the suspicion always was that somebody, whether it is prime ministerjohnson or dominic cummings, really are not interested in having a deal and if you can dally around in the court for a bit longer, that prolongs the chances of you hitting the 31st of october, halloween, and getting chucked out of europe. the mood music coming out of europe. the mood music coming out of europe. the mood music coming out of europe hasn't been all that positive to say the least? the fog is clearing on what is going to happen with brexit and this is an attempt to throw smoke in our eyes by dominic cummings and the government. we know there is not going to be a deal in europe, not on the basis of the proposals the prime minister has put forward. the message from number ten tonight, there is no further compromise and in which case there is no deal and in which case there is no deal and in which case, the benn act kicks in and he will have to send the letter and he will have to send the letter and brexit will not happen on the sist and brexit will not happen on the 31st of october and we are into a general el

you think dominic cummings...cause otherwise it would've been heavily denied, and heads would've rolled. so, clearly it's come from them, it's in their style. it reveals that there doesn't appear to be an actual plan at all. instead what they're doing is angrily, apparently, begging the eu not to support a delay which will be required because of the position that parliament has taken. we are only ten minutes into the programme, but let's take stock for a moment. we have had downing street issue a version of a phone call with angela merkel, which many political observers think is inaccurate. we have uk claiming that, among other things, the eu was trying to drive a wedge between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. let's get more analysis from the bbc‘s assistant political editor norman smit. i think what we are seeing is a potential rupture in relations between britain and the rest of europe. a souring in relations, but even the fact that number ten has been so ready to brief about that phone call with angela

some inside the policy lament the path taken by johnson and cummings to dominic grieve has consistently rebelled against a hardline bracks it where watching me particularly with mr cummings his behavior and its. somebody who frankly has a maoist revolution review of how politics should be conducted and appears to be willing to smash anything up for the sake of achieving his end goal well that is very dangerous. there was a question about the fate of this conference following last week's supreme court ruling that the government suspension of parliament was unlawful at least that one now has an answer but on who will be leading this country and if it'll still be part of the e.u. in a month's time in the words of dominic cummings we'll see. how desirable manchester . yemen's who the rebels have released hundreds of prisoners it's a move which could revive efforts to end the war that sparked the world's worst humanitarian crisis. has since reports in the capital sana was. raided in front of cameras and told they can go home. these are some of the $350.00 captives released by overseas assure

some inside the policy lament the path taken by johnson and cummings to dominic grieve has consistently rebelled against a hard line breaks it where watching the ticket with mr cummings his head. there is somebody who frankly has a maoist revolutionary view of how politics should be conducted and appears to be willing to smash anything up for the sake of achieving his end goal well that is very dangerous. there was a question about the fate of this conference following last week's supreme court ruling that the government suspension of parliament was unlawful at least that one now has an answer but on who will be leading this country and if it will still be part of the e.u. in a month's time in the words of dominic cummings it will see. al-jazeera manchester . all stress former chancellor sébastien current says coalition talks are likely to be more challenging this time round after his party's victory in sunday's election the 33 year old leader is looking for new partners to form a government and says his 1st priority will be economic growth a mccain reports from vienna. on a sunny after

a number ten, really interestingly, you've got the dominic cummings, let's just got the dominic cummingsll win on that message. then there are people like eddie lester who are thinking, let's get this deal through you know, and voted against the timetable, but not the deal itself, necessarily. so if you go at a slower pace, maybe you can get your deal through, and then go to the country afterwards. so number ten itself is split as well. thanks cindy committed to have you on the programme, appreciated, those of you watching to be you can read cindy and her colleagues on the spectator website and of course in the magazine as well. now, here on outside source, we are going to turn away from rex. we will to chile. it's day six of violent protests in chile, 18 people have been killed so far, we'll be live with our correspondent in the capital santiago. universities have done too little to tackle racism on campus according to the equality and human rights commission. it says a quarter of black and asian students experience racial harassment and that universities are reluctant to face up to it.

i think this is kicking the can further down the road, dominic cummings said, his special adviser, everybodyin case. who looks like he always had evil intent to me. lots would disagree and i'm sure he would. i'm sure there are a selection of people with evil intent but i always felt they were trying to go for no deal anyway. there's a lot of money to be made out of no deal and a lot of people who i would disagree with in favour of no deal so disagree with in favour of no deal soi disagree with in favour of no deal so i think the supreme court will probably find, as i put earlier, 11-0, buti probably find, as i put earlier, ii—o, but i also worry about the things said about the judges. are they going to all be rampant remainers or anything like that. we've talked about crucial weeks several times in the past few years but as the clock ticks down to october 19, it could be pretty important and decisive. let's move away from politics. the daily mail, an awful story. this is about a police watchdog who cleared five detect gives who were involved in investigating this so—called paedophile ring in

presumably this is being fed by dominic cummings and various downing street aides, sources close to,nson is aides, sources close to, et cetera. they say borisjohnson is prepared to squat in downing street even if mps declare a vote of no confidence in him. and even more hard to believe is the idea that the speaker could become the caretaker prime minister. we have had many others mentioned. but this is extraordinary. if we thought it was the supreme court was a great beginning of a constitutional crisis... i would like to think that if the queen is reading her newspaper she would be thinking 0k, no problem you are fired. this it would not be the first time. the last time a monarch sack the prime minister was 183a when william iv dismissed the prime minister. on a serious note, is this even possible? i suppose it is possible but what we're doing at moment is ripping apart our constitution. if the head of state decides that the prime minister has to go, the prime minister has to go, the prime minister goes. an interesting idea about what happens if the prime minister does not know. in

some inside the policy lament the path taken by johnson and cummings to dominic grieve has consistently rebelled against a hard line breaks it where watching me particularly with mr cummings has behaved and. it's somebody who frankly has a maoist revolution review of how politics should be conducted and appears to be willing to smash anything up for the sake of achieving his end goal well that is very dangerous. there was a question about the fate of this conference following last week's supreme court ruling that the government suspension of parliament was unlawful at least that one now has an answer but on who will be leading this country and if it will still be part of the e.u. in a month's time in the words of dominic cummings we'll see. how does era manchester with world leaders past and present have attended the funeral for former french leader jacques chirac president of manual mccrone was joined by his russian counterpart vladimir putin and the former u.s. president bill clinton for the service in paris thousands of people lined the streets outside the church as the coffin was ta

playing into the poorest of the some inside the party lament the path taken by johnson and cummings to dominic grieve has consistently rebelled against a hard line breaks it where watching the to kitty with mr cummings has behaved and . it's somebody who frankly has a revolutionary view of how politics should be conducted and appears to be willing to smash anything in the sake of achieving he's a. well planned he's very dangerous. there was a question about the fate of this conference following last week's supreme court ruling that the government suspension of parliament was on at least that one now has an answer but on who will be leading this country and if it will still be part of the e.u. in a month's time in the words of dominic cummings we'll see. how does a manchester chairman carmaker votes ragen has rejected calls to settle a customer class action lawsuit lawsuit over the rigging of its diesel emissions tests it was the 1st day of the hearing which is the largest legal claim of its kind in modern german history hundreds of thousands of people are demanding compensation following the s

the others on saturday, special advisor, dominic cummings, said there were a number of honorable members in receipt of foreign funding in order to draft what is known -- and activities totally untrue. moreover, went on to say this was the subject of a government investigation, something which is also completely untrue because the country is not yet run as a police state by mister cummings. >> i thank my honorable friend. i wasn't quite sure what the question was, but the position of the government, advise and minister in relation to the legislation we done the surrender act, the kind of scrutiny the government would get whether it is scrutiny from the executive, parliamentary or the declaration that could come forward in a noble way. >> thank you, mister speaker. can this clearly and unambiguously in what circumstances will the prime minister right to the eu coastal president in terms of the bane act? >> the government has been very clear. we will respect the law but not extend beyond -- i ask all honorable members to sign up for that legislation to reflect on multiple conditions, the 1

known in the man around dominic cummings this federal. known. you know the man around vote lead hates conservatives it's worth bearing in mind he hates the conservative party want to break up late lead hates conservatives it's worth bearing in mind he hates the conservative party want to break up britain you know no fault of the dog in its coverage under the fine wine and is this isn't the you know manner for that of the dog in its coverage under the fine wine and is this person going to run in other words a conservative party is right for a run it is run by a person going to run in other words a conservative party is right for him rather it is run by cummings who will run it as a revolutionary party which wants basically to destroy the it's a comic who will run it as a revolutionary party which wants basically to destroy the institutions of the british state including the rule of law 8 parliament. of the british state including the rule of law 8 parliament. and it's quite interesting that that party which is not the conservative and that's quit

no deal, which is what i suspect dominic cummings and numberten has been what i suspect dominic cummingsy dangerous for the good friday agreement. as i've tried to claim before, the agreement is based on identity, trying to solve this problem with the people in northern ireland who felt they blow to united ireland, those who felt they belong to the uk are delivered you could do that by having no border so they could feel in both. as soon as you bring back a hard border as this proposes to do, you open that question again. you undermine the belittle basis of the good friday agreement and you will make it even harder to get storm water id other institutions backed up and running. when you talk about no deal, viewers understandably are asking as, how is that going to be possible given the expressed will of the house of commons through what we call the ben legislation, and we spoke to hilary benn earlier said it had been drafted carefully and he didn‘t think there was any way around it. is no dealair think there was any way around it. is no deal air realistic prospect? one has to go on what

what happens at the dominic cummings camp wednesday?son to listen to is me. that is going to be a lot of briefing from downing street and we expect this. the rhetoric between fiow expect this. the rhetoric between now and the end of october is going to be really high. your viewers are going to be inundated with all kinds of positioning statements and signalling, actually, that it will happen in europe, it will happen in ireland and europe as well. —— the uk spell. and i believe he does want to get a deal. as johnson caught between the demands from you and your group between the demands from you and yourgroup and between the demands from you and your group and the brexit party on the other hand who, an election, would potentially threaten to hive off some of your photos? the brexit party, whatever type of brexit we come up with —— some of your voters. the brexit party will say that we can always have done something different. in the brexit party, nigel farage in particular, are completely unaccountable for what they have said. it is exam

dominic cummings, who i hugely admire, made a point in discussions inside vote leave, we don't want to it and, your point really, it would give us a reputation for being racist, which we're not. my organisation, the one i was a member of, was not doing what you are suggesting. let me quote you some words from michael gove, who was one of the figurehead leader of your leave campaign, in a campaign speech in 2016, he said this — i'd just like your views on it today — he said, "after we establish full legal independence, we can then decide which eu rules and regulations we want to keep. one thing we won't change is our ability to trade freely with europe. after we leave, we will remain in europe's free trade zone and the day after we vote leave, we hold all the cards and we can choose any path we want." well, what's wrong with that? it's just not true, that's what's wrong with it. what is not true? the notion the uk holds all the cards. if it wants a free trade deal it can have one. i see, we can and we very likely will get one because i think the eu has been very successful so far, for a

extension will be bottom of the pile, they said, and this is a memo that has been widely linked to dominic cummings. he did not say trade deals, he said cooperation. cooperation implies a security as well as all kinds of other cooperation. that is something that really got heated in cabinet. sojulian that really got heated in cabinet. so julian smith, the that really got heated in cabinet. sojulian smith, the northern ireland secretary, got extremely concerns and raise it with the prime minister today. you are in a very different ballpark. they have always insisted that security and police cooperation would be that whatever happens. the memos coming out in the past 2a hours a very aggressive, very different to what we normally get... and they haven't worked. the memos are messages to brussels. we will see in the next three days.l stupid blame game, according to donald tusk. we go onto the times. johnson gets last chance to keep brexit alive. the times has taken up a more domestic node and is focusing ona a more domestic node and is focusing on a conversation borisjohnson had at the end of the day w

that has one person in particular who's behind him in downing street that's his special adviser dominic cummings and he is somebody who was behind the very successful leave to the official day of campaign which are celebrated referendum one by those who want to exit the e.u. he is now in downing street prepared to do pretty much anything to get the u.k. out of the e.u. and that is why over and over again we are having boris johnson saying we will leave the e.u. on october the 31st even though i now think and many people now think it is looking increasingly unlikely because of what we've seen today today and over the past few days you are you and many many others say it looks unlikely and yet if you look at boris johnson's twitter feed today we sold time and time again videos with him saying brecht's it will happen deal or no deal on october 31st now we know that the british parliament has passed legislation that says that cannot happen he has to ask for a delay if there is no deal is the prime minister is he's signaling with things with his twitter feed that he's going to break the wall come up

johnson has one person in particular who's behind him in downing street his special advisor dominic cummings and he is somebody who was behind the very successful. leave the official leave campaign which are so aggressive referendum won by those who want to exit the e.u. he is now in downing street prepared to do pretty much anything to get the u.k. out of the e.u. and that is why over and over again we are having boris johnson saying we will leave the e.u. on october the 31st even though i now think and many people now think it is looking increasingly unlikely because of what we've seen today today and over the past few days you are you and many many others say it looks unlikely and yet if you look at boris johnson's twitter feed today we sold time and time again videos with him saying brics it will have been deal or no deal on october 31st now we know that the british parliament has passed legislation that says that cannot happen he has to ask for a delay if there is no deal is the prime minister is he's signaling with things with his twitter feed that he's going to break the wall come up

to bea merkel, was basically what appear to be a rant and the suspicion is that it was from dominic cummings the prime minister, that sounded very angry and very threatening, like if it comes to asking the eu for an extension, then somehow those eu countries that voted in favour of the extension, this briefing said, would somehow be punished by the uk. the eu react so badly to something like that, because also what are you going to do to those individual countries? rather than make them think, we must sign up to this deal, as one diplomat put it to me, this deal as it stands, particularly this customs area, itjust deal as it stands, particularly this customs area, it just does deal as it stands, particularly this customs area, itjust does not deal as it stands, particularly this customs area, it just does not work for the customs area, it just does not work forthe eu. so the customs area, it just does not work for the eu. so the threat that they should go for it with the implication that after a general election it could be an even harder line conservative government that wouldn't even offer

another former conservative minister asked about borisjohnson‘s controversial adviser, dominic cummingsuggested anti—brexit mps had received foreign funding. how is it that the government is allowing special advisers at number 10 downing st, speaking on behalf of government, to tell outright lies? in this new government, advisers advise and ministers decide. in relation to the legislation, which we have rightly dubbed up the surrender act, it is right that it gets the kind of scrutiny that a government would get. whether it is the scrutiny from the executive, parliamentary select committees in this house or indeed the declaration's own interest that should come forward in a normal way. dominic raab. a labour mp has made a powerful and emotional speech about her experience of domestic abuse. rosie duffield spoke out during the first debate on the domestic abuse bill, which provides the first legal definition of domestic abuse. she said it had "many faces" and sometimes there were no bruises. and at the start of the relationship — she said — abusers didn't present their rage. they don't t

but he won't do that, because coming out without a deal is something that people like dominic cummings brexit. opening up the british economy to american multinationals. but if he were to come to parliament and unequivocally say that he is not going to crash out without a deal, we would be satisfied with that. so that is labour's diane abbott. what are we expecting in the week ahead at westminster? well, everything now hangs on what the eu decide. we heard from them just at the end of last week that they would agree an extension. we don't know though how long that would be for. and as we have just seen, the date of that extension is absolutely key. if emmanuel macron gets his way, we understand he wants an extension to a couple of weeks into november. well, all bets are off, anything could happen. if though parliament's wish for an extension to the end of january is granted, then i think it is starting to look more likely than not that we will see an election before the end of the year. but at the moment in politics, who knows? anything could happen. the archbishop of canterbury has wa

to share his thoughts — rather a scary bit of advice, this — with number ten, and perhaps mr dominic cummingsry they might come from, will probably be aware of my public pronouncements about this, and i will keep saying it again and again and again, as long as it is necessary to do so. what the deputy president of the supreme court and lord president of the court of sessions has pointed out that in the prorogation case, the supreme court justices were careful to explain in theirjudgement that they weren't pronouncing on political questions, and the issues with which they were dealing were issues of law. will he explain that to those in his party demanding a politicised appointment process for the judiciary? i'm grateful to the honourable and learned lady, and my remarks to the noble lord is one that i take with extreme gravity, bearing in mind his experience and knowledge. i think it always bears repeating that the judiciary are not motivated by political beliefs or motivations, and that case was no exception. and, frankly, i think the matter needs to have no further debate. and if we ended u

. —— dominic cummings. this is why they are bringing up excuses.s to vote for it, so why not boris johnson? do you respect democracy? this is the deal to do it. they know for example with boris's team if there was another referendum, they are privately bullish because in their view they would say they have a winning argument on their side, getting brexit done. at this high speed with all these petty mps fighting a campaign on basically, do you like parliament and mps? and given how fast and well they are getting this done, the answer will be no. the guardian also going with this, trying to push it through against the clock as well. that is true. and a lot of mps are unhappy about this. it is mostly mps who wa nt about this. it is mostly mps who want to remain with the eu, but there are also soft brexit mps, former tories, tories like ken clarke, concerned there could be things in the withdrawal agreement bill they have not studied properly, and it is unprecedented for a bill of this magnitude and complexity, 110 pages long, to go through the commen

through friends in the press that they want to have communicated something new that's why we have dominic cummings that's why we had alastair campbell yes good friend other tony blair is yes and that's why the. why the answer is 1st of all are diverse press so the doctor much power in a few hands and secondly the freedom of information act improperly so you can follow what's going on down the answers on the safeguards for that situation now there's nothing more with the british army potentially putting out messages there's nothing won't be worked leave this is it has to be well i know i know but it's all in the can find out about them he's been tweeting if it is indeed this guy against jeremy corbett yes massively hands are leading politician well i don't know that but if he has been lost all right and quite clear there's a potential conflict of interest between his position working for the british army and what might be happening on twitter and that's not why situation with the army should not be allowed to occur you don't think this means that there needs to be some going to review well i do thi

the machiavelli of downing street, dominic cummings, is all over this.th the establishment, he doesn't, to me, seem establishment, he doesn't, to me, seem to care about what parliament says or even what the electorate says. it is all about winning to him. and! says. it is all about winning to him. and ifind that rather sinister. and if it is him, the way that he has set out this trick, if you like, of sending three letters to brussels, i think it doesn't smack of fair play. it doesn't seem very british to me. without wanting to sound like a terrible tory backbencher! when boris johnson spoke to donald tusk, he said, this is parliament's letter, not my letter. that is going to be the strategy over the next few days, to say, look at of these elite people who want to of the nation. he has sent the letter. at one stage people we re sent the letter. at one stage people were questioning whether he would send the letter. but he has. yes, he has done. very strangely, the way in this morning i met sir oliver letwin, as one does... yes, he was in make up. i said t

vote leave, dominic cummings who i hugely admire made a point discussions, we don't want to emphasisetion, because everyone is already aware of it and your point really, it would give us a reputation for being racist which we re a reputation for being racist which were not. my organisation, what i was a member of was not doing what you are suggesting. they quote you some words from michael gove who was a leader of your leave campaign, and a leader of your leave campaign, and a campaign speech he said in 2016, he saidi a campaign speech he said in 2016, he said i would like your views on it today, he said after re—establish full legal independence we can decide which eu rules and regulations we want to keep stop one thing we rate changes our ability to trade freely with europe. after we leave we will remain in drips free trade zone and the day after we vote leave, we hold all the cards and we can choose any path we want. what's wrong with that? it'sjust not true, that's what's wrong with that. what is not true? the notion the uk holds all the cards. if you want to free trade deal it ca

dominic cummings, who i hugely admire, made a point in discussions inside vote leave, we don't want toof it and, your point really, it would give us a reputation for being racist which we're not. my organisation, the one i was a member of, was not doing what you are suggesting. let me quote you some words from michael gove, who one of the figurehead leader of your leave campaign, in a campaign speech in 2016, he said this — i'd just like your views on it today — he said, "after we establish full legal independence, we can decide which eu rules and regulations we want to keep. one thing we won't change is our ability to trade freely with europe. after we leave, we will remain in europe's free trade zone and the day after we vote leave, we hold all the cards and we can choose any path we want." what's wrong with that? it's just not true, that's what's wrong with it. what is not true? the notion the uk holds all the cards. if it wants a free trade deal it can have one. i see, we can and we very likely will get one because i think the eu it has been very successful so far, for all its post

dominic cummings, told the mail on sunday that we were receiving foreign funding something thatft is totally untrue. something which is completely untrue. it is not yet run as a police state by mr. cummings. sure what thee question was. the mission of the government is the advisor advise and administer decide. right that it gets the kind of scrutiny government would get, whether gets it from or executive, parliamentary it should come forward in a normal way. can the secretary of state say clearly and unambiguously in what circumstances will the per minister right the eu council write the eu council president? the government >> has been clear. >>will respect the law. we are not going to extend beyond the 31st of october. the one billion pounds a month that it would cause the u.k. taxpayer and undermining the u.k. government to get a deal in front. they are courting the new deal scenario they pretend they want to avoid. may i join in the tribute to the right honorable lady on historic achievement today? today marks the 150th anniversary of gandhi. with my right honorable fred agree tha

we got an inside for some —— from some texts thought to be from his chief adviser dominic cummings, thative and difficult in the eu. so much so that other members will want shot of us and veto any extension, so we will had to leave without an agreement. i do not think this is so much a blame game as a full—blown do not think this is so much a blame game as a full— blown crockery throwing, plate smashing, howling rancorous divorce settlement that is looming. many thanks, norman smith in westminster and adam fleming is in brussels. there's a warning that a no—deal brexit could result in government borrowing soaring to its highest level for half a century. the independent think—tank the institute for fiscal studies says emergency tax cuts and higher public spending could mean borrowing doubles to nearly £100 billion. our economics correspondent, andy verity, is here. thanks, reeta. last month sajid javid claimed he could deliver the biggest boost to spending this decade and still keep government borrowing at less than 2% of the size of the economy. but the institute for fiscal studies says

jockeying where into the realms of pure strategy game theory some might think according to a dominant cummings who is the chief strategist the chief advisor boris johnson he's very much an advocate a game theory 2 and so guessing the next move for the government has been incredibly exciting i guess on all fronts particularly for us journalists well a lot of us have been thrown at every other twist and turn but as you mentioned the possibility of a general election has been living looming for quite some time the worry from the government is that if because of this extension the the deal was forced back in front of them pays more and more and more amendments can happen meaning that the brakes it till the boys johnson wanted to password and some way change shape and form would cease to be the kind of deal that he had already had approved with the european union so this is a way of boys johnson and socially trying to seize control of the next move very much as i said along the lines of. the way in which again theorists would indeed this is all about shocking new thank you so much for that move bac

playing into the poorest of the some inside the polity lament the path taken by johnson and cummings to dominic grieve has consistently rebelled against a hard line breaks it where watching me particularly with mr cummings his behavior and. it's somebody who frankly has a maoist revolutionary view of how politics should be conducted and appears to be willing to smash anything up for the sake of achieving his own goal well that is very dangerous. there was a question about the fate of this conference following last week's supreme court ruling that the government suspension of parliament was unlawful at least that one now has an answer but on who will be leading this country and if it will still be part of the e.u. in a month's time in the words of dominic cummings we'll see. how does era manchester between austria's former chancellor sebastian kurtz says coalition talks are likely to be more challenging this time around after his party's victory in sunday's snap election the 33 year old leader is looking for a new pun this to form a government and says his 1st priority will be economic growth do

belligerent in one way this unnamed source who is assumed to be boris johnson's chief of staff dominic cummingseffectively saying we're leaving either at the end of october or if not and there has to be an extension the conservative party will campaign in the general election on a platform of leaving with no deal if said this anonymous source were forced to stay in the european union we will try to undermine the block from within in the way that you suggested in in your introduction and the source also said that he expected the talks with the e.u. to break down this week because from downing street points of view they had put forward what they see as a compromise plan and the european union had no chop with it and so it was either if you if you look at it one way a very belligerent this is what we're doing take it or leave it attitude or obviously from downing street point of view it is their final attempt to push through the will of the people to leave the european union with or without any sort of deal but given how much hostility there is from the european union towards boris johnson and his

you think dominic cummings?e otherwise it would have been heavily denied and heads would have rolled, so clearly it's come from then, it's in their style. borisjohnson has labelled extinction rebellion environmental protestors "unco—operative crusties" who should abandon what he called their "hemp—smelling bivouacs" and stop blocking roads. he made his comments at a book launch yesterday evening. the metropolitan police have brought in new measures to tackle the protestors demonstrating in central london. they'll now only be allowed to lawfully demonstrate in trafalgar square. so far, more than 300 people have been arrested. turkey says it's ready to begin a military operation in syria as president trump defends his surprise decision to pull out us troops. the american president's move has aroused cross—party opposition in the us, where he's been accused of abandoning kurdish fighters in the region. young people who are addicted to computer games and gambling can now get specialist help on the nhs in england. it

and that's why dominic cummings and the borisjohnson team would argue that if they want to call themen, because the people want to, you know, give their performance appraisals to the political representatives. if they are running shy of that, doesn't look very good. the counterargument to that is if you haven't got a brexit deal agreed and you have an election and you don't actually come back with a massive majority for anyone party, the issue of brexit hasn't been resolved, which is why there are some who say no, we need to keep going, actually, with the public mind just waiting a couple of extra weeks to get this through, instead of going into a five—week election with the issue of brexit not resolved, you know, it's a really ha rd not resolved, you know, it's a really hard one to call, which is why there are so many divisions on this in both parties tonight.|j think we will leave it there. but you are back in the paper review, laura, we will see you, i'm sure. but to both of you, thank you very much for that, thank you. you are watching bbc news. the future of fracking in the uk i

tony absolutely they've got off the reservation basically of course johnson's chief of staff dominic cummings released an explosive briefing last night where he was saying that he on trees he refused he refused that the extension out he would allow the extension would be punished so what are the facts piers the u.k. government is saying other countries to impose food and medicine shoot on the british people this is completely extraordinary they know are there no i think constructively they tell you want to feel they want to be in the e.u. when the talks fail little trust the presence of european councils we to this morning that johnson was involved in what he called a stupid blame game but does appear to be the europeans view isn't it the the the lungs and wants to blame brussels for ever for the failure of the songs. and i think we need to take a step back and appreciate just how unthinkable it is for a senior leader such total tarrasque to address the british prime minister in this way what it shows is that the reputation of britain is that of been lower the government has never been more d

you think dominic cummings? i think so, yes, otherwise heads would have a role.t has come from him, it is in his style. and amber rudd said she would back a confirmatory referendum such as one would arise. and there are conservative mps opposed to no deal, how will they react to all of this? time is short and the government is saying it believes the anthony ban act is not watertight. they are in a bit of a bind. they agreed around opposing no deal and they remain largely convinced that the benn act is watertight. they are prepared to sit on their hands that under the benn act and cabinet minister or a cabinet secretary will have to seek delay. thereafter they fall apart because they cannot agree on who they want to replace boris johnson with two set up what they call a government of national unity to rule on an interim basis to pave the way for another referendum. labour are clear the only person they would accept fronting up a government of national unity is jeremy corbyn. amber rudd said she under no circumstances would she accept jeremy corbyn, likejo swinson

and look at this from the prime minister's chief strategist, dominic cummings.ment shortly before the vote in which he threatened that the government would effectively go on strike. here it is. if parliament votes again for delay by voting down the programme motion in the eu offers a delay until the sist in the eu offers a delay until the 31st of january, we in the eu offers a delay until the 31st ofjanuary, we will pull the bill, there will be no further business for proudman and move to an election before christmas, if necessary by a vote of no confidence and we will not waste further months with this parliament with 2020 referendums on brexit or scotland. let's bring in a christian and rob and we have questions coming in from the audience, but before that your first impressions on good news and not so good news for borisjohnson. he was talking about it like a football match. it was a good first half and football match. it was a good first halfand an football match. it was a good first half and an abysmal second half. the stomach borisjohnson half and an abysm

our dominic cummings and jacob rees—mogg on the side of the people?inic cummings and jacob rees—mogg on the side of the people? our politicians who lie about money for the nhs and then pursue a destructive brexit that would destroy lives on the side of the people? audience: no! if they we re the people? audience: no! if they were they wouldn't try to play people like pawns in a game. if they we re people like pawns in a game. if they were on the side of the people they would trust the people and give the people a people's vote. applause but the mask is slipping as these politicians desperately cling onto power. they know that the system has had its day and their swansong is a nasty tune, an authoritarian anthem whose sheet music is a divide and rule script, and we must resist it with every fibre in our being. applause the political classes won't say it so we will. learn the lessons of history. when you see the scapegoating of disabled people, of migrants, of those on benefits, injunctions against protesters, surveillance deployed against everyone, ind

this is not a deal, it is a half eight plan from dominic cummings and his brexit fanatics. —— half bakede prime minister must be reminded that he is duty bound to obey the law and seek an extension to the 31st of october deadline, so let me put this to the prime minister. the proposal deal is dead even before it left the podium of the tory conference. the prime minister'scontempt for this house, because that is what it is, for democracy, for people to have a say through their representatives, is clear for all of us to see. this house must take back control, not for us, but for the people we serve. and if i may, iwant for us, but for the people we serve. and if i may, i want the for us, but for the people we serve. and if i may, iwant the prime minister to think very carefully before he answers this question, and i say to him, give us an actual answer. will the prime minister obey the law as required to seek an extension, and if not, will he can commit today right here, right now, that he will resign? we will not let the prime minister shift the blame... mrspeaker, it the prime minister s

so please go to do something about one that he does have some control of and get rid of dominic cummings and it is the role of advisers to advise, and of government to decide, and i take full responsibility for everything that this government does. my right honourable friend achieved what many said was impossible and negotiated a new brexit deal which passed through this house last night. does the prime minister share might regret that many in the party opposite, including the leader of the 0pposition, voted to delay us leaving with a deal on october the 3ist leaving with a deal on october the 31st once again? not least after what he said in this house on the 22nd of february 2016, that his party welcome to the fact that it is now up to the british people to decide whether we remain in the european union? my right honourable friend, as so often, speaks with com plete friend, as so often, speaks with complete a good sense, and i do think it was a remarkable thing that so many members of the house were able to come together last night and approve the second reading of the bill. i think it

cummings was 68 years old. >> the nation loses a tighten of civil rights. >> there are those who seek to dominate our nation by dividing us. i remind you that our diversity is not our problem, our diversity is our promise. >> reporter: democrats stormed out of the white house meeting on syria. they accused president trump of having a meltdown. >> we have to pray for his health. this is a serious meltdown. >> reporter: democratic and republican lawmakers in the house voted to condemn president trump's withdrawal in northern syria. >> i view the situation to be very the united states strategically brilliant. >>> a nasty nor'easter packing drenching downpours and raging winds flooded streets and knocked out power to tens of thousands. >> it's been crazy. like noah's ark. >> reporter: general motors and the uaw reached a proposed tentative agreement. >> could this end the month-long strike. >> reporter: a utah trooper rescues an unconscious man seconds before a train smashes into his vehicle. >>> all that -- >> reporter: a close call for an idaho state police trorp after he barely escaped being hit by a runaway tr