the people at borisjohnson you think that's right?the people at borisjohnson do not care about the irish border issue? we have seen repeated opinion pieces that suggest that they do not and somehow, you know, there are issues that concern the much more than the irish border. while people have never been explicit in suggesting they throw northern ireland under a bus, many of us have inferred from some of the behaviour that that is indeed what they would do for the higher principles that they see of delivering the kind of brexit they believe the country voted for. what is also interesting about the position of boris johnson is also interesting about the position of borisjohnson is what happens with those brexit candidates when it comes to a leadership contest. jacob rees mogg is already supporting boris johnson there contest. jacob rees mogg is already supporting borisjohnson there are other people like the former brexit secretary, dominique raab who has not yet swung behind a deal. and a younger contender? exactly. and what is interest

johnson, could be predicting, kulveer, that this man, borisjohnson, could be the person to ta ke borisjohnson the person to take britain forward if the prime minister does end up resigning. the i newspaper saying thatjohnson is primed and ready for number 10. you we re primed and ready for number 10. you were his advice when he was mayor of london, what you make of this? as he a lwa ys london, what you make of this? as he always wanted to be premised? —— his advisor. i have not met a politician 01’ advisor. i have not met a politician ormp who advisor. i have not met a politician or mp who does not think they could be premise at some point in their career. that is not something i think we should be focusing on. obviously with theresa may announcing she would step down once the dealers agreed. that could still happen. it could be some time yet —— deal is agreed. there will be some jockeying for position in terms of who could potentially be the next conservative party leader and then prime minister. boris johnson conservative party leader and then prime minister. borisjohnson could do thejob. i

mike borisjohnson, for some conservative mps. ..hnson, perhaps, for some conservative mps. .. mike borisjohnson, perhaps, even. for some conservative mps. .. mike boris johnson, perhaps, even. yes, well, borisjohnson changed his position immediately when she announced that. that is absolutely transparent. i think it will have gone down terribly. transparent... notjust within gone down terribly. transparent... not just within the gone down terribly. transparent... notjust within the country, but within the conservative party. this is about his leadership ambitions. not about what is good for the country. i don't think that fact is lost on anybody, even his biggest supporters must realise that is what is driving him here. i don't think it isa is driving him here. i don't think it is a good look. do you think that in the thinking of the likes of borisjohnson in the thinking of the likes of boris johnson and some in the thinking of the likes of borisjohnson and some others, they might be thinking about something that michael gove said s

first, battle in london, ken livingstone versus borisjohnson.t says knife crime cops in the dark ages. this is a format police commissioner, lord bernard hogan howe, who says you need a knife * to obligate this issue, someone knife * to obligate this issue, someone who can look at all these issues —— knife tsar. someone who can see the bigger picture, and bring all the threads together to try to deal with this. you were about to start with your analysis as about to start with your analysis as a result of having worked with boris johnson on knife crime back in 2008. i think this is really interesting, just go into what the level of knife crime was then, and what happened when borisjohnson crime was then, and what happened when boris johnson became crime was then, and what happened when borisjohnson became mayor? crime was then, and what happened when boris johnson became mayor? the issue was that in the run—up to boris becoming the mayor, the numbers were not where they are now. we ended up with that campaign, there was a huge focus on knife crim

borisjohnson i why are you not getting on board?on i think why are you not getting on board? borisjohnson i think is doing all right, he is whipping up a kind of sentiment you would expect from daily telegraph readers and perhaps people who will vote in the next conservative leader. there is the prospect that this will drag on, and many viewers may find it unpalatable the prospect of more european elections, us having to spend £100 million on european elections three years after we have had a referendum saying we are leaving. staying with the times, new zealand making the front page of this paper as well. and the personal stories coming out 110w. and the personal stories coming out now. a wonderful story on the front page about a father caught up in this atrocity. he went to the ground to protect his little son, i think he is two years old, there is a picture of him and a picture of him thanking his daddy. he protected him from a hail of bullets, took the bullets himself. the father is now in hospital, hopefully recovering, but the

and also former advisor to the then mayor borisjohnson and also former advisor to the then mayor borisle future prime minister, if the i newspapers to be believed. let us about brexit festival. this i newspaper has this very helpful diagram of what they are expecting to happened today —— first of all. i wa nt to to happened today —— first of all. i want to ask you about the significance of holding this final vote, we think it is a final vote, on the day we should have been leaving the eu. this was meant to be the end. this was meant to be the day signposted by the prime minister, post the referendum in 2016, that britain would leave. and, u nfortu nately, 2016, that britain would leave. and, unfortunately, that is not going to happen. i don't mean unfortunately as in we should leave or should leave, but there has been a commitment to the british public that this would happen on that date. it appears they could still happen in some way or another but it won't happen today. so this event that

they all go on jogs, borisjohnson shorts. -- bookies's.orisjohnson he used always with them won't shorts, david cameron used to do the same thing. —— natty. cameron used to do the same thing. -- natty. it is because they are all running to the leadership. very good. anyway, who do you think is going to get it? well, i'm in the system is that the parliamentary party chooses two, whittled down to two and then it is anyone's guess. that it is down to the small number of rather elderly, shires based conservative party members. but they will sort of favour bias? if it comes down to, the anti— johnson campbell do anything to make sure that he is not one of the two because of the ends up being one of the two, than a matter with the other person is, he will end up getting it. —— camp will.|j other person is, he will end up getting it. -- camp will. i heard a lot of names being put forward but the two that in the photographs, michael gove and boris johnson, certainly seem to be the front runners, as you say. and it is all driving us crazy, we know

prime ministerand otherwise borisjohnson prime minister and say otherwise borisjohnson prime ministerandohnson prime minister and say i am not bound by anything theresa may and we are starting from zero which is the last thing that michel barnier want. they have to be prepared for her if she may not be there because they may not be there. no one in westminster is going to put the make that their house on if she is there, and she could lose one vote or another one. it does point out that labour might exploit it as an opportunity. it does point out that labour might exploit it as an opportunitylj think exploit it as an opportunity.” think they are waiting for labour to do something about this aren't we? who? let's turn to the times and it is brexit again on the front page of this paper and back my brexit or we will never leave. i think this is interesting because what we are hearing now is people are between a rock and hard place. it is the same message we rock and hard place. it is the same message we had before the prime minister. isn't finally working? that whole einstein thing about my

when borisjohnson is wearing such short shorts.hen borisjohnson is out in the public eye and wants to get his picture in the papers always wears us most ridiculous. there was a story about the not very good running gear that senior mps seem to use and lovely dogs. quite a nice french door. and all the newspapers. a lot of product place and for the front. we will go to them in a minute. the last brexit story is about a nation of pill poppers. antidepressants use doubling ina poppers. antidepressants use doubling in a decade and brexodus, surprise surprise may be a factor. might be a factor yes. the serious story is about that increasing the use of antidepressants and i was to the today programme about or gps holding back on the type of treatment before people become addicted to that medication. that being said there is a warrant group of people across the concrete that are finding brexit depressing and for different reasons. it's the way the government is performing, the position you took in the referendum and how that is played. jo

on monday the boris johnson was swing a predict, we can predict on monday the borisjohnson was swinge borisjohnson was to be we can predict on monday the boris johnson was swinging behind the deal like today, but you just. feel sorry for all the people in the eu watching all this i try to make sense of it all. let's look at the sign finally, which is the front page we have, same story. i am off back deal, the prime minister bows to the last brexit bag but dup refuses to budge. if you finally come it wasn't until monday then someone come it wasn't until monday then someone called on her. so it's a pretty good campaign if you ask for monday and get it by wednesday. how say this, is it teresa exited? it's not easy to say i don't think that will catch on. there is, is there a certain honour and the prime ministers saying this is the deal i believe in and i am willing to sacrifice my premiership for this?” think one of the things that has been talked about and the last few days particularly after the discussion of whether or not there is going to be asking herfrom discussion of whether or

been two major events, one with boris johnson and an been two major events, one with borisjohnson andly the brexiteers setting out their stall and saying where we are now and whether we think that theresa may should stand down or set a timetable for her departure. i think there is also focusing for them that they could be after tomorrow, with a softer brexit, and they now have to decide. it is no longer a choice between theresa may's deal and no deal, it is a choice between theresa may's deal and a softer brexit and they are pretty worried that they are going to actually throw out the brexit baby with the bathwater. jacob rees—mogg today was coming back, boris was hinting he might come back although he is not there yet, and i think there is a consolidating. she needs 38 tory mps to change their minds. does it mention in the times, iain duncan smith has voted against her deal twice. given the deal hasn't actually changed, does that present him and others with problems? this is why they need other things to change, like potentially the leadership. he obviously told the times there was a

on the other side of things, borisjohnson, approved.de of things, boris johnson, the approved. on the other side of things, borisjohnson, the former foreign secretary, urging mps to reject it. boris johnson would be very happy to see the uk leave the european union without a deal at all, he does not like the prime minister's deal, he doesn't want to have to go back and renegotiate, and he is thinking that somehow the prime ministerjust goes to the eu summit on thursday and seeks to renegotiate the backstop again, that she will somehow get better terms. we have seen no indication of that, so now what we are looking for is to see whether or not the ten dup mps in northern ireland, if they come onside, that is what theresa may needs to get this deal through. if those ten mps come onside, the really right when people in her party, the hardcore brexiteers will likely follow and they will pass the deal. whether that happens before the summit or after it, that is the question, but the real powerplay is those ten mps. the dup is that group of n

people like conor burns, very close to the former foreign secretary borisjohnson saying that he will now. lots of rumours that there may be an upcoming over. the irony is that even if she does get to that point, it would be difficult to get that third meaningful vote. i have just been to a former cabinet minister who said that he thinks the speaker has completely overstepped the mark and i consider brexiteers here who hate theresa may's deal here, they hate this even more, they think it is completely out of order. former cabinet ministers are said to me that there is a way round this. they could bring back the withdrawal bill, the first clause of that bill could be read to say this counts as the meaningful vote. they feel that the meaningful vote. they feel that the speaker in the end cannot stop legislation getting through, he couldn't stop it happening. in that sense, it could happen, and we note the brexit secretary saying they are trying to push and change, put down a motion to say that the house can sit on friday. at the moment it is not supposed to be sitting just in case they

he thinks borisjohnson will be making a very good prime minister.in the running but there will be questions asked. borisjohnson who wrote an article in favour of remain unwanted favourite exit. again, there were lots of people appointed to that particular moment in his sort of role as saying he took that particular decision to come out in favour of brexit because he thought that would further his own admission to become prime minister of this country. it will open up these questions all over again. we will carry on watching this space. i know it's late for you. thank you. the us aircraft manufacturer boeing has insisted its 737 max which has been grounded by regulators worldwide is safe despite two crashes involving that model in the past six months. the company said it was working on modifications to an automated anti—stall system which is believed to have malfunctioned before the first crash, causing a lion air flight to fall into the sea off indonesia. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. boeing's 737 max is still missing from the wo

some of these figures have been in numerous talks over the last few days, borisjohnson was in number think he was in earlier in the week as well, jacob rees mogg likewise has had talks with senior conservatives in recent days. there are some, not necessarily those in this group that there are some making that exact point you just made. that if the parameter was to announce our immediate or imminent departure, it might create more space for some to back the deal. —— mike lee prime minister. remember, this is the easy bit. the getting out. it is the future, the free trade agreement that will give any future relationship that will be harder. there has been some basic principles for that set out in the bulk still has to be done. theresa may might promise to go, someone else could come in to get brexit over the line but it is far from guaranteed that even that dramatic manoeuvre would work. in terms of timetables for the week ahead, we still know little except that there should be a statement tomorrow in the house of commons? yeah, normally, the prime minister will come back on the monday

really interesting, just go into what the level of knife crime was then, and what happened when borisjohnsonme was then, and what happened when boris johnson became crime was then, and what happened when borisjohnson became mayor? crime was then, and what happened when boris johnson became mayor? the issue was that in the run—up to boris becoming the mayor, the numbers were not where they are now. we ended up with that campaign, there was a huge focus on knife crime, and we toured all 32 london boroughs endlessly. and one of the biggest issues was what was happening with young people at that time, what were they doing? there we re time, what were they doing? there were youth groups all around london who are spending time, particularly in that vulnerable period after school where some schools are checking kids out at two p:m., they have hours before mum comes home. a lot of the families that we met didn't have a father figure that had been around for many years —— 2pm. a lot of the youth groups were providing structure and stability for these people, and going over to places like the aylesbur

borisjohnson, the former foreign secretary.dissatisfied with the deal that mrs may has brought. of course, we heard this from him before, but he is making his case in the house of commons. the vote will take place at 7pm this evening, but borisjohnson just one of the latest of the big parliamentary figures to be making his case known in the commons this evening. let's go straight into the palace of westminster. let's get the thoughts now from the labour mp and chair of the exiting the eu committee — hilary benn — whojoins me now from the central lobby in the houses of parliament. what is your thought on where we are now? i think the speech we have just been listening to probably explains in pa rt listening to probably explains in part why it is like the prime minister's deal will be defeated again this evening. after the flurry of publication of papers last night, and the attempts on the part of the government to talk up what they had bought back from their negotiations, the truth is the attorney general‘s latest letter to the

it says borisjohnson will now back the pm.ng is starting to have an effects among those who said they could never back this deal, faced with, of course, a much softer brexit, perhaps the house mandating the government to go in that direction, some of them are starting to come across, some won't come across at all. maybe there are 15 or 20 that decided they cannot vote for this deal but the numbers starting to look a little more promising for the prime minister. the big question is whether the speaker will allow her to bring back this deal at the end of the week, ect expect a battle royale over that come tomorrow afternoon. joining me now is labour's seema mall hot are and gu question will be going back to vote in the next half an hour, and what is really important is today's the day we are looking to how we move forward and break this impasse, and the tone of the debate today, in the house has been different, as i think parliamentarians have been free to express their view possibly for the first time. it goes to show as many c

it must be very tempting for borisjohnson, bargain?son, obviously because he wants to succeed theresa may, as prime minister, and so if she were to preannounce her resignation some time later this year, that would be something he would be rather looking forward to, but on the other hand, he doesn't want to support the prime minister's deal, because it is not very popular with the people who choose the next leader, which is the tory pa rty‘s members choose the next leader, which is the tory party's members in the country, so tory party's members in the country, so he has a bit of a problem on his hands. we heard yes, i don't know if you caught this, it was a whip speaking about this who said you can throw your captain overboard but you are still on the same ship in the same storm. how much damage could this do the government, if she were to step down? well, no she wouldn't step down straightaway, she would obviously announce shed was going to step down in the hope that some of the eurosceptics on her side would vote for her deal because

we have also heard from borisjohnson tonight, again floating, heard from borisjohnson tonight, againfloatingborisjohnson tonight, again floating, hinting, suggesting that he might get on board if there is some sort of promise that the future relationship will be negotiated in a different way. it is a pretty unsubtle hint, to say, if a different prime minister comes. so tomorrow night, when theresa may addresses her backbenchers around 5pm, that is what a lot of people are going to be watching for. will she give any hint that she could go to help get this deal through? big day tomorrow. it is indeed. thanks for that. uefa has charged montenegro with racist behaviour following the abuse suffered by england players in their euro 2020 qualifier in podgorica on monday. england won 5—1, but the match was overshadowed by racist chanting from some home fans directed at several england players, including danny rose. uefa said disciplinary proceedings had been opened against montenegro. raheem sterling, who scored last night, called on football's authorities to take a proper stance and crack down on t

borisjohnson has a high recognition factor... borisjohnson has a high recognition factor. . .y want a convicted brexiteer to ta ke they want a convicted brexiteer to take the next stage of brexit forward. if you step out to the wider electorate in the country, it isa very wider electorate in the country, it is a very different set of demands that they have got. they want somebody much more united. that is the challenge. why couldn't it be someone out of the pack? what about somebody younger?” someone out of the pack? what about somebody younger? i think it may well be. i think we are going to hear a great deal of noise about borisjohnson. i hear a great deal of noise about boris johnson. i may hear a great deal of noise about borisjohnson. i may be prepared to have to eat my words in future weeks. i think it is extremely unlikely that boris johnson could win the leadership because he needs to get through the first round. he needs to get through the mps round before he would even go to a vote conservative party members. i think he is now seen, albeit he has a high recognition f

another critic of the deal, borisjohnson, former problem.former foreign secretary, in watson described boris johnson leaving the meeting with theresa may, saying that she would go smiling ear to year but no comment and soon after that, we had confirmation that he is going to back this deal. remember, he has been utterly opposed to it and said in the past, it is unacceptable. vicky young is in the lobby of the house of commons — is it possible, enough mps might change their position for the deal to get through? a difficult position for people like borisjohnson a difficult position for people like boris johnson have a difficult position for people like borisjohnson have been complete against the steel. he changes his mind. now what he would say is, what's going to happen in the house of commons right now. the mps on the other side of the argument have shown they have the numbers to control parliamentary business, which means that ultimately, they could change the law and that will change the focus of the minds of the tory party, i think it's a

borisjohnson says he's still not going to vote for her deal.s who all have different views on the vote. thank you for talking to us. let me begin with you, you hate the deal and voted it down twice but their time of asking, you will vote for it, what has changed? parliament last week took no deal of the table which was a very important decision. i think that was a mistake, i voted against it but they have taken no deal of the table. i have been lobbied in an unprecedented way by senior members of my association in shrewsbury, counsellors, nearly every one of my councillors now wa nts every one of my councillors now wants me to back the deal. then local nfu and the local business chamber. the mood in my constituency is changing quickly. they voted for brexit, they worry that if the issue is protracted and there is a major extension to article 50, we could lose brexit. so she can count on you. you have voted against it twice and you hate the deal but you might vote for it this time? i haven't decided yet because we don't really know what is going

light under a bushel, weather it's boris johnson getting their light under a bushel, weather it's borisjohnsonhaircut, the most dramatic thing he has done in two months. a leadership haircut. then you have jeremy corbyn in the labour party, just to lead it to the cliff edge, possibly over the cliff edge... i think there is a reason it is all about theresa may. every time talk about it on this programme, it always comes down to her. it is the ultimate irony, she is the most fragile prime minister since 1945, and she is pulling all the leathers. —— levers. since 1945, and she is pulling all the leathers. -- levers. ithink thatis the leathers. -- levers. ithink that is an important point for our wider and international viewers — what brexit has also done, it has degraded the conservative party in a way that has made it inevitable that brexit will be a disaster. because what it has done is that it has broken out into two halves, one is there really ideological, old school, almost thatcherite faction that no one wants to see in power. then there is the other part, which is the sort of debt behind t

borisjohnson is the favourite, and action man go out for a run.t's interesting, who is leading michael gove's campaign. it's the people, how all of the groups are coalescing around their man. butjeremy hunt is a p pa re ntly around their man. butjeremy hunt is apparently trying to burnish his statesman credentials with an article in the washington post. where have they got time to be doing this at the same time as all of this stuff in the commons? is boris still the frontrunner? it's really complex. a classic case of, there is some big stuff coming down the track if we have no deal, this is really bad. it's big and policy stuff around it and yet the papers have got personalities, brilliant, we can have a bit of drama, a soap opera! the tory leadership is very complex because you have got to get through the party to get on the final list that then goes through the membership. we know the membership are hardline brexiteer is, broadly. whoever the hardline brexiteer is will probably win. getting there will probably win. getting there will be complex

borisjohnson, a key leave campaigner, has said it would be "absurd" to hold a third vote on the dealrom eu leaders. chris mason reports. the prime minister returned to downing street this morning with one question to answer. can she persuade enough mps to finally back her deal? i think the mood in my constituency is changing very quickly. they voted for brexit, they are worried that if this issue is protracted, if there is a major extension to article 50 we could lose brexit. so there is one who has changed his mind. here just maybe is another. so no deal is better than a bad deal? no deal is better than a bad deal but a bad deal is better than remaining in the european union in the hierarchy of deals. jacob rees—mogg says he is waiting to see what northern ireland's democratic unionists decides to do and so far today they are keeping quiet so they are not persuaded yet. there are others who appear unpersuadable. if it is rammed through parliament at the last minute, everyone will have buyer's remorse. you have got people saying they will hold their noses against the stench of this d

and the question we haven't tackled yet, who is the moses, as borisjohnson was talking about, to lead egypt? the early favourites, according to the bookies, are borisjohnson and michael gove, the two people who led the leave campaign. i think we need, speaking as a conservative, i think part of the mistake that happened last time when theresa may was chosen, it was a very fast coronation. the tory party thought she was the moses of that moment and it turned out that when the general election came, she wasn't up to campaigning. what the conservative party needs to avoid, if it didn't have this pressing timetable, is a proper contest where we test all the candidates. i think if we had that testing process, both the big negatives of michael gove and boris johnson, would stop them becoming leader. the tories really need a candidate who can unify them and unify the nation afterwards. it is not clear to me, although i am open to be persuaded otherwise, that boris or michael gove can do that, and so you are looking at a candidate like jeremy hunt or sajid javid, although they are remainers,

cabinet ministers, david lidington, michael gove, her chief rep and key brexiteers, people like borisjohnsonrep and key brexiteers, people like boris johnson, dominic raab, rep and key brexiteers, people like borisjohnson, dominic raab, david davis, to try and discuss what happens next. all of this ahead of a huge week where both the brexit plan and the prime minister's future hanging in the balance. hundreds of people have been winched to safety from a stranded cruise ship, after it lost all power in a storm off the coast of norway. 200 british people were among those on board — many of them elderly. 20 people are being treated in hospital. the viking sky is now being towed to safety — along with hundreds of passengers who remain on the ship. caroline davies reports. falling parts of the ceiling, sliding tables and chairs and plants. passengers struggled to catch the balance as the storm surges around the ship. after the viking sky suffered engine failure yesterday afternoon the liner began to roll. what are all over the ground. this is said to be fitted inside the ship showing passengers f

borisjohnson, whose leadership ambitions are no secret. jacob rees—mogg who was saying if the democratic unionists suffer their position he will too. others may follow. with the prime minister saying what she said, the majority in the room see this is the best way to get us out into deal with it in the future. people broadly not happy with the corner we have been back into. but enough the dup seem so far to be holding firm. the party needs to be holding firm. the party needs to win over some labour mps. nora tory mps. there is another obstacle. the speaker, john bercow, won't even let mrs may make a third attempt to innovative he is not satisfied something you was on offer. in order that they should be no misunderstanding as to make clear that i do expect the government to meet the test of change. mrs may's been on borrowed time for months. tonight she promised to settle up and go, to allow someone else to try to shake britain's post—brexit future, if only she can deliver brexit, hand on a political legacy, she may have to leave without ev

not borisjohnson, not sajid javid.a compromise candidate but none on the extreme wings will give up on their preferred choice. the compromise candidate straightaway. you need time for a tory leadership election. that's one of the few cards that can theresa may's hands, is that she knows as sebastian says under normal circumstances, she would be toast by now, out on her rear that they can't let her go because they don't have the time to replace her. if there we re the time to replace her. if there were an election, not unthinkable in the next few weeks or months, how would the tories do? it's hard to say because the polls are neck and neck, the tories a little bit of lent and had neck, the tories a little bit of lentand had —— neck, the tories a little bit of lent and had —— ahead. others differ. a general election would resolve nothing. you could end up with the conservatives may be losing a couple and labour gaining a couple and maybe the independent group might geta and maybe the independent group might get a few as

it could be a borisjohnson brexit. jacob rees—mogg exit, or a michael gove brexit.that serious concern. —— consideration. we hear the withdrawal agreement is potentially being separated and just being put up being separated and just being put upfora being separated and just being put up for a vote tomorrow. but that would mean leaving the eu with absolutely no idea where we are heading. that cannot be acceptable and we would not vote for that. as presidentjunker and donald tusk, they said, it can be made clear that those two documents, while being of a different nature, are part of the associated package, that is what the eu has always said, part of the same negotiated package. the prime minister's interpretation of that is clear from the statement she made in parliament on the same day, the 14th of january, referring to that later she said the eu has provided absolute clarity on the explicit link between withdrawal agreement and the political declaration. the link was made clear in the documents the way they are presented. i know collea g u es the way they are pres

many of those who are holding out, like borisjohnson, we re are holding out, like borisjohnson, werey. and the prime minister's northern irish allies, who might unlock a lot of votes, a re not allies, who might unlock a lot of votes, are not budging. we don't wa nt votes, are not budging. we don't want to see any more uncertainty than absolutely necessary. there is an opportunity over the next number of days for the prime minister to go to europe and say the speaker's ruling makes it imperative we have some change to the current agreement white don't hold out for that happening, at least not fast. after a fraught cabinet meeting this morning, theresa may's writing to her counterparts on the continent asking for a pause. white might after this morning's meeting it is understood she will say we should delay until the end ofjune. but with an option to go further if needs be. downing street says there has been no final decision but it seems the cabinet cannot yet agree. people have different approaches to how we should do this. but we are all how we should do this. but we are a ll clear

the telegraph leads with borisjohnson, who's been writing in the peper. says theresa may must "channel the spirit of moses", abandon her deal and "come out of the eu now". the ft claims that theresa may fended off a challenge to her leadership this weekend but struggled to win over some of her most ardent conservative opponents. the sun has a full page splash on the pm and brexit in which it calls on theresa may to resign if she wants to deliver brexit. the guardian says it has evidence that more than a dozen conservative councillors who were suspended for posting islamophobic or racist content online have had their membership reinstated. the daily mail reports on new figures that reveal children as young as nine are being admitted to hospital with severe disorders caused by cannabis. finally the mirror leads with a story that benefit cuts are driving some mum's to baby banks that hand out free nappies those of the front pages, let's kick off straightaway with the times on this front—page editorial. they were supporters of theresa may, but what is the adv

the former foreign secretary borisjohnson is a regular columnist in the daily telegraph, rebecca, andmany within the conservative party looking at her as leader, and some would say the way she leads, i.e. the fact that she does not get her party on board with her ideas, the deal, that shows she is a weak leader. so, i think the key thing here is actually what he said, which is that there has not been this long consultation process on what the future of britain is, and i rememberway back after the referendum, as well, having a conversation with somebody from germany and the guy said to me well, now this is an opportunity for you to look at the future of britain and what britain actually is as a global player, and that conversation is never really been had an i think had the leadership being there to have that conversation, we were probably be in a very different position now. of course, business we touched on the exasperation, the guardian looks about and many others look at that as well, the fact that is ‘s leaders are just tearing their hair out. we heard from caroline fairburn at th

you have borisjohnson, you have michael gove who looks like he is asleep, who knows what the future ise. the guardian says "may's deal drift away , guardian says "may's deal drift away", we don't know that, this is theissue, away", we don't know that, this is the issue, isn't it. we have no idea what there is out there in terms of support for her deal, in order to get that extension to article 50 beyond mid april, into may, it is very ha rd to beyond mid april, into may, it is very hard to predict. it is very ha rd to very hard to predict. it is very hard to predict. the one thing that i would say with regard to the attitude towards theresa may, is that there seems to be a real disconnect actually in terms of theresa may and how she has pushed her deal through, a disconnect with her deal through, a disconnect with her own party, disconnect with british business, and she does not seem to get it, and i think that is one of the key things, whether you area one of the key things, whether you are a lever or a remain hour, she does not seem to be listening to anybody. the financialtimes does

we see with borisjohnson when he was a serving being able to write columns in the telegraph but thisthat. normally that requires you to resign. even as an abstention to underline this further you are reducing... parliament requires there to be some sort of party system and whipping syste m sort of party system and whipping system committees of the conventions of which are politics are built. if you cannot whip because you cannot persuade people to vote the way you wa nt persuade people to vote the way you want when it would rather not because you are not going to force her cabinet ministers were getting paid twice as much as the backbenchers having the opportunity to run departments they are not required to vote with the government, you cannot hold the party together. how do you feel that they are going to feel about the parties and that they were able to stick theirfinger up parties and that they were able to stick their finger up at the prime minister in all theirjobs? are the open cabinet split over these tariff schedules. with the believe there would be good for getting the meani

perish the thought, it could be borisjohnson or dominic raab or even jacob rees—mogg. could be borisjohnsonogg is laughable. these people want to crash out. that is going to make life even harder. it's going to damage livelihoods and risk the economy further. i am not prepared to support something and walk into the dark and damage the future of my constituents. in the withdrawal agreement, which you will be voting on today, which is half of the deal, if you like, what is it specifically that you don't like? the government's own analysis shows that the withdrawal agreement is going to damage people's jobs and the withdrawal agreement is going to damage people'sjobs and damage the withdrawal agreement is going to damage people's jobs and damage the economy. the economy will be 4% smaller. the government because my own analysis is that. so the government is asking us to vote for a deal that will make the country worse off and i am not prepared to do that. what will happen? well, i hope that it gets voted down. this is yet another attempt by the government to ram a deal through thatis governmen

leading brexiteer borisjohnson is a regular columnist on the daily telegraph.ar where it stands on this story. indeed. it's not - we would be paying into the budgetjust as we are in returning for being an eu member and having all that free—market access. here we are — momentous week, sal, i think, free—market access. here we are — momentous week, sal, ithink, one way or the other. supposedly, the vote will take place tomorrow. we will see. i think you've got other papers — including the times — making the point that theresa may is under massive pressure from some in the conservative party to, once again, kick that very battered can down the road and not hold the first of the three votes this week that are meant to happen tomorrow because she will be subject to a massive defeat. well, it does say in this article, actually — in the daily telegraph — that she's being asked foran telegraph — that she's being asked for an extension this week. as you say, to delay things. wouldn't she come under so much criticism from eve ryo ne come under so much criticism from ever

the telegraph leads with comments from borisjohnson, who's called on eurosceptic mps to reject theresa of the duchess of cambridge taking part in st patrick's day celebrations. the prime minister is preparing to set out on a "desperate scramble" to win support for her deal, says the guardian. it also shows the new zealand prime minister meeting worshippers at a mosque in wellington, following last week's shootings. and finally, the mirror shows a similar picture, and says the country has been united in grief. this is trending on twitter this morning. a customer left a blue does make a customer wearing a blue coat left a big jar of bees in the poetry section. the man is yet to be found so the bees are still... i hope they are ok, the bees. i am sure they are. i now feel i need to know if he just left the bees there feeling like i cannot look after them anymore. orjust forgot them. you would think you would remember if you left the bees. i can safely say i have never left a jar of bees anyway. the financial times this morning, this is a story that seems to keep cropping up. politicians a

big hitters like borisjohnson, dominic raab, evenjacob rees—mogg, who said till today he'd oppose thetic unionists did, but the hard—core stayed firm. the dup held out, fearing northern ireland could be treated differently to the rest of the uk for the sake of avoiding a hard eu border with ireland. jeremy corbyn‘s labour mps split. five, reconciled to brexit, backed the deal. most helped sink it. mps and cross—party factions are working on their own plans for brexit. former cabinet minister oliver letwin is one of those organising a series of votes for next week, hoping most mps can agree on one. the options — a brexit closer to the eu than mrs may's deal, maybe under the same customs rules, maybe under eu single market rules, so free movement of people could continue, or maybe both. that's been compared to the old european common market. a new referendum is an option, maybe tied to whatever brexit deal is chosen in the end. and some mps who oppose leaving with no deal and believe parliament would never allow it prefer revoking brexit, calling it off for it now orfor good. mps could

the i says brexit is a "mission unaccomplished", adding that conservatives like esther mcvey, borisjohnsone all in a contest to lead the party. and according to the mirror, declan donnelly considered dropping his tv partner ant mcpartin after he was caught drink—driving. so brexit dominating most of the front pages. let's see what our reviewers make of it all. britain faces election risk as mps crush the brexit deal, really close apparently, one government source is saying. the gap that is right, yes, theresa may is said to have put the country on election alert, she certainly indicated as much in parliament when she said that, you know, the process is basically reaching, it is narrowing, she is running out of options, and i think most of parliament would agree with that a she is now thought to be going to attempt to put her deal through parliament again, because they were and crushing defeat it has received three times is apparently not enough! and, yeah, so after that, there is really no road left, apart from either an election or a second referendum. 0k, apart from either an election or

down to theresa may, is because he had boris johnson not down to theresa may, is because he had borisjohnsonael changed his mind of the last minute, ran himself, and between the two of them, they knocked each other out basically and we never had a brexiteer who ran on those pledges to try and make them work personally andi to try and make them work personally and i think that does mean that brexit has not been guided in the way that it could have by having. brexit has not been guided in the way that it could have by havingm ta ke way that it could have by havingm take a quick look at the front page of the guardian because we have an interesting story about the leader of the pro—brexit party quitting, catherine, the leader of the brexit party has had to resign after retreating posts of far right figures, including the far right activist talking about my genocide in the attack that we saw in new zealand and the general global rise of far right terror. that was not a good look, politically, the interesting point is that there's this unfilled space and politics that the vote theresa may is tryin

put away your personal ambitions, borisjohnson, put away your omissions for a general election jeremyour omissions for a general electionjeremy corbyn, and think about your country, because in brussels, in berlin, in madrid, in paris, we are a laughing stock. now they have got us where they want us. on our knees, begging to have an extension. that is a pathetic place. labour should hang their heads in shame. so should the government. and so shame. so should the government. and so should this man. that is unequivocal. let as turn to the i. you have been talking about theresa may. any leader might have struggled with the hand they were dealt. this isa with the hand they were dealt. this is a slightly different spin on the story. according to the i this is up to 30 mps who have told the prime minister she needs to step down. do you have inside knowledge on this? at the moment, as well as brexit, behind—the—scenes the conservatives are terrified that we are heading towards an early election. complete deadlock in parliament. and if they do head towards an election, they need somebody in th

borisjohnson has pretty much said that as his price for supporting the deal. could sway a number of brexiteers. the trouble is, i am not sure it will sway anywhere near enough. and that gets to the core of mrs may's difficulties. although there are signs that some of the big names of brexit land are coming around, there is a tight clutch of brexiteers who are not coming around andi brexiteers who are not coming around and i suspect are never going to come around and therefore, mrs may has to calculate, does she dare to bring her deal back in the knowledge that she probably has just got one last chance. she can give a meaningful vote three, but i think it's extremely unlikely that the speaker would allow meaningful vote four. norman, thank you. there were some strong words from donald tusk at the european parliament brexit debate this morning as he defended the rights of european citizens in the uk. before the european council, i said that we should be open to a long extension if the uk wishes to rethink its brexit strategy, which would of course mean the uk's

i think the obvious one is borisjohnson. throw his hat into the ring. that's a possibility and then there are the kind of obvious people from the cabinet, such as javid, —— sajid javid. and then there are few people outside the cabinet. who may be like johnny mercer, maybe tom as well. amber brought might have a go but she is a remainder. so that will make it harder for she is a remainder. so that will make it harderfor her. she is a remainder. so that will make it harder for her. so it depends on who the perm entry party selects and that it is the party at large. two quite different electorates really. the parliamentary party first of all, who would they pick, with a go for johnson as one of the two candidates? if you look at the leadership contest passed both in conservative party and labour party, the primary concern tends to be unity of the party. they do not tend to pick someone who will split the party. but the other consideration is electability. and because brexit has proven so difficult with the loss of majority in

the party must accommodate people as diverse as nick boles and borisjohnson, we must be a church.ciation, ultimately, because at the end of the day bus represents a constituency that voted 61% to leave the eu, surely it needs an mp that reflects that viewpoint? i think nick did reflect the viewpoint of the public because he voted for the prime minister's deal both times, which is about leaving the eu and he came into parliament to vote for article 50 in the wheelchair when he was recovering from very serious cancer. i think he is given incredible service. the brexit we are talking about, common market 2.0, delivers on the referendum result and get us out of all the political side of the eu, common fisheries policy, foreign policy but safeguard jobs and businesses by keeping us in the european economic area and members of the european free trade area which we helped found many years ago. white with the acting chairman of the local party association tell us nick boles had upset many people in the area which strongly backed leaving? i cannot speak for what's going on in his local ass