andrew bridgen, no brexit on the 3ist andrew bridgen, no brexit on the 31st of october.rning effectively from the government for the first time that there will be no brexit on the 31st of october. what is your reaction? well, it's not surprising. we have seen boris johnson bring back a deal in the face of all the critics who said he never could reopen the withdrawal agreement and that he couldn‘t get rid of the backstop. he has changed the political declaration. labour say they don‘t want to leave without a deal. boris johnson say they don‘t want to leave without a deal. borisjohnson has come with a deal. borisjohnson has come with a tolerable deal and labour voted it down. that was a car crash interview from diane abbott, but what your viewers will have seen is that for those who don‘t want brexit, there will never be enough time to debate it. and for those who are running scared of the electorate and don‘t wa nt scared of the electorate and don‘t want a general election, there will a lwa ys want a general election, there will always be an excuse to avoid it. it is clea

been hearing reaction from mps after the vote too — here is another brexiteer, conservative mp andrew bridgen been let down onto the deadlines already, business is struggling with the uncertainty and it is now starting to affect the economy, everyone wanted this over and cynically for political point scoring, labour has seen fit to take down the programme motion and prevent our sleeping on the 31st of 0ctober prevent our sleeping on the 31st of october and it is cynical politics. it will damage the party more than a will damage the prime minister and what we want now is a general election because what is clear is the party, we are in government but with -45 the party, we are in government but with —45 majority we are not in power. just as i was playing you this plate democrat, i tweet from ian fleming, the fact there is no timetable for the rest there is no timetable for the rest the ledge of the station will mean the ledge of the station will mean the eu needs more facts before they can makea the eu needs more facts before they can make a decision about the extension, certainly nothing tonig

with us now, andrew bridgen, who is a key member of the european search group.cerns. what are those limited remaining concerns? stephen spoke to me later on this afternoon. he said he had just one outstanding concern with the new deal, and he expected that to be resolved later this evening. he was speaking to number ten. i think what we do know is that borisjohnson, the prime minister, has confounded his critics. he has managed to reopen their withdrawal agreement that everybody said you cannot reopen. he's got rid of the despised backstop trap which was in the original withdrawal agreement. and he's changed the political declaration from close regulatory alignment to one of a more straightforward free trade agreement. it looks like brexit. it smells like brexit. this is brexit. and the more i hear about this deal the more inclined i am to support it. but you were one of those who said you would not vote for one of these deals until the dup were on these deals until the dup were on the side. quite clearly they are not onside. and they are going to make life very

well, we're joined now by independent former conservative mp dominic grieve and conservative mp andrew bridgenbrought forward and i am particularly pleased with the political declaration, loose a free—trade agreement with the eu rather than close regulatory alignment. i will not be voting for this on saturday unless there is a referendum attached to it, that has been my position for a long time. the deal is undoubtedly better than leaving with no deal but he has to understand and andrew has highlighted this, the nature of the long term relationship, as is the intention for it to be significantly diverging from eu partners, will lead to extremely difficult negotiations over the next two, three years. people have to understand that. maybe that is what they want and if they wanted, so be it. but to simply ask me to rubber—stamp this is something i am not prepared to do. if there was a confirmatory referendum attached to it, i will cheerfully support it, even though i happen to think the deal has many flaws, but i certainly acce pt deal has many flaws, but i certainly accept all deals have flaws a