so popular it was overwhelmingly the the leading party in the european elections its standing in seats all over the country and disaffected conservatives who want bricks it's on those on the party's terms boris johnson fears will simply vote for the reps at party instead and so to try to get rid of the threats he's now basically adopted so far as i can see all the bricks at parties tactics will leave out that 1st october even if there's no deal and plainly that seems to be what's happening but the great risk for him is in alienating this enormous middle ground of the conservative party all those people who are now expelled he might not even get to that position because if they end up as known conservative party candidates all poor people sitting in the commons as independents the time being saying we're not going to vote for anything that you want in the way of an election he might not even get that far and so you know it may be that even if he's demanding an election next vote election next monday if everybody ganged up against him then he might not even get it for it in which case the government could simply collapse all right thank

you now sit as a member of the conservative party led by borisjohnson, the of the conservative partye prime of the conservative party led by borisjohnson, the prime minister who has just prorogued and declared parliament will be suspended for more than a month, starting next week, therefore precluding parliamentary debate at what everybody agrees is the most important, most difficult time facing britain in political terms since world war ii. i don't know where i start with my disagreement to all that. you will probably notice we in discussing brexit for more than three years now in great detail. another three or four weeks of me talking about brexit and another three or four weeks of me talking about brexit isn't going to change anyone's opinion. the british people have already voted. prorogation was essential. where in the second longest parliament since the second longest parliament since the civil war. we need to reset the parliamentary clock. we need to have a queen's speech where this new government puts forward its proposals stop you we need to start the clock for the 20 opposi

the purpose of the resignation is to make the point that the conservative party, at its best, should mbraces people with different views of the eu. in the last... under the last prime minister we had a lot of rebellions, jacob rees—mogg rebelled 100 times, a lot of people rebelled on her withdrawal agreement, now some of those are in cabinet. it is disproportionately unfair to single out this group who have a different view on leaving the european union and remove the whip from them. that is the purpose. in your letter, you said there is no evidence of a deal? there is no evidence of a deal. there is no evidence of a deal. there is no formal negotiation taking place. there were just a lot of conversations and david frost has been doing his best and going out twice a week but i think we should be doing so much more to get the deal. i support getting a deal. almost every one of those 21 want to get a deal and have voted for a deal in the past, and are longing to have an opportunity to do so. so you made your decision? when you went to speak to the prime minister, what was his reaction?

is the conservative party seeking to do a deal with the brexit party in this election, which we knowbefore. is the conservative party seeking to be the brexit party and to remove officially titled brexit party from the little seen? officially titled brexit party from the political scene? they're certainly not seeking to do a deal, i'm sure of that, but i worked with nigel farage and richard pires, john longworth... do you regard them as political allies? in the sense they want the same thing as conservative members. to leave the eu. the conservative party as brexit party. if borisjohnson went to the country and said, look, i want a mandate to come out with no—deal on the 31st of october, they would support us and if they don't do that, they will probably oppose us but that's what democracy is about. sorry, given your relationships with these people, have you put out feelers for a deal? absolutely not, i'm saying i worked with them. you would expect them not to stand? i expect from what they have said publicly, if boris johnson was proposing a no—deal brexit they would support us. i t

is the conservative party seeking to do a deal with the brexit party in this election, which we know conservative party seeking to be the brexit party and to remove officially titled brexit party from the little seen? they‘re certainly not seeking to do a deal, i‘m sure of that, but i worked with nigel farage and richard pires, john longworth... do you regard them as political allies? in the sense they want the same thing as conservative members. to leave the eu. the conservative party as brexit party. if borisjohnson went to the country and said, look, i want a mandate to come out with no—deal on the 31st of october, they would support us and if they don‘t do that, they will probably oppose us but that‘s what democracy is about. sorry, given your relationships with these people, have you put out feelers for a deal? absolutely not, i‘m saying i worked with them. you would expect them not to stand? i expect from what they have said publicly, if boris johnson was proposing a no—deal brexit they would support us. i think we‘re getting a bit ahead. let‘s see if we can win the vote. if we

saying that also using words along the lines of this is not a conservative party i recognise. arty. daily express front page, parliament surrenders to the eu. this is how borisjohnson surrenders to the eu. this is how boris johnson sees surrenders to the eu. this is how borisjohnson sees it and how many people in the country will see it given a majority of people voted to leave. i think this is always the issue. this is where the popular will as reflected in the 52—48 outcome of the brexit referendum comes up outcome of the brexit referendum comes up hard against representative democracy and representative democracy and representative democracy is the principal form democracy and representative democracy is the principalform of democracy is the principalform of democracy in the united kingdom where politicians are not there to blindly follow the will of the people, they are there to make their ownjudgements and people, they are there to make their own judgements and this was always going to be a clash, and what the daily express are pointing out here are these words from borisj

s leaving either the labor party or the conservative party and trying to set up a new party to do exactly this and it has not done very well they have some of those members have now left and joined the liberal democrats which is a 3rd party and this is the problem with the british political system at the moment it is very adversarial it is based on a 2 party system and that is why bracks it has proved to be rather complicated i want to come back to that in just a moment but i'd really like to 1st bring in a report that gives us a somewhat deeper look at the politician who seems to hold the u.k.'s fate in his hands at the moment. his career as brick city a leader launched with online. the u.k. was obliged to pay the e.u. 350000000 pounds each week his campaign claimed that was hugely exaggerated nevertheless his anti e.u. stance helped him become prime minister in late july e.u. partners of rebuffed his attempts to renegotiate now boris johnson is steering the country towards a no deal breaks it. we're leaving on the 31st of october. we will see any attempt to go back on our policies. that

she said she could not stand by while good loyal moderate conservatives were expelled from the party.he's giving up the conservative whip to become an independent mp. the conservative party that is such a force for good in government in this country no longer has a place for people who have different views on the european union and i can't stand by that. it piles more pressure on the prime minister, as he faces new legislation which could force him to ask the eu for a brexit extension. we'll have the latest on tonight's dramatic news. the other main stories... the oil tanker at the centre of a diplomatic row between britain and iran is spotted off the coast of syria. a dramatic exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine raises hopes of an easing of their bitter conflict. oh, my word! australia tighten their grip on the ashes in the fourth test at old trafford. good evening. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, has resigned from the government tonight and announced that she will no longer be sitting as a conservative mp. she's said she "cannot stand by while good, loyal,

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

in fact, for the conservative party conference.vity there. the prime minister's carr has arrived. let's take a look at those pictures now. the usualfleet arrived. let's take a look at those pictures now. the usual fleet of both the prime minister's vehicle in the cars obviously carrying his security detail. a difficult weekend for the prime minister arriving at the party conference amid reports that he may be facing a motion of no confidence in his prime ministership as early as next week. he was hoping parliament would not be sitting whilst the tories were holding the party conference, but the opposition a scuffed of that plan. here's a promise or arriving, we don't expect any words from him. there he is with his partner, carrie simmons. they are arriving. no surprise that he is not taking questions on this arrival. there he is arriving at the back of the conference hotel in manchester at the conservative party conference, which opens tomorrow. 50 years ago, sikhs working on wolverhampton‘s buses won the right to wear their turban

completely baffled as well and so it's a very difficult conference i think it will in all for the conservative party primarily for that reason and of course pranks limbs large over all of this possession team boris johnson the conservatives the certainly hardening regarding their strategy to bracks what about parliament itself what's their plan. well i mean bearing in mind that you know there are of those there are dozens more m.p.'s who are against the government's than that in favor that's why you can't pass any law what i think has you seen happen over the last few days particularly since given the extraordinary events last week in parliament and the language that boris johnson's been using about the this new law surrendering almost in like a war suited to the european union all those opposition parties which we don't agree about many things the scottish nationalists labor party liberal democrats they all want different things but i do get the sense that their attitudes was johnson is hardening and they're becoming so angry. towards him to the extent that they are prepared to find some source of

we gave these to the conservative party, the conservative party said that it looked at them and all ofonservative party members have been suspended immediately pending further investigation. this is the latest tranche of cases like this and it has fuelled calls for the conservatives to hold an independent inquiry into alleged islamophobia. during the party leadership race, borisjohnson suggested he might back such an independent inquiry, he has since said he would like a wider inquiry looking at all forms of racism. the conservative party said they are establishing terms of such an investigation at the moment and there has been no detail beyond that, and once again today people are saying the party has to come up with details of this inquiry, and soon. at the moment, that detail seems lacking. the party says that they have processes in place to deal with these incidents when they are brought to their attention, but it has not quietened calls from people including the muslim council of britain, who want tougher action. thank you, alex forsyth. the time is 13:18. our top story this lunch

how will they address the conservative party at the conference? ader of the party, the prime minister had, he has been defeated six times in parliament since he became prime minister, he seems to have broken the law. what is going to be like at that party conference? he is running this narrative that he is being thwarted at every turn by the establishment and is trying to deliver the referendum for 2016, and i think that this will play into his hands on that. he is still talking about looking for ideal, there are enough people in the conservative party who don't want a no—deal brexit but who feel that it has to be on the table in order to get a deal. but it is a high—stakes game of chicken, a high—stakes game of poker. however you want to look at it, he has to get that deal after the 17th of october and get it through. moving on to what is going on in washington where they are having their own crisis there. the photograph of boris johnson having their own crisis there. the photograph of borisjohnson next to donald trump yesterday, you couldn't real

party, you could argue. exactly, i say i was elected as a conservative and not as a brexit party memberand not conservative andve and not as a brexit party memberand not ukip. and it feels like the mud at people not welcome any more. how do you feel about the way you have been treated? lam about the way you have been treated? i am really sad, i about the way you have been treated? lam really sad, i have been alert —— an elected conservative for 20 years, the last nine in parliament and all in my home seat, the place where i was brought up and i went to school, so it is cutting and i won the seat from the liberal democrats andl the seat from the liberal democrats and i thought for eight years to win it back for the tories. so it feels like i have been given it a real kick in the teeth. but you knew what was coming, you had been warned. that is quite right, but was this really a confidence matter? there are arguments to say it just wasn't, it was about giving parliament time and that is one of the few tools parliament had come a time to scrutinise, to look at the progress of the negotiations, to understand the d

with an election coming up, it is madness to try and narrow the conservative party's appeal. if you like, small "p" political reasons. but also about how you want to run the country. we're all going to have to appeal to a broad coalition of support. and as i said, a lot of long—standing conservatives — people like me, who accept the referendum result — recognise that we have to leave, but want to do so in a sensible and cautious and considered manner. but brexit is not the only concern. you like hanging out with us, right? i do. i'm always happy to hang out at innotech. he might wish he hadn't now. the prime minister faces questions about grants and access given to this american businesswoman when he was london mayor. everything was done in accordance... i asked you a very specific question. you have to declare an interest. there was no interest to declare. well, she was a friend of yours, she got public money, she got access... let me be absolutely clear. i am very, very proud of everything that we did and certainly everything that i did as mayor of london. there are plenty

the conservative party has always been a eurosceptic party.elming view of conservative party mps and membership, and a few weeks ago, borisjohnson won the leadership of the party buys a substantial majority both of mps and of our members in the country. to say this is a narrow faction is nonsense. borisjohnson say this is a narrow faction is nonsense. boris johnson is say this is a narrow faction is nonsense. borisjohnson is putting forward what the vast majority of conservative mps and members want, which is for us to live on the 31st of october. is it right to boot out conservative mps who do not agree with the party? there are members of the government now who are voting against the government before. the government now who are voting against the government beforem has always been the case that, when it comes to a vote of confidence in the government, conservative mps have to support the government or face the whip. john major imposed a vote of confidence in order to get maastricht through, i was an mp at that time and voted against it, but

the conservative party is under pressure on the issue of europe as perhaps never before. in the past to split the tory party and it looks like it's the tory party and it looks like its beginning to happen. so michael fallon has announced he will not stand in the next election. he doesn't give any further reasons but another big beast of the party exiting the scene. alistair burt saying he wouldn't stand again, uncomfortable with borisjohnson's brexit policy. justin greening, pointing to discomfort with how the tory party is going about its work. we had this from david gauke, part of the 21 who voted against the government yesterday. he has tweeted in the last few minutes. that is a dig at the prime minister pass main advisor, the man who led the vote campaign in 2016 and has been brought into number ten by borisjohnson to guide his approach to delivering brexit. a number of tory mps, now former tory mps, suggesting that dominic cummings isn't even a member of the conservative party. we can't confirm that but the perception is that people who don't have the party at heart,

party. i was getting a phone call that if i was voting for the motion i would be losing conservative with, yesabout two former chancellors and the father of the house can clark and winston churchill because my grandson, you will all be kicked out of the party. you think that is how they should be handling people like you? it is hypocritical of the prime minister who consistently voted against the previous prime minister, the conservative prime minister, the conservative prime minister in taking this action of people who voted against him but this is not what would have happened if the prime minister did not mishandle this issue. that decision persuaded people that he was not serious about getting a deal with the european union, people are where willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and allow him to try to get a deal in the european union but his decision to prorogue parliament has misfired spectacularly. the adviser would say that what you have done is by taking no deal off the table, if you manage to do that tomorrow with this bill is to take leverage away and undermining the negotiati

my guest is mp heidi allen, who quit the conservative party in early 2019 and co—founded a new pro—remaint party, but that bid to break the political mould failed. what does her experience tell us about the clarity and coherence of brexit‘s opponents? heidi allen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you quit the conservative party seven months ago. you clearly wanted to change the dynamic of the brexit debate in the united kingdom. seven months on, are you ready to say you failed? to be honest, i mean, brexit was the catalyst that drew us together, those of us thatjumped at the same time from both labour and conservative, but i think we all had slightly different reasons as well. for me, it was just i couldn't tolerate any more being associated with the conservative brand. i had deep concerns about the welfare state and the way the government were rolling out of the new benefits system. so for me it was more about the way the party changed and what i could represent, but you're right, brexit was part of it. it seemed to be, because you, in essence, said then, which is what quite a lot of tori

. >> you took the conservative party and tried to modernize it. you came out very strongly in favor of more inclusive party, gay marriage, it reminds me of george w. bush who tried to create a compassionate conservatism. both of those parties have been taken over essentially by populists. why? >> i don't completely accept that comparison. yes, the conservative party has been running a government that wants to deliver brexit, which is not my approach, but actually it still is a conservative party that reflects the changes that i made over 11 years of leaving

because the choice is between a conservative party that has become a brexit party and a labor party that is led by a marxist. so the question is kind of how big will the shift be to the center. how well will the lib dems in particular do. and the hope, i think, is that you end up with them either cor government such that it can't do too much damage, or if you have a hung government, limiting what anything that can happen in terms of a no deal. so the choice itself, it's a horrific choice for the country, because it is the -- the choice between a prime minister corbyn, were he to become prime minister, if he were unconstrained, he would do unbelievable damage to the uk. a hard brexit crashout, which seems to be what the tory party under boris johnson wants, would also do enormous damage. it's rock and a hard place. and for many, many people, particularly remain tories, but centrists at all stripes, there is not a natural home in either of the two main parties. >> this will sound familiar to a lot of people in america, david, in the sense that people fear that if bernie sanders gets the no

collapse of the coalition government between the centre right party, nearest in austria to our conservative partyom party regarded in austrian politics, by controversy when they first came to government about a decade or so now when the eu try to freeze austria out because it was perceived that this was a party very much on the extreme of european politics. that party had to leave the coalition as a result of a controversy earlier in the summer. the elections were taking place, this is a projection and not a result. it is a projection based on the exit polls carried out quite commonly in continental european elections. that suggests that sebastien kurtz centre—right party has taken 37% of the vote. his coalition partners dropped from 26% almost, in the last election, to around 16%, so it looks as if they have lost 10% of the vote. whether 01’ have lost 10% of the vote. whether or not it will be enough to mean that sebastien kurtz can return to the chancellorship without having a coalition party isn‘t clear. the social democrats are in second place and it is possible they would want to ensure the

boris johnson and a small number of people might want that no—deal brexit in the conservative party butcolleagues, quite a lot realise that no deal would be disaster for our economy, jobs, the health service, food supplies. and there is a strong majority in the house of commons actually against a no—deal brexit and the reason why there is been unprecedented cross party working is because i am delighted to say a number of mps, liberal democrats and other parties, have come together in the national interest to stop a no deal. that does require further extension. that law which you have helped to bring through, that gets royal assent tomorrow. there are suggestions that the government mightjust disobey suggestions that the government might just disobey that lot somehow. what you think is going to happen next? if they did that, if they didn't abide by that law, what would be the consequences? let's be clear, for a british government not to abide by the rule of law would be one of the most damaging thing that has ever happened to our constitution and democracy. and i simply cannot believe th

they see the conservative party. they see the conservative the old enemy.they would vote for nigel farage. absolutely. and the remaining voters would go to the lib dems when they would never have voted for than before. if i was a far right tory, from the erg, i would be upset. the chair of the erg has called for a working relationship with them. and in that piece, the brexit party said they would not put up a candidate against erg candidates. is it happening already? we have mentioned dominic cummingsafew already? we have mentioned dominic cummings a few times. a figure with so cummings a few times. a figure with so much authority and power who appears in number10. so much authority and power who appears in number 10. there is a story in the observer about anger over a westminster security parcel at dominic cummings. demanding to know why boris johnson's aid at dominic cummings. demanding to know why borisjohnson‘s aid has access despite being in contempt of parliament. why do you think that is? what do you think of that? what doi is? what do you think of t

amber rudd has quit the cabinet and conservative party saying she cannot "stand by" while "loyal moderate conservatives are expelled". she said she no longer believed leaving the eu with a deal was the government's "main objective" — and said the sacking of 21 tory mps was an "assault on decency and democracy". have been surprised l by i have been surprised unfortunately by the lack of work and preparation thatis by the lack of work and preparation that is going into getting a deal. i knew and i accept that the prime minister said to be able to leave no deal on the table. but when i had expected to see was a huge government centred effort to get a deal. a spokesman for the prime minister's office said they are ‘disappointed' at mrs rudd's departure, ‘but all ministers who joined the cabinet signed up to leaving the eu on october 31st come what may. in other news — the number of people known to have been killed after hurricane dorian ripped across the bahamas has risen to 43 — but there are fears that will increase significantly. england's ashes hopes fade as early wickets fall — at close

the dangerfor that is, and the reason i think his tactics are very unwise for a conservative party leader out of the party, certainly the parliamentary party, people who a lot of wavering voters responded very well, people like ken clarke and rory stewart, who made a name for themselves in the election campaign, and in order to go after those hardline brexit votes he is in danger of alienating those more one nation moderate conservatives who have been part of the coalition that supported every conservative government up until now. let's go to the times. you were talking about dominic cummings, a controversial advisor from vote leave. is he behind this whole strategy, do you think, i've kicking out rebel mps? ultimately boris johnson is the leader, isn't he? ithink ultimately boris johnson is the leader, isn't he? i think if he goes along with a decision, borisjohnson is responsible for it. i do think that in terms of coming up with the strategy, dominic cummings plays a significant role in that. he is not the only vote leave staff at number ten. dominic cummings is the most senior aide an

well here persons prime minister bar's johnson is under increasing pressure he says conservative party needs for its annual conference in manchester thousands of protesters welcomed johnson to the city demanding his resignation of abraxas but jones is also facing a police investigation of allegations of misconduct during his time as london mayor lawrence lee reports now from manchester. the prime minister might say he and the public once again breaks it down but there are plenty of people who disagree entirely on the opening day of this conservative party conference thousands turned out in the heavy rain to demonstrate their anger against course chills. i say gender is not listening. actually there's also no. doubt that you don't represent us and we just want to get johnson has a strategy now of saying bracks is a matter of the people versus parliament with m.p.'s of blocking the will of the people to deliver bricks it's trouble is that argument doesn't really work in manchester and summarised is quite a controversial choice for the conservatives or try to hold that conference in manch

the conservative party conference is underway in manchester. earlier, tory mps were warned against backing jeremy corbyn as a caretaker prime minister. ijust say this. history would never forgive you. parents are urged to have conversations with their children about organ donation in the hope that more young people willjoin the donor register. exit polls suggest austria's former chancellor, sebastian kurz, will win the general election just four months since he was ousted from power. hong kong sees further clashes between police and pro—democracy protesters ahead of the 70th anniversary of communist rule in china. lewis hamilton wins after sebastian vettel ignores team orders in the russian grand prix. good afternoon. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has told the conservative party conference in manchester that the government will strive in faith for a good brexit deal. but he said if the eu "spurned the opportunity" for what he called a "win—win" agreement, the uk would leave at the end of october, "no ifs, no buts". earlier borisjohnson i

party. we have seen several conservative mps are booted out of the parliamentary party.them are turning up here to put their message across, that they are simply trying to stop no deal, but the party knows it has to really get that issue sorted in some way before it can go on to talk about other things, such as health spending and spending on education, spending on extra police officers. they want to talk about that as well this week. there is another thing going on here, because lots of tory mps are going to be glancing back at westminster, because of course unusually, parliament is still going to be sitting for the next few days. they are slightly worried about some kind of ambush from the opposition parties, maybe a vote of no confidence in the government, so they are all going to be sitting here wondering if they have two hot foot it back to the house of commons, but the focus here, no doubt about it, will be borisjohnson, really trying to say that parliament is blocking brexit. he says he is on the side of the people as he tries to deliver it by october the 31st. an

very simple, the values that attracted me to the conservative party, of which i've beena to the conservativet made me excited when i supported same—sex marriage during the coalition focused on the low— paid and increasing the coalition focused on the low—paid and increasing childcare, i see an opportunity to champion values of the liberal democrats. until quite recently, you are part ofa until quite recently, you are part of a government whose duty was to deliver on the mandate of the government. quite a shift. the party's policies, if they were in government, would cancel the referendum. the only way to cancel it is for the public to vote for them in order for them to do so. i have been very clear stop i resigned from government, from a job i loved la st from government, from a job i loved last year, because i do not feel we we re last year, because i do not feel we were leveling the public about the costs and trade—offs of brexit. i stood for the vision of the party knowing that i wasn't going to win but i did it so i could raise the issue that the way to break the deadlock, but also the w

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

conservative party conference, thank you very much. -- vicki young.ening titles, that is liz truss, speaking at the moment. and we should be hearing from dominic raab in an extreme on —— in the next few moments. let's take a closer look to the government's pledge to put billions of pounds into hospital projects across england. the proposals include a £2.7 billion investment for six hospitals, over five years and a new approach to mental health treatment, to be trialled in 12 areas, across the country. earlier ,we heard from anita charlesworth, director of research and economics at the health foundation. it is a big investment in one sense, on top of theresa may's investment last year, which was for day—to—day running costs of the nhs. but, although it sounds like a lot of money, we have had so many years of underinvestment in our hospital infrastructure, that actually, rather than spending £2.7 billion across the next five years, you would almost certainly need to spend £2.7 billion a year, for the next five years, to really modernise the physical inf

months you know austria is a relatively conservative country if you look at the election results tonight every region outside of vienna has turned into his turquoise. party colors so he with this conservative and their immigration stance won over a lot of the voters that voted for the far right 2 years ago where there's a very strong feeling in austria on every in every party about the f.b.i. who clearly that the fire right should not return to government so if the greens make it too difficult for those of us in courts to go into coalition with them he might turn back to the disgruntled and disgraced if india and so i think it's it's there's a good chance that the green party will have a very tough process of negotiations with sebastian cordes and we might see a coalition maybe in december. plenty more ahead on the news hour including u.k. prime minister johnson faces processing muncher surgery his party's annual conference. tens of thousands turned out on the streets of moscow to protest the jailing of opposition activists. is all smiles at the russian grand prix peta has the details of this. violence has broken out again in hong kong after another day

she is a big figure, particularly in certain segments of the conservative party. tori, and having her onside really boosted boris johnson's having her onside really boosted borisjohnson‘s leadership having her onside really boosted boris johnson's leadership and strategy. you heard her in that interview essentially going for both, his handling of the party and the stark figure of saying that 80-90% of the stark figure of saying that 80—90% of government effort is going towards a no—deal brexit. she believes not towards getting a deal. that could harm him among those who share amber rudd's views. the worry for him will be, does this unsettle unhappy tories? we know that there are some, and inspire them to follow suit. it will be interesting to see the reaction beyond westminster. i think that 80-90% the reaction beyond westminster. i think that 80—90% figure will cut through in places but i think there will also be a group of people, of those who backed leaving, saying this is boris johnson those who backed leaving, saying this is borisjohnson being serious. has am

as the conservative party conference gets under way in manchester, the prime minister defends his use of language in the brexit debate. i certainly think everybody should calm down. and i certainly think... including you? i think i've been a model of restraint. but i think everybody should calm down. conservative party chairman, james cleverly, is due to open the conference, in the next half an hour. parents are urged to have conversations with their children about organ donation, in the hope that more young people willjoin the donor register. hong kong sees further clashes between police and pro—democracy protesters, ahead of the 70th anniversary of communist rule in china. wales take a big step towards the rugby world cup quarterfinals, after narrowly beating australia. and at 2.30pm, we'll bring you the week in parliament after a very eventful week indeed. good afternoon. borisjohnson says he's been "a model of restraint" when it comes to the language he uses in the brexit debate. it follows a week of bitter exchanges between mps in the commons. the prime minister refused to apolog

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

there is no conservative party any more is there? la. so the division in the tory party is, it seems, playing out across the country. alex forsyth, bbc news, rushcliffe. and in the last few minutes we have heard tweets from the former justice secretary, who said that he just received a text to say that his association chairman has told he is no longer a member of the conservative party. first i have heard of that. ifinally conservative party. first i have heard of that. i finally have something in common with dominic cummings. you may recall there has been a lot of talk this week about how he is not a member of the conservative party. and then an urgent clarification, i am told i am still a member but barred from preselection. that the prime minister fulfilling preselection. that the prime ministerfulfilling his pledge that they would be kicked out of the party and those warnings going out to association chairman around the country. that's it from westminster, from what has been an eventful day. there will be another eventful day tomo

anymore and they all therefore unable to stand as members of parliament for the conservative party again they will be able to stand of course for any other party or indeed as independents but just not for the party that got them elected last time this strengthens boris johnson's hand in any potential election because in their seats which are overwhelmingly very safe conservative seats there will be new conservative candidates chosen and those candidates will be far more likely to support boris johnson than those who've already demonstrated that they absolutely won't that is to say they didn't just vote against their tory policy they voted for a government to be denied the leaves of power for the control of the house of commons to be passed in state to the opposition on the explicit basis that they would then give that power to the european union either for an extension or if we can agree an extension take whatever extension the e.u. gives us this is the worst possible signal for parliament to send to the e.u. why would the e.u. negotiate with us at in any meaningful way if they kno

comments by the business secretary andrea leadsom saying that for the first time the conservative partybrexit debates. yes, this is controversial. they are elected from a party, the speaker, but then they are impartial. at elections, that candidate is unopposed by other parties. lyle —— bizarrely in this case, the speaker isa bizarrely in this case, the speaker is a conservative the conservatives are saying they're going to put someone up are saying they're going to put someone up against him and say he is not a conservative anymore because of the way he has acted over brexit. their view is that he has behaved in such a way which is pushing an agenda which is inappropriate for a speaker. politics aside, if he was ousted, he would have a big career because he has suddenly risen to fame ina because he has suddenly risen to fame in a way that no—one else has. everyone is fascinated with the way that our politics work because of his barking orders in the commons. order! it is famous now. it isn't by accident. he may be carving out another career. we will see a little later. thanks. for stri

very simple, that the values that attracted me to the conservative party of which i have been a memberver two decades, they are no longer the values of the party. mainly those liberal values that made me excited when i supported same—sex marriage during the coalition, focusing on the low—paid, increasing childcare and not really those values anymore. i see an opportunity to champion those values that the liberal democrats. until recently you are part of a government whose policy was to deliver on the result of the referendum, you have nowjoined a party who will cancel brexit without another referendum. that is quite a shift. the policy is if they were in government they would cancel the referendum, so the only way they get to cancel it is of the government vote for them in order for them to do so. i have been clear, i resign from government from a job i loved last year because i not feel we were levelling with the british public about the trade ofs and costa brexit. i back a second referendum. i have been entirely consistent and i stood for the leadership of the party knowing that i wa

despite the collapse of his coalition with the far right freedom party in may, his conservative people's voters, it is incredible. it is an amazing day. it is a historic result for our party and we will try to have good talks with all the other parties in the parliament and try to form a government that works for the people of austria. also celebrating are the greens. climate change has emerged as one of the top concerns for voters. and the greens could now be a viable coalition partner for mr kurz. the biggest loser of the night was the anti—immigrant freedom party, with support for them dropping by 10% following a video sting corruption scandal in may involving its former leader. the social democrats, who came in second, also had a disappointing result. so will mr kurz now look to the left or the right to form a coalition? another pact with the freedom party could work in terms of content but may be unstable. and the greens say that they want radical change from the right—wing policies of the last government. a grand coalition with the social democrats is considered less likely. in a m

s leaving either the labor party or the conservative party and trying to set up a new party to do exactly this and it has not done very well they have some of those members have now left and joined the liberal democrats which is a 3rd party and this is the problem with the british political system at the moment it is very adversarial it is based on a 2 party system and that is why bracks it has proved to be rather complicated i want to come back to that in just a moment but i'd really like to 1st bring in a report that gives us a somewhat deeper look at the politician who seems to hold the u.k.'s fate in his hands at the moment. his career as brick city a leader launched with online. the u.k. was obliged to pay the e.u. 350000000 pounds each week his campaign claimed that was hugely exaggerated nevertheless his anti e.u. stance helped him become prime minister in late july e.u. partners have rebuffed his attempts to renegotiate now boris johnson is steering the country towards a no deal breaks it. leaving on the 31st of october. we will see any attempt to go back to. that referendum to st

in the case of the conservative party, committed eurosceptic eggs and for the opposition, the labour the far left. these broad church parties have suddenly been scrambled by the quasi revolution of brexit and that is where we are. profound uncertainty. kasia will have more on brexit in a couple of minutes. first, let's take a look at some of the day's other news. hurricane dorian is now off the east coast of the united states, after remaining almost stationary over the bahamas for several days, causing widespread destruction. the national hurricane centre has warned of life—threatening storm surges hitting florida, georgia and the carolinas in the coming hours. we'll have more on how the us is preparing for the storm and i'll be speaking to a resident of the bahamas a little later in the programme. also making news today: california officials have begun the process of identifying the victims of a boat fire that is suspected to have claimed 34 lives. santa barbara county sheriff said that dna samples would be required from the family of presumed victims to identify them. authorities h

, to transform the conservative party, to transform the conservative party very much in the conservativewith winds of up to 180mph, causing massive damage and severe flooding. parts of it is already underwater, and some areas, you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins. no end in sight for hong kong's political crisis. after a weekend of clashes, hundreds of secondary school pupils are taking part in pro—democracy demonstrations. asjapan ramps up its commercial whaling industry, younger generations say they want to watch whales — not eat them. and now we are going over to westminster where former prime minister tony blair is expected to give a speech, and he is expected to warn about falling into what he will call an elephant trap about calling for a general election... the national interest before self—interest. we are numb to the state of our politics, what is happening is shocking, responsible and dangerous. our government is ripping britain out of the european union, by common acceptance, the most important change in this country's

in the case of the conservative party, committed euro sceptics and in the case of the opposition labourthe far left, so these sorts of broad church parties has been scrambled by the quasi—revolutionary action of brexit and that is where we are, profound uncertainty. so what could the vote mean for the uk's planned departure from the eu? our deputy political editor, john pienaar has been looking at the possible implications. people often see parliament as the place our politicians play political games. well, forget that. tonight, tomorrow, it's a fight that'll will shape british politics and all our future for years, maybe generations. a battle between parties, within parties, and no neutrals. not even the speaker, john bercow, who's made it his mission to see the commons, not just the government, has a say and get its way, even if that means rewriting the rules that he's there to referee. so tonight's big vote is about giving mps, and later peers, the chance to pass a law to block a no—deal brexit and force borisjohnson's government to seek and accept another delay to brexit, past octob

as the conservative party conference gets under way, the independent reports that downing street has ced to deny allegations borisjohnson groped a female journalist. the metro says police are investigating after a banner, calling for conservatives to be killed, was strung across the river irwell in manchester, drawing outragefrom across the political spectrum. the times reports children face being banned from the classroom if they are not up to date with their vaccinations amid widespread concern about falling immunisation rates. meanwhile the financila times says the outgoing european central bank president has backed french president emmanuel macron‘s call for fiscal transfers betweeneurozone member states to bolster the single currency‘s long—term future. let's start with the telegraph. a plot to force boris johnson into brexit extension, what are they up to, the remain alliance? this is a plan, they are meeting injeremy corbyn‘s office tomorrow morning, and this is a plan to try and seize control of the agenda in parliament and bring forward the 19th of october deadline, by which