these are the backbenchers. these are the backbenchers that matter.ment. but it is about making sure that whoever is in power, that these benches have the right to question and hold to account. that is what matters. but of course, it is about having an accountable speaker to back that up. it is notjust about accountable speaker to back that up. it is not just about the backbenchers, it is about a speaker that endorses and supports the backbenchers. and that is what i hope i have always shown during my nine years as deputy. i have tried to ensure there is not one part of this house that has not been brought to speak. whatever size of party, i have encouraged to make sure their voices heard. and i want to continue to do that, because it is not a club that says you have been here for 35 years, don't take it wrong, mr clarke. fact is that when i look at 35 years people in this house, i think i have earned that speech once more, and once again and many more times. that speech is important, but the person who walked through the door yesterday isjust as the

john bercow would like to be remembered as the backbenchers‘ speaker.rtal statement that i think you annoy members on all front benches from time to time, which is probably a testament to your even—handedness. and i think there was not a dry eye in the house because that was true. you've taken absolutely on board the words of speaker lenthall, that you are there to be guided and act on behalf of our parliament. this parliament is the stronger for your being speaker. 0ur democracy is the stronger for your being the speaker. and whatever you do when you finally step down from parliament, you do so with the thanks of a very large number of people. it is the case, however controversial the role of a backstop may be in other areas, your role as the backbenchers' backstop has certainly been one that has been appreciated by individuals across this house. not an appreciation universally shared in government. give them an indication, won't you? 0rder. the government chief whip has absolutely no business whatsoever shouting from a sedentary position... 0rder! the

john bercow would like to be remembered as the backbenchers‘ speaker.rtal statement that i think you annoy members on all front benches from time to time, which is probably a testament to your evenhandedness. and i think there was not a dry eye in the house because that was true. you've taken absolutely on board the words of speaker lenthall, that you are there to be guided and act on behalf of our parliament. this parliament is the stronger for your being speaker. our democracy is the stronger for your being the speaker. and whatever you do when you finally step down from parliament, you do so with the thanks of a very large number of people. it is the case, however controversial the role of a backstop may be in other areas, your role as the backbenchers' backstop has certainly been one that has been appreciated by individuals across this house. not an appreciation universally shared in government. give them an indication, won't you? order. the government chief whip has absolutely no business whatsoever shouting from a sedentary position... order! the

backbencher and a government minister and a shadow minister. all of those things. once all the pitches were finished, kenneth clarke — the tess daly of proceedings — took the floor. i have to give a clear explanation of the process which is not actually familiar to any other. so firstly, members beginning with the letters a to k, should vote in the eye, those beginning with l to 2 should vote in the no lobby. straightforward so far. please give your name to the clerk at the appropriate desk for your surname as usual, surnames of been divided into three categories in each lobby. when you pass the desk, you will be given a valid paper and when you complete it, please place it in one of the ballot boxes at the exit of the lobby. that should be familiar. they all seemed to get the hang of it. but not every mp was in the chamber — the first round of voting revealed only 562 of them. some were obviously foregoing the ballot in favour of campaigning in out in the constituency. the contest went to four rounds. meg hillier and sir edward leigh were firs

[laughter] ♪ david: john bercow would like to be remembered as the backbencher's speaker. >> i thinkthe immortal statement that that i think you nnoyed front time on from time to all fronts, which is probably a testament. i think there was not a dry eye in the house because that was true. >> you've taken on board the words of the speaker, that you are there to be guided and act on behalf of our parliament. this parliament is stronger for your being speaker. our democracy is stronger for your being the speaker. and whatever you do when you finally step down from parliament, you do so with the thanks of a very large number of people. >> it is the case, however controversial the role of backstop may be other areas, your >> not an appreciation universally shared in government. web hasovernment cheap no business shouting from a position. the judgment will remain in the chamber. -- the gentleman will remain in the chamber. business --n has no order. has -- order. the honorable gentleman has no business behaving in that way. >> they lost patience a long time ago. in 2015, they tried to chan

backbencher.rnment minister and a shadow minister. and i have been all of those things. the process of electing a new speaker is overseen by the longest continuously serving mp, known as the father of the house — which this time was ken clarke, who's been in the commons since 1970. he was making one of his last appearances in the chamber before standing down at the election. the speaker is selected through a series of votes. after each round the candidate with the fewest votes, or anyone who's polled under 5% is knocked out. the contest went to four rounds. meg hillier and sir edward leigh were first to go, followed by dame rosie winterton. harriet harman withdrew, and eleanor laing was fifth to go, leaving two labour mps in the run off. number of votes cast for each candidate was as followed, chris bryant, 213. sir lindsay hoyle, 325. but that's not quite the end of the rather lengthy process. i invite sir lindsay hoyle to take the chair of the house. it's traditional for the speaker elect to app

is handling of brexit legislation, allowing backbench mps to take over the agenda infuriated ministersxit tears. for some, it was confirmation that the speaker was no longer impartial. >> for many of us, we now have an unshakable conviction that --e reverie of our affairs [rabbling] >> we will have an unshakable conviction that the referee is no longer neutral. >> i have always been scrupulously fair to brexit tears and remainders alike, as i have always been to people of different opinions on a number of different issues. that has always been the case, it is the case, it will continue to be the case. >> newspapers discovered a bollocks to brexit sticker on a bercow car. >> we noticed sticker on your car making derogatory comments about brexit. have you driven that car without sticker? -- with that sticker? >>>> that happens to be in the windscreen of my wife's car. i'm sure the honorable gentlemen would not suggest for one moment that the wife is somehow the property or chattel of her husband. [applause] views.entitled to her that sticker is not mine and that is the end of it. >> it w

labour backs the bill, her own backbenchers back in the public does so will the minister give the commitmentffort she can to get it on the statute books before the election is called? i can give them the assurance that when a conservative government is returned to serve in this house, the sentencing built will be back on the agenda and we will get it on the statute book. now back injune, a new law named after a police dog came into effect in england and wales. a german shepherd, finn, was stabbed and seriously hurt as he protected a police officer from an attacker in 2016. nicknamed "finn's law", the new legislation made it harder for those who harm service animals to claim they were acting in self defence. theresa villiers paid tribute to the tory mp, sir oliver heald, who led the parliamentary campaign for the animal welfare act. i congratulate my friend on steering finn's law through parliament. this government remains absolutely committed to tougher sentences for animal cruelty offences and we intend to bring back the bill to the house as soon as possible. she will know the supporters of

you have been clear that you want to be a strong champion for backbenchers in this place.. i think the focus that you place. i think the focus that you place in your election campaign on the importance of the health and well— being the importance of the health and well—being particularly the importance of the health and well— being particularly in the importance of the health and well—being particularly in terms of mental health is very welcome indeed for those that work here. members put others in different roles in this place as well. you take the chair at this place as well. you take the chairata time this place as well. you take the chair at a time of great challenge for our democracy, where the issues of security that you have championed asa of security that you have championed as a deputy speaker are more important than ever with increasing threats and the focus also on stamping out bullying and harassment, and the culture which is u na cce pta ble harassment, and the culture which is unacceptable is hugely important. i hope you will also continue the work of moderni

it was the backbenchers. yes, and speaker bercow turns out not to have been impartial.ally a story. shock horror, hello, sherlock! and there he had these private views and we knew that he and david cameron got on incredibly badly. david cameron used to get up in the morning he said and think whatever it was that bercow could do to make his life miserable, he would end up doing that day. lowe i always like pictures that newspapers choose as well. what do we think that picture says? he looks quite, generally there! i wonder if they look through all of the pictures and go, happy there! looks like a royalist complaining someone looks like a royalist complaining someone will take his land away! he will be popular on the speaking circuit. the speaker? the whole point is, you are not supposed to speak! but they do afterwards. and it isa speak! but they do afterwards. and it is a lot during his tenure. increasingly so. and wasn't there a story about the fact that he is in a rap song? some of his statements are in this, shouting order, order. i thought, that probably does sound

have cared for the needs of those with disabilities, and you cared so deeply for the rights of backbenchers that -- you have more than anybody but stephen hawking to stretch time. what come to the end of must be the longest retirement since frank sinatra, i'm sure the house will want to join me in thanking you and hoping you they in your retirement soothing predicament that you often described to the rest of us. members will want to join me in wishing you the best in the final of the world cup saturday. this morning i had meetings with ministers in addition to my duties in the house and i shall have further such meetings later today. >> dr. alan whitehead. >> i would like to associate myself with the comments of the prime minister about your ,utstanding service as speaker and wishing you a successful life after your speaker-ship has come to an end. labor will be producing a strong coffer on the climate emergency in the forthcoming election, including a full ban on the extraction of fossil fuels by fracking. does the -- what chance does the prime minister have of matching this offer, given t

and they are there to ensure that backbenchers, members who don't have a government job -- bear in mind our executive is drawn from the miabers of pant -- he is there to ensure that they get a voice as well. is going to try to do that. when we saw him dragged to the chair in the introduction, that e an indication of how difficult a job eaker has been in the past. it dates back to 1377. bear in mind, the reluctan is that over a 150-year period, about seven of them had their heads chopped o for carrying tnews to the monarch of the time. a:a: there you go. ry o'donoghue, thank you. a fate we wish to avoid. you are watching "bbc world news americ" still to come on tonight's program,pruilding bridges, not walls, in the gaming world. how a new videogame is pushing connections instead of violent divisions. laura: large crowds of antigovernment protesters have gathered in cities in lebanon despite prime minister saad hariri resigning last week. the demonstratornt the establishment to be removed and replaced with nonpolitica technocrats.there was a large counterdemonrdration on sunday. reporter:

represented both camps his role is not to stand up for the government his role is to stand up for backbenchers and will continue to do that. it was never afraid of making enemies or speaking his mind most famously arguing the president trumps should be barred from speaking to parliament during his state visit earlier this year after the imposition of the migrant ban by bristol i am even more strongly. by chris from. westminster all. because success will be announced in a few days they'll be forgiven for hoping they might live through slightly less interesting times barnsley al-jazeera london. i'll have more from london for you a bit later on but let's get back to sami in doha now thanks so much mario now israel has approved the construction of more than 2300 settlers homes in the occupied west bank that's according to settlement watchdog peace now the ngo says most of the new housing units will be built in settlements that israel was supposed to evacuate under a peace deal with the palestinians more than $8000.00 units in the settlements have been approved since the beginning of the year that'

sir edward lee has been a conservative backbencher since 1983 and would be a traditional speaker whor and says the speaker he will not make up parliamentary procedure. and finally dame rosie, a deputy speaker sincejune 2017, and a former labour chief weapon. —— chief whip. she will adjudicate rather than dictate. gary conor. well, who better to ask about the challenges facing the new speaker than dr ruth fox from the hansard society. i think the next speaker is certainly, in terms of how they are running what they are saying in the hustings events that have been taking place in the run—up to the election i think they are likely to promote themselves more as umpires rather than players, and certainly there's been a lot of criticism of the speaker and his creativity and innovation. a number of the runners in this race are saying that they will stick more to the rules and not be loading the dice in favour of one side or the other. however, the candidates, if they get the job are going to have to deal with the political context in which this speaker has found himself. so they may have to

she was unable to come to any resolution and had a lot of trouble from the backbenchers over it.he was under extreme pressure but she left office before anything could reach any conclusion so this is boris johnson's attempt to solve the issue but i don't think it will be quite as straightforward as that. very few things are of this nature. the daily mail, and the 100th year of the cenotaph, the queen's tears for the war dead, we cenotaph, the queen's tears for the wardead, we are cenotaph, the queen's tears for the war dead, we are used to seeing the queen and the royal family being stoic but she has attended so many remembrance sunday services, it is not surprising to finally see this show of emotion from her? it is quite a touching site and i wonder what it was about this year's remembrance services in particular that motor in this way. it is a special remembrance sunday, a particularly important anniversary for d—day, r heim, a big year for the 75th anniversary and others so it is possibly to do without? and of course, for many people, it is the concern that how do we keep thi

i am just amazed by the idea, are you a backbench mp in the hillary clinton disclosure to say what'sn in westminster these days? when you call it a political assassination, the land of abraham lincoln and jfk, when you look at this with absolute horror but somehow we just thought of it as the work of an insane person. but it was an absolute tragedy but we did not put it in the context of political assassination and she is. she is getting right in there and saying, thatis getting right in there and saying, that is how you've got to see these things. this was a woman whose voice was shutdown and this is from a woman who, let's be honest, does not look like she is entirely left on the political stage herself and talking to her on radio four this morning and she constantly and i have heard constantly before, she consta ntly have heard constantly before, she constantly talks about the work that she has to do, the books that she is writing, education, and yet, she will not shut the door on standing again. what became clear was that there are candidates out there for there are candidates ou

this time last year, borisjohnson wasjust a controversial backbencher, now defending his own positione minister... chanting: boris! ..and with a list of promises he is making anew, trying to secure the conservatives another five years in charge. how's that, andy? can you see that? his number—one rallying cry — to move on and leave the eu in january. do we want more delay? do we want more dither and drift and deadlock and division? do we want 2020 to be another year of defeatism and despair? no, we don't. get brexit done, and we can restore confidence and certainty to business and to families. get brexit done, and we'll see a pent—up tidal wave of investment into this country. get brexit done, and we can focus our hearts and our minds on the priorities of the british people. the conservatives had already vowed extra money for the health service, but there is a new promise to recruit more nurses. and today, in this manifesto, we pledge 50,000 more nurses and their bursaries, and 50 million more gp surgery appointments, and today we make this guarantee. cash to scrap hospital parking cha

even the westminster hall that some such a chamber of the house of commons which is specializes in backbench debates has been no charts the progress of luce's law through the debates in westminster hall to the house of lords to its levels of introduction in the house of commons that the west has to promise has been dissolved for the general election and the northern ireland assembly remains in abeyance this means that the only problem it's currently in operation in the united kingdom are the national assembly wills and the scottish parliament in edinburgh i trust mr there are no members of parliament merely candidates being lined up by the various parties for individual constituencies cynics will say of course that the westminster parliament has actually been out of operation for some time being totally deadlocked and absorbed by bricks it that is certainly how it's been reported. however this is not altogether the reality in today's show we feature a cross party initiative which is brought forward remarkable legislative success on a subject which means it creates a deal to millions of peopl

absolutely, and as you say, the prime minister almost has to say to his own backbenchers, you must signid they would support, and when push came to shove, they didn‘t. support, and when push came to shove, they didn't. interesting questions about those who as you say we re questions about those who as you say were kicked out and let back in and our standing as candidates again. does that mean they have renounced theirformer passion? does that mean they have renounced their former passion? let‘s look again at the telegraph. the times, rather. the poles bounce for boris. poles always —— polls always to be treated with a pinch of salt. this yougov of poll today gives the conservatives a 17 point lead on 45% , conservatives a 17 point lead on 45%, which is the biggest lead they have had since not that long before the election in 2017, and labour on 28%, and it appears that the lib dems and the brexit party are being squeezed, so the lib dems, this great revival, this great hope that so fast that doesn‘t seem to be happening, the brexit party seems to be moving very clearly to we are deliver

this time last year, borisjohnson wasjust a controversial backbencher.e minister. boris! and with a list of promises he's making new, trying to secure the conservatives another five years in charge. how's that? can you see that? his number—one rallying cry — to move on and leave the eu in january. do we want more delay? do we want more dither, and drift, and deadlock and division? do we want 2020 to be another year of defeatism and despair? no, we don't. get brexit done, and we can restore confidence and certainty to business and to families. get brexit done, and we will see a pent—up tidal wave of investment into this country. get brexit done, and we can focus our hearts and our minds on the priorities of the british people. the conservatives had already vowed extra money for the health service, but there's a new promise to recruit more nurses. today, in this manifesto, we pledge 50,000 more nurses and their bursaries and 50 million more gp surgery appointments, and today we make this guarantee... cash to scrap hospital parking charges, taxpayers' money

introduce that they would not need a majority, that they would try and would try to introduce these as backbenchd, that covers most of the main points. the idea that we have very keen for new referendum support for that so the bill in these other things are green mps are pushing parliament within the first two years. and that is the sort of thing the other co—leaders were talking about. each and every green mp will have in their play, and the legislative agenda. to hit the ground running. because the future will not give us another chance to get these next two years right. will not give us another chance to get these next two years right! lot of food for thought, but you can eat me, that is the interesting thing though, isn't it. it's not singly you cannot fly, it's just making it less viable. and the thing is the petrol tax and flying, actually it financially not viable so actually it financially not viable so that is why they're going with it. thank you forjoining us and thank you to forjoining us. we'll be back with another episode on bbc sounds with all of the analysis of the big debate. so

represented both camps his role is not to stand up for the government his role is to stand up for backbenchers and i hope you'll continue to do that. it was never afraid of making enemies or speaking his mind most famously argue the president trumps should be barred from speaking to parliament from during his state visit earlier this year after the imposition of my room ban by president even more strongly. by president from. westminster all. because successive will be announced in a few days they'll be forgiven for hoping they might live through slightly less interesting times barnsley al-jazeera london. i have more from london for you a bit later on but let's get back to sami in doha now thanks so much mario now israel has approved the construction of more than 2300 satellite homes in the occupied west bank that's according to settlement watchdog peace now the ngo says most of the new housing units will be built in settlements that israel was supposed to evacuate under a peace deal with the palestinians.

this time last year borisjohnson was a controversial backbencher.n charge. how is that? his number one rallying cry, to move on and leave the eu in january. do we want more delay, more dither and drift and deadlock and division? do we want 2020, to be another year of defeatism and despair? no, we don't, get brexit done, and we can restore confidence and certainty to business. get brexit done and we will see a pent—up tidal wave of investment. get brexit done and we can focus our hearts and minds on the priorities of the british people. the conservatives had already vowed extra money for the health service but there is a new promise to recruit more nurses. today in this manifesto we pledge 15,000 more nurses and their bursaries and 50 million more gp surgery appointments, and we make this guarantee. cash to scrap hospital parking charges, taxpayers' money for more childcare and an infrastructure fund, all he claims without raising tax. we can do all these things without raising income tax, vat or national insurance traditions. that is our guarantee.

control of the order paperfor mechanisms to take control of the order paper for example so that backbenchersoosing amendments in ways that mps want to try to change laws and bills going through parliament the speaker has a key role in all of that. so that is why it's particularly important. don't go away, i have a few things to ask you about. while mps have been choosing new speaker, the election campaign rolls on. the leader of the brexit party nigel farage unveiled his list of election candidates. he's not one of them. he's been attacked by some conservative brexiteers for risking brexit by fielding candidates against the tories. plaid cymru launched its election campaign in anglesey. its leader adam price says labour and the conservatives have "fa iled" wales, and made teh case for welsh independence. sinn fein says it won't not run candidates in three northern ireland constituencies. instead its urging its voters to back pro—remain candidates. and the scottish national party leader nicola sturgeon has challenged borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn to a tv debate. so far the only tv debate to

so a very, very much liked traditional labour mp, big west ham fan, who served on the labour backbenchersng into frank dobson who has died at the age of 79. let's return to the election campaign now. throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost. we will be visiting 10 parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. today, we're focussing on bishop auckland, which is in the north east of england. this seat was labour in the last election and is bordered by three other labour constituencies, plus one conservative — and one independent. it's worth noting that the independent seat of penrith and the borders was held by the former tory mp rory stewart. he was a conservative when he won by almost 16,000 votes. he's now stood down so it's one to watch. bishop auckland itself the labour incumbent only won by 502 votes in the last election. so can labour retain the seat? the conservatives came second in the last election — and with just a few hundred votes in it have targeted the seat. and geeta is there for us now. thank y

i think some brexiteers felt he was actually lacking in impartiality, handing powers to backbencherssolutely reject that, but i think his comments this evening will raise an eyebrow or two. and i think it is interesting because if you look at the man who has succeeded john bercow, i think he represents a very different prospect and was perhaps chosen for the fact that he had some different qualities tojohn bercow, perhaps seen as a quieter figure and one who will be less interventionist. thank you jessica. i think he is one of the few people in the uk who has not let the public know what you think about brexit. the impeachment inquiry into donald trump is about to shift gears. adam schiff heads the intelligence committee. he tells a stomach... and it will start with william taylor, the acting us ambassador to ukraine. we know he's voiced concerns about white house actions — and in the past hour, his full testimony from two weeks ago has been made public. it's about 300 pages long. we get a lot more detail. anthony zurcher has started sifting through it. he knew some of what bill tayl

let‘s pick up on all of that with my guess, the conservative backbencher nigel evans.ers, a bit awkward for the prime minister to have donald trump criticising his brexit deal? well, i think there must be a misunderstanding from donald trump. i'm vice chairof misunderstanding from donald trump. i'm vice chair of the international trade select committee and we only had this week that if we are in a customs union, then clearly we would be outsourcing our trade deal with the united states of america with the united states of america with the eu. and there would be real problems there. we want to be out of the customs union, out of the single market and we will have the ability to fashion our own trade deal. clearly, we've already stated we won't lower our environmental standards or other standards that are already high in this country. so any goods, whether america or other parts of the world, will have to reach those standards. but we will be able to do a trade deal. president trump says it would be a goodidea president trump says it would be a good idea for the conserva

when we went back the senate, i don't care what the backbencher mitch mcconnell has to say.se we can pass legislation. rollback the toxic tax cuts. i can do my executive order and rejoin the paris climate court. we can do this the way we have always done this. nothing that has been in this democracy can be cured if we bring out more democracy. this is a movement election. it is not about an election, it is about the campaign for our country. i want to be a movement leader, not a party leader. i want to call out to america to be who we are. we are a nation. our declaration of independence ends with a declaration of interdependence. if we are going to make this happen, we must mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and sacred honor. there are republicans in congress right now have sacrificed their sacred honor. they are saying it is ok for the president to betray their oath. to compromise the security of our allies and the national security of our country for their own political position. this is not ok. but we have faced bigots before. we have faced demagogues

this time last year, borisjohnson was just a controversial backbencher.ion as prime minister. and with a list of promises, he is making new, trying to secure the conservatives another five years in charge. how is that? can everybody see that? his number one rallying cry, to move on, and leave the eu injanuary. his number one rallying cry, to move on, and leave the eu in january. do we want more delay? do we want more ditherand we want more delay? do we want more dither and drift we want more delay? do we want more ditherand drift an we want more delay? do we want more dither and drift an deadlock and division? do we want 20/20 to be another year of defeatism and despair? no, we don't. get brexit done, and we can restore confidence and certainty to business and two families. get brexit done, and we will see a pent—up title wave of investment into this country. get brexit done, and we can focus our hearts and our minds on the priorities of the british people. the conservatives have already vowed extra money for the health service, but there is a new promise

to make themselves very acceptable and will aid group of members and the minority parties, the backbenchersi—fi in the house. and these are concerning things to the members which 20 years ago, the speakers did not worry about. it is gaddafi with us, us, thank you very much. —— it is good you with us. another big name on the high street is on the brink of collapse. mothercare is calling in administrators, putting two and a half thousand jobs at risk. the company has 79 stores across the uk, which will continue to trade as normalfor the time being. i‘m joined by our business correspondent ramzan karmali who is in our newsroom. what is the state of play here? many experts knew that this news was coming in labour has been struggling for a good few years now, going back tojune for a good few years now, going back to june 2018 and for a good few years now, going back tojune 2018 and the company applied for volu nta ry tojune 2018 and the company applied for voluntary arrangement and they saw many of its stores shut down and the early learning centres to the entertainer and also those on part of i

it is coming about as a result of independent actions by backbench mps.r a second referendum on the eu. we are the only one of the uk wide parties that at the moment, on the data and research, can actually deprive the tories of seats and take seats from them. the labour party is in a very defensive position and is trying to stop the tory party taking seats from them. this is where we play a decisive role at this general election. with so many parties the remain, that would be the chance. we will have to believe that there, but thank you forjoining us on the programme today. thank you very much. we haven't even looked atjo swinson on the bus. it was greeted with protesters who were upset with austerity. that is one of the perils of being on the campaign trail. it is worth pointing out, we are looking at pictures of the lib dem peers microbus. that being said, if you look atjeremy corbyn and the labour party, if you look at the conservatives, they have all had issues on the road, being met at times with, shall we say, unexpected events. did you see the arti

whether want to have a speaker in the mould ofjohn bercow who sought to strike from the power of backbenchershris bryant to his written extensively about the house of commons and picked up a lot of support from senior tories like michael gove but i suspect it will be one of those 40 comes through at the end. final results probably in early evening. —— one of those four. a clock counting down to brexit on the 31st of october, questions about what has happened now that date has gone by. there is an answer now, isn‘t there? gone by. there is an answer now, isn't there? short answer is it is still going but in the wrong direction. we had the clock counting down to 11 on the 31st. now it seems to be counting up and up and up which is a bit risky because if borisjohnson doesn‘t which is a bit risky because if boris johnson doesn‘t manage which is a bit risky because if borisjohnson doesn‘t manage to get brexit sorted anytime soon, that cork could become a bit embarrassing if it goes on for months and and months. maybe it is meant to impress upon him the importance of delivering on his do or die ple

they have been attempts by backbench mps and other prime minister is staying under a conservative governmentt. john healy called it an injustice that needed to be corrected. do you agree with that? —— healey. that needed to be corrected. do you agree with that? —— healeylj that needed to be corrected. do you agree with that? -- healey. ithink it is very difficult and expensive to resolve. what is very interesting, of course, is the labour party didn't mention it at all, given that they think it is something that has to be resolved, in their manifesto, suddenly added an extra £72 billion of spending. in their manifesto, suddenly added an extra £72 billion of spendingm is mentioned in the manifesto. they are mentioned in the manifesto. perhaps not that number, and everything else. the honest truth is that i think that it will be difficult, and the prime minister that there is in the money available to do as the women have asked. there has been more money, and people were given seven years' notice, and actually, overall, a pension changes over the course of the last four yea rs mean over the co