to the coast. but that low will move through, and then we start to see some drier weather coming through on sunday. however, the wind direction into the north is going to make it feel a little on the cool side as well.

so top temperatures in scotland 13—15 degrees. further south and east, we're looking at highs of 17 or 18. so, just in case you haven't already got the message, it does look at the moment as though saturday will be the better of the two days in the weekend. sunny spells and a few showers. sunday will start off wet and windy, but that rain will slowly ease away. and then, monday into tuesday, things are a little bit quieter, but the temperatures could be better for this time of year. take care.

good morning welcome to breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: church of england bishops come together to criticise mps, accusing them of using language "not worthy of our country". the prime minister's advisor dominic cummings was confronted by a labour mp in a speech later he described the rows over brexit as "a walk in the park". there are still "significant gaps" in preparing the nhs and care—homes