but in this case, and caroline flint is a very good example, she got 50% of the vote in 2017.he vote in 2017? because don valley, near doncaster, will not vote tory. let us perhaps get away from the detail of british politics today and lift our eyes to a wider horizon. there was, like it or not, a referendum in 2016. 52% of the british people voted to leave the european union. we still have not left the european union, and we have seen more than three years of frankly sometimes embarrassing, maybe even at times humiliating, argument and divisiveness at the heart of british politics in westminster. what do you think the public of this country now make of our national politics? i think many of them are very surprised by how poor the last three yea rs appears to have been in terms of performance by politicians. on all sides? on all sides, yes. i think they are extremely disappointed about what has happened. as you say, this country voted by quite a short margin to leave the european union. i was against that, but if we had done it well as a group of politicians, then we could hav

i think obviously people like caroline flint, who is a member of parliament for don valley, which is england... one of a host of mps who have leave voters as a majority. and they have held onto their seats, even though labour is much, much more a party close to the european union, and not leave party, and they held onto their seats in 2017. to be honest, two years on, the story may well be very different. may well be very different, but indicates, and caroline flint is a very good example, she got 50% of the vote in 2017. why did you get over 50% of the vote in 2017? because don valley near doncaster will not vote tory. let us perhaps get away from the detail of british politics today and lift our eyes to a wider horizon. there was, like it or not, a referendum in 2016. 52% of the british people voted to leave the european union. we still have not left the european union, and we have seen more left the european union, and we have seen more than three years of frankly sometimes embarrassing, maybe even at times humiliating argument and divisiveness at the heart of british politics in

and the problem, caroline flint, is that we have been here three times before and on each occasion, withcted mrs may's deal, so why on earth would it be any different if it happened again? i think for a number of reasons. first of all, i think the european elections and in those places that had local elections was a wake—up call, but also i think that within parliament there has been considerable support for a deal and, in fact, in many cases, the deals that were on the table, even though it didn't get a majority, there were elements of those deals that people did support. since the summer, and i think particularly as it's becoming very clear that the public are getting more and more annoyed and angry with parliament and politicians about not sorting this out, some of us felt that the time is now to come together and talk about what we are for rather than what we are against and have our voices heard because, to be honest, i think you would agree, they have been drowned out by extreme views on the leave and remain side. but isn't the difficulty, victoria prentice, that borisjohnson has h

never saw, the fourth version of theresa may's deal, which some mps like stephen kinnock and caroline flintdvocating, a middle way that may just unite flint were advocating, a middle way that mayjust unite the house. there was an interesting quote the other day that was in the sun i think that he was saying he fears it spares from the spartans, in other words the hard brexiteer ‘s, because he is going to compromise. but who knows. speaking of the sun, let's go to their story. that is away from brexit, it is all about suggest boycott, hero of theresa may, the master of the forward defensive, —— sir geoff boycott. the knighthood he had been given by theresa may is very controversial for highly controversial. i have to say i was astonished when i heard that news, i must be very careful about what i say, sir geoffrey boycott has always made —— has denied the charges against him, though he was found guilty by a court in france. though he has always denied it. i was astonished, what did theresa may think was going to happen by doing this? did she think everyone would think it was a good idea, for

ok, victoria prentis, caroline flint, thank you very much.ions, he seems to have lost the ability to trigger an election, or even to leave without a deal. it's an agreement the last option standing? we shall find out. thank you very much, norman. a report. a report into power failures that affected large areas of the uk last month has concluded that security standards should be reviewed in order to improve the system's resillience. overi million homes across england and wales were left without power after a lightening strike on a transmission circuit which also affected transport systems. our business correspondent tadhg enright is with me now to discuss this further. this is looking into what lesson can be learned and are preventing blackouts like this happening again. we know why they happen, it was lightning strikes looking out two power stations, but well at the way in which the system picks itself back up again should be reviewed. what we learnt from the national grid, they said commune occasions, processes and protocols, particularly in

deal that includes people like the conservative backbencher victoria prentice, nick boles and caroline flint be working to show there are the numbers to get a majority for some sort of deal. the mp alex chalke said the mood in parliament has changed and there is more impetus to get a deal so what we will see in the next five weeks, there is a lot of that back room talk to try and work out what sort of deal could be put through parliament. thank you, helen. so what options are left for the prime minister now? could he reach a deal with the eu in time for october 31st? our reality check correspondent chris morris is here. is a deal possible at this late stage? it's possible but to the surprise of no one watching, i will say time is short. the withdrawal agreement took more than 18 months to negotiate. what is happening now needs to be negotiated, ratified and turned into law ina negotiated, ratified and turned into law in a few weeks. the prime minister is talking to other eu leaders, there are talks in brussels but why the government says progress is being made, the eu says no detailed propos

caroline flint is on her feet as they discuss the eu withdrawal bill.uld want to stand shoulder to shoulder with them as conservative candidates. there are procedures for dealing with this issue but i hope that those like my friend for runnymede who voted with their conscience, evenif who voted with their conscience, even if i don't agree with them, can find a way to stand again for our party, at the trouble with purges is that you purge one group of people and you may have to purge another group when you try to push a deal through parliament so that is the point of compromise. i i'm ina i'm in a minority here, i'm a brexiteer but i voted for this deal three times. we hear so much from people how terrible no deal is put so many people in this place voted against the deal three times. we could have had brexit by now, this could have had brexit by now, this could have had brexit by now, this could have been resolved and i still wa nt to could have been resolved and i still want to resolve it and i still believe it is perfectly possible to make progress in