the observer, boris johnson taking position at the moment. taking a position because he is part of a stop boris campaign. tory moderates battle to block no deal brexit the candidate against boris now is dominic raab. and he has declared his position in the mail on sunday. we all called boris johnson his position in the mail on sunday. we all called borisjohnson boris. we all called borisjohnson boris. we don't any of the other politicians boris. he has become a sort of brand and he is probably the most popular conservative amongst the public. but he is not the most popular conservative in the tory party, that is for sure. and there are many people who are dead against him leading the party and becoming next prime minister, not least the justice secretary quoted here who is quite critical of boris johnson and effectively saying it would be a disaster if he were the chosen one. you can't escape this fact. the re cord you can't escape this fact. the record of borisjohnson is not a good one. he has a on off relationship with the truth. he spent £

francine: if there is a boris johnson against a remainder, boris johnson gets it?ve party, you need to be a brexiteer. francine: he needs that support from parliament. patrick: i think the winning strategy in round one is being very hard brexit, but that does not get your job done once you are prime minister. you have to change your rhetoric and try to move towards compromise once you are in as p.m. tom: we want to go to a european perspective. tadeo in the halls of the european union has seen the changes over the recent months, of a steadfastness out of europe. what will change from mr. uecker and mr. tesch mr. junker and mr. cker and mr.un barnier? maria: three years after the referendum, the u.k. does not know what kind of relationship at wants what the european union and they think it will not change with a new prime minister. if we get a euro skeptic, the europeans have no intention to play ball. what happens to the halloween deadline? that was agreed with prime minister may. remember very quickly that emmanuel macron said there was no point extending this dea

however, boris johnson did not come up with this message. was actually dominic cummings who was the mastermind of the leave campaign. so boris's supporters will say -- why is boris johnson being singled out? they will see this as an attempt to stop him from becoming prime minister. the $1 million question, whatat kind of effect will this have on his chances? armen: it depepends partly on wt will happen with this court case. given the nature of the offense, mr. johnson could receive a prison sentence, but obviously we have to add a major caveat here, which is that there is no offense at the moment, it is an alleged offense, it has not been proven in court. but i suppose obama is politically, genis -- but i suppose the bottom line is politically, genie, boris johnson is someone who has wanted the job for many years, despite his numerous denials. he has said many times in interviews, you really want to become prime minister, don't you, he has said no. bubut it is clear he wants the p job and has wanted it for a long time. now finally there is a

very dangerous territory because there is no guarantee the parliament will have confidence in boris johnson as prime minister so we could be entering a period of real constitutional crisis in britain because there are several turris who intimated that they will vote against johnson in the commons and that means the queen would have to get involved to decide who should be prime minister when the fundamental point is this whatever boris johnson does he will he were up to divide people but he will also your for the all the people he brings on board he will alienate others so matthews out the right that he will appeal to the voters who does that to the tory party breaks that party in the last european election by going further towards a no deal but he will also alienate the centrist core of extra manus and moderate leavers who still very conservative who want nothing to do with that kind of policy and that also comes with a country hard right social agenda as well which knowledge of raj has been pioneering for many years so he ultimate result of this is the tory party could well split in you di

well basically boris johnson spaces excuse accusations of misconduct in public office and that means in concrete terms that boris johnson is accused of having lied to the public during the leaf complain 3 years ago in the referendum he was saying that the u.k. is spending 350000000 pounds a week to the european union and the actual number is much lower because the european union is actually paying weakly back to the u.k. so he was lying back then into private prosecutor took it into his own hands to bring this case forward he collected 200000 pounds via crowdfunding collected evidence brought it in front of a judge and the judge today then ruled that boris johnson has to appear in front of the court physically for a preliminary hearing and that will happen within the next 3 or 4 weeks and then this will move to trial to the crown court where a jury will hear this case but that could take 6 months and why. this private prosecution. well he basically wanted to set a legal precedent he said this was a case of lying to the public he said he was sick of politicians lying to the public and

can boris johnson be stopped? ink some of his parliamentary colleagues are going to try and stop him. they are going to try and stop him. they are going to be some stop boris candidates. i thinkjeremy to be some stop boris candidates. i think jeremy hunt would to be some stop boris candidates. i thinkjeremy hunt would be one but i thinkjeremy hunt would be one but i think he has his own interests. other candidates like sajid javid, penny mordaunt if she decided to run. all of these people would be stop boris candidates. the only thing we can be sure about is that if somehow boris reached the top two, because you have the top two candidates chosen by mps and you present them to the party, it is certain that he would win because he has massive support within the grassroots but are his parliamentary colleagues going to a row —— allow him to reach the top two places? so when you look at candidates like jeremy hunt, who have inevitably to a pro—brexit tory membership in recent months, would someone like that in a modera

we already mentioned boris johnson.u think you would be the most likely to be able to defeat the labour party? that is what the next leader will be selected on. he is one of the most recognized names but the starting gun has just been fired. in the process we go through of candidates saying what they are going to do, where they would like to take the party and the government. we need to see how that emerges. for a government that has been in office for nine years, this is an opportunity to refresh, to renew, to reentered eyes. i am looking for a leader that will do that, that will engage with the next generation and , which i feel we have done less of an the last few years. there is lots of time to digest which will be the leaders. it will be knocked down in a series of events on tuesdays and thursdays throughout june until we get down to does give people who is then put to the member -- into we get down to two people then put to the leadership of the party. vonnie: theresa may is beginning , a warmer conservative party

if i were to become britain's next prime minister foreign secretary boris johnson has been told that he must appear in court as he lied to just trying to 16 referendum the case concerns they believe campaigners claim that britain would say sorry 150000000 pounds a week if it left the european union a private prosecution against mr johnson who was a prominent leave time has been brought by business when marcus. accused. well basically boris johnson sais as excuse accusations of misconduct in public office and that means in concrete terms that boris johnson is accused of having lied to the public during the leaf can paint 3 years ago in the referendum he was saying that the u.k. is spending 350000000 pounds a week to the european union and the actual number is much lower because the european union is actually paying weekly back to the u.k. so he was lying back then into private prosecutor took it into his own hands to bring this case forward he collected 200000 pounds via crowd funding collected evidence brought it in front of a judge and the judge today then ruled that boris johnson h

he is gearing up to help boris johnson become prime anyway. up to help borisjohnson become prime minister and that's whatjournalists are really obsessing about. is what is going to happen after theresa may fails to get the brexit delta in the first week ofjune. somebody's got to get brexit sorted somehow other. whether it is borisjohnson... we've been saying that for years. and they haven't got any closer. let me do my job, please. ishouldjust leave haven't got any closer. let me do my job, please. i should just leave you to it. may allies fear possible breakup. this is about in particular, northern ireland and the border with the republic. without this ongoing issues, this is what the chief of staff, the latest get in line or hellfire and damnation will come upon you, this time it will come upon you, this time it will be the end of the uk, he is wanting to stop it is definitely releva nt wanting to stop it is definitely relevant to the question because there's the issue of what do northern ireland do, what does scotland do in the aftermath if

very dangerous territory because there is no guarantee the parliament will have confidence in boris johnson as prime minister so we could be entering a period of real constitutional crisis in britain because there are several turris who intimated that they will vote against johnson in the commons and that means the queen would have to get involved to decide who should be prime minister when the fundamental point is this whatever boris johnson dars he will he will up to divide people but he will also for the all the people he brings on board he will alienate others so matthews out of the right that he will appeal to the voters who does that to the tory party breaks that party in the last european election by going further towards a no deal but he will also alienate the centrist core of extra manus and moderate leavers who still very conservative who want nothing to do with that kind of policy and that also comes with the country hard right social agenda as well which knowledge of raj has been pioneering for many years so he ultimate result of this is the tory party could well split in new di

hancock the health secretary who is one of the candidates, he is the latest to distance himself from boris johnsontt hancock declared on saturday and theresa may announced she was quitting on friday and there are already ten candidates and two of the most prominent candidates are in a bitter row and this is about comments boris johnson made a bitter row and this is about comments borisjohnson made when he was foreign secretary and in response to criticism of the government was mike brexit starts from business he reportedly said f business. —— the government's brexit starts. some would say the tory leadership battle is getting better but also surreal. the no deal fault line has totally emerged, with those who are saying we can have no deal and those who say we can't. jeremy hunt says he wants a consensus deal and not no deal. there are nuances but roughly speaking that is where the fault line is, you have bolster —— borisjohnson the fault line is, you have bolster —— boris johnson and the fault line is, you have bolster —— borisjohnson and dominic robin esther mcvey who say they will leave with no

very dangerous territory because there is no guarantee the parliament will have confidence in boris johnson as prime minister so we could be entering a period of real constitutional crisis in britain because there are several turris who intimated that they will vote against johnson in the commons and that means the queen would have to get involved to decide who should be prime minister when the fundamental point is this whatever boris johnson dars he will he were up to divide people but he will also your for the all the people he brings on board he will alienate others so matthews out of the right that he will appeal to the voters who does that to the tory party bracks it party in the last european election by going further towards a no deal but he will also alienate the centrist core of extra manus and moderate leavers who still very conservative who want nothing to do with that kind of policy and that also comes with a country hard right social agenda as well which knowledge of raj has been pioneering for many years so he ultimate result of this is the tory party could well split in new d

i think the only way that they have a chance to take over is it boris johnson doesn't make it to the final ballot as matthew has just said johnson if he makes it will get through but then we're in very dangerous territory because there is no guarantee the parliament will have confidence in boris johnson as prime minister so we could be entering a period of real constitutional crisis in britain because there are several turris who intimated that they will vote against johnson in the commons and that means the queen would have to get involved to decide who should be prime minister when the fundamental point is this whatever boris johnson does he will he were up to divide people but he will also for the all the people he brings on board he will alienate others so matthews out the right that he will appeal to the voters who does that to the tory party breaks that party in the last european election by going further towards a no deal but he will also alienate the centrist core of extra manus and moderate leavers who still very conservative who want nothing to do with that kind of policy an

three who led the campaign along with boris johnson.who led the campaign along with borisjohnson. three of them are former remain campaigners. it's interesting that two of those are making concerned noises about the idea of a no—deal brexit. jeremy hunt, on the other hand, appears to have the passion of the convert, if you like. he is certainly enthusiastic these days about brexit. that question of what candidates think about no—deal is going to prove very important, not just because we have a conservative party membership that is broadly thought to be a very pro—brexit, relaxed about no—deal, in the main. but also because candidates have to scale this challenge of getting through the parliamentary rounds of the process because it is down to mps to select who the final two candidates are, as we know, conservative mps are very concerned about the idea of no—deal so getting through the conservative parliamentary party and reassuring them about your position on no—deal whilst maintaining your brexit credentials active in the final two batt

boris johnson has learned from theresa may. blazing. feelings running very high on brexit. as we saw, there was a revoked brexit protester, who is a fixture here, just moved on by the police. we are going to have a lot of heated debate in the coming weeks about the exact brexit positions before we see who becomes the new tory leader. two teenage boys have died after what police have described as a "serious incident" at a house in sheffield. six children were taken to hospital early this morning after officers were called to a property in the shiregreen area. four of them are still receiving treatment. a man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder. ten workers have been arrested over the alleged abuse of patients with learning difficulties at a specialist hospital in county durham. undercover filming by bbc panorama at whorlton hall appeared to show patients being mocked, intimidated and restrained. seven men and three women have been arrested at addresses across the north east. durham police say the individuals wi

that could take up to 6 months will challenge that this is not coming at a very good time for boris johnson he is the leading candidate to succeed theresa may as british prime minister so what will this do to that. of course yeah it's not a good time for johnson and the press it's definitely bad it's a bad image in the public eye but on the other hand the leader the new leader of the conservative party is chosen by the tory m.p.'s by the members of parliament by the tory party and the conservatives and johnson themselves said this was a political stunt this this case it has been brought forward against him the. pro breaks the tia tories have been rallying behind him today saying that this was a witch hunt and it was a matter of free speech so he still has that support within the tory paci and especially within the tory base and they are going to be decisive in the end to name the next conservative leader and thereby the next prime minister of the u.k. showed it was just that this was a private case filed by a businessman named marcus ball what was his motivation to take boris johnson to cou

, is that a serious boris johnson, is that a serious boris johnson or is itjust another comedian andto you that it is not just i am going to put it to you that it is notjust theresa may that broken but the relationship with the eu is... we are up in the air. how on earth is all going to be fixed and is at only going to be for the period delivering brexit? what happens after brexit? an end to brexit will remove part of the problem, won't it. some of the division is over brexit itself. so you remove one. . . division is over brexit itself. so you remove one... but it has not changed from what we saw today. it will be the same issue at the heart of it. it is but if you talk about the broader re— unifying of the country, clearly that is one of the big issues dividing the country. obviously you make a start. there is economic policy, social reform, all of those issues, of course, they need to be addressed and change needs to happen there and some of the concerns of the type you are talking about need to be dealt and thatis talking about need to be dealt and that is a difficult task in its

if he is suddenly meeting boris johnson, . ..would do him favours to make them look very prime ministerial. it would do him favours to make them look very prime ministerialm it would do him favours to make them look very prime ministerial. it will make you lucky if someone who is already being mentioned in the same breath as nigel farage by donald trump and without my pouzza bill off, it will also feed into the exact fears tory mps have been the reason why some of them do actually wa nt to reason why some of them do actually want to back it now more than they did three months ago is because the threat of the brexit party. this i did that he is someone who is taking on nigel farage and the brexit party. and of course donald trump favours prexy, it is part of his global policy. back in the olden days, you would have the presidents and prime ministers respecting internal politics, where they would not comment on who their favourite candidate was. trump has amended that and put the table on its head. ido that and put the table on its

has ever had however the thing about boris johnson is despite brights it he still cuts through on the politicians conned and he is well liked and particularly within the conservative party members remember 120000. some conservative party members will decide who the next tory party leader will be in a recent poll he talked to 34 percent dominic rob the person who was judge 2nd at 13 percent so it shows just how popular he is and just looking at night show for raj the man who on sunday when we get those results from the european elections it will be from his party that has done so well and really taken many votes in the conservatives many people feel that boris johnson is the man to take on. that even within parliament within his and posse it looks like boris johnson will be able to win over some support barbara fazel in london britain gets a new prime minister how does that affect the likelihood of the country leaving the european union on the 31st of october. who knows phil because the short answer to that question is nothing is changed he finds the successor to the reason may he find

michael gove and boris johnson, after the referendum?son. he is positioning himself asa johnson. he is positioning himself as a statesman, a man who has successfully run key government departments, controversially, but he feels well. he is also calling into question the whole of the boris, all thejobs question the whole of the boris, all the jobs boris has question the whole of the boris, all thejobs boris has done. it is a very interesting approach to position himself. he is not perfect but he is a man with attention to detail, which is the principle of thought that he finds injohnson. detail, which is the principle of thought that he finds in johnson. -- fault. michael gove also talking about how many departments he has run? i think michael gove realises that boris may have a certain popularity with some people but his big strength is that unlike a lot of ministers, when he is in a brief, he swats up, he spent a lot of time really looking into his brief. swats up, he spent a lot of time really looking into his briefm swats up, he spent

what i would say about boris johnson is what everybody wants when i speak to global business leaders all the time and basically the whole of the u.k. is feds are up and wants to move on from what the u.k. wants and the person that's going to be the most likely to lead is somebody with a clear vision somebody who is going to get this done and boris johnson certainly has that i would say the caviar about johnson is he has lots of people sort of fearing that we'd be in safe hands of him because he doesn't have a much of a track record for that sort of stability or safe hands that's the downside of boris johnson. on the timing of this notice we chose a deed that will quickly follow right after president terms visit i have to wonder if she probably did the math and realize that she was already teetering and wasn't likely to survive such a controversial engagement desert some don't worry it does daniel the only thing i would say is actually from our perspective of a deal with trump and the hosting trump obviously you have the stability of the queen and the queen went to meet with the ameri

the problem of boris johnson has always been boris johnson. the last leadership campaign, he had a launch and then announced at his launch that he was not going to campaign hadis blown up on the launchpad. the campaign manager decided to run himself. that's how bad boris johnson's campaign was last time. everybody says he's more more organized than not entering. he is still a star. how damaged is he by the brexit campaign? a lot of people liked boris johnson and voted for him to be mayor of london who would now cross the street to click -- to kick him. given that it is a pro brexit prime minister, how does that change brexit negotiations? >> i don't think anything is given. there is no standout candidate. francine: nigel farage rising from the ashes. with brexit groups polling 30% in elections, what does it mean for politics back home? rob: the conservative party has two adopted clearly hard brexit position. that would be the boris johnson answer. the flipside is that even if nigel farage is going to run in the general election and i think the

certainly, boris johnson and jeremy huntare certainly, boris johnson and jeremy hunt are very strongtwo, if you had to go with one, boris of course is the frontrunner, does he have the confidence of public and achieve a at the end of the day?|j confidence of public and achieve a at the end of the day? i met was him recently at the end of the day? i met was him rece ntly o n at the end of the day? i met was him recently on a number of occasions, and of course, and this is a man who has won at london on two occasions, london which is a very strongly labour seats. bearing and mines how difficult the situation is facing —— bearing in mind how difficult the situation is facing the conservative party, we want someone who is proven campaigner, someone party, we want someone who is proven campaigner, someone who is good on the hustings, good at attracting audiences and getting our message across. i'm not surprised that mr johnson is the frontrunner, and he is certainly the one to beat. listening to my members in shrewsbury, he appears to be the preferred candidate amongst them, but as i say,

tory moderates are campaigning to "stop boris johnson" because of fears over a no—deal brexit, is whatn't trust boris over brexit," according to brexit party leader, nigel farage. he's written a column for the sunday express saying none of the current politicians can be relied on to deliver a "clean—break brexit". ate in contention the so far, some more familiar than others but what do we know about who they are and what they stand for? john is here to give as a brief summary. let's start with borisjohnson, give as a brief summary. let's start with boris johnson, some give as a brief summary. let's start with borisjohnson, some papers attacking him saying quite a lot of the party faithful will not be that keen on boris johnson the party faithful will not be that keen on borisjohnson as leader. the party faithful will not be that keen on boris johnson as leader.m isa keen on boris johnson as leader.m is a tool that considered mps do not ci’oss is a tool that considered mps do not cross boris johnson is a tool that considered mps do not cross borisjohnson but if he can survive the round

well good question i mean certainly it's a distraction i don't think boris johnson would like his. road to what he hopes the would be not number 10 downing street. distracted by a visit to a cause or have a court case hanging over busy his head and in the most serious case and i'm not suggesting this is the most serious case but if they are executed maximum prison life in prison now that's not going to happen but the reality is that boris johnson has proved himself to be coated in teflon in the past you remember he's been hoisted up on a zip line and rather embarrassingly got stuck that didn't seem to damage his political ambitions he's had various other personal issues that he's had to deal with that doesn't seem to none of them seem sort of damage his personal stories political ambitions so it's possible he could turn this to his advantage in this case no problem so all publicity is good publicity in boris's case but certainly it's a distraction that i'm sure he will be unhappy with for many things some serious paul brennan live in london. a new wave of barrel bomb attacks in the

will some back boris johnson because they don't like dominic raab?prime minister is somebody to keep an eye on. jeremy hunt is talked about. went to seentlemen theresa may yesterday to encourage her to name a date for her departure. they too could be on the list. all these names are being talked about. a long list of names of people interested in taking this role. nejra: thank you for joining us. joining us now is stephanie, the chief currency strategist. great to have you with us. thank you for joining. as we look at cable trading at 126.68 right now, how clear is the path to 120 and below, a 2016 low? stephanie: good morning, nejra. the discussion around the sterling and the whole situation of seeing the end of may before may has already seen the markets selling off, so the market is bracing for a successor that will take a much harder stance on brexit like boris johnson and i think right now, we are stabilizing here and people are waiting for european parliament elections, which both sides of the equation will use as an indication to prove their p

this case that could take up to 6 months child out of this is not coming at a very good time for boris johnson he's the leading candidate to succeed theresa may as british prime minister so what will this do to that. of course yeah it's not a good time for johnson and the press it's definitely bad it's a bad image in the public eye but on the other hand the leader the new leader of the conservative party is chosen by the tory m.p.'s by the members of parliament by the tory party and the conservatives and johnson themselves said that this was a political stunt this this case it has been brought forward against him the. pro breaks a tear tories have been rallying behind him today saying that this was a witch hunt and it was a matter of free speech so he still has that support within the charring policy and especially within the tory base and they are going to be decisive in the end to name that next conservative leader and thereby the next prime minister of the u.k. show that we should say this was a private case filed by a businessman named marcus ball what was his motivation to take boris john

what it looks like in the book is favor certainly boris johnson the former foreign secretary who used to be a complete you're a folly if you have a look on you tube you can find a video of boris johnson standing on the on the side of the bosphorus talking about how wonderful it would be if turkey joined the european union but he's in a complete about cern since since those days and is now styled himself as much more of a euro skeptic talks glowingly about donald trump. and as a sort of creative chaos if you like that that's obviously one of the hallmarks of trump and that the same creative chaos he argues of just leaving the european union and seeing what happens and that sort of language might sound quite loose but it's very entirely sing to the conservative party membership who in the end will get the vote on who. becomes the next prime minister but the problem and a lot of enough of this before but the problem that they're all going to have is that the the way british politics is that we organize in a confrontational way pitching the 2 main parties against each other is the direct

one person keenly awaiting for it was boris j johnson. what do you think his chances re of actually succeeding her? >> johnson's very strong indede. he's by far the most p popular choicece amongst thehe conserva party members. they ultimatately w will decide next leader. what boris johnson has to do is survive the parliamentry rounds of voting among conservrvative m.p.'s where he's less popular. conservative m.p.'s will have one eye on the next election. boris johnson n might be e able deliver election victory then. so we may get sufficient support to stay in the race and then whwhen it goes outut to the mem he's almost certain to win. boris johnson is the favorite for this. >> british politics has been changed forever by brexit and of course we're now waiting for the results of the european elections which will be another strong indicator. are we as a result witnessing the end of the conservative party? >> we'e're witnessing the end o yes, another conservative prime minister. brokeen by the issue of europe. we have had numerous conservat

. -- endorsement to boris johnson.s out, that will be fascinating. matt: the other interesting thing, how long is this contest going to take? she is going to stay prime minister until the 10th of june when the contest kicks off? it, shes i understand remains prime minister until the contest is done. i come to you for my brexit advice, as do a lot of people, that this could be a longer contest. it could take weeks or months and theresa may would keep her office that much longer. i would guess it also pushes off brexit that much longer. anna: indeed. we are talking about the last days of theresa may, but if her timetable plays out, she could be, in name, prime minister beyond july. because the full process in finding a new leader involves first, mp's, members of parliament whittling down the list. and it will start as a long list, so that may take some time. and once it is only to -- two, that goes out to membership. this was the process that was skipped last time when theresa may was given the crown. this was skipped be

boris johnson supports a no deal brexit.e is the kind of person who changes his mind as much as he changes underwear. go ford possibly something else. guy: thank you for bringing that up. that is an image i wanted in my head. the possibility labour party led by jeremy corbyn and the nationalization of the assets -- water, power, utilities at risk. as you survey the scene in front of us, how high is the risk of a general election and is there any sense of how that would go? jess: theresa may's options are running out day by day. a general election or a second referendum are both hugely likely and i think a general election is probably more likely than a second referendum, given the opposition in parliament, not just from theresa may but skepticale who are about a second referendum and the issues it would cause in the country and the issues it would have with how it would affect the way people perceive parliament works and how it would impact democracy. guy: at a great weekend. i'm sure you'll be covering everything minute by

boris johnson has again and again, it never goes to plan.e country and in parliament, but equally there are many tories who would pretty much die ina many tories who would pretty much die in a ditch to stop him. they don't trust him. frankly, they don't think he is a tory in some ways, they think he is a borisjohnson one—man fan club. so there are many tories who will do whatever they can to try to stop him getting on the final ballot. it's extraordinarily difficult to do that because two names go through and my guess will be one will be a brexiteer and one will be a remainer or former be one will be a brexiteer and one will be a remainer orformer remain. looking at the brexiteer cast list, dominic raab simply doesn't have the profile and razzmatazz charisma that i think tory mps probably want. they wa nt i think tory mps probably want. they want somebody who puts them in with a shout of winning. borisjohnson can at least point to the london mayoralty as an example of how he can win in a labour city. penny mordaunt is an interesting one. the

are looking ahead, apart from boris johnson, who own downfall. the key front runners? the tory leadership process is very unpredictable. boris chose to stand aside last time but he was betrayed, aside last time but he was betrayed, as some see it, by his running mate, michael gove. you are the other key figures that could emerge and who has the numbers in parliament? figures that could emerge and who has the numbers in parliament7m the conservative party there is a history of the frontrunner falling for the end of the race and winning. he will be challenged by dominic raab, the former brexit secretary, and again he is very much pro—brexit but there are about 20 conservatives saying they will run. it will be an incredibly big field. a lot will fall quickly. i think it is boris johnson's a lot will fall quickly. i think it is borisjohnson's to lose. but weeks ago he was not in the running and what has happened is the conservative party has done so badly recently that they have got desperate and when you go desperate, you go for your wild card. they

boris johnson is very capable of changing.s associate editor, good to get your thoughts, thank you for your time. as we've seen, a number of party spokespeople have featured on today's political programmes. co—leader of the green party sian berry spoke tojohn pienaar earlier this morning about what the greens aim to achieve in next week's european parliament elections. we're standing in the european elections on a very clear platform of yes to europe and no to climate change and those are the big issues that people are talking about. everyone wants to sound green on climate change. it's bringing people over to us. but people will have heard this before from the big parties and they know that we're the ones they can't rely on to take the very fierce action, to have the political will to put the real investment into new industries, but also to challenge the old industries. that's where labour, particularly, is failing. it's saying, you know, we can have airport expansion and we can be green. we can't, i'm really sorry. we are ou

if he gets to this final two, most people accept that boris johnson is towering above any other rival but the question is, will he get there? there is order talk about stop boris campaigns, particularly among conservative mps who fear he would undo some of the work done in scotla nd undo some of the work done in scotland over the independence referendum and late in the snp. there will be efforts to try and stop them reaching that stage. but is it borisjohnson's to lose? absolutely, the greatest enemy to borisjohnson becoming prime minister is borisjohnson. he has a history of gaffes and missteps, looking back to 2016, he was the favourite then and tripped himself up favourite then and tripped himself up within days of the contest beginning. what we do know from past leadership contest, the favourite very rarely wins. this is going to be very quick, probably, we don't know exact timetable yet, mrs may will resign on the 7th ofjune and will resign on the 7th ofjune and will be a big push to get this whole thing done by the middle ofjuly, because time is of the essence. the next brexit d

tonight, boris johnson was keeping his counsel. accept that you deliberately misled the public? he denies wrongdoing and today's ruling was no finding of guilt, but the case will be a spectacle and the outcome could have an impact on politics and campaigning in britain. john pienaar, bbc news. well, earlier i asked our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, why it was just mrjohnson who was facing these allegations. the campaigners as you can see cloud funded this appeal for money to launch this private prosecution, looked at other campaigners for brexit who had made similar claims and they felt that boris johnson had been so highly covered by the media and so many different times he had made these points, there was enough evidence to press ahead and take him to court. they said that wasn't the case in other potential targets, if you like. it is a serious allegation. misconduct in public office has a maximum life sentence, and it can cover anything up to high level corruption. what has happened todayis level corruption. what has

and he is known in georgia as boris all over britain that's boris johnson of course who was a candidate to during the last time when theresa may then came into office and who wants this top job as much as he has ever wanted anything in his life he is driven by a lot of the sort of ego ambition and many in the party say we don't like it publicly in the party in the in the parliamentary party the colleagues who know him they also know his failings and so they are not very keen on johnson to follow because they don't trust him also they know that he might push for hard bricks it just so them the door and the european union and take britain out and that's another aspect that there is a majority against that and problem and however among the party grassroots boris johnson is the frontrunner he him uses people a sink he's sort of flattened they think he's a he's a figure which he certainly is and so he might make it through the house things and in the end emerge victorious but of course this is a large field pretty much every man woman and their dogs are going to stand as the for the top job

the former foreign secretary, boris johnson, is currently seen as the favourite.ader hasn't said yet who he will vote for, but appears tempted by mrjohnson. i do take umbrage at people going around saying, you know, there's all sorts of stuff and there are problems with boris. you know, there are plenty of leaders with a past... if you can name me one leader who hasn't got a past, who hasn't done things that are sometimes wrong or whatever, you would never have had people like churchill or attlee or anyone else, for that matter, that's ever been elected. so here we go. the topic is clear. and so is the prize. chrisjoins us now chris joins us now from westminster. it seems that a couple of hours is a long time in the world of x and things have changed since your report. evening. we now know that michael gove will be a contender. he will declare on the bbc‘s political thinking pod cast due to be recorded tomorrow. and that means the tantalising prospect of a contest between two people in michael gove and boris johnson who between two people in michael gove and boris

you never know, he does speak lots of language, boris johnson.e language of choice, is it? sorry about that. anyway, what i had to say was in english, thankfully, for my language—limited brain. but, he put straight back on the table, didn't he, the idea of deal or no deal. so addressing those who think it was a big mistake to ever talk about taking no deal off the table. and he got lots of people excited really quickly by saying well, "we are basically going to leave at the bed to back end of october, whatever happens," and that will be one of the big fault lines in the tory leadership contest, is who will say openly they are willing to leave without a deal, and who will say, absolutely not a chance, or i will do every thing in my possible power, but you know, i think also people get in a froth about everything borisjohnson says, he can change. shall i just say that? you've got a marathon, haven't you? adam and chris, you have got to tell it, mind the times. that starts at 10am, uk time at 5live, 11am at radio four. midnight on the world service.

there are various candidates who have already put their name into the ring the most famous being boris johnson the former foreign secretary but there are of those 2 and there will be a whole between them when this actually starts going in the middle of june at the moment it is boris who's the front runner but in within conservative party politics you can always say that that's the way it will turn out with bricks it well what changes i mean the enrichment tick in the house of commons in parliament is still the same that person is going to inherit this mess this mass knowing that at the moment the u.k. is jus to leave the e.u. on the 31st of october with or without a deal some of those candidates don't want there to be a deal and some do so i mean there will be a huge amount of work for that new person to take on to make any difference to what reason has already done and bob out to you in london what does this calculus look like for brags that on the brussels side you've been following that end of things now there's a big question mark as to who the new representative of the bring that deal wil

boris johnson has said he would and rory stewart said he would not serve in a johnson cabinet, he thinksa terrible outcome. iain duncan smith suggested mr stua rt‘s iain duncan smith suggested mr stuart's comment was stupid. it is a reminder of the divisions within the party and how brexit will be the only topic in this two—month contest. that was chris mason. let's get more on this. let's get more on this now, and i'm joined by sebastian payne, the whitehall correspondent at the financial times. and also, i'm joined by the journalist anne mcelvoy. thank you for speaking to us, both of you. first, i would like to start with you, anne, what you make of the contest so far, the tone, the pictures? i think it's very obvious that this contest is really at the moment all about boris johnson's leadership, or attempts to become leader. and all of the others are basically trying to trim their campaigns around what they think boris johnson's campaigns around what they think borisjohnson‘s leadership campaigns around what they think boris johnson's leadership campaign is going to look like, not lea

you know there is another view which is barak's well polarized britain but he is not the same boris johnson who won the london mayor election twice in a row he is very toxic among middle class professionals and majors and ultimately we're going to have to wait and see that it gets on the ballot at the final 2 candidates and in the parliamentary party chooses final 2 then he will win the election and every membership shows that. jonathan i mean if you top the list of the survey does not this is our pick to become the next prime minister of britain because you have other candidates like jeremy hunt by to go over as to. do any of these has a chance to take over i.