conservatives like to keep or conserve the things that work.hristianity is one of the things that has worked for america. for what it is done to improve the lives of millions of individual believers and converts all of the world. the institution of marriage is something else to be grateful for. it is the foundational building block of civilization. it is even older than biblical religion. marriage has been tested by every generation and every human society since the dawn of time. it has proven to be the test environment to raise and nurture children. we all know we have done a lot to diminish and weaken marriage. we have been to these truck the results all around us. when society has the wisdom and perseverance to encourage men and women to commit to each other for a lifetime, marriage works to create happy lives and stronger communities. when you think about conservatism in these terms, things that make people happy, things that stand the test of time, things that really work, especially when compared to their alternatives. you start to paint

conservatives? with theally agree libertarians, these are private companies that are allowed to do what they will with people's contracted way of information. they are allowed to create better targeted ads. fun,just a general move a whatever you put online is going to stay online. companies right now, they are not posting data that -- they are not posting data that is unreachable, it is something we put on there and we should have the expectation it is going to stay there. >> a question for the conservatives: what would you say is the most serious social problem that the state is incapable of successfully addressing? that's a very good question. [laughter] >> you can blame the hashtag, not me. [laughter] >> i honestly would say the decline of marriage. whether we like it or not, no nation is meant to injure forever, andndure this is an existential threat to our civilization and the united states at large. marriage rates are really, really low. i talked to my parents, i talked to their parents, it is

i think a lot will be felt by the conservative party.member. —— of the cabinet. what was her relationship like with boris johnson? she once described him as life and soul of the party but not the person you would want driving you home at the end of the night. that was during the leadership campaign and expressed the suspicion and discomfort with which she viewed him politically. they got on and we re him politically. they got on and were described as some even as friends at westminster. but i think there is not necessarily any love lost between them politically and the approach which borisjohnson has taken and the tactics he has used, they are clearly something amber rudd has felt uneasy about and she simply cannot go on with any

not just a man of principle of the conscious of the conservative but also practical. he would have said wait a minut minute. 63million people voted for him. why? what is he doing? he would say supreme court nominations. deregulation. tax cuts. strong military. national defense, concerned free but fair i think he would have applauded all of those things. i'm pretty sure he would have at the same time he probably would have said something like why didn't trump's mother wash out his mouth with soap? and make them understand we don't need a potty mouth except goldwater where not have use the word potty. >> how did you become known as a conservative historian quick. >> i don't think i am. i think the historian of the conservative movement is george nash who wrote a marvelous book called the intellectual history of the conservative movement that is the bible and the primer that we refer to if you want to know what happened through the seventies. george nash is a marvelous painstaking and brilliant historian. it so happens i have written some books and biographies and histor

he puts out "the conservative in 1953. it shows that there's not only this other point of view but there's this very proud anglo-american heritage and he became the spokesman for what became a movement. what did the book accomplish and what was the reaction? it is still in print at this point. it's very heady stuff. it's not your typical bestseller material and yet that is what it became. right.: the beginning, this will likely be the last revision -- the revisions do matter. a name to change all here or there. -- it's not just a change here or there. the original title, calledtingly enough, was routes." heative's this is movingne into the future. it would be about stopping radical progressives. that was not typical -- whittaker chambers, even though he leaves communism, he is always convinced communism will win. he has joined to the losing side. but he made his money by innslating catholic theology the late 1940's into english. a lot of german scholars, french scholars -- he translated those. when kirk publishes this book

great conservatives as he sees it. he ends with t.s. eliot. he has these 26 figures in between. burke is important and is a great figure, and i have the great privilege of teaching founding of the american epublic. i get to teach it every two years, and i absolutely love it, but i always make sure that as the students are reading john dickinson or thomas jefferson, we also do a good deal of burke. part of that is because i like kirk, and i like burke as well, but a huge part of it is because burke was the leading mind in arliament. he put his life on the line more than once, he was actually treasonous, at defending american life, and he did that his whole career. it was not just a political movement. burke truly believed that americans had inherited the very long tradition of common law, trial by jury, the right to be nnocent until proven guilty, habeas corpus. burke believed that we were the true englishman. and that was kirk's idea as ell. so there is a burkian sense that is important for our modern conservatism, but

no conservative can do that.rinciple and want to do that, that's fine, but then they can't continue as a conservative. that's clear. when david gauke says he believes borisjohnson is seeking a purge to fundamentally change the conservative party, to get all of those out of the party who still believe no—deal would be disastrous for britain, you're agreeing in a sense, you're saying a purge is now necessary. it's not a purge. if you can't agree with the fundamental principle of the conservative party and the government, then by nature you can't be a conservative. let me just stop you for a moment. there are members of the cabinet who consistently voted against theresa may's deal, the most fundamental plank of her premiership. they weren't purged or expelled from the party. no, i would absolutely defend the right of individual members of parliament to vote against legislation, but the decision here is you're trying to put an alternative government in power and initiate legislation. that's a huge difference. will de

interesting strategy, isn't it, for the conservative party kwes —— conservative party?candidate, it makes it really difficult for labour and liberal democrats, both around the early 20% of the vote. the problem with having an election tomorrow, in terms of voting for it, is what will the election be held before october? will the parliament go back before the 31st? will there be enough time for a government to implement it? lovely get your thoughts. it is very balmy evening in westminster. it's been colder. let's find out what the weather hasn't tore for us. it's been a pretty cloudy day today, and the rain is pushing eastwards across england and was at the moment. this rain band is going to be quite intense. heavy downpours and some eventually quite squally gusty winds for a time, and that rain clears through, to be followed by showers across scotland and northern ireland. looking at the weather picture for tomorrow. we have got to weather fronts on our charts, one a cold front from you that ran across eastern england, and inclusion bringing outbreaks of rain ultimately

do you want a general election is conservative voters ? general election is conservative voters?we are so to say i do or don't want it doesn't really mean much, itjust seems like we are in an avalanche. do you accept it with delight, or are you feeling a little bit resigned? resigned, for sure. jordan? to be fair, i think before we knew — — jordan? to be fair, i think before we knew —— move anywhere towards a general election and before parliament passes a vote to dissolve itself, we have to get the law signed so no—deal brexit is avoided on october 315t, that is the absolute priority first. in that sense, you agree with many in the labour party who are saying we have to have an election after october 3ist to have an election after october 31st so boris johnson will to have an election after october 31st so borisjohnson will have been required to ask for an extension?m is notjust the labour party, it is the majority in parliament that supports that decision. politics is all about trust. do you trust your prime minister? a lot of people within the conservative party don't trust an

you are a conservative. conservative values work. tell bernie sanders voters to say, i defy you to say you care more about poor people than i do, because you don't. i defy you to say you care more about access to health care than i do, because you don't. i defy you to say you care more about educating poor people than i do, because you don't. but we have very different solutions about how to get there. so could we just agree to be solutionists? solve who want to problems. and if your ideas don't work, do we have to do them over and over again? can we do things at work and contribute to human flourishing? susan: were you involved in politics as a college student? mrs. james: i am so nonpolitical. no, i wasn't. susan: what was your pathway from hampton into the national policy arena? mrs. james: it was so interesting. a friend came to our home once and said, you know, we should not just be wagging our fingers in the faces of women in saying -- and our church teaches you should not have an abortion. we should do practical things like if

of the conservatives i think are better at sending out a electoral story than labour are at the moment and they are slightly split, getting the opportunity of tories to come to the middle if they are able to manoeuvre the rest of the brexit vote. 50 are able to manoeuvre the rest of the brexit vote. so much to discuss in the weeks ahead, thank you so much for accompanying me this evening and much to look forward to this coming tomorrow, and a cabinet meeting in the morning and at 3pm they will put forward their motion to prevent no deal. we will get more reaction i am sure tomorrow i'm boris johnson's reaction i am sure tomorrow i'm borisjohnson‘s proposalfor reaction i am sure tomorrow i'm borisjohnson‘s proposal for that general election and at the moment it does not seem that the opposition parties are going to fall for the debate but there will be lots of comment from opposition benches which we will want to hear tomorrow. so from here in westminster for the moment, in westminsterfor the moment, i will hand it back to the studio. thank you very much indeed. if you are watching a fe

i am a conservative.rvative party is a forceful good in our great country andl a forceful good in our great country and i would like to see us in government. we have been before and we've done great things was to pin your u said you no longer believe leaving with a deal is the governments main objective, that's why close to accusing the government of lying to the british people? i'm not, i'm observing what i have seen. 80-90% of the not, i'm observing what i have seen. 80—90% of the work i've seen going oi'i 80—90% of the work i've seen going on on 80—90% of the work i've seen going on on the eu relationship is a preparation for a no deal. it's disproportion? exactly, but when it was first entered into after boris johnson became prime minister most people would have expected, i think everyone would have expected, there to bea everyone would have expected, there to be a lot of work on getting a no deal. a whole team of people trying to build relationships and work on alternative arrangements and i have not

what i would say to them as higher conservatives. bring conservatives into the vault.ey are professionals, be sure i know how to be reporters. because there conservatives who don't know how to be reporters either. back to journalism, bring them in. see what happens to your product. when you have to include them in the equation one is going to happen is very good thanks. carrie: in your business model, the new york times have singing an uptick in their print and digital. the thing under bill clinton was going to impeachment, they sought a quite enough take. do you think some extent there is a financial incentive forum to continue to display in opposition position. brent: perhaps. you see in this in the world today, let's look at the cable networks. fox and cnn and in this clearly all of them are motivated a box. fox not completely. with shaun and lauren, very pro- trump. smith is not in the afternoon. it's not as a one sided as cnn or they've all made business decisions and they are each saying i can carve out a certain piece of the pie for myself. i think at the end of

i am a conservative by nature. i do conservative budgeting.revamped the budgeting process, everything was on the chopping block. you have to make sure that the things we are doing are the things contributing to our long-term strategic plan. bringing some of those business things to heritage making sure it is a strong stabilization. susan: you brought to heritage more government, we dipped into our video library to find some clips from you. it's 31 years. this one is from 1990. it's when you were serving on a commission on children and families. let's watch. [video clip] mrs. james: i never thought what we were talking about wishing back the neighborhoods and the importance of the way it was. i also thought it was a profound sense of ease. i don't want my neighborhood back. the neighborhood that i came out of was a public housing project from a dysfunctional family. there is nothing there to be glorified or go back to. [end of video clip] susan: you told that story in a biography called "never forget." one woman's journey from public housing to

no conservative can do that.le and want to do that, that's fine, but then they can't continue as a conservative. that's clear. when david gauke says he believes borisjohnson is seeking a purge to fundamentally change the conservative party, to get all of those out of the party who still believe no—deal would be disastrous for britain, you're agreeing in a sense, you're saying a purge is now necessary. it's not a purge. if you can't agree with the fundamental principle of the conservative party and the government, then by nature you can't be a conservative. let me just stop you for a moment. there are members of the cabinet who consistently voted against theresa may's deal, the most fundamental plank of her premiership. they weren't purged or expelled from the party. no, i would absolutely defend the right of individual members of parliament to vote against legislation, but the decision here is you're trying to put an alternative government in power and initiate legislation. that's a huge difference. will defeat f

conservatives are expelled". she said she no longer believed leaving the eu with a deal was the government's "main objective" — and said the sacking of 21 tory mps was an "assault on decency and democracy". have been surprised l by i have been surprised unfortunately by the lack of work and preparation thatis by the lack of work and preparation that is going into getting a deal. i knew and i accept that the prime minister said to be able to leave no deal on the table. but when i had expected to see was a huge government centred effort to get a deal. a spokesman for the prime minister's office said they are ‘disappointed' at mrs rudd's departure, ‘but all ministers who joined the cabinet signed up to leaving the eu on october 31st come what may. in other news — the number of people known to have been killed after hurricane dorian ripped across the bahamas has risen to 43 — but there are fears that will increase significantly. england's ashes hopes fade as early wickets fall — at close of play on the fourth day the

how much of that isa conservative whip.but also another defection from the conservatives? he was a fairly talented individual and a pleasure to work with. the liberal democrats, a success. to work with. the liberal democrats, a success. they are up another six seats from the low they had at last election, but i also think from a conservative party point if view, he stood on a manifesto pledge to deliver the brexit referendum and here he is switching to a party which is manifestly not going to do that, that is seeking to revoke article 50 full tub i think in that sense, it's externally different —— seeking touro article 50. in that sense, it's externally disappointing. here he is not doing that. chris white, thank you very much. facebook has removed a conservative party advert which misrepresented a bbc news story. the ad featured the bbc logo with a headline saying "em billion pound cash boost for schools". however, the original story on the bbc website quoted a much lower amount — ofjust over £7 billion. a british—australi

i am a conservative.onservative party is a force for good in our great country and i would like to see us in government. we have been before. we have done great things. in your letter to the prime minister you said, i no longer believe that living with a deal is the government's main objective. that is quite close to accusing the government of lying to the british people. i am not accusing them of lying. i am observing what i have seen. i am saying that 80 to 90% of the work that i can see going on on the eu relationship is about preparation for no deal. it is about disproportion. when this was first entered into after borisjohnson became prime minister, most people would have expected, i think everybody would have expected, there to be a lot of work and trying to get a deal. a whole team of people trying to build those relationships, alternative relationships. i haven't seen that. did the cabinet know the legal advice on prorogation? we weren't circulated it. i can only speculate. i asked for it and i wa

hello and welcome to quadriga a decisive showdown over blacks at this week as members of the conservative party deserted their prime minister dealing him a harsh defeat that deprived him of his parliamentary majority against boris johnson's will some members of his party voted for a bill to stop his do or die pledge to leave the e.u. at the end of october with or if necessary without a negotiated deal with brussels could the last minute revolt save the u.k. from a no deal breck's it and even topple the prime minister said the end of the road for johnson that's our question for today and here are the guests who will answer it alex forrest whiting is a d.-w. reporter and a former westminster political correspondent she says the country's parliament and the conservative party are tearing themselves apart over bricks and prime minister johnson appears to have lost control and taylor and is with us he's an expert on business and economics who formerly wrote for the german newspaper and the bitch and he says democratic convictions are more deeply rooted in the political system of britain than s

the defection of one conservative m.p. to the opposition liberal democrats means johnson no longer has a majority in parliament by voting against the government of the conservative party rebels have effectively ended their political careers. the bill will need to go before the opera house the house of lords on its journey into law but there are no guarantees it will work and after boris johnson's decision to shut down parliament for a month possibly from next monday m.p.'s don't have much time until the government says it wants a deal with the e.u. and the progress is being made johnson supporters say no deal is an important negotiating position with europe ranks it has distorted british politics uniting all opponents dividing old alliances the country is careering towards a new brakes a climax with a question that's confounded the country and the continent is whether we're approaching a breakthrough for knowledge or simply another cliffhanger. call a general election alone he needs the backing of most m.p.'s to trigger a

"the conservative sensibility." the conservative beacon is george weld. thank you. [applause] >> do you want to say a few words? >> the book would make wonderful christmas cards. [indistinct chatter] >> now, a conversation with former national security advisor susan rice. she talks about her new book "tough love: my story of the things we are fighting for." some of her experiences in the obama white house, the current state of affairs, as well as president trump and ukraine. this is about one hour.

rebels, we think that it is standing at 17 said these are conservatives who are willing to d efy conservatives to make sure they get control of the house of commons business tomorrow. that is despite all sorts of threats and they were told that they would immediately have the web removed and things that they will not be able to stand as conservative mps and that is obviously quite a threat but i do not think it will hurt many of them said that is where we are at the moment and it does look like boris johnson could be about to suffer a defeat. iam being i am being told by colleagues that they think it is the second vote and if it is, how quickly might they turn around the results? it takes 15 minutes per vote so 15 minutes per vote before we get one. we have to wait 15 minutes to get results on that and as he can see behind me lots of mps streaming and dared to make their views known stop at the question is if borisjohnson is defeated tonight how does he react and dessie get up at the despatch box and as he say you are trying to tie my hands and i do not want to do this and i am now going to wi

candidate is signed up to borisjohnson conservative candidate is signed up to boris johnson park conservative britain is a ta pestry of reality is that britain is a tapestry of very different communities who will elect very different mps. communities who will elect very different mp5. to close down being able to represent a whole swathes of public opinion in order to have some party discipline, i think that is truly self—defeating as i've said. parties are successful and govern it successfully when they build a coalition of support across the country and the fact that we have seen the government trying to close down parliament and now close down debate even in the conservative party come to my mind that is not a healthy sign of a healthy government or party and i don't think it is healthy for our democracy. talking of democracy, you did not want to deliver brexit at all, did you?” was happy to vote for a brexit deal that delivered on the promises to the people who voted for brexit in the people who voted for brexit in the referendum and both prime ministers, theresa may and boris johnson, hav

i think the spending splurge by conservative standards, combined by conservative standards, combined labour leave seats and how to get them. who would win and how to get them. who would win an election? you cannot fatten a pig on market day and convince people that the conservative party is pushing it. who will win a general election? i have no idea. political loyalties will split on both sides. and whether you are for or anti— brexit is more important than whether or not you are a traditional conservative or labour voter. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you katy and lance. goodnight. good evening. here's your latest sports news. england made a promising start on the first day of the fourth ashes test at old trafford, taking two early wickets. but after a delay for rain, australia's batsmen frustrated the home side to reach 170 for the loss of 3 w

we expect conservative mps to support the conservative mps to support the conservative prime ministert away from government and hand it to the leader of the opposition. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says that his party will do everything it can to stop a no—deal brexit — and that he is ready for a general election. it is the people, not an unelected prime minister, who should determine our country's future. an election is the democratic way forward. the most powerful storm to hit the bahamas since records began — hurricane dorian smashes in with winds of up to 180 miles an hour, causing huge damage and severe flooding. and, are you fed up of late mail? we'll be finding out an extreme delivery service, using a jet engine—powered suit. q1 joe denly sport now on afternoon live with gavin ra mjuan. delhi will open the batting this week, some reward for a half—century in that unforgettable innings where england one to level the ashes. denly opened the batting against west indies in his debut, but moved to number three and then to number four. he will swap places with jason roy, who has strugg

they won't hire conservatives. when i retire which will be when i die many years in the future i hope, because they are not getting me out of there, although if there was a good buyout i would think about it. i would be shocked if they replaced me with another conservative. i think the faculty believe that what they are doing with diversity is the right answer so you would never have people who think the wrong thing. the right thing these days is racial and gender diversity. the students are hungry for lots of different opinions but at the same time i think you see faculties constrict but are considered legitimate points of view and arguments for faculty and scholarship. >> i see a couple of hands in the back but i'm going to let you pick them. i saw the first hands in the back. that seems to be the most active table. helen you must have gotten into it about something. >> my name is marianne and a propos of-- university. my late uncle who was at mit and at the-- in sicily said the international students office at m

the hard brexiteers have won the conservative party, it isa have won the conservative party, it is and they want to fight for the values for which i came into politics, that i note that millions of the people in the country want to see, which are values of tolerance, being sensible and pragmatic and acting in the interest of the country, then the liberal democrats is where i can do that from an idea that having resigned as a minister it myself. i had one of the safest conservative seatin had one of the safest conservative seat in the country, the easiest thing to do would be to keep quiet, stay in the conservative party and rub along. perhaps not given your track record on brexit and that may not have one you conservative support back in your own constituency. but that was my decision, my position on brexit was i actually chose that position. i chose that position knowing it would make me unpopular but i know it is the right thing for the country. the reason why i defy the whip and voted to stop a no—deal brexit knowing that would mean i would be thrown out is because it is the right

difficult to imaginea conservative party.gly worded letter at this stage. and why it is important is that if we are heading towards a general election, this is a problem for borisjohnson if voters feel the same way. if conservative voters feel the same way as justice cleaning and thanks to the party has changed, if conservative voters, who are maybe not on the brexit side of the party, if they feel the same way that could bea if they feel the same way that could be a problem at the ballot box for borisjohnson. he will be aiming to get voters back but what about voters on the other side to it seems in parliament are leaving his party. let's pause for a second because as we mentioned mr lee crossed the floor while the prime minister was delivering the statement because the prime minister has been addressing mps following the recent g7 summit and he said any further extension of the brexit deadline would surrender control, he used the word surrender, of the process to the eu. jeremy corbyn didn't like the word surrender, didn't

who might be friendly to conservatives, good for them to have far more voice who is were conservativeng and explaining the position to people. howie: not just cnn, cnn does have conservatives and so does msnbc and mostly happened to be conservatives who can't stand donald trump, and some cases careers are flourished and gotten from the right and not people who support the president, 85% support among republicans or 90%. >> donald trump is more well liked by people in his party than most presidents enjoy, many media outlets only have people on as republicans or as conservatives if they are cartoonishly hostile to donald trump that represents such a tinny fraction of the republic that it's really ib defensible to have the people having such high profile positions, they are obviously being used as way to further the antitrump extremism of many media outlets but why people will find the media still lacking in credibility. >> i have no problem having on conservative voices of people who don't like the president but i think there should be other conservative voice of people who do like the

that is the conservative sensibility. mark: we will open up the mics to questions after the next couple of questions, i do not know where your microphones are, but in a few minutes we will take questions. you mentioned your ancient heroes, but one of your modern heroes is the person to whom you dedicated the book, perry goldwater. bere would barry goldwater today. would there be a place in politics for barry goldwater today? george: barry goldwater had a clear depart -- disciple and senator jeff flake, who had been head of the goldwater institute, a wonderful think tank. he wrote a book called "the consciousness of a conservative." auntie is out of politics prints.he offended the i do not think so. he was a cheerful malcontent. thatsay, he proved that adjective goes together. you can be a malcontent but cheerful about it. i like to think i am. i think barry goldwater, some people say he lost the 1964 election because he lost 44 states. i stay -- he won and it took 16 years to count the votes. mentioned "the consciousness

we expect conservative mps to support the conservative prime minister and the conservative agenda anduld not seek to take the authority of government away from government and hand it to the leader of the opposition. but complaints of hypocrisy adds to the tension here. earlier this year, several tory mps now in the cabinet defied the party whip and voted against theresa may's brexit deal. the numbers could be very tight in tomorrow's vote, and if the prime minister carries out his threat to withdraw the whip from rebel tory mps, this week he would immediately wipe out his minuscule commons majority of one. and that makes an autumn general election even more likely. sources have told the bbc there is a live discussion under way in government about possibly asking mps to approve an election as early as this week, if the law is changed to force a brexit delay. but that would need labour to vote in favour of having an election, and at the momentjeremy corbyn‘s focus seems to be unblocking focus seems to be ——on blocking a no—deal brexit. we must come together to stop no—deal. this week co

you quit the conservative party seven months ago.ly wanted to change the dynamic of the brexit debate in the united kingdom. seven months on, are you ready to say you failed? to be honest, i mean, brexit was the catalyst that drew us together, those of us thatjumped at the same time from both labour and conservative, but i think we all had slightly different reasons as well. for me, it was just i couldn't tolerate any more being associated with the conservative brand. i had deep concerns about the welfare state and the way the government were rolling out of the new benefits system. so for me it was more about the way the party changed and what i could represent, but you're right, brexit was part of it. it seemed to be, because you, in essence, said then, which is what quite a lot of tories have said since, which is you feared party was beginning to look like the brexit party. absolutely. pushed all the way to the right. it looks like we were trendsetters in hindsight. i go back to that point about what changed as a result of what you

because it only a conservative government led by this great conservative prime minister, which can getice on the streets, creating more good school places and cutting the cost of living. so let me conclude with disraeli. disraeli set out the glorious balance of our constitution. that balance has been disturbed, distorted and displaced, it is our responsibility to restore that balance once more, and this will be done in a general election through the good sense of our masters — the british people. thank you very much, jacob. the next most popular question does have your name written on it. i think you would be in the best position to answer this. this question is, i believe boris and the team will get a good deal from the eu, but how it will be get a majority in parliament to vote for it? it is a very important question, but i think the mood has changed in the country at large, that everybody now wants to leave and start talking about other things. and i think that is true in the house of commons as well. and i think, if the dup are happy with the deal, they will be that if you conserva

a conservative member and ten years as a conservative mp?e reached under the conclusion i have reached under the current leadership, with the current policy. i think it would be a bad thing for the country for it to be returned with a majority. actually, what i could say really is, if you look back over the last three governments, as much as i admire and continue to admire the former prime minister, theresa may, because of the circumstances in which she found herself, it was very turbulent government. this government, which is barely two old is even more turbulent and chaotic. the only government i have served under as a conservative member of parliament that has been progressive, that has tackled the big challenge britain face is the coalition government. i have since reflected and i feel the coalition government. i have since reflected and ifeel the liberal democrat membership of the coalition government acted as a very necessary breakdown of parties right wing and obsession with brexit. so you would not be against the idea, i am going to

"the conservative sensibility." the conservative beacon is george weld. thank you. [applause] >> do you want to say a few words? >> the book would make wonderful christmas cards. [indistinct chatter] >> next, your calls and comments on "washington journal" then president of iran speaks at the united nations. and lawmakers and strategists at the texas tribune festival in austin. panelists include mark meadows and 2020 democratic presidential candidate and governor steve bullock. >> this weekend on american history tv, today at 2:00 p.m. eastern, historians talk about the lessons learned from the reconstruction period after the civil war. >> the concept of whiteness before the civil war was a barrier of exclusion when states said only white men can vote. whiteness was therefore used to exclude others but in the civil rights act, whiteness becomes a baseline. if white people enjoy certain legal rights everybody else has to also. >> and at 8:00, the deindustrializeation to have united states and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the psychological impact of flying on world wa

[laughter] the conservatives -- conservative sensibility finds the abseps of control exhilarating. it's fun. that's why conservatives like the spontaneous order of a market society. the fecundity of freedom, the constant surprise. governments, the american society is 327 million people making billions of decisions a day. markets generating information. going off in odd directions. some of us find that wonnerful. that the absence of control, spontaneous order, i mean, my wo heroes are hume and 2,000 years before that, lucretius. lucretius said not everything that works is planned. unplanneded orer is -- order -- unplanned order is part of life. that's the conservative sensibility. >> we'll open up the mike to questions after the next couple of questions. i don't know where your microphones are but just in a few minutes we'll take questions. you mentioned your ancient heroes, george, but one of your modern heros is the person to whom you dedicated this book, barry goldwater. where would barry goldwater be today? would there be a place in politics for barry goldwater today? george: ba

whether they could say as a conservative. these conversations ta ke conservative. of their own constituents. talking about today, we know that the deal to effectively get no deal off the table, that goes through and how will you vote? i have been party to the genesis of this legislation and aware that it is coming and i will be voting with the legislation. if it comes to pass, there are so many ifs, the vote on a possible general election, how will you vote? at the moment, the liberal democrat put in and i believe the position of all opposition parties is to try to sort out the brexit impasse before an election and i hope all opposition parties adhere to that principle. if there is a general election, bring it on to the liberal democrats are ready to fight one any time. thank you very much indeed for your time this morning. so many things to look at every politician this morning and we have a panel later with different points of view, a panel of mps who will talk to us about what they are planning to do today also i nearly got soaked then! here's matt with a look a

so therefore, if all the conservative and du p conservative vote for it, and du p conservative vote foror it, it would pass, even if labour, the lib dems and others abstained or objected. so that is one way through for the prime minister, and we could see that potentially in the coming days. thank you very much for that. earlier i spoke to our europe editor katya adler. she that a no—deal brexit is still the most likely outcome. remember with theresa may, boris johnson's predecessor, who was made to wait outside the room where the. —— while the eu 27 discussed whatever was discussed, a new brexit extension or whatever, well, this will be the same with borisjohnson. now that the uk is asked to leave the eu, eu leaders have declared that he cannot negotiate individually with them. he has to negotiate through the european commission, and they are sticking to that, which means that whatever borisjohnson says, he cannot come to the summit in october and thrashed things out with eu leaders, because they won't do any thrashing. if he does have some new ideas, he can present them to eu leaders

and getting a conservative and getting a conservative government.ave hit two major oil facilities in saudi arabia. officials say they started huge fires at the abqaiq plant —— the world's largest oil processing facility — as well as an oil field about 100km away. it's not clear who's behind the attacks, but they've come as the state—owned energy giant prepares for a much—anticipated stock listing. nearly 20 current and former african heads of state have gathered in zimbabwe for the state funeral of the country's former president, robert mugabe. thousands of people have been queuing to pay their last respects. these are live pictures from the national sports stadium in the capital harare where the funeral will take place today. for more on this, i'm joined from harare by our correspondent shingai nyoka. talk us through what is happening at the moment. successive african leaders have been eulogising the president robert mugabe and many of them have come across generational divides. earlier on we had the president of kenya who is relatively youngin pre

conservative jonathan blake is in manchester.epresentat gathering conservative party representatives gathering for their annual conference. he will be booking open return tickets with the potential problems waiting at westminster next week? certainly, they will have an eye on events down there in london with parliament continuing, unusually, while the conservative party conference is held appear in manchester because earlier this week, mps refused to vote in favour ofa week, mps refused to vote in favour of a recess which would normally be the case. these are unusual times, and as you suggest, the government will be perhaps on notice to send people back down to london. because as we have been hearing, the opposition parties are talking up the possibility of a vote of no confidence in the government, which could then allowjeremy corbyn to form a temporary government and then trigger a general election. potentially securing a further delay to brexit in the meantime. the trouble is, even though the snp sound like they are up for it,

we expect conservative mps to support the conservative prime minister, the conservative agenda, and politiciansdn't seek to take the authority of government away from government and hand it to the leader of the opposition. in other news hurricane dorian batters the bahamas with winds of over isomph. it is heading near the coast of florida. hurricane doria batters the bahamas with winds of over isomph. it is heading near the coast of florida. n batters the bahamas with winds hello, borisjohnson n batters the bahamas with winds hello, boris johnson has n batters the bahamas with winds hello, borisjohnson has said under no circumstances will he go back to brussels to ask for what he called another pointless brexit delay. as rebel conservatives and opposition mps prepare to try to force an extension. speaking in downing street, this evening after holding an unshe to alled cabinet meeting the prime minister insisted he did not want an election, he stressed he had been encourage by the progress the talks with brussels were making,s he made clear any mps voting for a delay would undermine his negotiat