i charged to carlton gardens and expected an afternoon of drama.t was an afternoon of drama because at 3pm downing street announced borisjohnson had indeed resigned, but there wasn't a great deal of for us to see at carlton gardens. i arrived just after 2pm, left at around 9pm in the evening, seven hours of waiting, and he still hadn't left. he spent much of the afternoon penning that resignation statement, inviting in a photographer to take that image of him writing or holding that resignation statement. and yet another extraordinary day. there was clearly some frustration... yes, there is soap opera around the characters but there is also fundamentals around the vision and the shape and the flavour around brexit. that's what those resignations were about. they were about two cabinet ministers who looked at the chequers statement and the white paper that was to follow a few days‘ later and frankly didn't think that was a vision of brexit that they could go out and sell. so, of course, the story on monday was about two big personalities, but it was

afternoon and we got word that was a's out riders and security staff were waiting outside one carlton gardensdency at the foreign secretary, they were kicking their heels, they didn't know where he was, they didn't know if he was coming out to the car, he was due at a summit about the balkans down the road and frankly he didn't turn up for work. i expected a afternoon of drama. it was because at 3pm downing street announced borisjohnson had at 3pm downing street announced boris johnson had indeed at 3pm downing street announced borisjohnson had indeed resigned, but there wasn't a great deal of for us but there wasn't a great deal of for us to see at carlton gardens. i arrived just after 2pm, left at around 9pm in the evening, seven hours of waiting, and he still hadn't left. he spent much of the afternoon penning that resignation statement, inviting in a photographer to take that image of him writing or holding that resignation statement. and yet another extraordinary day. there was clearly some frustration... yes, there is soap opera around the characters but there's also fundamentals around

i charged to carlton gardens and expected an afternoon of drama.ven hours of waiting, and he still hadn't left. he spent much of the afternoon penning that resignation statement, inviting in a photographer to take that image of him writing or holding that resignation statement. and yet another extraordinary day. there was clearly some frustration... yes, there is soap opera around the characters but there is also fundamentals around the vision and the shape and the flavour around brexit. that's what those resignations were about. they were about two cabinet ministers who looked at the chequers statement and the white paper that was to follow a few days' later and frankly didn't think that was a vision of brexit that they could go out and sell. so, of course, the story on monday was about two big personalities, but it was about much more than that, it was about what brexit could orshould, in theirview, look like. i think it's absurd to suggest frankly that there is a difference between the characters and the soap opera around those characters and th

welcome to one carlton gardens. half a mile up the road from you.secretary was due to chair an event discussing the balkans elsewhere in central london and he did not turn up and people at that event were tweeting that he had not turned up. around three o'clock, news from downing street that he had resigned and here we are, three hours later and you can see the assembled mass of media, we all await his departure. some of the trappings of office have departed already, the motor cycle outriders left pretty much as soon as that announcement was made. no sign yet of the former foreign secretary nor the traditional exchange of letters between her resigning minister and the prime minister and crucially, the prime minister and crucially, the kind of language that boris johnson users within it. is it merely focused on a disagreement over policy and that announcement set out at chequers the other night or does it extend to theresa may's leadership? that is the big question. chris mason the latest at the official residence of the foreign secretary. we are in

yes, good evening from one carlton gardens where the foreign secretary has been holed up all day.arly this afternoon about what he might be up to when he failed to turn up at a summit, a balkan summit he was meant to be chairing, there were people who travelled from all over europe saying where is our host? then at 3.00, news from downing street that he was departing and immediately, the trappings of office started to desert him. his outriders leaving, but still no sign of him. three hours on. we know in that time he has been penning that withering letter that we have heard some of the contents of from laura a couple of minutes ago. he will have to leave pretty soon won't he, because he is no longer foreign secretary so his time is up. while we don't know who will succeed him, whoever it is will want to move in relatively soon one assumes. more now from laura kuenssberg laura — how much danger is theresa may in? she is very vulnerable. as we speak he is with her mps with a meeting of the 1922, the backbench group of conservative, they thumped the desks as she walked in which is th

nothing is happening very quickly, as with everything at carlton gardens.few problems with the line. there is a lot of security and also bikes with radios as well, but you said earlier there was a sense that johnson was up to something? i think we have lost chris. we will keep an eye on what is happening at carlton house gardens. we are now with our next guest. with me is alison mcgovern — who is co—chair of labour campaign for the single market. what does this all mean? it is chaos. the prime minister was right to face down those people who had supported the hardest of hard brexits but to be honest i don‘t how british —— boris johnson brexits but to be honest i don‘t how british —— borisjohnson remained in hisjob after he british —— borisjohnson remained in his job after he faced british business and used four letter words. we had an agreement coming out of chequers which was an agreement within the tory party but not with europe. there will still be problems, the rules and regulations affecting the service sector, the government are not prepared to engage

mrjohnson has been living at number one carlton gardens, and was under pressure to move out following a moment. he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the supreme court rules legal permission will not be needed to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state. services scrapped in a timetable shake—up by northern rail begin running again but passengers face more cancellations. voting's underway in zimbabwe in the first general election since long—time president robert mugabe was ousted. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. mirror and express newspaper, reach, made a £113 million half—year loss after it slashed the value of its regional publishing operations by £150 million. the firm, which used to be called trinity mirror, says the loss reflects a "more challenging outlook" for its regional businesses. how's the uk property market doing? two different ways of looking at it — uk mortgage approvals hit a five—month high injune — that's encouraging. but in london the estate agent foxtons