thank you, we appreciate it, andrew bridgen, the conservative mp, and back to you, ros. the lobby and christian outsider palace of westminster as well. after a frantic couple of hours, we have two more government defeat in the house of commons, three government ministers have resigned and once again, theresa may has seen her authority struck by mps. tomorrow is another day. we will have it covered. see then. —— see you then. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: the ayes have it — the ayes have it. mps vote to allow themselves to take control of the commons timetable and let them stage a series of indicative votes on alternatives to the prime minister's brexit deal. three ministers resign to vote for the commons talking control of the timetable away from the government. after chairing cabinet, mrs may told mps that approving her deal was still the best way to avoid a no—deal brexit. it is with great regret that i have had to conclude that,

the potentialfor andrew bridgen from the tory party later on.test update on the country's economic health. the spring statement comes at a crucial time, with brexitjust two weeks away. 16 days. so what can we expect to hear? steph's at a factory in birmingham this morning and can tell us more. without your head in a machine, this time. good morning. iwill show without your head in a machine, this time. good morning. i will show you the machines later on. amongst all the machines later on. amongst all the brexit shenanigans the chancellor have to just may have to get up today and deliver a speech on what is happening on the economy and the government finances. what we expect to hear is our economic growth for this year has been downgraded. from 1.6% to 0.8%. that basically means we are still expected to grow this year, but it will be slower than what they originally thought. the good news is we are expecting the chancellor to talk about the record employment, the record number of people in work, and the fact that, on average, wages have been goin

the conservative mp andrew bridgen, who voted against the government yesterday, told us that leavingdeal is the best way to resolve the brexit deadlock in parliament. i think no deal is the only way we're going get out fulfilling our manifesto pledges and the commitment we made to the british people after the referendum. ultimately when we triggered article 50, parliament knew that we were leaving after two years. it should have been the 29th of march and it's clear that it is with or without a deal. i don't think there is any way that the european union are going to give the uk a deal that is acceptable, certainly not the withdrawal agreement, for all the reasons we have heard. it would be a situation where if we signed up to that, we would be for the first time in our nation's history, a huge amount of our laws would be decided by a foreign power over which we have no control or influence. it would be vassalage and when it came back yesterday without the political declaration, a future partnership was the only way out of the backstop. it was rather worse yesterday because all you h

let's cross over to our leicester newsroom and speak to the conservative mp, andrew bridgen who votedheresa may's deal yesterday. thanks for coming in to speak to us. let me ask you first of all, you are pa rt let me ask you first of all, you are part of the group of mps who have written to the prime minister, urging herto written to the prime minister, urging her to pursue and no—deal brexit. given that she has watched the numbers against withdrawal agreement fallen three previous occasions, it would be surprising if she went for that option. surely it's much more likely she will give us one more chance. it's much more likely she will give us one more chance. | it's much more likely she will give us one more chance. i think no deal is the only way we're going get out fulfilling our manifesto pledges and the commitment we made to the british people after the referendum. ultimately when we triggered article 50, parliament knew that we were leaving after two years. it should have been the 29th of march and it's clear that it is with or without a deal. i don't think there is any way that

andrew bridgen, thank you, conservative mp.ll get its way and the politicians will be revealed who do not respect our democracy and rights. a general election is needed so people can take back control from this remain parliament. the snp‘s economic spokesperson, kirsty blackman. you have felt scotland was being forced out of the eu against its will. you voted against the prime minister‘s deal last night. why is that? for a start, in terms of what scotland voted for, which was overwhelmingly leave to remain in the eu, which is what i‘m trying to get for the people of scotland. the prime minister‘s deal is a bad one. even the chancellor admitted that any brexit is a bad brexit in that any brexit is a bad brexit in that our economy will be smaller as a result. if the prime minister was a result. if the prime minister was a deal had gone through we would have lost jobs, reduce a deal had gone through we would have lostjobs, reduce living standards, and importantly, freedom of movement would have been cancelled, which has been a gre

earlier, i spoke to andrew bridgen mp, a member of the economic research group.. have a listen to this. i voted against it twice because i don't think it's a very good deal. indeed, i don't even think it's a withdrawal agreement, it's actually a staying on agreement. when you look at the legal advice around the withdrawal agreement, it's clear that we could end up stuck in the backstop indefinitely. as emphatically against it as on previous occasions when we've had this conversation, is that fair? i'm being spoken to by colleagues who have grave concerns that it's either the prime minister's lousy withdrawal agreement or potentially no brexit. i'm not convinced of that and at the end of the day, i don't think the withdrawal agreement will give us brexit. we will have handed over £39 billion of taxpayers' money for effectively nothing. but again, it sounds like you might vote for it, is that fair? i think it's very unlikely that i am going to vote for it. very unlikely is not definitely "no, i'm not". i think it's a trap that we will end up stuck in and i believe

andrew bridgen said he won't vote for the deal. bernard jenkin said he is not commenting tonight.s that have been used about this deal are incredibly inflammatory, people have called it a vasillage arrangement. boris johnson said people have called it a vasillage arrangement. borisjohnson said it was like strapping on a suicide vest and handing brussels the trigger. you are seeing because the erg has been outmanoeuvred and cornered, there is a flood to climb down and to say, well, at least we can claim the prime minister's scalp if we get it through and it is not as bad as the alternatives. but maybe not enough. not all of the erg are of that mind, they are the biggest contributor to the prime minister's problem, there are five conservative mps want to have another referendum. they aren't climbing down any ladder because they don't have one to climb down. the dup opposed it because of the backstop. that is still there. so even if everyone in the erg climbs down that ladder, highly unlikely they will, this is still not a deal that has a plausible path to passing the house of common

i'm joined by the conservative mp andrew bridgen. ten days to go until brexit could have happened.appen. i'm not sure on whose authority the prime minister is asking for a delay. in the three votes we had last week we saw an overwhelming majority of conservative mps vote for no extension of article 50 and we know from our national convention only a few weeks ago, it was voted by 80% that we should leave on the 29th of march with or without a deal. the house of commons voted 412—202 in order to delay brexit. that's why she's doing it. statute of law is there that we are leaving on the 29th of march. that is also eu law under article 50 that we voted. you don't think people will - to don't think people will vote to delay? it i down to the delay? whether we delay brexit. it

andrew bridgen is a member — listen to him last night. agreement if it were passed that ten years after the vote, we still would not have left the european union, still stuck in the backstop, we would have paid the £39 billion, i think the european union believes that the prime minister has negotiated badly, she's in a weak position. and i think they want to break that. and i think they want to bank that. they are so desperate for us to sign this withdrawal agreement, because then it really won't matter who the next prime minister is. they will be completely hamstrung going into those negotiations. the former brexit secretary, david davis, is calling on mps to support mrs may's deal. it is not a good deal, but the alternative is a complete cascade of chaos. that is what i said a week ago. and that is what you are seeing. you are seeing all the amendments now, trying to wrench control of the negotiation away from the government. that will be a disaster. and you are seeing proposals being put out which are all worse than her proposal. cruci