the labour party is now a racist, anti—semitic party. damage to our country. the values which i hold really d0, and which led me tojoin ——the values which i hold really dear, and which led me tojoin the labour party as a student almost 20 years ago, remain who i am. and yet, these values have been consistently and constantly violated, undermined and attacked as the labour party today refuses to put my constituents and our country before party interest. 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, conference policy has been cast aside, no guaranteed full participation in the single market any more, no exact same benefits, no movement towards a people's vote. choosing to stand by while our constituents' lives and future opportunities are hurt by brexit is a fundamental violation of labour's traditional values. let's speak now to the labour mp and prominent brexiteer graham stringer. he's in our w

elizabeth, do you think your party has become more extreme, the conservative party?sterday, the hard right extreme anti—eu party?” don't agree with that and i think it is clever rhetoric on anna soubry's part. i don't think it is true. basically she saying 52% of the population is hard right because they voted to leave the eu and i don't think you can possibly argue that. i don't think that is what anna soubry was saying at all. if you look at immigration for example i think theresa may is an out rider for the british population on immigration. when you survey the british public we are pretty pragmatic on immigration, happy to haveit pragmatic on immigration, happy to have it as long as there are some controls and economic benefits. what you have seen from theresa may and the conservatives in recent years is they have moved further and further to the right on immigration, adopting useless targets that they cannot achieve and it's a real problem for the conservative party. on the other hand, if theresa may's view was so unpopular, why did a poll yesterday show we are

but definitely every party every party seat counts in this election is total toto understandable how look at how soon would like to win this election by backing a number of parties in the same class that will plant to win the election in the largest number possible to allow it to form a government like say they want to live saying are you saying crean sat that if the thai rak the chant party is dissolved it doesn't really have a massive impact upon the democratic offering for the people of thailand is that what you are saying it will not have a massive impact is in will see that dr toxins class through a parties will gain but you have impact definitely or on the least less likely chance for poor thai clusters among all the parties combined to have the large majority of the two houses combined three seventy six that mean the majority of the overall house of five hundred plus the upper house senators of two or exceeds that will quite total together three seventy six and this will be impossible for poor tide to come up with the number of seats right already stand a good chance if. came

party.n dealt with. we have had a whitewash report, unprecedented actions of jewish people feeling they have to demonstrate against the labour party in parliament square, we have had endless calls on him to deal with the most virulent and vile anti—semitism, bullying, abuse and aggression and he has turned away from doing that. norman, link to all of this, talk about some in labour wanting there has been a slightly splits response from the labour leadership. some ofjeremy corbyn‘s allies pointing out that joan some ofjeremy corbyn‘s allies pointing out thatjoan ryan was facing a deselection threat, as were three of the other labour mps who defected. noticeable as well that much more cautious response from jeremy corbyn compare to that of john mcdonnell who yesterday morning urged him to reach out, to listen to criticism. this morning we have heard again from tom watson, the deputy leader, renewing his appeal tojeremy deputy leader, renewing his appeal to jeremy corbyn and deputy leader, rene

party.k need stronger action to deal with aspects of its platform. the committee found mark zuckerberg failed to deal with fake news. facebook welcomed the digital select committee's report and said it would be open to meaningful regulation. the london teenager who ran away to join the islamic state group four yea rs join the islamic state group four years ago said people should sympathise with her, in an interview with sky news. in the interview shamima begum said she had no regrets but appealed for help to return to the uk with her newborn baby. her family say they are very concerned about the child's welfare. train companies have proposed major changes to ticketing on britain's railways. the railway delivery group said the current system is outdated and overcomplicated and it wants to see more flexible fares and the roll—out of electronic systems like london's oyster card throughout the country. cyber chiefs have said any risks posed by allowing the chinese firm huawei to work on uk contr

i am in favor of the two party. we should rename the two parties. we should have the party of the filthy rich and the rest of us. the party of the grinches and the rest of us. the party of the uncle scrooge's and the rest of us. the party of the greedy and the rest of us. the party of the heartless and the rest of us. people are living paycheck to paycheck. angry, starving people from central america invading this country. why don't we move some of the companies in china, china is our amp -- enemy? why not move some of those companies to central america? anthony has this tweet. i have voted independent for 25 plus years. every time people tell me i'm throwing my vote away. too bad more people don't vote independent. this is somewhat have changed years ago. this from fred saying it is the -- the economy is stupid and doing great, don't change a thing. donald trump, 2020. we can change the president to a democrat and what's the economy go down the toilet with their far left ideas that will put a burden on this economy. they don't care, listen to the w

isn't a labor party it's a very tiny proportion of the labor party less than zero point four percent in fact of the total membership of the party and the democrats i believe that the you know the grassroots members that make up the party and that's why i'm so supportive of the notion that it should be down to members at the grassroots level to determine who they want as their candidate going into a subsequent election so sitting m.p.'s in my opinion should face an open selection pro why did it take so long you've had members that are now in this independent group who plainly were not liked by their constituency labor parties but look it's not a matter for jeremy coburn as leader of the party so much of the conference the national executive committee majority sits on the national executive committee but we are a democratic body of the labor party and people find this difficult sometimes to get their head around that you know jeremy isn't this all powerful individual who can decree a course of action and then it happens we have to go through a democratic process and this is something t

my thought was that the 19205, there was a conservative party, labour party, liberty party, and yes,me there is a green party. the 5tructure there is a green party. the structure is the same as it was in the 19205. life has changed, ha5 structure is the same as it was in the 19205. life has changed, has it not? yet to look at them much more recent history. there was a party that one national election, they wa nt that one national election, they want the national european election. they got something of a million votes. i think that they change one of the big party's forces. and they ended up but the one mp at the back election. that shows how hard it is. ican election. that shows how hard it is. i can say that they may have lost the battle but when the war.|j i can say that they may have lost the battle but when the war. i think one that thinks that labour mps may say is that in a way, they are very sympathetic to a lot of but these mps are doing. we will see how this will be. when i move away from the story, i first want to talk about that too conservative mps that they are thinking

of the parties that said they won't join the military parties in any coalition and it's a party connected to toxins in awhile so. at even though her candidacy was. not approved it still shows some sort of leaning toward the more democratic parties in thailand be that the the military party's on the side possibly of the monarchy or britain certain persons within the monarchy. the pretty good type of iraq a type party maybe despair but it may not really matter because there are three parties right now closely connected to talk in china what and what they call the democracy party and they could still a lot of voters would simply vote for one of the other two parties that as well as opposition leader has vowed to bring in humanitarian aid despite opposition from president but otoh want to go i don't know said that he was issuing a direct order to the military to allow the us supplies in thousands of his supporters took to the streets of the capital caracas on tuesday as to supporters of the government al jazeera so there's a bow reports. he wants to keep up with the pressure on the government

[laughter] but i do think as much as what was put upon my party that both parties have we focus a lot on the republican party because we see president trump and both parties were broken and with the 2016 democratic primaries bernie sanders ran for mayor of burlington the government - - governor congressman and senator of vermont he was beaten or beaten a democrat or republican because he ran as a self-proclaimed independent socialist the first convention he attended and he had received 47 percent of the primaries raising 230 millions without a single fundraising event that shows the clinton machine had to fight right to the end to beat him. but both political parties are broken because the things that have held them together, some of that went away with a victory over communism with those constraints but i served in the bush administration but i recognize iraq war divided the country. it was politics and policy but then we had a financial crisis we looked at that and walked away with the view that somehow the government was in bed with people if the banks were bailed out the big boys

i certainly don't want to go and i believe the conservative party can believe the conservative partyive party can be a force for good, that's why i joined it, parties don't exist for no purpose, they exist for further goodin no purpose, they exist for further good in our country. as long as i think that is the case, i'm going to wa nt to think that is the case, i'm going to want to remain and fight my corner in the party chair but i have said if it were to become government policy and become inevitable that it was going to be successful that we we re was going to be successful that we were going to leave with no deal, i would have to reconsider my position. so it is possible you would leave the party? ifi position. so it is possible you would leave the party? if i thought the party had got a settled policy of leaving the european union with no deal, which i regard as being an appalling prospect, i could not support the party anymore. and how other mps and do you think are of a similar attitude and might take the same course? i've no idea i certainly think there are quite a few member

they are the conservative party. i am not leaving the conservative party, it has left us.onservatives said another had grown too harsh. i am tired of feeling numb. ican too harsh. i am tired of feeling numb. i can no longer represent the government in a party that cannot open their eyes to the vulnerability of those in society. which has deepened what we have had the power to fix. all three have lost faith in theresa may's handling of brexit. theresa may's handling of brexit. the party that was once the most trusted on the economy and business is now marching us towards the cliff edge of a new deal brexit. why do you believe such a small handful of mps can transform politics in the way that you say that emma if i may, isa way that you say that emma if i may, is a new party part of your plans and if it is do you accept that the oddsin and if it is do you accept that the odds in the political system are heavily against you succeeding?m is against us, but we have got to try. we have got to try. 0ver is against us, but we have got to try. we have got to try. over the coming we

are you still a member of the labour party? | you still a member of the labour party? i am. and i do not like the way that both of the main parties say eight out of ten people voted in the last election. i voted labour, in part to stop theresa may getting a mandate of hajj brexit. that is successful and she does not have a mandate for that. i now hope that the labour party will follow through on the logic of its own policy. they have set tests for brexit which have not been met by theresa may, they said they would then float down the deal if it did not meet the tests, it was voted down, they said they would try to get a general election, that has not happened, now they should be campaigning openly and actively to get this back to the people, and the british people can decide whether this car crash, complete mess, this fiasco, the brexit of theresa may's deal, will go ahead. what do labour supporters make of all this? let's talk to 0lga fitzroy who lives she's sad he has left the labour party. ella taylor quit the labour party over anti—semitism in the summer. she thinks some

, to have more choices, would you like more parties? have more choices, would you like more parties?, yes. you had you kept doing extremely well and not having a single mp. you have the greens, but on the home, their support is spread thinly. they never get the mps they deserve. until we get a proportional representation system, but all of the votes are added up, parties win a seat according to how the boat they get, i think it is really difficult to break through. i think the exception may be brexit. maybe brexit will be such a shattering blow to both parties that the whole system doesn't break apart, it is not inconceivable. we are also hearing a lot of talk about the lib dems, getting together with the lib dems, getting together with the lib dems, how do assess that? they will have to decide who stands on what's eats, where. back in the 19805, on what's eats, where. back in the 1980s, when the sdp work together with what was then the liberal party, they had to apportion between themselves, who will get the juicy seats. there were hug

are theyjust a brexit potential party is that they are not even a party yet.we? who are they? the founding statement is very vague, the need of evidence and ideology and all the individuals involved are prominent in the people's vote campaign are calling for another referendum. they are coming very much from that part of british politics. out of the question is how could this turn into something more than it currently is, and what will they say about electoral reform, will they say about taxation, what would they say about taxation, what would they say about schools, nhs and all of these things? as john says, about schools, nhs and all of these things? asjohn says, they may find that that core unifying issue of brexit ends up actually gradually leaving the radar quite soon. absolutely. when we saw the seven labour mps announcing their defection, each one of them gave different reasons slightly for leaving. they began with anti—semitism, moved on to brexit with chris leslie, and then animated mostly by chemical and's foreign policy. but those are all not make a

with party workers. and family who enabled me to win... brexit a big reason for going. the hardline, anti—eu awkward squad that have destroyed every leader for the last a0 years, are now running the conservative party, from top to tail. they are the conservative party. i'm not leaving the conservative party, it's left us. the conservatives said another had grown too harsh. i am tired of feeling numb. i can no longer represent a government and a party who can't open their eyes to the suffering endured by the most vulnerable in society. suffering which we have deepened, whilst having the power to fix. all three had lost faith in mrs may's handling of brexit. the party that was once the most trusted on the economy and business is now marching us towards the cliff edge of a no—deal brexit. why do you believe that such a small handful of mps can really transform politics in the way that you say? and if i may, is a new party part of your plans, and if it is, do you accept that the odds in the political system

remember, a party, people enter parties and leave parties all time and make up those coalitions. if you take a look at the republican coalition over the past years, vi have a chart of counties that migrated from bill clinton in '96 to voting for donald trump this last time. the republican base migrated from the country club to the country. it's become a much more rural party. the suburbs are now the fault lines in american politics, further out, generally more kvbtive, clokv conservative, closer to a city or density you get, closer you are to democrats. donald trump say this. this is pre-trump. and put an exclamation point on that. when he added the trade element, too, he brought a number of rural counties particularly in the upper midwest into the republican column that had never been there before, but much of this is still trump centric. i'm not sure that the marriage it is complete. there's still heavy dating, i think is what we'd call it at this point. if donald trump goads, what happens to the party about that, let's take a look at what's happening at the democratic party. t

is there to attract people who agree with the aims of that party so that the party can fulfil it if we spend the next twenty years fighting amongst ourselves well what's the point of that because it will never achieve what we want to achieve and so quite frankly what we've said very clearly and one said is this policy will be there to be a sword of damocles over the governments of the concept. we will trigger it if we must if they fail we will then trigger it and heaven help them because as i say we've already had sixty six thousand people signed up to the party in the space of three days. so the will is out there is it democratic well i mean what is democracy in people when people vote in a democracy you put your eggs in the box and then that see you then leave the leaders to decide what to do after you voted for them and the party will be no different people will let them will put their eggs in the box by joining in the to associating with the party and then they will leave it to their leader and who he chooses to actually make sure that the goals of the party which they've got on

this is no longer a i—party issue. labour mps this is no longer a i—party issue.is no longer a i—party issue. labour mps and conservative mps are both saying we have had enough, we can no longer support the party we have been members of the years. the impact of this will ultimately have on the political landscape will not be clear for weeks on the political landscape will not be clearfor weeks or on the political landscape will not be clear for weeks or months, but what is clear is that their historical allegiances of parliament are fraying. will they for a further? will there be further mps joining soon? at a turbulent political time, more questions about the future, with answers that are farfrom the future, with answers that are far from clear. the future, with answers that are farfrom clear. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. in a moment we'll speak to our assistant political editor norman smith in westminster — but first let's go to our reporter simon dedman who's in heidi allen's constituency in cambridgeshire. simon, what are people saying to you? read two

joining up with the liberal party. a consolidation in the middle ground, that could take them forward. how much forward, we will have to wait and see, because there seems to be a common ground, not only in occupying the middle ground, but also in most of them being remainers. all of them, if i am not mistaken, are. joining up with the liberal party, which is 100% remain, would i think pose an interesting proposition. we are definitely into new ground as far as world politics is concerned. i do believe that if there is a failed brexit process, i think more people could join this group, and there could be a bigger rump than there is. we will leave that group for the time being, because we need to get through the next few weeks before we even get to a future. you have neatly sidestepped my question. i will make david answer it. what will happen in the next week? yes! i think it is time we moved on to india now! we have these three cabinet ministers putting a letter in the newspaper this weekend, and they are signalling th

they are very similar to the party.80s and the fact that labour is proposing to leave the eu in the mid—i9 80s that drove particularly and setting at the sdp. and these mps, mainstream mps, likely those who have left today, the threat of the selection that drove many mps to leave... the selection that drove many mps to leave. . . the the selection that drove many mps to leave... the experience of that for all the relative success, sdp enjoyed attention and sympathetic coverage and the media and a strong share of the 1980s still only two percentage points behind labour but in the end because of the electoral system did not break through and that problem remains, if this does turn into another political party, and has to try and effectively occu py and has to try and effectively occupy space that is already occupied with an electricalm occupy space that is already occupied with an electrical it will be different if they try to form a party because it is not only getting over a very light threshold, but the stp got to 35%

party in 1844, and the free soil party. those parties emerged to say we really need to talk about the issue of slavery, and neither of the major parties is willing to do it. we are going to emerge and protest slavery and try to get it on the political table. a political historian famously said the purpose of third parties in the american system is to sting and die like bees. we can see the liberty party and the free soil party kind of stung the whigs. aybe the sting was fatal to the whig party, but they managed, one way or another, to get the issue on the table of slavery. in the 1850's you see the rise of the republican party. the whigs disappear, and after the republicans run their first national platform in 1856, their first presidential candidate in 1856, they are emerging in the 1850's. they take a different tack. unlike the whigs, they are a regional party. there's never really much of any republican party in the south before the civil war. it is entirely based in the northeast, new england, then the atlantic states a

there ali has no official role in the government and in the party. he was in your party for a long time yeah a lot of people were in when he fired whenever he saw pictures of the black politician said sukey engage now in any peace and i cannot think of the features of an a rant as i said mr cull there are there is not of the tsunami member of these how about our mary of ball gazing one of your enemy pins who had to pay a fifty thousand euro fine for calling prime minister enrico letta as administrator he was no mungo it was wrong he was condemned by the party he was fine it and he has to pay for his mistakes that i mean we cannot control every declaration of peace or whatever when we are like god doing your home when you plan to do know that there are deaths the different party mario borg was part of the old league he will not be a candidate anymore in the internet so european parliament is the server he was part of the league as well but he was elected secretary in two thousand and fourteen and he changed deeply the party and as i see he was able to

the republican party has become the party of ideas. for a good many years, the most interesting arguments in america are not conservatives against liberals. it is among conservatives. most interesting argument in america today is between those on the right who maintain the vocabulary of complaint about judicial activism, complaint response to the war in particular to roe v. wade and have adopted as i have done, vocabulary of judicial engagement, now the cato institute book on judicial engagement. which says courts are insufficient. those who have praised judicial deference to institutions cannot verify and complain about the decision. kilo was different to the institution of connecticut which said we are going to take property from one private party and give it to another private party because the other private already will pay more taxes to we, who were giving them the property. there is a presumption and this is the interesting argument on the right -- america is about liberty. they are not the same thing. it is about liberty. they a

right we know the conservative party say the so-called mainstream media in this country is now quoting polling results i'm sure the rights granted to you don't really favor. medieval justice but they keep telling us about polling vast majority of the population want citizenship revoked and indeed the media is seems to be without yes we're doing this all pose a question of whether we should see should be a matter of the judge after hearing all sides and hearing all the circumstances not for a newspaper or for even for public opinion otherwise we would have had the death sentence so i think the important to the if we believe in the rule of law is to bring him back into view prosecute well for joining a prescribed terrorist organization that carries up to ten years in prison and to leave the judge to decide what sentence to pass. up to hearing the mitigation which undoubtedly would be that she made a mistake at the age of fifteen as a child if the secretary says this is nothing to do with any leadership plans and becoming prime minister of this country this raises the public good that he'

so, we invite you to leave your parties and help us forge a new consensus on a way parties and help usa way forward for britain. but the group was clear this move was about him, jeremy corbyn‘s approach to brexit, his failure as they see it to tackle anti—semitism and their unease at labour's lurch to the left. in a statement mr corbyn said i'm disappointed that these mps have felt unable to continue to work together for the labour policies that inspired millions at the last election and sorts increase our vote by the largest share since 1945. election and sorts increase our vote by the largest share since1945.m comes at a time when our constituents are facing real hardship with universal credit being introduced, we have rising crime, homelessness on a scale we have not seen homelessness on a scale we have not seen for decades, the government is bungling brexit. so we should be working together for the long—term interests of the country. it's hard to avoid comparisons to this moment in 1981 when a group of mps left labour and set in 1981 when a group of mps left labourand set up in 198

as in a new party? who knows, in the future... a breakaway party? is now the time?three parties that we know we can vote for. someone new, someone fresh who's hopefully got new ideas and is a bit stronger than jeremy corbyn. who have you voted for before? unfortunately, labour. i always back labour but i feel the current leader, i like him, but he's a bit weak, in my opinion. for some, the last labour split in the 19805 is a fond memory. well, i'm conservative and i'm hoping this sham with labour will make a bit of a mess and support the conservative, from my point of view. you're hoping it splits the labour vote? i hope it splits the labour vote, yes. the reaction among labour volunteers here was much as you'd expect. we're disappointed, but were not surprised. it's apt that gavin is one of the seven dwarves who've resigned today, because he's a political minnow. we look forward to him calling a by—election, where he will be annihilated by the official labour party candidate and consigned to the dustbin of history, where he belongs. i think there will be some sympa

we have seen one woman in this party, one in that party. we have never seen five or six run. we're going to look at these tart of the characteristics that women bring. are they collaborative, are they combative? we have a lot of things that we are going to learn on the campaign trail. the most important thing i encourage americans to do is get to know the candidates, get to know their positions and where they stand on the issues. don't get caught up on these traps where she is too tough or she is likable enough. where does she stand on climate change, infrastructure? where does she stand on public education or the deficit? most americans would like to talk about these issues in 2020. we are not going to talk about her hair. got forbid anyone talk about my hair this morning. where going to talk about her the whiter past to house -- we are going to talk about her policy, her path to the white house. host: and your hair looks nice. guest: thank you very much. host: this is another tweet from karen. should the democratic party eliminate superdelegates? have a votell not on the fi

with party workers.ily who enabled me to win... brexit a big reason for going. ..the hardline, anti—eu awkward squad that have destroyed every leader for the last a0 years, are now running the conservative party, from top to tail. they are the conservative party. i'm not leaving the conservative party — it's left us. the conservatives said another had grown too harsh. i am tired of feeling numb. i can no longer represent a government and a party who can't open their eyes to the suffering endured by the most vulnerable in society. suffering which have deepened, whilst having the power to fix. all three had lost faith in mrs may's handling of brexit. the party that was once the most trusted on the economy and business is now marching us towards the cliff edge of a no—deal brexit. why do you believe that such a small handful of mps can really transform politics in the way that you say? and, if i may, is a new party part of your plans, and if it is, do you accept that the odds in the political system i heavi

a huge day to the labour party and the labour party movement as it reflects on the fa ct party movementd say to people, let's stay focused on the thing that matters to us, protecting our country from a tory ha rd protecting our country from a tory hard brexit and making sure that our labour values of socialjustice are realised. you are the chair of a central left movement, many would see you and use the word moderate to dip prescribe you the parliamentary labour party, and politically relatively close to those who decided to leave. is there anything that they said, short of their conclusion that they wanted to leave that you could obviously disagree with? people will use different terms, but i am a progressive. i believe the power structures in our country are run. the reason that i am labour, is because i believe that the labour party is still the best vehicle to change those power structures. i believe ordinary families can be heard and be served by our politics. the issues that people have raised this morning, thatis people have raised this morning, that is for them, but i wish we co

so the labour party itself has a long way to go.frey, do you see this as being about individuals, a kind of cometh the hour cometh the woman, or is this about a kind of broken system? i am clear that the system is broken. it doesn't represent the mainstream of britain on the left of the right, and certainly not in the centre. the independent group, i agree with david, it was smart of them to create a group without policies and an agenda, because they need time. on newsnight, they were being beaten up because they didn't know one day one what they stood for. i think this represents a complete dysfunction and disintegration of the traditional system. where it takes us, history would suggest that it is hard for a rump like the independent group to make it in a first past the post system, which does not make it easy for a third or fourth or fifth party to actually win against all the others, when the votes are divided. but i think all the old rules don't apply anymore. if you look at bernie sanders in the last us election, these kind of

the tories and the labour party are imploding.e secretary's praised by his own mps for stripping is runaway shamima begum of her british citizenship. but opposition mps condemn the move. in removing british citizenship, the home secretary is essentially saying she's somebody else's problem. we hear from the clerk of the commons as he says farewell after more than a0 years of westminster and makes a prediction for a forthcoming report on bullying. there will be stories, which will reflect badly both on individual members who will not be named, but on the fact that this sort of behaviour has, in the past, taken place. and mps call for a complete ban on eating cats and dogs. amazingly, it is still legal to personally slaughter your dog or cat and privately consume its meat here in the uk. but first, it was a case of going...going...gone. in the parliamentary week, 11 mps — eight labour and three conservatives quit their parties and formed what they are calling the independent group, quickly nicknamed tig. it was the biggest split sin

labour's deputy leader, tom watson, warnsjeremy corbyn he has to act urgently, if the party is to stayether. there's almost a sort of crisis for the soul of the labour party now, and that means that everyone who cares about our future, whatever tradition they represent, has to find it within themselves to work more closely and that's as big a challenge forjeremy as it is for me. the prime minister says she won't allow the brexit referendum result to be frustrated, as she prepares for further talks with eu leaders at a summit in egypt. michael gove says a deal can be done. i understand that progress is being made, that the attorney—general, geoffrey cox, and the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, have had fruitful conversations with their european colleagues. leicester city part company with their manager claude puel after only 16 months in charge. venezuela's opposition leader calls on other nations to consider "all measures" to oust president nicolas maduro after several people are killed in border clashes over an aid delivery. final preparations are underway for hollywood's biggest n

party that he loves. you. laura kuenssberg, our political editor, at westminster. the justice secretary wants to scrap most short—term prison sentences, saying a radical new approach is needed to crime and punishment. david gauke says there s a very strong case for abolishing jail terms of less than six months for most offences, and replacing them with what he called robust community sentences. an internet search for "how do police find dna?" was allegedly made on a phone said to belong to the 16—year—old accused of murdering the schoolgirl alesha macphail. the accused denies abducting, raping and murdering the six year old, who was found dead in woodland on the isle of bute lastjuly. shamima begum, the schoolgirl from london who ran away to join the islamic state group in syria, says she never wanted to be a "poster girl" for the terrorist organisation. having just given birth to a baby boy in a refugee camp in northern syria, she now says she wants the uk's forgiveness, and supports "some british values

our party represents our electorate, the iowa democratic party, represents the diversity that exists in our entire party, diversity of thought. there are folks who are aligned with the green new deal and some of the ideas in the socialist vein. some more in the middle of the political spectrum. as ray said, this is all going to play out in the next year. we're going to see a lot of ideas come forward. susan: mr. price, can i stay with you on that note moving to the general election? president trump highlighted the term in the state of the union address, and already we're seeing republicans contrast their stance with the idea of socialism in this country. how will this play out with iowa voters, overall? chairman price: well, i think what iowa voters are interested in is who is going to have their back? who's going to be standing up for them in washington? as we saw in this last election, you know, with the democrats at the congressional level, we won by almost four points over republicans as a statewide whole. people are looking for change in washington. i think that's what we're goi

with thousands of jobs at risk and the party's reputation in section, will the party stop saying russian roulette, so they don't have the final say. >> as he knows there are two ways to ensure, when is to stay in the european union which is not what the referendum said and the other is a deal we are working on at the moment taking a view of the house of commons about the concerns and working with brussels to resolve that issue to make sure the house will agree a deal. >> mister speaker, the house will debate anti-semitism and the statements of the law to explain labor inactivity of this issue and given a choice between the anti-semite -- they decided to sign without it. in the light of that will the prime minister join me in urging labor once and for all? >> this is an important issue everybody in the house should take seriously. i never thought i would see the day when jewish people were concerned about their future in this country and i never thought i would see the day the labour party was accused of institutional anti-semitism by a former member of the party. it is incumbent on all o

democratic party says it's been kicked out of it planned rally venue. democratic republic of congo's new president felix she said katie has invited all political exiles to return home he made the announcement during a visit to the neighboring republic of congo where tens of thousands of people fled during former president joseph kabila seventeen year rule many of the exiles belong to the party founded by she's a katie's late father she said he was four sworn in last month marking the first peaceful democratic transition of power since independence. on monday iran will mark the fortieth anniversary of its islamic revolution in the lead up to the anniversary we've been reporting on the changes iranians have seen in that time when i had to when i had toller ruhollah khomeini returned from exile in one nine hundred seventy nine he'd been living in france and since then the french government has had a complex relationship with tehran the talks about that takes a look back. it was a turning point in the iranian revolution ayatollah khomeini arriving in tehran

kinds it's not a matter of white nationalist parties believe he's not a white nationalist party lorenzo's from tell ourselves he saw an identity theory and conception of politics awaking all across europe dented theory means white that that's why i said we are meeting where there is an italian was to protect the european identity the european christina roots for example the european culture data and culture but it is you that is giving today is identity tyrion project the iraqis. arrested development that's not the the meaning in any way that the league and our representatives are doing so we want to protect the cultural roots the christian roots of europe and when counting dead people that really are. scared of. for example you are usually because of the impact of me gratian and control it flows is not just a matter of protecting cultural heritage but for example we are living deep impact on the level of real wages so if you have a lot of people that are coming illegally and are able because they are dispersed to be exploited or to make this same job of a european people far less that's

receptacle there ali has no official role in the government and in the party. he was in your party for a long time yeah a lot of people were in when he fired whenever he saw pictures of the black politician says see engaged now in any peace and i cannot think of the features of and around it as i said mr cull there are there is not a sunni or member of these how about mary of borges is one of your enemy pins who had to pay a fifty thousand euro fine for calling prime minister enrico letta as administrator he was more of bungling it was wrong he was condemned by the party he was fine it and he has to pay for his mistakes that not i mean we cannot control every the collaboration of an a.b.s. or whatever when i'm sacked we are likely out of very little home when you come to the now that's a different party mario borg was part of the old league he will not be candidate anymore in the in the n.f.c. european parliament just to serve really was part of the league as well but he was elected secretary in two thousand and fourteen and he changed directly to party and as

i have decided to leave the labour party.to take. , but i‘ve taken it have ever had to take. , but i‘ve ta ken it because have ever had to take. , but i‘ve taken it because i become ashamed of the labour party, if i am honest. i grew up listening to my dad, who was a refugee from the holocaust, teaching me about the evils of hatred and prejudice, and one of the main reasons ijoined the labour party as a teenager, here in dudley, more than 35 years ago, was to fight racism and i could never have believed that i would be leaving the labour party because of racism as well. ian austin mp speaking on bbc wmin well. ian austin mp speaking on bbc wm in the well. ian austin mp speaking on bbc w m in the last few minutes, confirming that he has left the labour party, becoming the ninth mp to do so this week. well, it has been a week of political splintering and normally loyal conservatives could rebel against the government ina bid could rebel against the government in a bid to prevent a no—deal brexit. dozens of conservative or back

they are the conservative party. get the latest from our political correspondent ben wright in westminster. it kind of depends who you ask about this moment in british politics. some people say this could be the beginning of something extraordinary, other people say it really does not amount to much, there are only 11 of them and there you go? true, charlie, it could be a small landslip of british politics or the beginning of something significant, an avalanche that changes the shape of british politics has been a bit. we simply do not know. what is true is that this new group has had a good launch, and there is clearly a momentum to it and clearly those three tories, so quickly to cross the floor and then launch the blistering attack they did on the current tory party in that press conference yesterday was powerful stuff. i know that a number of tory mps and ministers privately would agree with almost every word they said. the question is whether any more will cross the floor and join this new group. ifeel more will

the labour party is now a racist, anti—semitic party.facilitating brexit, which will cause great economic, social and political damage to our country. the values which i hold really dear, and which led me tojoin the labour party as a student almost 20 years ago, remain who i am. and yet, these values have been consistently and constantly violated, undermined and attacked as the labour party today refuses to put my constituents and our country before party interest. 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, conference policy has been cast aside, no guaranteed full participation in the single market any more, no exact same benefits, no movement towards a people's vote. choosing to stand by while our constituents' lives and future opportunities are hurt by brexit is a fundamental violation of labour's traditional values. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster. norman. t