borisjohnson, 160. jeremy hunt, 77. borisjohnson,160.ared thatjeremy huntand we therefore declared thatjeremy hunt and boris johnson we therefore declared thatjeremy hunt and borisjohnson are going forward to a vote of the qualifying membership of the conservative and unionist party. thank you very much. well, there you are! . announcing the result of that final ballot of mps, the fifth final ballot, those of the two names then that go forward to the wider conservative party membership, jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, and boris johnson, borisjohnson foreign secretary, and boris johnson, boris johnson on 160. foreign secretary, and boris johnson, borisjohnson on 160. he has edged up his support with every round, and jeremy hunt, just two votes a hea d round, and jeremy hunt, just two votes ahead of michael gove. if it had been michael gove, there were people worried that that would have been a revival of the so—called psychodrama between mr gove and mr johnson from three years ago, but that will not happen, it will be jeremy hunt who

borisjohnson of being a bottler.t few days. borisjohnson's some traction in the last few days. boris johnson's campaign is some traction in the last few days. borisjohnson's campaign is emerging from the submarine, coming out of the bunker and trying to prove that he hasn't been in hiding. but on the flip side, these appearances are going to be very tightly staged —— stage—managed. they are not going to be free for all, intensive grilling is. what are they? things like a walkabout, a speech to a horticultural society and afternoon tea. things that are geared towards conservative members, a friendly audience. it doesn't appear there is an open invitation to all of the media to come along to these events. they are going to be close? i'm not sure they are necessarily going to be closed but they are certainly not as free and open as manyjournalists would like. really, he is picking and choosing what he does. he is doing an interview here and there. he is not doing all of the head—to—head debates except one with itv. he i

the mirror, friends of borisjohnson say he wa nts to friends of borisjohnson say he wants to leave hislfriend to go back to his wife. jeremy hunt says, his conservative leadership bible has questions to answer about the i’ow. has questions to answer about the row. the metro says that mr hunt says mrjohnson must be prepared to confront criticism if he wants to become prime minister. the i says boris johnson's supporters are asking for a full explanation of the express says supporters insist the incident was a private matter. in his weekly column, borisjohnson reaffirms his commitment the uk can, must and will leave the uq --uk on 31 october with a jubilant andy murray after the double success in queens and the ft is reporting that lloyds banking group froze the accou nts lloyds banking group froze the a ccou nts of lloyds banking group froze the accounts of around eight thousand offshore banking customers at the end of 2018. part of a crack down on money laundering. it's mostly the conservatives. johnson is a coward, says hunt. it's the battle of the leadership candidates but also the b

they will do to borisjohnson be prime minister.on what they be prime minister. they will do to borisjohnson what they did to theresa may, pushing him further and further towards a hard brexit. one more thing we heard in the last half hour, laura asked him about his language and that he seemed to enjoy offending people. referring to muslims as letterboxes et cetera. he said that people deserve to hear what's going on in my head. that was an interesting line. it was and it is certainly something that he probably rightly thinks will appeal to conservative members. theresa may very much people do not know what is going on in her head. she is a very close politician. she is particularly sort of official and businesslike... but if it is offensive language going on in his head and offensive ways of talking about people? i actually think the problem is people don't know what is going on in his head. he is much looser with his language than theresa may but he is also more inconsistent, for example with brexit. pretty offensive was he is abo

now borisjohnson's easy an opponent for borisjohnson.ohnson's team easy an opponent for borisjohnson. now borisjohnson's team and denied that there is any organised move to safety disappointed as a look, make sure you vote forjeremy hunt, don't vote for michael gove. they had com pletely vote for michael gove. they had completely denied that but people are looking at these and thinking it does not seem that feasible but only three people moved from the scented job it came to the borisjohnson camp and they wonder whether others might well have moved from boris johnson over it to the support jeremy hunt. now course, of people might have done that off the bat, i spoke to two borisjohnson support to those who did vote for other people because they wanted other reasons but there were some suspicion here. they will have to get over that of course michael gove will have to get over that and move on and go back to his dayjob while the other to travel around the country over the next four weeks arguing with each other and trying to get answers ou

no reply but today jeremy hunt said he wants borisjohnson to ta ke hunt said he wants borisjohnson toe part in earlier televised debates. i think we should be doing debates. i think we should be doing debates early and often. if the party wa nts debates early and often. if the party wants him to go out to battle against nigel farage, jeremy corbyn, 27 eu countries, then surely it's not such a big deal to go out against a friendly foreign secretary. this is a contest which, yes, looks at the policies and vision are both candidates, but it will also look at their characters and questions obit borisjohnson's private life are unlikely to go away. —— about. helen is with me now. the timing of this at the very least is awkward and potentially embarrassing for mrjohnson. yes, it could not have come at a worse time for borisjohnson could not have come at a worse time for boris johnson built could not have come at a worse time for borisjohnson built up in the headlines not for his policies, to do with the leadership campaign, but for his private life. we of course have the start of the second

one of his biographers who work with borisjohnson quite a few yea rs work with borisjohnson quite a fews this is typical of him. he has quite a short fuse, quite a temper on him. again, is that relevant? i suppose if you are the prime minister and ring trying to remake a surging —— trying to win next day she had to deal in brexit, with that have a perfect? —— renegotiate. it is a whole host of issues that have opened up the question whether he has the capability, commonly personality to handle thejob capability, commonly personality to handle the job of prime minster. i worked for two premises, john major and margaret thatcher, they do not have much in common if truth be told, but one thing they did have in common with the ability to actually absorb faster dance of information to work incredibly hard, supervising not just one to work incredibly hard, supervising notjust one government department but the whole spectrum of government, knowing what was going on, providing leadership, providing strategic direction and that is what i look for another prime minister. i think that is what the

he is saying all the things borisjohnson is not. on about it, the unifier, the pragmatist, all the things boris isn't. he is criticising boris for the rhetoric over reality. borisjohnson is saying i am the man who can magically make them love me jeremy is trying to say that he is the man who can make them love me because he is a dealmaker and entrepreneur and people are looking at that and going, can you? your top priority after brexit, jeremy hunt? i am the entrepreneur. entrepreneur is a magic word in the tory party. that is the meat and drink of the conservative party, to say this guy is a successful business person. boris is a columnist. it is competence. competence over chaos all the way through. in his campaign video, jeremy hunt played up the skills he claims will get britain through the biggest issue in this contest. i have got a plan to deal with brexit. there is a thing in communications where you talk about flags and fireplaces, there is a part of it that shows how do we show this person is prime ministerial. many of the

it comes as borisjohnson is under pressure to a nswer it comes as borisjohnson is under pressure to answerions about his girlfriend. he says he's focusing on brexit insisting that britain will leave the eu on 31st october or face a "democratic explosion". we're going to talk to two borisjohnson backers this mroning and a writer who used to work with mrjohnson who's writtten a criticial biogrpahy of him. first, a man who's wroked with borisjohnson the cabinet, former tory leadership contender and health secretary matt hancock. i think there should be a positive campaign. burris is the unity candidate and has attracted people right across the party. white is he a coward ? it right across the party. white is he a coward? it is a mistake to go negative. i think boris would be the best prime minister. the reason i supported him after i dropped out is because i think he could deliver brexit and bring the party together. i notice you are evading answering yes and no. is borisjohnson a parrot? no, i do not think he is at all. in fact, parrot? no, i do not think he is at all. infact, he parrot? no,

the daily telegraph, borisjohnson disgraceful.raph, boris johnson saying disgraceful. the daily telegraph, borisjohnson saying he will cut income tax bills for millions, putting the higher rate threshold up. up to £80,000. that is the point at which you start paying 40% tax, from £50,000 to £80,000, and the current threshold is at £50,000 for 40% tax. current threshold is at £50,000 for 4096 tax. it would go up to £80,000, which will be of interest to the telegraph readers and the tiny electorate of conservatives over the age of 50 who will be electing him. it is just nonsense. he says this will cost £9.6 billion but will be funded from the £26.6 billion from fiscal headroom set aside by treasury for no deal brexit preparations, this from a man who has boldly claimed we will leave at the end of october, deal or no deal. imean, it the end of october, deal or no deal. i mean, it is almost farcical that this man is the front runner. let's look at what else he has been talking about, on the express, boris vowing not to pay £39 billion

be borisjohnson's challenger in the final furlong of the race to be borisjohnson's challenger in thehe race to become prime minister. 0n the telegraph, boris exacts his revenge after michael gove is squeezed out of the race for number ten. boris's revenge is also splashed across the daily mail after the former foreign secretary is accused of lending votes of his supporters tojeremy hunt to ensure mr gove was eliminated. the ft picturesjeremy hunt, who will face the front runner, boris johnson, in hunt, who will face the front runner, borisjohnson, in the tory runner, borisjohnson, in the tory runnerfor downing runner, borisjohnson, in the tory runner for downing street amid rumours of tactical voting. johnson versus hunt, but was the result fixed, asks the guardian. the paper also reveals an apology from homelessness minister after leaked e—mail showed heather wheeler used racist language to describe rough sleepers. revenge is sweet for boris, according to the express stop it callsjohnson ruthless, killing off michael gove's leadership hopes —— express. and the i accuses boris johnso

i mean, if borisjohnson or whip on so many occasions.ris johnson or michael gove we re if boris johnson or michael gove were to take over, the gang around him are those who have wrecked the ability to be out of the eu even now, which they could have secured by supporting the deal, and they will step into a party with the same problems, the same arithmetic, but possibly deep resentment. what we saw in this last ballot were two people, members of parliament, spoiling their ballot paper. i can't think of that ever having happened before in a leadership election, and this is my seventh. that i think is an illustration of how the new prime minister, whoever he is, orwalk into a very difficult circumstance... set of circumstances. we will find out whether he is a happy man in about an hour's time. the 28 eu heads of state will be keeping an eye on this. brexit has only been allotted a five minute discussion tomorrow. the dutch prime minister mark rutte has been speaking to the bbc‘s europe editor and said that leaving the eu will mean that he

from that respect, just borisjohnson had to give clear a nswe i’s borisjohnson had to give clear answersropeans to budge on the withdrawal agreement or does hejust europeans to budge on the withdrawal agreement or does he just had to say, i'm the toughest guy on brexit, does that satisfy them? that is what is incredibly important, the conservative party is facing an existential threat here, as a number of the candidates have identified, which is, they need to show competence and to deliver brexit. so it doesn't matter too much about getting bogged down into the detail tonight, i think it'll be the tone and drive and momentum and convincing at those conservative party members they can get brexit done. is a brewing story here the uneasy nature of the coalition forming behind boris johnson uneasy nature of the coalition forming behind borisjohnson and? because of the likes of steve baker of the european research group, who say we must rip up the deal and start again and definitely the front of the 31st, and on the other side, matt hancock saying this is the basis for a deal and we must get

the brexit party doesn't have policies, borisjohnson doesn't have policies, borisjohnson doesn't haveoesn't have any policy we are making rich people richer. when asked about poor people he says, yes, they really matter as well as if that thought never popped into his head. this will put the fear of god into tory voters and the tory party. and boris johnson god into tory voters and the tory party. and borisjohnson because nigel farage is also lethally serious. he doesn't have any policies, he doesn't need to have any policies, he does know that he is the leader of a protest movement essentially and it is true that if brexit is not in the ghastly word delivered, there will be huge support as there was at the european elections for the brexit party. we will see what happens because they don't have a clear policy. what nigel farage appears to want is a narrative of betrayal and as long as he can say that everything is a betrayal, he was be happy. if we have a no—deal brexit as tragically looks increasingly likely, i wonder what he will then focus on because he will have got his economic

borisjohnson, 160. 75. jeremy hunt, 77. boris johnson, 160. we michael gove, 75. jeremy hunt, 77. borisjohnson, 160. we therefore declare thatjeremy hunt and boris johnson are going forward to a vote of the qualifying membership of the conservative and unionist party. they did it, just. the momentjeremy hunt found out he was through by a breath. just two votes put him ahead of michael gove, evidently delighted. jeremy hunt will be the one to take on borisjohnson. delighted. jeremy hunt will be the one to take on boris johnson. well, iam the one to take on boris johnson. well, i am the underdog in this race. i have been the underdog right from the start, and i like to prove people wrong. and the way that i am going to win this race is by showing that the best way to brexit is by sending the european union are prime minister that they will engage with. the next battle is away from here. mrjohnson is the front runner, but both men will be put through their paces by tory members beyond these gates. the john

borisjohnson, 143. rory stewart, 27.s are now eligible to continue onto the next ballot on thursday the 20th ofjune at10am. ballot on thursday the 20th ofjune at 10am. michael gove, jeremy hunt, sajid javid, and boris johnson. there you have it, borisjohnson again coming out on top, increasing his tally to 143. the headline, though, rory stewart is the man who did not make the cut, going down ten votes to 27. michael gove, he is up by ten to 51, jeremy hunt, he is up 12 to... up eight, sorry, to 54. sajid javid up as well. no surprise there, some would argue. ten minutes ago, isaid there, some would argue. ten minutes ago, i said there was a possibility that rory stewart might remain in the race, but that said, that was slightly wishful thinking in terms of wanting this to be an exciting wider debate. i'm really pleased that sajid javid has remained there but i think, as chris was suggesting, he may yet decide to pull out, and then really there's so little between jeremy pull out, and then really there's so little betwee

he had strong friends for borisjohnson also.cheerleader, still keeping quiet, that's like it 01’ still keeping quiet, that's like it or not, the race is his to lose. brexit is the dominant issue. our political correspondent has been looking at we are the contenders stand on the issues of brexit and other areas of policy. the first round of voting is on thursday, and before that many are using campaign launches with the key messages. brexit will be one of the most scrutinised areas. one group argues that the uk must leave the eu on the 31st of october with or without a deal. they include boris johnson, dominic rab, esther mcvey, and sajid javid. those who say they would consider a delay if a deal is close, these includejeremy hunt, and michael gove. to say we should only leave with a deal, matthew hancock and rory stewart. what about life beyond brexit? there is a lively debate about other policies. borisjohnson lively debate about other policies. boris johnson wants a lively debate about other policies. borisjohnson wants a tax

with borisjohnson.n unending soap opera. with boris johnson. but, i of an unending soap opera. with borisjohnson. but, ithink, the overall view, certainly, my view, is that until carrie simmons, boris johnson ‘s partner, was to complain directly about conduct, this is, or should be, treated as a nonissue. if there was any domestic violence, borisjohnson ‘s there was any domestic violence, boris johnson ‘s candidacy there was any domestic violence, borisjohnson ‘s candidacy would be toast, and deservedly so. all we have at the moment is a partially overheard conversation between two people late at night. the police we re people late at night. the police were called and they have been very clear they establish that both people are well, neither of the parties has made a complaint. locke, who in this world hasn't had a slightly shout the conversation with someone slightly shout the conversation with someone late at night. and wouldn't wa nt someone late at night. and wouldn't want other people to be involv

borisjohnson boris johnson and jeremy hunt borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have been making their pitchstings to choose the next conservative leader and ultimately prime minister. mr johnson avoided questions about why police were called to his flat. have you ruined your chances of becoming prime minister? why were police outside your house last night? he has been accused of hiding from scrutiny, avoiding detailed answers about his policies on brexit and tax. i cannot hide it from you that we meet inductees for our party and i have never known us to be under 17 points in the polls. today, questions were more personal as borisjohnson faced questions were more personal as boris johnson faced questions questions were more personal as borisjohnson faced questions about why police work called to his house. i don't. think what they want to hear is what my plans are for the country and for our party. police were called to the flat boris johnson our party. police were called to the flat borisjohnson shares with his girlfriend carrie symonds after neighbours reported hearing an angry row and wer

unlike borisjohnson, you the eu, they understand that.ike boris johnson, you are the eu, they understand that. unlike borisjohnson, you are willing to go beyond the october the 31st deadline but how long will you try to get a deal before you say time for no deal? that 31st of october come hell oi’ deal? that 31st of october come hell or high water deadline is a fake deadline. we will know well before the 31st of october if there is a deal to be done on the basis i have said. if there isn't and if no deal is still on the table, i have been very clear, i will leave the european union without a deal. but i am not going to do that if there is the prospect of a better deal. he would make a decision before october the 31st on whether to leave without a deal? that is correct and i am very clear, if we haven't got the prospects of a deal that can get through parliament by that date, thatis through parliament by that date, that is the option i would choose. listening to you talking about your brexit plans is similar to talking to borisjohnson brex

jeremy hunt came second to borisjohnson in the next round of votes a nd borisjohnson in the next rounded boris johnson refusing to appear at one of these hustings and a lot of people said to hand that these castings were. . . said to hand that these castings were... and reminded journalists president dominic present. dominic ride was not as strong as he has been but he was relaxed but not as strong as he has been previously. there were some good remarks by javid, referring to his personal back story. he has seen himself as an outsider and does not think the two final candidates should be... it is fascinating to see them up close andi is fascinating to see them up close and i will be reporting online and in the papers tomorrow what went on. it isa in the papers tomorrow what went on. it is a shame borisjohnson felt that he should not be there to face the press's scrutiny and we hope it does not continue. joining me to take stock of the leadership race so far from our studio in cambridge is dr sheila lawlor, who directs the economic, education, constitutional and social policy programmes

where is borisjohnson, we have not seen where is borisjohnson, we have not seen much of him?ve a big interview yesterday to a sunday newspaper, he has been talking to colleagues, he has been talking to colleagues, he has been talking to colleagues, he has been on the hustings. all behind closed doors. there is plenty of time. members of parliament are doing the voting, there will be ple nty of doing the voting, there will be plenty of media scrutiny as this goes on. you did not hear alan duncan who is sticking the boot into his own boss, saying he is not a details man and will not be well received in brussels, is that a fear estimation or is this just a dirty campaign? that sounds a bit personal. i worked with boris johnson when he was foreign secretary, i worked with him around the world in the international coalition regarding terrorism in the middle east, boris has arbus put the interests of britain first. how do you analyse the fact that is still ten candidates left. 0ther still too many people left to get into the nitty—gritty of issues? many people left to get into the

if you are indie borisjohnson campaign you would probably like jeremy hunt indie borisjohnson campaigne the next tory leader and prime minister, but it will be much easier for boris to carry the contest if it is againstjeremy hunt. personally i am closer to the politics of michael gove but i worry a little about the psychodrama that a boris versus gove contest might represent. talk about blue on blue. yes and we all know what happened three years ago when michael gove essentially pressed the trap door button under borisjohnson in the campaign to become prime minister after the eu referendum was com pletely minister after the eu referendum was completely aborted, and i worry it could get a bit nasty if that is the final round and the last thing the country needs is more divisiveness at this stage. borisjohnson will be the next prime minister. it is a case of whether he is the next prime minister after a relatively collegiate fight or after a bloody fight and collegiate fight or after a bloody fightandi collegiate fight or after a bloody fight and i would like to avoid the latter. is the

borisjohnson boris johnson saying borisjohnson saying he is not aiming fora borisjohnson saying he is because that is a possibility. the majority of the leadership contenders are standing ona leadership contenders are standing on a platform of renegotiating and having a deal in place for the 31st of october. that looks like a huge challenge when you take into account the first of all have to get the eu back round the table and they have said quite persistently they are not willing to do that, you then need to wrap it up with enough time to get the necessary legislation through parliament. even if the whole negotiation could be done and dusted by the 1st of september when mps get back from summer recess, legislation is plunked down ready to go, they would have to pass it quicker than any really of the big eu treaties have been done in the past because there is this party conference recess. so there is only something like 20 parliamentary sitting days from mps getting back at the beginning of september to the end of october. so it is really tight to try and get a deal three by then. the

is borisjohnson last round alongside borisjohnson. round alongside borisjohnson. is borisjohnson now looking unstoppable? i think unstoppable? ithink so, unstoppable? i think so, if you look at the polls, they show a huge majority for borisjohnson. the last one of those surveys showed that over 52% of conservative party members want boris to be their next leader. rory stewart ca m e boris to be their next leader. rory stewart came second, mind you, but that was a0 points behind boris. at this stage, there is an increasing feeling among the grassroots party and the parliamentary party that this is borisjohnson's time, that poll after poll shows that he is anyone who can make tories feel good about themselves, the only one who has the chance to stifle the oxygen of nigel farage and can put pressure onjeremy corbyn. the idea of having a potent anyone but boris candidate is appealing to those mps who do not like him. that person was always going to emerge, some thought it would be sajid javid, others thought it would be michael gove, but

borisjohnson and jeremy hunt take part in the first of 16 hustings in front of the conservative partyre they set out their plans for brexit. president trump has tweeted that the us will hit iran with what he called "major additional sanctions" on monday — to stop tehran from developing nuclear weapons. police have arrested a 25—year—old woman on suspicion of two assaults and endangering an aircraft, after a plane was escorted by two typhoons into sta nsted airport. and the government announces a new permament memorial to mark the first national windrush day — which honours the british caribbean community. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political editor at the sunday mirror and sunday people, nigel nelson and the political commentator, jo phillips. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the mail on sunday says reports of a row between borisjohnson and his partner on friday night, in which police were called, has allowed jeremy hunt to overtake him as conservative leadership favourite. the observer similar

so hard not to say borisjohnson at this point. yes, it has to be borisjohnson.joining us. another day, when i have to talk about a lot of rain across the uk! really soggy day, parts of north—east england, eastern scotland had wet weather, underneath this rain, some spots or temperatures no higher than rain, some spots or temperatures no higherthan 9 rain, some spots or temperatures no higher than 9 degrees, showery rain further south as well, as we go through tonight, another batch of rain moving across the south—west of england into wales, the west midlands, parts of north—west england and showery rain across the north of scotland. relatively chilly night in the southern half, —— northern half, former in the south. wet rush hour former in the south. wet rush hour for some, that rain extends into eastern scotland through the afternoon, away from these areas, mix of sunshine and showers, east anglia and the south—east, not too many showers, dry weather, some spells of sunshine, temperatures 14 to 19 degrees. looking ahead to the weekend, a mix of sunshine and sho

it is borisjohnson's to lose.e, i can't imagine what it would be, do not make the final two. we would expect to know the final two by thursday. when you look at that debate, the channel for debate, which boris johnson look at that debate, the channel for debate, which borisjohnson refused to do, the candidate seemed to gang up to do, the candidate seemed to gang up on the no deal brexiteer in the room, dominic raab. i think we might see that towards boris johnson room, dominic raab. i think we might see that towards borisjohnson on tuesday, the bbc debate. i think in the eu referendum debate, the others we re the eu referendum debate, the others were all turning on him. i think the idea will be that he will not take pa rt idea will be that he will not take part himself, make a personal stand of not taking part in any blue on blue attacks, and hope to get through it that way. do you think we are getting to a point where he is almost in a different role from the other candidates, they talk now about him being a uniq

there are some who have expressed deep reservations about borisjohnson over the years who are 110w borisjohnsono are now in public backing him. i think there is an element of people thinking, if he is going to be prime minister any to be on the right side of this. but if you look at them jockeying for position for second place and who is going to challenge him when it goes out to the conservative party, that is open to interpretation. it is hard to see where it is going. some people feel jeremy hunt did not perform as well as they thought he might. i think you would want to be a long way ahead of the rest of the pack but it has not happened. equally, rory stewart is someone who people really did not think would make it through the first round but did reasonably well. his camp are saying it needs to be someone different, unconventional who can challenge borisjohnson but unconventional who can challenge boris johnson but there will unconventional who can challenge borisjohnson but there will be an absolute flurry of activity over the next couple of days before that second round which comes on tue

but when it comes to borisjohnson, and ajeremy hunt when it comes to borisjohnson, and a jeremy huntknows that he is any better positioning on brexit, but he wasn't with michael gove, and so, the best thatjeremy with michael gove, and so, the best that jeremy hunt and helpful with michael gove, and so, the best thatjeremy hunt and helpful —— hope for is a sort of character collapse, a gaffe of some kind, but quite frankly, borisjohnson a gaffe of some kind, but quite frankly, boris johnson could turn up oi'i frankly, boris johnson could turn up on the jeremy kyle show, and discuss any altercation, and i don't think it would have a major effect on the end result. which goes back to something, when i was sitting in this main seat on friday evening, when this story had first broke in, and the theory was put forward that people supporting borisjohnson have already factored in elements of his personality which might be considered to be, colourful, and thatis considered to be, colourful, and that is why this might not make such a difference. yes, jeremy hunt is trying to talk about other t

p pa re ntly 22nd, stopping borisjohnson who apparently knifed him in the back and left while borisjohnsonpped down from the campaign, and i think a lot of the things i michael gove has said, michael gove had the claim that he was asked about this crime against borisjohnson that he was asked about this crime against boris johnson and that he was asked about this crime against borisjohnson and he claimed that he is doing a public service andi that he is doing a public service and i don't feel he is necessarily able to back borisjohnson because of comments but you'll probably be prime minister and caused less bad blood by going the way ofjeremy hunt. the next prime minister of the united kingdom may be chosen by about 160,000 conservative united kingdom may be chosen by about 160 , 000 conservative party members. it is extraordinary and has never happened before. we have had prime minister stand down before, but they have always been chosen one way or another by the parliamentary party. so they have emerged it, this is the first time in british political history that the membership ofa polit

it's quite possible that borisjohnson and nigel farage may turn up for dinner.estic political situation, certainly in terms of borisjohnson, the situation, certainly in terms of boris johnson, the president situation, certainly in terms of borisjohnson, the president has a lwa ys borisjohnson, the president has always made his admiration for boris johnson clear, he did during his last visit when he met theresa may at chequers. in terms of boris johnson, ijust think people have pretty fixed views about boris johnson regardless of anything the president might say. so although in diplomatic terms it might seem unusualfor diplomatic terms it might seem unusual for the president to diplomatic terms it might seem unusualfor the president to be wading intoa unusualfor the president to be wading into a domestic political debate, the actual impact it will have on that debate, i would suggest, might actually be quite minimal because i think people —— people have probably factored in already that boris johnson has people have probably factored in already that borisjohnson

but borisjohnson is miles in front. the debates, one tonight and another on the bbc next week, which borisjohnson will and another on the bbc next week, which boris johnson will take and another on the bbc next week, which borisjohnson will take part in. yes, tonight you will have five of the six remaining candidates, eve ryo ne of the six remaining candidates, everyone except borisjohnson. there is another round of dating of tory mps on tuesday. much higher threshold this time, they will need the backing of 33 to stay on, which could whittle the list potentially down to three, or maybe four, he will stay in and they will then be pa rt will stay in and they will then be part of that debate on tuesday night, which boris johnson part of that debate on tuesday night, which borisjohnson is going to ta ke night, which borisjohnson is going to take part in. the process continues over wednesday, potentially into thursday, where they will be more ballot of tory mps to get down to the last two. at that point, it goes to 160,000

it leads on the borisjohnson story. we were slightly surprised earlier on. they have changed it.. maybe they were checking it out. front pages involved during the evening and it may be that they thought themselves this is our story, let's own it. and it may be they've also got some extra details but it is astounding that and their first edition they were the only paper to i’ui'i edition they were the only paper to run on the decision by trump to stop the attack in retaliation for the drone strikes. let's talk about that in the final minutes. it is nice to talk about something else. they did lead with it. what do you make a big, jason? let's start with the important premise. we are never entirely certain what trump says issue or not. always a lot of that make when he did in this case. a lot of bravado here. and it seems to me, staggering, that he got to the situation of halting a military strike which got started an extraordinary dangerous provocation in the muscles in part of the welcome within not having made known previously how many people would be killed. that to me is the fi

in the interview he is accusing borisjohnson affiliation. of affiliation. in the interview he is accusing borisjohnson of being a bottler, i love all this old—fashioned language bottler, i love all this old —fashioned language that bottler, i love all this old—fashioned language that these quys old—fashioned language that these guys use, because old—fashioned language that these guys use, because he says that boris johnson will not take him on, which is interesting. maybe we will see a different tone to the debates, but he is also longing for a proper british competition in this tory leadership fight, i don't know... another interesting thing that jeremy hunt talked about is, he denies being the beneficiary of a dirty tricks campaign in the vote among tory mps in which, let's remember, not so long ago it actually seems like a week ago in all this, that he beat michael gove. the hustings will be interesting with one other element, because so far we have seen big debates and big television set pieces, because they have been so many people invo

in front problematic if we talk about putting borisjohnson in front of presenters oi’ borisjohnson inrs oran borisjohnson in front of presenters or an interviewer, facing questions from the audience potentially, how problematic would that be because it's not the tv audience that need to be convinced, it's the hundred 60,000 conservative numbers who get to have the final say over the remaining two candidates. yes, i think the problem that that could cause is essentially outrage among the rest of the public that they don't get a say. in many ways, i think the scandals that could potentially bubble under his campaign are preston for that conservative party membership. i think trying attention to suggestions for his private life, his record in office, even less re ce ntly his record in office, even less recently when us foreign secretary, could be just the rally for the campaign in the eyes of the public, but i'm not sure with the membership that it necessarily would be, all the polling done so far by different firms suggest he's far in the way a leader with both mps and numbers because t

borisjohnson, 157. the following candidates are now eligible to continue on to the next ballot, which will take place this afternoon at 3:30pm in committee room 1a. michael gove, jeremy hunt and boris johnson. thank you very much indeed. that was the result of the latest round announced shortly after 1pm. a fifth round of voting will take place this afternoon to select the final two candidates. they will be voted on by the wider tory membership. let's cross to the houses of parliament and our chief political correspondent, vicki young. i suppose this has always been about who willjoin borisjohnson in that final two and it's very close. a huge battle for second place and as most of us thought it would be, that battle is between michael gove and jeremy hunt, sajid javid dropping out today and his team say he will not endorse anyone else at this point today although he will vote in the next round. i'm joined by greg hand, a jeremy hunt supporter, he has dropped to third place although only by two, what is

inatv borisjohnson to man up and face him in a tv debate this week.d and trying to do the same to another. senior facebook executive nick clegg says the company should play a mature role in advocating rather than shunning regulation. president trump imposes new sanctions against iran as tensions continue to rise between the countries. john prescott is in hospital following suffering a

says front runner for the tory leadership borisjohnson says he will take part ina bbc borisjohnson saysoutbreak of listeria linked to prepacked sandwiches. now it's time for news watch, presented this week by rebecca jones. hello and welcome two —— newswatch. on the programme, why is the bbc showing a debate for contenders in the conservative party leadership race when most of us cannot vote for the candidate we like best? and what sort of negotiations with politicians with borisjohnson were involved in getting the programme off the ground ? first, the bbc has faced a barrage of protest this week following its decision to restrict free television licences for the over 75 to those who claim pension credit. the corporation has said maintaining the benefit universally would cost £750 million. but some viewers think abc news could pay a role in planning that financial gap. —— bbc

the ft picturesjeremy hunt who will face front runner borisjohnson as the final two are named in theory leadership race, after michael gove was ousted. it'sjohnson it's johnson versus hunt, it'sjohnson versus hunt, but was the result of fixed asks the guardian? a paper also reveals an apology for the homelessness minister heather wheeler after elite e—mail showed he was using racist language to describe rough sleepers. revenge is sweep for boris which caused him ruthless for killing off those hopes. so just caused him ruthless for killing off those hopes. sojust one caused him ruthless for killing off those hopes. so just one story gci’oss those hopes. so just one story across just about all of the front pages. no surprise there the big story of the night. and we kick off of the daily telegraph which of course the paper where borisjohnson writes his column and has been a bit ofafan writes his column and has been a bit of a fan is seen for him. they have taken the line that he exacts his revenge is michael gove is squeezed out, that kind of tells the story and the pictures were quite

but borisjohnson wants to appear to be of pol. but borisjohnson wants to appearto bea of pol. appear to be a serious player. in the world stage, after a disastrous two years as foreign secretary. and also, the electorate borisjohnson is aiming for those 160,000 conservative party members and the mps, he is not thinking about the country as a whole and he will be hoping that trump's endorsement is positive for him. i suppose it is showbiz, two very well established known by lots of people who are not interested in politics, people will catch that, these two know each other and they like it to the. you made the point about borisjohnson ‘s time as foreign secretary, there is no indication that boris johnson's friendliness towards donald trump helped in terms of persuading him on our point of view on anything. no, certainly not, trump pulled out of the international climate change treaty, he pulled out of the very carefully build treaty with iran to stop the development of nuclear weapons. so he does his own thing, trump, he is america first, he is a nationalist, he will do britai

we know borisjohnson is philip, going back to you.re philip, going back to you. we know borisjohnson is more of a marmite figure, love him or hate him. are you concerned that she might be the person that your members will choose? he is not going to give to appeal more widely across the country. he can appeal across the country, he proved that in the elections on two occasions. i am afraid the media is very keen on pick them up by his sometimes careless language. i do not think he needs any harm by what he says, it's just an unfortunate turn of phrase. but it is important that we did tackle it with their plans are for the future and what they're going to do to achieve brexit. it is the key issue to begin with. parliament is we st of issue to begin with. parliament is west of time, it is plaguing all the houses that voted for referendum for majority, and we have a problem has done its best to frustrate us and it gets the point where we wonder if he should've had a referendum in the first place. here we are. we are what we are now and we

if there isa think, for borisjohnson.dlock in parliament, if you cannot do a new deal with brussels that parliament if parliament votes to say you must not have an ordeal, then what does borisjohnson, prime minister, then do? that he'll be parliament? that he defy parliament? dirty cop a referendum? does call for a general election? and i think what people are saying you do not wa nt to what people are saying you do not want to jeremy corbyn is what people are saying you do not want tojeremy corbyn is not simply who could win an early election but who could win an early election but who is most likely to land us in an early election? so it is a slightly more complicated calculation. jeremy hunt's argument is that he will not provoke a general election because the conservatives will lose it. exactly. looking ahead, there is so much detail being bandied around, do you think the voting members of the conservatives will be following that? what would your advice be, for example, with all these tory hustings to go, with they st

i don't think it was a particularly comfortable evening for borisjohnson.d on issues like nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the person who is jailed in iran, and i don't think he has convinced a lot of people. but there were no massive gas and he did seem fairly comfortable. the people that didn't like boris johnson before tonight, still won't like him. ——no massive gaffes. he is so far above any other mps so he could afford to do things like tonight which was a risk without being worried he will lose the contest. lot of talk about rory stewart. he almost doubled the amount of mps backing him on the second round of voting at six p.m.. how do you think you did? after tonight, he came into this debate really bouncy and showing the energy he showed in sunday's debate on channel 4. actually, it was a disappointing night for him and on the way out he admitted he didn't think the format worked for him. obviously, the last few days, he has picked up a lot of supporters who weren't backing matt hancock in the first round of contest hancock in the first round of co ntest a

borisjohnson's decision not to take pa rt borisjohnson's decision not to take part in the debate lastogance about him and he is demonstrating hubris, but at the same time a lot of brexiteer tory party members will look at that and think it is quite funny boris is not doing that, he knows he doesn't have to take part because he will win anyway. a lot of brexit tory party members will think actually he will probably perform like that in the negotiations with the eu, and that is what we want, someone who sticks up is what we want, someone who sticks up two fingers to rules and regulations. so they are more fans of borisjohnson regulations. so they are more fans of boris johnson than regulations. so they are more fans of borisjohnson than the mps. regulations. so they are more fans of boris johnson than the mps.|j think so but in terms of the rest of the country if you are not a tory voter or a tory member, you look at what borisjohnson is doing and think he is either a coward, hiding from something or it is sheer arrogance. from a tactical perspective he has everything to lose and nothin

growing pressure on borisjohnson to ta ke growing pressure on borisjohnson to take part in a tv debateates, you can see a pattern emerging, really trying to put a rush on borisjohnson by saying they will definitely commit to taking part in sunday's tv debate and the following tv debate on the bbc. this is all after borisjohnson came under some criticism for not doing broadcast interviews as other candidates have and for not committing to those tv debates. i guess team boris johnson committing to those tv debates. i guess team borisjohnson are going to be making a calculation, saying he is far out in front, does he need to ta ke he is far out in front, does he need to take part in these leadership debates. there is sometimes a suggestion that borisjohnson can be prone to gaps. they sometimes might see that as an unnecessary risk. what he does indeed turn up. elsewhere in westminster, change of foot. we might call it political promiscuity. chuka umunna, the previous labour mp, and one of those who enquired dramatic style quit the labour party due to serious concerns that he and others ha

i listen to headlines about borisjohnson being the front runnerandl about borisjohnson being the frontohnson being the front runner and i do think we are already in some sort of dystopia. all of the things he has done, whether it be islamophobia comments, homophobic comments, i wonder if, rather than that he struggled with the question oi'i that he struggled with the question on islamophobia, he was essentially taking a page out of trouble's paper. people have said this was obvious or his press conference last week — make a page out of trump's paper. he said last week, politicians will say what they think. and now he is saying he can't be islamophobia because his great grandad is muslim, that's essentially what he was saying. i saw a comedienne in america saying that britain wasjust saw a comedienne in america saying that britain was just about to have their own that britain was just about to have theirown trump and that britain was just about to have their own trump and there is a lot of us that to see the way he is behaving that that is what he is like. maybe he is owning it.|j behav

and today we have seen borisjohnson really, really...n boris johnson and really, really... and today we have seen borisjohnson and kept away with being accused of being bottle of boris by some ofjeremy hunt's tea m of boris by some ofjeremy hunt's team out there on the campaign. it certainly more the front pages if you look at the daily mirror. no great fan of boris johnson. you look at the daily mirror. no great fan of borisjohnson. has the headline and slightly marking there. scruffy flirty scoundrel and outrageous public display of with the little puppy, lucky the dog, who came out injuring him on the campaign trail today. but i mean that's the sort of headline they must be delighted with. i think so. it's a cheeky headline from the daily mirror, it's something that you would probably expect from them, it's essentially borisjohnson being licked by a dog, and it's quite a cute and sweet picture, and it doesn't really matter what jeremy hunt sighed today. boris has been able to steal all of these front—page pictures, and really, it come

borisjohnson believe he has told themlj people supporting borisjohnson believe he has told them.one i speak to her supported him are all clear that boris‘ position is that we leave on the 31st of october whatever, but we do want to have an arrangement with them and we will put that to them... but not a deal, not ideal as such? no negotiations, that is dead. he is talking about an arrangement that allows us to have a smooth transitional period, but outside of the eu. white committee not to define the borisjohnson is very the frontrunner, do you think that is because he hasn't been tested, not turned up to a previous debate or hustings, you think he has put himself under enough scrutiny?” would say to people who think they are going up to the media all the time are fighting the wrong election. this is a peculiar election, the only election anywhere where you get to talk to every single elect or. so he's got to do that, and that has been going on for the last 2.5 weeks. politicians are pretty brutal beings when they want to tear people down, he has faced some brutal question, far mo

borisjohnson, 160. we therefore declared that jeremy hunt and borisjohnson are going forward to a vote of the qualifying membership of the conservative and unionist party. they did it, just for the moment jeremy hunt found out he was through, by a breath. just two folks put him ahead of michael gove, evidently delighted. jeremy hunt will be the one to take on boris johnson. i'm the underdog in this race, i have been the underdog right from the start and i like to prove people wrong. the way i'm going to win this race is by showing that the best way to brexit is by sending the european union a prime minister they will engage with. the next battle it away from here. mrjohnson is the frontrunner but both men will be put through their paces by tory members beyond these gates built of the johnson camp reckons mr hunt is an easier opponent than what might have been. with michael gove only two folks behind. no surprise there were whispers of foul play —— two votes. i'm sorry because i think michael was the bes