helen catt.is due to begin at midnight. the dispute is over pay and conditions. most ba flights taking off from the uk on monday and tuesday have been cancelled. our business correspondent katie prescott has the details. for the first time in the company's history, british airways pilots are refusing to fly. the pilots' union says they accepted pay freezes when ba made losses, and they now want to share in its success. they want to see a greater size of the £2 billion profit that ba made last year. pilots have rejected their offer of an 11.5% pay rise over the next three years, and the strike is expected to cost the company £40 million per day. but british airways says it's a generous offer that's been accepted by the rest of staff on the airline. of course, in the middle of all of this are the passengers — 300,000 of them are being affected over the next few days. they were warned about these strikes weeks ago, and the company says that most have been rebooked. but, for many, thatjourney hasn't

that was political reporter helen catt speaking to ben a little earlier.g as seven are being groomed to sell sex in one of the world's largest licenced brothels. prostitution is legal in some areas of bangladesh, but some women say they were forced into the life and started work when they were children. a children's charity is trying to help young people escape this life by offering education from the age of five. 0ur education and family correspondent frankie mccamley has been to the country to find out more about the projects. this is a dark world where the unimaginable happens to children. they're born into a life where sex is sold on every street corner, in a brothel that's so popular it's grown into a village, home to nearly 2000 sex workers. a familiar noise at the end of the line, signalling the arrival of more customers. to get into the brothel, men must pay at the gates. anything else is extra. they line dance buzz, drinking home—made alcohol, choosing the girl they want. it will get busy later. it is clear many don't want us here. we can come in?

helen catt reports.ime minister prepared to face mps, some were hoping for an apology, others his resignation, others a milder tone. instead... despite the fact that i followed the exact same process as my predecessors in calling a queen's speech, the supreme court was asked to intervene in this process for the first time. and it is absolutely no disrespect to the judiciary to say i think the court was wrong to pronounce on what is essentially a political question. boris johnson issued a challenge to the opposition. you vote to sack me. they have until the house arises today to table a motion of no confidence in the government. come on, come on, then. and we can have that vote tomorrow. he's a speech delighted some on his adventures. applause . the snp seemed they might be tempted to take up the offer. the opposition must unite to trigger a vote of no confidence to bring this chaotic government down. but in the end no party tabled a no—confidence vote. they will not throw boris johnson out until they are

our political correspondent helen catt reports. reporter: morning amber.ys that when she accepted a post in borisjohnson‘s cabinet she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal, but since then she had seen little evidence that the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. there is this huge machine preparing for no—deal, which is fine. you might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal, 50/50 in terms of work, but it's not that, it's like 80%, 90% of government time going into preparing for no—deal and the absence of trying to work to get a deal. she says she will now sit as an independent mp instead of a conservative in response to the decision to expel 21 colleagues who voted against the government last week. i know i couldn't carry on in the conservative party at such a high level and see 21 of my colleagues, who are good, moderate people, who also want a deal, excluded from it, and ijust needed to move and stand by them. tomorrow, the bill the 21 mps gave up their party careers for becomes law. it says that

here's our political correspondent helen catt.fully keeping himself out of the headlines, former prime minister david cameron is once again the big news in town, and that may not be welcome news for boris johnson. he and his cabinet colleague michael gove are accused by mr cameron, in his new book, of behaving "appallingly" during the 2016 referendum. he actually, in the book — i said to him "you call michael gove, who was a close personalfriend, ‘mendacious”', and as for borisjohnson, and he says he has always found him amusing, he has worked well with him in the past, but he doesn't always trust him. david cameron also admits that he failed, and that some people will neverforgive him for holding a referendum. he says he thinks about it every single day, but believes that calling it was right and he felt it was inevitable. he's also clearly apologetic. he's clearly been very traumatised by the whole experience and that but claims made by mr cameron in his interview with the times magazine that the referendum campaign turned into

helen catt there, our political correspondent.uty leader of the liberal democrats — hejoins me now. your reaction to amber rudd's dramatic resignation last night? i'm not really surprised. i worked with amber rudd during the coalition and i knew her as someone who believed that britain's best interests are served by by being in the eu. i think she struggles. she has tried to have influence inside. now she has realised that borisjohnson is only wanting a no deal and he is treating moderate, decent tories who are her closest allies in the most shocking way. i think she has reacted to the appalling way the prime minister is behaving. what happens next? a lot of people are saying that borisjohnson has been backed into a corner. what you suspect his next move will be?” genuinely don't know. these are unprecedented times. liberal democrats will argue for what we regard as the best way out of this, a people's vote. a general election we re a people's vote. a general election were really sort it out because there are many other issues and

helen catt, bbc news, westminster. our royal correspondent jonny dymond is here.kept clear of politics — is this a clear breach of that convention? i think convention has been thrown to the wind, several conventions, the first one being you simply don't discuss the conversations between the prime minister and the monarch, thatis the prime minister and the monarch, that is the first rule of those conversations, that they stay private, and they are no longer private. the second one is you don't involve the queen in domestic political decisions. we know the queen is in favour of the union, she has spoken of her liking for the union beforehand, but at such a delicate moment in this campaign to ask for her assistance. the third question that comes up is why subsequent to that request did the queen and her advisers think it right for her to speak publicly. the palace has given no official comment, but a source told me there has been an amount of displeasure at the palace, and i think those who read the runes will translate that something coming pretty close to real ange

here's our political correspondent helen catt.f carefully keeping himself out of the headlines, former prime minister david cameron is once again the big news in town. and that may not be welcome news for boris johnson. he and his cabinet colleague michael gove are accused by mr cameron in his new book of behaving appallingly during the 2016 referendum. i said to him, you call michael gove, he was a close personalfriend... and as for borisjohnson, he says he was always amusing, he has worked well with him, in the past but doesn't always trust him. david cameron also admits that he failed and some people will neverforgive him for holding a referendum. he said he thinks about it every single day, but believes that calling it was right and he felt it was inevitable. but claims by mr cameron in his interview with the times magazine that the referendum campaign turned into a terrible tory psychodrama have been disputed by a prominent sleeve campaigner. millions of people, 33 million people voted, 17.4 million of them voted because they

helen catt, thank you. independent mp after he had the conservative whip removed on tuesday. firstly, what is your reaction to amber rudd's resignation from the government? and there i am extremely sorry, on behalf that the government, that we have lost such a talented colleague. i am very grateful that she has resigned for the reasons that she has stated and for her staunch support of her colleagues. and, it is sadly evidence of the position that we are m, evidence of the position that we are in, because the obsession about leaving the eu in a particular way, ata leaving the eu in a particular way, at a particular time, leaving the eu in a particular way, ata particulartime, is leaving the eu in a particular way, at a particular time, is producing a series of what i would consider as irrational moves and actions by the government that are very damaging and they need to rip up their strategy and do something new. because this will not work. we have seen jay because this will not work. we have seenjayjohnson

helen catt, bbc news.more about the government's options once the law to force another brexit extension gets royal assent. this law, the benn bill as it is known, is due to get royal assent tomorrow. that means by law borisjohnson will be forced to ask for an extension and delay to brexit if he hasn't got a brexit deal by 19th october. you heard sajid javid there saying we won't be doing that, but also saying "we will obey the law". how you square that circle isn't clear at the moment. we also heard dominic raab this morning, the foreign secretary, suggesting they would test to the limits what this law requires, so there is some sort of, lack of clarity i think about quite how the government intends to address that and to deal with the requirements that law would place on them. this has been a torrid seven days, it doesn't look like it is going to get easier for the prime minister tomorrow. lord young, who resigned from the government, was on the radio this lunchtime. he said he could only see one way out,

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.his now from our political correspondent, jessica parker. and jessica, was the prime minister ready for this backlash? ido i do not know whether he expected it. perhaps borisjohnson really trying to goad the opposition parties into calling a vote of no—confidence triggering the election boris johnson no—confidence triggering the election borisjohnson says he wa nts. election borisjohnson says he wants. it was an interesting set of heated exchanges after borisjohnson had flown back from america following the supreme court ruling that found the suspension of parliament unlawful and a lot of opposition mps wanted to see signs of contrition, wanted to see the prime minister say sorry but all the signs were over the course of the day, he would deliver a defined message and that proved to be the case. the significance of this? opposition may dislike him even more now. it will be interesting how it plays out with his benches. caution from senior members, including nicky morgan, the culture mi

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.ster studio and speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. i want to pick up on something i heard you say in an interview earlier today that the language used by the prime minister and the manner in which he spoke, you make the point, was very much a political strategy. i think it is. i think point, was very much a political strategy. ithink it is. ithink mr johnson finds himself in a very, very difficult situation where he really can't trigger the election that he thinks would be his way out of the current predicament because the opposition parties won't vote for it, and so my that he's trying to provoke them, to rile them, to goad them to put down a motion of no confidence almost in exasperation, infury, in confidence almost in exasperation, in fury, in response to the very inflammatory language that he used, particularly of course in response to some of those female mps we saw there, urging him to moderate the sort of terms he was using, and then mrjohnson seems to me to

helen catt, bbc news.l democrats begin their party conference today with a campaign to cancel brexit. the party's leader, jo swinson, wants to revoke article 50 without a referendum, therefore keeping the uk inside the european union. let's get more on this with our political correspondent susan mendonca. momentum is one of those keywords in politics, isn't it? we have these party conferences coming up. if i say sense of where the lib dems are at. i think they are in a good place ahead of their party conference because they are buoyed by the recent defections i have had to their party from former labour mps, former conservative mps, who have joined them and also, had a good by—election result in wales where they beat the conservatives and have got a new leaderjoe swinson and her m essa 9 es got a new leaderjoe swinson and her messages are very clear message on messages are very clear message on brexit, so we have had the lib dems before talking about stopping brexit and now they are making it clear that wh

helen catt, bbc news.g the culture secretary nicky morgan, who served in the cabinet under david cameron, told us how she would vote in the event of a second brexit referendum. i would vote to remain. so, why are you in boris johnson's i would vote to remain. so, why are you in borisjohnson‘s cabinet? because i'm also a democrat and i think one of the fundamental tenets of our democracy is that when the public vote and over 30 million people voted in the eu referendum, there was a clear result, i know it asa there was a clear result, i know it as a result that many people don't like, it is not a result i was co mforta ble like, it is not a result i was comfortable with but i had accepted it and comfortable with but i had accepted itandi comfortable with but i had accepted it and i think it is important that when there is a result, that mps in parliament fulfil that mandate. let's get more on this with our political correspondent susana mendonca. she has been very open that she voted remaining the last refe

helen catt, bbc news. hour we've heard from the culture secretary nicky morgan, who told us what she would do in the event of second referendum. if it comes to a point where you are asked to vote again in a referendum, can you give a give me a straight a nswer can you give a give me a straight answer as to how would you would vote 7 answer as to how would you would vote? i would vote to remain. let's get more on this with our political correspondent susana mendonca. nicky morgan was speaking to us about other things today, but the issues around brexit and how it works within the cabinet, it's interesting, her answer there? very interesting, her answer there? very interesting, and i think it is a sign of the cracks that are surfacing within the cabinet. we had amber rudd who left the cabinet over the defections and the issue as to whether she thought borisjohnson was working towards a deal. nicky morgan said she was going to stay in the room, that she was ruling out quitting, but she is of course somebody w

helen catt, bbc news.crats begin their party conference today, with a campaign to cancel brexit. the party's leaderjo swinson wants to revoke article 50 without a referendum, therefore keeping the uk inside the european union. let's get more on this with our political correspondent susan mendonca. good morning to you! they will be feeling buoyant after recent defections to their party. what is their message now on revoking article 50? i think they want to make it very clear that they have a clear focus on what they would be offering in a general election and essentially that would be stopping brexit by the means of revoking article 50. that was the process by which britain began the process of leaving the eu so what the lib dems are saying they would stop it in its tracks they were to be the next government. i think it is important to note they feel very buoyed by various things, not least the fact they have had a number of defections from the conservatives and former labour party mps joining them and ther

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.get the view from westminster with our chief political correspondent, vicki young, but first our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell is outside buckingham palace for us. how unusual a reaction from the palace is that? it is unusual and i think from this pleasure we can read it was a sharp displeasure and this comes from the queen herself. they will not use that word without reflecting her thoughts. i would imagine she feels pretty let down by david cameron. however, we should not assume david cameron was the sole instigator of putting the whole idea into the head of the queen that she might say something. we know she ca res she might say something. we know she cares deeply about the country of which he is head of state. this is the only subject she has made a semi political speech in 1979 when she told the house of commons that she was crowned queen of the united kingdom. younger members of the royalfamily at kingdom. younger members of the royal family at the time of the scottish r

let's get the latest on an eventful day at westminster, from our political correspondent, helen catt. savage. what was your take on events this evening? you can hear the sheer scale of noise, the volume, the anger that there was in the chamber and it is quite extraordinary. we are in this strange situation where you have the prime minister poking at the opposition saying, sack me. the opposition saying, sack me. the opposition saying, sack me. the opposition saying, we want to sack you but not now. it points to a chronic lack of trust in the house of commons. frankly, the opposition parties say they simply do not trust the prime minister and that if they vote through this election, because parliament is pretty much paralysed, they worry they are going to be outmanoeuvred. a manoeuvre that would mean an no—deal brexit could happen. all parties have to try and work together to stop they have slightly different positions when it comes to brexit and borisjohnson does not have a majority and he has to work out how to get things through. what is clear from this evening, he is not looking at

joining me now to discuss that and more is political reporter helen catt david cameron recalled the brexitdecided to change things, what has he come out and said? he has been virtually silent since he walked out of the doors of downing street, particularly on brexit. in his interview he is pre—reflective when he looks back at it. we look for the referendum every single day he thinks about the consequences of the things that could've been done differently. he also says he understands that there are some people who will never forgive him holding it and others who are glad that he did. but what he is clear about is that he does not feel he was wrong and what he did, part of the book that he has written is trying to explain why he felt that it was inevitable and he also has some harsh words for some of those involved in the leaf campaign, boris johnson, the now prime minister michael gove in the cabinet. he said that they behaved appallingly in the book, so there are some pretty harsh words and he also is looking at the situation out and says he would not support a no—deal brexit and he says t

i spoke with helen catt in westminster a little earlier.aying that this has not been the sort of anger awards cropping up in british politics before, british politics by its very nature, confrontational. even the way it is designed is very adversarial. but i do use to make sense that there is recognition in the comments that they may have reached a boiling point and that maybe we should take a little bit of a step back from that. and the government has lost yet another vote. at seven vote, just explain the context of this. this is a vote to take some time off so this is a vote to take some time off so the conservative party could have its conference next week, which is between monday and wednesday. mps have devoted to say yes, we will not sit on those days. but mps decided against having that time off which means the conservative party conference will still go ahead, but things will still be happening in parliament and so you may see mps across the country to get things in parliament. it is breaking with convention, is sort of a son of the

our political correspondent helen catt reports.d says that when she accepted a post in borisjohnson‘s cabinet she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal, but since then she had seen little evidence the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. there is this huge machine preparing for no—deal, which is fine. you might expect 50/50 in terms of work but it is 80% of government time going into preparing for no—deal. she now says she will sit as an independent mp instead of a conservative. 21 colleagues were expelled last week. i know i couldn't carry on working at such a high level and see 21 of my colleagues who are good, moderate people, who also want a deal, excluded from it and i needed to move and stand by them. tomorrow, the bill the 21 mps gave up their party careers for becomes law. it says if borisjohnson cannot reach an agreement by the end of an eu summit on the 19th of october then he must ask the eu for a further delay to brexit, to january next year. 0pposition parties are sceptical that mr

earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, helen catt, about the significance of amber rudd's resignationn his team as it were, did reidy boost the view of boris johnson's it were, did reidy boost the view of borisjohnson‘s leadership it were, did reidy boost the view of boris johnson's leadership and it were, did reidy boost the view of borisjohnson‘s leadership and his brexit strategy and the fact that you had heard there go for both, both his handling of the party and that stack figure of saying that 80 to 90% of government effort is going towards a no—deal brexit, she believes, not to what is actually getting a deal. well that could well harm him, certainly among those who share amber rudd's views. the big worry for him is if it does untitled more unhappy tories. and we know there are some. and inspire them to follow suit. it will be interesting to see the reaction beyond westminster. again, ithink to see the reaction beyond westminster. again, i think that 80 to 90% figure will cut through in some places. also i think there will bea group some places. also i think there will be a gro

with me is our political correspondent, helen catt.for boris johnson and his government? she is a big figure, particularly in certain segments of the conservative party. the moderate one nation tori, and having her onside really boosted boris johnson's having her onside really boosted borisjohnson‘s leadership having her onside really boosted boris johnson's leadership and strategy. you heard her in that interview essentially going for both, his handling of the party and the stark figure of saying that 80-90% of the stark figure of saying that 80—90% of government effort is going towards a no—deal brexit. she believes not towards getting a deal. that could harm him among those who share amber rudd's views. the worry for him will be, does this unsettle unhappy tories? we know that there are some, and inspire them to follow suit. it will be interesting to see the reaction beyond westminster. i think that 80-90% the reaction beyond westminster. i think that 80—90% figure will cut through in places but i think there will also be a group of

alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is at westminster. of some possible deal? the uk government has said it will put forward concrete proposals next week after the end of the conservative party conference, which i’u ns conservative party conference, which runs from monday to wednesday. if the proposals are acceptable to the eu there will be a huge amount of work to turn them around for the crucial summit on the 17th of 0ctober, so there is a very tight timeframe for this and it does depend what the proposal are. today the brexit secretary was in brussels for more talks and says the moment of truth is approaching for the negotiations to see if there is political will on both sides, but he has insisted that the irish backstop to try to prevent irish checks needs to try to prevent irish checks needs to go from the withdrawal agreement. michel barnier has said that so far the proposals to do that have not worked. we are going to take our viewers to westminster where nigel farage is speaking at the final brexit party rally. paying the bills wi

our political correspondent helen catt is at westminster. tonight of some possible movement in terms of a deal? yes, news from brussels. we are hearing that the uk government has said it will put forward full proposals for its solution for a deal after the end of the conservative party conference. that is happening in manchester next week and it ends on wednesday and that is when these proposals will be put forward. nobody knows what they are at the moment. so far michel barnier has said the things that have been suggested previously by the uk government were not workable. stephen barclay, the brexit secretary, today has been in brussels and he says it is approaching the moment of truth for negotiations when we will see if there is political will on both sides. he is insistent that any deal will need to remove the so backstop, the mechanism for trying to avoid border checks on the island of ireland. we will have to see what these proposals spell out. we have also been getting an indication from the snp concerning a possible candidate for int

let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt who's at westminster.n boris johnson says borisjohnson says he is cautiously optimistic that feel we have been hearing that from prime ministers for the past three years or so. what does it mean it is he right to be cautiously optimistic? cautiously being the key word, he is due on monday to meet with the president of the european commission, and michel barnier in that meeting is being sort of played down, they do not expect there to be any major breakthroughs that really is not with the intention is, it is another step in this ongoing task of trying to inch towards a deal. missing borisjohnson meet to inch towards a deal. missing boris johnson meet angela to inch towards a deal. missing borisjohnson meet angela merkel, all these other european leaders. the next in the series of those facing those meetings and they will be discussing the work that's been done and talking about those things but we are not expecting an eminent breakthrough on this. the tone is that there is a long way to go on a deal, even t

europe correspondent, gavin lee, in brussels, but first let's speak to our political correspondent, helen cattinster. the phrase we keep hearing is cautious optimism. what is that based on? it is cautious optimism and the emphasis is on cautious, borisjohnson and the emphasis is on cautious, boris johnson says and the emphasis is on cautious, borisjohnson says he thinks the rough shape of the deal. he is set to set to go to brussels on monday for his first meeting with jean—claude juncker. this is for his first meeting with jean—claudejuncker. this is the first meeting he will have had since borisjohnson first meeting he will have had since boris johnson became prime first meeting he will have had since borisjohnson became prime minister and will also meet michel barnier, the chief negotiator. expectations from that though are being slightly downplayed, this is seen as another in those ongoing series of face—to—face meetings that boris johnson has been having across europe, already speaking to angela merkel and emmanuel macron, so this is another in the series of those rather than this being t

helen catt, bbc news, westminster. campaign in 2014. mr cameron was speaking tojeremy vine on bbc radio 2 who asked him what he made of the palace's response. we have just been told that your remarks on the queen and the scottish vote have led to an amount of displeasure at the palace. so, you're not having a good week here. well, look, itried in the book to give an honest explanation of the things that i did and the things that i said. i certainly didn't ask for anything improper to happen. i was trying to explain the frustrations there were when you had one side in the referendum saying, "we are going to have a queen of an independent scotland and everybody is fine and dandy with that," and that was a frustration, so i tried to set that out in the book. so i tried... but you put her up to something and that's not how... i certainly didn't do that. you asked her to raise an eyebrow? i didn't ask for anything improper. you asked via channels, you made it clear you wanted her to play a role in the referendum and now you

and helen catt in london.secution service the metropolitan police said: "it is clear that whilst some technical breaches of electoral law "were committed by leave.eu, in respect of the spending return "submitted for their campaign, there is insufficient evidence "to justify any further criminal investigation." domestic violence deaths in the uk are at their highest level for five years. figures obtained by bbc news show there were 173 domestic killings across the uk last year an increase of 32 on 2017. while both men and women are victims of violence in the home, the majority are female. several of the victims were stabbed, leading one criminologist to describe them as the "invisible victims of knife crime". the government says it‘s "fully committed" to tackling domestic violenceand ministers have promised legislation when parliament returns next month. tom symonds reports. rodrigo giraldo killed his wife, margory villegas, then put her body in the boot of this car before burying her in a shallow grave. office

we're joined now by our political correspondent, helen catt.h of a blow is this to boris johnson? amber rudd is a significant member, and having her in his cabinet was a boost for boris johnson. her acceptance then that are no deal should be kept on the table, also a boost for his plans. the fact that she has now come out and resigned in quite such a way, with quite such language, and hitting him on two fronts, especially on the treatment of her collea g u es especially on the treatment of her colleagues and also on this idea that she says she doesn't believe government is working hard enough to try to get a brexit deal — the dangerfor boris try to get a brexit deal — the danger for boris johnson is try to get a brexit deal — the danger for borisjohnson is that other conservative members start to reconsider their position. perhaps those who backed borisjohnson last week, saying they believed he was trying to get a deal, maybe this will give them pause for reflection. outside of parliament, a senior government source was set heard saying that th

we're joined now by our political correspondent, helen catt.ite a lot of reaction there, we were hearing from politicians across the spectrum. how much of a blow is this resignation to the pm? amber rudd is an influentialfigure ina amber rudd is an influentialfigure in a particular part of the conservative party, the so—called one nation tories, and having her there was a real bonus for that part of the party. but her resigning it with these little red terms, calling it political vandalism, the action of suspending her colleagues, will mean other conservatives might look at this and wonder if they should also be reconsidering their position. either way, it also be reconsidering their position. eitherway, it is also be reconsidering their position. either way, it is not a great start and what is going to be another big week in parliament tomorrow. we are expecting this bill that will be pushed through this week, we are expecting royal assent shortly. we are also expecting boris johnson to try, and fail again, get a general election. so, not the

we can speak now to our political correspondent helen catt, who is in westminster. how significant is this? well, yes, this is not an eu officially endorsed position. these are comments from the head of one member state, finland, but are comments from the head of one memberstate, finland, but it are comments from the head of one member state, finland, but it is something we have already heard this week from other eu leaders, this idea that it is up to the uk to come up idea that it is up to the uk to come up with something written down, not just talks. and the eu has been clear that, as far as it is concerned, it is on borisjohnson to come up with an alternative to the so—called irish backstop. now antti rinne made these comments after he was meeting the french president, emmanuel macron. finland believes it has france's backing for this idea of giving the uk a hard line on 30 september. it is now going to take these proposals to donald tusk, the president of the eu council, and to the british government. it will continue negotiating and continue to put forward prop

let's speak to our political correspondent, helen catt.boris has lost 21 of his and people—mac this week. will another, amber rudd, make a difference? she is an influence among the moderate and the one nation conservatives. having her onside was a boost for borisjohnson personally and for his brexit strategy. that he has been attacked so strategy. that he has been attacked so critically on both fronts will have an impact. well it tipped the balance for unhappy tories so more of them follow suit? and will it have the same impact outside westminster? a senior government source said that resignations to chase headlines will not change the fa ct chase headlines will not change the fact that people want brexit done. 0ur leave voting areas like hastings and rye, that constituency, will it raise concerns 01’ and rye, that constituency, will it raise concerns or will it be boris johnson being serious about brexit and the remainer impediment has gone? it is a bumpy start to a big week in politics when we expect to see a bill to see a no—deal brexit

first to westminster and out political correspondent helen catt. prime minister, the light of the queen? it shows what extraordinary times we live in. it's not the usual question you would expect to ask a pm and this is in the context of that advice he gave to the queen on recommending he should suspend parliament. it is a very unusual situation i caught on pets which has taken a different view to the scottish courts yesterday. the high court in london saying this is a political advice and not a role for the judiciary. political advice and not a role for thejudiciary. it political advice and not a role for the judiciary. it has left everything here in a holding pattern until we hearfrom everything here in a holding pattern until we hear from the supreme court on tuesday to hopefully resolve that. damian, boris johnson on tuesday to hopefully resolve that. damian, borisjohnson talking about a landing space for a deal with the eu, what are they making of that in brussels? there is a scented that in brussels? there is a scented that boris johnson that

let's go to westminster now — our political correspondent helen catt is there.e of language there's obviously no intention from the government bench to turned on the language of surrender, act, betrayal and all the rest of it. absolutely. downing street in borisjohnson seem to be standing by at that phrase, surrender act. that's what he used to describe the bill that was passed by mps the other week to stop a no deal breaks out. the one that he's does not get a deal they're compelled to ask for an extension from the eu. he says that's harmed negotiations and that's why he refers to it as the surrender act so he stood by that phraseology. the former prime minister sirjohn major has been giving a speech and honed in on that word, surrender, and not one that should be used within the party politics or and also talked about other words the prime minister has not been accused of using. like enemy, and we see in the cropped up in the wider brexit base. from the other side we been hearing about mps and their concerns of their safety. and just phillips about the constit

our political correspondent helen catt is at westminster.ng really until next tuesday in a supreme court ruling. absolutely. you had borisjohnson there refer to that and that's what the government seem to be waiting for. alsojohn mcdonnell speaking earlier saying he would look to tuesday as well despite the fact labour would like to see parliament call back here so they can discuss things like the fallout from that operation yellowhammer document. it does seem like things are at a bit of a holding pattern until that supreme courtjudgment on tuesday, mainly because you have the scottish court yesterday coming to one conclusion, the high court in london coming to another so until it has gone to the supreme court on tuesday to resolve the contradiction, everything is really hanging on that. the prime minister... said we are in interesting times, aren't we? —— make the trimester was asked about if you like to the monarch. we are in interesting times. you might borisjohnson denied in interesting times. you might boris johnson denied that in inter

to stop scrutiny from mps in the run—up to brexit on 31st october. 0ur political correspondent helen cattne challenged in the court but has led to two conflicting rulings. one from scotland's highest court which said it was unlawful because it wasn't motivated by the improper purpose of stymieing parliament, according to thejudge. the other in england said it was not a matter for the courts. the supreme court is doing is hearing appeals against both those rulings. it is sitting for only the second time in its history with 11 judges to hear this. on the one hand you have 70 parliamentarians, led by joanna cherry, they brought that scottish action. on the other hand, you have government lawyers arguing with the high court ruling which was in response to an action brought by gina miller should be upheld. today will be the second day of that hearing. there is a third one tomorrow. we do not know when a ruling will be made, it could be as early as tomorrow but thought to be unlikely. yesterday the court was told that the government will compliant with the court ruling. eu officials will debate

our political correspondent helen catt is at westminster.et on the outside but still lots going on. yes, mps might not be sitting but are still here and there is a lot of background work to work out how they resolve this issue around brexit, so lots of mps meeting to discuss their ways through but also borisjohnson has said he wants a deal, we know the man who was known as that sherpa on this is in brussels tomorrow for more meetings, boris johnson on this is in brussels tomorrow for more meetings, borisjohnson has a p pa re ntly more meetings, borisjohnson has apparently spoken to angela merkel and emmanuel macron and later is due to host arlene foster and nigel doddsin to host arlene foster and nigel dodds in downing street. we don't know what will be on the agenda but it's likely to see some discussion of solutions for that backstop which seems to be the sticking point. borisjohnson seems to be the sticking point. boris johnson says seems to be the sticking point. borisjohnson says it needs to come out of the withdrawal agreement. there h

well, with me now is bbc south east today's political editor helen catt, who is here in westminster followingeast mps who have been deselected, he has the smallest majority with a mayor 16,000. nicholas soames somewhere around 19,500. sam gymiah somewhere near 24,000. these are tory heartland areas and these were not exactly obscure backbenchers. nicholas soames the definition of a tory grandee. greg clarke was a cabinet minister until a couple of months ago. sam gymiah was seen as a rising star of the modern tory party. it will come as a shock. and before brexit it is not like greg clarke was seen as a firebrand, it was a pretty loyal mp, and well liked in the constituency, but brexit has introduced tensions amongst some in his local party because he has been fairly pro remain and anti no deal. sam gymiah has had a chequered history with his association and they have been deselection attempts and brexit has magnified that although i should say tunbridge wells was a remain voting constituency. what have their associations said about effectively having their choice of mp taken from them? the t