s within the governing conservative party fall into line behind the prime minister simply because it is running scared of the opposition labor party. i think that it's a very important point that many of them are sort of clinging to their words they say but the point is that even if treason may were to be deposed then the new prime minister would still be in the same weak position that any prime minister would be in at the moment because the u.k. has almost no cards to play against the european union and so when the e.u. says we're not going to accept this check is deal you'll either have the full thing about and customs union or none of it except northern ireland then no prime minister no matter how strong or charismatic is going to be able to change that position because the e.u. at the moment has no incentive to to give britain what it wants because the e.u. is its credibility and each interest stake and the e.u. has all the power at the moment because it knows that the u.k. cannot settle for no deal partly because it gives a part of it would never accept that and partly because it

wouldn't get the backing i mean he's very popular still with the grassroots supporters of the conservative party what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion if if members of parliament are going back to their constituencies and getting criticism from from party members locally. as i said boris johnson very popular with the local body members still i mean what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion within the conservative party not just in the parliamentary one well certainly that's what some breakfast here and piece are saying that there . even from their activists they're refusing to go out and campaign because they are so upset with this what they perceive as betrayal of the bracks vote but ultimately it comes down to m.p.'s have got to be the ones who trigger the vote of no confidence in the prime minister and for them the great risk in doing that is that any new leader would be under immense pressure to college general election and in doing that they risk jeremy corbyn winning it's very feasible that he could win with the tory party in such chaos and obviously notorious he wants to b

a soft brexit if a brexit at all and a conservative party where the grassroots and a large core of mpsne is slightly tougher brexit. do you want to carry the country or the party and those are the politics within it. >> great to see you. whencan theresa may see she speaks later to convince parliament she is still in control? >> like many of us, she is trying to rewrite what was said a few hours ago. her script has changed dramatically. as late as yesterday morning, she was tanking i can come out and say i have got the whole cabinet economy here she is now stuck with a much more difficult thing now losing boris johnson. there are dynamics within the. -- within this. that.y be like she may be able to do labour party or she did brief the labour party about some aspects about this. it here there is also in the background, a huge not just of anar election, but is actually of , as big abyn discontinuity for britain as donald trump as in for america. >> in terms of what could happen with treason may's's leadership going forward, i'm wondering, the appointment of dominic as exit secretary, is

s within the governing conservative party fall into line behind the prime minister simply because it is running scared of the opposition labor party. i think that it's a very important point that many of them are sort of clinging to severe words they say but the point is that even if treason may were to be deposed then the new prime minister would still be in the same weak position that any prime minister would be in at the moment because the u.k. has almost no cards to play against the european union and so when the e.u. says we're not going to accept this check is still there you either have the full thing about and customs union or none of it except northern ireland then no prime minister no matter how strong or charismatic is going to be able to change that position because the e.u. at the moment has no incentive to to give britain what it wants because the e.u. is its credibility and cohesion are at stake and the e.u. has all the power at the moment because it knows that the u.k. cannot settle for no deal partly because the part of it would never accept that and partly because it

referendum in britain and the ruling conservative party has spent the time fighting and arguing but mainly with itself my guest this week here in london is nikki morgan a former education minister and now a pro remain conservative m.p. why does she continue to prop up a prime minister who has failed so spectacularly to unite the party and the country . the keyboarding workers conflict zone thank you it's two years since the bracks at referendum two years in which the government has failed to come up with an agreed position in the cabinet and what kind of bracks that they want to show themselves and what i don't want to be seen is that bracks it is undoubtedly extremely complex certainly but bench members of parliament like me would like to see more clarity on the future trading relationship between the u.k. and the e.u. progress has been made on some things to be fair to both sides but clearly there's a lot left to negotiate and agree in the remaining months ahead i mean they've been negotiating and fighting with themselves they had been talking to brussels much and that's that's the shamb

then inside the wire the conservative party movement as well which could take some time but that the if you just take a couple steps back to where you are at the moment the timing of this is particularly extraordinary because not only is to resume a trying to form a government paper to publish on thursday and put to the european union on thursday they can look at is eventually the point in which the u.k. has a position that can be discussed in the go shaded by the european union side that's supposed happen on thursday but on friday donald trump's coming to london for talks with series in may about the potential for a trade deal and other things as well the trade deal between the u.s. and u.k. after leave the european union and yet at this point is no increase in the sun to look like the reason may's entire leadership of the u.k. may be a risk for days before donald trump turns up so so the timing of the entire thing is absolutely amazing and it goes to show how fragile a lot of these hard practices think the reason mase leadership now is that they might be able to try and start t

s within the governing conservative party fall into line behind the prime minister simply because it is running scared of the opposition labor party. i think that it's a very important point that many of them are sort of clinging to their words they say but the point is that even if treason may were to be deposed then the new prime minister would still be in the same weak position that any prime minister would be in at the moment because the u.k. has almost no cards to play against the european union and so when the e.u. says we're not going to accept this check is still there you either have the full thing about an customs union or non of it except northern ireland that no prime minister no matter how strong or charismatic is going to be able to change that position because the e.u. at the moment has no incentive to give britain what it wants because the e.u. is its credibility and even or a stake and the e.u. has all the power at the moment because it knows that the u.k. cannot settle for no deal partly because they get a part of it would never accept that and partly because this eq

over now may's conservative party appears to be rallying around the prime minister but she faced a stormy session in parliament earlier today as she thanked the two ministers who had just quit turning her back seat mr speaker i want to pay tribute to my right elbow friends. the men because. the man was the man this whole surprising how didn't i talk speech in south reisman. we. do not agree about the best way to differing our shared commitments to one of the results of the referendum but i want to recognize the work of the full of a sect of state accepting the european union for the work he did to establish a new car and steer and steer through parliament some of the most important not just nation for generations and some of these you recognise the passion full of foreign secretary demonstrates its latest. information seeing. information all dogs are the litany on seemingly at was. all i want to hear about these important matches. yeah you could say it was certainly loud in the british parliament today to talk about what happened today i'm joined now by banks we get our correspondent he i

wouldn't get the backing i mean he's very popular still with the grassroots supporters of the conservative party what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion if if members of parliament are going back to their constituencies and getting criticism from from party members locally. as i said boris johnson very popular with the local party members still i mean what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion within the conservative party not just in the parliamentary one well certainly that's what some breakfast here m.p.'s are saying that they're hearing from their activists they're refusing to go out and campaign because they are so upset with this what they perceive as betrayal of the bracks votes but ultimately it comes down to m.p.'s have got to be the ones who trigger the vote of no confidence in the prime minister and for them the great risk in doing that is that any new leader would be under immense pressure to call a general election and in doing that they risk jeremy corbin winning it's very feasible that he could win with the tory party in such chaos and obviously notorious he wants to

the conservative party who are so disgruntled ?conservative party who are so disgruntled? that could make life extremely difficult. it is no —— not allup to extremely difficult. it is no —— not all up to her. laura kuenssberg. that's all from westminster tonight. there'll be continuing coverage on the bbc news channel, and more analysis on newsnight on bbc two. but now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. area and are a and stop and get the latest spot for in. business as usual is hard to find with nadal, federer all winning. the big names shown no sign of stopping. in pursuit of greatness is the slogan for wimbledon. three players with 60 grand slam titles between them on court today. the trophy itself was watching. take our eyes off roger federer and you could miss is set. the first run took him 16 minutes to win. at times federer seems to toy with his opponents. through in straight sets again and so through in straight sets again and so the next great please. after all her years at wimbledon, for serena williams tod

able to try and start the process of forcing her out and presenting a new leadership with a conservative party that would actually extract the u.k. entirely from the european union and have that as a negotiating position with the you and lawrence just take us back again to what we can perhaps describe as the straw that broke the camel's back and that is the so-called agreement reached on friday at checkers in the at the prime minister's country residence which was supposed to show the unity of the cabinet but clearly revelled almost as soon as it was presented with the resignation of david davis what is it about that agreement that is upsetting david davis obviously and quite possibly in this well. well you see the central issue that the u.k. has not managed to find a solution to is how to extricate itself completely from the european union in all its forms not just the ability of immigrants some to move into the country but to to to leave any trade deal with the european union and to launch new trade deals that they say they want to do with other countries as well. they need to do that while

detail of the conservative party has been wagging the dog.internalfighting. i the dog. they are so concerned with internal fighting. i don't the dog. they are so concerned with internalfighting. i don't think that's what anybody who voted for or against brexit wants to see the country in this horrendous situation with a government that is not in control. it is too busy fighting among itself. it is time for people to have the final say on what happens. isjohn major's happens. is john major's intervention happens. isjohn major's intervention useful? sirjohn major has the sort of experience where he can say, you are handling this badly. i think he is not the only person who has intervened. we are increasingly hearing labour and conservative politicians saying something has to be done. that a referendum on the deal itself might be the only way out of this for the conservative party because they can't actually agree. is that really going to happen? will there be another referendum? happen? will there be another referendum ? surely the happen? will

and thatis the conservative party itself and that is before we get into brussels.ough to their first world cup semi—final in 28 years after a 2—0 victory against sweden. they will face croatia in moscow on wednesday. the prime minister defends the brexit plan she has agreed with her cabinet and refuses to rule out giving eu citizens referential treatment on coming to the uk after brexit. —— preferential. a group of 12 thai boys who have been trapped in a flooded cave for two weeks and in emotional letters to their parents, telling them not to worry. —— send emotional letters. sport, and a full round—up from the bbc sports centre with tanya. hello, what a day it has been for england. let's get more reaction to that quarter—final win over sweden. after the game, a very proud england manager, gareth southgate, said the spirit of his team helped to break down a world world swedish side. we knew we would have the majority of the ball, it wasjust knew we would have the majority of the ball, it was just whether we could rake them down. we identified a few areas where we m

it has been said by wise heads in the conservative party that they are in either complacency mode or major piece of exit legislation onto the statute books. soi legislation onto the statute books. so i think the prime minister will be pleased this evening. and had they been bound by a customs union believed there was no room for any negotiation. i think there will be huge sighs of relief tonight in downing street because at the moment it isa downing street because at the moment it is a grim situation in general for the conservative party and theresa may but had they lost this boat there was talk of no—confidence letters going into the chairman of the 1922 committee in charge of the backbench mps and rail feeling that theresa may could struggle to make it to the recess. because people would be so annoyed and had such little faith in her brexit position. this is at least a better result than many had expected. we had damian collins on the programme a short time ago and he tried to suggest that because they had won the vote that puts the prime minister ina the vote that puts the prime m

germany's government it takes three to govern three political parties last night it was the two conservative parties tonight the social democrats they have the floor if they reject merkel's concessions to the bavarians this could very well be the german government and the chancellor's last day i burnt off in berlin this is the day. it was evil for the it's a hole for kept the government hostage for weeks. has you didn't win american didn't win our democracy was damaged. you see hope for blackmail the government and he blackmail chancellor merkel which is unbelievable for it's is this c.s.u. deals in ultimatums and threads and he doesn't keep its word for talks which he says are all three gristle which is what's important. and that's some hard bargaining and some difficult days we have arrived as a really good compromise giving us in these things discussions we're notion about

but i think tory historians, or historians of the conservative party in future years, will probably lookas the playing out of the endgame. most of us around the table are old enough to remember maastricht and john major's difficulties, and even before that ted heath. i think it is the playing out of the endgame and i don't think it looks very good. i think probably eurosce ptics have won. is there a case for optimism in terms of the tory party prospects in brexit, that actually once britain has left that eu, in a sense the boil will finally, after a0 or 50 years, have been lanced? depends on how brexit goes and the form in which it happens, whether it is a messy dislocation or whether there is eventually a deal. longer term, clearly what is happening is a really interesting realignment in british politics. i mean, i reject the idea it is a cult. if it is a cult, 52% of us in britain are in this cult, in wanting to join countries likejapan, india, and chile, and not be in the european union. but the conservative voters becoming much more working class and lower middle—class. and so far th

side is that they see a conservative party in the government in this country that is really close to mortally wounded and therefore very weak and fragile and that puts them in a very strong position in trying to push and coerce the u.k. side and see into accepting more and more of the things they want because they do want to trade deal with the with the u.k. they want to keep the u.k. as close as they can to its even if the u.k. ends up leaving and so you know the it starts to len's over the course of time and through the summer and the old some to the idea that instead of being a very hard brics states assuming boris johnson loses leadership and says they will be a very soft brics it will potentially no brics is a tool of through all this time all right sleepy with the latest there outside westminster lawrence thank you. for more school boys have been brought to safety from inside a flooded cave in thailand bringing the total number rescued to eight now the boys are said to be recovering well in hospital that fastens has the latest. finally they saw daylight after spending weeks dee

the fact that what we have got is planning that is dictated by the internal rankings of the conservative partye national interest. everybody who has looked at the situation of the irish border has known for a long time that this will be the single defining process that drives the way in which the uk and the eu negotiate a settlement. it isn't good enough to say we want

the conservative party has done that, but sadly the labour party does not agree. the labour party is trying to redefine anti-semitism to allow people to say that israel is a racist endeavour. the chief rabbi says that what the labour party is doing is sending "an unprecedented message of contempt" for british jews. even some of the right honorable gentleman's own mp's are saying that this is anti-semitic. anti-semitism is racism. the labour party should accept that. the right honorable gentleman should accept that. we should all sign up, as the conservative party has, to the definition of the international holocaust remembrance alliance and all its annexes. >> we should all welcome the 100th anniversary of the birth of nelson mandela. those of us in scotland are very proud that the city of glasgow was the first in the world to give the freedom of a city to nelson mandela, something of which he in turn was also proud. this week the prime minister caved in to her right-wing brexiteers, undermining her negotiating position with the eu. in her attempt to hold together

i think there is no question that it has been damaging process for the conservative party. factions of the parliamentary conservative party turning on each other, we have seen arguments about their own policy and the government policy played out in public. when people see that, when the party is turned on itself whatever the issue, it is ever going to be good in terms of the public. >> what about theresa may's style of government? >> her style of leadership means that it can be difficult to get a handle on where the brexit process may end up. she is not someone who sits down a big long vision and 60 when the matter what. it is more of a collegiate day by day sort of leader. we have seen that throughout the process of brexit. the white paper that has been forward, is effectively a wish list and that is going to have to involved in the negotiations as the u.k. government and eu make concessions. >> it might be heartily that the last three months have been all about brexit. there is a scandal that has been building for years. it affected thousands of people who were invited to

i do not know what is going on behind the scenes with the conservative party, we have heard the media i can see very firmly is this is no good for anybody, particularly the workers. their livelihood depends on this. you are trapped —— challenging the prime minister to go, the focus of their brexit talks will disappear without our conservative government, if you are talking about stability, that seems to be the least stable way to go. she has lost two ministers, how can you sit round a table and get a good dealfor brexit now. no one wants to be in this position. if theresa may cannot sort it, we need someone who can. thank you very much forjoining us. labour's deputy leader with his thoughts on today's rather lively and controversial events. really hinting on the two major resignations from theresa may's cabinet today. in the early hours, david davies decided he could not support the prime minister's planned to go ahead with the brexit process. borisjohnson, to go ahead with the brexit process. boris johnson, foreign secretary, resigned this afternoon. we are still waiting to see boris

riding high in the opinion polls and would the opposition labor party be any better at delivering brigs it than the governing conservatives will certainly we've seen that labor party have not been able to fully capitalize in the polls in terms of taking over the conservatives. they have a problem also with threats at their bricks that position is quite ambiguous for them i think at the moment as the opposition that works well they're able to allow the conservative party to tear itself apart and they only really have to face up to coming up with a plan for bracks it if the government falls over said they want to do that and if that happens i think the labor party are also going to find themselves in trouble when it comes to coming up with a coherent position on. guns and less is briggs it inevitable can anything no prevent it a second referendum perhaps. in the events the last few days have made no situation much like we have now three months ago the food the final summits not taber this is all meant to be wrapped up and signed off now the moment the governments in disarray to reason may has still not accepted that we're g

what david davis did was he kept the conservative party together in the sense that, as long as he wascould think, "well, he's a principled eurosceptic, he has been for decades, and if he thinks this is going to work out 0k, then we can be relatively happy". now, i think his resignation means that there will be a lot of soul—searching amongst that wing of the parliamentary party, that's a problem for the prime minister. so, with robbins still in place, the davis resignation might not have a material impact on the negotiations at all. in fact, judging by today's responses, it might even help the prime minister. there is good will towards mrs may in brussels, recognition that were she replaced, the negotiation, as fraught as it is, would be in even greater peril. so you trust that she will be able to get her party together? i was always trusting the british prime minister. but will they trust in the pick and choose model she has put down on the table, or press for more concessions, potentially risking a leadership challenge and no deal? for now, the powers in europe say they are prepared

it is the conservative party in government. what party is doing road deals around the country, giving new responsibilities to local authorities? it is this conservative government. what did we see in the northeast when we were talking to labor councils in the northeast about them having pollution deals? labor council leaders in the northeast rejected it. that is what the labour party is doing. he wants to know if this government is delivering for the people of this country, the north, the south, the midlands, for every part of this country. record high employment, rising wages, falling borrowing, stronger environmental protection, and a britain fit for the future. mr. bercow: mr. mann. mr. scott mann. mr. mann: wait for a bus question then seven come at once. [laughter] mr. mann: this is a route that cornwall council had deemed to be safe and with government guidance, and the parents have been refused free public transport for their kids. it is seven miles -- three miles there and three miles back. the road has no pavement, no s

sister party here in bavaria which prides itself as being more conservative there's no secret it's no secret that hosty were for the now interior minister but still says you party leader was against the chancellor's migration policy from day one of what became known as the migration crisis now we're seeing this being brought to a head once again unexpected for many and the big question is is what angle america managed to secure those bilateral multilateral agreements she brought home from brussels enough to satisfy the expectations of the sea use you here in bavaria according to what angular machall told public television today she certainly feels so we're also hearing more moderate tones from someone like monthly to veba who's a leading c.s.u. figure but also happens to be the leader of the european people's party the conservative bloc in the european parliament so this still the big question mark what is actually being discussed now behind me behind those cloth closed doors and eventually it will waiting for the public statement on whether it is enough or whether bavaria the c.s.u.

points on top of his nearest challenger which is we got on i left from a call ition led by the conservative party national action and on the third place an independent candidate who was picked by the governing party the institutional revolutionary party close antonio mead it is also very likely that lopez obrador and his coalition will hold control of both chambers of congress which will probably help him to pass some of the major reforms he wants to make especially in the telecommunications and electricity sector. all those candidates lopez obrador has vowed to completely change mexico what does he mean by that and why do people trust him. well mexicans are so fed up with their ruling class that they are taking a chance on a populist for the first time and this is mainly because of the traditional parties and pretty they haven't been able to to fight the biggest problems in mexico corruption impunity violence and the economic growth of the past decades has only benefited a very small elite now looks at other ones to make major changes he wants to redress this imbalance between they returned the

they were betrayed, and they ask, "why do we go out each and every saturday to support the conservative partyps elected?" they asked why. and, sir, for the first time in over ten years, that group refused to go out and campaign. but on the other hand... i think the prime minister has the vast majority of the country behind her in delivering a brexit in the national interest. the second significant brexit—shaped event of the week was the publication of the policy document — the white paper — explaining what the cabinet had agreed and giving details of uk's future trading relationship with the eu. it was to be presented to the commons by the new brexit secretary. but as he got to his feet, mps heckled — they hadn't got copies of the white paper. it is available on the website, if people wish to procure it that way. order. "it's a disgrace", mps shouted and boxes of the white paper were ferried into the chamber and hurriedly distributed. it would be very unseemly, discourteous to him, and to members of the house for his statement to be delivered while copies are being distributed. i will therefo

for consideration ofa conservative party for consideration of a government of national unity toisa sort this out? am not sure that that is a practical possibility. who would lead such a national government? in our national parliament, you are right, we have got to have a debate about what is the minimum that allows both the eu and the united kingdom to have the kind of deal that avoids simply falling out of the eu? you made the point about the impact on the irish economy. the impact on the uk economy. the impact on the uk economy of the no deal solution would be devastating, not simply in northern ireland. for my constituency and the city of london, up constituency and the city of london, up and down the uk, we would lose jobs hand over fist. up and down the uk, we would lose jobs hand overfist. we can't up and down the uk, we would lose jobs hand over fist. we can't afford that lack of planning. tony, what is your solution? the solution has been obvious for some time. we have got to have the uk in a customs union with the european union that pretty much mirrors the customs unio

conservatives and mr c. ho for is very young party the c.s.u. do agree on namely a tightening of the external borders of europe both by creating new centers offshore in mostly northern african countries that would be so-called centers of disembarkation that means that people who attempted to go to the european union via . the sea would then theoretically be intercepted and taken back to these offshore processing centers and would have to apply for asylum from there that's point number one another thing that the european union leaders agreed on last week was that there should be closed control centers in european union countries in those first countries of registry that migrants would not be able to leave while their applications were being processed that is clearly an attempt to limit this so-called secondary migration by people who have applied for asylum but then try to move on to other european union countries like germany those are the migrants that horse they hope for would like to turn back unilaterally so that clearly would be a move to t

more signs of tension have surfaced in the conservative party

tonight two vice chairs of the conservative party have also stepped down over brexit.o tonight — parched land and dwindling water supplies. how do he'd wave is affecting farmers across britain. also coming up this hour: how the heatwave is affecting farmers and essential services across britain. 100 aircraft, for 100 years, the royal air force celebrates its centenary in style — with a huge fly—past over central london. the twelve thai schoolboys and their football coach are out of the caves and safe — after seventeen days trapped underground. they're now together in hospital undergoing check ups. their rescue operation was as daring as it was dangerous, taking them through two miles of underground caves, at times underwater, in at least one section having to squeeze though a tunnel just a few inches wide. surely terrifying for any but the most experienced divers — and some of the boys couldn't even swim. jonathan head is in chaing rai where the last of the boys emerged today — his report contains some flash photography. would this be the day that saw all the boys and

to the financial times and the conservative party, who are let's be honest facing... be the tory leader, sajid javid, the relatively new home secretary. do you think he's the favourite to succeed theresa may, assuming, of course, there's a vacancy. at some stage there will be, it depends on whether in weeks, months... 18 years to a couple of years. minutes! i think it is accurate the odds have shortened on him being a very strong candidate for that. most people would accept borisjohnson's star has possibly... if not crashed, then it is certainly falling. even with the general public at large? the thing about how a leadership election within the conservative party works is the final say goes to conservative party members, but the final two that would go to the vote would have to be narrowed down by mps. amongst mps, i don't think borisjohnson would be able to make it through to the final two. we might well be looking, wedding happens, to a final two comprising possibly of sajid javid and possibly penny mordaunt —— when it happens. there's a failing the party wants to g

of things he does and says but i think the calculation is it domestic within the party the conservative party but also related to the opposition party and i think the fear of a cold in that labor government following any kind of collapse of the may government at a general election i think that is the thing which is probably likely to hold it together as much as it can the albrecht's it is i think they fear a cold in government more than anything else so i think fraser may therefore has a card to play either it's me or it's the labor party which is. now in the lead in the polls by two or three percent so i think she's going to stick to her guns stick to the bogeyman labor party as an alternative as a threat that's a fear and anxiety inducing thing and try to ride through this as is guerrilla warfare which was which is noted and has been intensifying lately and the die hard big city is basically one of the view that a divorce with the e.u. would pave the way for a strategic alliance with the united states of america against a backdrop of what we've seen over the last forty eight hours does that

clearly there are elements within the conservative party who wa nt within the conservative party whoere are political pygmies, and none of them have the status to unite the nation. even boris johnson? them have the status to unite the nation. even borisjohnson? he is the worst of the! the man almost makes donald trump look credible. take that back! he is not a serious political figure. but the concerning thing is they are trying to trigger a vote of no confidence, and they point to polls showing a surge in support for ukip, which effectively it dies out, so i'm finding it hard to believe that ukip has made a resurgence, and it looks like the brexiteers thrashing around for some sort of way to apply pressure of ha rd sort of way to apply pressure of hard brexit. and this is a group which has always accuse the other side of fear mongering. immediately the whole ukip threat is being built up, and you have to remember this is an internal division of it church of england within the tory party that has been going on for decades. but it is not just has been going on for decades. but it is n