customs union with independent trade policy the problem again from it was this candidate if you were to try and approach that direction of travel the day you a bit of state and labor vehicles their preference has been to keep the customs in mini you intact in class a lot in a single market and then of course you've got the so-called you're famous to strip a tory and to who i think will be on like it was for the well so it's deeply problematic to see anything good it will ready be going through and therefore you know you've been looking at the scenarios of the general election to climb right the pollen intrigue deadlock on the short necessarily would to be honest mean that the polls put the tories on a bad 3rd of the probably exposing intentions is that enough to secure a majority dave if they died in tandem that the brits are not so sure was certain it would induce them out sick of a referendum out of referendums as being in any way the right this bob you just heard alex talk about backstop now this plan this has been one of the main if not the main sticking point when it comes to ac

customs union independent trade policy the problem again from it was this candidate if he were to try and approach that direction it traveled the day use a bit of state and labor vehicles their preference has been to keep the customs in mini you intact and plus a lot of the single market and then of course you've got the stock with your famous distributor oriente sue who i think will be on like it was for the well so it's deeply problematic to see any good it will ready be going through and therefore you know you've been looking at the scenarios of the general election to climb right the pollen intrigue deadlock on the short necessarily would to be honest mean that the polls put the tories on a bad 3rd that they probably exposing intentions is that enough to secure a majority dave if they died in tandem with the brits i'm not so sure a socket certainly would induce them out sick of a referendum in the referendums that's being and by the right this bob you just heard alex talk about backstop now this plan this has been one of the main if not the main sticking point when it comes to acc

in the customs union off to bragg's it leave campaign as an boris johnson supporters in the u.k. find that acceptable boris johnson has promised to solve the issue but in ireland they want specific proposals what's we cannot do and will not do and i know you understand this is a greets the replacement of illegal guarantee with a promise. our businesses need long term certainty and the people decide the norton sides need to know that their livelihoods their security under sense of identity will not be put at risk as a consequence of prices boris johnson is gambling that's a new deal brags that threat will make e.u. leaders change the divorce deal and if they don't move he wants everyone to share the blame so i have one message that i want to land with you today. and that is that i want to find a deal i look kathleen at no deal i have a cyst it's called sequences both our country and and yours and yes of course we could do it the u.k. could certainly get through it but be in no doubt that tight come would be a failure of state craft for which we would all be responsible for us john

customs union independent trade policy the problem again from it was this candidate if you were to try and approach that direction it traveled the day you a bit of state and labor vehicles their preference has been to keep the customs in mini you intact and plus a lot of the single market and then of course you've got the stock put your famous distributor oriente sue who i think will be on like it was for the well so it's deeply problematic to see any good it will ready be going through and therefore you know you've been looking at the scenarios of the general election to climb right the pollen intrigue deadlock on the short necessarily would to be honest mean that the polls put the tories on a bad 3rd of the probably exposing intentions is that enough to secure a majority dave if they died in tandem with the brits i'm not so sure a socket certainly going to induce them out sick of a referendum in the referendums that's being and by the right this bob you just heard alex talk about backstop now this plan this has been one of the main if not the main sticking point when it comes to acco

close to the customs union for a limited period ?d period? but that has been rejected three times in parliament. so the only other alternative, you do not have to call but many more checks down the irish sea. but that means you need on board, if you want the political support in parliament, tory mps who are sceptical and potentially those votes from the dup so potentially those votes from the dup so it is no surprise to see who is in downing street this afternoon as the sort of issues are being discussed. because we have discussed these before, and people's stance has been pretty clear, because we are so has been pretty clear, because we are so close to the 31st of october, because parliament is now suspended for five weeks, the suggestion is that actually there is a readiness to look again at some of these things in order to get a deal. do you detect the political temperature around some of these things has changed? it has changed and they are being re—examined but as i see, from eu sources i am getting this afternoon, we still do n

in the customs union off to bragg's it leave campaign isn't boris johnson supporters in the u.k. find that acceptable boris johnson has promised to solve the issue but in ireland they want specific proposals what's we cannot do and will not do and i know you understand this is a great they're placed into the legal guarantee with the promise. our businesses need long term certainty and the people beside the north and sides need to know that their livelihoods their security under sense of identity will not be put at risk as a consequence of prices boris johnson is gambling that's a new deal brags that threat will make e.u. leaders change the divorce deal and if they don't move he wants everyone to share the blame i look kathleen act no deal i have a sister it's called sequences both our country and and yours and yes of course we could do it but be in no doubt that's how come it would be a failure of state crawford which we would all be responsible for as johnson leaves island without any concrete progress the neighbours have not solved the border problem yet. for more on this now i

and the single market untilan customs union and the single market until an agreement is formedange the legal wording that needs to be agreed over the next year. it is just a question of what will be at the end point in that road? what will be at the end point in that road 7 these what will be at the end point in that road? these two stories do sit with each other, even though on the face of it the headline suggests that they are two people seem com pletely that they are two people seem completely different things. that they are two people seem completely different thingslj that they are two people seem completely different things. i don't think that is the case. if you can manage a straightforward narrative on brexit, then all credit to you. let's talk about this financial times front page. saudi arabia bullying wealthy families to pump cash into this flotation of the saudi oil company. i wonder how patriotic some of these families are. many were locked up in the ritz and according to some family members, friends and relatives are saying they were tortured there. this is an ext

breaks out of the customs union, breaks out of the customs union, breaks out of the single market rulesnd we become much welfare. outside the european union than within it. mr hoss that, we wa nt than within it. mr hoss that, we want no part of your european empire, the only way to deliver on the referendum is for a clean break brexit. once we have done that we will have a grown—up conversation about trade and the way forward. thank you. —— guy verhofstadt. about trade and the way forward. thank you. -- guy verhofstadt. that is the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, calling for a clean break brexit speaking at the european parliament in strasbourg. israelis are facing fresh political deadlock after their second general election in five months appears to have produced another inconclusive result. exit polls from yesterday's voting suggest that neither the likud party of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, nor the centrist alliance of his main rival have won enough seats to form a government. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, has been following the night's events from

borisjohnson wants the uk out of the eu's single market and customs union.sh prime minister with borisjohnson earlier. avoiding a return to hard border on this island, protecting our place in the single market, are the irish government's priorities in all circumstances. we must protect the peace and also the burgeoning all ireland economy. and that is why for us the backstop continues to be a critical component of the withdrawal agreement. unless and until alternatives are found. but we are open to alternatives, but they must be realistic ones, legally binding and workable, and we haven't received such proposals to date. body languages experts have had a field day trying to work out what to make of borisjohnson's reacting as he listened. here you go. a hair rub, then something close to an aerobics move. that generated a lot of comment. as did this. prime minister, negotiating ftas with the eu and the us and securing their ratification in less than three years i think is going to be a herculean task for you. but we do want to be your friend and your ally, you

and the customs union after brexit.eave campaigners and boris johnson supporters find that unacceptable. boris johnson has promised to solve the issue. in ireland, they want specific proposals. >> lots we cannot and will not do. the replacement of a promise is not on. we need long-term certainty. the people in the north and south need to know their livelihoods, security and sense of identity will not be put at risk as a consequence of brexit. >> bororis johnson is gambling that a no deal brexit threat will make eu leaders change the divorce deal. if they don't move, he wants everyone to share the blame. >> i look carefully at no deal and the consequences both for our country and yours. we could do it, but to be in no doubt, it would be a failure of statecraft, for which we all would be responsible. >> boris johnson leaves ireland without any concrete progress. the neighbors have not solve the border problem yet. -- solved the water problem yet. brent: we are joined by our reporter, barbara. those two met, and they were

at that time, it was changed due to the british negotiator, into customs union for the whole of the united course, have no problem with our own proposal but now, having said that, we all know that the devil is in the details and i have not seen and i have not heard of a precise proposal off borisjohnson. just one other thing on ireland, which puzzles me, the european union says that, if there is a no deal exit on the 31st of october, then there will have to be a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic, to protect the single market. but that is strange because the british government say there is no way they are goign to build the infrastructure of a hard border, and that europeans, at the same time, say, oh, well, if the infrastructure is put on the border, that will threaten the good friday peace agreement and stability in ireland. so is the eu seriously saying it is going to put infrastructure on the border and thereby threaten the peace agreement in ireland? is that what the eu wants? what the eu want is pretty clear. it is within the withdrawal agreement which we ado

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that meant a sort of curving out a niche regulatory niche for northern ireland keeping it in the customs union and parts of the single market sort of give it a special status and therefore sort of prevent that borders checks would need to be there and that of course we know was scot but by the northern irish d u p then to reason they went back to russell's everything got changed so if johnson goes back to this original plan i mean those papers are sort of still there in the draw as they just need to be pulled out everything else is totally unrealistic because there's very serious we have 4 weeks now you cannot rewrite it complicated agreement like that in so little time yeah i think you're woman in theresa may good to tell us all about but it looks as though lawmakers will reject the prime minister's call again for a snap general election the numbers are against gore's johnson so why is he trying yet again to get that election. he is trying so hard because he thinks he can really profit from it if he would sort of goes through the country campaign on the basis of being mr forrest breck's it an

could he name anywhere in the world where there are different customs unions sharing a border withoutncern to everyone? the only way, if we leave the customs union and single market, of solving the problem in ireland is to have a border down the irish sea and cut northern ireland off. is that wiwhat the conservative and unionist party wishes to do? that statement brings forth a manichaean approach. there are other controls in line already on animal and weapons down the irish sea. parliament has, i regret to say, sought to thwart at every turn the interpretation of the implementation of that decision of the british people. this bill is but the latest instalment of that said endeavour. it of course gets us nowhere. and the failure of the noble baroness to answer the question posed by the noble lord was eloquent in its admission that those who came together to support the bill before your lordships, both in the other place and in this house, are not in any sense in agreement about the next steps and about what ought to be done. now mps have been told that the uk government will take dire

if we want out of the single market and customs union, fine, but then we will have a hard border.imply underscores this. the new prime minister is apparently offering europe regulatory in certain areas, which will mean effectively abiding by europe's rules overseen by the ecj. this is a slimmer version of the theresa may deal presented at chequers which he resigned over. he may succeed in this negotiation but i doubt it, because ultimately, europe may change the form of the concept behind the backstop, but not the concept itself. in which case, we bump up against something else which hasn't changed, the impact of no deal. no amount of self—belief can alter its reality. no deal is presented also as the end of brexit. on the contrary, it's not the end. it's a fresh beginning, because then we will be obliged to negotiate with europe a new trade deal, but with little or no negotiating leveraged. and of course, europe wants to avoid no deal, and the irish particularly will be badly damaged by it, something of which we should be ashamed, given all the extraordinary efforts of so many to

land border has to stay open, at the moment the backstop says the uk needs to stay close to the customs unionn parliament. so you have to go to the other pillar, can you have something like a border in the rac, call it what you will, if you do you have to persuade unionist politicians in northern ireland and within the conservative party who have opposed it so strongly in the past. chris, thank you. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn has told the tuc conference in brighton that labour would be ready for an election with the biggest people—powered campaign ever seen. our political correspondent iain watson is there. he also said he would commit in the election to another referendum on brexit that's right. labour already said any conservative deal or no deal to any conservative deal or no deal to a referendum in the campaign to remain but there's been a big question over what labour would do in an election campaign and what it would save when it was in government, if it wins the election. that is a bit clearer today because jeremy corbyn said here at the tuc that labour would offer a referendum w

in the customs union off to bragg's it leave campaign as an boris johnson supporters in the u.k. find that acceptable boris johnson has promised to solve the issue but in ireland they want specific proposals what's we cannot do and will not do and i know you understand this is a greets the replacement of illegal guarantee with a promise. our businesses need long term certainty and the people of this side the north and south need to know that their livelihoods their security under sense of identity will not be put at risk as a consequence of practice boris johnson is gambling that a new deal brags that threat will make e.u. leaders change the divorce deal and if they don't move he wants everyone to share the blame i looked carefully at no deal i was sest its consequences both for our country and and yours and yes of course we could do it but be in no doubt that outcome would be a failure of state crowd for which we would all be responsible for his johnson lives island without any concrete progress the neighbors have not solved the border problem yet. so what happens now that parli

no customs union with the eu for northern ireland or the uk as a whole.of northern ireland a unilateral choice over their arrangements. but it is clear that in the background london and dublin are talking extensively. i thought we were going to go to justin trudeau. i do apologise. let's pick that up. leader arlene foster was in dublin to meet the irish prime minister leo varadkar. let's speak to ben lowry, deputy editor of the newsletter, a unionist publication — who's in belfast. good to see you. the uk has sent some doc mr brussels ahead of these technical talks from office of do you get the sense from a unionist perspective that is helping?m you get the sense from a unionist perspective that is helping? it is nearing but only slightly. i think the dup alone uses very careful language. they are on for the boris johnson plan but that borisjohnson plant seems to me in long way from what the irish government wants and what the irish government wants and what the irish government wants and what the eu want to. and what the backstop britain agreed to was wh

option struggles, which takes you to a harder brexit where you leave the single market and the customs unionge there is how do you do that without compromising the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, and the eu wants reassu ra nces ireland, and the eu wants reassurances they will not be checks on that board even when the uk leaves the single market and the customs union, and so far the two sides have not been able to agree on a version of the exit of the single market where that border does not have checks, so until one of those three options is resolved with a consensus in westminster, the uk remains stuck as it is, and the latest development in this extraordinary story is we have had this cross—party alliance of mps voting on this legislation to block a no—deal brexit in any circumstances and to force the prime minister to write to donald tusk and ask for another brexit delay, unless ask for another brexit delay, unless a deal is found by october 19. so how might things develop from here? the bbc‘s deputy political editor john pienaar has been taking this one on. w

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in the customs union off to bragg's it. leave campaigners and boris johnson supporters in the u.k. find that acceptable boris johnson has promised to solve the issue but in ireland they want specific proposals what we cannot do and will not do and i know you understand this is a great as the replacement of a legal guarantee with a promise our businesses need long term certainty and the people of this island north and south need to know that their livelihoods their security under sense of identity will not be put at risk as a consequence of bragg's us boris johnson is gambling that a no deal brags that threat will make e.u. leaders change the divorce deal and if they don't move he wants everyone to share the blame i looked carefully at no deal i was just its consequences both our country and and yours and yes of course we could do it but be in no doubt that outcome would be a failure state crowd for which we would all be responsible for its johnson lives island without any concrete progress the neighbors have not solved the border problem yet. and for the latest on what is unfolding

against elections, he then goes to brussels and negotiate a new deal, presumably keeping us in the customs unionarket, he then comes back and passes that deal through the house and then takes it to the country in a second referendum whereupon he campaigns against his own deal and urges... that is the plan, isn't it? party can clarify. i'd urges the nation to reject his own handiwork. we know the real reason why labour don't want a general election. we know why they don't want a general election either his leadership. most of them don't wa nt his leadership. most of them don't want a general election because they fear that their party will lose. but there is a small, terrified minority of labour mps who do not want an election because aig think he might win. —— because they actually as for the scottish national party, last week the first minister for scotland correctly said, i quote, it is starting to feel like labour doesn't wa nt starting to feel like labour doesn't wantan starting to feel like labour doesn't want an election at all. she has then issued a clarion call to our own assembled armie

the scots immediately going to say well if northern ireland's going to be able to stay in the customs union the wind can't weigh in scotland and that will push the independence of scotland. issue up the agenda hugely so then you start having this whole idea and will the union will be united kingdom kingdom actually managed to survive the whole presence of red states and i think you know in himself as has appointed himself minister for the for being a minister of the united kingdom well that would see that caused huge damaged so again none of these so-called solutions are really easy or all straightforward and i still fail to see that that will definitely exactly just come back again and again and again do we go back to 2 reasons may's dale do we perhaps attach to it they sort of idea that it will cost as long as the lungs the population can have another vote. and informed consent if you like this is now become a more fashionable. so so will say alex if boris johnson does go ahead and seek an extension from the e.u. how likely is it that that request would be granted. stanley cappy it's the

to leave the customs union and leave the signal market and not a large sums of money to european union as we currently do, to control our own by thetion and not to be european -- and not have a back stuff that keeps us in the european union without ever having to leave. three quarters of the parliament voted to remain in the european union. the british people ought to have the opportunity to change its parliament and they can do that tonight. >> thank you, mr. speaker. attempt is a desperate and ugly, cynical move. i am delighted that tonight it has been made very clear by all of the opposition parties that we are not falling for it. the prime minister can own his own will end this mess. he is trying to smuggle out the snow deal brexit campaign. and that makes it so vital. -- reasons many of us want to get rid of the screw and callous government. : -- believe me, i absolutely want to do that. this is a government which has not only not done anywhere near enough, but they are exacerbating it with fracking and so on. it is also a government which thathe arrogance to claim the new devices

be happy to give him thoseif union will be happy to give him those if he asked to stay in the customs uniony happy to give him that too because if we leave the european union, although they are getting a bit fed up now. there would not want us bit fed up now. there would not want us to get too far and he could get a deal for a softer brexit and then put to the people. whether that satisfies anybody is a completely different question because he did not see within the conservative party and the brexit party that there are some people whojust want a hard brexit and go off the cliff, causing move just to come out without that deal and tried negotiate a future deal, but think, getting the deal is not going to be a hard bed. the hard bid, the tough bit that i think is untenable will have people knocking on doors and the election campaign whether they stand on brexit, the answer being that we do not know yet, will decide later on. how damaging is it that they have decided to quit?|j later on. how damaging is it that they have decided to quit? i think this is very much a westminster bubble issue in

in these customs union with the with the european union until some other probably technological mechanism can be found of checking things at the ports so they don't have to get checked at the border and you don't need a border going up but he can own so the question of how that exists because the european psyche saying that technology simply doesn't exist yet and so johnson then is reduced to talking about concepts like trust a trade to schemes and accepting that that the quality of the food is good enough so it doesn't need to be checked at the border but it isn't any good for the european sides because they just think that it's it's a messy woolly source of scheme and that's why the irish keep saying we've got to go back to the backstop and they also say to the british look if you do leave without any deal at the end of october we're not going to enter into any negotiations with you so all about trade unless and until you can sort out payments to leave in the european union of any 40000000000 pounds what you're going to do with the irish border and the rights of the millions of irish an

if he asks to stay in the customs union that european union would be happy to give him that, too. the eu and it is getting a bit fed up the eu and it is getting a bit fed up now, they wouldn‘t want us to go too far. he could get a softer brexit deal and then you put that to the people. whether that satisfies anybody as a complete different question because you can see within the conservative party in the brexit party, there are some people who just want a hard brexit, to go off the cliff, kamikaze move, just to come out without that deal and then you spend all that time trying to negotiate a future deal. getting the deal isn‘t going to be the hard bit. the tough bet, the bit that is untenable, is having people knocking on doors during the election campaign, where do you stand on brexit? well, we don‘t know yet. we‘ll decide later on. how damaging is it that the head of policy, andrew fisher, has decided to quit? well, this is very much a westminster bubble issue in the sense that if you are a voter sitting at home you would never have heard of andrew fisher. i'm not so sure it mat

side because effectively that puts the customs union in the middle of the irish sea which they say they don't want because it would be a step towards northern ireland becoming much more integrated itself in the island of ireland of the european union and they won't have it so so no plan and i think based on the recent performances of boris johnson when he's had to speak in public and try and explain what's what his plans are it's probably going to end up being quite embarrassing for him because he seems not to be able to put it bluntly to string the sentence together very coherently in terms of what he intends to do. that we understand he's going to try and get parliament to prove an early election again why is he trying again now just only a few days after the 1st attempt failed. well because his entire strategy still rests on leaving the european union at the end of october and we're having election and get his way that his election is in the middle of october before the european council on the 17th where he to win that election presumably and in concert with the brics a policy which

that is why i have argued for a single market customs union brexit and argued that if there is a primedeal that they think is good enough then they should give the public the final say and ratify that because there is no doubt that we had a referendum in 2016 and then a general election in 2017 and we have beenin general election in 2017 and we have been in the situation of having a hung parliament that has made brexit very difficult ever since so there are ways out of this but the problem we have is that instead of trying to find one, borisjohnson is kowtowing to quite a small group of people in his own party and nigel farage and the brexit party. and that is the problem rather than saying ok, what isa kind problem rather than saying ok, what is a kind of way of dealing with brexit that we could get the vast majority of mps brexit that we could get the vast majority of mp5 on board with and then get back to things that people really care about like schools and health service. by delaying for another three months your assuming that boris is pushing for no deal but that is not what he s

that is to say, making northern ireland part of a customs union or putting the border on the irish seas hearfrom you on this. the prime minister did see the irish taoiseach this past week, are you hopeful that things are shuffling in the way of a deal perhaps via dublin, but ultimately in brussels, and you have only got a minute to tell me. it is a bit more hopeful than it was. i think the expression being used is the landing strip. the landing strip is narrow and it is far away and time short. the landing strip is, as agnes says, around the northern ireland backstop. the dup are still important, but there is quite a way to go simply because borisjohnson has put on the table food, food security and checks and everything else, is an all ireland issue, but that only amounts to one third of everything that happens across that border. it amounts to a big chunk... so it is necessary? it's nowhere near what will be needed. ijust want to inject a optimistic point. there has to be a deal, there will be a deal, because the economic realities always trump political ideologies. the economic reali

staying in the single market, in the customs union?toms union? let's get part one out of the way. easily done. we every want to go, you still need the space of how to go forward. unfortunately, collea g u es go forward. unfortunately, colleagues are utilising this time we have been imposed on us by the supreme court, not to make a case as to where they want to go with brexit, but to take advantage with the difficulties this government is going through. they say what they don't want, they don't say what they don't want, they don't say what they do want. i understand, but in order to succeed the first part of your analogy, my question was and i will put it to you again, what are you prepared to do to prevent a no deal scenario, you personally? where are the lines year of progress?|j scenario, you personally? where are the lines year of progress? i will ta ke the lines year of progress? i will take every opportunity, including this one, not to focus on these things such as no deal or no confidence or a general election. to say, come on co

animal customs union, where they would be no barrier for animal and food products.t round a border for that section of trade. but that only accounts for around 30% of trade between northern ireland and ireland. it is not a complete solve all answer. added to which, it would mean from the dup‘s point of view, have a border between the island of ireland and the uk. something they have always resisted. that may not get liftoff which is why the second ave they are looking at is try to circumvent the no deal legislation by suggesting the prime minister, yes, if he has to would request a delay, but would also write a second letter that would say i, boris johnson disagree with any delay, i am opposed to it, i believe parliament is exceeding its powers. in the hope the eu might think, what is the point in granting a delay if the prime minister is so vehemently opposed to it. he is likely to be a disruptive force if we keep him in the eu. in other words, the eu might say there is no point at an extension. tory rebels take the view that a second letter simply would not cut it

in other ways, —— in other words, customs union, might emerge. otherwords, it ta kes otherways, —— in otherwords, it takes the pressure off mps and that is important because if the eu don't believe boris johnson is important because if the eu don't believe borisjohnson can get a deal through the house of commons, they are much more unlikely to move themselves. in a curious sort of way, keeping no deal up in the headlines is a way team johnson think will actually get a deal. so much to talk about, norman. picking up much to talk about, norman. picking up on the points that you make, obviously, then, in a way, jean—claude juncker is going obviously, then, in a way, jean—claudejuncker is going to be looking over borisjohnson‘s shoulder today to what happens in the supreme court tomorrow because that, as you have described, will affect how the eu sees the actual power in the prime minister's hands. i think that is true. one of their concerns has to be that boris johnson is actually in a worse position, it would seem, than theresa may because he has f

a new customs union, a close single market relationship, and a guarantee of rights and protections. [applause] and within six months of the elected, we'll put that deal to public vote alongside remain. and as a labour prime minister, i pledge to carry out whatever the people decide. cheers and applause] only, only a vote for labour will deliver a public vote on brexit. only a labour government will put the power back in the hands of the people. we can bring our country and our people together, which is what we are trying to do all the time. let's stop a no-deal brexit and let the people decide. we must get brexit settled, not least because it's dominated our politics for far too long, the coming election will be a once in a generation chance for real change. a chance to kick out boris johnson's government of the privileged few and put wealth and power in the hands of the many. a chance, a chance to give our national health service, our schools, our police, our public services the money they need. they are asking those at the top to pay their fair share. [applause] a chance to take u

euphemistically, firms that depend on the supply chain, which comes with being part of the single market and customs unione 1st. i think no deal would be a catastrophe. if i were him, i would look for some deal, pretend it is a great significant change, face down the hardliners and then claim a triumph. as i said at the beginning, very unusually for a new prime minister, in this book i've said that they all left themselves wriggle room with the various problems they would face when getting into number 10 and he has left himself with so little. that is why i'm so hesitant in saying that he would prefer a deal. and theresa may tried to take the unpalatable meal and declare victory and it didn't work too well. no. ijust can't see that there is anything that the european union is going to come up with that is going to make jacob rees—mogg happy. and a lot of people want to crash out. there is something satisfying to them in the whole psychological scenario. as you said, it is the hardliners who have the venom and you can't see them breaking unless it is a real capitulation by europe which is not on the cards,

he wants to stay in the customs union, the single market.ou can say neither isa people will say, you can say neither is a brexit. the guardian is saying labour leaders call for him to resist calls to pick sides. i simply cannot understand how we could not aside. it would be a strange situation for the country to have another referendum, a pivotal decision and for the prime minister as he would be them, saying nothing to do with me. that is of the guardian is taking of how he would respond. how does that leave labour mps? they would have to pick a side for themselves the... it is chaos. in the last referendum, david cameron's cabinets picking different sides. arguing with each other on live tv about which way to go. i thinkjeremy corbyn would say this is an issue that divides parties, families and friends and why should ibe families and friends and why should i be ordering to pick one side. there is something healthy on lot forcing a party to a cover less on one idea. it is the political topic of the decade if not the century but to have the

unity can only treat i will shatter the normal rules which hold together a single blockage in the customs union upon which they are based the prime minister has threatened dramatic conditions which he must know who make any sensible negotiations pointless unless he changes his direction he's now prime minister he's now a responsible politician we do thank you. i think i urge you one last time to stop treating all this as a game and. to try to get a serious resolution of these impossible problems to look after the future goodwill of this country keeping users of proper no doubt different relationship with our partners on the coughlan and in particular keeping our economic and trading relationships in tact because they're essential for the future of our children and grand she. writes a british m.p. . approved a bill to delay hit a block and no deal exit from the e.u. on october 31st boris johnson has said now that there must be an election on october 15th the opposition leader's response to this jeremy corbyn said that he would only back an election once that and he no deal bill goes through the

the only way, if we leave the customs union and the single market, of solving the problem in ireland,nd cut ireland off. is that what the conservative and unionist party wishes to do? that statement reveals the sort of manichaean approach, "the only way." there are in fact controls that are already in place on animals, livestock, down the irish sea. when it came to the vote, peers backed the bill without a formal division. a fourth defeat for borisjohnson. the legislation passed through all its remaining stages in the lords the next day, clearing the way for it to become law at the start of the following week. to top it all off, there was another blow for boris johnson, when this man, his younger brotherjo, announced he was quitting as a minister and mp, saying he was torn between family loyalty and the national interest. mps returned on monday for their last sitting day before a controversial five—week suspension or proroguation of parliament. it was an expectant house that gathered for a day of political argy—bargy, but first came a surprise announcement from the speaker, john berco

think that labour is moving towards saying, we could negotiate a deal that may be cases in the customs unionsaid. sorry, i disagree. we'll come back to that. the landscape is changing. there is a new commission. michel barnier is out. you will have a weakened angela merkel and a macron who is... there is an opportunity there. just before we look at what is on earth is going to happen next week, the serious question which i miss from my list of events of the week that's just been, what on earth did borisjohnson say to the queen at dinner on friday night and what did she say to him? that must have been an extraordinary occasion at balmoral. she is very politically engaged and she listens a lot. there is actually footage of her talking to ronald reagan and you see she has very punchy views, but the form will be that she will have with a raised eyebrow asked him how his week went and to try and expand what on earth is going on. i would pay good money to have heard his response. yeah. any takers? i think she will be quite happy because i believe, i might be wrong, but i... her education, her univ

this is the part of the current withdrawal deal that keeps the uk aligned to the eu customs union untilto a new trade deal — it does this to avoid a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. boris johnson wants the backstop gone. the eu says ok, but only if you provide an alternative which delivers the same outcome. well, today, the uk's brexit secretary gave a speech in madrid. it was blunt at times. here's some of it. the clock is ticking for us all, so let's work creatively to secure a deal, a deal the uk is committed to getting, a deal without a backstop, a deal involving alternative arrangements, a deal that which gives our businesses and citizens the certainty they desperately need and a deal which indeed will pass both the uk parliament and the european parliament. great political leaders have always respected the need to take risk. indeed, it was general de gaulle who said a true statesman is one who is willing to take risk. any refusal by the commission to accept any risk would be a failure of statecraft. since then, the european commission president jea

all to suggest that any ideas about how to use square the circle of what of what to do with the customs union the irish backstop or any of those things so it is a complete sort of war between these 2 sides but we are now very much in suppose issuing in the run up to a general election thank you for. it's only has a new government a short time ago prime minister just epic onto his new cabinet was stolen in by the president the new coalition is an unlikely alliance between conti's antiestablishment 5 star movement and its former rival of the leftist democratic party they send a month long crisis triggered after hard right leader matteo salvini pulled out of the previous coalition government in other world news iran says it will operate a nuclear program without limits as it launches the 3rd phase of its withdrawal from the 2050 nuclear deal it comes out of the united states in both new sanctions on tehran for the 3rd time in a week the us is also offering a 15000000 dollar reward to anyone who gives washington credible information about the oil shipping network run by iran's revolutionary guard

how can believe in a meaningful way and be out of the single market and customs union and have a freep trade flowing freely without any checks and no one yet has found any checks and no one yet has found a solution and that is why we are still where we are. the daily telegraph, johnson can legally stop brexit extension. the pm has drawn up brexit extension. the pm has drawn up plans to sink to remainers' bill. but then you read the act —— the article... he is going to do it, or not! a cabinet source has told the daily telegraph there is a letter, does it stop the prime minister sending other documents to the eu? i don't think it does. it's suggesting a letter would be sent asking for an extension and when asked why we are asking for an extension the government is saying we are not and we would send another note saying we don't want an extension, so i'm glad we've sorted that out! let's talk about the cricket! we will, we'll get there in good time! it is very unclear what this means. it strikes me that this is an attempt to make it clear to all of the mp5 who may or may not be voting t