amber rudd has quit the cabinet and conservative party saying

amber rudd has quit the cabinet and conservative party saying she cannot "stand by" while "loyal moderatenment's "main objective" — and said the sacking of 21 tory mps was an "assault on decency and democracy". have been surprised l by i have been surprised unfortunately by the lack of work and preparation thatis by the lack of work and preparation that is going into getting a deal. i knew and i accept that the prime minister said to be able to leave no deal on the table. but when i had expected to see was a huge government centred effort to get a deal.

more on that breaking news this evening — amber rudd has quit the cabinet and conservative party, sayingives are expelled. the work and pensions secretary said she no longer believed leaving the eu with a deal was the government's main objective. she described the sacking of 21 tory mps on tuesday as an assault on decency and democracy. amber rudd has quit the cabinet. the mp for hastings and rye who supported remain in the 2016 referendum said her resignation had been "a difficult decision". it was an honour to join boris johnson's cabinet as secretary of state for equalities but i can no longer continue to serve, u nfortu nately, longer continue to serve, unfortunately, and i have been surprised by the lack of work and preparation that is going into getting a deal with the european union. i knew and i accept that the prime minister should be able to leave no—deal on the table but what i had expected to see is a huge government— accented effort to get a deal, and at the moment there is a lot of work going on into no—deal brexit and not enough in getting a deal, and on top of that i've s

amber rudd resigns from the cabinet and the conservative party in another major blow for boris johnson'sy therese coffey, mp for suffolk coastal. business secretary, andrea leadsom, says the conservatives will break with precedent and field a candidate against the commons speaker, john bercow, at the next election. those are the latest headlines, let's ta ke those are the latest headlines, let's take a look at the sport now. history was made at the us open but not how people expected. serena williams failed in her bid for a record 24th grand slam title, losing in the final to bianca andreescu, the first canadian to win a grand slam. it's been 20 years since serena williams first won the us open. back then, bianca andreescu hadn't even been born. yet here they were, together, opponents on the game's biggest stage. andreescu chasing williams, and williams now chasing history. that is what the new york crowd had all gathered to see. what they actually saw was history of a different sort. andreescu still a teenager, but with an icy calmness belying her years. while she was still finding her

amber rudd has quit the cabinet and conservative party saying she cannot "stand by" while "loyal moderateonservatives are expelled". the conservative party i such a force for good government in this country no longer has a place for people who have different views on the european unit and i can stand for that. the european unit and i can stand for that. a spokesman for the prime minister's office said they are ‘disappointed' at mrs rudd's departure, ‘but all ministers who joined the cabinet signed up to leaving the eu on october 31st come what may. the number of people killed as a result of hurricane dorian in the bahamas has risen to a3. satellite images appear to show an iranian oil tanker off the syrian coast — after it was previously impounded in gibraltar. welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us this evening. lovely to have you both here. we are going to take a look through the front pages any moment. first off, let's give you a little taster of what those front pages look like. the sunday times has their interview on that breaking news tonight, the headline

amber rudd resigns from the cabinet and the conservative party in another major blow for boris johnson'sy therese coffey, the mp for suffolk coastal. business secretary, andrea leadsom, says the conservatives will break with precedent and field a candidate against the commons speaker, john bercow, at the next election. sport. to williams losing in the final of the us open. but before that, the final day of the fourth test has just gone under way at old trafford and it is critical that england batted well today otherwise they could lose the ashes to australia. that is after... they narrowly avoided the follow—on but england will have to do well today because the aussies have a 382 run lead. just eight wickets away from retaining the urn. there was a big shock at the us open. history was made at the women's final, but not in the way many expected. serena williams failed in her bid for a record equalling grand slam title, losing in the final six — three, 7-5. it is losing in the final six — three, 7—5. it is a fourth major final in april that has lost. 7—5. it is a fourth major final in apr

the headlines: amber rudd resigns from the cabinet and the conservative party in another major blow for boris johnson's government. it is the combination of the fact there is not enough work going into getting a deal, which is not what the prime minister signed up to do, and secondly the expulsion of 21 of my colleagues, who are good, moderate conservatives. she'll be replaced as work and pensions secretary by therese coffey. as work and pensions business secretary, andrea leadsom, says the conservatives will break with precedent and field a candidate against the commons speaker, john bercow, at the next election. peace negotiations between the taliban and the united states have been called off. in a tweet president trump blames a deadly attack in the afghan capital, kabul. british airways pilots go on strike for the first time in the airline's history. a full paper review coming your way injusta a full paper review coming your way injust a few a full paper review coming your way in just a few minutes but before that, let's get a look at the latest sport with jane. good morning. history

our headlines today: amber rudd resigns from the cabinet and the conservative party in another major blow for boris johnson's government. the conservative party, which is such a force for good in government in this country, no longer has a place for people who have different views on the european union and i can't stand by that. the former work and pensions secretary also raises concerns about the government's commitment to getting a new deal with the eu. at the moment there's a lot of work going on into no—deal and not enough going into getting a deal. business secretary andrea leadsom accuses the speaker, john bercow, of breaking parliamentary rules by allowing mps to take control of the commons agenda. serena williams loses the us open final in straight sets to a teenager. in a gripping match, 19—year—old bianca andreescu beat williams, who's now lost four majorfinals in a row. we have another largely dry day today with plenty of sunshine for england and wales. a bit more cloud for northern ireland and scotland later with a few showers, i will have all the details in about 15 minu

after her resignation from the cabinet and the conservative party — amber rudd attacks borisjohnson‘shere is not enough work going into actually getting a deal which i think is not want to take back what the prime minister signed up to do. and secondly, the expulsion of 21 of my colleagues who are good, moderate conservatives. moderate conservatives. she'll be replaced as work and pensions secretary by therese coffey, mp for suffolk coastal. business secretary, andrea leadsom, says the conservatives will break with precedent and field a candidate against the commons speaker, john bercow, at the next election. peace talks between the taliban and the us are called off —

our headlines today: amber rudd resigns from the cabinet and the conservative party in another major has a place for people who have different views on the european union and i can't stand by that. the former work and pensions secretary also raises concerns about the government's commitment to getting a new deal with the eu. at the moment there's a lot of work going on into no—deal

amber rudd resigns from the cabinet and the conservative party in another major blow for boris johnson's government. it's the combination of the fact that there isn't enough work going into getting a deal, which i think is not what the prime minister signed up to try to do and secondly the expulsion of 21 of my colleagues who are good and moderate conservatives. business secretary, andrea leadsom, says the conservatives will break with precedent and field a candidate against the commons speaker, john bercow, at the next election. peace negotiations between the taliban and the united states have been called off. in a tweet president trump blames a deadly attack in the afghan capital, kabul. british airways pilots go on strike — for the first time in the airline's history. the canadian teenager, bianca andrayscu, beats serena williams to win the us open women's singles title. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35 — this mornings reviewers are journalist and author shyama perera and john crowley— the editorial director of first draft. good morning. in the last few minutes,

and defections u.k. prime minister boris johnson has lost a senior cabinet minister amber rudd who was works and pensions secretary resigned from the cabinet and the the government government and the conservative party she says she can no longer endorse johnson's approach to praxis because he seems determined to crash out of the e.u. without a deal. the move comes a lot of work going on tonight if i'm not going in to get it. and then on top of that have seen 21 really good strong concerns to please try more to request of the excluded from the party into coming to the conservative party to such a force for good income in this country no longer has a place to sleep. and i can't stop. and divisions over brock's it became ugly outside the house of parliament in london anti europe demonstrators fought with police as they tried to reach a rival anti parks or valley officers by most of the violence on a far right group called the democratic football lads alliance so i go to set an anti proxy demonstration in london where protesters were calling for the prime minister to resign because he may have only been in office 45 days how many prime minister boris johnson's bureau mates to the country find his versio

resignation but so far boris johnson and the government is sitting tight because i think we have to wait until more cabinet ministers and also other m.p.'s of the conservative party are joining in but so far it seems that the conservative party at least what is left of it because several m.p.'s have already left the party but the conservative party here in parliament is standing behind boris johnson at least for the moment and make it one of the options now for boris johnson to deliver on break that on the 31st off with johnson in 50 will do or die. yes yes he has said that he will in any case deliver breaks it i think the chances that some form of agreement with the can in the end go through parliament have slightly increased because of what's going on here and all the chaos surrounding breaks and i think there will be a lot of m.p.'s that will be quite afraid that if there is no deal made with the that also they then accept here in parliament that the chances of unregulated regs of just going without any deal with the e.u. will increase so i think most likely because johnson will go to brussels and maybe we'll have to see at the end of october when he then come

and defections the u.k. prime minister boris johnson has just lost a senior cabinet minister. who is work in pensions secretary resigned from the government and the conservative party she says she could no longer endorse johnson's approach to brics it because he seems determined to crush out of the e.u. without a deal. the move comes a lot of work going on tonight if i'm not off going in to get it. and then on top of that have seen 21 like good strong concerns to please try more direct aggressive dogs excluded from the party into trying to be tough to produce such a source for good income in this country no longer has a place to sleep. and i can't stop. the visions over brooks it became ugly outside the houses of parliament in london and 2 year of demonstrators fought with police as they tried to reach a rival anti breck's at rally officers blame most of the violence on a far right group called the democratic football lads alliance sunday gago was at an exit demonstration in london for protesters who are calling for the prime minister to resign after he said he won't delay leaving the e.u. . he may have only been in office 45 days behind minister boris johnson's br

and quit the conservative party. she made the announcement on twitter, saying, i have resigned from cabinet and surrendered the conservativen's cabinet, having campaigned for remain ahead of the 2016 referendum. she was first elected in 2010 as the

regard her as entirely trustworthy and amber rudd, who was in borisjohnson ‘s girl cabinet until recently and then resigned and left the conservative parliamentary partyancock. mrjohnson facing some awkward questions, albeit about something that happened quite some time ago, but i suppose you put both of those things together, they are clearly different allegations at different times different circumstances, but for mr johnson's dicks, it will raise questions about his judgment. johnson's dicks, it will raise questions about hisjudgment. as to what we are hearing at the conference, we keep hearing from senior tories that we are going to leave the eu on october the 31st, even without a deal, have we heard how they propose to do that, given that there is a law in place to stop a no—deal brexit? that there is a law in place to stop a no-deal brexit? we haven't. the conference about getting brexit done is everywhere you look and we can probably see it, can we see it? yes we can, or i can. it is everywhere and tumbling out of the lips of every minister you bump into. why are they saying that? they are conscious that regardless of the view of brexit by plen

and quit the conservative party. she made the announcement on twitter, saying, i have resigned from cabinet and surrendered the conservative whip. i cannot stand by white —— while... mrs rudd was seen by some as an unlikely member of boris johnson's cabinet, having campaigned for remain ahead of the 2016 referendum. she was first elected in 2010 as the memberfor hastings she was first elected in 2010 as the member for hastings and rye and served as home secretary from 2016 to 2018, and also worked as the work and pensions secretary under theresa may's government and continued that role under boris johnson. just may's government and continued that role under borisjohnson. just a reminder of that breaking news. at ten 0'clock kate silverton will be here with a full round up of the days news. but first — blind comedian chris mccausland hosts the second part of a comedy and storytelling show featuring funny and fascinating stories told by disabled people and those with mental health difficulties. this programme contains discussion of some adult subjects. this programme contains some strong language. ladies and gentlemen, pleas

spectrum of people just as the conservative party shed and as labour said so if those people who do you have previously seen as being both and smart enough to hold cabinet and i may actually listen entire general election for the conservatives, going to an early one or later. you would think the liberal democrats might have some chances in the southwest and with davidson's meeting and scotland, scotland is going to be much more difficult for the tories and difficulty in the north with the bulk of leave voters is they tend to be quite loyal to the labour party. that is the gamble that they are making and they want to try and win as many of the seats as they possibly can but it is going to bea as they possibly can but it is going to be a challenge. the seeds have been historically laboured for decades, almost 80 years in some cases and it is going to be very ha rd to cases and it is going to be very hard to win this round and the key of all of this is what happens to the brexit party and where they stand and some kind of romaine or some kind of liberal democrat labour alliances to counter whether there is any potential brexit party alliances. thank you fo

conservative party is falling apart. what speaks volumes about the cabinet is the way it's falling apart, the way the conservative party is falling apart, andr is evading the scrutiny that governments must be put under in a democracy by closing down parliament. it's not acceptable. we live in a democracy. we should accept the democratic rules. the democratic rules are, you're open to questioning when you're in government. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. they... a british—australian woman detained in iran has been named as kylie moore—gilbert, a lecturer in middle east politics at melbourne university. it's thought she's been held for around ten months but the charges against her are unknown. this week, the australian government identified two others who are being detained. mark firkin and jolie king, who also holds a uk passport, are thought to have been arrested several weeks ago, near tehran. facebook has removed a conservative party advert which misrepresented a bbc news story. the ad featured the bbc logo with a headline saying "£11; billion pound cash boost for schools". however, the original story on the bbc website quoted a much lowe

defeats and defection shook a prime minister boris johnson has lost a senior cabinet minister amber rudd who was work and pensions secretary resigned from the government and the conservative party she says she could no longer endorse johnson's approach to practice it because he seems determined to crash out of the without a deal. the money comes a lot of luck going to nigeria i'm not going in to get it. and then on top of that have seen 21 really good strong concerns to please try moderate christian fundies excluded from the party into coming to the conservative party to such a source who to come to this country no longer has a place for people to use your. anecdotes. and the visions over brock's it became ugly outside the house of parliament parliament that is in london and tired demonstrators fought with police as they tried to reach a rival anti-progressive rally officers by most of the violence on a far right group called the democratic football lads alliance said it was at an anti brock's a demonstration in london where protesters were calling for the prime minister to resign. he may have only been in office 45 days to be prime minister forrest johnson's bureau mates the c

from his party and this time it's a senior cabinet minister work and pensions secretary amber rudd has resigned from her government position and from the conservative party she says she believes the government wants to leave the e.u. with a deal. the move comes a lot of work going on tonight i'm not an on going into it. and then on top of that i've seen 21 of my colleagues good strong conservative m.p.'s. moderate christian values excluded from the indicating to the conservative party that is such a force for good incumbent in this country no longer has a place for me to see you see that you. are not. meanwhile prime minister boris johnson's refusal to delay leaving the e.u. has prompted angry protests on both sides of the brics that issue far right and to europe demonstrators clashed with police outside the houses of parliament the violence mainly came from a group called democratic football lads alliance some members tried to reach an anti bricks of protest but were stopped by police so i'm going to go was that an anti bracks a demonstration in london or protesters are calling for the prime minister to resign after he said he won't delay leaving

the opposition, but between the prime minister and conservative rebels, some of them recently cabinet ministers. government whips, those responsible for partying a blunt message: if you vote with the opposition to block no deal, you'll be blocked as a candidate for the conservative party at the next general election. some of them perhaps didn't realise that's what borisjohnson meant when he said he'd unify the party behind him. a meeting scheduled for tomorrow between the prime minister and the so—called gaukeward squad, david gauke and otherformer ministers opposed to no deal, was abruptly cancelled tonight. number ten cited a diary clash. but david gauke signalled he is likely to rebel. sometimes there is a point where it is — you have to judge between your own personal interests and the national interest, and the national interest has to come first. but i hope it doesn't come to that, and i hope that cooler and calmer heads will look at this and think that trying to split the conservative party in this way is not a sensible way forward. labour say boris johnson could defuse any row with parliament, if he puts forward his own brexit plan

conservative party is falling apart. what speaks volumes about the cabinet is the way the conservative party is falling apart and away they that governments must be put under in a democracy bike route __ my put under in a democracy bike route —— my closing down parliament. it is not acceptable, we live in a democracy and we should accept the democratic rules which are that you're open to questioning when you are in government. liberal democrat leader jo swinson says she hopes to convince party members at their conferenece in bournemouth — to back a policy of scrapping brexit without another referendum.ms swinson says holding the referendum got the uk "into a mess". and she believes revoking article 50 — the formal process to leave the eu — is the only satisfactory way out. liberal democrats are crystal clear, we want to stop brexit, and so if we find ourselves in a general election that will be our unequivocal message. therefore, if a liberal democrat majority government is elected, we shall revoke article 50. the conservative party has said it is reviewing its facebook advertising — after it was accused of misrepresenti

and we will leave anyway. the 21 conservatives who rebelled, including some of the most recognisable former cabinet members, have been expelled from the partyther news, after battering the bahamas, and killing at least seven people, hurricane dorian is heading for the florida coast. promise for public services but who is paying? as the chancellor prepares to turn on the spending taps, critics accuse him of gambling the economy to win an election. i'm at old trafford ahead of the crucial fourth ashes test. can jofra archer deliver for england against australia? we'll hear from the fast bowler. showers will be at old trafford this afternoon as they will be for most of the country. the wind will pick up of the country. the wind will pick up and it will turn cooler as well. all the details, right here on request. —— breakfast. it's wednesday the fourth of september. our top story. it's the morning after the night before. in just one day, borisjohnson lost his working majority, his first commons vote as prime minister and control of brexit. mps voted by 328 to 301 to take over the parliamentary agenda. mrjohnson has said he will now push for a s

and defections the u.k. prime minister boris johnson has just lost a senior cabinet minister who is work in pensions secretary resigned from the government and the conservative party she says she could no longer endorse johnson's approach to brecht's it because he seems determined to crush out of the e.u. without a deal. the move comes a lot of work going on tonight i'm not going in to get it. and then on top of that i've seen 21. good strong conservative m.p.'s. want to question excluded from the indicated the stuff to not use such a force for good income in this country you long as it likes. you. and i. and the visions over bricks it became ugly outside the houses of parliament in london and europe demonstrators fought with police as they tried to reach a rival anti bricks at rallies officers blain most of the violence on a far right group called the democratic football lads alliance. saudi arabia's king has replaced the energy minister with one of his sons prince abdullah on it puts him in one of the kingdom's most important positions prince abdullah zs will replace khalid fowler who was dismissed as chairman of the state owned iran co a few days ago become pin

very senior conservative members of parliament and senior cabinet ministers, even philip hammond, who was in the job just over five weeks ago and is no longer part of the conservative partys no longer a member. kenneth clark, the longest-serving member of the house of commons. very effective health minister under the thatcher government. these people have all left the conservative party. he doesn't have a foundation there as prime minister. what he is banking on is that by being boris and a big personality and making the political whether, he can cut through in a way that paul described. it's not technocratic or complex, we can just leave. well, wishing it to be simple does not make it simple. i would ask all of your viewers to think that even if you have a no deal outcome on october 31, do you think that ends it? or does britain still have to , economic, ande some form of positive political relationship with the european union? i think the answer is of course it does. but the difficulty of negotiating that without a whole agreement, and a lot of agreements that need to take place, will be extremely complex and do very little to build any confidence in britain or the bri

conservative party. it is my understanding he is not and never has been a member of the conservative party. on top of all that, one former cabinet she has had enough and will not stay as a tory mp, she will not stand at the next election. that is because she says that the tory party has become more like the brexit party, it is becoming increasingly and narrowly focused party that does not speak to the millions of people worried about brexit and a party that is no longer seeking to address the real problems of brexit and denounces all the concerns as project fear. justine greening is off. this is what she said. the job of an mp, for me, is to be putney's voice in parliament. and that is certainly what i have sought to do and i will of course do that today in making sure that we pass this bill, hopefully, through parliament on wednesday. but it is very clear to me that my concerns about the conservative party becoming the brexit party, in effect, have come to pass and therefore my decision is that, if i really want to continue to make a difference on the ground on opportunity and social mobility, i need to do that outside parliame

exclusively and it's been you know another tara de forest johnson this on the basis of trust because his own brother joe johnson a university's minister in johnson's cabinet cause a conservative party m.p. announced today that he was going to give up his job and give up being a conservative party m.p. without saying so in brackets because he doesn't trust that his brother will avoid a no deal breaks it it's said that he used to think that boris johnson really wouldn't engage with a no deal breaks it apparently recent events that caused him to think otherwise of course it was a gift to labor and the opposition to be able to say look if he doesn't trust it his own brother doesn't trust him why should anyone else well the all 4 of the 1st questions asked essentially the same thing and the remaining questions were also about trust when he stick to the election date october the 15th if it's granted him or would he change it when he promised that he wouldn't go and ask for a delay in other words can he be trusted to do what he says let me bring in now the voice of joe johnson boris johnson's brother this is what he said and. joe doesn't agree with me about the european union because it's

has been to mulch for us and it's frank's it strategy has split the conservative party the past week saw johnson's own brother resign from government along with a senior cabinet minister. he's also lost his government's majority and expelled 21 so-called rebel m.p.'s one of her mess the grandson. or it's a reports. london's parliament square is graced with a statue of britain's most famous politician and the ghost of winston churchill his legacy and beliefs have very much been on people's minds in this extraordinary contradictory week. when parliament resumes prime minister boris johnson himself a biographer of churchill invoked the language and even the intonation of the wartime leader to suggest that the u.k. was somehow in a conflict with the european union when he used the very same words about the e.u. that churchill had done about nazi germany in 1944 you never surrender that sort of language comes from the playbook of johnson's new chief of staff dominic cummings a brick sit idealogue behind the slogan take back control and cummings many believe was also behind the brutal treatment of those conservatives who could not accept johnson's agenda contrary t

secretaries in the british government, amber rudd, abruptly resigned from the conservative party on saturday and the cabinet she no longer believed johnson was committed to a brexit with the eu. he purged 21 members of parliament when they voted against a no-deal brexit. live to london bureau. this was a major blow to boris johnson as well. he may be forced by law that he swore he would not do, to carry out brexit at any cost. that may be a no go for bojo. walk us through it. >> reporter: that's right, george. absolute terrible first week in parliament for the prime minister. he lost a series of votes. he lost his bid to call for snap elections that he was desperate to have happen. he lost his majority when an mp defected. his own brother resigned saying he was torn between family loyalty and national interests. and the nail in the coffin was this law that's set to go into effect on monday. it would legally roeequire him get a new deal or he has to go back to the eu and ask for a three-month extension, taking the new date to january of next year. he said he would rather die in a ditch than ask for an extens

and standing pretty firm. although that could change very quickly. but there is also really deep unease in the conservative party. there is no question about that. one cabinetday, we are snooker, stuck. and there is deep anxiety about the kind of approach that downing street has been taking in recent days. whether or not their decisiveness would seem to go down well with many conservatives was pleasing at the start of his time in office, has now turned into something that is damaging the party potentially very seriously. in the last couple of minutes, nick hurd, who has been a government minister for many years has announced that he will also stand down at the next election and while borisjohnson‘s ardent supporters, and we have heard from some of them here in yorkshire today, they are desperate for him to get on and deliver brexit, the cost of doing that is already provoking serious turmoil inside his party and also a lot of anxiety amongst many sections of the public. he might think that a general election is the way out of this, but that is absolutely not a general election he could predict to have a successful result for him. our political editor laura

the 26000 referendum when he announced that he is leaving the conservative party and stepping down as education minister in his brother's cabinet. brothers yes but brothers in breaks no wednesday a defiant johnson repeated his montreal that britain must leave the european union on october the 31st and that a general election is needed to renu the brics it mandy. well i can say and i hate to mike brooks i don't want to go on about the one i don't i don't want an election i don't i don't want to lecture to but frankly i can't see any other way the only way to get this thing done to get this thing moving is to make that decision do you want this government to take us out a little table with 31st or do you want jamie colby in a live apology go to that crucial summit in brussels little table the 17th effectively hand over control to these are and that was the british prime minister there to talk about europe germany and britain and i'm joined here at the big table tonight by met in our very he's a member of the german parliament the boom this talk for the social democrats see also sits on the bonus talk committee for european union

party, especially when they used to be your cabinet ministers. and you need the numbers. you certainly need the numbers. you certainly need the numbers right now. these people will not be at the conservativeey are trying to send a warning from outside of it.|j wonder what they will be doing instead. sitting and eating a better quality of biscuit, i would suggest. have you never been to these party conferences? it is a poor show on the biscuits. is it? and the custard creams are always the first to go. finally, if you haven't sent us your paper tonight, please send us your paper. the uk's policy on tax is doomed to failure, warns google's t. he would, wouldn't he? philip hammond said to all these big tech companies who had lots of salespeople here but then booked their sales in ireland are places where it is much lower tax, we will clamp down on that by saying 2% of big companies' online sales is going to be taxed. what is interesting is that companies like google, which normally when they are asked about the low tax bill, they say, we comply with the law, start lobbying against the law. so they are not going to lay down whatever the law is. there's an interesting contradiction in the rhet

brother joe who was serving as business minister in the cabinet resigned from that post and from his seat in the commons representing the conservative party the younger mr johnson announced his moves on twitter citing a tension as he put it between family loyalty and the public interest that he ultimately found on resolvable meanwhile the leader of the house of commons theresa jacob riis mauger apparently well rested for managing the prime minister's recent question of seats and votes on briggs it told m.p.'s on thursday that the government will try again on monday to pass an election bill the 1st try on one state failed to guard one's even failed to garner the required 2 thirds vote to call an election for october 15th. sol leaves us in today's what now moment slightly different from yesterday here to tell us exactly how this will all play out is tony sheridan former member of the scottish parliament representing glasgow tommy even time veteran parliament watchers are having to make a real effort to find the center of the plot here and where we're going to go so let's start off with the ben bill the bill barring a no deal bragg said that

stories: senior british cabinet minister amber rudd resigns, accusing prime minister boris johnson, of an assault on decency and democracy over his handling of brexit. the conservative partyod in government in this country, no longer has a place for people who have different views of the european union and i can't stand for that. the released iranian tanker is apparently spotted off the syrian coast — britain says it's "deeply troubled" by the reports. the canadian teenager, bianca andreescu, beats serena williams to win the us open women's singles title. we're in the bahamas, where the aid effort is intensifying

there are many conservative mps who voted against the government line on european matters relatively recently, and they are now serving round the cabinet table, not kicked out of the partyobviously a particularly confrontational approach, and i think design, frankly, to realign the conservative party, to transform the conservative party, to transform the conservative party very much in the conservative party very much in the direction of a brexit party. so, is this all a cunning ploy by one borisjohnson to pave the way for a general election in which he presents himself as the man standing up presents himself as the man standing upfor presents himself as the man standing up for the people and brexit against a remain dominated parliament seeking to undermine the referendum? well, hold on. borisjohnson doesn't quite have the power to trigger an election on his own, because of something called the fixed term parliaments acts, which means if he wa nts to parliaments acts, which means if he wants to trigger an early general election, he has to get the approval of two thirds of the house of commons. what does that mean? it means he needs the support of one] corbyn of islingto

there are many conservative mps who voted against the government line on european matters relatively recently and they are now surfing round the cabinet table, not kicked out of the partysly a particularly confrontational approach and i think designed, frankly, to realign the conservative party, to transform the conservative party, very much in the direction of a brexit party. there is the accusation, boris johnson is seeking to turn the tory party into the brexit party. team johnson say they have to take this ha rd johnson say they have to take this hard line because if they don't, there is no chance of the eu coughing upa there is no chance of the eu coughing up a revised deal because they will never think borisjohnson is serious about leaving without a deal and that was the argument we heard this morning from the secretary, gavin williamson. what the prime minister, quite understandably, wants to do, is ensure that he delivers on his promise to britain to leave the european union on the slst of october with a deal, and what we want to see is all conservative mps rallying behind him this week, making sure that he has the best opportunity to deliver on that commitment