the labour mp chuka umunna has urged leaderjeremy corbyn to "call off the dogs". in a speech, the former frontbencher said centre—left mps like himself were being driven out of the labour party. my message to our leadership is clear. it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs and get on with what my constituency, one of the most diverse communities in the country, demands we do. people being harassed by cold callers will be given powers to stop them in new measures introduced by the government today. russian war planes have launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of idlib as protesters call for international help to stop the offensive. turkey and others have warned of a potential humanitarian disaster. and an attempt to clear plastic waste from the pacific ocean gets underway today. for the first time ever, a 600 metre long boom will be towed through the middle of the pacific ocean to collect plastic waste. and at ii.30pm — you can watch dateline for the latest analysis on brexit and other top stories from around the world. the labour mp, chu

and what chuka umunna is suggesting todayis and what chuka umunna is suggesting today is thatjeremy corbynporters, and the campaign group momentum, are continually trying to get rid of the so—called moderate mps, and they‘ re get rid of the so—called moderate mps, and they're doing this to their local boats in their parties, votes of no—confidence which are only symbolic, but he says this is part ofan symbolic, but he says this is part of an attempted purge. this is chuka umunna speaking earlier today. already centreleft umunna speaking earlier today. already ce ntreleft mps umunna speaking earlier today. already centreleft mps are being symptomatically targeted, with motions against them in their local parties, motions brought against them for standing up to the ce ntreleft — — them for standing up to the centreleft —— for the centreleft values. my message to the powers is clear. it is within your powers to stop this, so call off the dogs. there have been specific instances, but just before there have been specific instances, butjust before we come up, john mcdonald has responded in stron

this is chuka umunna speaking in london earlier today.e being systematically targeted with motions against them and their local parties, motions brought against them for standing up for the centreleft values. my message to the leadership is clear. it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs. there have been specific instances. john mcdonnell has responded in pretty strong terms castillo the party more broadly saying it this morning that there is a conspiracy is nonsense. the speech by chuka umunna was quite simply incorrect and incoherent. john mccullough —— john mcdonough simply incorrect and incoherent. john mccullough ——john mcdonough is a supporter ofjeremy corbyn, he responded to this today, particularly critical of some of the language that chuka umunna used. stop throwing yourself in front of tv cameras, inventing stories, and get out there and start campaigning for a labour government. unite with the rest of the party, because what we want is a labour government as soon as we want is a labour government as soon as p

what isjoker amina —— chuka umunna saying about that?t they are almost failed, thinly veiled, threats, that they potentially have the numbers to deselect if it were to come to that. this week, joan ryan and gavin sheehan car, to make mps who have been critical ofjeremy corbyn, getting no of confidence votes against them. —— no—confidence vote. chris leslie has had a no—confidence vote this week as well. a lot of concern about joan vote this week as well. a lot of concern aboutjoan ryan, because the day after that meeting, a video appeared on twitter posted by iranians state television, which a p pa re ntly iranians state television, which apparently was at that meeting. she says she is horrified by the fact that there was a runny and —— iranians state television there. an chuka and brought that up after the speech this morning. we have a situation, if you look at the experience of my colleague john ryan in enfield, where you have got a labour party meeting being streamed and broadcast by the iranians state broadcaster. in 2018, really? w

that is the accusation from chuka umunna. party leadership is tried orchestrated the says they need to do something to stop it. this is what he said a little bit earlier. already, centre-left mps are being systematically targeted with motions against them in their owfi with motions against them in their own parties, motions brought against them for standing up to be centre—left values. my message to our leadership is clear — it is within your power to stop this. so call off the dogs. and meanwhile the shadow chancellor is out trying to get his message gci’oss is out trying to get his message across and having to deal with these divisions and infighting that he sees as a distraction. he has been critical of those claims by chuka umunna and says there is no conspiracy to try and purge the party of a certain group of mps. he has dismissed that out of hand and has dismissed that out of hand and has said chuka umunna should stop throwing themselves in front of the tv cameras. this is whatjohn mcdonnell had to say in response to ch

chuka umunna also making the point today at that jeremy corbyn should be doing more to fight what chuka. he wants the labour leader to come out and back a so—called people's boat, a second referendum on the brexit deal. —— a people's vote. pete, thank you very much indeed. the first member of president trump's election team to plead guilty to offences during the 2016 campaign has been sentenced to two weeks in jail. george papadopoulos, who was a foreign policy adviser, admitted lying to fbi agents investigating whether the trump campaign colluded with russia — something the president has repeatedly denied. it's emerged that a russian exile who was murdered in britain last march believed that two men from moscow had tried to poison him five years earlier. nikolai glushkov — a former deputy director of the russian airline, aeroflot — was found apparently strangled at his home in south—west london, a week after ex—spy, sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, were poisoned in salisbury. a massive operation to scoop plastic waste from the middle of the pacific ocean is being launched today.

pretty strong words from chuka umunna.labour mps increasingly uncomfortable in their own party. that's right. there isa their own party. that's right. there is a growing unease amongst some of those moderate, centre—left labour mps, that they are being unfairly targeted now one that really is what chuka umunna is saying in this speech today. he of course has been critical ofjeremy corbyn in the past, there is no surprise there, but it is striking the language he is using here today. he says he's proud of the parties centre—left tradition but the danger is that tradition but the danger is that tradition is being out. having only been re—elected by their constituents last year, often with big majorities, already centre—left mps are being systematically targeted with motions against them in their local parties, motions brought against them for standing up for these centre—left values. for example, demanding we have a zero tolerance of racism in the labour party. more motions are expected by colleagues in the weeks and months

chuka umunna making his feelings clear in the speech he has given this morning.it too and that is why all of this is coming to a head. six months to go into we leave the eu, moderate mps are unhappy with how jeremy corbyn has gone with this. they want to take a firmer stance, and chuka umunna, in particular, wanting them to come out and back a people's vote a second referendum on the brexit deal. it is interesting, we have a lot of people are unhappy whenjeremy we have a lot of people are unhappy when jeremy corbyn we have a lot of people are unhappy whenjeremy corbyn was we have a lot of people are unhappy when jeremy corbyn was voted we have a lot of people are unhappy whenjeremy corbyn was voted as the leader, they tried to get rid of him and it did not work but there was the feeling that actually, they have to get on with it, they cannot get rid of him because they have famous backing from the membership. he is more secure in the party machine? tensions were rising, butjeremy corbyn did better than a lot of people were expecting. the row with anti—semitism ov

that is chuka umunna.tervening, saying he felt that the party had been lost to what he called the hard left, that the moderates could not really get it back. jeremy corbyn hit back yesterday. a pretty strong statement from labour in response to those comments by chuka umunna, saying they are incoherent and inaccurate. you mentioned this kind of co—ordinated campaign. we had two votes of no confidence just this week alone. chris leslie, the former shadow chancellor has lost a vote of no—confidence in one branch of his local labour party. he feels there will be a wider vote in his party as well. he has said to me today that there are obviously motions is now being august by the leaderships machine. a pretty firm rebuttal to that this morning. labour says there is no such campaign, ourfocus continues to be opposing this failing government and offering solutions our country needs. these no—confidence votes, what do they mean? they have no official force, these no—confidence vote but i suppose it is about build

labour in response saying that chuka umunna's was “— response saying that chuka umunna's was —— commentste and doing his constituents a disservice. we will hear more on this a little later. the first member of president trump's election team to plead guilty to offences during the 2016 campaign has been sentenced to two weeks injail. george papadopoulos, who was a foreign policy adviser, admitted lying to fbi agents investigating whether the trump campaign colluded with russia — something the president has repeatedly denied. former us president barack 0bama has said his country is living through ‘dangerous times', as he launched an attack on donald trump. in a speech to students in illinois, the ex—president called for a restoration of ‘honesty‘ and ‘decency‘. he used the claims that white house officials were secretly attempting to stifle the president, to urge people to vote in the upcoming mid—term elections. they are not doing us a service by actively promoting 90% of the crazy stuff that is coming out of this white house, and then saying, "don't worry, we're preventing the other 10%.

the headlines at two: the labour mp chuka umunna has urged leaderjeremy corbyn to "call off the dogs". in a speech, the former frontbencher said centre—left mps like himself were being driven out of the party. my message to our leadership is clear. it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs and get on with what my constituency, one of the most diverse communities in the country, demands we do. people being harassed by cold callers will be given powers to stop them in new measures introduced by the government today. russian war planes have launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of idlib, as protesters call for international help to stop the offensive. also coming up this hour: for the first time ever, there's going to be an attempt to get into the middle of the pacific ocean to try to clean it up. thousands of top university graduates are competing forjobs as prison officers, in a scheme aiming to transform the uk's toughest prisons. and at two—thirty, an investigation into a top nhs surgeon who stands accused of harming dozens of his patients. the labour party h

our top stories: after late he's got a no—confidence vote, chuka umunna stuck with —— issues a starkhin your power to stop this, so call off the dogs. people on low paid wages below what they were in 2008. these are the issues we are dealing with, not internal disputes that he is trying to invent or refer into a party members as dogs. unacceptable. russian warplanes launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of it live as protesters call for international help to stop the offensive.

the labour mp chuka umunna today called on the party's leadership to put a stop to it., centre—left mps are being systematically targeted with motions against them in their local parties. motions brought against them for standing up for these centre—left values. my message to our leadership is clear. it is within your power to stop this. so call off the dogs. our political correspondent peter saulljoins me. pretty strong words there from chuka umunna and it feels like the tension is escalating once more between some labour mps is escalating once more between some labourmps and is escalating once more between some labour mps and the labour leadership? what is striking here is the language, share you have a man who once to be labour leader briefly, referring to members of the party as dogs. jeremy corbyn‘s supporters say, look, our membership is swelled, to around half a million underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership and it's only right labour mps represent the views of the rank and file. they say these no—confidence votes are basically an exercise in democracy but chuka umunna

headlines at eight: aftera pairof labourmps suffer no—confidence votes in their own constituencies, chuka umunnassues a stark warning to the party's leadership not to hound moderates out of the party. my message to our leadership is clear — it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs. people on low—pay wages, below what they were in 2008. they're the issues we're dealing with, not internal disputes that he's trying to invent, or referring to are party members as dogs. unacceptable. russian warplanes have launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of idlib as protesters call for international help to stop the offensive. people being harassed by cold callers will be given powers to stop them in new measures introduced by the government today. a couple and a child have had a miraculous escape after a tube train went over the top of them at baker street station in london. also coming up: an attempt to clear plastic waste from the ocean gets started today. for the first time ever, a 600—metre long boom will be towed through the middle of the pacific to collect the pollution. and at

our top stories: after late he's got a no—confidence vote, chuka umunna stuck with —— issues a starkng to the leadership not to hound moderates out of the party. my message to our leadership is clear that it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs. people on low paid wages below what they were in 2008. these are the issues we are dealing with, not internal disputes that he is trying to invent or refer into a party members as dogs. unacceptable. russian warplanes launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of it live as protesters call for international help to stop the offensive. people being harassed by cold callers will be given powers to stop them in new measures introduced by the government today. tributes have been paid to the us rapper matt miller has died after an apparent drug overdose. —— mac. and at 11:30pm will be taking an in—depth look at the papers. we are, in which the shadow chancellorjohn macdonald said were unacceptable. the rubber and different schools of thought in the party and the accusation is that things have come to such a head the jeremy co

i wish chuka umunna and the others had considered that over the past three years.c lodge run by elli, we are a democratic party. i cannot say to them to not do this and wag your finger at say to them to not do this and wag yourfinger at them, they say to them to not do this and wag your finger at them, they have spent three years watching this unfold, and after three years, and a very polite manner, they have before it's a motion saying that we are unhappy with weight is the way you are performing, get behind this party and support the democratically elected leadership. i think it is very acceptable, very fair, no one is being punished. it is a simple matter of democracy, and i think those mps should listen to it and say that they hear you, let's get behind this leadership and get the story government out. it is a very simple message. can you see an end to this infighting, this seeming civil war that is going on between the labour party? i can, i think the vast majority of labour mps, in speaking to some colleagues back in parliament this week, i think the vast maj

the former shadow business secretary, chuka umunna, will make a speech today urging jeremy corbyn to and stop labour mp‘s being targeted for criticising the party leadership. a labour source dismissed the comments as "incoherent and inaccurate". 0ur political correspondent pete saull can tell us more. pete, will this intervention trouble mr corbyn? i think that it reflects a growing concern among labour mps. now, moderate labour mps. especially those who have criticised jeremy corbyn in the past. that there is a coordinated effort to target them. hence this rather incendiary language. we have seen two mps this week, they have both lost no—confidence votes in their local labour parties. particularly onjoan ryan, the chair of labour friends of israel. there was a television crew in the meeting, something she says she was horrified by but there could be more of this. but the former shadow chancellor chris leslie has lost a vote of no—confidence in one branch of his local labour party, not the entirety of his constituency in nottingham east. i've been in touch with him this morning and h

the former shadow business secretary, chuka umunna, will make a speech today urging jeremy corbyn to and stop labour mps being targeted for criticising the party leadership. mr umunna will say there is a danger of the centre—left tradition being driven out after two labour mp's lost votes of no confidence among their local party members. a labour source called the comments "incoherent and inaccurate". the first member of president trump's election team to plead guilty to offences during the 2016 campaign has been sentenced to two weeks injail. george papadopoulos, who was a foreign policy adviser, admitted lying to fbi agents investigating whether the trump campaign colluded with russia — something the president has repeatedly denied. former us president barack 0bama has said his country is living through ‘dangerous times', as he launched an attack on donald trump. in a speech to students in illinois, the ex—president called for a restoration of honesty and decency. he used the claims that white house officials were secretly attempting to stifle the president, to urge people to vote

labour mp chuka umunna is set to urgejeremy corbyn to "call off the dogs" — in a speech, he'll say thate—left mps risk being driven out of the party. there are unconfirmed reports of a stabbing in barnsley. police say they are responding to a serious incident in the town centre, where there will be a high visibility police presence. a californian coast clean—up begins today, as plastic from the ocean is collected using a 600 metre long boom. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. this week we're injohannesburg. where i will be taking a lesson with some of the most famous township dancers in south africa. so it's going to be — one, two, one, two. one, two, one, one, two, one, one, two, one. easy! we hit the ibiza clubs in a wheelchair. i feel myself on the dance floor. i'm not a chair, i'm not a person in a chair, i'mjust...|‘m me. and we had to scotland to catch a glimpse of some rare flying visitors to orkney. we're not entirely sure where the eagles have come from. there is an outside chance they've come direct from norway. first up on this week's programme, we head to ibiza.

labour mp chuka umunna has said jeremy corbyn supporters are driving centre—left mps out of the partyader to "call off the dogs". russian war planes have launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of idlib. turkey and the united nations have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the event of an all—out offensive. new powers designed to end nuisance calls from personal injury and claim management firms come into force today. companies will have to make sure people have opted in to receive their calls. tributes have been paid to the us rapper, mac miller, who's died after an apparent drug overdose. the 26—year—old, who's real name was malcolm mccormick, was found at his home near los angeles. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday, with me lizzie greenwood—hughes and john watson. the headlines this evening... james anderson is nowjust three wickets away from the all time test record for pace bowlers, taking two so far in the final test against india. northern ireland get off to a disappointing start in their nations league campaign, losing 2—1 to bos

labour mp chuka umunna has said jeremy corbyn supporters are driving centre—left mps out of the partye urged the leader to "call off the dogs". new powers designed to end nuisance calls from personal injury and claim management firms come into force today. companies will have to make sure people have opted in to recieve their calls. a russian exile who was murdered in britain last march believed that two men from moscow had tried to poison him five years earlier. a couple and a child have had a miraculous escape after a tube train went over the top of them at baker street station in london last night. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me lizzie greenwood—hughes and john watson the headlines this evening.... james anderson is nowjust three wickets away from the all time test record for pace bowlers, taking two so far in the final test against india. northern ireland get off to a disappointing start in their nations league campaign... losing 2—1 to bosnia hertigovina after the highs of the world cup — time for

let's get more now on the labour mp chuka umunna accusing the labour leaderjeremy corbyn of driving centre—lefte is now a clear and present danger that that tradition is driven out of our party. having only been reelected by their constituents last year, often with big majorities, already centreleft mps are being systematically targeted with motions against them, and their local parties, motions brought against them for standing up to the ce ntreleft them for standing up to the centreleft values, them for standing up to the ce ntreleft values, for them for standing up to the centreleft values, for example demanding a zero tolerance of racism and the labour party. more motions are expected by colleagues in the weeks and months to come. my message to the leadership is clear, it is within your power to stop this so call off the dogs and get on with what my constituency, one of the most diverse communities in the country demand we do, without equivocation fight this tory brexit. that is where all of our efforts should be. mr ummuna's description, calling on the labour leadership to call "off the do

, the labour mp campaigning fora like chuka umunna, the labour mp campaigning for a second vote the finalld come in and end up as the party leader. this was sir vince cableresponse. there is no leadership election in prospect except in the longer term. we have very good mps, i see nothing wrong with opening up the talent paul and looking at people who share oui’ paul and looking at people who share our values. it may be that the party rejects them, maybe they don't get through the nomination process, maybe they don't get through the star chamber interrogation process. at least not rule things out from first principles, because we can think of somebody who we distrust who might get through it hypothetically. that seems completely the wrong way of looking at it. in a liberal party, surely we are open to choice. looking at possibilities. . applause applause for sir vince cable as he a nswered applause for sir vince cable as he answered those concerns about potential changes to the party which will only happen of course if the membership agree to them and get behind them. lots of seniorfigure

the labour mp chuka umunna has urged leaderjeremy corbyn to "call off the dogs".e himself were being driven out of the labour party. my message to our leadership is clear. it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs and get on with what my constituency, one of the most diverse communities in the country, demands we do. people being harassed by cold callers will be given powers to stop them in new measures introduced by the government today. russian war planes have launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of idlib as protesters call for international help to stop the offensive. turkey and others have warned of a potential humanitarian disaster. and an attempt to clear plastic waste from the pacific ocean

chuka umunna says trying to sell at people's vote without i remain option would be like selling a car without a reverse gear —— without a remain option. but it would be idiotic, there is such clamourfor a second would be idiotic, there is such clamour for a second referendum that is not to give people the remain option would seem perverse. 60 million people voted to remain in the last referendum so not to give them another chance to address that would be perverse ——. them another chance to address that would be perverse --. mixed messages here within their own party and if they can't get the message right through, i will be supposed to get elected to understand —— the electorate? you've elected to understand —— the electorate ? you've got elected to understand —— the electorate? you've got to have consistent messages but this is a co nfe re nce consistent messages but this is a conference where one is saying one thing and another is saying another. john mcdonnell has been asked this evening and he has clarified that remain could be an option on the table but all options are open. rema

chuka umunna says trying to sell at people's vote without i remain option would be like selling a caric, there is such clamourfor a second would be idiotic, there is such clamour for a second referendum that is not to give people the remain option would seem perverse. 60 million people voted to

labour mp chuka umunna has said jeremy corbyn supporters are driving centre—left mps out of the partyas he urged the leader to "call off the dogs". russian warplanes have launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of idlib. turkey and the united nations have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the event of an all—out offensive. new powers designed to end nuisance calls from personal injury and claim management firms come into force today. companies will have to make sure people have opted in to receive their calls. a couple and a child have had a miraculous escape after a tube train went over the top of them at baker street station in london. there are people everywhere. just stick to the plan. let's do this. and we hear the true story of one of the biggest heists in us history in american animals. we'll find out what mark kermode thought of that and the rest of this week's releases in the film review at 11:16. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. if you are looking for my team, i'm afraid you have the ben bland bus replacement se

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the headlines at three: the labour mp chuka umunna has urged leaderjeremy corbyn to "call off the dogsmself were being driven out of the party. my message to our leadership is clear: it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs and get on with what my constituency, one of the most diverse communities in the country, demands we do. people being harassed by cold callers will be given powers to stop them in new measures introduced by the government today. russian war planes have launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of idlib, as protesters call for international help to stop the offensive. also coming up this hour: for the first time ever, there's going to be an attempt to get into the middle of the pacific ocean to try to clean it up. and at three—thirty, click investigates the emerging

headlines at ten: aftera pairof labourmps suffer no—confidence votes in their own constituencies, chuka umunna's leadership not to hound moderates out of the party. my message to our leadership is clear — it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs. people on low—pay wages, below what they were in 2008. they're the issues we're dealing with, not internal disputes that he's trying to invent, or referring to our party members as dogs. unacceptable. russian warplanes have launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of idlib as protesters call for international help to stop the offensive. people being harassed by cold callers will be given powers to stop them in new measures introduced by the government today. tributes have been paid to the us rapper mac miller, who's died

labour mp chuka umunna has accused jeremy corbyn of driving centre—left mps like himself out of the partyrning. my message to our leadership is clear. it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs and get on with what my constituency, one of the most diverse communities in the country, demands we do. also coming up this hour: for the first time ever, there's going to be an attempt to get into the middle of the pacific ocean to try to clean it up. thousands of top university graduates are competing

the headlines at two: the labour mp chuka umunna has urged leaderjeremy corbyn to "call off the dogs" being driven out of the party. my message to our leadership is clear. it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs and get on with what my constituency, one of the most diverse communities in the country, demands we do. people being harassed by cold callers will be given powers to stop them in new measures introduced by the government today. russian war planes have launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of idlib, as protesters call for international help to stop the offensive. also coming up this hour: for the first time ever, there's going to be an attempt to get into the middle of the pacific ocean

as one person put it to sir vince cable, they were worried that somebody like chuka umunna, the labourn the final deal with brussels, could come in and end up as the party leader. and this was sir vince cable's response. there is no leadership election in prospect, except in the longer term. we have very good mps. i see nothing wrong with opening up the talent pool and looking at people who share our values. it may be that the party rejects them, maybe they don't get through the nomination process, maybe they don't get through the star chamber interrogation progress but at least not ruling things out from first principles, just because we can think of somebody we distrust who might get through hypothetically. that seems to be the wrong way of looking at it. the liberal party, surely we are open to choice? looking at possibilities? so, applause for sir vince cable as he answered those concerns about potential changes to the party which, of course, will only happen if the membership agreed to them and get behind them. for many senior figures in the party, he's got the right idea with tho

that is the accusation from chuka umunna.ied to orchestrated that he says they need to do something to stop it. in his words, call of the dogs. this is what he said a little earlier. already, centre-left mps are being systematically targeted with motions against them. motions brought against them for standing up the ce ntre—left brought against them for standing up the centre—left values. my message to all leadership is clear. it is even your power “— to all leadership is clear. it is even your power —— it is within your power to stop these so—called orthodox. this is what john mcdonnell had to say in response at all earlier. —— call off the dogs. stop getting in front of the cameras inventing stories. unite with the re st of inventing stories. unite with the rest of the party. what we want is a labour government as soon as possible. right across the company, —— country, there are 5000 people sleeping rough. nhs in crisis. loach 's sleeping rough. nhs in crisis. loach ns __ sleeping rough. nhs in crisis. loach 's —— low wages

let's talk now to the labour mp chuka umunna who joins us from westminster.ly at the party conference and this year we are doing that. i was on the streets of liverpool yesterday afternoon with over 5000 activists, many of these labour party people campaigning to be —— to have a people's vote on this. it commits the party to a position which seeks school participation in the single market and the only way of doing that is to be part of the european economic area. if you have left the european union that is. but on the people's vote in particular, let us be absolutely clear. what the motions saysis absolutely clear. what the motions says is that if we are not able to secure the general election, then a people's vote will be the option on the table and it is pretty clear that in that eventuality, it would bea that in that eventuality, it would be a necessity because it would be the only way of breaking the impasse in the house of commons. and what our members, waters, my constituents are looking for is an unequivocal commitment to a peoples ford. whether there

is, there is a few individuals who have expressed their view, to be frank i didn't like the way chuka umunna and campaign and they desperately want a change of government, they want a labour government, they want a labour government elected. where there are individual prop problems, behaviour or something like that, we have said we expect people to work amicably and comradelying to but if they don't will is disciplinary procedure, we will support people to make sure that we have a democratic party but that democracy is exercised in a way of mutual respect. you don't think the labour party is divided? no, i don't. i think there is a small number who clearly have a individual problems within their own constituency, and we will address those and we will try and do is make sure we mediate and overcome the problems but the impression i am getting, i am touring round the country and working with local mps touring round the country and working with local mp5 is they are getting on with the job of first of all representing their community, opposing this government, where they see the policies are ha

chuka umunna today urged jeremy corbyn to "call off the dogs" and stop mps being targeted... coincidental, they're not isolated, and there has to be a suspicion that this is coming from the leadership. we've got different musicians in. i think the idea... is that the reason for the stand—up comedy? there's some kind of a connection? some mps are blaming momentum, a grassroots organisation set up to support jeremy corbyn's leadership, for stoking that opposition to sitting mps. the group now has a big say in the kind of people getting the chance to become labour mps. laura mcalpine set up a local branch of the group here in essex and has been selected as labour's candidate. just want to raise awareness of the local labour party, really. got not many tickets left now, so you'd better get yours quick. she is organising a stand—up comedy night here at this theatre to raise money for her campaign. it feels a long way from talk of takeovers and hard left infiltration. we put on free film screenings. we also have got dementia friendly film screenings. lots of events for the communit