thank you, chris mason, in westminster for us. if you thank you, chris mason, in westminsterfor us.er for us. if you look at the bbc business pages online, you can see that caroline fairburn, the director general of the cbi, was talking to bbc breakfast about her expectations. she said one of the key thing is that businesses need to hear from party leaders key thing is that businesses need to hearfrom party leaders is how the uncertainty over brexit is going to end. you're watching worklife. a reminder of our top story: ford unveils its electric dreams which it hopes will revolutionise and ignite the industry. we shall watch this space. now let's move on. what does your gut tell you? trust your gut. well, scientists say there's more to such sayings than it may initially appear. research shows our guts have trillions of tiny bacteria known as microbiome which actually dictate our overall health. that's why many of us are now turning to products with ingredients such as probiotics, a live bateria that's touted to promote healthy gut. butjust how effective are they? raja dhir is the co

we have been let down somehow. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, is at westminster. an election issue now? what has been said and what has been promised? when you get to a general election campaign all of the parties love to tell you about their announcements, to choreograph and plan their announcements and put them all in a grid so that they can announce them each day and try to build a narrative of the story they wa nt voters build a narrative of the story they want voters to soak up about what they stand for. but events happen forcing them to react to what is happening and what matters to people around the country. the last few days the huge number of headlines about the floods in south yorkshire and the midlands, and as you saw though in the report of a noise, if you like from all of the opposition parties which added up to look, the conservatives in government there still a government even though we are in an election campaign have not done enough so there's been a furious row around resourcing for the environment agency and for the local fire and rescue teams. w

let's get more from chris mason. how serious is this for labour? this is serious.he language the chief rabbi uses and the timing of this intervention, just over a fortnight away from polling day. it is worth saying it's not that surprising given some of the things the chief rabbi has said in the past and the kind of criticism we've heard from plenty in the jewish community criticism we've heard from plenty in thejewish community directed towards jeremy corbyn thejewish community directed towardsjeremy corbyn but not all amongst those of the jewish faith, there is some who defend what labour are doing and are aggrieved by this intervention by the chief rabbi but plenty amongst dues have been critical a long time aboutjeremy corbyn in particular and the labour party in general and its capacity and willingness to embrace a desire to eradicate anti—semitism within its ranks. jeremy corbyn says he is a lifelong defender of thejewish faith and jewish people but this is an issue frankly forjeremy corbyn that has been there for as long as he has been labour leader, the cri

chris mason.uch of the data then was spent in a nightclub in north london because that is where the liberal democrats leaderjo swinson unveiled her party's 90— page manifesto. but first, boris johnson seeming to blurt out a centrepiece tory policy that had not been announced yet. it was all about national insurance. and they come out of your pay packet. the reason he blurted it out was thanks to somebody called claire cartledge who was its doors for washing the teens in teesside. he did a q&a for the workforce and in came claire with a killer question. you said low tax. you mean low tax for people like you or people like us? i mean low tax for people of the working people and if you look at what we are doing, and what i said in the last few days, we are going to be cutting national insurance up to 12,000, making sure that we cut business rates for small businesses, we are cutting tax for working people. just to be clear, national insurance contributions, you currently play 1296 contributions, you

chris mason, bbc news.our our assistant political editor norman smith who is in harlow where jeremy corbyn has been speaking. but first our chief political correspondent vicki young, who is in westminster for the liberal democrats' campaign launch. a real theme coming through from jo swinson that politics in this country is so volatile, she says every vote counts here. yes, really her message is that anything can happen. i think the challenge for the liberal democrats has always beenin the liberal democrats has always been in general elections, as opposed to local elections, european elections are by—elections, do people think that it might be a wasted vote if it could be a very close contest? what she is saying is that things are so fluid in politics that things are so fluid in politics that anything could happen and she is saying she could even be prime minister. when questioned about the credibility of this claim by journalists, she cited the example of canada where one party was almost com pletely of ca

in a moment, it's electioncast with adam fleming, chris mason and laura kuenssberg. and there's more wet weather in the forecast particular for england and wales. but also eventually to southern scotland as well. localised flooding could still be an issue. for the next few hours, some operates of showers, drifting their way steadily northwards and that's going to be replaced by another area of low pressure moving into the southwest which will bring a spell of wet and windy weather. mild start to tuesday morning, yes, but we could see gusts of winds in excess of 40-50 could see gusts of winds in excess of 40—50 mph quite widely. we will see another spell of wet weather pushing into the southeast as well. it stays pretty unsettled, it stays windy but it stays mild. highs of 9-14. as windy but it stays mild. highs of 9411. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday come and there is more wet weather to come, i'm afraid, but something a little quieter from thursday onwards. it's adam at westminster. it's chris at westminster. and laura at westminster. it's nice to be altog

chris mason, you have read all of them that manifest, you been waving it around since 11 o'clock thisl later. what other thingsjumped was not published until later. what other things jumped out at you from looking through it? every page you turn to us the word brexit and national humiliation is a phrase thatis national humiliation is a phrase that is used in the introduction, but it is actually 12 pages in. it put so much at risk and what is striking is you look through it, it has this theme that runs throughout and they talk about renewable energy and they talk about renewable energy and generated from renewable sources by2030, and generated from renewable sources by 2030, just 1p on income tax for the nhs, which is an old lib dem favourite going back generation. coming back to this thing that we are so coming back to this thing that we are so frequently at the moment about physical health and quite a big idea on investment and commitment to that. but everywhere you look in this manifesto, the central thing on this front cover and stopping brexit is the argument that they say that th

is his name chris mason? dressed up as me!t to happen today, of course, along with hallowe'en, was brexit. the uk was meant to have left the eu today. yes. that is... that's correct. and therefore, it was a day that mark francois, the conservative mp... mmm. ..had made some predictions about. shall we have a listen? please. i think if we don't leave on the 31st of october, this country will explode. well, it's not quite midnight yet, so you never know! no. he might be right. midnight in brussels, 11 o'clock. but, i mean, there's no—one dead in ditches. no. er... no doing or dying, or... it's done. i'm really interested to know how much voters are going to be thinking about this, laura and chris. because so many... you know, that's mark francois, but we're talking about the prime minister. mm—hmm. ..who made some serious pledges overand overand over and over again about today. mmm. and the thing is, just like last time, all of us lot in the sort of political world have been counting down to a date until about three days before

chris mason, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other election news.n political parties have announced a remain electoral alliance. the liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the green party will step aside for each other in 60 constituencies. the pact does not include labour or the snp. they claim the move is in the national interest. it is unprecedented, the scale of this arrangement between these three different political parties, but i think it speaks volumes about how high the stakes are, how important this is, that these parties, ourselves, the liberal democrats, with the green party and plaid cymru, have been able to put aside those narrow party interests to work together in the national interest, and that's how our politics should be done. around 1,500 voters in swindon have been mistakenly warned that they may not be able to vote in the general election. in letter sent by swindon council, residents were told they would be removed from the electoral register as they were no longer entitled to be registered at their property. the council later tweet

chris mason is here with us for the last couple of minutes.er. so this is the emergency government civil conservancy committee and for emergencies gathering tomorrow from downing street tonight with the prime minister chairing its come of this in response to the floods that we have seen in south yorkshire and in the midlands. there has been plenty of action from the political party saying, oh it, is the government doing enough? we heard from jeremy corbyn urging there to be a cobra. exactly, and other is a cobra, and so the prime minister, as any prime minister can do it during an election campaign is a look prime minister ariel when stuff happens, and i guess this is an example of that. nick remind us who he is, and what he's got to say tonight. he is a former conservative minister, he's been the mp for stamford in lincolnshire, he has not been a fan of borisjohnson for some time. but he's written a piece in the london evening standard. i willjust redo one paragraph, which kind of gets you there. in the blue corner, talking about the conserva

thank you, chris mason and at 945 this.ke a closer look at the labour plans, the amount of money they plan to spend and put into the economy which they will talk about and john mcdonnell will be talking about in liverpool, later, £150 million, so we will be taking a closer look at how you would spend that much money. a man has been arrested after 15 people were found in the back of a lorry in wiltshire. police made the discovery close to the m4 near chippenham last night after a tip—off. one person was taken to hospital for checks, the others are in police custody. andrew plant reports. late last night in wiltshire, this scene just a few hundred yards off the m4 between bristol and swindon. you can see police searching a lorry they have pulled over on the verge here. this busy junction closed to traffic for several hours. eyewitnesses said they saw police and ambulances scrambling the scene. police said they were following a tip—off, unsure what they might find inside. police said they were responding to a call from a membe

chris mason, thank you very much.rning? good morning. yes, i mean in the last hour or so within a small group of protesters trying to make a run for it, basically. they suddenly appeared on the highway below us, probably around 100 trying to climb through or over the barricades that they or their friends through or over the barricades that they or theirfriends had been building over the last few days. then they moved along the highway here, quickly pursued by police who we re here, quickly pursued by police who were firing pretty large numbers are teargas rounds. were firing pretty large numbers are tea rgas rounds. there were firing pretty large numbers are teargas rounds. there are some signs that the protesters are trying to make a that the protesters are trying to makea run that the protesters are trying to make a run for it after 2a hours hold up inside. we seen right please ta ke hold up inside. we seen right please take one of the bridges over there. they blocked all of the bridges in or out of the university c

welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and chris mason. our headlines today: floods in northern england continue to pose a danger to life. hundreds of homes have been evacuated — water levels on some swollen rivers could rise further. there is a weekend of remembrance events — after a concert last night, the royal family and senior politicians prepare for the annual ceremony at the cenotaph in london. australian officials say bushfires that have already claimed three lives could spread to some of the country's most populated areas. get ready for the biggest game of the premier league season so far. it's leaders liverpool against champions manchester city, in a game that could be critical in deciding who wins the title. after the rain and flooding of the last few days and even some snow for some of us yesterday, this remembrance sunday gives us a chance to draw a breath. mostly dry was sunshine, full details on the way. it's sunday the 10th of november. our top story. thousands of people are facing a third day of damaged homes, disrupted bu

chris mason, bbc news.ef political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. it is all about brexit today. yes, it is. forsome it is all about brexit today. yes, it is. for some parties, it is all about brexit today. yes, it is. forsome parties, i think that suits them. we know the conservatives want to go through this campaign saying to people, we have got a deal, if you give boris johnson a majority in the house of commons, he can come back before christmas, the deal can be voted through in january and christmas, the deal can be voted through injanuary and then the uk will finally have left the eu. now, i think the labour, they have been a bit more reticent about talking about brexit, they have come under a lot of criticism about having a confusing policy, jeremy corbyn says it is clear, he wants to renegotiate the deal. he says that he would do that within three months and then hold another referendum and so really saying that by the beginning ofjune, it can be sorted. the question he still has not an

our political correspondent chris mason has the latest on today's campaigning. democrat candidate for prime minister, jo swinson! in case you wondered how upbeat the liberal democrats are, there you have it. at their campaign launch in westminster this morning, their promise to scrap brexit if they won was central. both labour and the conservatives want to negotiate and deliver brexit. i never thought that i would stand here and say that i am a candidate to be prime minister. but when i look at borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, i am absolutely certain i could do a betterjob than either of them! labour's been talking brexit too in harlow in essex, a seat the party needs to win from the conservatives. jeremy corbyn‘s pitch is to negotiate what he sees as a better brexit deal and then put that to a referendum with remain as the other option, all within six months. if you want to leave the eu without trashing our economy or selling out the nhs, you will be able to vote for it. if you want remain in the eu, you will be able to vote for that. either way, only a labour g

let's return to our political correspondent chris mason, i'm joined now by chris morris, the bbc‘s realitye implications of that in terms of theirfigures? implications of that in terms of their figures? it is the one thing that sets them apart from all the other uk wide parties, just can't all the whole thing. as you say, no big claim from the lib dems on that score is this, they say that there will be this bonus of £50 billion over five years. over five years is not a tremendous amount of five yea rs not a tremendous amount of five years when you take into the totality of government spending. you have to be careful because it is just a forecast. it is through that the vast majority of independent economy say that they think the economy say that they think the economy would be bigger if we stay in the eu. if you look at the way that the lib dems have done their conclusions, they have been fairly conservative. it's a forecast. the i think this will give them an extra £1a billion in the spending calculations. you can't say that for certain. a health warning on that is that it certain. a heal

our political correspondent chris mason reports.f thousand of judas thanks to your party! election campaigns are noisy, critics of the liberal democrats like to remind them of their time in government. supporters like to drown out the critics. jo swinson went to school in cambridge this morning. this is nonfiction. also published today, her party's nonfiction. also published today, her pa rty‘s pamphlet nonfiction. also published today, her party's pamphlet manifesto, 96 pages are pages but one topic dominates. liberal democrats will be fighting to stop brexit. that is our priority because we believe we are better in the european union, it is better in the european union, it is better for our public services like the nhs, our environment and it is better for peoples jobs. the party's main pitches the council brexit. they point to economic forecasts suggesting remaining is betterfor the economy. they would have more money to spend. they also want 8% of oui’ money to spend. they also want 8% of our electricity generated by renewable s

and chris mason here as well. and we arejoined in our new broadcasting house by an a—list news person. is that where i say me? rebekah va rdy. yes, i am on the ground floor newsroom camera, it's the first time i've ever been here, so it's actually a new experience all around. yes, that's where me and chris do a lot of our broadcasting from. it's quite a self—conscious thing that, if you start speaking quite loudly, you're putting people find you're putting people off behind you are to diligently compile long—running orders for news programmes. but it is very good for knowing what the weather is going to be because you're next to the weather people. that's over there, isn't it. i can't look, you see if i do that... so emily, do you know why we have lured you here today? no, go on tell me. that is because former secretary of state and presidential candidate, hillary clinton has been on the air waves promoting her book and we thought that you are really immersed in american politics but that stuff so if you could com

welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and chris mason. 0ur headlines today: floods in northern englandvels on some swollen rivers could rise further. there is a weekend of remembrance events — after a concert last night, the royal family and senior politicians prepare for the annual ceremony at the cenotaph in london. australian officials say bushfires that have already claimed three lives could spread to some of the country's most populated areas. get ready for the biggest game of the premier league season so far. it's leaders liverpool against champions

join me and chris mason in half an hour's time for tonight's episode of electioncast.labour has pledged to outspend the tories on the nhs in england, promising an additional £6 billion a year by 2023—24 — that's on top of the £20 billion a year originally promised by theresa may. wales, northern ireland and scotland would get the same percentage increase. meanwhile, the prime minister has renewed his calls to get brexit done and promised to double investment in industrial research and development on a visit to an electric taxi manufacturer in coventry. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, has the latest from the campaign trail. voters tried to take charge today. you took your time, boris, haven't you?! where have you been?! the prime minister in yorkshire, given a talking to by people whose lives have been turned upside—down by floods. is there anything in particular that you would like us to do? no, thank you. no? no. too late, his offer of help, they said. it is a little bit too late. while... do you think the man that's going to be prime minister...? ..the labour

our political correspondent chris mason is at westminster.d in the last couple of minutes, liberal democrat ma nifesto, couple of minutes, liberal democrat manifesto, huge picture ofjo swinson, party leader, inside a couple of pages, contrasting herself with what she describes as the two men leading the two big parties and suggesting that they have ideas from the past. whether that be the 18705, oi’ the past. whether that be the 18705, or the 19705...! running the past. whether that be the 18705, or the 19705... ! running down the past. whether that be the 18705, or the 19705...! running down into policy detail in terms of what the lib dems are promising, main pitch, a5 lib dems are promising, main pitch, as you say, cancel brexit, they point to economic forecasts suggesting remaining in the eu is better for the economy and they have 5aid better for the economy and they have said they would have more money to 5pend. they also want 80% of electricity to be generated by renewable sources by the start of the decade after next. and i promise 20,0

our first report is from our political correspondent chris mason.is what the official start of a general election campaign looks like. the prime minister went to see the queen at buckingham palace this morning and then he made the most of the backdrop of what he still hopes to call home after polling day to make his pitch. i havejust to call home after polling day to make his pitch. i have just been to see her majesty the queen earlier on and she agreed to dissolve parliament for an election. i want you to know that i don't want an early election, no one much wants to have an election in december, but we have an election in december, but we have got to the stage where we have no choice because our parliament is paralysed, it has been stuck in a wrap for three and a half years, and iam afraid wrap for three and a half years, and i am afraid our mps arejust refusing time and again to deliver brexit and on the mandate of the people. if we can get this deal over the line, with a sensible majority government, we certainly can, then we can release that pe

now it's time for brexitcast with adam fleming, laura kuennsberg, chris mason and katya adler.l, it's the first full week of the election campaign, which means, of course, laura's in the back of a van in a car park. again. i'm in a car park on the outskirts of edinburgh because, in dalkeith today, we've been talking to labour leaderjeremy corbyn. do you know what today was the one—year anniversary of? what was happening on 14th november, 2018? do you remember? was it one of the meaningful votes? no. was it the signing of the brexit withdrawal agreement with theresa may? yeah, something to do with theresa may getting a deal with the eu. yes, it was after the eight hour long cabinet meeting where the cabinet signed off on the withdrawal agreement and it sounded like this... i know there will be difficult days ahead. this is a decision which will come under intense scrutiny and that is entirely as it should be and entirely understandable. the choice was, this deal, which enables us to take back control and build a brighterfuture for our country, or going back to square one with mo

until a new government is formed after polls close on 12 december. 0ur political correspondent chris mason street. chris, borisjohnson has compared jeremy corbyn to the soviet dictator joseph stalin today. what does that tell us about how we can expect this election to be fought? yes, the rhetoric is flying, isn't it? good morning to you. this is the official starting point of the general election campaign. you would be forgiven for thinking it has been under way for a couple of weeks. why? because well it has. but now there are no longer any mps or parliament and it can get under way formally. the conservatives unveiling their election campaign launch this morning, with boris johnson talking about how he sees his party is the only voice of moderation, as he puts it. i1 nation conservative package, to use the description that he uses in a column in the daily telegraph this morning, and suggesting thatjeremy corbyn is anti— aspiration, won't help the uk grow, and also has two advisers called mr dither and mr delay as far as the brexit process is concerned, the conservative message that they

let's get the latest now from our political correspondent chris mason. brexit is the focus for labour and the conservatives again. yes, labour and the conservatives again. good morning are yes, good morning to you. so labour are wrestling with a little bit of a challenge. what they have to do to stand still or even to progress at this election is held together quite a loose coalition of voters from last time around, some who had voted leave on the referendum and some who had voted remained. and the view from strategists privately is, in the early stages of this campaign, they overestimated the threat of the liberal democrats, of perhaps remain voting labour voters drifting towards the lib dems, but they underestimated the willingness of some long—term labour voters who voted leave to switch to the conservatives. so you can expect a blitz from labour in the last two next couple of weeks in seats that they have held, that voted leave, and that labour will send along to knock on doors, those who are pretty keen on the idea of a brexit deal, in other words t

our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster.rty and was a counsellor in his hometown is in the west midlands in dudley in his 205 and went on to be a labour party official and he worked for gordon brown as a press adviser and then became a labour mp for dudley and works again alongside gordon brown as chancellor and prime minister and now he is saying this. he is saying, vote conservative. we should be clear, he has had a long—standing run—in with jeremy corbyn, if you like, lots ofjewish heritage in his family and relatives who were lost to the nazis and he thinks that that handling of anti—semiti5m has been pitifully poor and he resigned as a labour mp and as sat as labour —— independent mp since november so we know he does not particularly likejeremy corbyn but still, on the second day of a general election campaign for a labourmpfor general election campaign for a labour mp for much of his time in westminster to say vote conservative i5 westminster to say vote conservative is incredible, so how does the labour party respond

let's bring in chris mason come alive from westminster, hello chris, good to have you on.servatives? it's a good question. i do wonder if we've heard the last of nigel farage about where his party is going to stand and where it isn't going to stand, because as you say, whilst on the face of it this was a big announcement today, and it was, given where he was just a week ago, the key seats, the absolutely key seats that borisjohnson, the prime minister, would have to win in order to secure a majority which is the whole point of having this selection from his perspective are ones in which the brexit party are still saying that they will contest. known nigel farage will argue that he thinks that he can beat more —— be more devastating to labour than conservatives, particularly in those seats held by liberal, but where there was a majority for brexit in there was a majority for brexit in the 2016 referendum, but yeah, the essence of your question still stands in terms of why he's decided to draw that line, particularly there, rather than someone else. to draw that line, partic

we're joined now by our political correspondent chris mason. good evening.t a couple of weeks ago he said, we'll do a deal with the conservatives and if we don't get that deal will stand across the country. he hasn't got a deal and 110w country. he hasn't got a deal and now he's not standing across the country. quite. it is an about turn. this time last week i was at an event down the road from here where nigel farage invited all of his pa rty‘s nigel farage invited all of his party's candidates to london. i was speaking to them, they were saying this is serious, he's paying our expenses, we've come all the way here to be unveiled as candidates in hundreds of seats all across england, scotland and wales. and one week on, he is saying pretty much the opposite, saying they won't stand in seats the conservatives won last time round. there's been a lot of pressure for him to not stand where they could be a split in the pro brexit vote. what is really intriguing is that last week at that event, when nigel farage said to his activists that borisjohnson's proposed

join me and chris mason in half an hour's time for tonight's episode of

this report from our political correspondent chris mason.official start of a general election campaign looks like. the prime minister went to see the queen at buckingham palace this morning and then he made the most of the backdrop of what he still hopes to call home after polling day to make his pitch. i have just been to see her majesty the queen earlier on and she agreed to dissolve parliament for an election. i want you to know that i don't want an early election, no one much wants to have an election in december, but we have got to the stage where we have no choice because our parliament is paralysed, it has been stuck in a rut for three and a half years, and i am afraid our mps arejust refusing time and again to deliver brexit and honour the mandate of the people. if we can get this deal over the line, with a sensible majority government, we certainly can, then we can release that pent—up flood of investment, hundreds of billions are waiting to pour into the uk and we can inject a surge of confidence into our system. but moments before

after the break, we'll be live with chris mason to talk about the latest in the election campaign. on all of it. hello there. here in the uk, we knowjust how wet the autumn's been. it's been record—breaking for some of us and we've seen severe flooding. but in that respect, we're not alone. these are latest images coming out of parts of italy, with rivers bursting the banks in northern italy. we've seen some significant flooding issues here and we've seen similar scenes to these, actually, in the south of france as well, with the latest batch of severe weather working in during the weekend with a nasty area of low pressure. that low‘s been spinning down towards the southeast of europe, bringing red weather warnings to greece during monday. we're not out of the woods just yet. there will be some severe thunderstorms working into the southeast of greece and more especially western and southern parts of turkey as we go to the next 24 hours, although, with time, those thunderstorms will become slightly less severe. there is still, i think, the risk of some localised flooding issues. ov

our first report is from our political correspondent chris mason. what the official start of a general election campaign looks like. the prime minister went to see the queen at buckingham palace this morning and then he made the most of the backdrop of what he still hopes to call home after polling day to make his pitch. i have just been to see her majesty the queen earlier on and she agreed to dissolve parliament for an election. i want you to know that i don't want an early election, no one much wants to have an election in december, but we have got to the stage where we have no choice because our parliament is paralysed, it has been stuck in a rut for three and a half years, and i am afraid our mps arejust refusing time and again to deliver brexit and on the mandate of the people. if we can get this deal over the line, with a sensible majority government we certainly can, then we can release that pent—up flood of investment. hundreds of billions are waiting to pour into the uk and we can inject a surge of confidence into our system. but moments b

and on tonight's electioncast, we have a cornucopia of manifestos to comb through, sojoin me, chris mason

and luckily for us, chris mason, our political correspondent has been doing the maths.s pretty daunting but then ethiopia planted 350 million trees injust 12 hours — so it can be done. it is currently national tree week here so it is a good day to discuss it — and with me is the ceo of the woodland trust dr darren moorcroft. good to see you. i've been looking at our total new planting. how many trees we planted each year, year on year since 1976. have a look at this graph and the trend. and you can see that we are pretty rubbish at planting trees. we've got more and more rubbish over the years, why is that? we haven't given it the attention it deserves. and i think what has happened is government have not funded the land owners to plant the trees that we need. 0r getting the trees that we need. 0r getting the benefits that you got from planting the trees in the ground of. we have this route to make a race to plant as may trees in the ground as we can. looking at labour‘s pledge, do you think that is feasible? absolutely, i think there is fantastic ambition out there fro

support of the conservatives, arguing mr corbyn is unfit to govern. 0ur political correspondent chris mason, ian austin, at the heart of the labour party, working for gordon brown 15 years ago. he's devoted his adult life to the party as a counsellor, an adviser, attending cabinet. but his disagreements withjeremy corbyn are not new. he'd sat as an independent mp since february, but nonetheless, his intervention today is still astonishing. take a look at this. i thinkjeremy corbyn is completely unfit to lead our country, completely unfit to lead the labour party. and after 3a years, since a teenager, i've worked for labour party. in my 30s, i was a government adviser. in my 40s, i was an mp and a minister, but it's come to something when i tell decent labour voters that they should vote for borisjohnson in this election. i can't believe it's come to this, but that's where we are. yes, that's a former labour minister suggesting you vote conservative. i had to leave the labour party, i felt. i could have kept it quiet and gone along with it all, or disappeared back off to dudley, but i think

austin advised people going to the polls to vote for borisjohnson. 0ur political correspondent chris masontending cabinet, but his disagreements withjeremy corbyn are not new. he sat as an independent mp since february. nonetheless, his intervention today is still astonishing. take a look at this. i thinkjeremy corbyn is completely unfit to lead our country. completely unfit to lead the labour party. after 3a years ijoined the labour party as a teenager, i worked for the labour party, in my 30s i was a government adviser, in my a0s i was an mp and a minister so it has really come to something when i tell decent traditional patriotic labour party voters that they should be voting for borisjohnson at this election. i can't believe it has come to this but this is where we are. yes, that is a former labour minister suggesting that you vote conservative. i had to leave the labour party, ifelt, but i could have kept it all quiet and got on with it all, disappeared back off to dudley, but i think you have to stand up and tell the truth. i think you have to stand up and tell the truth and if you'r

the party because they perceive a greater loyalty to their country. 0ur political correspondent chris masonto deny borisjohnson a majority, but he was at pains to remind viewers that he is still a conservative, he is still a member of the conservative party, and quite strikingly, he was very direct when he was asked specifically about the central policy at the heart of the lib dem page at this general election, that is an idea of evoking article 50, scrapping brexit, if they were to win an overall majority. he felt that idea was, in his words, naive, and insert the emphasis should be on a situation they could force another referendum on brexit in the next parliament. but quite striking for him to be so candid response to that. he was able to caveat it by saying, i am not a liberal democrat, but he was saying toa liberal democrat, but he was saying to a discussion that is going on within the party about the extent to which emphasising that was a mistake or not. there are those who think that it was perhaps overdone, and it was a tack too far, if you know, and alienate some people who don‘t l

we go live now to westminster for more from political correspondent chris mason.ared week of campaigning, so they are funding their donations every week across the general election and the gap is massive. just drilling down into the numbers regarding the conservatives and labour, 87% of these donations declared for the first week were given to the conservative party and the biggest individual donation from the biggest individual donation from the tories was from a man who gave £1 million and he is worth a few quid. he is a theatre producer. interesting name popping up and it's familiar when we look at these grins. the wife of a former russian minister who gave £200,000 to the conservatives and in the past she gave hundred and £60,000 to play tennis with borisjohnson. i don't know who won the match but it was game, setand know who won the match but it was game, set and match to the tory coffers that tennis match and here she is giving some more money. 60% of the labour party money came from the union, unite. if you look at the same period in the general election tw

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chris, thank you so much for joining us, appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. ashley: to one ever heard of mason, the stephen f austin player is using 15 minutes of fame for a good cause, susan. >> he should, biggest upset in 15 years in ncaa history. they had to rebuild after hurricane dorian and looked like they raised more than $97,000 and counting which is huge spike. ashley: what a great story. still gives me chills when i see the final layup and the reaction, fantastic stuff. susan, thank you. >> fantastic. ashley: president trump signing human rights bill and waving american flags on thanksgiving no less, coming uply ask someone from the rnc if the president's strategically timed the signing to have bill, remember this, serena williams smashing her racket during u.s. open women's final, that racket guess what, now up for sale and we have it on the set today so the question is how much would you pay for a piece of tennis history, third hour of varney straight ahead. driverless cars, or trips to mars. no commission. delivery drones, or the latest phones. no commission. no matter what you tr

let's talk to our political correspondent chris mason. good morning to you. breezy, well, not bright but breezy. tell us about these policy announcements coming out today. it's breezy and nippy here at westminster. the policies are coming thick and fast. let's rattle through the details. the lib dems first, an announcement about an extra penny on income tax from them, £35 billion into the nhs to march labour and be greater than the conservatives'. let's talk about the conservatives next. they are talking about crime today and having all—life tariffs for child murderers. the conservatives say it is an important plank of their criminal justice policy. the labor party are talking about animal welfare today, and in particular, boosting the number of rural police officers to deal with an ml —— animal welfare crimes like badger baiting. and the s&p is calling on holyrood to set immigration policy rather than it being done at westminster —— snp stop and a quick word about the word of the week, manifesto. there will bea of the week, manifesto. there will be a lot of