way to proceed so our label in talks with the democratic unionist party to see if there is a means of agreement by which a successful vote of no confidence could billet well i'm not a party to any conversations but it was significant that wanted to of the piece spokespeople seem to be talking in. family complementary terms i think about about jeremy corbyn and interestingly some of the. commentators to support. i have been posting online to suggest that jeremy corbyn appears to be speaking more in this sort of a unionist than the conservative party and sort of a challenge of the conservative party the conservative and you to the spot it's how on earth they managed to get themselves into this situation so i do think it's a possibility clearly they've got no truck with this deal that threesome a has negotiated and i think in those circumstances if indeed the deal is voted on and we think there's a good chance it will be then we feel that the might be an opportunity of getting a vote of no confidence then we got a fortnight parliament has a fortnight in which to see whether an alternativ

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minister treason may of breaking her promise on how bricks it will affect the irish border the democratic unionist party says her agreement with the e.u. separates more than island from the rest of the u.k. may has been fighting to convince parliament to support her breaks a deal ahead of a vote next tuesday we have an arrangement to keep the government in par and keep the government working between nani on the end of this fixed term parliament promises were made and promises in the samberg we stuck with the prime minister in downing street where she said i will make sure that northern ireland has the final say in this because the assembly will be the final arbiter as to whether or not these arrangements are put in place they were with they were taken out of the agreement there has been biography of the agreement on the understanding we have to meet broken. a spanish court has confirmed a controversial ruling which cleared five men of gang rape and sentence them on lesser charges of sexual assault people protested against the decision outside the justice ministry the five men who called themselves the w

as things stand without legal guarantee northern ireland's democratic unionist party who theresa mayhe dup on board there needs to be some sort of radical filmlike board there needs to be some sort of radicalfilmlike love board there needs to be some sort of radical filmlike love actually moment for theresa may where she stands up to brussels and says, without a legal guarantee to get us out of the backstop we will walk away because without that nothing less will bring the dup on board. thank you. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith is in edinburgh. let's talk about the kind of pressure that the scottish national party is wanting to exert on labour at westminster to call a vote of no—confidence in government itself. the snp now intends to redouble their efforts to try and get a vote of no—confidence in the government we re of no—confidence in the government were not least because they think their chances of winning that vote have increased significantly tonight as nicola sturgeon snp minister and first minister says, the minister is a lame duck leader saddled with a lame duck brexit. the

resign may of breaking her promise over how breck's it will affect the irish border the democratic unionist party says her agreement with the e.u. separates northern island from the rest of the u.k. may has been fighting to convince parliament to support a deal ahead of a vote on tuesday next week china has more. to reason may will likely be relieved to have emerged unscathed from her weekly encounter with opposition leader jeremy called in on wednesday call been chose not to grill the ritual on the loss of her parliamentary majority in three separate votes on tuesday she was instead taken on by an m.p. for the scottish national party is it time that the prime minister took responsibility of responsibility for concealing the facts on her bricks and deal for members of the house of the public who should take responsibility the reason most problems crystallize around the so-called backstop arrangement in the briggs's deals he struck with the e.u. last week. it seeks to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland by keeping northern ireland aligned with the republic of ireland until a final future

five days of debate on to resume a is proposed plan before they vote on it next week the democratic unionist party from northern ireland which props up the minority government says it will approve the deal has the latest from london. to the tuesday sore a series of setbacks for to resume a and her government it was supposed to see the start of five days of debate on her deal ahead of a parliamentary vote on it for next tuesday but that was delayed because politicians from all of the opposition parties here in westminster and the northern irish d u p a democratic unionist party as well who have been propping up trees amaze government called for a vote on contempt of parliament saying that the government had broken its own promise in november to publish the full legal advice on this breaks it deal given to it by the attorney general the chief legal officer all along the government insisted that was not in the national interest but when it came down to it parliament just wasn't convinced. i was. not i the eyes of the right three hundred eleven. to the last two hundred ninety three so the are you have

begin a second day of debate on theresa may spread said deal with the european union the democratic unionist party from northern ireland which props up a minority government says it will vote against the ban on tuesday m.p.'s voted to hold the government in contempt of parliament emotionless passed after the prime minister failed to publish in for the legal advice received on the deal. to the right three hundred eleven the nose of the left two hundred ninety three. with. the our eyes to the right three hundred eleven the nose to the left two hundred ninety three so the our eyes have it the our eyes have it our last. or death point toward a cure starmer. on a point of order mr speaker this house is now spoken and it's off huge constitutional political significance it is i think unprecedented for this house to find ministers in contempt the motion makes clear the government must now publish the attorney general's final legal advice in full let's bring john hall in london now jonah the government suffered multiple defeats in parliament yesterday what does that mean for the bracks a process going forw

democratic unionist party.r northern ireland if they voted with the government on things like budget. they are going to vote against them oi'i they are going to vote against them on this one. it is spoiling to be a really difficult vote on december the 11th or theresa may and for those who are supporting her. there appears to be some semblance of legal advice, just not the full amount. the suggestion is the speaker may try and force the government to reveal the full legal advice. they have got a motion through the house to mandate the government to do that. this is looming to be a constitutional crisis if the government refuses to adhere to parliament‘s orders. this final bullet point, loss of faith in politicians could lead to civil unrest. i think that‘s fascinating. the whole tenor of this debate has become toxic. look what is happening in france. in this case, sadly, violent fury. the sense they are being ignored by the establishment. in paris, but also in this country. in paris, but also in this country. i

the sunday telegraph says the democratic unionist party willjoin forces with labour and other oppositionties in a bid to force the government to publish its legal advice on brexit — a move that could delay the crucial vote on theresa may's brexit plan. and it's a leak of that legal advice from the attorney general which makes the front page of the times. the paper says the government had suppressed geoffrey cox's warning that britain would be trapped "indefinitely" in a customs union with brussels if mps back theresa may's brexit deal. the sunday express says senior government figures have told the paper that if mps throw out the prime minister's deal then the government is likely to put down an amendment that keeps britain in the customs union. the online independent continues the brexit theme, claiming a new poll suggests that the majority of the public want to see proponents of both no—deal and a second referendum join in any brexit tv debate betweenjeremy corbyn and theresa may. the mail on sunday splashes on news a high—level security alert has been issued at every military base in

you could say the present democratic unionist party are asserting their rights over the rest of the community, but in northern ireland, the hard-won peace -- it was a 4% majority vote over the rest of the united kingdom. scotland did not vote for brexit. young people certainly did not vote for brexit. what are the implications that the european union offers much greater rights and standards for living? those rights are now jeopardized for people within northern ireland. what would you say would be the most worrying aspect of brexit for the future of civil rights and perhaps peace in northern ireland? amb. mulhall: look. i've been in this business now for 40 years. european union membership as part of a kind of ofgressive evolution ireland, north and south, because, first of all, it gave us the opportunity to develop our economic potential, which we had failed to do before we joined, for various reasons. secondly, it exposed us to influences from outside the british irish scene, which i think are helpful and positive. i think in northern ireland -- and i can remember, by the way, back in the 1

northern ireland's democratic unionist party is said to be prepared to drop support over the so-calledsh backstop. royal bank of scotland says uncertainty around the brexit deal could push the u.k. into recession, as politicians continue to wrangle the deal. the ceo says it is already causing a get in investment. he says negotiations are always difficult, but little alternative to the agreement on offer. >> i have been a backer of the deal, because at the moment i don't see another deal. so from a business perspective we need certainty. you any deal where negotiate hard, you will not get everything you want. they will be things you have to give up to get something else. and for me it is how we get certainty in the marketplace, because what is starting to happen, investment is not being made. debra: emanuel macri has vowed to face down the violent protests that have troubled friends for weeks, telling ministers measures over the last 18 months including the scrapping of a wealth tax will not be undone. but having shown a flash of weakness in suspending a plan to feel tax hike, the tough

second day of debate on series of maize bricks that deal with the european union d u p the democratic unionist party from northern ireland which props up her minority government says it will vote against the plan on tuesday m.p.'s voted to hold the government in contempt of the parliament the motion was passed after the prime minister failed to publish in full the legal advice received on the deal. arissa the right three hundred eleven the nose of the left two hundred ninety three . the our eyes to the right three hundred thirty the no use to the left two hundred ninety three so the eyes have it the eyes have eight. point zero zero to cure stoma. on a point of order mr speaker this house is now spoken and it's off huge constitutional political significance it is i think unprecedented for this house to find ministers in contempt the motion makes clear the government must now publish the attorney general's final legal advice in full live to london and our correspondent journal wholesale journal series a may the u.k. prime minister suffering what three defeats yesterday what does this do to her bricks

member ireland is under scrutiny particularly by the d u p the democratic unionist party of belfast she needs them on board clearly but the arithmetic the numbers are stacking up against innes in such a degree i guess that it doesn't matter if the d.p. are their own not because if the numbers are so big that the u.p.a. representation in the house of commons in london wouldn't be enough to save her anyway but then there's the the knob issue of a hard border versus soft border. what i mean it's that's true in terms of next week's deal i mean there's a there's a another issue to do with the and that is that there are ten seats in parliament are the only thing that affords to reserve a a working majority in parliament. the d u p at the moment. appears to have suspended that arrangement regardless of next week's vote they voted against the government a number of times now the reality is as long as they continue to vote against the government to reason may is the leader of a minority government there is not a working majority in parliament. the do you piece is not going to change its mind bec

proto leave adversus meant in a local english newspaper the ad was sponsored by ulster's democratic unionist party do you pete. for them is a huge sum of money and they're spending it on a on a piece of material that's not going to circulate norton in ordinary in the dorm at all the single at furthest mn cost the day you paid two hundred eighty two thousand pounds almost five times as much as they had spent on their participation in the u.k.'s general election the previous year but no one knew from where the money had come to pay for it norton aren't these unusual laws there are secrecy of political donations when ordinary and you didn't reveal the names of political donors and the reason for this was kind of a hangover from the troubles the violence in ordinarily. the loophole was used by the piece shadowy benefactor to hide their identity finally after intense media pressure that the u.p.a. revealed the money had come from a body called the constitutional research council for c r c but exactly who or what lies behind the c.r.c. remains to be seen do you know where the constitutional search came

say and this was a key point throughout the speech was the time now is for the christian democratic unionist party to put together a new program a new direction and the motto they say a party conference which mrs merkel kept going back to you is unite and lead together she said the job of shaping the party in the direction it will go in is up to somebody else now and that she will continue as she will continue as chancellor to take responsibility for looking after the nation so the choice of the one thousand and one cd you delegates that are currently gathered in hamburg is going to come down to one of three people going to be a choice between the current general secretary of the party the current german health minister or a businessman and former m.p. the preferred choice of mrs merkel is understood to be an internet camp cound known by her initials a k k and it lands assist with a small a pro european and a francophile she certainty fostered the already tight links with france when it comes to russia she is perhaps even more skeptical of the kremlin than chancellor merkel last week she called fo

that backstop are so clear for people in northern ireland for the politicians of of the democratic unionist party that it's hard to see how an interpretation that they would approve would also be approved of here and moreover approved of in the republic of ireland it's worth reporting that the teashop of the irish prime minister leo varadkar has held has held discussions with the european commission about an emergency package of state aid that might be given to the republic of ireland if there is a no deal bragg's it i.e. if the u.k. crashes out of the e.u. and reverts to world trade organization rules why because cross border trade between the republic of ireland and the u.k. across the border into northern ireland is of such importance so clearly the e.u. is going to want to look after the interests of its of its remaining member states specifically the republic of ireland in any relations with the u.k. which would then be a third party as it were so that's why so many questions are arise about to break and so far at least very few are since although perhaps people here in brussels will look at

parliament who've been elected by the british people to make this decision and for instance democratic unionist party has already pledged to down the draft deal and they're also threatening to pull up from the coalition with tories if may doesn't come up with a suitable solution of the irish border issue can that happen with or what will that mean for may's government and bracks it as a whole i think where i think we're heading into the unknown. this country leaving the european union has never happened before so this is unprecedented in that sense i think the degree to which there is political uncertainty in london certainly in my memory i cannot recall any previous occasion when there seem to be the same degree of divisions and indeed divisions within the main political parties so i think the political outcome of this this decision in westminster is uncertain there has been a lot of speculation as to what might happen if parliament votes votes the stone is a possible that's prime minister might talk again with brussels on some. clarifications or sold for the agreement that would cause another vote

cannot always achieve, but at least with a technical majority thanks to our friend in the democratic unionist party, the government with its majority ought to be able to stop any papers it believes too confidential from not being produced and indeed, it is still open to the government to bring forward a motion suggesting that the previous motion be overturned and there is precedent for overturning an address and seeking to do the opposite. so, there is a proper process for the government to follow if it does not want to release these papers rather than sticking its feet in the mud and saying no. so, then we come to the motion before us today. and here i agree with my right honorable friend that i don't think that the motion before us actually works because it is too indistinct who it is criticizing, that it's criticizing ministers broadly rather than the ones specifically concerned. and i think the motion needed to be more specific on who it was objecting to, who was holding in contempt, and indeed, ought to have used the rights that parliament had to inflict punishment on the person deemed to be i

to be passed by a majority of the parliamentary votes she needs the do you pay that the democratic unionist party even and they're not going to back her because they still have real concerns about the irish backstop the very issue that she's gone to brussels to talk about today and the discontent over the reason is leadership persists i mean how she's done depends on who you speak to her allies say that this success in the no confidence vote has given her the mandate to continue with her plan her opponents say that the numbers of the votes.

are in northern ireland's democratic unionist party a d u p which props up a minority government that the u.p.a. found itself at odds with its electorate two years ago in the brics it referendum when northern ireland did vote overwhelmingly to stay within the e.u. these staunchly pro british pro breaks that party is afraid that means deal could split the united kingdom lawrence leena reports from belfast. in the process to loyalist parts of belfast their loyalty is unquestioned country first the four corners of the u.k. in divisible their problem with the brics a deal is that in theory it could lead to a future trade agreements pushing northern ireland closer to the e.u. than the rest of the u.k. that in turn leads to the inconceivable fools that northern ireland could be unified with the republic of ireland our whole purpose of union our system and take on the language thing in young way fail lots of the best interests of northern ireland long term and it is in our d.n.a. where unionists we we're british were all in our eyes and therefore i'm nothing that takes us side with the unite

the democratic unionist party says the withdrawal agreement leaves northern ireland following differentme parties in northern ireland want the insurance policy of the backstop, and businesses there are keen to avoid new barriers to trade. here's our ireland correspondent, chris page. it's difficult to tell where it is, but it's easy to see how it's affected the brexit process. the irish border has been the most difficult issue for negotiators to resolve. the sticking point is the backstop, an arrangement to ensure there will be no checks on the land frontier, even if trade talks aren't successful. under the backstop, there would be some checks on goods coming across the irish sea from great britain into northern ireland, because this part of the uk would continue to follow rules of the eu single market. mps argue that would mean the united kingdom would not be so mean the united kingdom would not be so united, one of the main reasons why this deal has run into so much political trouble. whether they transport products by land, sea or air, businesses say they need uncertainty to enter. t

2017 and failed to win a majority, she is now dependent on a bunch of irish mp's from that democratic unionist party to maintain her slim majority in parliament. they are effectively holding a sword over her head and saying we will not agree to any of these arrangements for ireland because of the nature of the border there. host: gary o'donoghue has served as a washington correspondent for the for four years. before that, chief political reporter for the network in great britain. and elodie cuzin, u.s. politics correspondent with afp. on to your phone calls. thomas in south carolina. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to ask the question -- is the british people a democratic society? guest: that is a big one. a really big one. i think they would like to think they are. certainly when they voted in the referendum, albeit narrowly, in 2016 to leave the e.u., they felt that was a decision made and should be honored by parliament. the difficulty is the nature of the way britain leaves is thing no one can agree on. that has caused enormous divisions in britain. not just in parliament. this

among the strongest opponents of the backstop are mps from northern ireland's democratic unionist partye expected to vote against the deal next week. they say the backstop agreement means northern ireland will be treated differently to the rest of the uk. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. we say never, never, never! the cry then still echoes now. when it comes to defending northern ireland's status as part of the uk, for the dup, there can be no surrender. that was when i stood for the local council here in 1985. when jim wells was first elected, it wasn't brexit but bombs and bullets that threatened the union. you're going to provoke widespread trouble by your presence. then the ira tried to end british rule. if your britishness is under threat through terrorism, then you tend to cling to that citizenship much more strongly. but having stopped the provisional ira achieving that through mass murder we're certainly not going to acquiesce to anything political through the brexit deal. do you feel your britishness is under threat? absolutely. no more under threat and that has a

the democratic unionist party of northern ireland wants the backstop abandoned, as do many conservativee eu insists the current agreement cannot be renegotiated. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, on what might come next. brexit! they've been demonstrating here for months, rain or shine, for or against brexit. obsessed? maybe. but they're also right to feel brexit is the biggest issue facing britain in decades. bigger than tonight's decision to keep on and not sack theresa may. it's still herjob to try somehow to break their brexit deadlock, and tonight's vote was never going to make that easier. theresa may is still facing a deeply divided house of commons, party and cabinet. still struggling to win over brexiteers who fear that the brexit plan could leave the uk trapped inside european union rules indefinitely. some of them sit in cabinet. two have walked out since this was filmed, more of them are potential leadership candidates. and today, one brexiteer warned a no—deal brexit was still possible, and mrs may, or presumably another leader, had to get more concessions out of b

are some of the strongest opponents of the braggs it deal come from northern ireland's democratic unionist party it's supposed to be in a loose coalition with the prime minister's conservatives but now says the agreement could cause the breakup of the united kingdom loss leader reports from belfast. in the process to loyalist parts of belfast their loyalty is unquestioned country first the four corners of the u.k. in divisible their problem with the bricks it deal is that in theory it could lead to a future trade agreements pushing northern ireland closer to the e.u. than the rest of the u.k. that in turn leads to the inconceivable fools that northern ireland could be unified with the republic of ireland our whole purpose of union our system and take on the length with the union we fail lots of the best interests of northern ireland long term and it is an article where unionists we we're british were all an irish and therefore i'm nothing the texas side of the united kingdom as extremely honesty about i'm on suffering for a large ordeal this is for the politicians who represent these people in p

the democratic unionist party leader nigel dodds says the government's position is a shambles.ise, that when they cross guidelines, they are in trouble.

minister to resign may of breaking her promise on how brics it will affect the irish border the democratic unionist party says her agreement with the e.u. separates more than islands from the rest of the u.k. parliament will vote on may's bricks a deal next tuesday. the cost as a former us president george h. w. bush has returned to texas where he'll be buried on thursday he died on friday at the age of ninety four politicians past and present were among the mourners at the state funeral for the forty first president in washington d.c. those are the headlines join me for more news after the stream a recent u.n. report has given renewed agency to the fight against climate change and from its threats like sea level rise at this year's climate talks in poland to time the international community seize the opportunity to take concerns you've got starting with al-jazeera the latest from the front lines of the climate crisis from the conference itself. hi emily could be here in the stream today editing the human genome and what kind of genetic editing technology accomplish and should there be limits to the scie

politicians from all of the opposition parties here in westminster and the northern irish d u p democratic unionist party as well who have been propping up trees amaze government called for a vote on contempt of parliament saying that the government had broken its own promise in november to publish the full legal advice on this break that deal given to it by the attorney general the chief legal officer all along the government insisted that was not in the national interest but when it came down to it parliament just wasn't convinced. that. the i used to the right three hundred eleven the no use to the left two hundred ninety three so the are you have eight the guys have a lot. of point toward a cure starmer. on a point of order mr speaker this house has now spoken and it's off huge constitutional political significance it is i think unprecedented for this house to find ministers in contempt the motion makes clear the government must now publish the. general's final legal advice in full with the government has now promised to publish the full legal advice from the attorney general but it's also been defea

the assurance she wanted from brosnan's to is that briggs city or let alone the dui the democratic unionist party of no than i am with whom with their ten votes for at least two of the boards she cannot pass a vote of no confidence you cannot pass the budget you cannot pass any government business she needs the help them seventeen while at least if one of them would it well if you threaten her she going to know if she hadn't have survived a vote of no confidence i mean what that were done for breakfast i don't know but what do you think generally the taking everything into account the whole thing would have been better if she hadn't made in something else a coming of fresh. well. i'm just going to use the military exhibition really it doesn't matter actually how many show. how many infantry or how many tanks you have as long as there's general. illegal your forces god's fear and you poland's hearts and that is the problem she with the general actually confronting the e.u. and she did not. negotiate from a position of strength that actually them in action there as not just the tory rebels or proje

that is the legally binding text and the those bricks it is a particularly those from the democratic unionist party the northern irish policy were desperate to get out of that backstop and they're very concerned about that they wanted something legally binding which she is unlikely to have to do to do the how she will be able to come back and say look i've got. another legal text that will go alongside that withdrawal agreement but but i mean i really don't think that's going to be enough and i still think it's very uncomfortable and can i just say that she she is safe yes we have the chair is that but there is still the possibility that her own cabinet her own top team could decide that actually you know it's not quite good enough they could decide that they were they would like to go i think it's unlikely but it's still a possibility i think we would have to wait to hear from them what they say you know then they would have to get some kind of unity candidate that's a big risk for them. you know no ideal host plus time is running out to time something like this happened. in london can you hear me

among the strongest opponents of the backstop are mps from northern ireland's democratic unionist partyd to vote against the deal next week. they say the backstop agreement means northern ireland will be treated differently to the rest of the uk. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. we say never, never, never! the cry then still echoes now. when it comes to defending northern ireland's status as part of the uk, for the dup, there can be no surrender. that was when i stood for the local council here in 1985. when jim wells was still elected it wasn't brexit but bombs and bullets that threatened the union. the you're going to provoke widespread trouble by your presence. then the ira tried to end british rule. your bobbin if your britishness is under threat through terrorism, then you tend to cling to that citizenship much more strongly. but have instruct the provisional ira achieving that through mass murder we're certainly not going to acquiesce to anything political through the brexit deal. do you feel your britishness is under threat? absolutely. this deal that theresa may has