what do you think about nigel farage and his brexit party? laughter.hat would put you off? i think him himself puts me off. at a nearby deli, joe and van are both leave voters. what you've got to ask yourself is, what policies do the brexit party have other than brexit. once that happens, they become a little bit redundant. i agree with a lot of what nigel farage says, but i'm not sure i would vote that way. what would stop you? ijust don't think... i don't think they're ready to take on and run the country. if they were going to go hand in hand with the conservatives, then possibly. but with their offer refused, that seems a way off, and the race still on to win round brexit backers. alex forsyth, bbc news, sedgefield. after such a momentous and eventful day in this bumpy brexit process, our deputy political editorjohn pienaar is with me. the direct question, where does it leave the prime minister? it leaves boris johnson in strange and unexplored territory. it has been extraordinary to see a conservative prime minister, historically a defender of bri

do vote for nigel farage. that would make some sense.think many brexit party voters are potential voters might have been impressed with boris johnson in voters might have been impressed with borisjohnson in the few voters might have been impressed with boris johnson in the few weeks he has been in downing street? the polls indicate that is definitely happening. there are signs of a shift from brexit party to tory. but we saw at the last election everything can change during the campaign. it takes one or two mistakes, or one or two brilliant capturing is of imagination. mistakes, or one or two brilliant capturing is of imaginationm mistakes, or one or two brilliant capturing is of imagination. it is a very volatile imagination —— volatile. snappy election, says that mirror. they feature the dog, we were coming to that in minutes, the new dog in downing street. they are saying, prime threatens tony rebels with election on october 1a if they block no deal. all of this is supposing that mps managed to block that no—deal brexit. that mps mana

yellowhammer is going to frighten people away from nigel farage's brexit party.ies. nigel farage put himself in a corner and has said that only no—deal is acceptable. he will not accept anything but that. he cannot reverse it. that is going to help borisjohnson. it looks like nigel farage is pushing you towards shortages. agnes, a last word on this? it is pretty hopeful around this table for a deal. the eu doesn't want to get the blame for brexit. they never wanted brexit in the first place. and also, i think british mps are so exhausted that they will work to pass legislation. they will sit night and day and they will pass that legislation. we will see. that is the view from the panel here this weekend. we are back same time next week. goodbye for now. hello. after a somewhat mixed bag of whether through the weekend, it looks as though the forthcoming weekend will be dominated by an area of high pressure giving largely dry conditions. there will be some rain at times for parts of scotland and as befits the season they will be some chilly nights. it will be a chi

it is going to frighten people away from nigel farage's brexit party.servative party. nigel farage put himself in a corner and has said that only no—deal is acceptable. he will not accept anything but that. he cannot reverse it. that is going to help borisjohnson. it looks like nigel farage is pushing you towards... agnes, a last word on this? it is pretty hopeful around this table for a deal. the eu doesn't want to get the blame for brexit. they never wanted brexit in the first place. and also, i think british mps are so exhausted that they will work to pass legislation. they will sit an day and they will pass that legislation. we will see. that is the view from the panel here this weekend. we are back same time next week. goodbye for now. hello. some were able to make the very most of the conditions on saturday, but it wasn't like it everywhere. if you were too close to this area of low pressure or this weather front, well, it really was very wet and very windy at times, and it starts windy across the northern parts of scotland. but those winds gradua

nigel farage is insistent that he wants a no deal brexit.hat nigel farage's brexit party will fight the conservative party ha rd will fight the conservative party hard for the leave vote, and although the conservatives have made considerable progress in advancing their position against nigel farage's determined opposition, they may find that making further progress p roves may find that making further progress proves to be quite difficult. what did you think of his address to the nation in downing street today? he was talking about — trying to sound very reasonable, saying he wants and a deal with brussels and says progress is being made, and also outline his spending commitments. making it clear in a way that the tory party is now no longer the party of austerity. that's right, he was insisting, and attempt to try to persuade those tory mps who are minded perhaps to vote for the legislation this week this that he is on course to achieving a deal, although it is a claim that we have heard others, including hilary benn, dispute. what is also

that was nigel farage. he is currently speaking at the last brexit party rally in london.us what he was saying. you heard some of the strategy the brexit party will be employing going into a general election. they did well in the european elections, getting 29 of the 73 available seats for the uk getting 29 of the 73 available seats forthe uk and getting 29 of the 73 available seats for the uk and the european parliament. very broadly his strategy is, as he set out, is to stand everywhere. however he has offered the conservatives what he calls a nonaggression pact. what that means is if the conservative government were to agree to what nigel farage terms a clean break brexit or eight no—deal brexit as many people would commonly understand it, the brexit party would not field candidates in any conservative seat or any target seats, instead focusing on leave voting constituencies, labour constituencies, but the conservatives would have to agree not to stand in some seats that the brexit party wanted them not to. the conservatives have poured cold water over that in recent we

i'm not saying that farage is that, but a fear of people who could be identified as extremist.? ye5, do they do a deal with the brexit party and attempt to say... and, stephanie, that, surely, is the same problem that the other side have — the rebel alliance have got to decide. exactly. i mean, i think this election is so hard to predict because the 2—party 5y5tem is really broken down and, you know, there are all these voter5 with this shift of the tory party morphing into a brexit party, a hardcore brexit party. it has left millions of voters politically homele55. from across the spectrum, tory remainer5, tory remainer5 who want to respect the referendum but don't want no deal, tory brexiteer5 who don't want no deal, torie5 of all 5tripe5 who believe in fiscal prudence — where do they go in this new setup? and i think people are underestimating how many votes the liberal democrats will pick up. 0r corbyn — that will unite... so, i think the lib dems will steal from both the tory party and labour. and the conservative party is banking on a complete realignment to pick up labou

nigel farage's insession stand he wants a no—deal brexit, so there is at least a risk that nigel faragerd for the leave vote and although the conservatives have so far made progress among that vote, in advancing their position, against the nigel farage's determined opposition they may find making progress p roves opposition they may find making progress proves difficult. what did you think of his address to the nation, in downing street today. he was talking about you know, trying to sound reasonable, saying he wants a deal with brussels, progress is being made with brussels and outlining the spending commitment and making it clear in a way that the tory party now is no longer the party of authority —— austerity. there were two striking aspects clearly to the speech apart from the veiled reference to the possibility ofan veiled reference to the possibility of an early election. one is his attempt to try and persuade the tory mps who are mined to vote for the legislation that would outlaw a no—deal. it is a claim that as you heard others dispute. of course what is interesting is that the

the conservative vote might be split with nigel farage's party. labour constituencies are more inclined to vote for the brexit party than the conservative party. they see the conservative party. they see the conservative the old enemy. they wouldn't vote for the conservatives but they would vote for nigel farage. absolutely. and the remaining voters would go to the lib dems when they would never have voted for than before. if i was a far right tory, from the erg, i would be upset. the chair of the erg has called for a working relationship with them. and in that piece, the brexit party said they would not put up a candidate against erg candidates. is it happening already? we have mentioned dominic cummingsafew already? we have mentioned dominic cummings a few times. a figure with so cummings a few times. a figure with so much authority and power who appears in number10. so much authority and power who appears in number 10. there is a story in the observer about anger over a westminster security parcel at dominic cummings. demanding to know why bori

i mean, the previous days paper farage had taken a wraparound add in the express, which is the brexitbrexit party's in—house paper, in a way that telegraph is borisjohnson's in—house paper. and it's interesting that they then run with this story. imean, to that they then run with this story. i mean, to be honest, it's not really a n i mean, to be honest, it's not really an johnson's gift, it's i mean, to be honest, it's not really anjohnson's gift, it's much more in farage's gift. if farage doesn't do a deal withjohnson and it stands candidates in earnest all across the shop, then the difficult election thatjohnson is boxing himself into is going to get all the more difficult. but it also depends on timing as well, doesn't it? whether we have left the european union or not. if we have left by the time we have an election, than to a certain extent, he will have sort of neutralised the threat of the brexit party, if we have it. then that will become a big question mark for him. got to leave that? right there. and we will come back to some of those issues next hour. john, caroline, thank

that is what nigel farage definitely wants.right. it is the mainstream conservative party in britain, ever since the 1930s and pg woodhouse satirising... the sort of teen pop character. —— tin pot. it is always been in the tory psychology, a fear of... i'm writing that for as she sat, but a fear of people who can be identified as extremist. so it is a big calculation they have to make. do they go divided are united? yes, do they do a deal with the brexit party? it is the same problem the other side have. the rebel alliance have to decide. i think this election is so hard to predict because the two party system is really broken down and there are all these photos with this shift of the tory party morphing into a brexit party, a hardcore brexit party. it has left millions of voters politically homeless. from across the spectrum, tory remainers, who want to respect the referendum but don't want no deal, tory brexiteers who don't want no deal. tories of all stripes who believe in fiscal prudence — where do they go in this new setup

do farage and richard pires, john longworth...rd them as political allies? in the sense they wa nt political allies? in the sense they want the same thing as conservative members. to leave the eu. the conservative party as brexit party. if borisjohnson went to the country and said, look, i want a mandate to come out with no—deal on the 31st of 0ctober, they would support us and if they don't do that, they will probably oppose us but that's what democracy is about. sorry, given your relationships with these people, have you put out feelers for adl? absolutely not, i'm saying i worked with them. you would expect them not to stand? i expect from what they have said publicly, if borisjohnson was proposing a no—deal brexit they would support us. no—deal brexit they would support us. i think we're getting a bit ahead. let's see if we can win the vote. if we can't win the vote, let's see if there is a majority in the journal action. let's see if there is a majority in thejournal action. my guess, and you're right, would the there would b

nigel farage will respond with two comments. one is, this is the second time the conservative party has asked for people to vote to deliver brexit. it did not work last time so why should it work this time? nigel farage wants us to leave without a deal. that ishnson's tune is simply something i'm using to pressure the european union into striking a more acceptable deal. i suspect the brexit party would contest the election on october the 14th. whether or not boris johnson can persuade purse way -- those who would support the brexit party is crucial to his hopes -- yourvonnie: what -- guy: same boris johnson would need to fight an election before october 31 on a hard exit ticket if he was in any way to have a decent chance of success. >> it certainly needs to be a hard brexit ticket. it also needs to be a ticket that convinces leave the voters it will actually happen. ariseher issue that will inside the conservative party -- they were voting against the deal. threateningrs are to rebel in order to try to stop no deal. that is ano

voters, yes, you do need to vote for me, this is the only way to deliver brexit, or whether nigel farage saying, that is what they said last time and they haven't delivered, and by the way, borisjohnson doesn't wa nt to by the way, borisjohnson doesn't want to deliver a no—deal brexit, he still wa nts want to deliver a no—deal brexit, he still wants to get a deal and i don't trust the deal he will deliver, we should just be walking out. that's going to be the debate that takes place on the leave side and it is how leave voters react to that debate upon which at the end of the day i think borisjohnson‘s chances of winning this election will rest. it will be framed as johnson against corbyn, but perhaps the reality will be johnson johnson against corbyn, but perhaps the reality will bejohnson versus farage. they are keeping you busy, aren't they? nice to see you, sir john curtis, he helps us with every twist and turn of british politics here on bbc news. let's return to another disappointment for the new prime minister boris johnson. another disappointment for the new prime minister borisj

. battle within the leave camp and boris johnson and nigel farage.ely dry with sunny spells. temperatures mid to high teens. we may get 20 celsius in the south of england. rain is going to spread through scotland and northern ireland and northern england and north wales into friday morning. temperature staying into double figures. throughout friday the rain will sink southward giving a spell of rainfor will sink southward giving a spell of rain for many of us. sunny spells and showers developing the further north you are. this is business live from bbc news with victoria fritz and ben bland. as manufacturers warn industry is in a "nosedive" — uk recession fears grow. live from london, that‘s our top story on thursday 5th september. warning clouds grow over the british economy — and brexit forecasts are still unclear — yet the governor of the bank of england revises down his assessments for the impact of a no—deal brexit.

nigel farage for those leave voters.ters. nigel farage will say you can't trust the tories because they are going for a warmed up version of theresa may's brexit. it will be brexit in name only and you have to stand firm and go for it no deal. borisjohnson will say vote nigel farage and get jeremy corbyn and as a result he won't get brexit at all and it is the relative strength of these arguments in leave voters minds which could be crucial. boris johnson doesn't want an election in late november because in the meantime he is being forced into writing a letter to the open union saying, could we please have an extension? that could be potentially incendiary amongst leave voters and it could scupper his chances of winning a general election. john, you talk about the tussle for leave voters. what about labour? some of its mps are in leave voting constituencies. to what extent will they be basing their strategy on a need to bring along believers and remain as? just because they are representing those constituencies doesn't m

then borisjohnson has let nigel farage write his red lines which the labour party will definitely notines are the only thing that got a majority in the house. would you vote tomorrow for a general election? if it means we are going to crash out with no deal that we cannot allow a general election on october the 14th. my red line would be i'll be able to stop no deal. that is what we're doing today and we will have to have a general election, we need it at some point because we have a hung parliament and in the british system that does not work well but not falling into the trap set by boris johnson to a child —— to allow no deal. the trap set by boris johnson to a child -- to allow no deal. vicki young there. let's get more on this now with the former head of press at number 10, giles kenningham. talkradio presenter and political commentator, daisy mcandrew, joins me now from westminster. mps are debating whether they will seize control of the agenda to push through this legislation. you think they have the numbers and can do that? well the government are moving the narrative now onto

if you find the ideals of nigel farage to be something you do not want to support i am not sure how youre how you can support the boys johnson conservative party. what about those who say there it was a referendum and we have to leave ee to respect the referendum and that is what by shots is trying to do, he does not agree with nigel farage on other things but this is about delivering on the people. three occasions philip hammond voted for theresa may's which all agreements which would save united kingdom leave the european union boris johnson would save united kingdom leave the european union borisjohnson did not. thank you very much indeed and we will see you tomorrow. may be and we will see you tomorrow. may be and we will see you tomorrow. may be and we will hear more from labour about how they feel about boris johnson calling for a general election. thank you very much indeed and let's mull over a little bit more tonight's dramatic events in the comments with the brexit editor at the daily telegraph. and also we have the wall streetjournal. you will be reviewing the paper is a litt

the brexit party leader nigel farage has warned the prime minister not to return from brussels with,f theresa may's deal. mrs may's deal was rejected three times by mps. speaking at a brexit conference in london, mr farage said the conservatives will "lose votes" to his party if people think the same deal is being offered. i'll tell you this, mrjohnson, mrcummings. if you think — if you think — and if you do get this through, that you can sell this as brexit, you're in for a big surprise. the british people won't swallow it. if they realise nothing has changed, they will not put up with it and you will lose votes to us in absolutely huge numbers. heed that warning, please! cheering and applause the us secretary of state mike pompeo has been ordered by democrats to turn over documents relating to the trump administration's dealings with ukraine. they want to impeach president trump over allegations that he put pressure on his ukrainian counterpart to investigate joe biden, mr trump's likely opponent in next year's presidential election. with more, here's our north america corresponden

, whenever it is, no reason to vote for nigel farage over him, that's part of his strategy perhaps.e are not yet in a a constitutional crisis because the wheels of the constitution are still running, and this is happening and we will have to wait and see what happens on tuesday and how ultimately the government response to that. the wheels on the bus keep going round! the guardian, they havejohn bercow backin the guardian, they havejohn bercow back in the news, he can't seem to stay out of it, can he? this is a direct warning to number 10. some interesting remarks from john bercow. obviously john bercow announced this week he would be standing down at the end of next month, but i don't think anybody expected him to go quietly. obviously in the last few years he has repeatedly criticised by brexiteers for not being an impartial speaker. he's not afraid to stay in the fray. he'll be doing all he can to prevent a no—deal brexit until the very last moment, it seems. has he been a good speaker, do you think, john bercow? i'm not one to judge on these things... go on! it was interesting,

to mr farage and his colleagues? to put the national interest first.ar that we still stick by our intention to leave on the 31st of october, with or without a deal, and to secure possibly a good free trade... i have to interrupt you because he was the prime minister as we have been mentioning. he is in yorkshire at the moment. and we willjust hear his remarks. good afternoon, everybody. how fantastic to be here in the west yorkshire sunshine. it is extraordinary. lovely to see you. it must be the safest place in west yorkshire here! thank you all very much for coming along and this is the beginning, the launch of a fantastic programme that we have in this government, that we are very proud of, to recruit a big new wave of police officers across our country. and i want to say a big thank you to all those here, all those who are signing up, and everything, and for everything that you are going to do. and this is pa rt you are going to do. and this is part as you may know of a big effort by this government to deliver on the priorities of the british peopl

is that because he is trying to out brexit party the brexit party and out nigel farage nigel farage,that is what he has to do? and before parliament returned, he had the opportunity to go around the country and make all sorts of pronouncements. he didn't have to face boats in the house of commons and was able to present himself both as a fresh face and a very strong leader, because that strength wasn't being challenged. but now, of course, he has come up against the immovable object of his lack of majority in the house of commons, and some of the shine is starting to come off his presentation of himself as a strong leader. you are absolutely right that what he is seeking to do is to minimise the threat from the brexit party and present himself as mr brexit. the danger for that is, party and present himself as mr brexit. the dangerfor that is, and the reason i think his tactics are very unwise for a conservative party leader, is that in order to do that he has kicked out of the party, certainly the parliamentary party, people who a lot of wavering voters responded very well, people li

, but it doesn't matter if you are borisjohnson, nigel farage, tony blair, whoever. important question. i was prime minister for ten important question. i was prime ministerfor ten years, i couldn't in all conscience let the country to something that was deeply damaging without at least then i think it is a bad thing. if you don't want to listen, fine. in a moment, we'll have all the business news, but first, the headlines on bbc news. downing street warns conservative mps to back borisjohnson or face the sack, ahead of a critical week at westminster. labour party leaderjeremy corbyn says he wants a general election and that his party will do everything it can to stop a no—deal brexit. hurricane dorian smashes into the bahamas with winds of up to 180mph, causing massive damage and severe flooding. now the business news. the steel giant tata is closing its orb electrical steels factory in newport, wales. up to 380 jobs could go from the plant, which makes electrical steel used in power transmission. the company has been for sale since may 2018 as tata had decided to c

telegraph leads on comments from the the leader of the house of commons, jacob rees—mogg, praising nigel farageconservative party after britain has left the eu. there's more brexit in the express — the paper says the eu wants to see borisjohnsons brexit plan injust 12 days time. the guardian says saudia arabia has shown off what it says is wreckage of drones and cruise missiles that proves iranian involvement in weekend attacks on two oilfacilities. the paper says the move increases pressure on president donald trump to respond to the attack. the times says the home office is manipulating crime figures by telling the national anti—fraud service to dismiss tens of thousands of legitimate cases. the financial times says israel is in political limbo and faces weeks of coalition talks, after benjamin neta nyahu and his chief rival benny gantz came neck and neck in the country's national election. so, all sorts of places we can start, but why don't we start with the guardian? and a very striking headline, saudis to trump: here's oui’ headline, saudis to trump: here's our proof, now world must respon

is it because as the point was made in lawrence's report that maybe he fears losing votes to nigel farage is the party. that's exactly right dominic cummings here is laura's to say it is the power behind the throne has decided johnson and his government has to take the most hardline aggressive ruthless approach to if you like cleanse the tory party purge it of any kind of one nation moderate tradition any kind of anti heartbreaks it the point certainly in order to appeal to that 3rd of the british population who is insisting on a no deal breaks it but the problem they have is that even if they were to appeal to that 3rd of the population and we know the knowledge of iraq they would in turn alienates thousands and thousands of tourists motorists and remain is on the other side who would be repelled by the tories latest move do you believe he he is prepared by boris johnson you do believe he's prepared to ignore the law and go ahead with it with a no deal once the. law against or no deal is is passed and becomes the more the land. i mean this is really unique dangerous language that we're h

of that divide, the danger is they are banned in communities like the south wales valleys to nigel farageers them no hope austerity and public services and that is the message. it put you at a huge disadvantage in any general election where we have borisjohnson any general election where we have boris johnson with any general election where we have borisjohnson with a pretty clear position. the liberal democrats with a pretty clear position. the brexit party with a pretty clear position and alan johnson, former party with a pretty clear position and alanjohnson, former home secretary saying the other day, we are going to get slaughtered if that is our position in the general election. but just election. butjust think election. but just think about that for one second. but that is really saying is you pick a side and is a winner ta kes you pick a side and is a winner takes all. i think our approach to politics is to gamble everything on asi, politics is to gamble everything on a51, 49 politics is to gamble everything on a 51, 49 vote and we politics is to gamble everything on a 51,49 vote

and of course, we've got nigel farage who is aiming to stand a person at each constituency in the next, this next general election,, this next general election, will probably have one. it will be very interesting. in the next five, ten years or so. it's a good queue to move the sun. it has this rather striking image. taunts to the leader of the opposition, to go ahead, not accept. it's a sign of being afraid. but it's interesting, i've also seen analysis that says actually, some would see it as a trap, that actually if there were to be an election and the bill to stop no deal brexit is not fully passed into law, that all those efforts that we've seen by mps in the commons would just fall by the wayside stop yes, and we had tony blair, the ex—uk prime minister saying an early election could be an elephant trap for the labor party and perhaps this is why the labour party is pushing back and saying, we will consider voting for an election. but not until no deal brexit has definitely been taken off the table. it's interesting, the bill that they are pushing through parliament right now, th

at number two the clip by nigel farage than borisjohnson should offer his resignation.. brilliant night for colchester as they knocked tottenham out of the carabao cup in what was the upset of the night. 0—0 after 90 minutes, and it was the league two side who held their nerve on penalties. we don't have the rights to show the pictures, but we can hear from the spurs boss mauricio pochettino — who's tried to find the positives. disappointed, of course. in football, at times like this it is not so positive. we need to stick and be strong and try to be hard in our analysis and try to find solutions. that analysis will surely look what has been a really bad recent run for spurs. since mid—february in all competitions they've played 26 matches, lost 12, drawn 6 and won just 8 games. remember they somehow managed to get to a champions league final in that time. plenty of reaction to that defeat for spurs in the papers, and some analysis of what it means for them moving forward. the sun calls it a "slap in the face," whilst the guardian point out that spurs haven't won a trop

boris johnson and nigel farage.. nigel farage will be saying, hang on, which should just be leaving without a deal. therefore one can anticipate that the brexit party will stand and will not necessarily back borisjohnson and there will be a battle for what is left of the leave folk that the brexit party are standing for. john curtice. i‘m not sure if you‘re sick at brexit of home but looking at the most watched and read on our website, there as an indication that you might be because the most read and watched the stories are about food! one is actually a teenager who is blind from living off chips and crisps. eye doctors in bristol looked after this 17—year—old boy who has suffered irreparable sight loss after living on a diet of chips and crisps. since leaving primary school he had only eating french fries, pringles and white bread as well as an occasional slice of ham oi’ well as an occasional slice of ham ora well as an occasional slice of ham or a sausage well as an occasional slice of ham or a sausage and has s

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earlier nigel farage said, how cani call?sjohnson says? that is the weight of 2019, trust has been obliterated on all sides. why would you trust borisjohnson if he said let's do a deal? we owe it to our voters, the people who have voted for the brexit party, we owe it to them to do everything we can and if it means taking a last chance lea p and if it means taking a last chance leap of faith, and boris has proved himself, removing the whip from those mps, people were questioning whether he would be brave enough to do it but he followed through. his behaviour in the next few weeks are crucial for us to trust him. the point the linda do lucy made about those labour leave so in sunderland and doncaster, you say the choice is between jeremy corbyn and doncaster, you say the choice is betweenjeremy corbyn and boris johnson. they will not vote for borisjohnson, will they?” johnson. they will not vote for boris johnson, will they? i think there is clear evidence that boris is incredibly popular... with voters in the north of england

farage farage. course, the terrible europeans who have been so nasty to us the last 45 years.ff you go. boars is also -- boris is going to -- he is a much but a politician. i do not think it will be close. or you come a win back and say, i have a mandate for no deal. it could go terribly wrong for people like me who are trying to keep no deal off the table. where are trying to do is get this locked down before boris can call his election. i would like him to win. this is not personal. if he comes back, at least we crashimited his room to britain out of the european union and try to get parliament to vote for a deal. guy: is that a positive way to look at it if you are on their main side? i'm trying to figure a way -- at the moment, he relies on the dup. that makes the issue of the irish backstop intractable. majority,e to win a what and that give him a bit of wiggle room? do you believe him when he talks about that he wants a deal? ed: i did not believe him in august. i believe him slightly more now. over the summer, i thought the strategy was to run down the clock. i do think

delivered by the end of october the conservative party would die because the brics party under nigel farage is so popular it was overwhelmingly the the leading party in the european elections its standing in seats all over the country and disaffected conservatives who want bricks it's on those on the party's terms boris johnson fears will simply vote for the reps at party instead and so to try to get rid of the threats he's now basically adopted so far as i can see all the bricks at parties tactics will leave out that 1st october even if there's no deal and plainly that seems to be what's happening but the great risk for him is in alienating this enormous middle ground of the conservative party all those people who are now expelled he might not even get to that position because if they end up as known conservative party candidates all poor people sitting in the commons as independents the time being saying we're not going to vote for anything that you want in the way of an election he might not even get that far and so you know it may be that even if he's demanding an election next vote ele

the thoughts of nigel farage dominate the front of the sunday express.ys any delay to the brexit process will lead to what he calls a "clean break." and the mail on sunday has the story of the 80—year—old great—grandmother, who was cleared of murdering her dying husband in a botched suicide pact. so, that we are. that gives you a flavour of what is in the papers, but lucy, inevitably the theme seems to be labour turmoil. if we start with the sunday times, they have the headline "loser corbyn is rocked as key aid walks out". what is this about? it is interesting, the language. they are talking about a bloodbath here. they are talking about, really, another psychodrama within the labour party. we had one a decade ago with gordon brown and tony blair. now we seem to have one thatis tony blair. now we seem to have one that is being played out at the labour party conference. it is not what labour would want. these are not the headlines they would have enjoyed. the key thing is that andrew fisher, who was head of policy and also drafted the election ma nifesto

and this may be the only way in which he's able to get the brexit party of nigel farage to support him. but the irony of that, of course, is the one thing that has galvanized the opposition, it is otherwise 2ki6ded, the labour party for example is unwilling to commit unambiguously to remain in the european union. the one thing they are committed to is blocking a no deal. so this becomes a very high-stakes issue as we move down the road and potentially face another general election in the uk. >> all right. so if the bill succeeds, boris johnson could call this snap election. if that happens, what would be the likely outcome of that? you've looked at the numbers. how do you think this would work for the government? >> just to look at the procedure. and boris johnson is in a very difficult position here because of the changes that took place in 2011 around the ways in which elections are called, a sitting prime minister can no longer call for snap election. he can go to parliament and ask for their support but he needs a 2/3 majority. so right now parliament controls the issue unless they

boris johnson needs to placate -- in the european elections, nigel farage with his brexit party didiance to make sure boris johnson can win that itcial vote or does he do october 31 so by then, we will have brexit so he is placated? even if you have a general election, it is unclear exactly what kind of campaigning, what would labour do, if they have an alliance which we have not seen? there is no clear-cut answer, which may be why the market is moving around a bit. continuescine lacqua to cover these developments in westminster. we are seeing them drive superlatives across the market with the lowest gilt yields of all time. on bloomberg, we will speak to howard davies, chairman of rbs. don't miss that interview at 11:00 a.m. london time. hurricane dorian continues to bash the bahamas but its winds are weakening as the storm widens. still, it remains dangerously powerful and forecasters are trying to map out its path. annmarie hordern joins us with more. annmarie: hurricane continues to devastate the bahamas, killing five on one island and inflicting colossal damage to infrastructur

because the conservatives do have a clear policy on direct it but they face a challenge from nigel farage is directly policy which could potentially split the vote and the conservatives would do badly in a lot of marginals in the in the southwest they'll do badly in scotland no they really seats there they will expect to win some seats back from from labor in the midlands and potentially in the north but it comes to it i think jeremy coleman has a real shot and particularly after the election if the conservatives don't have an all out majority then i think the other parties will prop up jeremy kuhlmann boris johnson on the on the other hand i mean this is really the last roll of the dice for him when it comes to an election because ultimately he is asking for one because he can't get anything through parliament to moment he feels that the stacey is can't go on and he as i say doesn't need to win an outright majority to stay in power now in my view but not means doing better than to resume a did last time around lobby i'm sorry to interject it's just that we only have about a minute left i

and that means convincing the brexit party, nigel farage, that he is going to do this and get them out of the european union. the big question, though, that remains is now that no deal has been removed, has been taken off the table, is whether this is going to be enough or whether this has weakened him in the eyes of those who are desperately seeking a brexit. and then whether or not the opposition's simple sort of gathering around this no deal is going to be enough for them or whether we're also going to see a weakness on the part of the opposition because let's not forget that the labor party is not unambiguously committed to leaving the european union. and so this is where we see this kind of tension, and we know that if any kind of deal is going to be made, it's going to have to be made at the center, which will alienate the far right brexiteers while at the same time their vision of brexit is, of course, not acceptable to the liberal democrats or to the labor opposition. so it's a very complicated situation. >> an election's not going to provide an answer or a solution necessarily

joining me from westminster now — the leader of the brexit party — nigel farage.lf? we heard the prime minister say that he respects the court and disagrees with the ruling. do you disagree, or agree? it looks like a politicaljudgment more disagree, or agree? it looks like a political judgment more than disagree, or agree? it looks like a politicaljudgment more than a legal one but it's done. it's not going to be changed, the highest court in the land has decided the prime minister gave unlawful advice to her majesty the queen, and that is where we are. it seems to me that as a matter of honour, borisjohnson it seems to me that as a matter of honour, boris johnson has it seems to me that as a matter of honour, borisjohnson has to put himself before the houses of parliament tomorrow and say, i offer my resignation, do you accept? you said in passing that it was a political ruling. are you really questioning the kind ofjudgment and quality of thought behind the judgment of the ruling? i'm questioning that we had a supreme court set up just over 20 years ago. clearly

brexit party leader nigel farage says the party won‘t stand against anti—europe conservative mps.s conservatives... no, we are proud centre—right, moderate, one nation party. there is nothing extremist about wanting to meet the will of the british people on a simple question which was, do you want to leave the eu or not. people want that honoured. there is nothing extremist about that. i'mjust i'm just asking you one question... and we are as committed to everyone in our society about healing the wounds and that is what you will see from this government. i'm asking you one question, really here, can you rule out an agreement with the brexit party, yes or no? look, we are not in an election yet. so, you can't. .. when we get there, i am clear that we don‘t need an alliance with anyone. christian... i‘ve heard talk of political realignment and more often than not it doesn‘t quite materialise, is it different this time? you have to look at what boris johnson inherited, and that was a working majority of one, and so he was left with very few options in all truth to get through the pol

might have and i'm sure nigel farage might have a view on this, that the judges are biased, thejudgescs, i am just saying what people are saying, that is what people are saying. so, you don't think thesejudges is what people are saying. so, you don't think these judges took an independent... ? don't think these judges took an independent...? that is don't think these judges took an independent. . . ? that is not what i said, andrew. isaid independent. . . ? that is not what i said, andrew. i said that i think that they are impartial. but i am saying that many people, many leave voters and people up and down the country are beginning to question the partiality of the judges, that is just the partiality of the judges, that isjust a the partiality of the judges, that is just a fact. the partiality of the judges, that isjust a fact. boris johnson went against what he was saying, to try to ta ke against what he was saying, to try to take some of the heat out of that, we've not got much longer so i wa nt to that, we've not got much longer so i want to talk about yesterday, oliver letwi n wa

the brexit party leader nigel farage has warned the prime minister not to return from brussels with — by mps. speaking at a brexit conference in london, mr farage said the conservatives will "lose votes" to his party if people think the same deal is being offered. i'll tell you this, mrjohnson, mrcummings. if you think — if you think — and if you do get this through, that you can sell this as brexit, you're in for a big surprise. the british people won't swallow it. if they realise nothing has changed, they will not put up with it and you will lose votes to us in absolutely huge numbers. heed that warning, please! the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been ordered by democrats to turn over documents relating to the trump administration's dealings with ukraine. they want to impeach president trump over allegations that he put pressure on his ukrainian counterpart to investigatejoe biden — mr trump's likely opponent in next year's presidential election. five state department employees have been summoned to congress. there have been reports of a series of explosions across afghanis

he was saying, michael gove, the conservative liberal minded intellectual, had become like nigel faragehat the entire turkish population was about to come to britain. neither mr gove nor mr johnson have responded tonight. the former conservative mp and universities' minister, sam gyimah, has defected to the liberal democrats. the party leader introduced their newest mp at the annual conference in bournemouth this evening. he was one of 21 tories who were expelled when they rebelled against borisjohnson to block a no deal brexit. mr gyimah becomes the sixth mp tojoin the lib dems in the last three months. his defection comes as their leader jo swinson proposed cancelling brexit without another referendum. former wales rugby captain gareth thomas has revealed he is hiv positive. he says he wants to learn more about his illness and hopes by revealing his diagnosis he can help "break the stigma" around the condition. i want to remember what it was like to feel free. and by doing that... ..i want to empower so many other people who are in exactly the same position as me. african leaders and

speaking at a brexit conference in london, mr farage said the tories will "lose votes" to his party if, and if you do get this through, that you can sell this as brexit, you are in for a big surprise, the british people won't swallow it and they realise nothing has changed, they will not put up with it and you will lose votes to us with it and you will lose votes to us in absolutely huge numbers. he did that morning, please! —— heed that warning. the broadcasting regulator 0fcom is to investigate the way the bbc has handled a complaint about breakfast‘s naga munchetty. she was speaking on this programme after president trump called for four non—white congresswomen to "go back to their countries". the bbc said naga was entitled to comment about her own experience of racism but she should not have speculated about the president's motives as that breached impartiality. the bbc‘s david jordan explained the decision. unfortunately towards the end of the discussion, she did sort of venture into speculating about what president trump's motives might have been in making the comments that he ma

all speak at same time what nigel farage has said he wants a deal, but he hasjust removing the backstopackstop. the word deal is connected to theresa may. boris johnson cannot say this is the deal without this without that. i do not know what happens next. i don't know who... he does not control that decision. under the ridiculous act, this is why legislation should never be made to satisfy one coalition. because now we have a prime minister who has lost the majority that he could have had trapped in office by the labour party. it's interesting that you say he lost it. 0k, he got rid of it. he pulled the lowest of all prime ministers. we have a situation where the opposition party can trap a prime minister in parliament. he is now stuck in his position where the country is the one that will suffer because there is no government to be able to make laws on anything. there is an opposition who will not allow a general election for the people to choose because presumably they are afraid of leaving or they do not want to deal with the mess themselves. then they should take offence and perhap