we all called borisjohnson boris. we all called borisjohnson boris. 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 £60 million of ratepayer money ona spent £60 million of ratepayer money on a bridge that was never actually built, et cetera et cetera. there are many questions to be asked. just quickly... i was going to say that the concern about boris as he is willing to crash out with no deal. that is the fear. the express is pointing out you cannot trust boris. nigel farage raj, his

going story is already moving on to what is borisjohnson going to do instead 7 is borisjohnson going? in the third or fourth paragraph it's as borisjohnson the favourite to replace mrs may is being given daily advice by the man who helped the chap in australia, scott morrison, but also helps david cameron in 2015. he wasn't given full control of the election campaign in 2017 so... that's hello, isn't it? well that's his excuse, anyway. he is gearing up to help borisjohnson become anyway. he is gearing up to help boris johnson become prime anyway. he is gearing 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 particu

then there's borisjohnson.of party members would support him as leader. former work and pensions minister esther mcvey has confirmed she'll stand. and has rory stewart, international development secretary. we're also expecting to hear a few more people putting their names forward including. andrea leadsom. she was in the final two with theresa may at the last leadership election. having quit as the leader of the house on wednesday over the prime minister's brexit deal, she has now said she will run graham brady has also stood down as the chairman of the 1922 committee so he can consider whether to run in the conservative leadership race. and of course former brexit secretary dominic raab. former prime minister david cameron has expressed his sympathy for theresa may following her decision to stand down. i feel desperately sorry for cherries and fulfil it. she worked incredibly hard, she is a dedicated public servant, and i know what it feels like when you come to realise that your leadership time has finished,

and dominic raab and baby borisjohnson and dominic raab and ba by steve borisjohnson and dominic raabey may be think they will be fine and they are willing to countenance no deal —— and maybe steve baker. they are the streams we are talking about. let's move on to the labour party because they have hit the headlines today. the telegraph says shamefuljim marie —— jeremy corbyn faces mutiny. the inquiry into anti—semitism has been called and many people are commenting on the fact that other senior members of the labour party have also not voted labour this time. because of the brexit position ofjeremy corbyn. he is under time. because of the brexit position of jeremy corbyn. he is under siege on three fronts ever since the european elections, firstly the damning announcement that they will be investigated by the equalities watchdog for the way they have handled the complaints of anti—semitism which many labour mps find shocking and they are also facing criticism from lots of grandees for expelling alastair campbell who said that he relu cta ntly campbell who said that he reluctantly vot

starting with borisjohnson, the bookies' favourite.ts of the party, a recent poll indicated that almost 40% of party members would support him as leader. then there's the current foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. he's been building support among mps, but can he get the support of the party members should he find his name on the final ballot? former work and pensions secretary esther mcvey has also confirmed she'll stand. as has rory stewart, international development secretary. we're also expecting to hear a few more people putting their names forward including sir graham brady. this afternoon he's stood down as the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench mps, so he can consider whether to run in the conservative leadership race. andrea leadsom. she was in the final two with theresa may at the last leadership election. having quit as the leader of the house on wednesday over the prime minister's brexit deal, she has now said she will run again. the former brexit secretary dominic raab, who has said he might announce his candidacy after

but candidates like borisjohnson limitation.oris johnson and andrea limitation. but candidates like borisjohnson and andrea leadsom today saying, come what may, we leave on october 30 five. if there is no—deal, so be it. leave on october 30 five. if there is no-deal, so be it. thank you for joining us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in the sunday morning front pages at 09:35 this morning in the papers — our guestsjoining me are anne ashworth, associate editor at the times and the guardian columnist, dawn foster. voters in more than 20 eu countries will go to the polls today to select new meps. a number of countries — including the uk — have already voted, but the results can't be revealed until the polls have closed across the eu. here's our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas. the uk was in the first wave of countries devoting these eu elections, and the uk results, out this evening, will be watched for how far the handling of brexit may have impacted the share of votes won by the conserv

a has talked about what he thinks about borisjohnson.alented guy who would make a great prime minister. unusual for somebody to come in and do that but that is his modus operandi. when the whole picture is want to make trade deals after brexit. .. it picture is want to make trade deals after brexit... it does not hurt to have... after brexit... it does not hurt to have. . . the after brexit... it does not hurt to have... the lesson became income he had a lot to say about theresa may. we will see with the advice is this time. as you said earlier, respect the office if not refer the person is much him and he is the president of the us, it does legitimise a two—way candidate. and if you are saying, it seems on the other leadership candidates are trying to meet with donald trump as well as some point. but it seems they are meeting up with his son—in—law rather him self. all desperate, all the candidates are desperate to have theircampaign legitimise.“ the candidates are desperate to have their campaign legitimise. if you're in the front page

for borisjohnson before. 0ne warm words for borisjohnson before.is the timing of donald trump's comments. it comes as he is said to come on state visit to the united kingdom which coincides with theresa may's last days as the conservative party leader. she is due to ‘s down on june seven. and far from exercising diplomatic subtlety as he arrived during those last few days, he is waiting straight into this debate about who might succeed theresa may. we know there are an awful lot of contenders in the frame at the moment and boris johnson contenders in the frame at the moment and borisjohnson is one of around 12 people although many see him as potentially the front runner. he met donald trump before, he was the former foreign secretary. so donald trump offering up the suggestion of an endorsement and also saying that he thinks his endorsement could help any would—be candidate but that is somewhat debatable giving what a divisive person donald trump is here in the uk. it really is unheard of. for any foreign leader intervening in domestic political af

borisjohnson denies wrongdoing and today's ruling was no finding of guilt.ict could have an impact on politics and campaigning in britain. john pienaar, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent tom symondsjoins me now. what more can you tell me about how this legal action will proceed — and why it's just against borisjohnson and not other politicians who featured prominently in the leave campaign? i think the main reason according to the prosecutors us we have to call them is he was so extensively covered when he makes these comments that there is a lot of evidence they can marshalfor their that there is a lot of evidence they can marshal for their case. in that there is a lot of evidence they can marshalfor their case. in fact they said they could not find enough to charge anybody else. this is a serious allegation, misconduct in public office carries a maximum light sentence, it has to be heard any crown court in front of a jury. what the districtjudge has said, though she is not ruled on facts, she has said there is a case to answer. two she has said ther

the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson is boris johnson is ordered borisjohnson is ordered to appear referendum campaign. he stands accused of lying about the uk giving the eu £350 million a week. a man who investigated donald trump over alleged collusion with russia again refuses to exonerate him over obstructed justice. new analysis shows much less is being spent on social care per head in england than in wales and scotland. sport now — and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. what's going on? that is the focus, we are around 15 minutes into the all english europa league final between arsenal and chelsea in baku. arsenal will be hoping their manager's100% record in his three previous europa league final to continue. so far there's been no chances. no clear—cut opportunities as yet. you can listen to the match on bbc radio 5 live and follow on the bbc sport website and app. west ham have confirmed andy carroll, samir nasri aren't a tree and will leave the club. —— and adrian. andy carroll scored 3a goals in 142 carroll scored 34 goals in 142 appearances over seven seasons whil

borisjohnson boris johnson and michael gove borisjohnson and michael gove take each other and for thed of july. polling in the eu elections and at ten o'clock tonight. 21 member states are voting today. a warning that 1700 buildings are at risk of failing a fire safety test held after the grenfell tragedy. after being missing for two weeks on hawaiian island, the hiker who says she faced difficult choices. it did come down to life and death death andi come down to life and death death and i had to choose. i choose life. i wasn't going to take the easy way out. and talking

borisjohnson boris johnson and michael gove borisjohnson and michael gove take each other and for the conservative party leadership. andrea leadsom and dominic raab have alsojoined in the race, hoping to be prime minister by the end of july. polling in the eu elections and at ten o'clock tonight. 21 member states are voting today. a warning that 1700 buildings are at risk of failing a fire safety test held after the grenfell tragedy. after being missing for two weeks on hawaiian island, the hiker who says she faced difficult choices. it did come down to life and death death andi come down to life and death death and i had to choose. i choose life. i wasn't going to take the easy way out. and talking movies reports from the cannes film festival. that is in half an hour. the contest to replace theresa may as prime minister looks set to feature a battle between two former allies who famously fell out the last time the job was up for grabs. in the past hour, the environment secretary michael gove announced he would be entering the race, saying he was "ready to unite the conservative party

it is a good day to see borisjohnson but it is about putting his name on the ballot paper.did not make the paper so the grassroots can have their say that mps would know that he is likely to ta ke mps would know that he is likely to take the theme if he is there and they are very, very competitive but i think the figure to pull out is 70%. 70% think he is likely to win notjust the leadership 70%. 70% think he is likely to win not just the leadership election 70%. 70% think he is likely to win notjust the leadership election but a general election and that is the really big question. as rex talks have broken down —— brexit, and it is not expected to vote gets over the line by earlyjune, for many people think there will be a general election. for a lot of people the appeal of boris johnson is election. for a lot of people the appeal of borisjohnson is he appears not to be afraid of a no—deal brexit. appears not to be afraid of a no-deal brexit. not only that i think he would positively welcome it. we should say this is a yougov poll in the times and, yes, what also comes acro

it has been indicated that borisjohnson has no—deal.nexpected places. said graham brady will play well with the ballot of mps because he was the chair of the 1922 committee so he knows his parliamentary party. very experienced, cabinet wise. can he sell his own message to ordinary party members who aren't that interested in the shenanigans of the party. it's going to be fascinating. the biggest leadership contest in political history, i think. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. i found ifound a i found a little glimpse of sunshine along the south coast this morning. it doesn't look as though the we will start to see deterioration in the weather over the next few hours —— does look. moving out of northern ireland, the rain goes into north—west england and wales, it will fragment and we can enter band of light showers as it pushes its way south and east. probably arriving into the midlands by lunchtime. one or two isolated showers by the middle of the afternoon, behind, there should be some brightness with brightness and

but borisjohnson and dominic raab, two ha rd borisjohnson and dominic raab, two hard brexiteers in this they are going to come in and save brexit. they have implied they are going to come in and save brexitlj they have implied they are going to come in and save brexit. i think when candidates do go out pitching for the support of the tory mps and the final candidates who are voted on by the membership, they need to be really careful with some of the promises they make. one of theresa may's fatal flaws was she completely over egged the sort of brexit she could deliver without ever building support for that. and you have to bear that in support for that. and you have to bearthat in mind, if support for that. and you have to bear that in mind, if you are going to campaign to lead the party, don't make promises you can't keep. to campaign to lead the party, don't make promises you can't keepm does depend on eu 27 who have consistently said we will not reopen it, the withdrawal agreement is what it, the withdrawal agreement is what it is. although we have european elections next thursday, th

the telegraph suggests that the home secretary amber rudd has hinted she would work with borisjohnsone conservative leadership race. the daily mirror reports that a civil war has broken out within the conservative party as mps begin to make their leadership bids. similarly, the ft says that her resignation announcement has increased the prospect of a no—deal brexit. on the front page of the i, borisjohnson vows that the uk will leave the eu without a deal in october unless brussels compromises. the paper also reports that foreign secretaryjeremy hunt hasjoined the race. and ‘tear—io theresa and hello bojo‘, the sun also reports that borisjohnson is the front—runner of 15 canadiates in what promises to be a bruising conservative leadership battle. so all of the papers leading with one story. why is it a crying shame on the front of the daily mail, jason?” don't think it is at all! obviously the daily mail does, having supported her in her efforts to try to get exit through. i'm not entirely sure what that is our about, whether it's the fact she's become the latest conservative party to

this is interpreted as a direct attack on borisjohnson.on in the conservative party now. we all know that theresa may is on her way out and those that fancy themselves for the job... way out and those that fancy themselves for the job. .. crosstalk. there seem to be out 17 declared candidates at the moment. the chancellor is not one of them. he is one of the few people at the top of the tory party who doesn't fancy his chances of being prime minister. he has strong views on who we should be. and the speech is making tomorrow is a very direct attack on what he describes as the populus wright, who he accuses of hijacking the referendum result. and he says, think quite rightly, that there has never been a mandate or a no—deal brexit. that at the time of the referendum those who were arguing for brexit said that there would be ideal, ideal would be very straightforward, it would be easy to negotiate and imprison's interests. the chancellor is reminding us that those people within the tory party, like borisjohnson, those people within the tory

the ice conciliatory borisjohnson would be close it and just go.hnson would be close to the dreaded no deal but even no deal as a deceit because it will mean is that britain will create the illusion of an eu free year at dot from which it. renegotiating its deal with europe. the whole thing is a farce and mrs may simply the latest fall guy and the whole farce and there will be many more.” latest fall guy and the whole farce and there will be many more. i think boris johnson's statement that britain will quit the eu on 31st of october deal are a audio is predictable because the rank—and—file of the conservative party would like to hear that and he has to appeal to them in order to win. he could be more pragmatic if he becomes prime minister, on the other hand is still an uphill climb and has been for three years and that has been no solution. parliament is divided so therefore it is not going to be an easy ride, i personally feel that i no deal be disruptive. in the end people will come to terms with it but it could be ten years from now, i don't th

borisjohnson, rory stewart, they are poles apart when it comes to brexit. from the very beginning. conservative party members know that from the start. smears are being made. they are saying they would have a second referendum. hats off, everything into the ring, and off we go. this is a dominic raab, saying that brexit needs unflinching resolve. first, how much does that differfrom resolve. first, how much does that differ from what boris has been saying? no—deal brexit, isn't that what he is saying? i think he is trying to position himself as the arch brexit, somebody that is credible, somebody who is removed from the european research group, that group of right—wing tories that dominated so much of the debate over the last couple of years. so i think that dominic raab is right to try to position himself right the way over this. he was happy to crush out without a deal. but we were pointing out something, he has written a piece for the daily mail about why he would be a great leader. he says he would be a great leader. he says he wants to renegotiate the

that is quite a change because many on the left of the conservative party have been saying if borisjohnsonam leaving the party. i think they now think that he is a character and someone who may be able to reach out to the country, he may be able to combat nigel farage. we will see. so i put my cards on the table here. i have known boris since university and i have known him in brussels when i was a bbc correspondent. what is he like then? interestingly, amber rudd, of course also new boris at that time because her brother was at university at the same time as us as well. they have a relationship that goes back for the best pa rt relationship that goes back for the best part of 35 or so years. it is a very long period of time. they have known each other since they were teenagers. what is boris like? he is not a detail person. we saw that when he was foreign secretary did his charismatic. it is also difficult to pin down his belief. the brexiteers all believe he is the person who can help deliver a hard brexit. i don't think we can be assured of that. is not necessarily the case. boris may b

the conservative leadership contender, borisjohnson, has been summonsed by a court to face accusations of misconduct, in a public office. it follows claims he made during the brexit referendum in 2016, that the uk sent £350 million to the european union, every week. thejudge at westminster magistrates‘ court says mrjohnson, should appear at crown court. we'll have the latest. also this lunchtime: a crisis in social care, as england spends far less per head than wales and scotland. we have a special report. i'm desperate. and i'm not the only one. a lifeline‘s been cut. you just think they don't listen to oui’ you just think they don't listen to our plays. how is the future going to evolve? an inquest hears the london bridge attackers used 12 inch pink kitchen knives, bought from a supermarket, weeks earlier. and, easy does it, how do you move a banksy painted on the side of a brick garage, to a new museum, down the road? and coming up on bbc news, suggestions that mark wood might not be fully for england. he watches the bowlers practice ahead of tomorrow's opening world cup match again

borisjohnson is absolutely the front—runner. saying in the grassroots is wanting. i think one of the big things it's interesting, what do the moderates to in the conservative party? what do you do if you are more of a one nation person. if you support remain or you wa nt to person. if you support remain or you want to be a bit more of a cameroonian style conservative. on the other hand, the grassroots, somebody much harder to the right, much more of the brexit here in the big question for whoever takes over, will they be able to get nigel forage to back them? —— farage. if he gets his party up and running and they could see a lot of support haemorrhaging from the conservative party to the brexit party. a lot of people are thinking about that. agreed? what actually helps boris, according to a times poll, the overwhelming favourite among the tory members. they did a poll of tory members. they did a poll of tory members. they did a poll of tory members last week and he is head and shoulders above all the rivals. we did a separate p

the fact that this is the president of the us praising borisjohnson...ve milked it as much as they can. here is their man in the oval office and more on boris johnson. is their man in the oval office and more on borisjohnson. remember, there is an extra power to this headline and this much coverage for borisjohnson who, despite this, has not had to say much himself and yet he he is getting front pages just because he has the president mentioning him whereas all the other leadership candidates need to do a lot of legwork. boris has a head start which is why he may be ahead in the polls. do you think president trump supporting you was a good thing? president trump probably thinks it is and he says that. thing? president trump probably thinks it is and he says thatm thing? president trump probably thinks it is and he says that. it is up thinks it is and he says that. it is upfor thinks it is and he says that. it is up for debate and i don't think there are many examples where it would not be. but the issue is not whether or not it is a good or bad thing or

today at 2: the conservative leadership contender, borisjohnson, has been summonsed by a court to faceccusations of misconduct in a public office. it follows claims he made during the brexit referendum, that the uk sent £350 million to the eu every week. a crisis in social care, as england spends far less per head than wales and scotland. i'm desperate. and i'm not the only one. a lifeline‘s been cut. you just think, if they don't listen to our pleas, how is the future going to evolve? an inquest hears the london bridge attackers used 12 inch pink kitchen knives, bought from a supermarket a few weeks earlier. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with damianjohnson — and it's the battle of baku tonight? that's right. an intriguing all english europa league final between chelsea and arsenal tonight in baku but many fans have struggled to make the difficult trip to azerbaijan. details coming up. thanks, damian, and ben rich has all the weather — ben. thank you. a very good afternoon. big changes taking place right now, some rain pushing eastwards across many parts of the uk and as t

how does he navigate around borisjohnson? he was scathing three yea rs borisjohnson? three years ago. presumably nothing has changed. he is not going to be able to avoid the boris question, can he? he said nice things about boris last week. i like boris but we have to make a decision of who is the right person to be our leader. i think michael is the right person. to unite our party, sure a command of detail to lead us out of the european union. what happened three yea rs european union. what happened three years ago, we have to draw a line under and bring our country back together means forgetting those things. it is easier said than done, isn't it? that is part of the problem is the party faces, what happens three years ago is still affecting peoples attitudes and creating divisions in the party, and until brexit is delivered, it is ha rd to until brexit is delivered, it is hard to see you moving forward. until brexit is delivered, it is hard to see you moving forwardlj happen hard to see you moving forward.” happen to think the divisions now are because people have

former foreign secretary borisjohnson has confirmed he will stand in the race. other mps to have openly declared they would stand, but mrjohnson has long been seen as the frontrunner among brexit—supporting grassroots tory members. if he does make it onto the final ballot of two, he can expect to do well with the party at large. he could face competition from dominic raab. the former brexit secretary has not yet announced he will run, but appeared to set out policies for a future manifesto in an interview with the sunday times, including a cut to the basic rate of income tax. he has said he would not vote for mrs may's new brexit plan, saying: "i cannot support legislation that would be the vehicle for a second referendum or customs union." foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has not confirmed that he will run for party leader, but like mr raab has used a newspaper profile to introduce voters to his family. the foreign secretary is seen as a more moderate brexit candidate than mrjohnson and mr raab — he campaigned for remain in the 2016 referendum, and has since voted

, who is in interla ken declared, borisjohnson, who is in interlaken in declared, borisjohnson, who is joke he? no,... no... it was ajoke on language. you never know, he does speak and lots of linkages, boris johnson. you never know, he does speak and lots of linkages, boris johnsonm a linkage of charge, is to? it is not bothering with english. sorry about that. anyway, what i had to say was in english, thankfully, from my language limited brain. but, he put straight back on the table, didn't he idea of deal or no deal. you may guess. 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 getting a froth about everything borisjohnson

he will not mention borisjohnson by presenting.y name, presenting. he will not mention borisjohnson by name, but he is making it clear that those who speak ofa making it clear that those who speak of a no—deal brexit, are actually betraying the country and the economic interest of the people of this country. and others are making other views clear. but that battle between those who basically those who are prepared to see a no—deal brexit, just hold on until we follow the edge in those who take a much more i believe more sensible rational and responsible of you. it is all being talked out publicly. cani is all being talked out publicly. can i get you to turn to the ft? this is another pitch we think, it must be. how will she is approaching this. she is very new to herjob, a few weeks i think. first ever female defence secretary. she was saying the other day that there should be more defence, and she say by british. they say here, that may not be possible because we are so entwined by what the americans do and american arms and all t

borisjohnson boris johnson saying borisjohnson saying he wants to go for the leadership if there is athere is a vacancy, is that a story? the least surprising news and politics in some ways. but he's been very quiet recently. but yes, speaking to mps around here in the last few weeks, behind—the—scenes there are notjust his leadership campaign up and running but many others as well. they are all being wooed and several have said to me they've had meetings with boris johnson and have said to me they've had meetings with borisjohnson and he's been speaking about the possibility of a leadership race. but as he says at the moment there is no vacancy. the question is whether that is going to change anytime soon. till day theresa may was summoned to speak to the 1922 committee, the executive which represents the back benches in the conservative party, many of whom are very unhappy about her leadership. but, because she was challenged in december, under the current rules of the conservative party she is safe, she cannot be challenged until a year later. so thatis challenged until a year late

absolutely, the greatest enemy to borisjohnson becoming prime minister is borisjohnson.16, 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 deadline is october the sist, next brexit deadline is october the 315t, and the idea of the conservative party having a long contest that might be seen as self—indulgent, there will be pushed back against that. had such a short contest is very good for boris, because he will come in on his unity message and he is going to try and do compromise in the way that mrs may suggested. but how that will work in reality, i don't know, because in regards to brexit, it is the same fundamental things, there is no majority in par

borisjohnson injuly when the successor is chosen.on is injuly when the successor is chosen. borisjohnson is currently seen as favourite and this conservative leader has not said yes... he appears tempted by mr johnson. i take umbrage with people saying there is all sorts of stuff and there are problems with boris. you can only one leader that has not done things that are sometimes wrong oi’ done things that are sometimes wrong or whatever, anybody like attlee will not out here we go, the topic is clear and so is the price. let us join chris. you mentioned michael govein join chris. you mentioned michael gove in the report and he might well declare... you have some news tonight? the central fault line... the whole outlook on a luteal brexit, there is a deal on the rye and rory stewart, the cabinet minister, said he will not serve in a cabinet led by borisjohnson. he has not entertained the idea of no deal and tonight we have two further declarations, dominic rab the former brexit secretary said he would also prepare to get a deal with

borisjohnson further time and let's have a further extension.e of changing. kevin maguire, daily mirror'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 g

and you know what, dear old borisjohnson, he through.w what, dear old boris johnson, he didn't through. and you know what, dear old borisjohnson, he didn't give any time whatsoever before he let slip, shall we say, which i'm sure was no slip whatsoever, that he was planning to stand for the tory leadership. this was at an insurance broker conference yesterday. theresa may has said she thinks it would be a better leadership contest if brexit was out of the way. surely thatis brexit was out of the way. surely that is wishful thinking? completely, that would involve her deal being agreed and pushed through on the third ofjune in orderfor the candidate, the next candidate in the candidate, the next candidate in the race, to work on other topics like the economy and other points of interest for the uk public. wishful thinking, as you said. it's very unlikely, especially given the fact the cross—party talks with labour are stalling and breaking down that her deal is going to get through. boris was waiting in the wings to jump boris was waiting

a source close to borisjohnson said, but some say it is a matter of principle.lly speaking, i prefer it that the courts keep out of political affairs. i find that the general public are incredibly discerning. tough day at the office? tonight, boris johnson was keeping his counsel. do you 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 targe

can borisjohnson be not have the grim reaper on it. can boris johnson be beaten?”, but what are the favourite always wins, i don‘t know. it is a bit like the grand national, would you put your mortgage on the favourite? i don‘t know. sometimes they come in, and sometimes they don‘t. they come in, and sometimes they don't. nigel, good to talk to. conservative mp nigel evans with his views on the conservative leadership contest that is under way. labour‘s deputy leader has called for an amnesty for labour members who backed other parties in the european election. tom watson said expelling tony blair‘s former spin doctor, alastair campbell, for voting liberal democrat last week, was "spiteful," and is urging labour to listen to disillusioned members rather than punish them. legislation which could pave the way for a new scottish independence referendum has been published at holyrood. the scottish government wants to put the question of independence to a new public vote in the second half of 2020. however, the bill does not set out key information on the key issue of w

it means he'll be challenging borisjohnson.wo men fell out, after helping lead the campaign, to leave the european union in 2016. today, the former brexit secretary, dominic raab who's also in the running to replace theresa may, insisted the uk must leave the eu in october, with or without a deal, and andrea leadsom, who resigned from cabinet last week, has also confirmed she's standing. eight mps have now confirmed they will stand, with the party hoping to have a new prime minister in place by the end ofjuly. our chief political correspondent, vicki young reports from westminster. stepping forward for another crack at the top job. today, michael govejoined a growing list of hopefuls. hi, good morning. good morning. i can confirm that i will be putting my name forward to be prime minister of this country. i believe that i'm ready to unite the conservative and unionist party, ready to deliver brexit and ready to lead this great country. that means mr gove will clash again with borisjohnson, the man he sat alongside as they campa

borisjohnson is the target of matt hancock's latest attempt to raise his head.comments borisjohnson made at a private function but still in front of a number of people but he used the phrase f business. about the catastrophic effect of no deal. hancock says now, in this interview, to those people who say f business i say f to those people who say f business i sayff to those people who say f business i say f f business which is quite an extraordinary thing. obviously an attack on a leadership arrival but also sounds a bit silly. plausible from hancock? everybody is trying to get headlines, clearly. you need to confound people's expectations. he is the youngest candidate in this race. some people say he is lightweight. this just exacerbates that problem rather than telling tory mps may be considering backing him that he may not be the more substantial figure. the guardian, of course parliament is still going to be key as john course parliament is still going to be key asjohn bercow has reminded us. be key asjohn bercow has reminded us. he has done a speech in wash

borisjohnson, the official leave campaign's far—from—secret weapon, is being hauled into court to face inflated the cost of britain's eu membership. no—one campaigns like him, but it is the claim he distorted how much the uk pays in, taking no account of britain's rebate, which he echoed as an mp. that triggered a rare private prosecution and the rarer outcome of a top politician being summoned to a criminal court. his accusers, in court papers, say he repeatedly lied and misled the british public as to the cost of eu membership, expressly stating, endorsing or inferring that the cost of eu membership was £350 million a week. businessman marcus ball, on the right, crowd—funded the prosecution, arguing it's about standards in public office. mr ball, who's stood with me today, considers that politicians have made, orsaid, things that are untrue, and he wants to ensure that there is a better standard in politics than currently is the case. but boris johnson, flag—carrier for brexit, is now favourite in the race to be the next prime minister. he may even be pm when and if his case is final

borisjohnson. is it the right person?ay, i look at it like this, at somebody‘s form. i am a pragmatist. with jeremy this, at somebody‘s form. i am a pragmatist. withjeremy hunt this, at somebody‘s form. i am a pragmatist. with jeremy hunt we this, at somebody‘s form. i am a pragmatist. withjeremy hunt we have someone pragmatist. withjeremy hunt we have someone who has delivered the ii pragmatist. withjeremy hunt we have someone who has delivered the 11 x, sorted out the nhs — that the 0lympics. boris as foreign secretary was not exactly brilliant. jeremy hunt was a brilliant. there are people who would take issue with that but we do not have time to talk about it now but thank you for come to see us. so many more candidates. about a dozen potential candidates as faras we about a dozen potential candidates as far as we can make out. possibly more to come. plenty more on this in the coming days and weeks. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. they come think and fast these bank holidays. easter, mayday, now t

that is borisjohnson's problem.e wider membership. that is boris johnson's problem. and to the wider membership. that is borisjohnson's problem. and as the times says here, to become leader, johnson needs to finish in the top two places. in a poll of tory mps. the article also talks about how he is seen as a divisive choice to succeed theresa may. there's that contrasting tension not just of breaks it, but also of who will succeed theresa may? at last count, it was something like 18—20 ministers, others x ministers, putting themselves forward. it's quite extraordinary, and of course being watched across the world, not just the eu, and from that point of view, borisjohnson is a known — because of being the mayor of london but also the foreign secretary. because of being the mayor of london but also the foreign secretaryi foreign secretary. but there's a lwa ys foreign secretary. but there's always been and anyone but boris idea, hasn't there? that some people would go out of their way to try to stop him. he certainly

borisjohnson a guaranteed front runner?never has the favourite of the election being the favourite of the election being the winner. david davis was the frontrunner in 2005, david cameron woi'i frontrunner in 2005, david cameron won that election... we're hearing jeremy hunt is confirming he will stand, your reaction to that? i'm not surprised, he is clearly somebody who did a good job and has ambitions. which you backed him, do you think you would get enough backing in the house of commons?” think he has a good chance getting through to the final two. way this works, tory mps get through a field of ten or more down to the final two who go to the members in the country. i think he has a chance of being one of those final two, but when the grassroots gets a vote, they are more likely to vote or the person who was a supporter brexit from the beginning, which he was not. the key question is who can deliver brexit, if that is what the conservatives want. jeremy hunt or someone more conservatives want. jeremy hunt or someone mor

borisjohnson and michael gove — who campaigned for brexit together, but fell out three years ago whenoth wanted to become prime minister — will again contest the conservative party leadership. i will be putting my name forward to be prime minister of this country. i believe i am ready to unite the conservative and unionist party, deliver brexit and lead this great country. the latest to enter the race to succeed theresa may and become prime minister by the end ofjuly include dominic raab and andrea leadsom. i will be standing for leadership of my party and as the next prime minister and i do believe that i am the decisive and compassionate leader who can reunite our great country. final voting in the eu elections in under way in 21 member states — results will be released after polls close at 10pm tonight. a man and a woman are charged with murder after two children died following an incident at a house in sheffield on friday. found alive after being missing for two weeks in a hawaiian forest — the hiker who says she faced difficult choices. it did come down to life and death. and i h

my money is on borisjohnson.one else in terms of where he is at the grassroots activist. now at the mps although i did get the signs and peas are positioned to him —— opposition to my softening heart partly because of overwhelming support from grassroots, i think a lot of the acting as had been saying for a long time like you jeremy corbyn, even the labour party and a true red socialist, we a true blue conservative feeding our party and we want boris johnson, conservative feeding our party and we want borisjohnson, and i had noticed, if you look over the last couple of days lots of big names have come out saying they support boris, and the fact that you've got him and gavin williamson and known kind of good operator so i feel the resistance is going down, i think the conservative party will want to feel they've given that party a decent contest feel they've given that party a dn a ant contest feel they've given that party a dn a battle itest feel they've given that party a dn a battle fort feel they've given that

starting with the story here with borisjohnson facing trial over misleading claims over brexit.of course denies all of these accusations but how damaging is this on a political level, never mind the court case itself? the timing is interesting because we are in the beginnings of the leadership battle for the tory party and according to the bookies at least johnson is the favourite. certainly, if his name is on the balance sheet when it goes out across the country to the tory party, the polls are indicating that he would win. this has the potential to damage his reputation and it is quite interesting, it is, according to the judge, about misconduct in public office. and we are told it is not about trying to undermine the brexit argument. this is a private prosecution by a private individual, crowdfunded? exactly, anyone has the right to bring a private prosecution but he has crowdfunded about £200,000 in order to raise this. it is against borisjohnson in particular because we remember in the uk in 2016, the time of the referendum, the bus that said we are sending £350 million a w

borisjohnson is going to take us off a cliff edge if he has a choice. bari. if she is going to leave in a few weeks, why she has tied all this time and the outcome is appalling. to be honest, if borisjohnson is going to be elected as a prime minister, there wouldn't be any referendum, he will ignore that, public opinion. we are waiting for the local election and the european election. we had the locals. then the european is coming. this could be a listen to the parties who are completely paralysed and they were elected as mps, but they could not solve other problems. steve, quickly, are we going to get a clear message from the people at eu elections and is borisjohnson going to be the next leader of the conservative party? the two are connected. clearly nigel farage's brexit party are going to storm these european elections and that will panic both labour and the conservatives, but especially the conservatives, so that will have a huge impact on the leadership contest because one of the framings will be, who can defeat farage? that will help boris johnson. bu

borisjohnson is to appear in court to face accusations of misconduct in public office. it relates to claims he made during the referendum in 2016. he says the case is politically motivated, but his accusers say it's in the public interest. mr ball, who stood with me today, considers that politicians have made, or said, things that are untrue, and he wants to ensure that there is a better standard in politics. we'll have the detail and reaction, as the conservative leadership contest gathers pace. also tonight... we report on how public spending on social care is much lower in england than in scotland and wales. us special counsel robert mueller, in his first comments on the russia inquiry, says that charging president trump was not an option. if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime then we would have said so. in venezuela, the latest evidence of hardship and food shortages, as the economy plunges into even more chaos. and in azerbaijan, chelsea put in a strong performance to defeat arsenal in the final of the europa league. and coming

the former foreign secretary borisjohnson is seen as the frontrunner.sident of the european commission jean—claudejuncker has made it clear that finishing the brexit process is the eu's primary concern. his spokeswoman said mrjuncker would establish working relations with any new british leader. the irish prime minister warned that negotiations could now enter a dangerous new phase. a suspected parcel bomb has exploded in a central district of the french city of lyon. local police say eight people were lightly wounded by the blast in a shopping street. local media are reporting that the improvised device had been filled with nails, bolts and screws. now on bbc news, it's time for click.

we haven't got a cover of borisjohnson as an idea. boris johnson but as an idea. we haven't got a cover of borisjohnson but i think there is some truth of that. boris needs a running mate who is more grounded and sensible. he has many strengths asa campaignerand and sensible. he has many strengths as a campaigner and also talking to labour, i think borisjohnson is the politician they most fear, because if you are a slightly left populist, you can see that borisjohnson may have that on the right. but i think he needs to settle down, mps do not like him en masse, and it is amazing how if you put someone in the mix that can look different, and if he had someone who agreed to run alongside him from more of a possession of soft brexit or being a former remain and seems reassuring, maybe he might be able to get those votes. thank you both. and remember that all this week we've been interviewing representatives from parties contesting the eu elections. at 5:30, it's the turn of change uk mp chuka umunna, so if you have a question, send them

that will help borisjohnson. but it does not mean he will be guaranteed it.it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. hello. the best way to describe the weather this weekend is mixed, because there will be sunshine and it will feel warm but equally some showers and some could be really heavy, some drenching downpour is. it is looking to stay predominately cloudy in the north, where is for england and wales we will see brighter skies, spells of sunshine but also some of the hit and miss heavy showers. look at the leg likely to stay grey and damp through scotla nd likely to stay grey and damp through scotland though the rain tends to ease a bit, turning light and patch, 11 degrees in aberdeen and a notable easterly breeze. northern ireland, generally cloudy, some splashes of rain, and england and wales, the splodges showing on the chart, heavy, thundery showers, quite slow moving due to the light winds, but someplace will avoid the showers. there is the chance for a shower at wembley for the fa cup final, equally spel

the only way to get a good deal is to prepare for no deal, says borisjohnson.hat's my argument! look, this country and by default europe are really suffering because of what is going on, everybody is. the uk economy is suffering, of course it is. you think? some of these questions we have been round a few times, so do you think it is a good strategy for the conservative party candidates to take this line at this point? the line that you have to prepare for no deal? in order to get a good deal that you have to go back to the game of chicken. you have to, you have to be prepared and say that. otherwise you have to accept whatever you offer. whatever they offer. do you think the eu will blink, or will boris johnson or one of the other candidates who ends up being prime minister blink, or do you agree a deal will be done on those terms if you disable the stereing wheel and hold your eyes open? i wish i knew. these things are applicable, europe could blink but could also say, we have had it, and just go. the less conciliatory boris johnson would be close to the drea