chuka umunna, you are a labourmp, through. chuka umunna, you are a labour mp, what through. make any difference to the parliamentary arithmetic. it is gridlocked and cannot agree on how we leave the european union. will not make any difference to the eu negotiating position. ithink honestly, your viewers will take great exception, i suspect what is going on. essentially you are having this refract into the tory party, 315 mp5 this refract into the tory party, 315 mps determining, in the short term anyway, the destiny of the country and everyone else is locked out of the debate. you were just saying with your discussion with crispin, one of your viewers has said, don‘t tell us what we think. the parliament had the will of the people in 2016, nobody has any idea what the will of the people is now. my e—mail box has been pinging ever since it broke this morning with messages of support for the prime minister including my party members who voted to leave. they see her as someone who voted to leave. they see her as someone who is fighting to get the best deal. i have met represen

chuka umunna?she is talking about changing this backstop but ultimately we don't really know where we are headed, what we do know is that there is not going to be anything there for most of the economy, services, for example, 18% of our economy — i can't support this. do you accept that if you were to put it to a vote in parliament is now, a second referendum would not win? i do accept that but what we know is that there is quite along road still to go on this. and many colleagues on both sides of the house have said, if the deal falls, then that is the only option. overview, thank you very much indeed for your time. so, if you thought it was all over, or about to be all over, think again. we may not know how we are leaving the eu, when or, indeed, whether we finally will, for quite some time, but what's a few days or weeks after a row that has been raging not just all my lifetime but for much, much longer than that? it has divided the nation, it has split parties, it has felled one prime minister

picturing the green party's caroline lucas, labour's chuka umunna and conservativejustine greening —ing for another vote. the gulf news anticipates more political fallout from qatar's decision to leave opec. it quotes a tweet by the uae‘s minister for foreign affairs. he claims qatar's move is proof of its declining role and isolation and says he expects more media attacks on opec from qatar. after the g20 meeting and president trump's meeting with china's leader, bloomberg reports that trump's advisers are "struggling to explain the deal he says he cut with president xi." it says plans to reduce tariffs on us car exports doesn't exist on paper and hasn't been confirmed in beijing. the new york times looks ahead to the auction of albert einstein's so called "god letter." it explains in one paragraph why he doesn't believe in god or the bible. it's reckoned it could fetch up to $1.5 million. and the times says one fee—paying school has told its parents not to spend more than £50 pound, just under $70, on gifts for its teachers. it came after some teachers were given tables at michelin

but there is a lot of pressure for labour to call it, we spoke to chuka umunna, and he is adamant thats is a close line with the european union single market. is labour interested ? european union single market. is labour interested? some in labour are, but the question is whether party more generally. the opposition labour party would really be put in the spot if that became an emerging reality, well, the leadership of the labour party would have to be put on the spot, because if you accept something like a norway arrangement, then you have to accept the free movement of people, which the labour leadership has said it is not happy about. and if you have a plus, then the plus is the customs union, which limits what you can do in terms of the trade deal, and you have to pay m, the trade deal, and you have to pay in, and you have freedom of movement, which some labour mps say we can't sell on the doorstep. and it is not certain, having heard from the norway prime minister, that they would not want a big brother is using it as a platform to something else on a temporary basis. if they we

i thought the tweet you read out from chuka umunna is right, you can change the leader every day between arithmetic. it is all well and good for bernard jenkin to say we changed prime minister in 1940, but we then formed a national government. we didn't try to govern alone. i am not sure whether his historical analogy stands up because i don't thing he is advocating and national government. another thing that doesn't change is the fact the dup will not support this agreement and without the dup supporting the government it is a government without an majority, a government without an majority, a government without power. if i can read what arlene foster has said, i am surprised. yesterday i realised there were lots of conversations going on but my focus is on the withdrawal agreement and the fact the backstop needs to be taken out of the withdrawal agreement. theresa may got nowhere yesterday with doing that, so therefore she is a prime minister who doesn't come manpower. with greatest respect to our friends in the dup, it is the conservative party who decides who leads the conservative p

the key cabinet ministers who hasn't spoken much publicly, andrew wind from the labour party, chuka umunnast brexit in the house of commons and the end of all of that we have the fantastic kingdom choir singing is out, that will be really good. andrew, thank you, that will be really good. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning. the strictly come dancing champions are... the glitter ball trophy has been presented and the sequins are going back in the wardrobe. after months of battling it out on the dancefloor, we'll be revealing the strictly champion of 2018. we will have to get rid of these pictures soon, we nearly showed it. all that to come on the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye for now. good morning. a summary of today's stories from bbc news. in the fast few moments, the education secretary, damian hines has told bbc brea kfast secretary, damian hines has told bbc breakfast that another eu referendum would merely postpone the deadlock on brexit rather than resolve it. it's emerged that labour mps in favour of a

meanwhile, labour mp chuka umunna said — "the tory party can change the prime minister but the parliamentarynge. and while we obsess over how many tory mps theresa may can get to back her, the real business of sorting out the mess we're in goes ignored again." conservative mp bernard jenkin tweeted — "the uk changed prime minister in may 19110 — in the middle of a monstrously greater national crisis than this. if it has to be done, it has to be done." conservative brexiteer andrea jenkyns tweeted — "i take it that those cabinet ministers defending the pm this morning, will not put their name in to succeed her if there is a leadership election?" "i hope colleagues will vote the right way this evening. it is time that we had a new leader to save brexit, and unite our country. " and the former ukip leader, nigel farage has tweeted — "tory mps have one last chance to save brexit tonight by removing mrs may, time to stand up and show some courage." os with me is the home office minister sarah newton mp. supporting theresa may. supporting theresa maylj supporting theresa may. i am very much suppor

i was on a bbc programme yesterday and chuka umunna was in favour of a second referendum and but he didn'tated by an election promise by david cameron to have it in the first place and then by both the labour party and the conservative party confirming it saying they would accept the result on the 2017 general election. we've had three votes around this referendum, to overturn its because a few malco nte nts overturn its because a few malcontents don't like losing would bea malcontents don't like losing would be a democratic disgrace.” malcontents don't like losing would be a democratic disgrace. ijust wonder if you ever come in the middle of the night, wake and think what have i done? what is this argument that i have been putting forward that has created so much anger out there? many of these people here are shouting at you directly. don't you think that anger is justified? directly. don't you think that anger isjustified? the divisiveness of the referendum is a great misfortune to this nation. if you want to double it and triplets you could have a second referendum. if you think the fir

chuka umunna! mr speaker, let us be clear.is not something she said no deal is not something she would countenance, will she now it at that march 2019th council to request an extension to article 52 stop no deal from happening? —— march 2019. i have indicated my approach concerning article 50. as what emmanuel macron said on friday, re ce nt what emmanuel macron said on friday, recent comments from the commission have been rather more hostile than anything but nederland officials were told that losing northern ireland is the price of brexit. eu ambassadors, briefed on the deal, saying the uk must align their rules but that you will retain all the controls. at the weekend a further eu official was reported in the times as to have said "to use a christmas theme we want all mp5 and factions in the parliament to feel the bleak midwinter. " factions in the parliament to feel the bleak midwinter." does this on to my right honourable friend wig people negotiating in good faith?” say to my honourable friend i have always been clear th

chuka umunna, labourmp for streatham joins me now.views within them. but this is not like a general election scenario where you have all views represented simply by having the main political parties on the platform. the prime minister wants to pursue a deeply damaging brexit, in my view. my party wishes to pursue whatjeremy corbyn is calling a jobs first brexit but actually there is a whole swathe of people out in the country you would like this to be referred back to the people through a people's vote. you had 700,000 people marching through the streets... another people's vote ? the streets... another people's vote? yes, we delivered a petition to ten downing st and it is important those people have a voice and dare! important those people have a voice and dare i say, if you want the kind of extreme... haven't they had a voice? if you want the kind of brexit that nigel farage and boris johnson have advocated, you want your voice heard also. i think it is important all those bodies of opinion are presented in a debate. the assumption