but the problem for the conservative party is, they don't wa nt conservative party is, they don't wanteral election with theresa may as leader. there needs to be a contest to replace her, that contest takes time, and do the conservative party have time to have an election quickly to avoid european elections and choose a leader? i don't think they do have an opportunity to have a general election with a new leader quickly enough sol a general election with a new leader quickly enough so i don't think you can rule out the possibility of theresa may are leading the tories into another general election, which is quite a thought for those tories who remember how bad the last election went. if it is a general election went. if it is a general election led by theresa may, good luck to the conservative party, really. on what manifesto? she promised as a prime minister to deliver brexit, we haven't yet delivered brexit. she was a prime minister who promised to heal the burning injustices in britain. she hasn't done anything about it because she has been busy not delivering brexit. what kind of

what kind of results will the conservative party obtain after a general election?, if there is an extension of article 50 and britain will remain in the european union for another year, and this is a hypothesis, if the conservative party will have even another leader, the fact remains that with this particular parliament that we have, the problems remain the same, the arithmetic will be the same. whoever is in charge, whoever will be prime minister in britain, will have to deal with that arithmetic, so the only options are really, are we going to move the red lines and so then it is possible to negotiate a different deal with the european union or we are dealing with a new parliament but we do not know, because it is so fickle, public opinion is so volatile, that it is very likely the new election will result in another hung parliament. steve, you have been making these programmes. can theresa may move these red lines? i have been making programmes for bbc sound around the world. great programmes. thank you. everyone i spoke to told me, don't feel sorry for her, sh

party only has said in parliament that the tory party the conservative. party is a fractured party and two reserves means one handling of this thing was based on preserving and holding the tory party together. very well very much sir even members of series m a's own party and he's have told me that she has been sticking much too close to the conservative side that they're very much bricks a driving side over own party which she has always try to to win over also with her red lines that she has put in front of the you very much from the beginning which included not staying in the customs union or staying in the single market no jurisdiction for the european courts so out of everything and now she's finding out that what she has done and what she has done also to get party and the right of her own party on board and to to support but this does not command a majority in the house of commons possibly we should. find out and the whole issue of europe is very much something that's been driven by by people on the right and the conservative party before the referendum

it's always been the one certainty of the conservative party, to put the interests of the conservative it pretty successfully. that's why it's been the dominant political party for the best part of 200 years. what is interesting is that historical power, chris grayling is saying ministers are prepared to face the cabinet on tuesday. no cabinet meeting since friday. that seems a bit odd to me. in the 21st century,... split the party. the warning is that don't do this, you will destroy it. but you will destroy us. and that theresa may possibly has the future of the party in her hands and therefore has to put the party before anything else? others will say it is the role of government to put the country before anything else. yes! that should be theirjob. but it‘s even worse because it‘s not even about the tory party, it‘s about who will be the next leader? you could say that labour haven‘t put the country before the party either because they are split as well. the guardian is where we are going next. ministers trying to force may‘s hand as the cabinet rift widens. cork is explicit that he

there is an integral issue within the conservative party with the eu in the first place. le mainstream centre that can counter the rhetoric of populist parties and give them representation, then that's absolutely fine. presumably, they must be scalable at the european level. questions about macron‘s letter, do you think the response of other european leaders suggest that the vision thing can bought in and coalesced into something bigger? it is notjust may on the stage like the uk, we have a europe with more than 500 million citizens and lots of different governments, you need a buy in. i think that is one of the unfair questions about the eu. weather you are all on board and if you're not, it will all fall apart. it is a work in progress, it is about making sure that at least the conversation is had. i think when people make necessary noises, there is a sense that there is a common vision, even if not everybody is on board, if people say they don't agree with the letter or this or that detail is not applicabe, — that's also fine. it is not the death knell of the eu, it doe

i probably wouldn't leave the party because i am a mainstream conservative, my entire political adulthe party but i'm a mainstream conservative and some of these people are not. i just stay sitting on the benches, they can send me the whip if they want to let me know what is going on and ask me to support them but some of them would be leadership candidates, but would not be leading me, thank you very much. are you ashamed of your party and the way it's behaved in recent times? not ashamed. i'm baffled. both parties are in a similar mess. both parties are in danger of going extinct. the old parties have died off in france and other western democracies where they have similar problems. do you think the conservative party faces the threat of extinction today? not surviving in its present form. the threat of a permanent split is quite clear. i think the conservative party will go through it. if you don't mention the word europe, the conservative party is reasonably cohesive on everything else as a centre—right party. but you go into this leadership election, these are dangerous months to

the conservative party has been accused of ‘institutional‘ islamophobia and ‘turning a blind eye‘ to date, who was reinstated after apologising for what were described as ‘vile‘ comments. also today, the equalities and human rights commission said it was looking into allegations of anti—semitism, following a file of complaints submitted to the commission, by the jewish labour movement. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. two developments to date, shall we start with labour on what this file represents. i think it underlies the com plete represents. i think it underlies the complete breakdown in trust and relations between mr corbin and his staff and jewish members of the labour party. we see that in this dossier which thejewish labour party. we see that in this dossier which the jewish labour movement have submitted to the equalities and human rights commission, containing hundreds of incidences of alleged anti—semitism. we see it in the backlash against the planned appointment of lord bognor as the man to take charge of the complaints procedure. team corbin

this in the near future, the conservative party has a real problem with the electorate beyond its membership a real challenge for a new leader to come m, challenge for a new leader to come in, grip the process and tell people the party represents a united country after all of this. i don't detect, talking to people, that there is a great deal of appetite in there is a great deal of appetite in the conservative party at all for a general election unless one is practically forced upon you and you have to have one. it is actually a risky game to play. ok, thank you very much indeed for your thoughts. yes, the electoral map might look a lot different if there was a general election. you would have to throw everything up in the air, wouldn‘t you? brexit constituencies that might go conservative, remain constituencies that might go labour. in light of new candidate in the mist of all that, it would be quite something. maybe that is where we are heading. that is the news from westminster. i will hand you back to ben who is in the studio. christian, many thanks indeed. tests conducted around the gre

notjust within the country, but within the conservative party. his leadership ambitions. not about what is good for the country. i don't think that fact is lost on anybody, even his biggest supporters must realise that is what is driving him here. i don't think it isa is driving him here. i don't think it is a good look. do you think that in the thinking of the likes of borisjohnson in the thinking of the likes of boris johnson and some in the thinking of the likes of borisjohnson and some others, they might be thinking about something that michael gove said sometime ago, which is, ok, let's to this withdrawal deal, this isjust a withdrawal deal, this isjust a withdrawal deal, this isjust a withdrawal deal, this is not how life will be for the uk once it actually leaves the european union. this is just about this temporarily one or two year scenario. and then, once we get beyond this point, we have a leadership change within the conservative party, and actually then we can break free from europe in the way we want to. possibly. do you see what i

but it has happened already, hazard it, with the conservative party? yes, it has.lk about this story, time is running out. how worrying is this, facebook, car bomb first thomas ups, facebook is upping the level of security for its 80,000 workers around the world? this is the next age of revolution for those young tech companies that came gleaming into the world with open plan offices, promises of a different way of working, i think some of us have seen the film in turn, the campuses, the way it is all very free ——in turn. turn, the campuses, the way it is all very free --in turn. it made google look like a great place to work. they have redefined working life, the way we work. however, the dawning realisation of corporate security, threats, what all businesses have known for quite a long time, that you need to secure environments. i think companies like facebook and others are feeling that, especially as they are being challenged and currently we are all acutely aware of the challenges facebook have been facing about legislation and the data. it brings a sharpness

the party had been soon haulage i think this will happen and they're terrified see end of the conservative party believe it was you don't know what day this week it is all called and wants just when you saw polling that nobody wants him on the mean parties are finished it seems to me that this is a bit of a revolution it's just the people wanted something and the stouter said no and no it's a war between the status front and the voters and the voters are very very very poor people now who want. that than and then when we had the vote in the first place. the bill reports that that fellow and he pays have been quite scathing of events saying that the in-fighting in one's party is humiliating the british people how that mean things been reacting. but i can tell you something i was last month in might my my colleagues the conservative party of voting in the european parliament that normally we don't pay too much stage because if that's what he's noticed that the voted for war on the higher taxes program. they were hoping the european union saw the way. you were in the centralization of taxes and qui

party. there are the socialist and there are conservatives. they will of the dividejobs hold the balance of power, they will of the divide jobs between themselves. the populists will still be on the fringe of the european parliament. the european parliament is very important now, much more important in terms of policy—making thanit important in terms of policy—making than it was in the past. they won't let them. i think it's fine that we have parties that are eurosceptic and populist, that will try and agitate their bases on resentment against the eu. the important thing is to have a bullock when it comes to these parties. where the uk failed, piggybacked these other issues onto it which are not related to the eu at all, the mainstream parties caved. there is an integral issue within the conservative party with the eu in the first place. if you have a political body in the eu which has a sensible mainstream ce ntre which has a sensible mainstream centre that can counter the rhetoric of populist parties and give them representation, then that's

i think that anger is palpable within the conservative party this evening. all sides we should say. nservative mp george freeman. can i read you a tweet from laura, or political editor. a former shares but he has a ministers that were unable to support government are allowed to remain in place we will have no weight to persuade and it collects to ever support future three line whips. 12 cabinet secretaries and ministers who did not go with the government tonight. collective responsibility was suspended two and a half years ago for the referendum and has never been installed. afraid it was one of the implications of the brexit revolution. the pity is that it has dropped his country of proper and effective government and that's why we have got to get through this will find a brexit gel that can get through the house and get back to proper effective government. let's start there. tomorrow there will be a vote to delay and i would presume that it will be indicative votes attached to that. what do you think is going to happen? at the it's very important for your viewers to understand what

i have never felt more ashamed to be a member of the conservative party ought to be asked to lend hern beaconsfield isjohn strafford, the chairman of the campaign for conservative democracy. he was one of the architects of last night's vote of confidence in mr grieve. you have long since argued that conservative mps should have more control. you got your way. what we did in beaconsfield last night was to re—establish the principle that constituency associations and their membership determine who their candidate should be at the next general election and to that extent we have already had that because we got this vote of no confidence passed last night. the reason why it is so important is because it's the only bit of democracy that is still left within the conservative party and if we take it away, the party is finished. are you still a conservative party member? you were for many years. i have been a member for many years. i have been a member for sa years and at the moment i am suspended from membership. that suspension was imposed on me on thursday, presumably to prevent me from sp

what kind of brexit policy with the conservative party having that election? r party was a general election. that is why there won't be one. is there a possible way forward for the prime minister to have another vote, but if the hardline brexiteers are facing the possibility of an extension to the whole process, they are so worried about that, that in the end they finally do vote for her deal?” think that is a scenario that is very plausible. this photo no deal, that will probably rule that out tomorrow. on thursday, there will be a vote on delaying brexit and extending article 50 —— vote. there isa extending article 50 —— vote. there is a chance of a short extension, there is talk of two or three months. mrs may does not want longer than that. the eu may come back and say we do not want to give you that, we will give you a one year or two year extension. parliament may not find that acceptable. mrs make may come back for a third time lucky fry on her deal and say to the mps if you do not back this now, could be a couple of days before brexit, it could be a lon

the whole government is to see brexit through, she would be gone, but the fact is because the conservative partyget rid of her in december and failed in that failed leadership attempt, she is safe in the party leadership, until december, unless the men in grey suits, the party grandees, come to her and say, the game is up, and in the times tomorrow, some speculation there will be an emergency cabinet meeting, we do know that, there is some speculation she may come to her and say, you need to resign, or, you need to say you will resign after the deal is passed. so, they can try to push her out, but we have seen one thing, really demonstrated in the house of commons today, the prime minister does not give up, that croak in her throat which we remember so well from the party conference in 2017 was back again... to be fairto conference in 2017 was back again... to be fair to her, she had been travelling to strasbourg. no doubt, no doubt. she said that jean-claude juncker‘s voice was even worse. there comes a time when that workload takes its toll. incredible tenacity to keep on going but i think mps

that wa nts to right of the conservative party that wants to see, that projected theresa may'sesterday. the new editor that came in in the autumn is taking a completely different stance, he wa nts to a completely different stance, he wants to see the softest brexit possible. he still thinks brexit should happen but it should not cause any cliff edge economic calamity. the daily mail's front page today basically says the erg, those that want the hardest brexit possible, have actually potentially thrown away what they want and maybe also thrown away brexit itself. and gives your take on that, rebecca, because as you travel around the uk, you do get a sense of people feeling like politicians are just letting them down. i think what you're today from the newspapers isjust as them down. i think what you're today from the newspapers is just as you said, that palpable anger with the chaos that we are in at the moment and the chaos has been doing for a long time, but it is evident in the stories around the country and the papers are reflecting the very large extent that frustration wit

the problem for him is if the conservative party doesn't wa nt is if the conservative party doesn't wants various traditions on brexit, it does to have the most to deliver a no—deal brexit. and at some point, the party is going to have to reconcile whether or not someone to stay together, and become a fully brexit party which is going to require it to be quite a different political party to the conservative party we have known and known for such a long time. also striking when he has to say about brexit is in just a tory thing or a right wing things like the peach about the tory party has lurched to the right because i brexit and he says brexit as as much a left—wing project. brexit and he says brexit as as much a left-wing project. as a going project. and he is right on that. i'm agreeing with them for once. if you look atjeremy corbyn record, you look atjeremy corbyn record, you can see it there as well. a lot of the problems we have delivering brexit as maybe there is a left—wing and right—wing argument for leaving the eu that isn't consensus on what to do next which is why there is c

prime minister theresa may reportedly has indicated to her conservative party colleagues that she is willing to resign once agreement is approved ten downing street later released the text of her short speech to conservative m.p.'s in which she acknowledged quote. desire for a new approach and new leadership in the second phase of drugs and negotiations and as mayor wrote i am prepared to leave this job earlier than i intended in order to do what is right for our country and our party the resident resignation offer seem to be the last card ms may have left to play and tried to try to get her deal passed parliament and initial reports suggest the move may secure the votes of at least some your.

s considerate conservative party want to kick orbán and his party out.od views are now actually trying to kick him out and many others have serious doubts so the party will now have to talk to the party family even though i have to talk a bit about this all done did one provocation too much for the taste of these people with his comparing the billboards showing the commission president and the american investor george soros who happens to be a jew this campaign has a clear and he said magic and also and the european subtext in this cannot be tolerated in the christian democratic party family even the german c. is you party turned its back on the nationalist was invited last year to a party conference in bavaria this year this is no longer possible but nevertheless you have to say. this is campaign is quite successful in hungary he's leading in the polls fifty percent and he's writing this right wing populist wave in europe by blaming europe for everything. but just how worried should your of be over or just how significant it. the feat is in the parliame

that it is down to the small number of rather elderly, shires based conservative party members.anything to make sure that he is not one of the two because of the ends up being one of the two, than a matter with the other person is, he will end up getting it. —— camp will.|j other person is, he will end up getting it. -- camp will. i heard a lot of names being put forward but the two that in the photographs, michael gove and boris johnson, certainly seem to be the front runners, as you say. and it is all driving us crazy, we know that. according to the metro, we are now a nation of pill poppers, antidepressant use doubles in a decade and brexit may be a factor, thatis decade and brexit may be a factor, that is what the metro says. you want to feel there is some leadership whether it is in your business, yourfamily, leadership whether it is in your business, your family, and leadership whether it is in your business, yourfamily, and people are disturbed what's going on. and all the arguing? well, trying to cut through it and people changing their minds quite frequently. it is a se

it isn't because people can't decide, it's actually because the conservative government and conservative party were all voting the same way in pursuit of the same solution, it would actually pass the house of commons, we could be sure of that. they say, you need the dup, actually, if all the conservatives voted in the same way, they could for something through, and they haven't been able to do that, because i have been occasions, such as the 14th of march, when it two thirds of the conservative party voted in a way contrary to theresa may and the governments. that is at the heart of this problem. ifear we have in the conservative party now a minority, however strong a minority, who would even force a general election, because actually their view is, if this parliament won't give us what we want, which is to leave without something like the backstop in place, then we ought to have a general election to make it happen. on that theme, one can imagine the response, when the prime minister went for three options, my deal, no brexit, ora minister went for three options, my deal, no brexit, or a long

i think around the country, in the conservative party and outside the conservative party, there will at the behaviour of some of our cabinet ministers who are not fit for their positions if they behave like this. they should be apologising and they should shut up, for god's sake. because that is the worst thing we want. strong reaction to that idea. philip hammond and stephen barclay have also been backing the prime minister, as you would expect, this morning. there is a big question of, if there is no prospect or very little prospect of the prime minister's deal passing next week, what happens? we expect there to be indicative votes where parliament will try to seize control of the process and look at other options, a series of votes on potential other plans. have a listen to this from the brexit secretary stephen barclay about what would happen if parliament votes for something the government will not implement. there is a constitutional collision if parliament is instructing a government to do something which is fundamentally against what it has been elected to do. the legal posit

how do you put a caretaker prime minister in place regarding the rules of the conservative party.n i've been asking numerous times this morning. i cannot tell you the answer. it word i have heard so many times over the last couple of days is fluid. this is so fast—moving at the moment the conservative party is figuring out what it is going to do. you heard nigel evans saying in the short—term he thinks the prime minister will go whilst cash, another brexiteers, thinks the imminent resignation of the prime minister is on the cards and a realistic prospect. others are saying the issue is not the prime minister, it is how we so expect that and how we get a deal that can get through parliament. —— how we sort brexit. there is a feeling up to cabinet level you might have more chance getting this through without theresa may. let me explain why. the first school of thought is if theresa may said she was going to 90, theresa may said she was going to go, you can get another leader in to negotiate the future relationship. in theory it is the easy bit of this, how we leave. let mejust in th

because this is about the conservative party. on the table, things that need to be done, and today, she had some sort of meeting at chequers. i think the majority of the people who we re think the majority of the people who were there with the erg, who seem to be actually running the country at the moment, and their little demands are actually fuelling this whole thing. it's actually, it's a tragedy, it's really a tragedy. i don't have any sort of, i don't have a lot of respect for theresa may, i'll tell you that, but the fact we are being thrown under the bus by this conservative party is really what needs to be talked about. do you think part of the problem is that she never really truly, a lot of people say, believed in brexit in the first place? she probably didn't. she voted remain although i was at the one speech she gave during the referendum campaign and it was quite a negative speech and it was quite a negative speech and it was quite a negative speech and it was almost surprising she came out and said at the end of it t

i think it has to be somebody who really seriously can bring not just the conservative party togetherthat will be implanted together. who will that be? there are people such as sajid javid who are playing well with the population and seem to talk at common—sense on beyond brexit. but let's see. not boris johnson? but if we are trying not to be divisive, that i think anybody at the extremities is going to be... can i get you out of a pickle by talking about his shorts to bring down the tone? michael gove's shorts? there is something about that leave—y male conservative middle age politicians wearing such short shorts. when borisjohnson is wearing such short shorts. when boris johnson is out wearing such short shorts. when borisjohnson is out in the public eye and wants to get his picture in the papers always wears us most ridiculous. there was a story about the not very good running gear that senior mps seem to use and lovely dogs. quite a nice french door. and all the newspapers. a lot of product place and for the front. we will go to them in a minute. the last brexit story is about a

they or theirjudgment to, shouldn't the conservative party bea to, shouldn't the conservative party behe things they have in common as conservatives? well, the issue is, we have a referendum which drove a coach and horses through the principle that mps are elected and up principle that mps are elected and up to decide. there are members of the conservative party who not only worked and went out knocking on doors delivering leaflets for him, they also donated to his election campaign. ithink they also donated to his election campaign. i think quite rightly they are not happy. what the trigger point was for most people, they thought he was trying to come up with the compromise was the statement that if it does not go the way he wanted it to go, he was going to resign the party whip. you think thatis to resign the party whip. you think that is the tipping point?|j to resign the party whip. you think that is the tipping point? i think so that is the tipping point? i think so for most people. i think there was a general site of an ease, if you like, in accepting that he was trying to find a

the hardline brits a group within the conservative party as a national humiliation he says steve baker says that the wrong kind of conservatives have their hands on the lever of power to reason may is being undermined by that section of politicians also by others who are offended by trees . i mean the last few days saying that fate had frustrated brix it in that she was on the public side she's road back but she hasn't apologized all this means that she's unlikely to get her deal through so where does it leave us well it leaves us none the wiser but there are cross party talks going on and at the same time we've got a petition in britain with more than three million signatures calling on the government to revoke article fifty there's a big march expected on saturday in the capital calling for a so-called people's vote a referendum the question is on know what would be on the ballot paper but i think that still this cliff age as it's called by some people of crushing out is seen as something that must be avoided at all costs. joining us from westminster thank

let me just play to you what brandon lewis, the chairman of the conservative party had to say when i asked him about this vote of no confidence in dominic grieve when he came in earlier. at the moment

the policy was brought about by the conservative party. 50, they didn't have to vote that way, they could have said... most labour members and momentum members do not want this form of brexit. we had a tantric dance from jeremy corbyn towards the referendum. we still haven't got a clear policy from labour but they voted for article 50 two years ago, coming up to the deadline now, what do they expect will happen? article 50 set in train a process where we would leave the eu with or without a deal. people will find it farcical for you to say this is the labour party's problem because the conservatives cannot agree amongst themselves and we saw from philip hammond today, he set aside additional money for a no deal exit which isjust three weeks away and if conservative mps come around to the government deal that money will be available for public services but doesn't that seem like a threat? i don't think it is a threat. it's a statement of fact that if we manage to move on from this impasse, he's right to say there will be some money to loose

would you consider your position in the conservative party because of the failure to tackle islamophobia has lost its way. i spent years as part of the detoxification process of making sure that my party was releva nt making sure that my party was relevant to today's britain. i have pounded the streets for my party, raised money for my party, and if it is going through a process of becoming like ukip again, it is my job to stand within the party and fight to bring it into the centre ground. we saw demonstrations in parliament square by members of the jewish community against the labour party — what has been the impact on the muslim community of these allegations? there have been to quite start reports out recently, one by hope not hate, polling people who said they voted conservative who espouse the most vile conspiracy theories. many people felt there we re theories. many people felt there were no go zones in the united kingdom where they thought only shari low was practised. —— sharia law. the labour party is picking up the majority of the black and minority support. we have gone backw

their own votes, taking over what goes on here in the house of commons, and brexiteers in the conservative party are very concerned that they could achieve theiraim, it concerned that they could achieve their aim, it could concerned that they could achieve theiraim, it could be concerned that they could achieve their aim, it could be a concerned that they could achieve theiraim, it could be a much concerned that they could achieve their aim, it could be a much softer so their aim, it could be a much softer so called brexit, a much closer relationship between the eu than they would like, or may be no brexit at all and that has certainly focused the minds of many conservative mps who now say, after holding out for months, that they are prepared to get behind the prime minister's deal. the big question, of course, the democratic unionist party, they have made it clear they are not prepared to do so, they are still very concerned about what is in that withdrawal agreement. particularly, the so—called northern irish backstop, they fear it would trap the uk in there and we would end up with northern i

he's not one of the big high-profile figures in the conservative party. he said they will now this deal. that allows him to win support from the hard line ce mbership of the conservative party, which is not necessarily representativee rest of the uk, let alone the conservativety parliamentary p behind me. he is the one obvious fichre. l gove has also been quite loyal to theresa may in recent months but has a a reputation an intelligent politician and comes up with intelligent so there are a few men and women in the mix but those are two that come to mindimmediately. >> well, we will beatching it closely. willem marx in london. ome of e to look at today's upgrades and downgrades. coverage of boeing was resumed y with a rating at citi with the analyst there basing his call on a multi-month grounding of the 737 max aircraft with what he anticipates will be a manageable fix. the price target $450. that stock was up 1% todo $374.21. >>> ralph lauren was upgraded to outperform from market perform at wells fargo. the analyst citedal the poten for growth to accel

i think around the country, in the conservative party and outside the conservative party, there will disgust at the behaviour of some of our cabinet ministers, who are not fit for their position if they behave like this. they should be apologising, and they should shut up, for god's sake. with such turbulence, some think parliament should wrest control of the process from the government. tomorrow, mps will decide whether they should get a vote on different brexit options. labour said if that happened, ministers must listen. the point is, if we are to do that and get to a conclusion of that exercise, the prime minister then has to own the outcome, because otherwise, we are going down a road she is using really to frustrate the process. but the brexit secretary said parliament's view would not be binding, and if mps back a strategy that contradicts government policy, there could be an election. ultimately, at its logical conclusion, the risk of a general election increases, because you potentially have a situation where parliament is instructing the executive to do something that is co

to keep the conservative party together by proposing a kind of compromise arrangement that to some extent at least satisfy the hard line breaks it has and also the remain as some sort of briggs it was her own policy and since everything it's. all together there is meant that she's been. across the house of commons in order to try and get some support for a proposed. group of migrants rescued off the libyan coast have seized control of the merchant ship which saved the vessel is now reportedly heading north towards malta or italy and wednesday the turkish merchant vessel picked up over one hundred migrants however upon learning they will be returned to libya they decided to take over the ship and set course for europe the island nation of malta has already announced it will not allow the ship to dock and italian interior minister taro salvini has called the incident case of piracy. you know. it is the first case the first act of piracy of delinquency on the high seas with immigrants asking for help was who were rescued by this merchant ship flying a foreign flag six miles from tripoli they

and many of the conservative parties, her own party, theresa may will be voting against it as well.s you say our sister network sky news is saying it could be as much as 100 votes, maybe more. the hitch is a technicality how to get the uk through a transition break jump and before the final arrangement. hard line eu folks that really hate it are worried that the u.k. could get stuck in a customs unit indefinitely. here a little bit more of what the opposition labor movement jeremy corbyn had to say. take a listen. >> it is a bad deal that will damage our economy. undermine our industries. irreparably harm our manufacturing sector. risk our national health service. damage our public sufficiencies and harm our living standards. >> pretty strong stuff from corbyn again some of her own conservative party members upset about it, too. again we are a couple minutes away from hearing what tonight's vote will be all about, shep. >> shepard: we have live coverage when it begins, 6, 7 minutes from now. thanks. there is breaking news in a united states and steve centannier ostevestunner ofan i.

the conservative party together by proposing a kind of compromise arrangement that would to some extent of these satisfy the hardline brogues it has and also there remain a sort of softer grigs it was prone to consume everything. i wanted to go there is many. across the house. in order to try and get. this is just the latest in what's been a turbulent few weeks for westminster politics with britain's departure from the european union dominating the agenda for an alternative view on the briggs saw get out his holy book his latest episode of in case you missed it. yeah yeah loud and clear yeah well we're whew we've been counted out here for everywhere you came for news in the imminent arrival of little baby brags that now little baby brags it's you date was meant to be the twenty ninth of march but doctors insist on i think that maybe to do just in case there's been a bit of excitement because we saw somebody very gay related to little baby brags that go inside this building which is also vaguely related to little baby brags that now we know the mother's been experiencing substantial diff

the conservative party no longer functions as a political blog. rnment while the majority voted against it on tuesday. and remember, some labour mps and some conservatives have gone into that new independent group. the fact we are seeing this political fragmentation, gives small blocs like the dup great leverage. here's the dup leader arlene foster. people will all want to say, what will it take to get the dup over the line? it's very simple. what it will take to get the dup over the line is the fact that northern ireland's not left behind, that the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom is the same, and that we have a strong and stable relationship with what happens in the future. when arlene foster says consitutional and economic integrity, she's talking about this northern ireland remaining a part of the uk with the same status as the rest of it. that's under pressure because of the irish border backstop. it's in the proposed brexit deal to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland at any point

a leadership contest called us within the conservative party and that would be a crucial point in high because both brics appears and those who want to remain in the european union or maybe are going for a softer break said they would try and take the helm because this is withdrawing from the european union is just the first step after that is this crucial phase of the future relationship with the e.u. and all those details all those talks they have yet to before it's all be decided with the european union so another crucial phase is waiting. period meanwhile just yesterday we saw more than a million protesters marching across central london and today the electronic petition to cancel brags that passed that five million signature mark is any of this having an impact on the braggs the discussions. i think it has an impact on the general mood in the country those who are really advocating for a clean brags that a clean cut with the european union they will not be too much moved by oldish that's happening they would argue and the to have argued that seventeen million people roughly voted

ja mes the conservative party, james cleverly. james cleverly, the prime minister has lost twice.at has dominated her administration, but she has lost. why did she not announce her resignation tonight? because the prime minister has made it clear that she regards this as her professional duty, to deliver the brexit that people voted for in 2016. she inherited thisjob. it was not a task of her choosing, but she has embraced it and she is going to work to deliver that. the statements she made in house made it clear that she made in house made it clear that she is committed to honouring the referendum result. if it were easy, it would be sorted out by now. it was never going to be easy and she has continued to do the right thing. could you tell our viewers when there has been a time in british politics when a prime minister has lost on such a crucial vote, by so much, twice, and not resigned? we have not been through a situation, andrew, where we have been extricating ourselves from the european union. these are unprecedented times. the 40 or so yea rs unprecedented times. the 40 or

well i think it's the end of some of the big parties they have the end of the conservative party it's breaking out i think the labor party even in the state the tory party every moment seems to be able to. win elections. to win the election you know there was one so they are doing very poorly i think it's time for new parties to come on the blogs the. new breaks in a party. a hundred thousand people within a couple of days one hundred fifty to two hundred thousand people have joined the party and that's it in a week or so so you know the people want a new party a new way of doing things and i think the old parties are just worn out and the old joke with the conservative party is so infiltrated by you who are fanatics are people who just want a nice cushy job in the house of commons and then moving on to the european union and for a nice retirement job and that's why they want to continue our membership in the e.u. but people see that now i think the mask is beginning to slip people see that the house of commons is not giving people what they want and they want a change of the people w

a leadership contest contest within the conservative party and that would be a crucial point in high because both brics a tears and those who want to remain in the european union or maybe are going for a softer break said they would try and take the helm because this withdrawing from the european union is just the first step after that is this crucial phase of the future relationship with the e.u. and all those details of those talks they have yet to be forwards or be decided with the european union so another crucial phase is waiting. let's get you a quick reminder now of the top stories we're following. u.s. president donald trump has called the u.s. special counsel investigation into the twenty six thousand presidential election campaign and illegal takedown that failed that's after all or is integrated not find evidence the tribes campaign colluded with russia. this stricken cruise ship viking stine has safely reach shore after a harrowing night in stormy conditions off the waste west coast nine hundred passengers and crew were still on board when it arrived in the town of port a

we will be faced with a conservative party leadership contest.uld see a different leader of the conservative party, a different leader of the country, leading the next stage of brexit negotiations. so what we are talking about here is the withdrawal agreement, the part that is legally binding. the future relationship is not, and could still be meaningfully shaped by a new leader, a new person in charge of the conservative party. nejra: bloomberg's anna edwards at westminster. thank you so much. etfing me on set, an strategist. great to have you with us, as always. a stalemate, a real lack of clarity. i was talking with the british chamber of commerce about how worrying that is. what is that meaning for investors? do they see a spill over to other parts of the market, or a very idiosyncratic u.k. story? >> now that the risk of a no deal is kind of reduced, and the prospect of a soft brexit is climbing, i think market reaction to any brexit-related has littlend of, impact on the market. the little impact on sterling this week, one example of fatigu