labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been in leicester this morning and responded to the comments from tony blairs are for the people of this country, aspirations of eliminating homelessness and aspirations of putting more money and resources into education through and resources into education through a national education service, ending university fees and building 500,000 council homes and taking water into public ownership, overwhelmingly popular policies. sadly we did not win it but we got the highest vote for labour since 2000. i think we need to recognise people are not prepared any longer to live in a society that is so unequal and walk by on the other side while we have fellow citizens living on the streets. we must invest in our future and public services and that is what the fundamental labour party message was in the general election. that clip from jeremy corbyn in leicester this morning. in a moment we will have business news but first the headlines on bbc news. sir vince cable announces he will step down as liberal democrat leader once the question of brexit is resolved or stopped.

this then brings in tony blair. in the labour party is as he puts it lost to the left. if there are dozens lost to the left. if there are d oze ns of lost to the left. if there are dozens of labour mps who agree with that analysis, what are they going to do? there's been lots of chatter around westminster about whether they will sit as independent mps, wetheriggs they would try to form a different party, what would happen next. conversations are going on but there is no consensus about what the a nswer there is no consensus about what the answer is and what they would do next. vicki young, many thanks, our chief political correspondent. the former foreign secretary, boris johnson, has announced that he and his wife marina wheeler are divorcing. the couple said they had separated several months ago. they've been married since 1993 and have four children together. russia poses a "real and active threat" to the uk, according to the head of the gchq intelligence agency. jeremy fleming has called on the international com

jeremy corbyn has been visiting a noisy museum in leicester today, and politely suggest that tony blairparty membership is now much bigger that it has ever been, the biggest in my lifetime. well been, the biggest in my lifetime. we ll over been, the biggest in my lifetime. well over half a million. some supporters ofjeremy well over half a million. some supporters of jeremy corbyn well over half a million. some supporters ofjeremy corbyn are rather more blunt. what they will be talking about is representing a rug, representing a minority interest in this country. it is not the middle ground, we are the moderates, we are the centre ground. politics has changed rather a lot since this happens. and change is showing no signs of going out of fashion. let's cross now to westminster and speak to our political correspondent, iain watson. whilst the focus is on the labour party, it is really about the folk —— the state of british politics. yes, as tony blair has been saying, he has used this phrase before about people being politically homeless. this feeling that labour has now decisively moved

jeremy corbyn rejects an attack on his leadership by tony blair.ce of the labour party. ba says sorry after a mass hack of data from its customers — nearly 400,000 payment cards have been compromised. now, the business news. the chief executive of british airways has apologised for what he has called a very sophisticated breach of the firm's security systems. the airline said personal and financial details of customers making bookings had been compromised. almost half the people who bought a leasehold house in the past decade had no idea what they were getting into, according to a new study. home—buyers faced high fees and charges, with many feeling they were mis—sold. good news for british brewer and pub group greene king. it's updated the markets and revealed that england s world cup football run and a summer heatwave helped boost business. the group, which was founded in 1799, sold 3.7 million pints of beer in total during england s seven world cup matches. we start with a huge data breach at british airways, which the airline says it's investig

that's why tony blair talking about this wouldn't work it was endorsed by tony blair because it wouldt politics that would be associated with the centre—left politics that were successful for a long time. all this talk and speculation is because nobody really knows where they are at the moment and i wonder once brexit is out of the way a little bit, are these labour mps actually going to do it? from history we know that break off groups don't do very well, the system does not favour small breakaway parties and that's why, because of centres as well they tend to stay in their little families. could a new party ever be vibrant and dynamic, is it always doomed to fail? the big risk is that they will never get much power, and wouldn't win any seats, but it could scupper labour and conservatives in marginals. as with the sdp who cost labour quite a fee receipts, that could happen. it would be very difficult to get people very excited about a centrist party, especially young people who are very enthralled by labour at the moment and older people who have always voted conservative. food for

margaret hodge has spoken today, tony blair says very similar things spoken today, tony blair says very an spoken today, tony blair says very similar things in an interview tomorrow. it is a very co—ordinated. .. tomorrow. it is a very co—ordinated... i don't want to say attack, because they are playing the ball, not the man, this is one very specific thing thatjeremy corbyn could do something about needs to do something about urgently, otherwise everything else they have worked for so everything else they have worked for so effectively will be in tatters. and the national executive meet this week and a decision should be made about whether they are to accept this internationally acknowledged and recognised definition of anti—semitism. and recognised definition of anti-semitism. and it contains examples, and some labour have objected to it. gordon brown's position was clear that labour should accept the definition in full. there is an important point to make here about leadership. the labour leadership have allowed this issue to dominate the headlines over the summer, a summer when they

and that is why, you know, tony blair talking about a break of group...ime. i think all this talk and all this speculation is because no one really knows where they are at the moment and i do wonder when brexit is out the way a little bit, are these labour mps who are talking about a breakaway group actually going to do it? we know from history that break off groups don't do very well, that our voting system does not favour the small breakaway parties, and so that is actually why because of the tribalism as well people just tend to stay in their little family. dawn, could a new party ever be something vibrant and dynamic or is it always doomed to failure? i think the big risk with a centrist party is that it will never really get much power, it will probably never even when seats, but it could scupper any conservative or labour mps in marginals. so, as with the sdp, they cost labour quite a few seats. so that could be what would really happen. but i think it would be very difficult to get people very excited about a centrist party, especially young people

the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has rejected an attack on him by former prime minister tony blair. as become a ‘different party‘ and he's not sure it can ever be ‘taken back‘ by moderates. it comes as the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, claims that infighting in the two main parties means millions of voters in the centre ground feel ignored. sir vince has also announced he'll be stepping down as lib dem leader after brexit is resolved. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. cheering rewind two decades and tony blair was the centre of attention, commanding the political stage, perched atop a humongous parliamentary majority. rewind not many years and sirvince cable, possessed of a ministerial red folder, purged around the cabinet table. not any longer. now, both men stand at the margins, grappling for relevance, trying to be heard. there's lots of people associated with me who feel that the labour party is lost, that the game is over. you know, i'm kind of hoping they're not right for is white and the former prime minister suggests another party could emer

in a rare interview, the former prime minister tony blair has strongly criticised the current labour said mr corbyn poses an existential threat to the future of the party, and many within the party believe that it is lost. jeremy corbyn has responded to previous criticism from mr blair by noting that he is entitled to his opinion, but that politics has changed. a number of top us officials, including the vice president, are among those continuing to deny they're the author of an anonymous article attacking donald trump. the new york times piece, believed to be written by a senior white house insider, says mr trump's colleagues are trying to stifle his agenda. the president has described whoever wrote the article as gutless and the newspaper as phony. police are failing to identify suspects in hundreds of thousands of crimes, according to an investigation by the press association. it found three quarters of vehicle thefts, almost half of all shoplifting cases and four out of five burglaries ended with no suspects. it's led to warnings that victims could be put off reporting crimes. the

for all of those years that tony blair was prime minister and jeremy corbyn was perched on his backbenchers was more likely to recruit postman pat is a home secretary then bring upjeremy corbyn and offer him a job in the cabinet. but what is striking in this conversation, a 30 minute conversation, where minute by minute tony blair is full of gloom about the future of the party and talking about and ex potential threat to its future and also speculating, and we will play you a chunk of this interview, about what might happen in terms of another party emerging. take a look at this. the type of politics that people like me represent, which i would describe as more moderate, progressive politics, if that isn't represented by the labour party, it doesn't matter what i think what these mps think, i don't think the british people will tolerate a situation where, for example, the choice at the next election is borisjohnson against jeremy corbyn. i don't know what will happen and i don't know how it will happen and i don't know how it will happen, but ijust don't believe people will find that, in th

mrs alving is not being photographed with tony blair you when you went to the un an internationalist should look at it it went to carol salvini he said to kidal we want to cooperate and then he said we support the prime minister's but we have to discuss we all the components and i meant i meant him at tony blair you know it really really bad if any intervention is tony blair it was the line of the promoter of the war in iraq frank girl stop you there more from at least for the foreign minister after the break plus music from you too. go on i'm doing investigator raise i'm a de facto declaring war in a country which the american federation of scientists says has foreign oil off hours and strategically operational nuclear warheads. two of going on the ground. prosecution only. just fine. do i mean. business models used by american corporations. to maintain an investigative documentary. ghost war. you know world big partisan law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop

tony blair was the last party leader to win a decisive election victory.election victory. he sasteremy corbyn doesn't have broad enough appeal to this kind of win and moderate centre ground mps have lost control of the labour party. i'm not sure that it is possible to take it back. there are a lot of people associated with me who feel that the labour party has lost. but the game is over. visiting the museum in leicester today the labour leader insisted he is the one in tune with voters and his campaign for a more equal society was a mainstream message. tony should recognise that party membership is now much bigger than it's ever been. it is the biggest it has been in my lifetime, while over half a million members. and in the general election last year we set out what our aspirations of the people of this country. the liberal democrat leader thinks millions of voters feel homeless. today he offered them a roof over their heads, saying he would open up their heads, saying he would open up the party to outsiders who shared his liberal values. it's notjust a p

tony blair also talks about, potentially, his attitude to security being a weak point. together in the sense that although there may well be a perfectly reasonable explanation as to why he didn't turn up to this meeting, it doesjust play into a little bit of this feeling about him somehow or other being on the wrong side in all these national security debates. they had a file on him for many years, of course, so he is no friend of the security services. but he isa friend of the security services. but he is a friend, for example, he has appeared on russia today and all for what. the observer have another story about this. labour to shake up rules to deselect mps. this is going to be discussed at the party conference in the next few, well, this forthcoming party conference. who is going to benefit from that? who is going to benefit from that? who is going to be selected or deselected? well, it is too fast track the return of expelled members and accept supporters of hard left groups. it is momentum, jeremy corbyn‘s powerbase, people who have been expelled already, possibl

prime minister, tony blair. he really needs no introduction. mr. blair, thank you for joining us. the chance of a no deal brexit is 50-50 or 6040? tony: i think the chance for brexit is pretty low. i don't think europe would want that to happen. i think it is possible there is a no deal brexit, but unlikely. what is more likely is the gridlock in parliament because i don't think the prime minister's proposition for brexit is likely to command a majority there. francine: what do you think will happen? i know it is a difficult question. what do you think will happen of the next six months? tony: the basic problem you have in the whole negotiation is that you have a choice whether you stay close to europe in order to minimize economic damage, but in which case you will be in some case or other abiding by europe's rules, and therefore people ask what is the point of brexit? or alternatively we go to a much harder brexit the break absolutely with europe. in which case, people will say what is the price because there will be economic damage. that dilemma has run through the course of th

tony blair was the last party leader to win a decisive election victory. broad enough appeal for this kind of win, and moderate centre ground mps have lost control of the labour party. i'm not sure that it's possible to take it back. there's lots of people associated with me who feel that the labour party's lost, that the game's over. visiting a museum in leicester today, the labour leader insisted he's the one in tune with voters, and his campaign for a more equal society was a mainstream message. tony should recognise that the party membership is now much bigger than it's ever been. in the general election last year, we set out what our aspirations are for the people of this country. aspirations of eliminating homelessness, aspirations of putting more money in resources into education. 0verwhelmingly popular policies. the liberal democrat leader thinks millions of voters feel homeless. today he offered them a roof over their heads, saying he'd open the party to outsiders who shared his liberal values. he even suggested the next lib dem leader wouldn't ne

tony blair was the last party leader to win a decisive election victory.al for this kind of win, and moderate centre ground mps have lost control of the labour party. i'm not sure that it's possible to take it back. there's lots of people associated with me who feel that the labour party's lost, that the game's over. visiting a museum in leicester today, the labour leader insisted he's the one in tune with voters, and his campaign for a more equal society was a mainstream message. tony should recognise that the party membership is now much bigger than it's ever been. in the general election last year, we set out what our aspirations are for the people of this country. aspirations of eliminating homelessness, aspirations of putting more money in resources into education. 0verwhelmingly popular policies. the liberal democrat leader thinks millions of voters feel homeless. today he offered them a roof over their heads, saying he'd open the party to outsiders who shared his liberal values. he even suggested the next lib dem leader wouldn't need to be an mp. wh

jeremy corbyn, hitting back at tony blair, he said that the party has been lost to the hard left.ng up with policies that real people like and they are looking to the labour party and his vision to change things for them? the labour party see themselves as mainstream. they say that tony blair is a man of the past, and for example, taking the ra i lwa ys past, and for example, taking the railways back into public ownership, thatis railways back into public ownership, that is a popular policy and the membership clearly feels the same. these votes of no confidence, a lot of members feel they are being u nfa i rly of members feel they are being unfairly portrayed, as far left trots kyites. unfairly portrayed, as far left trotskyites. they want to see their elected representatives reflecting the views of the wider party. there are half a million members there now. they say it is effectively democracy in action. and conference season democracy in action. and conference seasonis democracy in action. and conference season is about to pick. thank you very much indeed. a massive operation t

he is 110w tony blair over the iraq war. he is now an assembly member.ll be to deliver on that. thanks very much. about a thousand headteachers have held a rally in westminster this lunchtime to protest about what they're calling unsustainable schools budgets in england. they say class sizes will increase and staff will have to be cut unless schools receive more government funding. ministers insist they will investment a record amount in schools by 2020. 0ur correspondent rich preston reports. the school leaders descending on parliament square just a few hours ago with a message. it's really important that all of us stand together to make sure that we speak with one voice to ensure we get the funding for our children. we are losing money. we are not gaining money. year on year we are finding it difficult to manage the shrinking budgets. we have come out because school leaders feel passionately that our children get one shot at education. at the moment they are being cut short. this gathering of around 1000 head teachers from across england has been calle

tony blair and vince cable making statements yesterday.re ground, new moderate party. the question is will some labour mps in the centreleft be forced out of the party, or will some of them choose to walk? we have already seen frank field, the prominent veteran labour mp, who choose to resign as party web. he lost a vote of no—confidence, but he resigned largely over the anti—semitism route because he did not agree with the party leadership over it. the big question is how many mps may or may not follow? you speak to mps at the moment, and some of them may not like the direction of the party, but labour has seen a growth in its membership, and the party structures have changed, as well. so the question is whether those mps choose to branch off and do something else, as you say, or some of them say they wa nt to as you say, or some of them say they want to stay within the party and push their values within labour. the party who strongly believe in different things. new powers come into force today designed to stop nuisance calls from person

fine tony blair can't cry anymore we left our tears behind. the victims to munge compensation. and understood so we need financial support just a little help please this is important. governments have done nothing to help. these in chile don't want to deal with this. side. the school is located on the outskirts of chile's capital santiago. then feed him spent the first twenty years of his life in the colonia dignidad the colony of dignity. eventually it how are you nice to see you michael. this exhibition is devoted to one of the darkest chapters in the modern history of chile and germany. but it is really. what the family panels on the sixteenth. of this all don't know this is intended to teach the new generation about colonia dignidad it's a kind of warning about sects government policies extremism brainwashing things that just shouldn't happen here in british. as well it's mostly for seeing these students were born long after the end of chile's dictatorship in the one nine hundred ninety. then they'd lived at colonia dignidad for how long through twenty years it. makes you f

that has clear dividing lines, notjust with the conservatives, but with the labour governments of tony blairs new employment rights will appeal to younger voters. but critics say he is risking theirjobs. ian watson, bbc news, manchester. the shortage of staff in the nhs in england has been highlighted by new figures which show a big rise in the number of vacancies. it's currently looking for 107 thousand more staff. nhs improvement, which monitors the health service, says it's because of rising patient demand and more staff leaving. our health editor hugh pym is here — how worrying are these figures? they illustrate the intense and increasing pressures on the nhs and with winter approaching the flag up some possible areas of concern so let's ta ke some possible areas of concern so let's take a closer look at the figures for england. they show between april and june there were 6.23 million visits to a&e units. add english hospitals. that's a record. in response to that hospitals and other trusts have been trying to take on more staff but we learned today the number of vacancies in the nhs in

he is not tony blair, you are right, labourdid not tony blair, you are right, labour did amazing thingslict for many decades. this is a new error, politics is in a different place to how it was in 1997 and today jeremy different place to how it was in 1997 and todayjeremy corbyn is putting forward the solutions and policies which will address the problems of society today. one of the things that has run through four decades now, growing inequality in this society, that is what is a real passionjeremy's, to this society, that is what is a real passion jeremy's, to close this society, that is what is a real passionjeremy's, to close gaps across the divide in our country. you can see that as a message that energi5e5 people here. you can see that as a message that energises people here. what about outside the conference hall, that has to be his real audience. the economic system has been broken, we have record levels of employment, a lot of people doing 0k. have record levels of employment, a lot of people doing ok. a lot of people are not. the policies he is advocating is about bringing th

ever which was born under the leadership of tony blair. —— new labour.s seen as the core economic plan which is greed isn't bad, that kind of philosophy. —— is bad. moving towards the more centralist zone but this is looking to move labour back toward the original site. wind and solar and talking about £12 billion spent in the first term creating 400,000 jobs. expected to be some of the headlines. it sounds fantastic but you do wonder how they would pull this off and where the money would come from. especially if you think about the timing. you are thinking poster brexit when you do not even know what is going to happen. —— post—brexit. the reality is probably going to be different but refreshing that we are having a focus on green. in the background all the time the story about a second referendum. how the government is tackling it or not, as the case may be. theresa may wa nts to not, as the case may be. theresa may wants to grab the news agenda. jeremy corbyn wants to have his slice of the party but she is looking to take some attention away from his

they share one in seven trains is late in august, the worst record since february 2006 when tony blairter. the single thing which will drive telegraph readers or middle england towards jeremy corbyn is his policy to be nationalised is. do you think so? it is the cut through issue for so many people. it is astonishing this because if you look at the polling on it, renationalising rail is incredibly popular across all age groups across all social classes. it isa groups across all social classes. it is a sort of universally popular policy which when you think a lot of people in some age groups can actually remember what british rail was like, which was not exactly an u nalloyed was like, which was not exactly an unalloyed success as a period because there was a lot of underinvestment, dirty, old trains, etc, that was one of labour's ms popular policies. chris grayling is attempting to launch another review of the railway. how many reviews have week had so far? people want something dramatic. the shadow transport secretary supported getting real and track into one body so getting real and

very much a part of the new labour thinking of tony blair and those that followed in the middle groundot of that new labour thinking was not in liverpool this week. they just did not turn up. people say this morning he was trying to appeal to the people in the room. there is real ha rd left to the people in the room. there is real hard left support. i do not argue about. a lot of the policies he is coming up with might be very popular with middle britain and they don't necessarily see this guy as a sort of hard left pretty man any more. at the same time, our prime minister was meeting with donald trump, talking about trade, post—brexit trade with the us, and how the british economy is open for business. her usual lines. the business. her usual lines. the business leaders that you are talking to while all this was going on, what do they think? what is there thinking about where we are here in the uk withjeremy corbyn, theresa may, and brexit? this is the perennial question around boa rd rooms, perennial question around boardrooms, what is worse, full brexit, no deal brexit, orjeremy cor

i do her member tony blair got himself caught on wanting to be a sort of profamily government and alsond and for women in marriage, and you know he got himself sort of hooked on this business of whether the tax system should be favouring marriage or not, and so he decided this was too difficult and left it, so perhaps we should give some credit to david for grappling with the. the suggestions are going to be some sort of consultation on this, i guess the keeping will possibly provoke some argument is how long even with no fault, how long you have to wait. absolutely it also says consultation was leaked amid fears that it could run into opposition with some conservative party and church, goes back to the question of why did not happen in 96, actually do not quite buy that this is where the country is in sense of it might still be some squeamishness about it, i think given we do have liberal divorce laws and divorce execs, i do not actually believe there will be significant ground on anywhere in the country this is anything other than bringing the law or practise up to date with what act

and if it was tony blair who had done this, he would be called a master of bringing people together.e floor with different emotions coming out, all those agonies on sunday night, the one day of the year where we have to explain to our viewers all of the mechanics, they got to a compromise and it went through overwhelmingly on the floor. and what i know the leadership were worried about was having people going in different directions. yeah, there has been somejeering and going in different directions. yeah, there has been some jeering and a bit of unhappiness on the floor when people have been talking about brexit but in terms of what went down on paper, the party voted for something that they could all agree on. and this is something the conservatives have not been able to do mostly because they don't do motions in the same way! it isjust one directional speechmaking! the party will want to be leaving liverpool today with a settled view. some people are still saying this and that but there is a general consensus, and i have spoken to people from all across the party over the last 24

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this individual conflict which was which was initially what i was very interested in the same with tony blair and iraq everyone knows now that there wasn't any threat of. you know what was of must destruction. but it's a little bit too late now and the consequence of iraq has escalated in syria and my view is that a look at the current issues with. mr trump in these heavy hundred aspect of political shenanigans is that is this a softening up of the public in preparation for a further i suspect a conflict in iran and it worries me because the ordinary people in iran of the people who are going to suffer from the town of civilian implemented by america and like was in turkey you know the financial situation there is quite alarming and i think we need to be privy to the reasons without folger one of the paintings. struggle is against the authorities do you think that prices like these back in the day or do you think that the media is now trying to separate more and more people will instead and from the bible is a very profound and i mean it's very very powerful and i find it's very very true bec

tony blair gorbachev the last leader of the soviet union was an agent of change. quickly memes downfall. i have decided to resign minute is as president of the soviet union. lost. but she won historical but for the measure of one as a person. he continues to fight for world peace with the reminder by that we have to comprehend when peace has taken our surface today there is a new arms race. the hour of time gorbachev and the opportunity for peace wasted starts october third on d. w. . bridge and then the e.u. remain far apart in the quest for a break the deal that was apparent in austria as an informal summit of e.u. leaders got underway britain's theresa may called on the e.u. to evolve its position while in new officials said britain's proposals needed work . to be. the leaders of north and south korea have hailed a deal to improve thai isn't step up efforts to denuclearize the peninsula after talks and.

politicians in the uk who in your view played that sort of neoliberal economic gain, you would say that tony blaire money to the national health service, money that the tories starved the national health service of. but at the very same time, he did it by aligning himself completely with the city of london, i turning a blind eye to the private money minting of the private banks, and creating the circumstances that led to 2008 and to the collapse in 2008. what i am getting to is thatjohn mcdonnell, the current shadow chancellor of the exchequer here in the uk has just made a big speech, where he has painted a picture of a radical economic programme, including just one example, the mandatory imposition on business in the uk of a need to have 10% of their shares given to the workers in the company. the dividends would then go to those workers and they would be a cap on the amount of dividend to be received by each worker and the excess beyond that would go to the government, so it would actually be a huge new corporate tax. it would fundamentally change the relationship between the state and the corp

tony blair used to be streaming in sweat. jeremy corbyn is like your affable uncle.it does appeal to a lot of people. john mcdonald is like the intellectual ha rd—nosed lot of people. john mcdonald is like the intellectual hard—nosed of the operation. vicky young is mingling in the crowds. you are there with some delegates. i lost count of the standing ovation is but it was a great reception in the hall. let's find out what people thought. great reception in the hall. let's find out what people thoughtm great reception in the hall. let's find out what people thought. it was really charismatic. he touched on everything that people wanted to hear. he said what people wanted to hear. he said what people wanted to hear. people were pleased to get it because once he said it he will have to stand by as word. how you ready for a general election? yes. everybody is ready for a general election. if we don't get a proper except from brexit he will demand a general election and i think most labour party members are ready for it. let's find out over here, what did you make of th

ever since basically the turn—of—the—century, of the century, even the start of tony blair's premiershipcher and the poor get poorer. he talks about an unjust economy, about ways of trying to change that. to turn it around. with this think—tank. he also talks about the fa ct think—tank. he also talks about the fact that data is the new gold, and about the fact that the big technology giants should have a regulator in the same way as water and energy has a regulator. a lot in there, but at a time when here in there, but at a time when here in the uk we are trying to figure out how to leave the european union, it would seem that... is this not the right time to try and do this?” think we are letting the european union and brexit get in the way. this is a fundamental problem. but can it be tackled now, that is the question? absolutely, because life goes on and you've got to find a way whereby you can get that minimum wage up perhaps by £1 an hour, which is one of his suggestions. the debt situation, i mean, we have seen wonga go down by 150%. it is absolutely ridiculous. all of these things

there is talk about a new centrist party, tony blairsaid about a new centrist party, tony blair saidr moderates need to seize back control but i don't think there will be one, labour has such good brand, people like what it stands for and know what it is, so labour moderates will wa nt to what it is, so labour moderates will want to seize back control of the party, secondly they have tried before to start another party, we had forbade heavyweights, shirley williams, david rogers, and they couldn't get it off the ground and it had to merge with the lib dems, sid yediot you will get for heavyweights together, people with the gung ho to go for it, i think they just carry on the gung ho to go for it, i think theyjust carry on pottering about. but corbyn heavyweights like diane abbott and emily thornberry, they look weighed down and updated by events in the past 12 months so even those who were in the front line heavyweights are no longer heavyweights are no longer heavyweights and its interesting watching the loss of confidence. lot of people think that is all brexit related, once we are

is the people's vote, which is the campaign which is going for the second referendum backed by tony blair. sadiq khan says we are at such a stage in the gauche asians, so far down the trail, it is no deal or bad deal. —— so far down the trail. so they have come out in support of people's vote. what with this referendum asked that is of any use... referendum asked that is of any use... nothing of any use. if you are saying, we don't want this, you are saying, we don't want this, you are saying, we don't want this, you are saying this is no deal. it depends what happens at the end. you could end up with three questions. it could be... do you accept the deal theresa may has negotiated, assuming she does? or you could have assuming she does? or you could have a question saying, we want no deal, we don't like the deal, we will pull out completely without it. or, the third question could be, would you like to stay in the eu after all? you wouldn't be up to do that. the point would be, depending on the voting system you used, if you used a straightforward voting system, 34% of the population wou

that they needed to wait at least for some initial investigation i mean even even the criminal tony blair actually went to the trouble of producing a dodgy dossier theresa may have done nothing she actually produced no evidence whatsoever those the footage from the white helmets. sharpened. robert fisk the bunt when they went to do were in april so yeah they don't need to wait for evidence they don't need it we need to wait for an investigation they surely don't need to wait for o.p.c. w. or any other agency to apportion blame they're already blaming the syrian government they're already saying that president assad is authorized to chemical weapons strike so that you know the troika all the electronics hasn't even happened but blame has already been a question so you know what more can we say apart from there it looks like very likely there's going to be a big strike and this could lead to obviously this could lead to a conflict with russia and what will three all the final world wars as we should be called in the thoughts of mike brearley coeditor of b s news live in the program thank yo

presumably becausejohn major didn't want to offend elements of his party, and then tony blair probablyn't the party of the family. —— john major. he was very sensitive on that subject. but things have moved on and we have now got gay marriage, you know, society has now moved on toa you know, society has now moved on to a position where, i think, people would widely accept no—fault divorce. it is interesting, there is a line in this story saying there are fears it could run into opposition within some quarters of the conservative party and the church. do you think that is likely? certainly there will be lobby groups who will be concerned by it. but i think their power is far diminished from where it was in 1996 and in fa ct from where it was in 1996 and in fact where it was more recently than that. yes, i mean, the conservative party would consider borisjohnson for lido, so, you know, attitudes have moved on. —— leader. for lido, so, you know, attitudes have moved on. -- leader. john, move us on have moved on. -- leader. john, move us on to the independent. a totally different story. so

tony blair said the other day that the labour party have had it, or his labour party, the extremistsa case for a breakaway movement. and if there was a breakaway movement then umunna is theoretically at least someone in theoretically at least someone in the front to lead it. but he is saying i want to stay in the tent and fight from there. because they know what happened in the 19805 when there was a breakaway party, the stp wa5 ruinous for them. there was a breakaway party, the stp was ruinous for them. it's interesting. and all this is on the back of umunna saying call off the dogs. and then they turned the dogs on him. that's it for the papers this hour. anne and john will be back at 11.30pm for another look at the papers. next on bbc news it's click. this is nelson ‘5 column in trafalgar square and its base is guarded by four giant lions. soon the5e guarded by four giant lions. soon these guys will be joined by ff and that are rather unusual one at that. it is arriving with the help of google and paul carter has been to find out more. protests. celebrations. mourning. trafalgar s

we had the intervention and welcomed by some from tony blair early in the week.e latest claims from chuka umunna were prompted in part by the fact that three labour mps had their local parties carry out no—confidence votes a nd parties carry out no—confidence votes and the lost those boats. all three mps critics ofjeremy corbyn. it is led some to worry they're going to face some sort of deselection. those votes are purely symbolic but the party's left—wing lament is trying to get the rules changed to make it easier to challenge sitting mps. they say that is about being more democratic and increasing scrutiny. there is no conspiracy to get rid of certain mps but there are serious concerns. this will all come to a head when the party meets for its conference later this month. syrian and russian warplanes have continued their bombing of rebel positions in the syrian province of idlib. the united nations has warned of a new humanitarian crisis if syria and its russian allies launch an all—out military offensive. idlib is the last major rebel stronghold in the north o

corbyn's supporters on that side probably do not listen because ironically they think he supports tony blairty and john mcdonald is worried that there could bea mcdonald is worried that there could be a split which of course he then compared to the rise of the establishment of the snp. everyone is talking and of history which this is talking and of history which this isa is talking and of history which this is a fraught issue and a chief rabbi saying you have to look back to history to realise this is high—stakes game, and looking back toa high—stakes game, and looking back to a recent history with the labour party, we are stronger together. izad please come and sort this out in the chief rabbi, he says it is a loaded question and will not go towards them until they sort it out. i will be fascinated to see if jeremy corbyn does lose the vote, what will happen to be brexit campaign. my feeling is his fan base isa die—hard campaign. my feeling is his fan base is a die—hard one, similar to donald trump, the more you attack and it gives more case to be supporters of us why you are going in, they

and yesterday we had tony blair intervening, saying he felt that the party had been lost to what he calledcould not really get it back. jeremy corbyn hit back yesterday. a pretty strong statement from labour in response to those comments by chuka umunna, saying they are incoherent and inaccurate. you mentioned this kind of co—ordinated campaign. we had two votes of no confidence just this week alone. chris leslie, the former shadow chancellor has lost a vote of no—confidence in one branch of his local labour party. he feels there will be a wider vote in his party as well. he has said to me today that there are obviously motions is now being august by the leaderships machine. a pretty firm rebuttal to that this morning. labour says there is no such campaign, ourfocus continues to be opposing this failing government and offering solutions our country needs. these no—confidence votes, what do they mean? they have no official force, these no—confidence vote but i suppose it is about building up the pressure. it is about these members, supporters ofjeremy corbyn, saying we are here, we have the

it comes on the back of the anti—semitism row, and tony blair also making statements yesterday. centre ground, new moderate party. the question for some is will labour mps in the centreleft be forced out of the party, or will some of them choose to walk? we have already seen the prominent veteran labour mp who chose to resign as party whip. he a vote of no—confidence by his local party, but he resigned as he said over the anti—semitism row because he did not agree with party leadership over this. the big question is how many mps may or may not follow? some mps may not like the direction of the party, but labour has seen a growth in its membership, and the party structures have changed, as well. so the question is whether those mps will choose to branch off and do something else, or some of them say they want to stay within the party and push their values within labour. but the problem now is the party is deeply invited about some fundamental beliefs, which is very ha rd to fundamental beliefs, which is very hard to reconcile when you have different elements of the party who stro

we have the intervention, unwelcome really, by some by tony blair so where do they go now? these latest claims from chuka umanna were prompted in part by the fact that three labour mps have their local parties carry out a no—confidence vote and they lost them. it is little to worry that they are going to face some sort of deselection. as things stand and symbolic but the party ‘s left—wing group are meant is trying to get the rules changed to make it easier to challenge sitting mps. the group says it is all about being democratic and increasing scrutiny, there is no conspiracy to get rid of certain types of mps but there are serious concerns and all of this is going to come to a head when the party meets roots conference later this month. syrian and russian warplanes have stepped up their onslaught, on syria's rebel—held province of idlib. the heaviest bombing in weeks is expected to lead to an all—out ground offensive by government forces. the united nations is warning that would lead to a new humanitarian crisis in the region. idlib is the last major rebel stronghold in t