you remember when boris johnson johnson, do you think?r when borisjohnson came into power, he had a new make—up of government straightaway, to fulfil the brexit duty, as he saw it. now brexit is done, in his view, the first stage and britain has come out of the european union so there is a chance to shape the government in a new image. i think there will be a bigger vision here bit behind the reshuffle. this is a game of moving parts so people have gone, people will be reshuffled. borisjohnson will be reshuffled. borisjohnson will have had time here to think about who he wants there. there is a reshuffle in the context of a crisis and you remember theresa may was reshuffling people, not of her choosing. this has been a planned reshuffle for a long time and we can see people refusing jobs and some obstacles and hurdles, but i think this will be a chance for boris johnson to put people he wants in key roles to carry out the kind of policies he wants to pursue as prime minister, so it will be very interesting to see the characters that he pr

they won their seats because of boris johnson. they are not quite coming out and saying, no, we don't wa nt coming out and saying, no, we don't want it, but they are not pulling theirweight behind it want it, but they are not pulling their weight behind it at all. nor is the telegraph, which is quite interesting, who have just been so... interesting, who have just been so... boris johnson, of course, interesting, who have just been so... borisjohnson, of course, a former employer. absolutely. the fa ct former employer. absolutely. the fact that they are not behind it, quite interesting. although, ithink it is quite, i was looking at the all of the quotes from boris johnson, in all of the paper come i think that's fascinating. he is so good at these sort of powerful metaphor about the anatomy of the country and the skeleton of the country and the skeleton of the country and the skeleton of the country and all of this. this will be the spine of england. this spine of england, exactly. i cannotjust, you this spine of england, exactly

party i do so with enormous and enduring gratitude to attach the opportunity to the country i love boris johnson has spent years waiting outside number 10 downing street today to draw his mind only hoping we in this government will work flat out to give this country the leadership it deserves this court has already concluded that the prime minister's advice to her majesty was. void and that no if it corresponds to a call for an early general election hoping to win more conservative m.p.'s that will back his. interest in the fight for the 3rd all of our country the labor party determined to win the world with to deliver the. people of this country let's get it done we're now in the position to say that this election has been won by the conservatives that now is the moment precisely as we leave the year to make the healing begin. i know you want to know. what we're going to want. from johnny the 31st what we're going to do. work with our friends partners around the world is full. not to. destroy it mr president is in my opinion. or the one i mention or times you were going underground hour

directly from 10 downing street then you get the hell yeah and we got the white cliffs of dover that boris johnson speaks to the nation he doesn't do that very often this has been a long time in a controversial way no pool cameras well 3 and a half years been waiting for this and it's about time and i think we should not get on with it and look forward to the new beginning syringes you have campaigned against breaks it before and since the brakes at referendum your reaction well it's probably neutral. it's a bit of an anticlimax when you this is going to happen couple of months ago it's happened nothing materially affect sternly end of the year when the under terms or and it was some years before that some canister whether this is a success or failure i mean upon mine part john what do you make of the celebrations on protests funny on my way here to walk through whitehall which is obviously kind of like a picture on one side of the road is the brick city is on the other side is the remain is and it's obviously all very shouty and stuff and i'm come kind of we've been really i think that th

party i do so with enormous and enduring gratitude to attach the opportunity to the country i love boris johnson has spent years waiting outside number 10 downing street today the door has finally opened its government will work flat out to give this country the leadership it deserves this school has already concluded that the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful void and that no if it corresponds to a call for an early general election hoping to win more conservative m.p.'s that will back his projects it. is a fight for the soul of our country. something to win the world with to deliver to the people of this country yet. we are now in a position to say that this election has been won by the conservatives now is the moment precisely as we leave the e.u. to let the healing begin i mean. i know you want to know national tax but we're going to wait. for january 31st what we're going to do is work with our principle around this food tonight you. destroyed mr president this in my opinion. the imaginary tense you were going underground hours after the u.k. officially left the e.

can be seen as got a complicated story at the top especially given the boris johnson is talking about climate change goals but it says that the greenpeace investigation claims that tens of millions of tons of carbon are being sent or projects are being sponsored by the british taxpayer as to how do you see the climate change the. context of brics action climate change is becoming it's become a real issue now and it's really important i thought it would feature more in the general direction actually because i think britain has been hugely influential she's much ridiculed by people at the end of term but by god she's put it on the agenda and the young people in this country i'm really passionate about and you believe boris johnson personally as well i think he has to be otherwise he'll pay a heavy price for it what do you make of the carbon tax is a perfectly sensible this is not where you are as a business to but it's actually you say no you export finance don't you do it export finance it's about imposing a tax on all carbon using substances including imports are swear the carbon tax

boris the iron man tightens his grip.ing, actually, about how this whole thing has been about power and whole thing has been about power and who is in charge and i think we know. boris the iron man was in there for over an hour it is chancellor pleading for him not to resign. the teen man. it is true, the prime minister held firm. this is how he wants the government to be run and even in the face of his chancellor threatening to resign but there are two sides to the story and what happened today looked pretty chaotic from most people on the outside. the role of dominic cummings in all of this — the prime minister chief adviser. fantastic rampage from the mirror, what of your politics. bloodbath. a government filled with spineless stooges. is it now critical for government ministers to thrive and survive and get on with dominic cummings? if you look at the way it has been constructed with a joint economic unit, the business secretary also changed, if you are going to constructed so that you can most directly forced through

compare boris with trump i have to say having worked with boris for 8 years i think there chalk and cheese they're very different people and boris wall want to make that gap known between them that said of course you know we've got a 1000000 americans apparently working in the u.k. and a 1000000 british people working in the us we have the same language the ties between us for a very strong and. very historical so the ground should be in place for a very good deal between us that's also then turned back to domestic policies as well do you think after all the division and the senators and we've seen it in the celebrations tonight this is the 1st step to actually uniting the country we have a decision we're going forward and you think that boris johnson can keep everybody on side while i was really impressed with the response of steve baker the parliament tarion who said that he was going to enjoy a quiet drink to celebrate but he wasn't going to make a big fuss about it or. belittle people who opposed this decision at the end of the day the. a fair point they didn't win now we have t

sajid javid and boris budget. sajid javid and boris johnson seem to get on pretty well.is more about a personality clash between him and dominic cummings? yeah, dominic cummings has made it very clear what he feels about changes that need to be made to the civil service and it's very obvious, he wants to control the message coming out on the government. centralising that in terms of the most powerful part of government, i suppose isn't a huge surprise. somewhat say maybe it's a good thing. 0n the other hand, boris johnson is the prime minister. he knows absolutely what is going on here. he would have sanctioned him. it could be a case of dominic cummings taking the flak. some people don't like how they went about. it means may be borisjohnson could rise above it. i don't think we should in any way think he wasn't com pletely we should in any way think he wasn't completely supportive of what is going on. i think they can be pretty ruthless if they want. the big thing is about the functioning of government. will this change ultimately make it work better or actually will i

you know the uk, led by boris johnson, is single market. be in the single market and the customs union you might as well start factoring that in right now. let me give you an example of what happens to ireland, go back 50 or 60 years, 90% of the irish trade was with the uk and last year the figure was 11% because the economy in ireland has globalised and they benefited from the opportunities of being independent in europe. there was a fascinating report from credit suisse during the referendum in 2014 about the success of small countries, small countries in europe tend to have a growth rate of 0.7% of gdp per annum higher than larger countries. those great opportunities for countries that can deliver on social policy with the correct architecture. you scotland don't know what currency would have as independent, in 2014 you said you would stick to the pound even though people in london and the city didn't think that would be possible, as well as many scots, but now you say you definitely won't have the pound. is that because you got an idea

whatever anybody says whatever spin boris johnson puts on it is still a very divided country and even recent polling this week has shown yet again the country is pretty much split down the middle but brick's it has happened the year the u.k. has now left the european union and i think you will find that those voices that have been very much opposed to this well now just have to quieten down and get behind bars johnson and the government because whatever happens it is in the u.k.'s interests to try and get some kind of deal from the e.u. in the future and for those voices who are opposed to brics it to get behind boris johnson pushing him towards a good deal with the e.u. and they are quite the opposite in the e.u. on almost a mirror image tell us what was going on in the e.u. today and what where things stand now. well today you had in brussels a number of you flex going up and down down at the british embassy up at the european parliament the british like going down brussels really try to keep this not to make a momentous moment of this keep it low key events here with those flecked

the prime minister boris johnson hailed this moment as quote the beginning of a new era for the u.k. . we will rediscover muscles that we have not used for decades the power of independent thought and action not because we want to detract from anything done by our roads of course we want this to be the beginning of a new era of friendly cooperation between the e.u. and an energetic britain of britain the small tenuously the great european power and truly global you know range not bush did abuse brecht's analyst alex force widing joins me in the studio we have dared modest in brussels alex 1st to you seems very positive a lot of positivity but of course that's not the full picture of what's going on in the u.k. right now yeah i mean look that the u.k. whatever anybody says whatever spin boris johnson puts on it is still a very divided country and even recent polling this week has shown yet again the country is pretty much split down the middle but brick's it has happened the youth the u.k. has now left the european union and i think you will find that those voices that have been very

believe me, boris is going to go for a canada me, boris is going to go for a ca na da style me, borisreement andl canada style free trade agreement and i think that is what we will get. very quickly, ruth. how are the books balancing the eu books looking? they have to find other countries to pay for them. this year will be the current seven year budget next year it will be up to germany and various other contributor countries to actually spend more. 0r contributor countries to actually spend more. or they will actually give less to the countries that are net acquirers. when you see this comment about the eu and britain about to tear each other apart, it is worth taking a step back. we were talking about the enormous challenge of climate change in the future where we need to be working together with countries, not just across europe stop we have the crazed demagogue in the kremlin and the white house who are the real threats and here we are about to go to war with people who are our friends and allies. we are not going to war with them, they will do a deal, they will be pragmatic, take

well boris johnson himself is painting a very bright future for the u.k.'s off a global britain that can try its own trade deals especially with the european union and he says they are going to be prosperous and positive times ahead but of course the reality is much more complicated and nobody really knows what's in store so for now he still in place until the end of 2020 nothing really has changed it was a symbolic divorce yesterday and now the u.k. has to strike that trade deal with the european union they have not even a year and trade experts already say that it's next to impossible so many things have to be discussed and renegotiated and if that doesn't happen if there is no deal in place of course the u.k. would face another cliff edge scenario leaving without rules and regulations so there are it's a very very tough year for negotiating in britain charlotta we saw those leave supporters partying in the streets as you mentioned there were european union flags being flown by remain supporters there are clearly still divisions within britain how will pr

this could be hugely damaging. 0n the other hand, boris johnson from a pr perspective, boris johnsonis election in a huge part because of law and order and it really resonates with people when he says, we do not want dangerous criminals on the street. almost none of his voters disagrees with that. but it is how you define who is dangerous. the government is identifying violent offenders. it is a little bit more nuanced than it is being betrayed. as ever. i am interested in what you are saying about he has ended up with one of the traditional hardliners who stood up the traditional hardliners who stood up against theresa may on europe, priti patel. an robert buckland in the justice department and they epitomise the different perspectives on this issue. priti patel is perceived as a more hardline law and order and robert buckland, because he's lawyer and barrister, one with more of a judicious view, it could be perceived. it came out that dominic raabe was coming at it from a more liberal perspective. —— raab. there are serious contentions within the conservative party about this. when

will become much will grow ball looking after its own interests although boris johnson has not made a good starts in relation to looking at the national interest because retired the recent. deal with a problem is trying these companies where we have outsourced pasok the 5 g. process to a chinese communist country like that when we could have been having that source of yes i start actually i just want to also if you understand because we could have had in the u.k. . ok i just want to ask you very quickly finally you talked about the global relationships how do you think the u.s. u.k. relationship is going to impact do you think i mean boris johnson's come under criticism for subset planning on selling out the n.h.s. do you do you agree that he's going to betray the u.k. and in that regard. i think the the government's as well aware. very can't go down that road and maybe forgot to safeguard the n.h.s. . for have got a better but uphill struggle because the usa is not happy with this chinese 5 g. deal. bart i think the media is wrong about optimism but the the government to have to say

no, i wouldn't his response a response to boris johnson?difficult to tell in that regard, i think he certainly had his line in mind before he entered the discussion. and i think asi entered the discussion. and i think as i say, he had already been quite angry about the situation. there had definitely been conversations amongst sajid javid‘s team that this might happen, and this might be something downing street might try to do. they had discussed how they would respond to something like this, he‘d obviously made his mind up this, he‘d obviously made his mind up that he wouldn‘t accept it, he probably thought the prime minister would back down because he was going to let the chancellor resigned over this issue over exactly who their advisers are. you probably wouldn‘t have expected borisjohnson to hold the line so firmly. equally at number ten, they would‘ve expected it sajid javid to walk out rather than accept us. so i think both sides miscalculated strength of feeling. but in the independent, there‘s a slightly different take. they say th

boris johnsonnly 143% of the ats in the u.k..e cannot see that he has a mandate for brexiofwith only 43% he vote if he says we don't have a mandate for independence referendum with 45% of the vote. what we a t goi do is keep trying to move people toward independence, keep talking about the benefits o it, and if you seen the outcome of that, polling for the first time since 2017 showing that i yes ahead, people want scotland to be an independent country. christian:al what sh said was that seetland to be part of the european union because he needs to be a modern, reprive, open, tolerant country. you can be all of those things with a separate political system to the e.u. >> but the problem is, we have a political system that means we are joined to the u.k. joined to the u.k., we don't have freedom of access to movement, freedom of immigration policy that we would like. i have seen the cultural benefits as well as the economic benefits as being a member of the e.u. i want my children to have those, i want them to be able to ce freedo

i don't anyone would accuse boris johnson of not a4.nyone would accuse borisjohnson of not being intelligent, ijust borisjohnson of not being intelligent, i just don't think borisjohnson of not being intelligent, ijust don't think he has the time. nowadays to be prime minister you have to be across so much, it probably is about saying to the people who provide the memos, be more succinct, get to the more quickly, don't waffle. more succinct, get to the more quickly, don't wafflelj more succinct, get to the more quickly, don't waffle. ithink more succinct, get to the more quickly, don't waffle. i think you should have an expectation that the first lord of the treasury is willing to read lengthy, detailed memo. i don't think that is asking too much. i don't think it is. he has to be across everything, but you don't need him to necessarily run it. the people who run the treasury run the treasury. i know he is first lord of the treasury, but bullet points never did anybody else any harm. to give it some context, what they are saying is pref

are either for this one football team or for the other but there is no not much in between and for boris johnson to bring the country together it is going to be a big toss i brought you some newspapers also to give a flavor of what's going on the fruit bricks a daily express is gushing patriotically saying our time has come then the sun. that's also a break to pay for. is looking more forward and saying make leave no it was so joining in with prime minister boris johnson's message of trying to move forward and bring the country together but indeed it's not an easy talls for boris johnson and his government at all it is not an easy task indeed but you know he has promised to make brags that what he calls an incredible success so what are the next steps for the u k. he has a long to do list there is 1st of all their relationship with brussels he only has 11 months time to look forward look to the future a new free trade agreement with brussels a lot of experts say that this is not enough time and that there is still a risk that the u.k. will leave the european union with out to the at the

well it's going to be a big job it's clearly one of his priorities boris johnson is not the 1st time we've heard him talk about reconciliation he was making these sort of calls immediately after winning his landslide election victory back in december. but if you look closely at the events tonight it was perhaps a clue a hint of substance in all of it it couldn't be much bigger official celebrations here there were no fireworks displays it was all pretty low key it seems the government keen not to put on a show of great triumphalism to deepen the saloons that have very clearly felt in this country boris johnson is all too aware that he's victory in december the fear me a fact of bricks as well have both come at a significant cost both to divided communities sad hurt anxious people on the other side of the divide damage that has been done in the tumultuous 3 and a half years leading to this point to bedrock institutions like parliament behind me like could you just shrink the civil service the very union in this united kingdom is under threat with support for scottish independence reac

that's their conservation take out of their comments are ok but the difference between boris johnson breaks a deal and teresa mayes was of course a sea border a border down the irish sea you know the think one could say that the ever agca did more for irish unity than shin fein than they meant of a lesbian a foil then the ira because this paves the way for unity we would stay a step we were and shouldn't be and were among the 1st people to start talking about special designated status and without doubt the conversation white in the cap and around the borders i have i suppose all all that i can say is that there was a certain degree. agreement between and all the political parties in the south and particularly with the european union in relation to how important ireland was how the border was going to create difficulties for the people who were trying to bring about breakfast you know a fan of oil says when the conditions are right when it comes to irish reunification referendum and that it's all up to westminster in the bars johnson government i know you're going to say 800 years is

is looking more for it and saying make leave no it was so joining in with prime minister boris johnson's message of trying to move forward and bring the country together but indeed it's not an easy task for boris johnson and his government at all it is not an easy task indeed but you know he has promised to make brags that what he calls an incredible success so what are the next steps for the u k. he has a long to do list there is 1st of all their relationship with brussels he only has 11 months time to look forward look to the future a new free trade agreement with brussels a lot of experts say that this is not enough time and that there is still a risk that the u.k. will leave the european union with out india at the end of this so-called transition period which is going to last until the end of the year so there is still a huge danger that there will be huge economic consequences if that indeed happens too he has to work on that and he has to he has promised that he levels up the country say a lot of people in the north of england in particular have voted for greg said because they fe

for boris johnson the short term, he are talking about with heathrow. borisjohnson the short term, he can say this is a matter for the courts, we are not going to appeal it, the appeal goes ahead and if there isn't appeal goes ahead and if there isn't a third runway then, politically and around heathrow that is useful for him. if that is, he can say it is a private sector project, it was passed by a previous parliament. private sector project, it was passed by a previous parliamentm wasn't me. quite funny that. boris johnson said once or twice that he wouldn't let this go ahead?” johnson said once or twice that he wouldn't let this go ahead? i will lie down with you in front of those bulldozers acclamation markm lie down with you in front of those bulldozers acclamation mark if they we re bulldozers acclamation mark if they were to appear, would you lie down in front of the bulldozers? 0r there are no immediate prospect of the bulldozers arriving. boris johnson was foreign secretary then and he mysteriously found himself in afghanistan on a plane, not a

he wasn't that quick to support boris johnson's deal sol wasn't that quick to support boris johnson'sut i think forjulian smith, it's because of his veterans thing which borisjohnson has made a personal mission to keep these veterans safe. he's been removed. he's been asked for leave. i was wondering if you could explain what is going on with some of the special advisers that cummings wanted to get rid of? they occu py cummings wanted to get rid of? they occupy a very odd position in british politics. all government visitors have a civil service to support their work. that sort of thing. they can't do political work on behalf of their ministers though. over the past 30 years, we've had the role of the special adviser that's developed, which allows them to do political activities and media briefing, all those things. that's what dominic cummings, the most powerful who works for horse johnson. he has been concerned —— borisjohnson. they have these weekly meetings by dominic cummings and he told them what he wants them to do and he's using this moment of power to say to these people," yo

what boris johnson is trying to say is that brex is done.he case.ow that is not quite exit itself a happen at 11:00 tonight but trade negotiations must be completed by the end of .he year and are going to be pretty fraug for many people, there are those who voted to leave and passionately wanted the u.k. to leave, and those on the remain side will be cryi tears of sorrow tonight, but in between are lotsf people who may be now accept the decision but still have fingers crossed, worried about might mean and unclear about what it might mean. we don't know aeut the nat or shape of our relationship with the eu. borisohnson hasn't said much about that. today theyarliament stock -- the parliament talked about a canada-style free trade agreement,se but of co there is going to be disruption to the british economy and how that pans out is going tbe crucial, not just for the countrynd businesses but to this conservative government as well. wese can' the buildings behind you, so i took out one of your tweets because i understand some of the buildings in

likewise boris johnson is a brexiteer.im outlining his vision for what the different relationship should be after brexit? he's going to stick to his guns on this as well. we really saw some fighting talk from both sides. the other thing to watch out for is fish. not a huge part of the uk economy but one of those political bellwethers when it comes to the relationship with europe. boris johnson saying today that british waters have to become principally for british fishermen once again. europe saying we need reciprocal access to waters as we've had before if we are going to agree to some sort of wide—ranging free—trade agreement. none of this is new. we knew that these were going to be some of the stumbling blocks. you got the tone today. only a few months to sort it out. the big question is going to be the extent to which both sides stick to their guns or whether they can find room for compromise, as they did in the end when it came to the withdrawal agreement. thanks very much indeed. the headlines on bbc news... the gove

so it doesn't make sense not to be prepared even vienna foyle are saying that but one of boris johnson just says no in fact under the terms of the good friday agreement it's not satisfied that poland mean if occasion is required i do understand that it's beyond a guest of the british government and the secretary of state in the north but the route the reality is the conversation started we have already started to say pulsars they are showing here both north and south it. wants an interest and people are looking for irish units because this is the anniversary of the u.k. link the killing of the civil rights listed for new can what do you think it will be like controlling the garda and the justice system in the republic if indeed mary lou mcdonald becomes shock and indifferent is anything going to happen to the legacy issues let alone alone what it will mean for having control of the irish military the air force the navy and the and the army and in relation to. the relationship with the irish french forces and with the guardian i imagine amongst those 2 groupings that huge amount of them

boris johnson so you can tell us, what is really going on?d like this is the first time that we have had a chancellor forced out. we have never had control of number 11 by number ten. this looks like it is going to happen. jacob rees-mogg hasjust gonna sides will keep an eye on that. dominic cummings was supposed to be against hs2, borisjohnson says no we will go ahead with it. are you saying that this is his moment to flex his muscles? it is not just moment to flex his muscles? it is notjust hs2, moment to flex his muscles? it is not just hs2, there moment to flex his muscles? it is notjust hs2, there is also the davos and putting a ban on people going there. i have been told that burris was trying to keep things from coming. —— decided julie matt sajid javid was trying to make a relationship with borisjohnson. it was a block in any of the plans that number ten had. this was the oddity of our system is that we had people in numberten of our system is that we had people in number ten proposing things and number 11 controlling the money. even

johnson, hejust to be another child for boris johnson, he just answers, to be another child for boris will be another child. but is an engagement, the longer his girlfriend not his fiancee. the prime minister is of opted not to be married to his partner and downing street, but there are now engaged in i am reliably informed, partly by you that there the last was to get married in office, all 250 years ago after just divorcing his married in office, all 250 years ago afterjust divorcing his wife and remarrying in boris johnson just divorced his second wife only last week. so happiness of the prime minister the skin from the home 0ffice. minister the skin from the home office. thank you very much. let's cross to the white house now, where president trump is holding a press conference on the coronavirus. washington state health officials out on the west coast, washington state reported the first coronavirus debt that is attributed to local media. we now have a separate confirmation and that is coming from local media services. it is reported that the president who we are hoping to hear f

the crimes of nato countries well i'm joined now by the united nations the who wants answers from boris johnson's government about britain's role and what defenders of us honest say are attempts to eliminate him in london's belmarsh prison special operator welcome back to going undercover before we get to issues around the court case that will it's grown court to build crown court. hearing from people from the labor party pretty mainstream now coming on board to support judy in the sunshine is what you have been saying since your report it the alleged persecution of judaism is becoming more mainstream. i think that's a fair assessment a much a surprise to see compared to last june which is about a month after my visit when i tried to place an op on the international the in support of the 2 of the victims of torture. in the mainstream press around the world i was an able to place an open damascus. the torch and jewel in the suns after having visited and examined him with medical experts as conducted to new york times the washington post the the australian mainstream media the british and

labour calls for boris johnson to clarify who paid for his caribbean holiday over the new year. iam i am live from downing street where it doesn't feel remotely like mystique. there is a cabinet reshuffle under way. the latest comings and goings as there is a parade of personalities and the power and patronage throughout the day. the city watchdog investigates past links between the boss of barclays bank and the sex offenderjeffrey epstein. criminal gangs are blamed for a big increase in fly tipping across england. also, why are roundabouts are good for your health? good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. china has sacked two of the most senior communist party officials in hubei province, amid accusations the extent of the coronavirus epidemic has been suppressed. the pair were fired after authorities revealed yesterday was the deadliest day of the outbreak, with 254 people dying from coronavirus. there was also a big increase in the number of new cases, although doctors have changed the way they diagnose people. here, the number of people who've officially contracted

i think boris johnson is going speculation on that front.t bea women in cabinet as now, there won‘t be a reduction and they want to bring more women intojunior ministerial roles. that is part of the story of tomorrow, i think. rather than this radical reshape of their cabinet and government, there will be a few minor tweaks here and there from boris johnson will be a few minor tweaks here and there from borisjohnson but a lot of people brought intojuniorjobs with an eye to bring them further up the ranks later. so, some new faces in there, not necessarily big jobs, but basically being groomed for those jobs. cani can i ask a stupid question, which is why is this necessary at all? he came into power six months ago, there was a huge massacre ben, 17 replacements, why do you need to reshuffle this now? these are big jobs we‘re talking about. reshuffle this now? these are big jobs we're talking about. a lot of people around westminster have been asking this. my guess is when boris johnson put that cabinet together when he took over the tory lead

and in the end boris johnson held his is important to?elf—respecting minister would accept the parameters that boris johnson was putting around him and telling him to get rid of his minister. so are we to think of his replacement as not a very self—respecting public? replacement as not a very self-respecting public? it is too early to say that. it is a meteoric rise for a young mp who has never runa rise for a young mp who has never run a department before, he's never beenin run a department before, he's never been ina run a department before, he's never been in a cabinet before, and suddenly he has the biggest drop in the lot after the prime minister. so it is too early to tell whether he will assert his authority or not. clearly he has accepted these terms of having downing street officials working all around him, trying to push them in certain directions. having said that, there is another point of view that borisjohnson having said that, there is another point of view that boris johnson has lost one chancellor, he can't afford to lose

lot of pressure over how it's reacted to this, has not quite seemed to know how to calibrate it and borisnson finally coming out this evening and making a statement that we now have this cobra meeting next week will stop there's been this sense that perhaps the prime minister has sort of gone missing, you had jeremy corbyn's jive and prime minister's questions this week and a part—time p.m. went missing during the floods come down at his house elsewhere and people are getting more worried you will want to see boris leading a bit more on this. while it isjust crisis after crisis he is having to deal with. there is crisis after crisis, but i think he's not really dealing with it. he would like to leave it to his other ministers to be seen to be doing, if it's their brief they go out to do it like others do with the floods. you cannot do that with this one and with chart george osborne on the front of the mirror this advice to him, this is what you should be doing, getting meetings and beginning daily briefings and look on top of that and confident and calm people down. that has not happened

remember david cameron in the previous prime minister said no ifs, no buts, no third runway and borise down in front of the bulldozers. politicians have pledged to stop the third runway, yet the juggernaut keeps going. i hope the decision by the judge today, stating that they have got to take into account the climate emergency we face, means that boris johnson now will put his action and commitment to lie down in front of the bulldozers into action. in terms of the last time there was a vote on the third runway, he fled to afghanistan but now he cannot flee anywhere. he's in number ten and has to make the decision and we hope he will make the right decision and cancel a third runway. andrew, you support the runway, so what is your reaction? clearly this is disappointing news for heathrow. for the business community and for many we st the business community and for many west londoners who are employed directly by the airports or the wider supply chain. i suppose what we need to do is pause and reflect on the reality that stopping heathrow expansion won't stop emissions. it will simply

it would be very difficult for boris johnson to fire a second chancellor.ective, sunak does have some ground to stand up to number 10 if he finds that there are issues he wants to push back on. guy: thank you very much indeed. interesting day in u.k. politics. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. guy: from london, i'm guy johnson. this is "bloomberg markets." let's check in with the bloomberg first word. here is viviana hurtado. viviana: the number of cases in by hubei province has soared 45% to almost 50,000. spikebrupt reversing the trend on the the coronavirus may be under control. the coronavirus is blamed for what is excited to be the first drop in oil demand in more than a decade. that is coming from the international energy agency. the iea says the virus is battering china's economy. it says at this stage, it is hard to be quiet about the impact. southwest airlines extending the absence of the 737 max from its schedule until after august 10. the airline says not having the max cost it millions in operating income last

boris johnson's. trip to the u.s. to meet with president question is why. when we come back. we know in psychology that the more people are told that they can't or shouldn't do something whether it's sexual or otherwise the more it makes them want to do so trying new things violating taboos are some of the most common and pervasive elements in our sexual fantasies. well ok movie watcher of the world great to have you watching artie international i can tell you my name's kevin i don't know as mentioned before the break going to u.k. next and talk about relations with the u.s. the u.k. prime minister is reportedly perspire on to trip to the united states to meet with donald trump as tensions increase between london and washington it's no believe that johnson won't meet the american president until june g. 7 summit let's get more on this he said alys alone that a no breaks is done and dusted much hope of course for the long running special relationship between the u.s. and u.k. to flourish even more but there's a bit of a. dampener in the proceedings isn't there to say the least

what puzzles me is how counter—productive this must all be for boris johnson, is how counter—productiveon, as prime minister. he'sjust won all be for borisjohnson, as prime minister. he's just won an election, he is ina minister. he's just won an election, he is in a very strong position, and he is in a very strong position, and he is in a very strong position, and he is lashing out, taking on the civil service, he is sucking ministers and creating trouble for himself on the backbenches. —— he is sucking ministers. he is at war with the bbc, channel 4, sucking ministers. he is at war with the bbc, channelli, westminster journalists. this is not going to end well for him if he carries on. this is the impression that you receive, that it is number ten against everyone else and, like you say, they will have to work together. you'd have thought so! the times, on page four... 0h, together. you'd have thought so! the times, on page four... oh, no, the guardian, sorry. 11,000 homes planned for flood danger areas. flooding continues, and there are more areas potentially at risk, and farmers say

and having it and having trade barriers that would your mental damage to car history amongst others boris johnson addressed the nation appreciate it video message and he claimed we are at the start of the new era this is not an end but a beginning the e.u. has evolved over 50 years in a direction that no longer suits this country and that is a judgment you the people who confirmed at the polls not once but twice well over on the continent the e.u. has been saying it's good byes be for the trade deal talks begin in our europe correspondent peter all of a joins us with all the latest bring us up to date with what's been going on be on the channel yes it hasn't been marked with the types of celebration we've seen in london all the type of commiseration you see in other parts of the u.k. as well as in the british capital as well but we have seen is the british flag being taken down in brussels from the e.u. institutions from the the commission presidency the parliament and the council building as well we've also seen the european flag being taken down from british offices in brussels as well

little bit of one duras in the game the boris johnson admitted to taking. but we'll get on to the it a 2nd yes you say that thanks to u.s. policy the drugs then go to africa. is what you concentrate on rather than through the the commonwealth caribbean so i did that so guinea-bissau is a small country in west africa and i wanted to investigate where most of the cocaine coming into europe and in the u.k. guys via west africa from south america goes from south america by bush or by plane gets to west africa. ivory coast countries like that it depends on where the law enforcement is most effective and these countries the transit countries for cocaine and then it goes up africa crossings a year and then it's distributed by variety of different groups often albanian gangs across europe and into the u.k. and guinea bissau is not like honduras in the in the way that it's not as violent but it is it on the poorest countries in the world its main export is. and i want to go there again because most people realize the drug exactly and most people i think when i think

jonah: that is only one tract that boris johnson is pledging tonight.abour a debt to the heartland to the north that delivered him this enormous victory in december. he says he will level out opportunities. it will not matter what part of the country you come from. big promises of and for structure and other spending. does the country have resources for this? vicky: the country will have to borrow a lot especially if it will not be growing fast. the latest forecast came back from the bank of england yesterday. it's saying this year, we will see growth of just .8%, less than 1% growth. an orderly exit by the end of the year and a deep trade deal. then, we might end up with growth of possibly 1.1%, 1.5% if we are lucky in the following few years. where is the money going to come from? how will you distribute money to the rest of the country, especially over the last 10 years, austerity. this conservative party has decided over a long period of cutbacks. the regions themselves saw huge decline in the money they were getting. they abolished the region devel

europe in asia but he welcomes the french president's proposal to discuss songs control with moscow boris johnson is facing calls to sack an 89 for his extreme views on race and gender succumbs as an open rebellion brightside see number 10 over the hiring. found people in the african nation of ghana dying of cancer and other diseases the west uses it as a.

it happened in the middle of boris johnson's cabinet reshuffle.ere is the political editor laura kunz berger saying he was offered to stay on as chancellor on condition he fire all of his advisors. he refused andjourned down the this is widely seen as part of a power struggle between the prime minister's ofsuce in the tr. the outcome is the man now i the job is an mp who has been ah mp for les five years. here is the man who is taki speakingbout his decision to quit. >> was unable to accept the conditions that he had attached. i felt i was left with no option other than to resign.my successl support. ros: here is david swinford of the times telling us there willt be a jumber 10, number 11. number 10 being the prime minister, number 11 being the spad team. specialdvisers team to deliver on the government's priorities. stephen says this iseismic stuff. the point being these two operations are normally kept well apart. heres jim picard from the ft saying once again, dominic cummings is becoming the story. ihedominic cummings, chief advisor to the pri