yvette cooper has put down an amendment along with oliver letwi n an amendment along with oliver letwinffectively give parliament the ability to take control and it would force the government to agree some kind of deal and what yvette cooper has to say with this reaction being the date, she says that the prime minister's remarks make it even more vital that the house of commons votes for our bill, the one that she and oliver letwin are trying to put through, to try and restore some common sense. she added, the prime minister is not acting responsibly in the national interest but mps from all sides need to do so. that is some reaction. it is building up to be quite a lively week in westminster, whether or not the vote happens. we will have more on what is happening in terms of brexit negotiations and that some a little later in the course of this hour. also today... the deputy leader of the labour party —— said thatjeremy corbyn must take a "personal lead" over claims of anti—semitism in the labour party. tom watson told the bbc‘s andrew marr that there was a "crisis for the soul" of the

deal is taken off the table, and that is the purpose of yvette coopens that is the purpose of yvette cooper's, that we will come to vote on wednesday. but even if you buy some time by extending article 50, the question is, what is it for? and if parliament remains deadlocked, and i say this as someone who has not wanted a second referendum so far, but i do acknowledge is that the only way to resolve it is to go back to the british people, and ifjeremy corbyn is about to make that announcement, lam sure is about to make that announcement, i am sure it will be welcome in the labour party by the many members who support this debt. go back to the british people. and i suppose lots of people would then say come up with what? i presume... my collea g u es with what? i presume... my colleagues put forward a proposal in which the prime minister's deal would go through parliament, but its implementation would be subject to a vote by the british people. i think, under that scenario, the vote would be, if you want to live with the deal the prime minister has negotiated, you vote for that, and if you rej

. —— yvette cooper. we will see what happens. on the wednesday.n that time is the story, there were two pretty surreal things which stood out. —— times story. firstly, she is talking about a meaningful vote on march 12, only 17 days before brexit. let'sjust pretend that she might get that through. if so, she has 17 days in order to push through the necessary legislation which may or may not be feasible. so that may lead to some sort of delay, whatever happens. i think the second thing is that actually, the various ministers are threatening to resign if she doesn't rule out no deal. farce completely, apparently, according to the times, undermining her authority, chive find extraordinary. this is nothing less than a cabinet revolt. this is seen to the prime minister, unless you do what we tell you to do, we will resign. does that mean she should sack them now? why not? so, we would be looking at amber rudd, greg clark... where do you stand, rob? well, she has suffered many ministerial resignations recently. but for those three to be lost in one fell

so, the pressure if they have put out saying that they feel they will also back yvette cooper's planur of a public vote to prevent, as they put it, a damaging tory brexit. there have been, of course huge arguments in the labour party about all of this, and many of their party members have wa nted and many of their party members have wanted another referendum. for many of them, in order to campaign to stay in the eu. what we don't have, and has not been thrashed out yet, is what exactly the form of another referendum would take. what would be the question come would it be held? all of those things yet to be discussed, but clearly a huge announcement to be made tonight by jeremy corbyn to his parliamentary labour party. and let's remember the backdrop, last week, of course, several labour mps are leaving the party, and all of them, deciding them that they wanted to have another referendum, apart from ian austin. so, a huge driverfor many of those people leaving the party was because they were not happy about the brexit policy being pursued byjeremy corbyn. it seems now that he has chan

27th february, a series of amendments to be voted on then antifeminist are concerned that the yvette cooperhe last time, the effort to delay the process , last time, the effort to delay the process, that may gain traction the next thing that comes before the house. thank you. millions of workers could see their take—home pay fall from april when the amount they have to put into their pension pot increases. a bbc analysis of earnings suggests higher contribution rates for those in auto—enrolment pensions will hit pay packets, despite an imminent tax cut. rob young reports. building a pension pot, sacrificing part of our wages today to pay for a more comfortable retirement. since 2012, ten million eligible workers have been automatically enrolled in a workplace pension. from april, many of those employees will have to pay a bigger proportion of their pay into their auto enrolment pension pot. according to an analysis of earnings carried out for the bbc, the annual take—home pay of someone earning £15,000 a year will be £a9 lower, someone on £30,000 will take home £253 less. in a few weeks, ma

it also looks very likely that will be the moment that yvette cooper tries again to reintroduce an amendedy for a bill that could potentially close off a no—deal brexit. that will be a very big moment. my sense is talking to some ministers and tory mps today that support for that is really heartening and has hardened as a result of this evening. james cleverly is tory party chairman. he said it will still likely that the government would in the indicated a deal through. the government lost, but that does not deflect us or distract us from trying to get this deal through on the 29th of march. it wasn't said to be on the scale of the humiliation suffered in january. i think it is always difficult losing votes, but we have got to get a sense of the big picture. what the house of commons voted at the end of last month with the brady amendment was that a month with the brady amendment was thata numberof month with the brady amendment was that a number of conservative mps wanted to focus on this issue of the backstop, they wanted the eu to get something on the backstop. and that there was a majo

that probably won't get through but there is another move by labour's yvette cooper to put a deadlineter, if you haven't got a deal by then, he will either have to hold a vote to leave without a deal or, hold a vote to delay article 50. the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer this morning warned he feared mrs may was now intent on running down the clock. everybody observing has seemed that what the prime minister is up to is obvious. she is coming to parliament every other week, pretending there is progress and trying to buy another two weeks, edging away anothertwo weeks, edging herway towards the 215t of march which is when the next eu summit is, to try and put her deal up against no deal in those final few weeks. and parliament needs to say, that's not on. so what we are saying is putting down an amendment that says on the 26th of february, you must either put your deal to a vote, if you are going to put it to a vote again. 0r, put a motion down so that parliament can take control. there are signs that european research group of tory brexiteers are about to kick off again ahe

we know that some of your ministers want to vote for yvette cooper's amendment on wednesday.umstances we are in, could they somehow remain in government and vote against government policy? first of all, we have not actually need the motion for wednesday yet. we haven‘t had amendments to that notion, we don‘t know what amendments will be selected for debate any debate on wednesday. what i will be doing, it‘s obviously, i am making a statement today has tomorrow to update members of the house of commons as to where we are in the negotiations. and we will be making clear that we have been making clear that we have been making progress, we have had positive and constructive discussions, and as i say, when the next bring the meaningful vote back, i think it is important the people vote on the question as to whether we wa nt vote on the question as to whether we want to do ever on the result of the referendum, and did that in a smooth and orderly way, leaving, by leaving with a deal. we are ensuring that we are working hard to ensure tarmac to address the concerns that parliament h

yvette cooper wanted to bring in a bill extending the timetable for the uk to leave the eu because shewould leave without a deal. because every time the prime minister has had a chance to pull back and to reach out, she has done the opposite. every time she has had a chance to think about the country, she has instead turned to the party. and every time, when she has had the chance to build bridges, she has turned instead to the hardliners who simply want to set those bridges on fire. sir graham brady aimed to replace the so—called irish backstop with unspecified "alternative arrangments." what i hope to demonstrate with amendment m today is that there is an agreement which can win majority support in this house of commons, and that by voting for amendment m, we can send the prime minister back to brussels to negotiate, we can do so having strengthened her hand. an amendment from a labour mp, jack dromey, and the conservative caroline spelman simply aimed to rule out a no deal brexit. the public are weary with the brexit debate. it is not quick and painless, as promised. they want us to

we have an amendment being put forward again by yvette cooper and another mp which is about delayingis not reached by mid—march. the suggestion seems to be that these three cabinet ministers might support that. what has been the reaction from downing street? they have said the prime minister is still working towards a deal and it is no secret that these ministers held these types of views. another thing is that today is that brexiteers feel as though they are being bullied by downing street's —— by downing street, there has been a suggestion that downing street are trying to coordinate this in some way to pressure them into supporting theresa may's deal. so the hidden hand of downing street is behind this? yes, a kind of conspiracy theory that they are behind this. downing street have not commented on this and point to the fact that theresa may is continuing to discuss theissue theresa may is continuing to discuss the issue with the eu and try to get some tweaks that could get support for her deal. certainly this idea that you have got mps on all sides concerned about what's going to

because she is hoping i think to take the wind out of the sails of this plan by the labour mp yvette cooperive oliver letwin, which has received a fair bit of support. not least those cabinet ministers yesterday who indicated they don't want to be part of a no—deal brexit. exactly and that date would have put this plan down for the 13th of march. if parliament hadn't passed adeal by then, they would seek to delay the process and force the government's hand and either rule or extend the negotiations. pope francis has called for the catholic church to give priority to victims of abuse. the pontiff spoke at the end of a four day conference aimed at tackling abuse within the church. our correspondent james reynolds reports from rome. for four days catholic bishops from across the world heard the testimony of victims abused by priests. at the end of the conference the pope called on the entire church not to blame others. instead he said it should take action and make victims the priority. translation: if in the church there should emerge even a single case of abuse, which in itself represents an

we know already that the labour mp yvette cooper is likely to table her amendment again to delay thingsresting that a group of tory centrists are also looking at some sort of delay. you just get the sense that there is now real pressure building for delay. albeit, listening to the education secretary, damian hinds this morning, he was pretty much sticking to mrs may's line, that delay would not help get a deal. well, look, these delays that people are, you know, suggesting, they don't actually solve anything, theyjust prolong these issues. they don't give any more certainty to business, they don't resolve any of the dilemmas or trade—offs that are involved, inevitably, in this. we have to... we have to face up to those trade—offs. we have to get the deal done and better to do it now, in time for the 29th of march, rather than... rather than any kind of delay. now, obviously, what adds to the pressure on mrs may is the fact that we know at least three cabinet ministers have said they are minded to vote for delay, because they think the alternative of no deal is just so cataclysmic. the q

and as you know, it is the intention of a number of mps across the party is led by oliver n and yvette cooperof legislation to ensure that we cannot have a new deal brexit because it would require the prime minister as a matter of law, if she will not do it herself, to get article 50 extended. you though her argument on that. if you take no deal off the table it limits her hand the negotiations.” deal off the table it limits her hand the negotiations. i simply cannot accept that. it is a threat we are making which is completely fanciful. if indeed we really do intend to leave with no deal then we intend to leave with no deal then we intend to leave with no deal then we intend to carry out on ourselves massive self—inflicted harm and chaos and damage, economic, short—term and long—term. it is not a reasonable position to adopt, i have very little doubt that our european union partners know that, they could only conclude that the united kingdom has taken leave of that sense a sensor to make sure that sense a sensor to make sure thatis that sense a sensor to make sure that is taken off the table

and finally an amendment from labour's yvette cooper noting the commitments made by theresa may on ading article 50 was passed with a thumping majority the ayes to the right 502, the noes to the left, 20. all of which means theresa may is now committed to give the commons a vote on any revised proposals she's thrashed out with brussels by march the 12th. you're watching wednesday in parliament, with me, alicia mccarthy. now, earlier in the day, before the brexit debate and votes, the home secretary, sajid javid, signalled his support for a treaty on citizens‘ rights to protect the three million eu nationals thought to be living here. but he told the home affairs committee it was "highly unlikely" the eu would agree to it. you asked me specifically about an amendment that's been made by mr costa, for today, you ask me what's wrong with that amendment? nothing. so is the government supporting it now? yes. good. i'm delighted to hear that. what do you mean now? when was the government not supporting it? when did you hear that? yesterday. yesterday? from who? the prime minister. did you?

she is hoping to take the wind out of the sails of this plan by labour mps such as yvette cooper andive oliver letwin, which has received a fair bit of support. cabinet ministers yesterday indicated they do not want to be pa rt indicated they do not want to be part of a new deal brexit. if parliament had not passed a deal by the 30th of march, they would seek to delay the process and force the government's hand and will have no deal or extend negotiations. theresa may is saying that they will get other the day before and you do not need to support this plan to guarantee that parliament will get a deal. possibly she does not know the answer, but the question is whether 01’ answer, but the question is whether or not the house of commons will accept that or whether there will be people this week who want to push it and say, we cannot leave at that long, or whether they are prepared to trust the prime minister, she knows she can get something more out of she needs more time. yesterday she needs more time until the europeans blink first. there are a good number of conservative mps who wa

yvette cooper.ld be a serious flaw in our security arrangements. the police chief in charge of preparing for brexit has said that no deal would leave us less safe. she and! no deal would leave us less safe. she and i have always previously agreed on the importance of not undermining our national security or undermining our national security or undermining public safety. but she knows that her continued delays have increased the risks of no deal on the 29th of march. if she has failed by the middle of march to persuade this house to back a deal, is she still ruling out extending article 50, yes or no? can i say to the right honourable lady, the extension of article 50 is not something which solves the problem. if you... the only way to solve a problem of not having no deal is to agree a deal. the right honourable lady says it is my delays that have caused the position we are in. we are in this position we are in. we are in this position because, yes, i negotiated a deal with the eu, i put it back to

yvette cooper wanted nine months, it might be reduced to three.ers talking about five years. have you really? remain supporting ministers? original! i won't name them, but remain supporting. the argument is to get something as complex as these completed really does take years. we have ta ken two completed really does take years. we have taken two and a half years to go almost nowhere, if you think about it, and the answer is to put everything on hold and really get everything on hold and really get everything in place before going. they may also have another agenda, which is to stay in europe, because the whole landscape could look very different in five years' time. people might have a different view, a second referendum now would be a mistake. a second referendum now would be hugely dangerous, but you don't know that in five years' time. but on the other hand, you are saying to the people who voted to leave, we don't think you knew what you are doing... no, i agree, the same problem. i am you are doing... no, i agree, the same problem. lam sure

that and the big chance for parliament to stop it is going to be next week when they vote on yvette cooper'sntjeremy corbyn? we have seen both from theresa may and front jeremy corbyn? yes, i think so and i think it is a reflection of the despair and many sections of the electorate that there simply isn't a party that represents their views. the leaders, if you think back to the 80s, you had mrs thatcher who was a strong leader like her or loathe her and you've got to act is amazing to be wea k you've got to act is amazing to be weak and jeremy corbyn who is very far to the left and you've got so many of the labour party in the hands of the quote far left. thank you very much. my thanks tojohn in the studio. japan's space agency appears to have successfully landed a spacecraft on an asteroid, more than 300 million kilometres away from earth. the hayabusa 2 spacecraft will try to collect rock samples. rupert wingfield—hayes sent us this report from tokyo. it appears to be a remarkable success forjapan's hyabusa two, and the country's space programme. the 600 kilogram craft had to fire its thr

conservative body also worth noting, though, from the opposition benches labour mp and foreign minister a yvette coopert seems based on the vote last night when her amendment went through with a massive majority, parliament is backing her, and it's forcing the government to follow her lead as well. what this means going forward from the labour perspective is quite interesting. we had a vote last night to another proposal put forward by the labour party. in theory it will pit theresa may's deal, whatever that looks like, versus the current possibility of remaining inside the european union that's something that a lot of labour grassroots members have backed, and this follows on from their own party conference several months ago where that became a central plank of the official labour party. this is something that jeremy corbin has been enthusiastic about. it's going to be very interesting to see how quickly they move to pushing that policy and how fully he himself ends up backing it >> excellent thank you very much for that report willem from westminster. let's take a look at u.s. futures and see how st

tomorrow, there is a bill being put forward by yvette cooper and caroline spelman. will be but they have to amount to the same thing because i don't want to undermine the prime minister because i support her policy. it is this tactic of no deal that has to be removed. you think there is more time because some of your colleagues, like—minded mps, think we are out of time now, you really have to pass the cooper amendment because there is no more time. there is no time for camera kicking down the road. the amendment actually provides a legislative process which ta kes provides a legislative process which takes time itself. given the prime minister is going to bring the deal back before the 12th or 13th of march, whatever the alternative strategy is, be it the amendment or something the prime minister says,... something the prime minister says, . .. the something the prime minister says,... the only thing that will force the prime minister to change course is legislation... do you think words will be enough? the person that put this bill together, i trust his judgment.

absolutely, if you watched the amendment debate you saw people talking about it, yvette cooper talkedrexit in general terms but they've had research done for them which says in all of the chaos that we are seeing, all of the chaos that we are seeing, all the uncertainty, voting intention is still 41% of those would vote conservative, 34% labour, 8% for the liberal democrats and if you go down, things like the approval ratings, theresa may was better thanjeremy approval ratings, theresa may was better than jeremy corbyn. it approval ratings, theresa may was better thanjeremy corbyn. it is extraordinary, you would expect in uncertain times people would look to the opposition and the opposition would ride height. think about player in 95, 96, the unsettling times underjohn player in 95, 96, the unsettling times under john major, player in 95, 96, the unsettling times underjohn major, labour were screeching ahead. downing street has denied saying that theresa may could be planning a general election for june, ithink be planning a general election for june, i think on one of the front page

parliament has a chance to require you to seek an extension to article 50, then we will vote for the yvette cooperiament this afternoon and announced that mps will have the chance, if her deal is defeated again when it comes back, to then clearly say, we do not support a no—deal brexit. and then instruct her to go and seek an extension to article 50, which she has committed to honour and uphold, and will make the legislative changes to ensure that is the case. in particular changing the exit today from where it currently is, the 29th of march, in british law. you think that is overwhelmingly likely? i think it is, really, because just listening to what damian grammaticas had to say about the discussions taking place in brussels, if that's the shape of the assurances that the prime minister is likely to bring back, it may peel off some of her mps to bring them to support her deal but i'm not sure it will bring across a sufficient number. therefore the risk from her point of view is that she will lose another vote on her withdrawal agreement. at the moment it becomes clear that the commons rejects a

commons would then debate and vote on this motion on wednesday the 27th of february the labour mp, yvette coopere an amendment. the purpose of which is to rule out a "no deal brexit". at that point, the prime minister would have to decide whether to stick to her commitment to leaving on 29 march even if there is no deal, or ask to extend article 50 so that the uk stays inside the eu while negotiations continue. let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley at westminster. a lot to discuss, there is obviously lots of traffic in downing street andi lots of traffic in downing street and i lot through brussels, not like the you think on they keep things that have emerged today? the first one is that there are some conservatives who are pretty close to the brink when it comes to potentially quitting the party, that we have heard that from justine and philip they are not happy with the prospect of ending up in a few weeks' time, being close to no deal and in that situation, they might think about quitting. dominic is welcome another tori who is not happy with the direction of travel at that

you will vote for this proposal by yvette cooper?oldened those ministers and government you've heard tobias ellwood on one of your sister outlets today, richard harrington, i was on a programme with robert buckland, they are clear publicly now that they're not going to go along with us crashing out without a deal. the only way to stop that is extending the article 50 process. the former conservative members of oui’ the former conservative members of u , the former conservative members of ourgroup, if the former conservative members of our group, if they hadn't did what they did last week, i'm not sure you would have this environment brewing where people are actually prepared to finally put the country first, put it before the party interest and put it before the party interest and put the national interest first. you will introduce contempt proceedings against... i'm not saying we're definitely... were going through the process of it. ok. who would it be... against the minister in exiting the european union, you could say a brexit mi

the yvette cooper amendment that seeks to get no deal off the table at the very least.liament on these issues in the middle of march. what about labour voters who say they do not want another referendum under any circumstances? they were asked once and they have voted. circumstances? they were asked once and they have votedlj circumstances? they were asked once and they have voted. i recognise there will be labour members and members of the british public who are sick to the back teeth of this and want it to end but they will understand it has been very difficult to bring this to an ending because there really wasn't a single position on leaving. there was on remaining, but there wasn't on leaving. we are in a pickle, we have got to bring that pickle to an end and the only way to do that is to put this deal to the british people understanding that the deal is a long way from what many thought they we re long way from what many thought they were voting for, when they voted to leave the eu. you said the meeting this evening was very heated at times, did jeremy corbyn look

one of those amendments from yvette cooper and oliver luck when it is around trying to delay brexit ifeved. looking at what these cabinet ministers have said today, it suggests that if no deal is done, they might be looking to back that amendment. a very difficult week ahead for the prime minister again. another busy week ahead for you lot. thank you. labour is to announce new plans for flexible working which — it says — will provide more support to women. in a speech today, the shadow women and equalities secretary, dawn butler, will say that a change in the law is necessary to close the gender pay gap, and to dismantle barriers that hold women back from promotion and progression. a man and woman in their 70s have died, after a car they were in was hit by a van, being pursued by police in south—east london. officers say a van was being "driven erratically at speed" in eltham and failed to stop — before colliding with a carjust after midnight. the driver of the van was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. the incident has been referred to the independent office

the labour mp yvette cooper says she will go ahead and table her amendment tonight, though she says theresat" of what the amendment demands. one of the other amendments gathering support has come from the conservative mp and junior minister alberto costa, which would effectively ring—fence the citizens‘ rights part of the withdrawal agreement. so in the event of no deal on march 29th, eu and uk citizens‘ rights would still be protected. we spoke to mr costa a short time ago. the purpose of my amendment is quite simple. it is simply to say, let's get the issue of citizens' rights assaulted. it is uncontroversial. it will bind the house of commons together on one aspect of the withdrawal agreement, which we can together say to the eu, this is what the british parliament once, —— wants, at the least, a deal on citizens' rights. we want it because only that deal protects overi million british citizens that are resident throughout the eu. without that part of the deal, there isn't a treaty that is underpinned under international law giving those guarantees to british citizens and eu nationals. a

there's another deal sponsored by yvette cooper that would demand that they extend brexit for quite some time and take the pressure off. important votes this week in parliament. david: are we surprised? you look at what theresa may was doing, it looked like she was going down this path to take it to the last possible second. >> it was either a strategy or incompetence. there are people who thought both ways. you have this gamesmanship in the u.s. and the u.k. with these march deadlines that may or may not be extended. what did they have to win or lose? the markets are dependent on these particular deals being reached. it should be march 15 for these deadlines. beware the ides of march. alix: listen to the other story. industrial production falling the fastest since the financial crisis in europe.. the conversation emerging that there is weakness in the global economy -- not europe, not china, not trade. >> there's data out there that shows it is weaker than the u.s. and china. the big question is whether the being able to come off the stimulative policy will ever be realized. they are ma

that's what we've done, caroline spelman and myself, yvette cooper, we all came together to win whatg made yesterday. now it is today, and tomorrow, and ourfocus will be on cross—party unity, being maintained, to extract a better deal for britain. thank you very much. emergency services have been dealing with a number of wildfires following the how to swim today on record. the largest blaze has been on saddleworth moor near huddersfield in west yorkshire. emergency services say the fire, one of the biggest moorland fires they've ever had to deal with, is now out. charlotte gallagher reports: fla mes flames sneak their way through saddleworth moor, the fire and thick smoke visible from miles away. one witness described the scene as apocalyptic. emergency services were called here at around 7:30pm yesterday, a number of fire engines and specialist moorland fire fighting unit spent the early hours trying to contain the flames, more ci’ews we re trying to contain the flames, more crews were sent this morning as the fire continued to blaze. i think this is possibly one of the biggest plac

will we see another attempt by the likes of yvette cooperfor parliament attempt by the likes of yvette coopereresa may has met with the main political leaders in northern ireland as part of the government's efforts to break the deadlock over brexit. mrs may was on a two—day visit to try to reassure people she can secure a brexit deal that avoids the return of customs checkpoints on the irish border. sinn fein's leader mary lou mcdonald spoke straight after her meeting and said theresa may had come to belfast empty—handed and with no plan. said theresa may had come to belfast empty-handed and with no plan. we had what i would describe as a very direct meeting with mrs may. we are now 51 days from the brexit deadline and the british prime minister has come here empty—handed with the same old rhetoric, with no plan, no credibility, and frankly no honour. we have told her that the british strategy of running down the clock and playing a game of chicken with ireland and irish interests, is profoundly unacceptable and wrong. we have told her that the days of britain dictating to ireland, or irish p

we are talking about the yvette cooper and oliver left wing amendment.hat you are hinting at there, in the daily mail over the last couple of days, gregg clark, amber rudd wrote what they did about where they might go. your reading of that is they will vote for that? i think they have to. what she is doing by promising another vote by march the 12th is trying to persuade them to hold fire and what they threaten to do, give her more time. there is no sign of any progress with brussels. i cannot believe those cabinet ministers believe those cabinet ministers believe two weeks will make any difference. it is notjust the three cabinet ministers, there are various ministers across the government telling the prime minister they will vote for yvette cooper's amendment. she can play hardball and sack them all. what would that do to her government? she offers them a free vote or she gets out in front of it and says, before wednesday i will seeka and says, before wednesday i will seek a delay if i have not passed my deal. we have to remember that at the end of jan

yvette cooper has called for a short delay, as well.mps on both sides seem oblivious to our oblivious to what the european union are saying, they are saying, yeah, let's have a 21 month delay, not just but a few months. yes, part of theissue just but a few months. yes, part of the issue as it is a negotiation, so the issue as it is a negotiation, so the mps in the uk can say what amount of time they would like, and i think there is a view that actually, although there bar reports coming from brussels about a longer extension, they think it is something that the uk government could negotiate. but there is a problem, because if you look at the simon hart amendment that you touched on, it is seen as a compromise delay, that does seem very ha rd to compromise delay, that does seem very hard to negotiate with the eu. if theresa may could pass the deal, there is the view that she could get a shorter extension, while you get the legislation through that is required to accompany the deal, but the eu is very reluctant to keep renewing article 50

yvette cooper tried to bring a before and it did not work.t five weeks now from leaving the eu and it seems very close and when you have got... it is not a surprise to anyone that amber rudd ‘s position and david gauke as well, but the fact that they're willing to come out and say it will encourage other tory mps to vote for that amendment and what it does is it gives more time. hardcore brexiteers will say it is an attempt to put off brexit and stop it altogether but there is a genuine concern among a lot of parliament about crashing out without anything, because that is full of so many unknowns at the moment. if we look in the sunday telegraph, giles, a warning from a minister that a brexit delay is an elephant trap that we cannot escape. clearly voicing some of the concerns that many of the brexiteers have that if you get a delay, the whole thing could be put off indefinitely. i think this is what may bring some of the hardcore brexiteers into line, be careful what you wish for. do you wa nt be careful what you wish for. do you want a cust

politico said this was yvette cooper rubbing the prime minister's nose in it.ore serious than that in the sense a lot of mps, and i'm trying to think of a nice way to say this, they've lost trust in theresa may. it's nothing personal, they just in theresa may. it's nothing personal, theyjust regard this issue of brexit make of being so serious and they want to make sure the government keeps to its promises when it comes to votes in parliament. i didn't want to be flippant parliament. i didn't want to be flippa nt about it parliament. i didn't want to be flippant about it but when they vote on this, it would be odd for the government to oppose it. i'm expecting abstentions on the conservative side because they won't vote again something they've laid out! i know you aren't being funny about it. certainly, you're right. it is certainly true there are kind of personal rivalries and little kind of niggles going on, but this one, it would be odd if the government voted against something it had approved of. yes. so, the ayes will have it? yes. what do you think of lor

the second was by yvette cooper, a labour mp, heramendment states that if mps vote to delay brexit, the to change, in law, the date of the uk's departure. and today angela merkel suggested that the eu would be prepared to accept that. translation: we are indeed approaching great britain's departure from the european union at the end of next month. we fully agree, and i discussed this with theresa may just a few days ago, that the agreement is valid. if britain needs more time, we won't refuse. but we ask for an orderly solution, and an orderly departure of the british of the european union. in some ways yesterday was more important because theresa may accepted mps would be able to vote on delaying brexit? young absolutely right, the leader of the liberal democrats, speaking to him a little bit. he told me tonight was a damn squid, because effectively everything has been cut off now until potentially around the middle of march. the first thing that's going to happen is that theresa may will bring back what she hopes will be a revised deal with perhaps some changes to the northern irish b

there have been dismayed yvette cooper including conservatives to try and take no deal of the table andver the brexit process and make sure no deal couldn't happen at the end of march. it was that and it is that that is meant theresa may has made this decision today under pressure with a she's had others we re pressure with a she's had others were threatening to resign in order to vote for that move. so instead theresa may has really adopted quite a lot of those proposals herself. it could mean if her deal is voted down and then mps are asked to vote on whether they would allow a no deal to happen, if that was voted down, they would be voting on whether there is to be what she called a short extension to article 50 which would mean a short delay and brexit. let's find out the reaction from a conservative mp and brexit backer. the prospect of a small extension to article 50, may not happen but given how the commons has voted in the past it could happen. what is your reaction? small extension of the misery, what will it achieve? i'm worried that to reason it has been undermined by what i

opportunities for the house of commons to express their view in the bill put forward by oliver letwin and yvette cooperings together, i think the right, at the moment, i wouldn't have said that that point has been reached. but next week will be the moment? next week will be a very important moment depending on what happens when the prime minister comes back from brussels and what he has to say to the house of commons, but i think what we have to concentrate on week is to work with colleagues in the event of a deal not being approved by the house of commons, concentrate with colleagues in trying to make sure that we can do something about that. quitting the tory party is one thing but could you foresee a situation where you could join this new independent group? i think we are deemed slightly in a hypothetical, the whole point about the independent group is they are mps decided to write independently of their parties. that is rather different from setting up a new political party. so in those circumstances, i see myself as a conservative, i have always said i am conservative, a memberof the always said

let's speak to the senior mp yvette cooper. to ensure there is a common—sense parliamentary safeguard in place so that if we reach that final fortnight and there is no deal in place then parliament can vote on it and the government can —— has to decide weather it wants no deal or weather it is time to extend article 50 and make sure people have some extra time to sort things out. there are some conservative eurosceptics who saved the only way it can be extended sf the government wants to extended sf the government wants to extend it. that is the point of having binding legislation. if parliament votes for it, the government needs to be able to extend article 50. the government has to make the choice. our bill says the government has to choose, doesn't want no—deal, doesn't want to extend article 50, but not leave that until the very last minute when you're really just that until the very last minute when you're reallyjust creating chaos and crisis. but to do that in the middle of march instead. opponents of this move say this i