liam fox speaking there.ying to gather that group, together people into that gridlike? yes, but i don‘t think she is in control of events and more. she is in control of the mercy that is going on a router. one thing is that we are likely to see people like michael gove and other senior figures in the cabinet saying to her, look, you‘re deal will not get through to parliament. you need to rethink. we will have to refashion, you may have to go back to brussels. but if you want to get a deal through parliament, you will have to budge. there will be pressure on her, over the weekend, to move. the second moving part in this is the threat of a leadership challenge. at the moment, no confirmation that there have been 40 letters sent in. plenty of people saying that there are, but the person that there‘s is so are, but the person that there‘s is so “— are, but the person that there‘s is so —— sirgraham are, but the person that there‘s is so —— sir graham brady. but it seems to me that we are highly likely to have a l

jeremy hunt, obvious and liam fox.ped on the way and has developed more support. he has had a good run and foreign secretary. you might assume that this is positioning himself. if he not spoken to every one of the cabinet made notes. apparently, matt hancock said that the permanent surgery at the department of health could not guarantee people would get the medicine they need in the event of no—deal brexit. medicine they need in the event of no-deal brexit. let's go onto another story on the front page of the telegraph which is that british spy the telegraph which is that british spy chiefs trying to stop the president dropped from exposing their sources. —— president trump from exposing their stores is. —— sources. this is a complex story. that was authorised, the spying during the electric camp —— election campaign, they had to assemble what was probable cause. in the uk we call that premier vessey a evidence, to suggest that there was a reason on why the font that is assembled bits and pieces of evidence from the se

guy: liam fox talking earlier from bristol.ssue of what theresa may were to do next is something the market is trying to figure out right now because it could lead to a general election. that is causing some interesting outcomes, particularly at the longer end of the gilt market. our bloomberg columnist joins us now. is that what the market is worried about right now? brexit is difficult to understand, fathom, but the market can run the numbers on what a carbon administration would look like if theresa may were forced to call a general election. the labour party is pulling ahead of the conservatives at the moment. -- fromet can price what i'm seeing -- a few polls suggesting that. is that what the market feels? >> i think that is spot on. certainly the longer end of the gilt market, buy and hold investors, they are not panicking into short-term gilts come out of equities, whatever it may be. they have time to think about what happens. they don't need to rush in and by gilt yields. 10-year yields were fallen sharply. yields have

the international trade secretary liam fox has said he still supports theresa may depsite yesterday'sen talking about exports in bristol today and says he still supports the prime minister despite those resignations. i back the prime minister. she has led the country with tremendous dignity and quite a lot of resilience in difficult times. she is doing a brexit settlement with no parliamentary majority, and in a parliament where even if we had a majority, we probably would have a majority of remainers into parliament, so it's a very difficult balance for her to get. i think that ultimately the worst outcome would be no brexit at all because with the public having voted for brexit, with the two main parties saying they would respect the result of the referendum, with parliament passing article 50 and the withdrawal act, for parliament to vote down brexit i think would so damage faith in the democratic process that it would be dangerous. we will have to make a choice about what they want going forward, whether they want certainty for business or whether they want to risk losing brexit a

we are joined by liam fox. that is right, we are here joined by the u.k. secretary liam fox. or joining us in shanghai. you heard president xi jinping rolled out familiar promises and pledges. are we facing some pledge fatigue from the chinese? liam: the rhetoric was in the right place. we have seen margaret liberal -- market liberalization. last time i was here we were negotiating over u.k. products, which were worth a lot. we have seen market liberalization in some sectors, and this time we are pushing for service sector liberalization. we are seeing an increase in u.k. experts to china in the last year. but unlike our exports to the rest of the world which are 50% services, our exports to china is 80% goods which is indicative of the service market remaining relatively closed. today, we are discussing issues of health care and education. these are areas where we need liberalization for our financial services, the uk's biggest exports, we need a different regulatory framework. stephen: this morning, you complained about the local laws applied unevenly, and that they can chan

he and four brexiteer colleagues penny mordaunt, andrea leadsom, chris grayling, and liam fox are expecteds for further changes to the prime minister's deal. the uk cannot be trapped in a permanent customs arrangements and it is very important we get clarity and improvement on that particular aspect. but others were dismissive. just because some cabinet ministers make demands of the prime minister that details will change is, ithink, fantasy. the reality of life is that we have a choice, which is to back this, which i think everybody should, because if we don't, we will probably go over the cliff edge having no deal at all. theresa may's fate is in the hands of her mps when they return to westminster next week. she has appealed to local party chairman to prop her up by a putting pressure on them to call off a challenge. we have been speaking to leading lights in local conservative parties, too, a limited snapshot of opinion. but while there seems to be little enthusiasm for theresa may's deal, there is little support for a leadership challenge. as one constituency party chairman said, "it'

i don‘t think liam fox well. obsessed with politics, but this weekend the mps will go back to their constituencies and talk to the people. how important is the next 48 hours going to be? i think when people have time to be? i think when people have time to sleep on what has been happening in this crazy bubble of the last few days, if they might start to think how close the brexit day really is and how quickly a deal really needs to be done to stop us crashing out without a deal. i think there is a significant majority in parliament for one thing only, which is against no deal. that is a significant number of mac tories would want to block and pretty much all of labour. does that mean people‘s vote is more or less likely now? marginally more likely. anything that destabilises the government and the deal makes a second set referendum more likely. i still think odds are against it. how you get it through, you need government time, you need an intense political crisis to do that. theresa may's deal would have to be v

so in order to try to get that deal, theresa may meter cabinet therefore comments from liam fox willer, but are likely to upset theresa may as well. when i spoke to earlier today he said he was in absolutely no position to compromise. —— he said there was absolutely no position to compromise. we have an instruction from our voters to leave the european union. that decision can't be subcontracted to somebody else. that needs to be an issue for a sovereign british government to be able to determine. so if he digs in his heels, the prospect of getting an early deal with the eu will be receding. the foreign secretary jeremy hunt with the eu will be receding. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has been speaking in france and says he is still confident of getting a deal but said getting something in the next seven days would be pushing it a bit, and i think that's an understatement. iain watson at westminster, thank you. half—year results at the supermarket chain sainsbury‘s have shown a 20% rise in underlying profits. the company said it had benefited from its recent takeover of the catalog

,. trade deals but maybe he knows something we don't -- liam fox,.e most worried about? there's an interesting tweet from the sun, the political editor. we will go there in a moment. i'm being told we can go there now, i was being far too rude! the sun political editor is saying with some confidence in a tweet that a lot of the members of the cabinet who you thought might be about tojump our the cabinet who you thought might be about to jump our on—board the deal. that includes dominic raab, jeremy hunt, the home secretary, sergio jaramillo, michael gove and the attorney general, geoffrey cox —— sajid javid. i think it is interesting michael gove is in that list because he is crucial for keeping a lot of mps on—board. is he really on—board for the deal? we don't know, but that's the word from the sun. can we go back to that graphic because i was intrigued by the end of the tweet. that doesn't mean they are not, theyjust haven't said anything. esther mcvey and penny mordaunt, the work and pensions secretary and the international development secretary

liam fox talking to us earlier.n everything brexit related this afternoon because the clock is ticking, dare i use that phrase? doubtless, more to come. now to israel. israel says air strikes have targeted more than one hundred sites across gaza, including the military intelligence headquarters of hamas. meanwhile, palestinian militants have fired at least 370 rockets into southern israel, killing civilians. five palestinians have been killed in gaza, with around a dozen injuried. the latest round of violence began on sunday when a covert israeli mission was exposed in gaza. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is in sderot near the israel—gaza border, and she gave us this update. well, the un middle east envoy here, nikolay mladenov, has said that this is extremely dangerous, he is calling on all sides to show restraint. here in sderot, people arejust starting to come back out onto the streets, but still a lot of shops and businesses around me are closed, the schools are closed as well, it's been a sleepless

liam fox, someone who previously had talked about how no deal is better than a bad deal, this week ofe'd rather have a deal than no deal, so you know, people are changing their views, perhaps, from what they've said in the past, but we'll wait and see what happens. of course, theresa may, for her, it would be very difficult if she loses another cabinet member. certainly, if she lost five of them, that would be very difficult for her, because she's already lost to match key lost two match key figures this week, not least her second brexit secretary to go. so, very difficult times for her. we can speak to conservative mp marcus fysh, one of a number of mps who has submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister. he joins us this morning from yeovil. you've submitted one of these letters. to what extent do you think a change of leadership can improve the brexit deal? is it your belief that somebody other than theresa may would be able to get something out of the european union that she hasn't been able to? so, the deal that the european union negotiators have negotiated is not

five leading leave campaigners, penny mordant, michael gove, chris graham, andrea leadsom, and liam foxin days to call for further changes to the brexit deal. if the prime minister oi’ brexit deal. if the prime minister or the european union would give way, then further resignations can't be ruled out. so far, theresa may has confounded conventional wisdom by surviving a series of setbacks. but any further loss of support could leave her vulnerable. 0ur political correspondent, susana mendonca, is in westminster for us this morning. let's talk about these five cabinet ministers. what gives them hope that theresa may can be persuaded to ask for changes are indeed that brussels would be willing to give changes. well, that isn't clear, to be honest, because as we know brussels has indicated it doesn't want to be any changes in theresa may ploughing ahead, she said, in the numerous beaches we have heard from her over the past few days, that she thinks this is the best deal that she can get. but nonetheless, we do have these five cabinet members, key brexiteers, who have decided to stay. rem

the international trade secretary, liam fox, says the uk must be able to decide when to leave any temporaryains. a deal is almost done and cabinet ministers want to know exactly what they'll be asked to sign up to. they've come to read details of progress so far. it's 95% done, according to the prime minister, but the remaining 5% is proving difficult. some are worried the uk will be closely tied to the eu for years, unable to break away. we have an instruction from our voters to leave the european union. that decision can't be subcontracted to somebody else. that needs to be an issue for a sovereign british government to be able to determine. and this is the sticking point. both sides are committed to making sure there are no border checks between northern ireland and ireland. one option, known as the backstop, is for the uk to stay in a customs arrangement with the eu until a free—trade deal is ready. in paris today, the foreign secretary went public with his concerns. we cannot, as a sovereign country, be trapped in legal arrangements relating to customs, for example, that could exist in

. >>> liam fox says the prime minister gained public support for her brexit proposal.o-deal scenario would not be a disaster and he expected cabinet members to vote for may's deal he also said he hopes to strike a trade deal with the european union as quickly as possible we have a member of the british house of lords with us thanks for being with us does the british prime minister in your view do the uk a disservice by presenting such a binary option to lawmakers >> absolutely. this deal being pushed through, through the public, trying to convince parliamentarians that it is the only option on the table is absolute nonsense this is the worst possible deal. it's the worst of all options. it's a brexit that is one and out, it's not right to be forcing us into this choice of take my deal, which is a bad deal, or no deal for liam fox to say no deal is going to be fine -- >> based on what we heard from treasury and the bank of england. >> they're accused of project fear we know the british public will accept no deal, and the parliament will not accept a no-deal situation be

meanwhile both liam fox and michael gove insist they have confidence in theresa may as she pursues here was rumoured to be considering resigning from the cabinet but has decided to stay on to help the cabinet to get "the best future for britain". this morning the prime minister once again defended her brexit withdrawal agreement — answering calls from members of the public in a phone in on lbc radio. it comes amid speculation that a leadership challenge to mrs may is about to be launched by tory backbenchers. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo looks back at the days developments. will you be resigning today, mr gove? in the event, the answer was no. the environment secretary, a key brexiteer in the cabinet, has decided to stay in post after two of his colleagues walked out yesterday. though he declined the job of brexit secretary, michael gove has clearly calculated it's better to fight for the brexit he wants from the inside. i'm looking forward to continuing to work with all my government colleagues and all my colleagues in parliament to make sure that we get the best future fo

we've already seen the health secretary going in, and the international trade secretary liam fox.ition i think is interesting, he talked about the need for the uk to get out of this backstop arrangement on the irish border. unilaterally. and what we're hearing is there could be some sort of review mechanism, something more complex than that which he has said he would not like. so i think tonight and tomorrow ahead of the cabinet meeting we could get more clarity on where individual ministers stand. but there is confidence from the chief whip julian smith, he has said he will be confident of getting a deal through parliament and also that the government and prime minister will deliver a pragmatic brexit. but at this stage i think there will be a challenge in trying to get a parliamentary majority for a deal, starting from a low base of scepticism even among some conservative mps. theresa may will have a hugejob conservative mps. theresa may will have a huge job tried to sell this particular deal. the first stage tonight is trying to just work out where the opposition will come from

liam fox now says a deal is better than no deal. completely changed. it is utter chaos.say goodbye to you. thank you so much. saturday morning. enjoy the rest of your day. interesting, isn't it? they talk to each other a lot, those two, but they are reflecting to very real viewpoint on what is happening right now. it is worth saying, we are talking to people who are pretty closely associated. talking a great deal about those letters that could force about those letters that could force a leadership contest within the conservative party. we will talk to those people later. it is getting chilly. it didn't look too bad down there with andrew down there in westminster, but it is chilly. it is getting colder, isn't it? yes, you will notice it even more into next week. today and into next weekend as is the case of getting better as thorough sunshine is concerned. it isa thorough sunshine is concerned. it is a bit grey and drizzly out there, but more sunshine will develop, not by today, but certainly by tomorrow. most will be under sunny skies and then that cold you will commen

liam fox and estimate vijay express their opposition to the draft text on a number of them including estimates vary in particular very vociferous in it and mcveigh was sets of calls for all the members of the cabinet to be able to vote on that position so that it became official who took what position on this draft text but that idea put forward was struck down on the report saying that the mood within that meeting was worse than the one that followed the checkers plan and we know of course from that meeting that to david davis and boris johnson both stood down as ministers in the wake of that also the d u p on who to resign may's government relies so heavily for support they've also said that if this still has the potential to see the new united kingdom break up with and they too will have to withdraw that support however perhaps more positively for the prime minister she received a positive welcome to this draft text from you know drugs kind of the prime minister and also michel barnier the chief negotiator who said that he considered this to be significant decisive progress now th

basically what liam fox has done is put a spanner in theresa may's works because what she wants to doy to get agreement on that by the end of the year in a so—called meaningful vote. the problem is this... effectively, it comes down to this question of the so—called irish backstop, trying to avoid a hard border after brexit. what the eu is prepared to do is have the uk as a whole staying in some kind of customs arrangement for a period after brexit but long—standing leave campaigner is one to make sure there is a clear exit strategy from that and they wa nt exit strategy from that and they want britain to be able to withdraw from that unilaterally. the cabinet meeting earlier this week, it was clear on the advice from cabinet ministers that this would not fly in brussels, they would not accept that so some brussels, they would not accept that so some kind of mutually agreed mechanism would have to be devised. iam sure mechanism would have to be devised. i am sure that his further explanation but in a sense it says britain could not withdraw from this on its own. up pops liam fox, the

express their opposition to that draft deal they include jeremy hunt under lead some gov in williams liam fox estimates vary who particularly was said to be very outspoken and even wanted those members of the cabinet to be able to vote and express their position officially on this deal now they haven't made any resignations from the cabinet yet but. we can look back to when the checkers plan was signed off it took a whole forty eight hours for david davis to stand down as briggs a secretary in seventy two hours for boris johnson to stand down as foreign secretary so we may yet see a number of resignations as a result of that draft deal and it's not just the cabinet either within the backbenchers. own m.p.'s there are thought to be a number of them this evening writing letters of no confidence in the prime minister in the hope that they can spark a leadership challenge and remove her from her position as leader of the conservative party and as prime minister in any case that. draft text has been received perhaps a little bit more positively in brussels the news michel barnier is saying that he

and liam fox.egulation that some of them would have resigned but they have decided to stick with theresa may and they are staying in the cabinet, but what we understand as they want to have some changes to they want to have some changes to the deal that has been done with the european union. of course, the european union. of course, the european union. of course, the european union has indicated that it doesn't want to change anything in that deal. it is not in the market for that so difficult to see how thatis for that so difficult to see how that is going to happen. what we understand as one of the issues is around andrea leadsom perhaps thinking that there needs to be some change to the irish border issue of whether or not technology can be used in order to solve that issue. now, difficult to see, as i say, whether or not those changes gradually be permitted, and if they can't implement it, could we see more resignations? at the same time, we have obviously got backbench tory mps potentially put

the international trade secretary, liam fox, says the government must have the right to decide when tot in place to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, in the event of the uk leaving the eu without a trade deal. our political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. jonathan, one wonders what the reaction of europe will be to this? they might not be best pleased because they differ to the uk in terms of their position over this missing piece of the jigsaw, terms of their position over this missing piece of thejigsaw, the final 5% of the withdrawal agreement which is britain's exit agreement with the eu on the terms of brexit. in the last few days the discussion has been very much on the backstop, the insurance policy both sides have agreed they should have if a trade deal can be done and put in place in time by the end of the transition period in december 2020. they agree it should be there but they can't agree on how long it should last and whether one side or the other should be able to remove themselves from the agreement. when and if the

again this weekend, five cabinet ministers including michael gove, andrea leadsom and others like liam foxbackstop. you just told me that your dress is midnight blue and it is nearly midnight. i share many reservations about this deal. i think it has two things that voters wanted in brexit, control of borders and our money back, sol wanted in brexit, control of borders and our money back, so i think it is good enough, but i think the time to raise objections was after chequers. to raise objections now and potentially throw this into chaos and say we want a better deal, as those five cabinet ministers and labour are saying, i think the wake—up will come when leaders gathered in europe but i think ministers will say to labour that theirdream is ministers will say to labour that their dream is a different thing and then they will have the real choice to vote this town and have the chaos ofa no to vote this town and have the chaos of a no deal. i think this bill will have a choppy time in parliament but still pass. in his view there would be nothing wrong with theresa may winning the vote on t

cabinet ministers, including michael gove, andrea leadsom and others who are strong brexiteers, like liam foxo renegotiation on the irish backstop. we've heard about this for more than a year. eunice just told me that your dress is midnight blue, and it is nearly midnight. i share many of the reservations that ian does about this deal. i think it has two things that voters wanted in brexit — control of borders, and our money back. so i think it's good enough. but i think the time to raise objections was after chequers. to raise objections now, and potentially throw this into chaos and say we want a better deal, as those five cabinet ministers are saying, as labour are saying, i think the wake—up will come when leaders gather in europe to agree this treaty. but i think ministers will say to the labour party, your dream of a different agreement is a dream. and then they will have the real choice to vote this down, and have the chaos of a no deal. i think this bill will have a choppy time in parliament, but still pass. in his view, there would be nothing wrong with theresa may winning the vote o

and i think this suggestion, speaking to liam foxjust and i think this suggestion, speaking to liam fox still is now, but at that point, because he would see it as he has campaigned for the uk to leave the eu for his entire political career. that destination is in sight itjust a few months' time, and there will be many of them who don't want to risk that. now, it won't be at any cost, though. that is the thing. they will be in there saying, what does this document mean? some feel that last december they were slightly hoodwinked, that they didn't quite see what was being signed up to when it came to that backstop arrangement, that is causing much of this issue, and that is why this done the attorney general giving the legal advice, the government's senior lawyer who is a member of the cabinet will be giving his assessment, and i think that will be pretty crucial as to whether they will swing behind the prime minister tonight. vicki, some suggestions, not confirmed yet, but you will know soon, i'm sure, some suggestions that conservative mps are being briefed at the moment and being told

well on these trade talks that we're talking about when we leave in two thousand and nineteen then liam fox will be able to start those negotiations in earnest and of course the european debate the bracks at the bit which is very lively is also central to the scottish constitutional debate which is also lively i believe passionately that that britain should remain in the european union as a gray edifice a great historical purpose to the whole operation we should be celebrating it up but instead the party has to say the two look at the bricks at vote be concerned about sending people when the nation's crying out for leadership the important point is that once we knew the deal between the u.k. we and the e.u. then i think they need to market very clearly a way forward as quickly as possible towards achieving independence we need independence as originally as possible so that can we can we can get scotland back up to the top wants of economic performance and realize the benefits of our own. resources for when people play in person is likely to be the m.p.'s could strike if the court frightens

a little earlier, liam fox, international trade secretary, said that, the things that still need to be any progress is to be made. but once she has done that she have to take it to parliament, get it signed off by parliament as well. jo johnson‘s resignation isn't going to help that. remainers and brexiteer is both making it quite clear that they are not going to back the deal that is currently on the table. and if that happens, if she loses a lot in the house of commons, to some extent all of the cards are thrown in the airand who all of the cards are thrown in the air and who knows where they are going to land? as forjojohnson‘s call for a second referendum, not only is he opposed by theresa may, he is opposed by brexit supporters on the backbenches as well. although many of them say that they support and recognise his assessment of the problems with the deal on the table. this is what one brexit supporter, bill cash, said. frankly, a lot of the other matters about trade deals and about the backstop and northern ireland, about all the other economic questions, or subsidiaries but ver

to ask you given that you've been advising the government here why is to raise or may maybe not liam fox at the meeting i mean maybe the a big meeting in papua new guinea i'm not sure but surprise that britain hasn't got a strong delegate. because of life yeah actually you care and the china already have a very very close relationship and has already a try its best to attend the most significant event i know you can even have or foreign secretary whose wife is a chinese over here if you watch say the state by david b b c. read the press when they're running a story china is burdening perhaps africa with debt bloomberg asking whether china is on the road to hell with its debt why do you think there are so many articles and of course you're also with the business school here in. what do you make of the media coverage always and it's been doing this for ten years pointing to the fact that we shouldn't think china is that big a deal or anything china has a severe problems actually if you look at the fact that africa half china. china is only take a maybe very good when i call you one or two

five leading leave campaigners including michael gove, andrea leadsom and liam fox will meet within dayser changes to the brexit deal. if the prime minister or the eu will not give away, then further resignations can not be ruled out. so far, theresa may has confounded conventional wisdom by surviving a series of setbacks. any further loss of support could leave her vulnerable. china's president xijingping has told a summit of world and business leaders in papua new guinea that protectionism is ‘doomed to fail‘ — and hampering global growth. he's joined other asia—pacific leaders in pushing free trade at this weekend's apec summit in the pacific island nation. translation: the world today is going through major development and transformation and change. while economic globalisation surges forward, global growth is shadowed by protectionism and unilateralism. president trump has stayed away from the summit, instead sending his vice president, mike pence. he's been defending washington's trade war with china — saying it won't end until beijing changes its policies. they have tremendous bar

think he have you have david davis press secretary for his trance and his foreign secretary and then liam fox overseeing trade you know people are the senior members secretaries joining the government in the cabinet so i mean they were not junior if they weren't doing anything for a couple years and they were wasting taxpayer money knowingly surely they had some kind of hand in this you know certainly boris johnson his foreign secretary had at a hand in delivering the kind of practice it and it's just simply true that people ran away from the leadership contest as soon as they could roger pharaoh's was nowhere to be seen boris johnson maybe didn't have the votes from various people that in even trying to get the votes he had people who wanted to make him tory leader he didn't even try he had a press announcement that he was going even take part so i think that you know they really haven't shown leadership they saw how difficult it would be to deliver on their promises and they chose it was better to snipe at the sidelines they do something substantive or make a point very quickly on a new dea

that is liam fox telling politicians to back her vote.to monday. g20 front and center. michael mckee clear about the dinner on saturday night between trump and xi. maybe it is the non-dinner with mr. putin that will get the headlines. francine: we go back to briefings we have had, some of the leadership which he 20 to see whether mr. putin -- with to see whether mr. putin will meet with angela merkel. she will try to keep all of the bilaterals. this was a surprise when we heard about russia and the ukrainian soldiers. he will have pressure from the other countries to respond differently. withand on this friday, aires, then buenos signing of the new nafta. this is "bloomberg." stay with us. ♪ ♪ there's no place like home ♪ argh! i'm trying... ♪ yippiekiyay. ♪ mom. ♪ i am a techie dad.n. i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product development at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome

liam fox and chris grayling, two more crucial ministers than the prime minister will be very keen tothey will resign but a lot of people have been focusing on under letson and penny as members of the cabinet to men of like what they see once they have read it and like what they see once they have read itand might like what they see once they have read it and might resign afterwards. our chief political correspondent vicki young is outside the houses of parliament mrs anne obstacle the prime minister has to overcome... there is the brexit secretary, crucial to the prime minister, will he support this agreement? the assumption is seen at westminster that he must have talked this through with the prime minister and that he must have signed off on it but other people have been speculating that he is not entirely happy with all the details of the d raft happy with all the details of the draft eu agreement, we will have to wait and see. sabine all speculative you could be one of the resignations and that he was that be pretty disastrous for theresa may. chief political correspondent vicki

the international trade secretary liam fox, and i think that was the foreign secretary as well, juster. i was just saying, given their support to the prime minister. i wasjust saying, if given their support to the prime minister. i was just saying, if it came toa minister. i was just saying, if it came to a vote of no confidence, and she stirred, and even if she won by one vote, she said she would continue, is that tenable the weather house of commons is at the moment, because it is quite febrile in there? i do think the timing is all—important, and i think this is what those who dislike a premiership have been wrestling with, when is the right time to move against. jacob rees—mogg has been saying it is about the policy is not the person, but if cabinet have now backed that, that is less likely than that any policy shift is going to happen, they may feel the only thing to do is to launch a challenge against her. but it doesn't launch straight into a leadership context. you end up with this vote of confidence, which she only needs to win by one vote. clearly if 100 mps voted against h

liam fox, the international trade secretary, spoke this morning, saying that the government is in theifficult part of negotiations, saying that the bits that remain to be agreed are very contentious and saying that we may or may not be able to get an agreement. of course, if they do get an agreement, then the big question for theresa may is whether she can get that deal through the house of commons, jo johnson's resignation, along with questions from the dup whether they would support any deal. big questions about whether she will be able to do that. thank you for joining us. joining me is conservative mp, brexit supporter and chair of the european scrutiny committee, sir bill cash. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. this nice to speak to you this afternoon. let me ask you first of all, whenjo afternoon. let me ask you first of all, when jo johnson says afternoon. let me ask you first of all, whenjojohnson says he worries about having less control if a deal was done with the eu on the terms of oui’ was done with the eu on the terms of our ——

the international trade secretary, liam fox, says the government must have the right to decide when to border checks between northern ireland and ireland. the so—called backstop would come into force if the uk can't agree a future trade deal with the eu, but both sides have a different view of how and when the uk should be able to leave the backstop. 0ur political correspondent vicki young reports. a deal is almost done and cabinet ministers want to know exactly what they will be asked to sign up to. they have come to read details of progress so far, it is 95% done according to the prime minister but the remaining 5% is proving difficult. some worry the uk will be closely tied to the eu for years. we have an instruction from our voters to leave the european union, that cannot be subcontracted to someone else, it needs to be an issue for sovereign british government to determine. and this is the sticking point. both sides are committed to making sure there are no border checks between northern ireland and ireland. the backstop means staying in the eu until a trade deal is ready. we cann

five brexiteer cabinet ministers — michael gove, penny mordaunt, andrea leadsom, chris grayling and liam foxre also applying pressure. there's more trouble brewing among backbench mps, but is a confidence vote imminent? the only man who knows has spent the weekend hundreds of miles from westminster in his leafy altrincham constituency, and graham brady seemed to suggest we aren't there yet. the rules are very clear that if a threshold were to be reached, i would have to consult with the leader of the party. immediately, graham? the whole thing is written with the intention that it should be an expeditious process. he may be pressed into action in the coming days. will more conservatives return here carrying letters? for now, the prime minister soldiers on. peter saull, bbc news. meanwhile, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said his party would reject theresa may's brexit deal as it does not pass their six tests and he didn't rule out another referendum. the eu is very used to iith—hour stuff. look at the way the lisbon treaty was negotiated and renegotiated and renegotiated again. the is