thank you, luciana. i am chris leslie, the memberof luciana.mber of parliament for nottingham east. this has not been an easy decision for any of us. we have all been labour members of parliament for very many members of years, in my case three decades, but the labour party were joined, campaigned for and believed in is no longer today's labour party. we did everything we could to say that, but it has now been hijacked by the machine politics of the hard left. as luciana said, our values haven't changed. we absolutely oppose this conservative government and desperately want an alternative which tackles the barriers of poverty and discrimination by extending opportunity for all. but british politics is now well and truly broken. in all conscience, we can no longer knock on doors and support a government led byjeremy corbyn or the team around him. why? for a start, the evidence of labour cosmic betrayal on europe is now visible for all to see, offering to actually enable this government was not brexit —— labour's betrayal on europe. constantly no

berger has been treated —— luciana berger has been treated —— luciana berger has been treated.eek, but it doesn't... make that message in the last week, but it doesn't. .. what you think is the future of the independent group? will it become bigger and snowball, 01’ will it become bigger and snowball, or will it vanish into political history, do you think? it certainly looks like it is going to get bigger. the sunday telegraph of a front—page story saying some big cat that labour donors are throwing their weight behind it, and that is their weight behind it, and that is the first thing they need is a lot of money if they are going to become a party. a property tycoon has given {1.5 million under tony blair, ed miliband, gordon brown. so it is not pocket money but it's not enough to i’ufi pocket money but it's not enough to runa pocket money but it's not enough to run a party. there are unnamed sources in the paper today talking about politics, but this one says, i'm going to leave, i don't know when, but i am. the male has suggestions of other impeys who are going tojump, and i

the names thrown in angela smith, luciana berger.olytes or supporters of jeremy corbyn luciana berger. not exactly acolytes or supporters ofjeremy corbyn in the labour party. the trouble is, an awful lot are members of the labour party, even now, will be reminded about the sdp, the gang of four and the split and the problems it caused for labour and helped keep labour in opposition for an exceedingly long time. and there will be a lot of discontent from within, even those who are antagonistic about the jeremy corbyn project, the dangers ofa jeremy corbyn project, the dangers of a breakaway, because of what damage it would do to the party. so ithink... i damage it would do to the party. so i think... i can understand why people might be mulling the option of potentially leaving. i'm wondering if they will actually cross that great rubicon and make the plunge. i'm not sure they will. joe? it provides an opportunity for dissenting voices in the labour party to talk about how they don't like labour's position on venezuela, on brexit, on

i find and somebody like luciana i understand it.. given we are just a few weeks away, potentially, from leaving the european union without a clue as to what will happen next, with the most incompetent government and prime minister i think we have ever seen, and yet the labour party still not giving a sense that they are a government in waiting, i think mps, leaders in their own way, they had to face up to what is happening in the country and millions of people are saying we do not believe in this brexit deal, we do not believe a jobs first brexit as promised by labour even exists, and we want to tuck -- and we want... sorry to interrupt, but i haven't some of these mps left because they do not agree withjeremy corbyn on brexit? you are saying exactly what you want, but we are in the situation we are in and the labour party has the policy is that it's got. that is true, and! policy is that it's got. that is true, and i think that one of the effects of what they had done yesterday is to make the labour front bench realise that this sl

that was luciana berger.y side, we've been hearing from the prime minister addressing grassroots activists, saying that the result of the eu referendum will not be frustrated, she won't allow that to happen? no, and that is in stark contrast to what three of her cabinet ministers said yesterday, amber rudd, greg clarke and david gauke, saying that if there is no deal which parliament is able to vote on in the coming days, this week, then it will be better to delay the process than to leave the european union without a deal. the prime minister making clear to conservative party activists yesterday at a convention that she has no intention of doing that, she won't frustrate the process, the government shouldn't lose focus, she says. and the prime minister is in egypt this weekend meeting fellow eu leaders at a summit not about brexit, but taking that opportunity to have talks with them. and whether she will be able to make enough progress for parliament to be able to vote on a revised version of the deal this w

let‘s hear from one of those who left, luciana berger. my constituents and our country before party interest. i cannot remain in a party that i have today come to the sickening conclusion is institutionally anti—semitic. chuka umunna called for support from people in other parties. so we have taken this first step in leaving tribal politics behind and we invite others who share our political values to do so too. you might come from a labour background, but you might come from other political traditions, and yes, it‘s a difficult decision, make no mistake about that, but think about it — you don‘tjoin a political party to spend years and years fighting the people within it, you get involved in politics, you join the party to change the world, so we invite you to leave your parties and help us forge a new consensus on our way forward for britain. in a statement, labour leaderjeremy corbyn said: and labour‘s grassroots organisation momentum also released a statement: joining me now from brighton is sam tarry from the transport salaried staff

luciana berger had these issues, both because she is tuition because she's a woman and thatis tuitioner yesterday saying people with a funny tinge. there is no place for racism, no place for anti—semitism in politics but jeremy racism, no place for anti—semitism in politics butjeremy corbyn has been so slow in stamping the problem out, too slow in addressing the problem and too slow in reacting to it. you respond. obviously all racism is wrong but let‘s look at the reality of the situation. by creating this new independent group they have increased the likelihood of the conservative government which has a massively racist immigration policy. that is far more dangerous, the labour party should unify and fight to the problems from within. how do we respond to areeq?” fight to the problems from within. how do we respond to areeq? i don't see this —— say this hoping for a conservative government, but anti—semitism is growing and taking root in the party, but it could be some of these eight people, particularly luciana berger, feel the only way to make him take note and do something about

but i watched luciana on monday, and i thought in the end you have got to stand with her., i haven't talked to other people about this. and in a sign of growing anger in the party, another labour mp, siobhain mcdonagh, criticised members for a wave of abuse directed at her after rumours she might quit. mr corbyn‘s allies say the mps who've defected never accepted his leadership and have been trying to undermine the labour party's prospects. the expectation, though, is that ian austin won't be the last to resign. now to syria where civilians have been evacuated from the final is stronghold of baghouz. the village is near the border with iraq, and is currently surrounded by the us—backed syrian democratic forces, the sdf. convoys of trucks were seen transporting civilians — mainly women and children — away from the village on friday morning ahead of a final assault. according to the sdf there are thousands of civilians and jihadists still inside the village's borders. these are the very latest pictures from baghouz. you can see is fighters standing around, there's no fightin

but i watched luciana on monday, and i thought in the end you have got to stand with her.s well? i don't know, i mean, i haven't talked to other people about this. and in a sign of growing anger in the party, another labour mp, siobhain mcdonagh, criticised members for a wave of abuse directed at her after rumours she might quit. mr corbyn‘s allies say the mps who've defected never accepted his leadership and have been trying to undermine the labour party's prospects. the expectation, though, is that ian austin won't be the last to resign. and, as we've been hearing, three cabinet ministers have publicly stated that they're prepared to defy theresa may and vote to delay brexit. writing in the daily mail, amber rudd, david gauke, and greg clark say that if parliament fails to approve a deal, it would be better to extend article 50 and delay brexit to allow for more negotiations. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster for us this evening. nick, this is open defiance from these three cabinet ministers. yes, because government policy is and remains that th

i watched luciana berger on monday and i thought, in the end i have to stand with her. well? i don't know. i haven't talked with other people about this. this week both jeremy corbyn other people about this. this week bothjeremy corbyn and may have seen mps to search them for different reasons. for the conservatives, brexit is the issue threatening to tear them apart and the prime minister has another growing rebellion to deal with the head of crucial votes here next week. leave means leave! dozens of normally loyal conservative mps say they will not sit by and allow the uk to leave the eu without a deal and are threatening tojoin a the eu without a deal and are threatening to join a cross—party attempt on wednesday to take control of the brexit process. there is a perfect storm is emerging of people who want to overturn the result, which i think is outrageous, and people who want to deliver brexit, but who don't want a no—deal brexit. that alignment, they are being forced together by the intransigence of brexiteers, some of my fellow brexiteers, i think that's dangerou

but i watched luciana on monday, and i thought in the end you have got to stand with her.know, i mean, i haven't talked to other people about this. and in a sign of growing anger in the party, another labour mp, siobhain mcdonagh, criticised members for a wave of abuse directed at her after rumours she might quit. mr corbyn‘s allies say the mps who've defected never accepted his leadership and have been trying to undermine the labour party's prospects. the expectation, though, is that ian austin won't be the last to resign. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why botswana might lift its ban on elephant hunting to allow limited culling, and even canning of the meat for pet food. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos‘s sanctuary, malacanang — the name itself symbolizing one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an ad

but i watched luciana on monday, and i thought in the end you have got to stand with her.t know, i mean, i haven't talked to other people about this. and in a sign of growing anger in the party, another labour mp, siobhain mcdonagh, criticised members for a wave of abuse directed at her after rumours she might quit. mr corbyn's allies say the mps who've defected never accepted his leadership and have been trying to undermine the labour party's prospects. the expectation, though, is that ian austin won't be the last to resign. a government panel in botswana has recommended lifting a four—year—old ban on elephant hunting. it would allow regular but limited culling and the canning of the meat for pet food. botswana is home to thousands of the animals — which are a big draw for tourists from around the world. the bbc‘s alistair leithead reports from botswana's okavango delta. botswana has more elephants than anywhere else — 130,000 of them, a third of the elephants left in africa. but some think it has too many. this is the destruction they can cause when they come into confli

but i watched luciana on monday, and i thought in the end you have got to stand with her.know, i mean, i haven't talked to other people about this. and in a sign of growing anger in the party, another labour mp, siobhain mcdonagh, criticised members for a wave of abuse directed at her after rumours she might quit. mr corbyn‘s allies say the mps who've defected never accepted his leadership and have been trying to undermine the labour party's prospects. the expectation, though, is that ian austin won't be the last to resign. three cabinet ministers have defied government policy to warn that brexit should be delayed if parliament fails to approve a withdrawal deal in the coming days. the ministers made the remarks in a newspaper article. they said unless there was a breakthrough soon, they would be prepared to vote against theresa may, to extend the negotiation process. vicki young explains more. apologies, some technical issues there. that was clearly the wrong report. we'll come to that story from westminster later. the mother of a 15—year—old boy who died at the hillsboro

but i watched luciana berger on monday, and ijust thought in the end you have got to stand with her.k more will go now as well? i don't know, i mean, i haven't talked to other people about this. and in a sign of growing anger in the party, another labour mp, siobhain mcdonagh, criticised members for a wave of abuse directed at her after rumours she might quit. mr corbyn‘s allies say the mps who've defected never accepted his leadership and have been trying to undermine the labour party's prospects. the expectation, though, is that ian austin won't be the last to resign. while it's been a turbulent week for labour, theresa may is also facing mounting questions about her brexit strategy. and tonight there's been a significant warning from some of her most senior ministers that brexit should be delayed if parliament does not approve a deal in the coming days. let's get more on that from vicki. who is this coming from, and what's being said? welcome narrator:, this is a pretty incredible intervention by these three cabinet ministers. time and again the prime minister has said the uk is l

|j and ashamed of her party —— luciano berger -- mike luciana.y are individual colleagues. i think they a re clearly individual colleagues. i think they are clearly distressed and had strong individual reasons. it is often underestimated outside politics how difficult a decision this would have been for each one of them individually and i completely respect and sympathise with the reasons that they have given but i think they have reached had the wrong conclusion at the wrong time andi wrong conclusion at the wrong time and i believe the focus of every labourmp and memberand and i believe the focus of every labour mp and member and trade unionist must be now on trying to get us out of the brexit crisis and ensuring that the party leadership honours the democratic vote that our conference made in favour of a public vote and i think we achieved that more easily by sticking together and fighting together. many of the constituency activists will be rather annoyed because they have gone out and slogged to get these people elected as labour candidates

what i find interesting about luciana burger is her leaving was devastating.by that. interestingly though, that has created a dynamic where her departure along with other mps has created a dynamic where, there is more pressure onjeremy corbyn internally. it's changing the balance. no more. digby, digby, time is against us. that's it for the papers for the moment. discussion is only halfway. join us again at half past 11. thank you to rachel shabi and lord digbyjones. we'll all be back for a slightly longer look at the papers at 11:30pm. well, that's it, the warm weather's gone. we'll probably have to wait quite a long time before we get temperatures in the high teens and the low 20s. from tomorrow, it's back to the more usual sort of weather that we get this time of the year. having said that, the temperatures are still going to be a bit above the average for the time of the year. and this southerly air stream that we've had for quite a few days now that has been generating these high temperatures will be almost sort of washed away by this much cooler air stre

who used to be a labourmp a tory mp, luciana who used to be a labour mp sitting on the sofa togethershould make a different direction, and a key cabinet minister, one of the leaders of the leave campaign, michael gove. all of that at ten o'clock. quite rightly, ten o'clock, not immediately offer this programme. still to come on breakfast, 24—year—old amy—claire davies was born with an incurable genetic condition which means she doesn't know how long she has to live. amy—claire has such a positive outlook that she's been dubbed the "incurable optimist" — we'll hear from a documentary maker who has filmed her story, since she was 15. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and rachel burden. it is 8:29am exactly. here's a summary of this morning's main news. the prime minister has told a gathering of grassroots conservative party activists that she won't allow the result of the brexit referendum to be frustrated. the comments were made after three cabinet ministers defied the government line to argue for a delay rather than a no—deal exit

luciana berger faced the challenge, in her liverpool wavertree constituency.ghout the day for the local party to abandon the vote. tonight, deputy leader tom watson wrote to labour‘s general secretary, asking her to suspend the constituency party, for "bullying". the family of the cardiff city footballer emiliano sala say they can now begin to mourn his death, after police confirmed his body was found in the wreckage of a plane in the english channel. the 28—year—old was travelling to cardiff in a light aircraft piloted by david ibbotson, which went missing off guernsey last month. duncan kennedy reports. the news that it was emiliano sala and not david ibbotson who had been found came from the dorset coroner. emiliano‘s family seen here earlier said today "it is with infinite sadness that we confirm the identity". their statement said... added... at cardiff city today, the colours on the ground stood out against the grey of the sky. and the confirmation that emiliano sala had been found brought renewed reflection. whilst everybody expects the worst, when it h

and it was anti—semitism that led mps like luciana borges.'d seen obfuscation, smears in action and denial of the issue. when it was debated in the chamber on wednesday, a shadow minister made an emotional apology to jewish people on behalf of his party. how can it be that we are struggling so badly to eradicate anti—semitism from our own membership? i want on behalf of my party, to publicly apologise to the jewish community that we have let you down. we know it. we are trying to do better. we are trying to become the party we have always aspired to be. we will not stop working until we once again become a safe and welcoming political home for people from thejewish community as from every other. our debate today gives us the chance to say we reject this. we oppose this and we stand together against anyone seeking to advance a narrative of bigotry, hatred and division. isn't it also our problem, all of our problem that sometimes we just say, these sort of things exist but we do not stand up enough and we do not say loudly enough each time that

—— luciana berger.together and try and solve those issues. i don't think walking away from the party does that. tomorrow will still be the official opposition party, and those who believe that the anti—semitism crisis needs to be solved, like myself, we should try and make that happen. a lot of big decisions facing the gang of seven. the first of which, where will they now set in the house of commons? might they set where dennis skinner sets, any front bench along from jamie corbyn. they have to decide where they sit. —— jeremy corbyn. with me isjon lansman, founder and chairman corbyn. of the left wing campaign group, momentum and a member of labour's national executive. i think this could have an effect, particularly in the short term. but, most of these people have been planning this for months, because they oppose the changes that have been made. and yes, those changes, and in particular, policies that we re and in particular, policies that were in the manifesto, on which all of these people well ac

six mps are plotting this new party, the ones who were named after angela smith, chris leslie and lucianaons are questioning their political affiliations and i wouldn‘t be surprised if the same discussions we re surprised if the same discussions were happening in the tory party. there has been talk of that for a long time and nothing has happened. it takes more than six mps to form a new party. shand, your story is very alarming and it follows alarming stories about a younger generation, self harm and suicide and social media, the headline is the tragic toll of teenagers doubling in eight yea rs. toll of teenagers doubling in eight years. these are provisional figures due to be published this year by the office of national statistics and we have seen a trend of rising teenage suicide rate against at national rate that is falling but teenagers, the rate is going up and provisional figures show it will go up again when they publish later this year and this is so boring, and comes on the back of two weeks of stories about children and teenagers who are self harming and who are suicidal in th

luciana berger faced the challenge, in her liverpool wavertree constituency.ure throughout the day for the local party to abandon the vote. the deputy leader, tom watson, has now written to labour's general secretary, asking her to suspend the constituency party, for what he's described as "bullying." at least ten people have been killed after a fire swept through one of brazil's largest football clubs, flamengo, engulfing one of the player dormitories. the blaze happened at the club's youth team training centre in rio dejaneiro. julia carneiro reports. a fire that put an end to young athletes‘ dreams while they slept. firefighters were summoned to the flamengo training ground in riojust after 5:00 in the morning. translation: the place was completely overtaken by flames. we tried as much as possible to locate victims, but will be found were dead bodies. this is what's left of the dormitory. corrugated iron roofs were twisted by the blaze that charred walls and even nearby trees. this was a home for members of the youth team that had come from faraway states o

bolivarian luciana armed forces over continental police were able to contain it without using any kind of deadly force and that is why you saw that on the main to me in the bridges between venezuela and columbia and the north this is not an apartment or something didn't touch it remotely so the tear gas was kind of gradual methods use some of them to buy. our u.s. our law enforcement their version came from the colombians. not from one the regime here. this is not the gangs of going on the other is going to these are colombia venezuela in general sure but they are attacking all over the law enforcement personnel in venezuela the protection of the police of colombia you can and it is a gentleman when you made the end of these men who used my little. set fire to the famous humanity serial trucks which came out in the paris and here we also have trucks and let me tell you when the truck was inspected and i said you know to me it turned out that. there wasn't just food and medicines and in the truck and i don't know what there were yeah it was equipment for barricades there was nails out o

one of the mps, luciana berger, says she's "embarrassed and ashamed," to stay in the party.pointed by their decision, while the shadow chancellor, is calling on them to stand down, and face by—elections. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg's report, contains flashing images. after a frenzy of rumours, making their way into a stifling, cramped, london room, labour mps when they woke up this morning, but after months of struggle to make their presence felt, at 10am, they sent e—mails to say they were labour mps no more. whether because of anti—semitism.... the leadership has wilfully and repeatedly fails to address hatred against jewish people within its ranks. i am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation. ..or ideas, a profound clash of ideas between this group and jeremy corbyn over another eu referendum. this has not been an easy decision for any of us. the evidence of labour's betrayal on europe is now visible for all to see. offering to actually enable this government's brexit, constantly holding back from allowing the public a final say. maybe th

one of the mps, luciana berger, said she was "embarrassed and ashamed" to stay in labour, which she saidutionally anti—semitic." another — chris leslie — said that labour had been "hijacked" by the far left. jeremy corbyn said he was disappointed by the mps‘ decision. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. the time for talking was over. seven labour mps chose this room on this morning to act, frustrated with their party and its leader of the time had come for them to quit and form a new group. this has been a very difficult, painful, but necessary decision. we represent different parts of the country. we are of different backgrounds. we we re are of different backgrounds. we were born of different generations. but we all share the same values. i cannot remain in the party that i have today come to the sickening conclusion is institutionally anti—semitic. conclusion is institutionally anti-semitic. all seven gave their own reasons, and with that, damning criticism reflecting anger that they and others have felt for some time. which is politics is now well and truly broken and

it came days after luciana berger became one of the mps to quit labour she said her decision was due failure to tackle the issue. how can it be that we are struggling so badly to eradicate anti—semitism from our own membership? i want on behalf of my party to publicly apologise to the jewish community that we have let you down. we know it. we are trying to do better. we are trying to become the party that we have always aspired to be. we will not stop working until we once again become a safe and welcoming political home for people from the jewish community, as from every other. he was asked about the readmission of veteran leftwinger derek hatton to the labour party. what message does he think it sends to the jewish community to have the labour party readmit derek hatton, who tweeted on social media would seem to imply that everyjew, wherever they live in the world, are responsible for the actions of the israeli government? and does he share my view that he has no part to play in our labour party? this morning... i saw the reports that i'm sure my honourable friend saw, about notjus

one of the mps, luciana berger, says she's "embarrassed and ashamed" to stay in the party. disappointed by their decision, while the shadow chancellor is calling on them to stand down and face by—elections. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg's report contains flashing images. after a frenzy of rumours, making their way into a stifling, cramped, london room, labour mps when they woke up this morning. but after months of struggle to make their presence felt, at 10am, they sent e—mails to say they were labour mps no more. whether because of anti—semitism. the leadership has wilfully and repeatedly fails to address hatred against jewish wilfully and repeatedly fails to address hatred againstjewish people within its ranks. i am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation. or ideas, a profound clash of ideas between this group and jeremy corbyn over another eu referendum. this has not been an easy decision for any others. the evidence of labour's betrayal on europe is now visible for all to see. offering to actually enable this government's brexit, consta nt

the katie hopkins who else says excellent news the news center left party headed up by chuck and luciana birger and five other labor m.p.'s emerged as one of the choco muna seven angelus with had to give an apology within five of hours on this big fancy launch because she was allegedly racist for calling people funny tinges you think i'm funny dinged lembit i wouldn't say that but we should ask katie hopkins she's got some form on this as well of course she's in the media free speech for her maybe and to speak in boldly once on a good indoors with a probably not going to like a the old prince anyway a corbin operation by the leader of the british labor party to discredit those attacking him because no one could be this chaotic is what some people are saying don't ever underestimate parliament when it comes to chaos this is unlikely writ large but i don't think it's been planned option and steve you look to that well if you were in that were you in the us i was never in the s.c.p. i joined the peer liberal democrats not the middle of the split off of the labor really it did but what we've

luciana berger faced the challange in her the challenge in her liverpool wavertree constituency.sure throughout the day for the local party to abandon the vote. tonight, deputy leader tom watson wrote to labour's general secretary, asking her to suspend the constituency party for "bullying." two people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence, after the deaths of four children in a house fire in staffordshire. our correspondent sima kotecha is in stafford for us tonight. just fill us in on the background to the case. just to remind you, this fire happened in the early hours of tuesday morning at around 2:40am. four children were killed, aged between three and eight. today, staffordshi re between three and eight. today, staffordshire police say they have arrested two people in connection with the fire, a 24—year—old woman and a 28—year—old man. in a statement, the police say they were arrested at around 1:30pm today on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence. the statement goes on to say that the police are urging people not to speculate as to what

two motions of no confidence in the labour mp, luciana berger, tabled by members of her local party inwithdrawn. ms berger, who isjewish, has criticised mr corbyn for his handling of the party's anti—semitism row and his stance on brexit. a source withinjeremy corbyn‘s office said it was the right decision. the deputy leader tom watson has written to the party's general secretary, calling for the local party to be suspended. the world's richest man, jefbezos, bayzos, has accused the owners of the american celebrity magazine, the national enquirer, of extortion and blackmail. mr bayzos, who founded the online retailer amazon, says the magazine's owners demanded he stop an investigation, into how the national enquirer, obtained private messages between him and a woman he was having an affair with. he claims he was told that if he didn't, the magazine would publish more intimate details. our north america editor jon sopel reports. when the celebrity magazine national enquirer published intimate text and photographs between the owner of amazon, jeff bezos, and his lover, it looked like a c

i've been thinking that i should have been doing this for months for a long time, but i watched lucianath her. do you think more will go now as well? i don't know. i haven't talked to other people about this. mps have deserted them for different reasons. brexit is the issue threatening to tear them apart. the prime minister has another growing rebellion to deal with ahead of crucial votes here next week. dozens of normally loyal mps said they will not stand by and allow the eu to leave without a deal, threatening to joina leave without a deal, threatening to join a cross—party attempt on wednesday to take control of the brexit process. is a perfect storm emerging here between people who wa nt to emerging here between people who want to overturn the result, which i think is outrageous, and people who wa nt to think is outrageous, and people who want to deliver brexit but not a no deal. they have been forced together by the intransigence of, i think it is very dangerous for those of us, who do believe in brexit and want to deliver it on time. eurosceptics deny they are jeopardising brexit

two motions of no confidence in the labour mp, luciana berger — tabled by members of her local partyrce withinjeremy corbyn's office said it was the right decision. ms berger, who isjewish, has criticised mr corbyn for his handling of the party's anti—semitism row but the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, suggested earlier today that the move to censure her was because of concern that she might join a breakaway party. joining me now is michael segalov — a journalist and labour party member. what is your reaction to this withdrawal? i think it is very bad timing. it is entirely reasonable for constituency members to hold. confidence in their mps. labour is a democratic organisation so in theory this is perfectly reasonable. whether it is directed against members on the left or right of the party. firstly, she has been in the midst of dealing with abuse, some of which is come from the labour party regarding maternity leave to have her second child. we are not in a position where labour party members... seems to me the premise is not a problem but the execution and timing are the basis

i've been thinking that i should have been doing this for months for a long time, but i watched luciana her. do you think more will go now as well? i don't know. i haven't talked to other people about this. ian austin has decided not to join the new independent group of mps. they are bound together by opposition to brexit while mr austin supports the prime minister's deal. before entering parliament, he was an adviser to the then labour chancellor gordon brown, he has never been close to thejeremy corbyn wing of the party and today accused mr corbyn of creating a culture of extremism and intolerance. i regret his resignation, i'm sorry he's decided to take that course of action. he was elected, like me, in 2017 at the general election, on a manifesto that pledged to deal with poverty, injustice and inequality in britain. that's how he was elected, that's how i was elected, and i think we should be campaigning on those issues. but this resignation is further pressure onjeremy corbyn, having lost nine mps this week and facing growing calls to back another brexit referendum or risk more re

people who own the words cross over a lot in america to tell you see a new man who's in caracas and luciana to cold socialism and a list of sort of venezuela's problems from the president but no real answers as to how he really thinks he's going to solve the south american crisis but it was an impassioned speech in parts and bits of it directed at the military. yes that's true and in fact the president is not the only one who's directing his words at the military just a few hours earlier the opposition leader also gave a very very long and impassioned speech where he again called on the military which seems to be the key here so hail to resolving this issue at least. in a less violent way that is that what would both trump and idle want is for the military to switch sides they are calling over and over again for the military to side with the constitution with the people of venezuela and to turn against president smuggler but we are seeing no signs of that yet of course key moment is going to be the twenty third of february when both sides one side rather is going to try to bring in this foo

i think it will be very difficult for chris leslie, luciana berger, who has cut out against tory cutsget, for instance? they don‘t help whips, they don‘t have leaders, everything is very fluid. they need to consolidate so that they can act as a force in parliament. which is why you suppose they have the comparisons are very misleading in some way. previous instances of this we re very some way. previous instances of this were very well organised, with plans. there seem to be no plans here. there are parallels between 1983, both sides, this time, are a very unhappy with its leadership. last time, it was labour abbey. these people, anna soubry, everyone on the labour side have been talking to each other for some time. chris leslie has since talked to tories, tories out to chris leslie. they have had some practice at cooperating. i think where a group politicians are more or less on the ce ntre politicians are more or less on the centre ground want to be friends, they can find ways to be friends. when you see the comments from views and responses, one question comes up all the time, whic

also luciana berger, one of those to leave the party earlier this week says, i fully understand why ian it should lift into low cloud although it will peg back temperatures and it will feel a little bit is appointing. it is mild for all of us and we are drawing up warm air in the southerly wind and it‘s giving those damages an extra boost. for most areas it will shift as we go through the morning, but in western scotla nd through the morning, but in western scotland it is quite blustery and you could see gusts of 45 mph, and plenty of sunshine on offer albeit hazy at times, so these are the winds, fairly light for england and wales. temperatures still doing well. 13 up to 16 celsius maximum today and north—east england and north wales and north devon, we could see 17 or 18. the wind will strengthen for northern ireland and the western isles of scotland overnight. 55 mph is possible. elsewhere, light winds, clearskies and we see the return of mist and fog, especially in eastern england and it shouldn‘t be too cold to start saturday morning. the mist and fog will take a while to clear, ra

if you have people like luciana berger are leaving the party, bullied out of it, then we have a problemer, a prominent mp. if you're not suspended, what you the risk are quack, is there any danger that would encourage other labour mps to leave the party? the party has a problem with anti—semitism. i never thought i'd be doing a tv interview on this issue, i've been in the party for 40 years. there has to be drastic action taken and an example has to be made. you cannot have labour politicians coming out with remarks like that, when they should be setting an example to their local communities and the rest of the party. i think it's a step too far. why do you think labour has a problem with anti—semitism? because we allow people like chris williamson to feel that he can get away with what he's doing, so he's got to me made an example. why this matters even more is because we had those defections from the labour party last week when eight labour mps party last week when eight labour mstumped party last week when eight labour mps jumped overboard, and party last week when eight labour mstum

a major national party to a party that, as those who have left it have made very clear, has seen lucianahis dramatic day at westminster. norman smith. let's take a quick look at the letter that heidi allen, anna soubry and sarah woolaston used to an end their decision to leave the conservative party. they say to the conservative party. they say to the prime minister, we believe you we re the prime minister, we believe you were committed to a moderate, open hearted conservative party, but then they go on to add, brexit has redefined the party, and doing all the efforts to modernise it. there has been a dismalfailure the efforts to modernise it. there has been a dismal failure to stand up has been a dismal failure to stand up to the hardline erd, which operates openly as a party with any party, with its own leader, whip and policy. they say we have tried consistently and for some time to keep the particles to the centre ground in british politics we have not changed, the conservative party has. politics needs radical and urgent reforms and we are determined to play parts ofjust a few lines

when you see mps like luciana berger, being bullied and attacked and people who go on david icke's showsthrashed out at the conference among all those divisions, was to try and false a general election which clearly is very difficult to do and has not happened, to try to get a compromise, try to persuade theresa may that the way through is to get a brexit deal which involves a customs union, that has not happened either. then the policy to pursue another referendum. it is that bit which is causing so much anxiety and upset within the party, because there are many who feel that jeremy within the party, because there are many who feel thatjeremy corbyn personally does not want to do that, does not want to seem to be blocking brexit but the problem is, a huge number of the labour party membership were on the remain side of the argument, so he has to try to reflect that. this is what one frontbencher, who previously resigned over the issue of europe, said about it today. my fear is that what we are now doing is helping to facilitate a tory brexit, the ramifications for the party, i think, wi

that the decision by nine labour mp5 to quit and join a new independent group, and in particular lucianaemitic represented the worst day of shame in the particle history. tom watson says the need to do something about it, because he feels the entire half million strong party membership is being tainted by the anti—semitism issue. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. lets talk about the united states, terrible flooding in california? the line of low pressure across the atla ntic the line of low pressure across the atlantic coming our way, they are quite far south and have been for quite far south and have been for quite a few weeks. so, if i can show you the radar picture, rain and snow, it has been relentless across parts of california. record rainfall and also record snowfall. it is going to easejust and also record snowfall. it is going to ease just a little bit, today and tomorrow, but by the end of the weekend we will see more scenes like this, potentially much more wet weather on the way. this is just to the north of san francisco, in sonoma county. it has become a

luciana berger, that the party is anti-semitic., we have stood up racists of any form, we have stood up and fought it all our political history. for people to suggest that somehow, the party that has done more to fight racism is somehow a racist entity is just absurd. it feels like we are living in the 1984 book by george orwell. labour party stands up to racism in its forms. it was interesting that there was an open letter signed by over 200 prominent members of thejewish community, supporters of the labour party, who said thatjeremy corbyn's labour party is a crucial ally in fighting racism, islamophobia, and anti—semitism. it is important that we give voice to other people in the jewish community who don't share the extreme views and accusations that have been levelled against the party by people like ian austin.|j have been levelled against the party by people like ian austin. i have a feeling of deja vu about this, because i am asking about a problem with anti—semitism in the party, when it seems there is a general a cce pta n

speculation around her, a labour mp and liverpool, next doorto her, a labour mp and liverpool, next door to lucianaf the defectors. nicola, are you hearing this about more labour mps prepared to leave the party? how serious do you think this is it is difficult to know. it is not like he has not faced these problems before. my understanding is that tom watson is doing a lot to keep a few of those people who attempted that in the party and i think for a lot of those he will be tempted to leave, it will be such a kind of emotional wrench for a lot of these people, being pa rt for a lot of these people, being part of the labour party is tribal for a lot of people. it is more of an identity, more of like belonging toa an identity, more of like belonging to a family. i think people will not be taking any of these decisions lightly, i would have thought, and i think it is interesting, jeremy corbyn is changing his response over the week. the response initially was quite bullish and then it was more conciliatory, saying that they needed to listen and john mcdonnell talked about... he has been a more human

meanwhile, luciana berger said... and the deputy labour leader, tom watson, said...re labour mps follow eight of their colleagues, nine now, who have resigned from the party this week, we are not expecting any more. there are many mps who feel as strongly as he and who have quit the party this week aboutjeremy he and who have quit the party this week about jeremy corbyn's leadership, particularly over the issue of anti—semitism and that is worth underlining that even though ian austin has resigned on that basis, his criticism ofjeremy corbyn as leader has centred on his failure, as he sees it, to tackle that problem of anti—semitism within the party and because of that, he that, he says he is not fit to lead the party, let alone to be prime minister. that is why he has taken this difficult and painful decision, as he describes it, to leave labour, the difference being with his collea g u es the difference being with his colleagues in the independent group in parliament, they have different views on brexit, either in favour of another referendum or at all costs stoppi