—— david goffin, david livingstone —— david goffin and david livingstone —— gove and david liddingtonportant. we don't know what they will discuss but you can guess that the b—word will be most prominent. thank you. let's speak now to the conservative mp steve double. he joins me via webcam from newquay. sorry to disrupt your sunday afternoon. we are grateful to you for speaking to us. we do you think the prime minister's prospects are forgetting a deal through the house of commons on third attempt?” forgetting a deal through the house of commons on third attempt? i think we are in a difficult clearly the deal has been resoundingly defeated on two occasions and people like myself who voted against it first time but for it second time purely to try to prevent what has since unfolded, from happening, are still in the balance as to whether we would support it at a third vote or not. we are still unclear whether this would have the support of parliament. in terms of your own position, are you confident in theresa may cosmic leadership is mike my views on the prime minister are fairly well

david livingstone, hirdy facto deputy, could be installed as an interim prime minister —— per de factoer —— per de facto. then there could bejockeying between prime minister —— per de facto. then there could be jockeying between the cabinet. david livingstone would have to accept it would never be leader, he would just stand in, and the others would stand aside, get over this emergency part of brexit, and doa over this emergency part of brexit, and do a proper leadership election in the summer. it is a change of leadership enough to get this deal past the line? duinker theresa may's deal past alive. ——it won't get. if by some miracle, and it would be a miracle, she was able to get her deal through parliament this coming week, she would fulfil the conditions set down to her by the eu and she would be all right, she would be saved. but she won't. so what is going to happen is the mps will seize control of exit on monday. 0n will seize control of exit on monday. on wednesday, when they have actually got the day to themselves, the government can't intervene at all, mps have got parliament,

some are tipping this man, david livingstone, asa tipping this man, david livingstone, as a caretaker. i short—term prime minister to get britain through its current brexit crisis —— david worthington. but he says he has no intention of doing it.|j worthington. but he says he has no intention of doing it. i have no wish to take over from the prime minister who is doing a fantastic job. there is one thing working closely with the prime minister, it cures you completely of any lingering shred of ambition. in this volatile time the next few days are farfrom volatile time the next few days are far from clear. volatile time the next few days are farfrom clear. ministers are urging for calm. to be talking about changing the players on the board is self—indulgent at this time. we have to decide how we want to proceed. this former tory leader said any minister suggesting theresa may goes now should be sacked. but what about inafew now should be sacked. but what about in a few weeks' time? this breaks into a second phase, assuming the withdrawal agreement got through, if it does get through th

david livingstone was being talked about today as an immediate stopgap.doesn't want it. so he says. and other people, michael gove... these people are being touted, or were being touted in particular, they have come out today saying they don't want it and now was not the right time to change leader, but there was this theory and suggestion that they might be an immediate plot to get rid of theresa may right here and now. that seems to have gone off the boil, so that she can get her deal, or a deal of some sort of agreed, from the eu. and then to have a new prime minister in place. ok, is that straight? let's turn to the times. he thinks he has been completely exonerated. the department of justice set up this enquiry, to find out whether the president of the united states campaign colluded with the russian government. collusion is not a crime but it is something that needed to be investigated. the conclusion is that the president's campaign did not collude with the russian government, although 25 russians have been indicted, but they weren't part of this.

the government or theresa may kroos actually it's david livingstone who has been handling things todayof how this could work. even some suggestion of a run—off x factor style vote, a different system. you don't like customs union, that gets eliminated... we go through it like that. that would be highly unusual for the house to do that... but we are in unusual times. you wonder how many new ideas are that we have not heard, that have not been voted down 01’ heard, that have not been voted down or rejected outright in the last 2— three years. i do not think much will be solved and we will go back to square one and what is happening you are damaging business sentiment in the country. we need to move on to the next stage. if you go outside london, the public are saying why hasn't this been done. london is a separate but i suspect that if you held a referendum you would get the same held a referendum you would get the sa m e vote held a referendum you would get the same vote again. a lot would depend oi'i same vote again. a lot would depend on the question you asked. if it was the same ques

and we should be fair to them because as things stand, all they have heard is a statement from david livingstone a press conference between jean—claude juncker and the eu commission. documents have only just appeared online, and the documents are a little on the heavy side, especially at 11:20pm at night —— david lidington. so crucially both sides will wait for the legal interpretation of the attorney general, jeffrey cox, and also the legal opinion that the european research group of conservative comic brexit enthusiasts are seeking themselves to try and establish whether or not legally, in the view of mrcox, and whether or not legally, in the view of mr cox, and the lawyers, there has actually been a substantial change here. chris mason at westminster, thank you very much. a little earlier, the cabinet office minister david lidington told mps that legally binding changes that strengthen and improve the withdrawal agreement and political declaration have been secured. he said the documents provide confirmation that the eu cannot trap the uk in the backstop indefinitely, and he confirmed that th

pete we should also took a swipe at david livingstone over weekend rumours of a coup that would allegedlyd mr leading to an as caretaker prime minister. to the putative prime minister, it could not be a worse job than we've seen over the past few years but the petition that has now been signed by 5.5 million people across the uk. would you agree and concur that revoking, ending this madness once and for all, remains a real—life possibility for this country? no, andl possibility for this country? no, and i don't agree with him. obviously one takes seriously both the scale but also the strength of the scale but also the strength of the opinion that was being expressed in the demonstration at the weekend and in the number of signatories that have been attracted to sign the petition. but that does not mean that one can simply ignore or set aside the idea that 17.4 million people did vote to leave the european union in 2016. the key amendments stated mps would take control of parliament's amendments stated mps would take control of pa rliament‘s timetable amendments stated mps would take contr

there have been suggestions that david livingstone who is theresa may's de facto deputy, could step upcause he has friends on both sides of the house. there are other future contenders, jeremy hunt in the cabinet, but it must be clear that at this point there are plenty of voices saying, now is not the time to enter into a protracted leadership contest because it would fuel uncertainty. what they are looking forfor fuel uncertainty. what they are looking for for the fuel uncertainty. what they are looking forfor the prime fuel uncertainty. what they are looking for for the prime minister isa looking for for the prime minister is a clear plan about what happens now and what that means for her down the line. alex, thank you very much for that. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's damian. three of the home nations have secured welcome victories in the day's european championship qualifiers. northern ireland beat belarus. wales started their campaign with a home win against slovakia. but scotland fans reacted angrily to a lacklustre 2—0 victory away to internati

based on the original deal on a wager it's not actually there she got a croaky voice and david livingstone the deputy prime minister is going to speak for her in a minute but she's presumably tried pretty please with how this is gone yes she'll be pleased at all sets it up for next week that have one final roll of the dice deal and it really shows that m.p.'s will struggle to come up with an alternative rate deal is the only way forward and she can say if you don't vote for this we're kicking bricks into the long grass all these threats it is only people that throw bricks at that voted against a deal before they get to be faced with a really stark choice next week whether to fight the deal or face potentially a long extension that's how it's going to be framing that so unless unless about this role what happens next week is that there's a if people vote deal then the u.k. will leave the european union up by june the third of the lexus if they vote it down for the third time then she's promised to go to the european council summits in brussels next thursday and say please give us a long del

somebody at the top of the cabinet, jeremy hunt, michael gove, david livingstone —— david liddington,ast of the problem is, the problem then as we getjeremy corbyn as prime minister. let's take a break and get the weather. we have hit 19 degrees today in south yorkshire. it will turn cold overnight. a lot of sunshine around, still some pockets of nest and luke wright —— lieu cloud. this band of rain and drizzle will sink southwards overnight. ahead of its mist and fog patches, particularly in the west. temperatures in rural areas could be close to freezing. we will see the mist and fog lifting through the morning and some lengthy spells of sunshine arriving. this main band of cloud will sink into north wales. north of it, the air is colder, to the south of it, the heat will be confined to the south—east, up will be confined to the south—east, up to 19 degrees. on sunday, drier but cooler, light winds but some sunshine at times. the ayes to the right, 286. the noes to the left, 344. mps have voted to reject the withdrawal agreement which theresa may struck with the eu. this house has r

if the government fails on tuesday, david livingstone announced there would be opportunities for thel the pressure has released a little? you can see in the chamber, the chief whipjulian smith appeared to first bump. by far, this is the best thing that has happened to the government this week. it is not saying that much. the government have had an awful week. in order to get to this point, they had to promise indicative votes at some point, but as sam touches on, the important thing is that it is at on, the important thing is that it isata on, the important thing is that it is at a time of the government's choosing, meaning they can put all theirenergy into choosing, meaning they can put all their energy into trying to get to reason my's deal to pass the commons once more, or twice reason my's deal to pass the commons once more, ortwice more if reason my's deal to pass the commons once more, or twice more if it fails. there is still a huge amount of pressure on the government, so it has squeaked through. she hasn't fully ta ke n has squeaked through. she hasn't fully ta ken back has

referred to in the house la st livingstone referred to in the house last night, shall be temporary. —— davidhe committee were a suspension that shall be temporary can become a unilateral right to withdraw for the united kingdom? because i do not see that the withdrawal agreement makes any such provision for that whatsoever. well, if i can any such provision for that whatsoever. well, if! can take any such provision for that whatsoever. well, if i can take you to the attorney general‘s legal advice, he speaks to that very issue at paragraph 17, where he says that he considers that the legally binding provisions of the joint instrument and the content of the unilateral declaration reduce the risk that the united kingdom could be indefinitely and involuntarily detained within the protocol‘s provision, at least in so far as thatis provision, at least in so far as that is brought about by bad faith. the point i am making is that the issue that came through in many of the debates we had in parliament was this issue of the eu, which i do not, for the record, believe is the intention, because it is

i've just been to talk to david livingstone, who is effectively the deputy prime minister, about howanisms, how we do that, and consider a range of options from the vocation, a new referendum, all kinds of possibilities. it was a discussion about process, but it was very businesslike and that's what will now happen. there's very little chance that the government deal will get through parliament, i don't think we should be wasting time on it. we need to get onto practical alternatives. that's where we now are. sorry, so vince, was that the basis on which mr livingstone responded to you? did he acknowledge that he thought they was very he acknowledge that he thought they was very little chance that the deal would get to the commons next week? he didn't say that, it was a without prejudice discussion, but the mere fa ct prejudice discussion, but the mere fact that a key figure in the government is now exploring the other alternatives, another way forward , other alternatives, another way forward, parliament, effectively leaves this process now, is encouraging. it offers a way forward an

tombs and graves of many great imperial conquerors and explorers, for example, the grave of david livingstoneave the whole imperial history. a man of empire and a man who campaigned to bring down empire very close to each other. absolutely, there it is, there is the memorial to the great nelson mandela. in an abbey that dates back 1000 years, every aspect of the history of these islands and the wider world and the empire that britain once ran and then britain ceased to run in 1947, of course, with the independence of india and pakistan partition and that in turn led to the creation of the modern commonwealth. today really, no one is glossing over the past. it was britain‘s past that led to the commonwealth, but what happened 70 yea rs commonwealth, but what happened 70 years ago was a sea change. it was a moment when free association nations we re moment when free association nations were born, as i said before, nobody has tojoin the were born, as i said before, nobody has to join the commonwealth but 53 nations are very much enthusiastic members of it. it conducts itself in so many different