and there is a sense that someone like dominic cummings might have been, i suppose, like dominic cummingsummings might have been, i suppose, less concerned about withdrawing the whip from them. that is not to say it is his idea, but i did speak to one rebel who has had the weapon withjohn idea, but i did speak to one rebel who has had the weapon with john who say they did trust boris johnson when he was making his brexit promises to them that he wanted to get a deal. the problem was they didn't trust dominic cummings, and they thought he was in charge. let's go to the telegraph. they have hypocrite corbyn rejecting election to break the deadlock. how difficult is this for labour, the question about when they support an election? there seems to have been a little bit of a division betweenjeremy corbyn and, for example, sir keir starmer, about the exact timing of an election and when they would support an election. yes, so the opponents of boris johnson support an election. yes, so the opponents of borisjohnson have, for the first couple of days that parliament has been back, remained remar

how important is dominic cummings in what is happening now?ter. he's hugely important. hugely influential. hugely dangerous. a master at the dark arts. has very extreme, hard-right politics. has taken very strange views on issues like nugenics and is now driving this country after a cliff. he clearly has boris johnson in his pocket. he won the referendum in very dubious ways. many of your viewers will understand what i'm saying when i say that. the use of facebook. worries about international interference from -- particularly from russia and other places, so very, very worried to see dominic cummings right at the center of power here in the uk and influencing events in europe as well. >> one unnamed member of the conservative party told "the new york times" this weekend, referring to dominic cummings and boris johnson, "one is a charleton and the other a psychopath." i believe the charleton is boris johnson in that comparison. is that overdone? >> no. it's not overdone. something sick and cancerous has entered into the system here in the uk. t

there is so much animosity between dominic cummings, boris johnson's to so much animosity between dominicf adviser, and the brexit party that you would think this would not come to pass but you put enmity aside to get over the line in an election. the brexit party is saying stand aside in northern labour brexit voting constituencies and let us brexit voting constituencies and let us have a run at it. for doing that, we will stand aside in other areas around the country. the conservative vote might be split with nigel farage's party. there is a theory that labour leave voters in labour constituencies are more inclined to vote for the brexit party than the conservative party. they see the conservative party. they see the conservative the old enemy. they wouldn't vote for the conservatives but 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 brexi

and let me ask you mentioned dominic cummings in yourearlier and let me ask you mentioned dominic cummingson's cummings in your earlier answers, as borisjohnson‘s chief closest adviser. we heard about these advisers of theresa may, they accounted for a large extent of what went wrong. how much of this is dominic cummings? you may have an insight at the daily telegraph, how much of this is borisjohnson having his strings pulled by an adviser?” think dominic cummings has pretty much been running the show. again, this has actually backfired. dominic cummings had a reputation as the man who delivered the vote leave referendum and acquired the status of guru. almost immortalised by benedict cumberbatch in the james graham television show. a lot of tory moderate mps are absolutely sick to death of it. they are appalled by the way that 21 mp5, many of whom voted for theresa may's brexit deal, have now been purged. tim, a quick thought from you? we have to wait until the history books are written to see what strings are being pulled by dominic cummings but his philosophy is being followed by the t

and dominic cummings, his senior aide, european union.the referendum was pressure. this is not difficult at all, this is a walk in the park. all they leave team, we are enjoying this, we are going to when, we're going to leave. don't worry. sorry the audio quality was a little pair on that clip. he was saying in that that dealing with a brexit and being in government as a walk in the park compared to the referendum, but this morning dominic cummingsi referendum, but this morning dominic cummings i think try to deny that he said that. yes, a slightly odd turn of events. rbc people are just heard what dominic cummings said last night, saying that this was a walk in the park compared to the referendum. this was put to him this morning, let's have a listen. why are you blaming mps? who is blaming who? why are you blaming mps? lovely to see you all. it doesn't look like a walk in the park, does it? a walk in the park? who said it would be a walk in the park? you said it last night at a book launch. are you causing chaos in the country? that is

former vote leave chief dominic cummings was confronted by a labour mp.t comes as more than 100 of the church of england's bishops and archbishops issue a rebuke to politicians for using what they call "unacceptable" language in the fierce debate over brexit. also, coming up — mps say some medicines could run out in the event of a no—deal brexit. i'll be talking to the head of a government agency that's warning of a shortage of health supplies. that's at 9:15am. in the us, a cia officer is reported to be the whistle—blower whose claims have prompted impeachment proceedings against president trump. tens of thousands of people working for the police in england and wales have not been properly vetted, a watchdog report has found. the world athletics championships get under way in doha later with britain's athletes set to endure scorching temperatures as they bid for gold medal glory. and in angola, prince harry walks through a partially—cleared minefield — 22 years after his mother diana did the same. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00am. one

and his tea m and that dominic cummings and his team and boris johnson and that dominic cummings andeam and borisjohnson 519, did they have more tricks up their sleeve or will it have to be a general election? we have seen a lot of the kind of tricks that exist being talked about already with regards the bell and the bait tricks, the government has a big sleeve controlling parliamentary time. in a number of amendments being put down in the lords trying to filibuster this out. he learned strength to filibuster it and there are talks about the government is trying to withhold royal assent and we have seenin withhold royal assent and we have seen in the vote today that has just passed the rebels trying to guard against that by putting in privations that would say that the house could carry on sitting essentially on a day where royal assent with both parts of the house and lloyds, can all get through and they are thinking about what the other side might do but ultimately we will still come back to what happens with brexit and there is still a ticking clock and there are three options, de

but even dominic cummings is saying what do you expect?eople were asked for a vote, they won the vote, we have got to brexit. so it is a really difficult position, and it is incredibly scary. it is terrifying that the result may be violence on oui’ that the result may be violence on our streets. but people are really angry. they are angry in parliament, they are angry outside parliament, they are angry outside parliament, they are angry outside parliament, they are angry outside london. and i think london has got to get outside this bubble. you've got to go and look at some of the mda streets. you've got to see why people voted the way they did, and you've got a start listening to people. very difficult to listen, though, while you are shouting. that is all i would say on that story. let's turn oui’ would say on that story. let's turn our attention to the other top story for global audiences, around the world. the white house facing accusations of a cover—up after allegations that us officials used classified storage systems to store the o

if the prime minister does not have dominic cummings frogmarched out of downing street himself then thenservative rebel and ex digital minister margot james said about mr cummings in the commons yesterday. the great lady who you and i both revere i am sure the great lady who you and i both revere i am sure one the great lady who you and i both revere i am sure one said advisers advised, ministers decide. can i ask the prime minister to bear that statement closely in mind in relation to his own chief adviser dominic cummings? so, who is he — and is he even a conservative? let's talk to matt sanders, a special adviser to the former deputy prime minister nick clegg from 2011 to 2015. he shared an office with dominic cummings, who worked for michael gove, in the department for education when the tories and lib dems were in coalition. it seems like a political edge away. do you agree with roger gale?i it seems like a political edge away. do you agree with roger gale? i am not sure i would put it in those terms. i think it is definitely true that dominic is someone who relishes a fight but i

this is helpful to borisjohnson because dominic cummings is putting himself forward as the guy journalist is to get brexit done so if he is the one who takes the bullets and the prime minister isn't, the plan is working well and we are talking about an aide sajid javid inherited rather than appointed and it's not that heseltine outdid cabinet door in disgrace but it shows the drama we are accustomed to absolutely has dominic cummings as a malefactor figure. it could suit them both. let's end on the independent with a striking photo of the protesters in london yesterday, this is quite a serious story, claire, and a worrying one in all discussion we have had about the risks that rape prosecutions might not go ahead if women were prosecutions might not go ahead if women were reluctant about chairing mobile phones and social media, this is more fundamental saying where you live in the country will affect whether you get justice. the independent called it a postcode lottery which is perhaps not the most appropriate phrase to use but the point is that police forces are referring to different nu

but boris is a great campaigner and he has got dominic cummings who are supposed to be the great man as. and will be get a deal with nigel farage and the brexit party? an electoral pact? yes, there may be some kind of patchwork nigel farage is given free reign to take of the labour seats that are leave who would not vote tory but they would vote for nigel farage. that would make some sense. do vote for nigel farage. that would make some sense. do you think many brexit party voters are potential voters might have been impressed with boris johnson in voters might have been impressed with borisjohnson in the few voters might have been impressed with boris johnson in the few weeks he has been in downing street? the polls indicate that is definitely happening. there are signs of a shift from brexit party to tory. but we saw at the last election everything can change during the campaign. it takes one or two mistakes, or one or two brilliant capturing is of imagination. mistakes, or one or two brilliant capturing is of imaginationm mistakes, or one or two brilliant capturing is of imaginati

your byline is that dominic cummings is the part of your story.—he is now one of the most powerful figures in parliament and he very rarely says anything in public was up today he was speaking publicly at an event and responding to the events in parliament, particularly the complaints of abuse. mps have been saying they are getting death threats and that they are getting more and more abuse and some of them are fearful for their lives. he dismisses this and just says, well, you have been frustrating brexit effectively so why are you surprised the country is angry? reading anna's story and the times when we rode a moment ago, polly, do you endorse this analysis that there is actually a policy of division coming from this number ten operation?” a policy of division coming from this number ten operation? i think there is no question that that is their strategy. to have witnessed those scenes in the house of commons last night which so many people who we re last night which so many people who were there felt were deeply traumatising and shocking and s

, but it is not. picture of amal clooney next to dominic cummings, but it is notm is dominic cummings'sson, believe. this story has been hanging over boris johnson, another female difficult story for him. do you think it is politically damaging? i think it is politically damaging? i think it is politically damaging? i think it isn't particularly good in terms of him... he is prime minister, there has been a number of stories like this in borisjohnson's history, and i think allegations like this need to be taken... and just to explain, dominic cummings's wife is pictured because she was speculated to be one of the women at the lunch. because she was a spectator, so the theory is that at a very boozy 1999 lunch when it was alleged the prime minister, at the time and editor, was hands on the thighs of the two neighbouring women next to him, and she denies this vehemently. so i suppose this will now make journalists thirst for answers on who else it may be. at the end of the day, as ministers and politicians will acknowledge, it is sort of christ in. clearly the government want to move the

boris johnson‘s most senior brexit adviser dominic cummings is pictured on the front of the telegraphrts he says politicians who refuse to respect the result of the eu referendum, should not complain about rancour in the house of commons. the independent has a scoop about an oil company which is run by a major tory donor who met with borisjohnson, has had a £1.6 billion deal underwri by th british taxpayer, despite it being investigated by the seriour fraud office. (the financial times reports on accusations of a cover—up facing the white house, over a call between donald trump and the ukranian president. a story we have been covering earlier this evening. don't be a bully boris! reads the headling across the metro. the prime minister's sister rachel accuses of him of being ‘tasteless and reprehensible' and using the house of commons as a ‘bully pulpit‘. on the daily mail — bank scammers steal £1million a day — as the paper reports britain's fraud epidemic is growing at an alarming pace, despite repeated promises by banks to act. a warning on the times to deliver brexit or face riots!

who controls policy entirely now in downing street dominic cummings the man responsible for the original brics its slogan take back control before the 2016 referendum and it's entirely designed to appeal to an electorate to the conservatives reasonable acknowledge are absolutely sick to death of the political torch of the last 3 years and so to that end at this conference the conservatives frankly want to talk about anything really other than bricks it's and so today for example there's a slew of really monday in policy announcements $40000000.00 worth of electric buses 5 g. broadband a couple of new hospitals this sort of thing nothing frankly that you have to leave the european union to accomplish but the conservatives say it's what the electorate wants them to concentrate on and get breakfast done at the end of october but of course brick 6 is these gigantic clouds of everything and boris johnson still counts or won't answer the question of how he intends to get bricks it done by the end of october while saying that he will also a by a law passed by parliament that says that he's not

me he didn't like them he walked away and suddenly the 3 men came towards me one of them was dominic cummings who swore at me and told me i was a whatever journalist absolutely furious told me i couldn't use this interview. which was then used and so so so then so seeing things happening with him swearing at m.p.'s on the phone we're hearing about including the rebels marching out an advisor to the chancellor that's the finance minister because apparently she wasn't toeing the line you know all these stories that we are now hearing is very much what well certainly i experience some of it but what we have known in westminster for some for many years and he has one aim and that is to get over the line so dumb that cummings was part of the mystery to read that. essentially created a red pro live campaign for the referendum that was based on lies we heard that in our report as well. certainly boris johnson has shown himself to be perfectly willing to resort to lies from time to time to get what he wants is he to be believed now john when he says that he can get a better deal out of brussels this

did the cabinet have sight of the legal advice, and did the prime minister chief adviser, dominic cummings have sight of the legal advice? she will know that i cannot disclose whether i give advice, or the content of any such advice. it has covered by the law offices convention. the question is was the advice shown presumes there was advice. so it simply contradicts the law offices convention. i wish i could answer, but i can't. following yesterday's supreme court judgment, the but i can't. following yesterday's supreme courtjudgment, the prime minister presumably got in touch with the buckingham palace and offered his apologies to her majesty the queen for unlawful advice. my question is that the attorney general speak to the prime minister before that conversation took place? i didn't, no. seems he can't remember! would he agree with me that any reasonable attorney general acting with due care would challenge and perhaps even laugh at any suggestion that five weeks of prorogation was necessary in order to prepare for a queen's speech?” think i understood the question but i don't agree wi

i think if the prime minister does not have dominic cummings, the man i'm talking about, frogmarcheditself, then the chances are it will not be the tory rebels, as they are called, it will not be mr corbyn but mrcummings who will called, it will not be mr corbyn but mr cummings who will bring down this administration. do you really believe that? yes, i believe it is a very dangerous situation it has to stop why do you describe it as a foul—mouthed oaf? stop why do you describe it as a foul— mouthed oaf? the stop why do you describe it as a foul—mouthed oaf? the way he has treated some of those who have courteously tried to make their case to the prime minister in the last few days i believe i've had this from the horse's mouth, to be utterly disgraceful. when people like mr clarke, conservative mp and former minister, one of the most courteous men, finds himself subjected to abuse, i believe that has gone too far and has got to stop. and if nobody does something about it, the 1922 committee. what kind of abuse for greg clarke? he was swoi’i‘i kind of abuse for greg clarke? he was swo

that dominic cummings and borisjohnson pursued...sruptive political strategy. which is essentially the people versus parliament, isn't it? that element of the strategy, that's the broad umbrella, and in a way what's happened today underlines that. in terms of the nation watching on, i don't think the hearing will necessarily have changed anything because it just necessarily have changed anything because itjust reinforces the idea for many, many leave vote is that there is a grand conspiracy under way and equally, if you are a remain voter, all the news suggesting that the prime minister has been stating very clearly, not just the prime minister has been stating very clearly, notjust suggesting, that he's been dishonest and this is unlawful bolsters your position so u nfortu nately, unlawful bolsters your position so unfortunately, you know, everything that we are hearing at the moment just entrenches the degree to which this is now a very, very divided nation. stephen, i'll be interested in yourtake on nation. stephen, i'll be intere

more distractions, we have had a statement from the wife of dominic cummings?ences, pretty often don't go to plan and you get the feeling that this one could take a swerve in a direction boris johnson would prefer it didn't go, in other words whether he groped a female journalist 20 years ago at a boozy lunch. he has had to answer questions about whether he did grasp the thigh of charlotte edwardes, but now we have the claim that the woman on the other side of him, whose allege thigh he also squeezed, was in fact the wife of his chief advisor, dominic cummings, the power behind the throne at westminster. she has denied that and said boris johnson was always a good boss. but does any of this matter? well at one level you can say borisjohnson has denied this, it happened 20 years ago, probably won't make any difference to how borisjohnson is viewed by the party faithful here. but it matters in this sense, boris johnson is having to talk about something he didn't want to talk about and it raises the woman fact or. does boris johnson about and it raises the woman f

but anyway, here he is, karl turner, confronting dominic cummings.ategy, brexitcasters, dominic cummings is absolutely central. the chief of staff, de facto, for the prime minister, who is someone whose name is sort of spat out by his detractors and is revered by plenty of brexiteers — i think is probably a potted summary of where he is biographically. anyway, here is said moment today. i mean, who would have thought a couple of years ago, we would be in a situation where a very senior downing street operative is being upbraided... mmm. ..by a labour mp because he had death threats overnight... mmm. ..and the answer would be, "well, just get brexit done, then"? we have come a very long way down a very surprising path, that's very worrying for some people. but equally, wasn't it convenient that karl turner's office were there with their camera phones to film it, and then were very happy to make it available for everyone else to see? so, he wanted to make his point not in private to dominic cummings, but to the whole world. well, we're in that era now.

if they are waging a waragainst dominic cummings. waging a war against the perceived smugness and arrogance of europe, then this is manna from heaven and the express has played right into that story. absolutely, and the language is very different. the guardian talk of the pm being mocked for backing out of a press conference to avoid noisy protesters. but then senior tories denounce a deplorable attempt to humiliate borisjohnson denounce a deplorable attempt to humiliate boris johnson as denounce a deplorable attempt to humiliate borisjohnson as he met for talks. 50 it is a really interesting mix, and you are absolutely right, if we are looking for the headline, no wonder britain voted to quit the eu, there are going to be even remainers actually who are hardening and finding that they are actuallyjust so frustrated and so sick of the discussion on what is going on that this will play into a lot of people's cans.|j what is going on that this will play into a lot of people's cans. ijust wa nt to into a lot of people's cans. ijust want

you're referring there to dominic cummings? i intend to defend my party against them.ummings is not a member of the conservative party, as we were hearing yesterday? i think david gauke suggested he didn't think that he was. my colleague, david gauke, suggested yesterday that he is not a member of the conservative party. it's my understanding he is not and never has been a member of the conservative party. as if to underline the way the deselection threat has backfired spectacularly, justine greening, former cabinet minister, saying, i have had enough, the tory party has become the brexit party, i will not stand at the next election. the job of an mp is, for me, is to be putney's voice in parliament, and that is certainly what i have sought to do and i will do that today in making sure that we pass this bill, hopefully, through parliament on wednesday. but it is very clear to me that my concerns about the conservative party becoming the brexit party in effect have come to pass and therefore my decision is, if i want to continue to make a difference on the ground on opp

dominic cummings's response to that was to get brexit done.r prime ministerjohn major, who has cast some doubt about whether or not borisjohnson cast some doubt about whether or not boris johnson can or will cast some doubt about whether or not borisjohnson can or will be forced to avoid no—deal brexit on october 31. yes, sirjohn major's potential a nswer to 31. yes, sirjohn major's potential answer to the question that has posed itself by the prime minister, saying that he will abide by the rule of law, but also has no intention of asking for an extension to the brexit deadline, which he is required to do now by law if no deal is done by october 19. sirjohn major suggesting the government may get round that by using something called an order in council, which is effectively a way of changing the law without the need for parliamentary approval. no comment from downing street in terms of whether that is what they are going to do but last night the chairman of the conservative party james cleverly did the conservative party james cleverly d id n

bleep in the situation as dominic cummings the number one villain of the piece mr cummings is one of the most unappetizing figures ever to play any role in the 10 downing street it was a great mistake by boris johnson to point this out of control bully who has behaved in an appalling way and it does obviously given dreadful advice to the prime minister surely you can't believe me that vies fall for the actions of the prime minister mean george not just appointed them he followed as if i think exactly said the person who made the decision people who were calling for the. cummings to go of basically use him as an air raid shelter is a way of not calling for his relationship to go medieval courts you didn't call for the removal of the model you settled get released but it yes you could dominate behavior as well. mr cummings and i got me to have a happier face as far as i'm concerned for this bad it was waged singlehanded war everything as decent people said one of the defenseless against i want one of the fence to signal to its behalf 2 words short memories we had peter mandelson we had

i did like the line about dominic cummings.me commentator who said he always looks like he lost a fight with a raccoon to the bins. it was such a funny way of describing it. he always looks a bit furtive, doesn't he? he has a debate with photographers everywhere he goes. this new law, though, the second when you mentioned, henry, would allow the speaker to bypass the prime minister, supposedly. but they said they were going to look at they said they were going to look at the legal loopholes, didn't they? we are in uncharted territory. it is like the fight for the northwest passage, we don't know what is coming out on the other side. are we going to be eaten by who knows? i wasjust looking i was just looking at a country that loves a referendum. i know hindsight isa loves a referendum. i know hindsight is a marvellous thing. you know has switzerland loves a referendum. how many do they have? 300, on 600 subjects. since the 1800s. that is a great bit of pub quiz knowledge. subjects. since the 1800s. that is a great bit of pub qui

also, marina has a column saying that dominic cummings is the political jokerfor dominic cummings isominic cummings is the political jokerfor ourtime, our giggling incel culture. the character, joker, if you take a comedian and takeaway what is funny, what you have left is a monster. if you give him all the impertinence, the nervousness, the insecurity, the desire to be loved, the desire to be popular, to impose your will on everybody else and enforce a laugh on an audience, but you takeaway what is genuinely funny and you're left with something horrifying. it is incredibly sinister. it is, and this new internet phenomenon on of trolling is very contemporary. people using unfunny humour to abuse and disconcert, i think that is very contemporary. whether or not it turns out to be a good movie, i haven't seen it yet, but it is certainly very pertinent and topical. and it is a character that has been played so well so many times. exactly, joaquin phoenix is such a good actor. although, again, i always think of cesar romero. i cannot think of anybody else but him who took a very un—intel

and suddenly these three men came towards me one of them was dominant cummings who swore at me and told me i was a whatever genderless absolutely furious told me i couldn't use this interview. which was then used and certain side say then say saying in everything is happening with him. swearing at mps on the phone we hearing about including the rebels marching out an adviser to the chancellor that's the finance minister. a because apparently she wasn't towing the line you know all the stories that we are now hearing is very much what well certainly i experience it but what we have known in westminster. for some for many years and he has one name and that is to get brexit over the line. so ee cummings was part of the mystery machinery that. essentially created a rat pro leave campaign for the referendum that was based on lies we heard that in our report as well. certainly boris johnson has shown himself to be perfectly willing to resort to. ice from time to time to get what he wants is he to be believe now john when he says that he can't get a better deal out of brussels. this is one of

where one of those ejected from the party had some advice for the pm and his chief of staff, dominic cummingssure, mr speaker, once said, advisers advise, ministers decide. can i ask the prime minister to bear that statement closely in mind in relation to his own chief adviser dominic cummings? the labour leader challenged the prime minister to publish the details of any alternative brexit proposals. boris johnson shouted across the chamber — lip readers reckon he yelled, "call an election, you big girl's blouse". jeremy corbyn said the pm had no plan, no authority and no majority. if the prime minister does to the country what he has done to his party in the past 2a hours i think a lot of people have a great deal to fearfrom his incompetence, his vacillation, and his refusal to publish known facts that are known to him about the effects of a no deal brexit. borisjohnson said it was the labour leader who wasn't willing to stand up to scrutiny. he thinks... we think that the friends of this country are to be found in paris and in berlin and in the white house. and he thinks that they are in th

boris johnson, dominic cummings might not be following the plan.hnson, dominic cummings plan but here's the interesting thing about it. although the events of the past couple of weeks have been i am sure, really shocking to lots of people, we have seen people in the streets, we should not give the impression that somehow a million people on the streets, it has been very dramatic. it was always in his team and we got that message from people, the total awareness that they were going to go down a provocative route, that he was likely to put this confrontation on hyperspeed to force this thing to a conclusion. because brexitcast, we have all been talking about this grinding, grinding process that is gone on and on, borisjohnson poss 's priority is to stick to that deadline of halloween and that means forcing the confrontation, and that is what we are going to do. for a political point of view, it is not surprising but it is a funny thing to explain away. we saw a bit of that way in brussels, because he would speak to politicians, diplomat officials an

dominic cummings' answer, get brexit done. don't tell me to get brexit done.ons itself, a sense of disbelief for a moment, the morning after the night before. yesterday, the house did itself no credit. still rage from a friend of the murdered mp, jo cox. when i hear of my friend's murder and the way that it has made me and my colleagues feel and feel scared, described as humbug, i actually don't feel anger towards the prime minister, ifeel pity actually don't feel anger towards the prime minister, i feel pity for those of you who still have to toe his line. one mp told me everyone is a hypocrite, every side is guilty. it was yesterday, she was the person i could hear screaming the loudest from her bench. but most of the anger was reserved for the prime minister. to dismiss concerns from members about the death threats they receive and to dismiss concerns that the language used by the prime minister is being repeated in those death threats, is reprehensible. mr speaker, the prime minister is not fit for office. his behaviour his an outrage and his government is

the problem is why i think is the worst moment, when it was revealed that dominic cummings said...f staff of borisjohnson, he said we have no plans for brussels. we will never go there. it is a shambles. and russell said, where are the british? which speaks to stephanie's point about being on the streets of yorkshire rather than brussels. absolutely. the mistake he made was not to pursue a dual tactic, doing what he has to do to assertive leadership, unpleasant as it is, but the other, start negotiating with brussels. he says he is working hard, things are positive. it will use his powers of persuasion, he has a few weeks ago. let's not forget that boris johnson is the one who actually invented fake news about europe. he was dismissed by the times for falsifying a quote. his speciality is lying about europe, and in brussels they know it. the question is when the british public will realise. most of the things boris johnson most of the things borisjohnson has been saying about what's happening in europe and what he's doing about europe are false. there's no chance europe will be ter

‘ closely in mind to his own chief adviser dominic cummings?ay's vote. the prime minister yesterday booted out 21 mps from his own party for voting against a reckless no—deal brexit. these included very well respected members of his house, clearly the former chancellor, including churchill's grandson, and the father of the house, presumably on the orders of his chief of staff. given that the prime minister himself voted against the former prime minister's deal, without losing the whip, does this not show and demonstrate to the british public his view of life, namely one rule for him and one rule for everyone else? mr speaker, i'm not going to take letters from anybody in the labour party. this is anybody in the labour party. this is a party where mps are daily counted out by anti—semitic mobs. a party where mps are daily counted out by anti-semitic mobs. the labour leader challenge the prime minister to publish the detail of any alternative brexit proposals and raise the leaks from the government worst—case scenario raise the leaks from the gov

i was watching pmqs, i was struck by how many mentioned dominic cummings.washington hat for a second, of the i’ow washington hat for a second, of the row there was around steve bannon, and he became too much part of the story just as and he became too much part of the storyjust as dominic cummings is here. that's probably good for mr johnson, because if mps are criticising dominic cummings, working behind—the—scenes, instead of mrjohnson, and when he signed up to become his chief adviser he was very happy to be a lightning rod for that criticism for the prime minister, but you know the way mr cummings has acted and his role as people see it in bidding for with this effort to remove the whip, is very controversial and you do have to wonder if mps are re—targeting all that eye on mr cummings how long will he last? we knew he'd only be on thejob till the will he last? we knew he'd only be on the job till the end of october, but the way things are going you could see things ending sooner. and katie bowles is here. tell us what is going on in downing street. the

dominic cummings is, as she sat there, boris johnson's chief adviser. he spat out his name, why?eelings to that extent, but i do feelings to that extent, but i do feel he is a deeply malevolent force. i think his track record, both running the leave campaign, where he fell out with everybody, even the hard brexiteers in my own party in parliament. he is somebody who wants to crash everything to get what he wants. i also look back to his time as, he was the adviser to michael gove when michael was education secretary. i thought for a lot of the reforms michael brought m, lot of the reforms michael brought in, they were very good but the way he was advised by dominic cummings, led him to fall out with all of the teachers, not just the led him to fall out with all of the teachers, notjust the unions but the rank and file teachers. his philosophy is break everything and emerge the winner. i do not like that style of doing politics. but ultimately it is the prime minister who makes the decisions, so he is accountable and not dominic cummings? i agree with that and he said as much to c

another instrument for dominic cummings? peace and harmony in downing street! tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, ros altmann and mihir bose. goodnight. good evening, i'mjane dougall. here's your latest sports news. world number one naomi osaka says she's learned a lot from her early exit from the us open. the defending champion lost in straight sets to belinda bencic. the swiss had 29 winners to beat osaka 7—5, 6—4. her win means she'll now face donna vekic in the quarter—finals, a prospect that clearly delighted her. osaka's defeat means the japanese player will lose her world number one ranking. and both the women's and men's defending champions are now out of the us open, after novak djokovic's retirement because of a shoulder injury. right now, i have this feeling of sadness, um, but i also feel like i've learned so much during this tournament an

dominic cummings is, as you said there, boris johnson's chief adviser. you spat out his name. why?t extent, but i do feel that he is a deeply malevolent force. i think that his track record, both running the leave campaign, where he fell out with everybody, even the hardline brexiteers in my own party and in parliament, he is somebody who wants to crash everything to get what he wants. and i also look back to his time... he was the adviser to michael gove, when michael was education secretary. i thought the reforms that michael brought in were very good, but the way that he was advised by cummings, led him to fall out with all the teachers, not just the unions, but, you know, the rank and file teachers. his philosophy is break everything and emerge the winner and i do not like that style of doing politics. but ultimately it is the prime minister who makes the decision. yes, that's true. do you want to be brought back into the conservative party, to have the whip restored, as it is known? not under the current brexit policy, i have made that decision. i did not make that decision be