that podium perhaps just think that she will speak as or in her capacity as the leader of the conservative party not so much as the prime minister of the u.k. remember this is a vote of no confidence or a vote of confidence i should say brought by members of her own conservative policy let's get the details on it with jonah hala who's been reporting on this for the last few days and this morning as we said john are only a few hours ago you and i were talking about speculation and rumor and then all of a sudden the fourth yet is that there and it's all. well it feels like we've been talking about speculation and rumor over this particular confidence vote since the summer the been several false flags over whether that forty eight letter number had been reached it has now been reached we're talking about fifteen percent of conservative party m.p.'s required to send a letter to the chairman of their backbench committee indicating that they are unhappy with the prime minister and want to see a confidence vote called in her as leader of the conservative party that is at some point yesterday that numbe

your conservative party voter.ink that it's given her a sound basis now so that she can move forward with her plans, because it was like a bit of a distraction for her, when she clearlyjust wants to get on with the job in hand of getting us the best deal and moving up of europe. now she can have a sound asus to move forward and work hard, as she has been doing recently, and move forward and get a positive result for us. ok, so after last night's vote it looks like there is qualified support here amongst these voters in hastings. if sarah wollaston is talking sense this morning. it doesn't have to end in chaos. another viewer says, i live in northern ireland and we voted to remain for financial reasons after seeing the intransigence and dictatorial position of the eu and ireland in particular we would vote leave in a second referendum. even if it meant no deal. another viewer says, i voted to leave the eu, if this is the best theresa may can do i would rather stay in the eu. another viewer says, i voted rather stay

or they don't have confidence in theresa may as leader of the conservative party. se of the day. if she gets the backing of the party in this evening's vote then there is a moratorium, no further vote of no confidence could take place for a fall, 12 month period. it is a case that if a leader of the party loses no—confidence vote we will proceed to choose a new leader of the party. the prime minister would remain prime minister in the meantime, but the timetable and the rules would have to be decided by the 1922 executive committee and approved by the board of the conservative party. obviously we would seek to settle that as quickly as possible should the need arise. parliamentary stage is where we try to whittle it down to two candidates. but then conducting a postal ballot of members in the country would take a little longer. good morning it is a cloudy start to the day but things should get brighter through today. over the next few days, well we are seeing brighter skies, more in the way of sunshine, it will turn colder but there will be some rain in the west. th

one, the conservative party has a massive problem on its hands.e have said there's so many times on bbc news. to describe the conservative party as divided over judah is like describing bits are hardly desert —— describing the sa ha ra hardly desert —— describing the sahara desert as sandy. this macro —— describing the conservative party as divided over europe is like describing the sahara desert as sandy. even if she wins tonight she could be and seated by a vote of no—confidence shortly afterwards. could be and seated by a vote of no-confidence shortly afterwards. we waiting to see further labour wants to trigger that. they are running out of time before christmas. that figure down a motion are still has two big timetables and there are very few days left before they could do that. i heard a scenario that could happen next, theresa may finds she has survived, she cannot get a deal, she does not want to be closer was with the european union, so what she does despite saying she would not, is retired deal to the people ina not, is retired deal to t

s inside the conservative party over their leader to resume a leadership of the conservative party in question but of course as well of the country as prime minister it will take place this evening lightning quick speed i'd be interested to know whether anything has been turned around this quickly by the one hundred twenty two committee probably not and by ten pm. to resume a and the country will know whether she is to stay or whether she goes and if she goes with her the e.u. the deal that she has painstakingly struck with the european union allowing for breaks at that date of course march the twenty ninth just around the corner so a state of high anxiety here a country some say on the edge of a nervous breakdown over all of this i'm joined by charles littrell field to talk through the permutations here he's with the eurasia group a political risk consultancy charles talk about political risk in this vote tonight if she wins it she gets to stay on immunity from further challenge for twelve months the hard right on her party have no chance of taking control of the briggs's they want i

as leader of the conservative party. ast in favour of having confidence is 200 and against was 117. under the rules set out in the constitution of the party, no further vote can take place for at least... cheering sarah graham brady addressing them. our chief political correspondent vicki young joins us now from the house of commons. let's get immediate reaction, as you can hear the rock is cheering in the room there, but i think when the result came out 117 voting against the prime minister may be a surprise there that that was so high, let's get reaction from cabinet minister chris grayling ndt, what's your reaction to this i think surprising, one don't have confidence in her leadership. you have to look at lynn la ke leadership. you have to look at lynn lake that she had more support tonight that she had in the last mp vote in 2016. of course it's a difficult day for the conservative party, of course i would rather this had not happened but the reality is the party by a substantial margin tonight had said we want you t

shows absolutely no sign of stepping down she highlighted her forty years as a member of the conservative party she said that the nation really needs to face price that together and that her party really must deliver on the referendum vote she said that she believes that a deal is attainable and she has not wavered in that belief as you mentioned she is facing a confidence vote this evening in her parliament. for more let's bring in barbara basil who is standing by with the very latest in london gary hart of france is also joining us here in the studio with some more analysis barbara like to turn to you first because it's actually interesting that while theresa may graham brady the head of the party committee in charge of elections was also speaking on some interesting timing there barbara what do you make of what both of them had to say. that is a bit odd that they have speaking at the same time and it seems usually that british parliamentarians was sort of rather observant of medicine of courtesy bopped in this case that doesn't seem to apply anymore graham brady has come out exactly at the s

against her will with everything she's got that came shortly after lawmakers in the governing conservative party gained enough support to trigger the vote on a leadership that will take place this evening but may was define. and actually true down a challenge to our party rebels his father what she had to say a change of leadership in the conservative party now will put our country's future at risk and create uncertainty when we can least afford it a new leader wouldn't be in place by the twenty first of january legal deadline so a leadership election risks handed control of the brics in negotiations to opposition m.p.'s in parliament the new leader wouldn't have time to renegotiate a withdrawal agreement and get the legislation through parliament by the twenty ninth of march so one of their first acts would have to be extending all rescinding article fifty delaying or even stopping breck's it when people want to get on with it and the leadership election would not change the fundamentals of the negotiation or the parliamentary arithmetic weeks spent tearing also part will only create more divis

a change of leadership in the conservative party now will put our country's future at risk and create uncertainty when we can least afford it a new leader wouldn't be in place by the twenty first of january legal deadline so a leadership election risks handing control of the brakes in negotiations to opposition m.p.'s in parliament the new leader wouldn't have time to renegotiate a withdrawal agreement and get the legislation through parliament by the twenty ninth of march so one of their first acts would have to be extending or rescinding article fifty delaying or even stopping breck's it following events from london for us john hope. on tuesday the talk was of a prime minister who'd lost all credibility all of thora he she may now well be in a position where power is about to be forced from her hands a grown brady the chairman of the nine hundred twenty two committee the backbench committee of the conservative party m.p.'s has officially announced now that that magic number forty eight letters from m.p.'s calling for a vote of confidence in the prime minister that's fifteen percent

that sentiment has been fighting this battle for the last 50 years in the conservative party, they won'tive whip is what i'll be watching out for later today. we have our news briefing later and we will go through what the press has been saying in light of that vote. for many people in europe, the latest developments in britain only added to the confusion surrounding brexit. 0ur correspondent anna holligan is in the netherlands, where she found a wide range of views on what's happening in london. the dutch considered the brits one of their closest compatriots inside the eu. when britain decided to abandon its seat at the table, many in the netherlands were initially bewildered. today in a country that considers itself to be a model of stability, there's very little sympathy for a nation seen as, at best, indecisive, and, at worst, just a little bit reckless. it's a big mess. they voted for yes without thinking about the consequences. the british people tried to jump across a river, but they fall. even the prime minister has lost her way. as one of the countries with the most to lose from

we are waiting for theresa may to face a leadership challenge within her own conservative party. challenge to her leadership of the party and by extension her tenure as prime minister. a london school of economics professor joins us now here in westminster. in some ways this doesn't change anything from a political point of view. she survives today, she still cannot solve the basic arithmetic of getting her deal in the house of commons behind her. can britain -- before the kind of indulgence we are going through with the conservative party? this is a moment of critical -- critical moment in britain's future. >> absolutely. it is the depth of self-indulgence, having a leadership contest that will change very little when we are just over three months from a brexit cliff edge. monarchy, were not a we would call it a banana republic. guy: that's -- yeah, i have heard people make that comment over the last few days as well. i'm not saying that emerging markets are a banana -- let's make it crystal clear. if theresa may survives this and cannot make the math work, what is the economic e

a change of leadership in the conservative party now would put oui’ the conservative party now would our country's future at risk and create uncertainty when we can least afford it. delivering the brexit people voted for, building a country that works for everyone. i have devoted myself unsparingly to these tasks ever since i became prime minister and i stand ready to finish thejob. minister and i stand ready to finish the job. but the trouble is, some people want to finish her political career. watching was owen paterson, one of the mps who signed a letter of no—confidence, he said the so—called backstop to avoid a hard border in ireland, was unacceptable. her deal is absolutely appalling. we don't leave the customs union. i was in washington recently, we won't be able to do trade deals and the backstop is completely unacceptable and it is quite unnecessary. and some of her critics point out that under the conservative party rules, if mps don't dislodge her today, they are stuck with her beyond brexit. today was inevitable. i put my letter of no—confidence in back injuly and it is d

there will now be a vote of confidence in leadership of the conservative party. committee room in half an hour to address members of her party you will then decide her fate. more on theresa may pledging to fight for her leadership after conservative backbenchers triggered a voter confidence in. more reaction to the confidence vote on twitter. sajid javid said, the last thing our country needs now is the conservative party leadership election. it will be seen as self—indulgent and wrong. the pm has my full support and is the best person. they hope that conservative mps will back the pm in the vote to date was no distractions and seeking the best outcome with neighbours, friends and partners in the eu. labour leader jeremy corbyn has said, whatever happens way it does nothing to solve the conservatives total inability to govern and the dup mp sammy wilson has tweeted as well. our confidence and supply agreement is with the conservative and unionist party. i hope this from nigel farage. time to stand up and show some courage. we've heard from arlene foster — the lead

will fill her shoes, of course much speculation yesterday about who might be the leader of the conservative party right now, aren't they? i think one of the reasons why she is still in 10 downing street this morning is because the conservatives parliamentary party can't actually really agree as to who would be the best person to replace her. i think there will be an extremely large field of candidates when she eventually decides to go. the mirror calls her a lame duck, lame duck for christmas, no turkey on the menu as far as they're concerned, that's their angle. when i saw that it reminded me of the same headlines around angela merkel in germany when she announced she realised her grip on power was coming to an end in germany, and they described her as a lame duck in domestic politics. give us your take on that view. she is or isn't? she's in brussels today, she has to be our prime minister representing us to get a better deal. do you want it darker or turkey on your christmas table this year? i think what we saw yesterday, sally, was conservative mps not wanting to be turkeys voting for christm

s from within her own conservative party who are unhappy with her deal. prosecutors have named the man accused of killing at least two people at a christmas market in the french city of strasburg searching for twenty nine year old shareef shakeout who fled the scene on tuesday night. and a member of africa's top football governing body has been arrested in france former rebel group leader. is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the central african republic. a sentencing hearing is underway for donald trump's for manoir of paying off two women over their alleged affairs for the u.s. president michael cohen also faces jail time for lying to congress about a possible business deal in russia during the twenty six thousand presidential election campaign or to you know his speech continue to post challenges questions to me as the nation's from new york. federal prosecutors are recommending a substantial term of imprisonment for michael cohen only slightly less than the forty five years recommended by federal sentencing guidelines for his crimes

responsibilities and that isn't in fact something that some of her own backbenchers in the conservative party have been accusing her of in the last half an hour. of course the situation is that around more than two hundred fifty conservative m.p.'s have said that they will vote for her on wednesday evening but this is a secret ballot so really that's not very much to go on and at the moment lots and lots of people are asking themselves if in fact a reason may is defeated the process which will take weeks. really very badly timed that's putting it mildly and those have people are wondering whether in fact this means that the d. the chances of her deal if it were going to pass the parliament whether those actually diminish and whether that increases the chance of a no deal breaks it and if that increase the chance of a no deal breaks in that would happen because of the. time constraints or the overlap of the time constraints when it comes to making sure the bricks it is on shared jewel but overlaid on top of that you would have her possibly not getting the numbers she needs to see in your time

i have been a member of the conservative party for over 40 years.r. i stood to be leader because i believe in the conservative vision for a better future. a thriving economy, with nowhere and nobody left behind. a stronger society, where everyone can make the most of their talents. always serving the national interest. and at this crucial moment in our history, that means securing a brexit deal that delivers on the result of the eu referendum. taking back control of our borders, laws and money but protecting jobs, our security and our precious union as we do so. through good times and bad over the last two years, my passionate belief that such a deal is attainable, that a bright future lies ahead for our country, has not wavered — and it is now within our grasp. i spent yesterday meeting chancellor merkel, prime minister rutte, president tusk and presidentjuncker, to address concerns mps have with the backstop — and we are making progress. i was due to travel to dublin this afternoon to continue that work, but will now remain in london to make the c

conservative mps would eventually choose two candidates, who'd be put to a vote of party members aroundand they'd take part in debates during that process. if there's only one candidate, then that person becomes the new conservative leader, with no need for a vote among party members. is the winner of any conservative leadership contest would also be expected to become the new prime minister. but this entire process could take several weeks, leaving the brexit process even more uncertain — a warning delivered by theresa may and several cabinet colleagues. a leadership contest could delay the big parliamentary vote on the brexit plan even further, potentially risking the future of the entrire project. the conservative backbench 1922 committee meeting is just getting underway. before she attends, the energy minister, claire perryjoins us. thank you forjoining us, what is the message to your colleagues from you today? back the prime minister. we have is deal, we understand it is, it was going to be tricky to get a deal that satisfied everybody, she has worked her sock socks off to get us h

plus one in order for her to have to resign triggering then a leadership contest within the conservative party and we know there are a number of potential candidates for that have to be hustings within the party to whittle those candidates down to just two and then those two would have to be put to the membership of the party in a postal ballot one m.p. speaking a little earlier on paterson who said he put in his letter on tuesday suggested that at the but in a best case scenario they might be able to come down to two candidates by christmas with the leadership election then among the members and a new prime minister announced by mid january an extraordinary timeframe given what this country is up against time wise later analyze a little further where we are and what we might expect and men and he's with the london based think tank u.k. in a changing europe thanks for joining us at short notice with this breaking news on and a couple of weeks ago when all of this talk was about and when there was all this talk about elections she might well have won it then but has had to have attitude hardene

under the rules of the conservative party if 15 percent of its mps write letters of no confidence to arty's backbenchers, a leadership ballot is triggered. and after months of speculation in mid—december the magic number was reached. the confidence vote on her leadership was announced at breakfast time, voting to take place in the evening and the result to be declared at 9pm. the chairman of the 1922 committee announced that she'd won to rapturous applause from her supporters in the room, but the numbers were telling. the number of votes cast in favour of having confidence in theresa may was 200 and against was 117. under the rules set out in the constitution of the conservative party, no further confidence that that can take place for at least one month. the result meant theresa may can't face another challenge for a year, but opposition to her brexit deal remained insurmountable. and so theresa may went back to brussels, hoping for a concession. instead she appeared to be caught on camera in a testy exchange with the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker. and the promise

s the two remaining contenders will then face a postal ballot of all conservative party members whether takes charge of the party will become the next prime minister but won't necessarily have to face a general election john ashmore is the deputy editor of the british online news website cap ex he joins us now live from london john good to have you back here on al-jazeera would it be better for the country and better for brics it if she wins and wins big. well i heard that it's really up to debate it depends which part of the debate you're on for the heartbreaks it is it's the worst of all scenarios but either way i don't see a clear path at the moment for her to get her deal through parliament anyway so we're stuck in this very strange kind of impasse where the tears on the right of the conservative party want to get rid of theresa may but there's no real sign of a coherent plan on their side either and it's worth remembering in all this as well that let's say that a city or a lever does oust to reason may well their version of bricks is not necessarily going to appeal to the more prog

required in order for theresa may to be demoted from leader of the conservative party. this does not mean she's suddenly out of a job as prime minister this process could continue for some time. it's only if there's a majority of votes against her within the conservative mps ranks that you would have other people coming out of the woodwork as potential challengers to her role as prime minister that process could go on for quite some time. only when that is whittled down to a field of two will that be sent out to members to vote via postal ballot. once those votes come back, probably well into the new year, at that point would we see a new prime minister being reinstated. willem, thank you very much for that i know you're staying there. we'll see you shortly on "street signs. willem will have more analysis shortly. christian, we have to say good-bye christian shultz from citi research thank you for keeping us company here >> thank you >> that's it for "squawk box." more reaction on "street signs." plaque psoriasis can be relentless. tremfya® is for adults with moderate to

chris patten has history in the conservative party, he was a cabinet minister in the major governmenth its woes. those on the right will probably dismiss him as a wet in the days of margaret thatcher, a pro—european in the days ofjohn major, so presumably, they won't listened to what he's got to say. what about the broader sense of the argument within the conservative party? we heard from liam fox earlier who is in the cabinet now, and he has quite a lot of influence on what happens. what is the sense of whether there is any movement that can be made between now and the new year that might open up a new opportunity of a deal? there is a feeling that there is something you can do to get the deal through, which is get rid of the backstop. that is what many conservative mps are demanding, it is what the dup, of course, the conservatives partners in government, they are demanding that as well. the problem is, from every sign we have had so farfrom the eu, they will not accept that. we saw that idea rebuked in a summit in brussels on thursday and friday, so what the prime minister will spe

they have seen how split the government is they see how split the two big parties in the countries are the conservatives on the one hand and also the labor party split internally about it and they've been they gassed at the spectacle so now they know that this is not strong and stable as to reason may love to repeat but it is a government very much on shaky ground they have become used to it and they will deal with her as long as she's there the day she's gone. still have moved in the next year should be gone and they'll adapt so they really in a sense don't care if they don't hear and before we run out of time here i mean. who was served by what happened today obviously nobody was to pop from we still more political drama of the press that is we're hoping that they were going to be set they were going to get rid of theresa may and they were going to stop petitioning for one of their own to be a person place to be the conservative party that didn't happen but those supporters of theresa may also be left disappointed including including theresa may has self now in that one hundred seventeen of our own m.

minister theresa may will be facing a vote of confidence among her own mps as leader of the conservative partyand therefore as prime minister, to too. >> has confirmed he has received 48 letters from conservative mps, so now there will be a vote of confidence in my leadership of the conservative party. i will contest that vote with everything i've got. >> that vote will take place around 1:00 p.m. eastern time today. it's been triggered because 48 of the 316 conservative mps have called for it. she now needs to win 158 or 50% to back her. if she does, her power will increase because she won't have to face another vote of confidence from her own mps for another 12 months. sterling here over two days is down since rumors of this vote of no-confidence started to pick up about 16 hours ago. but it's up today over the last couple of hours. why? senior cabinet ministers have come out loud and clear to back her. just think of the math on this it's taken an eternity to reach the 48 to trigger the vote, it's a long way further to reach the 158 needed to oust her but that said this timing is as good as

has joined the former chairman of the conservative party hasjoined us, grant shapps. pm. this is when she addresses all the conservative mps? they can have backbenchers and frontbenchers and eve ryo ne backbenchers and frontbenchers and everyone can go along. for me, the absolute key issue is not theresa may, but the deal itself. and the backstop, which i was about to vote against, had the vote not been stopped, is for me the real issue. no mp should ever vote to hand power away from parliament that it cannot be certain of ever getting back again. if we sort out the backstop, andi again. if we sort out the backstop, and i heard her say this morning that she had made progress on it, andi that she had made progress on it, and i had calls this morning telling me that she would elaborate on this today... have you any idea what that means why she has said that? have you any idea what has come out of berlin, brussels or paris that would lead you to conclude that? a wing on a prayer? number ten have called me this morning. what does she have to say? by the way i was at remain

but in terms of those within parliament, not within the conservative party that the rest of parliamentthe labour party, the snp, the dup, given the outcome of this vote, is she strengthened or weaken in that

leader the question then is to what extent and how conservative in so will extent this party will move in the conservative direction. kate brady for us thank you very much. now to some other stories making news around the world iranian state media say at least three people have been killed and several wounded in a suicide bombing in the southern port city of java hard authorities said the attackers set off the explosion outside police headquarters so far there has been no claim of responsibility. afghanistan's election watchdog has declared all the votes cast in kabul during october's parliamentary election as invalid the board said there were twenty five reasons for that decision including major fraud and mismanagement the election took place under the threat of taliban violence so far results have only been declared in fourteen of thirty three provinces. and a former australian archbishop found guilty of covering up child sex abuse in the catholic church has had his conviction overturned an australian court ruled in favor of philip wilson's appeal and freed him from detention wi

it is the party love deeply. i think conservative are the broadly write-once for our country. i hope people don't think -- right onces for our country. there are divisions and all party. -- in all parties. i think this is part of the problem. i know it doesn't fit in terribly well with the desire to have a black-and-white political narrative. there are so many views on what brexit should be, what it looks like and what it feels like. to try and command a majority for that is always good to be a really difficult job to do. i just hope this sort of tantrum is not a long-lasting endemic problem in the tory party wakes up and moves on. tom: what is the mistake the prime minister made? preferred ifd have she had said very clearly, rather than having the new deal is better than the bad deal, because there are some of my party who believe having no deal is a good deal. i wish she had just said, we won't support a bad deal, but we will work our socks off for a good deal. if it takes a little longer, we will do it. i.e., we won't be leaving w

so what happens next all three hundred fifteen conservative party m.p.'s can take part in the vote of confidence to resign may need to secure a simple majority to keep her job that's one hundred fifty eight votes if she wins may will remain in office and cannot be challenged again for another twelve months if she loses should be forced to resign and can't join the following leadership race if there are two if there are more than two candidates to replace her secret ballots will be held among tory m.p.'s until there are just two left they will then face a postal ballot of all conservative party members and whoever wins becomes the next prime minister that person then has the tough job of uniting m.p.'s behind a break that deal which must go before the u.k. parliament by january twenty first next year and joins us now from london so long as the people there triggered this vote party what exactly are they trying to accomplish here what's what's their agenda. well they're very very much in favor of a cut in size entirely with the european union and the not a

for a prime minister and a party twisted together in a years old fight. lyhe conservatives do walls. this behind those a challenge in the morning. the rebels seen off before it is time for bed. >> the result of the ballot held this evening is that the parliamentary party does have confidence laa: 200 of her mp's wanted her to stay, 117 wanted her to go. a clear obvious conflict. in >> no further confidence vote can take place -- applause,pite the what do the tories really have to celebra beyond tonight? there was another lonely jou mey to theicrophone in the last half-hour. imthe e minister had to promise she would go in order to stay for ne . primn. may:be this has en a long and challenging day, but at it, i'm pleased to e have received cking of my colleagues in tonight's ballot. whilst i am grateful for that support a significant number of colleagues did cast a vote against me, and i listen to what they said. following this ballot, we need to get on with the job of delivering brexit for the british people and delivering a better future for this country. a brexit that deli

we need to stress this was the conservative party that voted for her.id nothing to do with the entire parliament and does not change the calculus. joe: it might benefit her because they cannot call another vote for a year so she has a room, breathing notwithstanding the possible collapse of parliamentary wide vote on her leadership. she survived. caroline: she survived but the pound is coming off of its highs . let's get more with our next guest joining us now from westminster. me, don't have a guest with but i have a little bit of an analysis, caroline. maybe why the pound is coming down is that we get back to the main business of the brexit debate, which is whether or not theresa may can get her deal through the house of commons. the fact that 117 voted against her, i think that is an indication she will continue to find that incredibly tough. i think that is something a lot of people take away from this. now that we have dealt with the fact that theresa may's leadership is secure for another year, we now have to get back to the deal over the line. th

and agreement has divided the conservative party and divided the conservative party from. this means. we don't have a majority to govern the country earlier in the day there had been high drama the tension easing only slightly when conservative m.p.'s publicly declaring their support past the hundred fifty nine figure needed for her survival as party leader cabinet ministers led the charge we already have a certain amount of volunteers volatility in the country because the negotiations going on with the e.u. think it is a huge mistake to add to that five volatility by having a leadership fight now and all the confusion would go that. the prime minister had started her day in a defiant mood i will contest that vote with everything i've got she immediately cleared his schedule and headed off to parliament to face the opposition and if he wants a meaningful data i'll give him one twenty ninth of march two thousand and nineteen when we leave they are. here i mean. totally and absolutely unacceptable the prime minister not government have already been found to be in contempt of

it is very clearly chaos, you can see from what is happening there is more chaos within the conservative partytinue speaking to the labour party, the other opposition parties we because we think across the house there is no confidence in this government. i mean the government can't get legislation through, it doesn't matter who is at the helm. they cannot get legislation through the house just now, they cannot get legislation through the housejust now, i don't think the housejust now, i don't think the public has confidence in the government. i think it is probably time for a vote of no confidence in theresa may. a lot of people have made the point even if she does retain the leadership it doesn't change the maths across the road. is there anything she could bring back from brussels that would suit the snp? i guess not it would be nice if they were to extend article 50 at this moment in time. any brexit is going to be bad for the economy, bad for us socially and culturally, we will be worse off. so we are arguing very ha rd if will be worse off. so we are arguing very hard if the prime ministe

the table again depending on who will follow theresa may as prime minister i'm part of the conservative party so at the moment the business community is probably rolling their eyes shaking their hands or throwing things of walls that's pretty bad standing by with us in london and barbara something interesting that theresa may mentioned in her speech she raised the issue of article fifteen you know of course britain triggered that article on the e.u. level and that is really what ultimately is now triggering the timeline for braggs it but there are some questions which have emerged about it and whether or not britain actually needs to and here to the deadlines and an article fifty in the past couple of weeks walk us through that. i mean the deadline and that is one of the main points of contention is that many of her opponents tell her that she shouldn't have triggered article fifty before really knowing what the party wants what the conservative party once before really knowing what the line in the negotiations could be the line to take towards the european union she came out then rather quic

s so there will now be a vote of confidence in my leadership of the conservative party i will contest that vote with everything i've got i have been a member of the conservative party for over forty years i've served it as an activist councillor and pay shadow minister home secretary and now as prime minister. i stood to be a leader because i believe in the conservative vision for a better future a thriving economy with nowhere and nobody left behind a stronger society where everyone can make the most of their talents always serving the national interest. and at this crucial moment in our history that means securing a bricks it's steel the delivers on the results of the e.u. referendum taking control of our borders laws and money but protecting jobs our security and our precious union as we do so. through good times and bad over the last two years my passionate belief that such a deal is attainable but a bright future lies ahead for our country has not wavered and it is now with in our grasp. i spent yesterday meeting chancellor merkel prime minister president scanned president to add

we are in june with the mainstream of our party, we are manifesto conservatives.f activity behind us. lots of people coming out as they died just the statement we have just had from the prime minister. i don't take this caricature we are the hard brexiteers. we are mainstream, ma nifesto brexiteers. we are mainstream, manifesto conservatives. we want to see the manifesto delivered and keep the promise we made. david cameron said you get a referendum. it happened. we had the referendum. then the manifesto commitment in the last general election, three big, public votes and we must deliver them. we are not extremists or hard brexiteers, just mainstream tories who want to see the manifesto delivered. we will have the vote between 6pm and 8pm tonight and theresa may will address the commons of five theresa may will address the commons offive p:m.. theresa may will address the commons of five p: m.. the theresa may will address the commons of five p:m.. the result from the ballot is expected as soon as is possible after the votes have been cast. the secret ballot so wh

employees from her own party unhappy at her deal if she loses a contest would be held for another conservative party leader under simmons begins our coverage from london. to raise a may finally facing a vote of confidence not imposed by her parliamentary opposition but her own party and she intends to fight. i will contest that vote with everything i've got a change of leadership in the conservative party now will put our country's future at risk and create uncertainty when we can least afford it. a new leader wouldn't be in place by the twenty first of january legal deadline so a leadership election risks handing control of the bricks in negotiations to opposition m.p.'s in parliament what triggered the process was a threshold beyond fifteen percent of conservative party m.p.'s against the rules a quite straightforward the. if if at least fifteen percent of the parliamentary conservative party write letters to various trail to the right straight to committee then it is for me to inform and consult with the prime minister i did that over the telephone last night. and then to proceed with the ballots

that will be music to the ears of many in the conservative party.had to say about his colleagues and we know that theresa may has to win over some of them to get any sort of deal through parliament early next year. here is what he has to say about some right wing brexiteers within his own party. the right wing, the fanatics, they won't accept it. they have been working away like rodents in the basement for years, trying to nibble at the foundations of our relationship with europe, acting as a party within a party, with their owi'i a party within a party, with their own whipping and so on. they will not accept anything which is reasonable. he has history in the conservative party, he was in it in a major part of their ruling, they will dismiss him in the days of margaret thatcher and john major, simply, they will listen to what he will say. what about the broader sense of the grid within the conservative party? we heard from liam fox earlier he was in the cabinet now, and he has quite a lot of influence on what happens. what is the sense of whether t

now bea conservative mps, so there will now be a vote of confidence in my leadership of the conservative party contest that vote with everything i've got. the votes are now being counted. we expect the result around nine o'clock. earlier this evening, the prime minister made her pitch to conservative mps. in a major and emotional concession to her critics, she said that, though she dearly wanted to, she would not lead the tories into the next general election. so, whatever tory mps decide, the conservative party tonight is on the brink of a new leadership contest. the bbc‘s deputy political editor, john pienaar, joins us now. in advance of the results, john, this is the big news of the night, she won't lead the tories into another election — does that suggest to you that her position was weaker than we thought? i think it is an acknowledgement of the weakness of her position. i think behind the scenes at westminster, around the conservative party, it has been held for a long while, perhaps ever since the rather disastrous victory of the snap election last year, that they did not want theresa m

mrs may must win the support of at least half of the conservative parliamentary party to avoid a leadershipy graham brady. you've got what you want. i wrote injuly when the prime minister came forward with that flawed deal. it was inevitable. disappointing it has taken so long to get here and so much time has been wasted but we are in a position where herflagship policy, her withdrawal agreement cannot proceed to the house of commons. she has been to europe to try to get concessions, having spent weeks this is the best deals you could possibly do, undermining her own renegotiation position. she is a prime minister who is drowning and angela merkel has been throwing buckets of water at her. or you could say people like yourself, backbench mps have been throwing buckets of water at her? this is the last chance to say brexiter... it is worth throwing her under a bus to get the brexit you want? this is the best political outcome for the country. where your raqqa is your brexit the best brexit?” country. where your raqqa is your brexit the best brexit? i was com pletely brexit the best brexit? i

conservative party m.p.'s against the rules a quite straightforward the. if if at least fifteen percent of the parliamentary conservative party write letters to various trail to the right straight to committee then it is for me to inform and consult with the prime minister i did that over the telephone last night. and then to proceed with the ballots as soon as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances the prime minister time isn't on may side she has until wednesday evening before her fate is sealed the rot heard really set in on monday when at the last minute may postpone the vote on the bricks that agreement with the e.u. on the basis that she knew it wouldn't have any chance of being successful in. her last ditch attempt was on tuesday to try to save the brics a deal against the odds firstly she flew to meet the dutch prime minister. then on to berlin where she ended up locked in the back of her limousine before meeting the german chancellor then on to meet e.u. leaders in brussels but she made littl

|j conservative party and across the commons reared up again.s a single member of this house who sincerely believes that this deal we have before us is a good deal and, if i may say... ok, there is one!|j sincerely may say... ok, there is one!” sincerely believe it. i have got no sta ke sincerely believe it. i have got no stake in this government any more, but i think it's the right thing to do. but there was lingering anger over mrjohnson‘s role as a lead of the brexit campaign. he was a senior member of vote leave, and secretary for two years, member of vote leave, and secretary for two yea rs, we member of vote leave, and secretary for two years, we are in this mess because of improved the deal on offer, as the prime minister says, it's the only deal on offer, and it does not recover our sovereignty. it leaves us real takers from the eu, without any voice in shaping those rules. next day, the commons heard from two former ministers, also opposed the dealfor from two former ministers, also opposed the deal for the this deal is not politically

think that famous phrase by the pm nothing has changed it's ready run more true you know the conservative party's been warning about europe for decades and yesterday was just another day in that long saga what you see in the vote is that the party is so divided you've got a third of the m.p.'s saying that they don't have confidence in threes and i and that's more than a half backbenches saying that they don't have confidence in two reason may today even hearing that the brits it is still not even satisfied with the result last night jake response was saying that she would have to still resign this morning we've heard dominic rob the most senior m.p. so far saying that she has to resign as well this this issue is just going to run and run and run and the conservative party looks like it's going to continue to tarasoff apart over ok we have to leave it there many thanks. showing top court has to clear the president's decision to dissolve parliament as unconstitutional seven supreme court judges handed down the unanimous ruling they say the president must for public service and cannot dissolve parli

or they don't have confidence in theresa may as leader of the conservative party and obviouslyu can draw from the fa ct but i think you can draw from the fact that she was keen to move ahead swiftly, to resolve matters, you know, i think she was keen to get on with herjob and get on with the business of government and clearly, having massive speculation about whether or not there would be a confidence vote was unhelpful. also, having a protracted period between the announcement that a vote would ta ke the announcement that a vote would take place and the vote taking place would have been a very difficult time, not conducive to getting on with thejob. so i think it is entirely in keeping, i have to say, that she was keen to proceed swiftly and get matters resolved. if the prime minister does not get the backing of a majority of her party, there will then obviously be a leadership contest. what are the timelines for that? that i can't be quite so specific about. it is the case that if a leader of the party loses a confidence vote, we would then proceed to a leadership election, t

the problem for the conservative party is that evenif for the conservative party is that even if it turnsnside and only winners, let us say that does happen, the theological and personal divides brexit will in due up for the conservative party in a way that they won't for anyone else —— willinge oil. they have stopped calling it a second referendum and a people's vote. i will agree to a second referendum if we can best of seven. it is right, isn't it. where does it end? if you abrogate responsibility to be elected as parliament did and say to them, david cameron stood there and said this is final, and then you come back and say you did not give the answer i want so we will have it again, at some point subleases to parliament you are being quite a radical about this. does make some recess to parliament. subleases i did not vote for this confusion or chaos. it is a mess. -- somebody says. we paid 9 million quid to send a leaflet to everybody's i'm saying these are the economic costs. when people say i never knew. it is not true. what is true is that nobody, i presume the hardline brexiteers