you know dominic cummings, who is credited with this.hat we will see with people like that at the helm? i think the thing the labour party should think hard about is that we are obsessed with oui’ about is that we are obsessed with our leadership, our election defeat, with look to the past. the tories have us all focusing on brexit. michael gove and dominic cummings are thinking about what post brexit britain looks like. post brexit britain looks like. post brexit britain will be a different economy, a different place. there is a tory government who are going to get demands from traditional labour seats. they will have to have a policy on bus services. in fact, the government said there would be a national bus strategy. suddenly you will see labour —like ideas coming out of the mouths of tories. that is the way you can see michael gove and dominic cummings together will try and consolidate their hold on labour seats. labour don't have to just find a leader to win the last election, they need a leader to win at the next election after the

. —— dominic cummings.al overhaul. you will see this in february when you see the wholesale resale. they will wa nt see the wholesale resale. they will want to get the bill out of the way. the department of training will be in there as well. boris might get this newly branded infrastructure department as well. in whitehall, there are brilliant parts of it, it will be a change but there will be a challenge. you will want to get rid of the old bits and get in the new bits. isn't this about reducing the number of civil servants, saving money? is a bit of that. there is an element of it being too slow and it needs to move quick and be more responsive but also they need to bring in new expertise like striking a trade deal which is unprecedented. that expertise doesn't exist in whitehall at the moment.” that expertise doesn't exist in whitehall at the moment. i guess it is what you want to prioritise. these things don't have a cost themselves. if you roll some departments into others, it is not like that is cost

we've all sort of slightly known that dominic cummings is keen on reforming whitehall, so dominic cummingsrming the civil service. they are two things, one of which is their a big agenda about civil service reform, bringing in more business people, more sort of political appointments. so you get more people who are supportive of the government's agenda rather than impartial civil service. quite a big constitutional change. that may be the cummings agenda. he also wants more people, usually with a science background, cos he thinks that whitehall is too dominated by fluffy social scientists and arts and humanities graduates and he has actually has got a point about that, so let's concede that to dominic. i think the other thing is whether there are going to be a very big machinery of government changes. the un climate talks in madrid have ended with delegates agreeing that all countries will put new, tougher carbon—cutting plans on the table in time for another major conference in glasgow next year. the deal is being seen as a compromise — negotiators spent an extra two days and nights in ta

what is your reading about that seeing as he has dominic cummings in his office?ightly know that dominic cummings is keen on reforming whitehall, also keen on reforming the civil service. there is a big agenda on reforming civil service, bringing there is a big agenda on reforming civilservice, bringing in there is a big agenda on reforming civil service, bringing in business people, more political appointments so you get more people who are supportive of the government's gender rather than impartial civil service, quite a big constitutional change. that might be the cummings agenda. with a science agenda,... he has got a point. i think the other thing is about whether there is going to be a big government changes will stop its pretty clear that the prime minister is probably going to make a symbolic act of getting rid of the department for exiting the eu. it will be interesting to see if it goes much further. the thing about government changes is that they cannot be worth doing if you do them for the right reasons if you think that they are going to last but they

dominic cummings believes that part of the problem is the way in which government is set up.to work for ordinary people, it is certainly not set up to be able to work for some of those red wall seats in the north, in other parts of the country, way beyond london and the south—east in the pub. we are going to see a significant reframing, there is talk of the ministry for immigration, talk of a crunching together of several other departments to make government leaner, more efficient, and able to deliver for leaner, more efficient, and able to deliverfor some of the leaner, more efficient, and able to deliver for some of the priorities that the conservatives have pointed to. policies in the queen's speech, bills and the queen's speech, but when we get to the new year, a radical reform of the way whitehall actually operates. which will obviously alarm a few people, no doubt. how long can the prime minister resisted pressure for a second referendum scottish independence? i see this as being very, very similar to what happened in the 1980s and the 1990s. there was lots of pressure

we know that is a big pet project of borisjohnson's special adviser dominic cummings.he election a lot of talk about scotland following the snp's thumping victory there. nicola sturgeon has been talking today. there is too political momentums clashing really when it comes here. there was honestly a great result for the snp, a very positive result for them with 48 out of 59 mps. they want to push for another independence referendum sooner rather than later. michael gove was asked about that in the same interview and he was very blunt. will there be an independence referendum in scotland in this government? "no," he said. that was then put to the snp's leader nicola sturgeon and here is what she had to say about that. well, that won't hold. and if he thinks that... actually, i said this to him on friday night on the telephone. if he thinks saying no is the end of the matter, then he's going to find himself completely and utterly wrong. and, you know, he cannot... as i was saying yesterday, and, again, it's quite a fundamental point of democracy, you cannot hold scotland

the proposition from dominic cummings is that you and many people like you could never, did never come now that we look at what has happened in this general election, are you prepared for a little self reflection to perhaps allow that cummings may have had a point? no, look, ido. it's very interesting to hear in the labour party that jeremy corbyn has said there has to be a period of reflection on virtually everybody who's come out thus far has essentially said we need to reflect and conclude whatever it was i thought in the first place. i was always conscious of the fact that if you have a referendum and don't immediate implement that, then you will have a democratic problem. we never found a way to address that. but the reason for that is, i was part of the people's vote campaign, i was trying to get a second referendum. now, i think that is a perfectly legitimate thing to do. the parties, they're in a very different position and i think if the labour party's position from day one, instead of being swept along with will of the people, will of the people, no criticism can be raised ag

i don't think we can take the musings of dominic cummings on the musings of dominic cummings on the fronttail behind it. i do believe that the chief secretary is very serious and if they are given the support needed from the wider cabinet colleagues, it will happen but it falls on the whole cabinet to back those northern mps to make sure these issues do make it to the budget and we see the confirmation of this decision later in the early part of next year, in march when the budget is announced. there will be a lot of areas away from the south—east where people are pushing to get all that money away from london. it is notjust about the north, they say the northern powerhouse, a very proactive part of this, who else could benefit from this, who else could benefit from this, what other parts of the country? anyone who has a proposition to rebalance the economy. i think there are parts of the midlands, andy street, the mayor of the west midlands, is doing a phenomenaljob driving his local economy and the region of the west midlands. what that means is if you are committed to putting money bac

let me quote you the words of dominic cummings, in many ways the intellectual architect boris johnson'sys the intellectual architect borisjohnson‘s campaign. 0n the day after, he poured scorn direct from people like you. he said this election result is an education for the educated remain a campaign types you need to realise the conversation they've been having in london arei million miles away from the island. there are many myths that develop. 0ne there are many myths that develop. one of them is that all of these mps up one of them is that all of these mps up north who, be frank, most of them spend as much time up there as they do in london and they live inside this m25 bubble. the whole country is divided. london is divided. we talk about the north is this homogenous match all gagging to get out of the european union. some were, a lot weren't. when you boil down why those seats have got in the way they have gone on by the way, i don'tjust blame way they have gone on by the way, i don't just blame jeremy corbyn, way they have gone on by the way, i don'tjust blamejeremy corbyn, a lot

do you think dominic cummings will stay on at number 10?il the ——315t of october when brexit happened. he definitely will. because brexit was only the first stage of the whole process of reforming whitehall. there is more to do. oh, yes, the famous page 48 of the conservative manifesto. reforming the house of lords, the voting system, the constituencies... the judiciary. have they got really big, big plans? he's got a plan. read his blog! have you spoken to dominic cummings? you are sounding definitive about him staying on. is that news we have committed? i have not spoken to him but i'm fairly sure he will. another broken promise. thank you both very much. thank you forjoining us for a bit, chris. i thought i'd better turn up for a bit. on this momentous day. it has been, ah, what a story. hello. saturday brought us a blustery day with wintry showers around. there's been a bit of sleet and snow of a higher ground, and you can see that from this picture, sent in by a weather watcher in middleton in cou nty weather watcher in middleton in co

i am thinking for example of boris johnson's most senior, important advisor, dominic cummings, who hasolution, a complete, radical reshape of the way government is done, and also, for example, what we've seen from boris johnson suggesting will questions about the future of my own organisation, the bbc —— real questions. is there going to be a radical shakeup of the system in the uk? i think it is absolutely right that an incoming government with a big majority, that has been elected with a very clear mandate, should be looking carefully at the machinery of government to see how it could be shaken up, to deliver on the objectives of the government, the people's priorities. it is right to look at that. and i don't think anyone should be in any doubt about the determination of the government to do that, and the fact it is the right thing... so when he talks of revolutions, you are one of the revolutionaries, are you? well, it is not my language, but i am certainly very keen that he should be restless in support of government more effective, to deliver the objectives that have been clearly

in the way that borisjohnson and dominic cummings stole, as someone put it, but managed to grab the workinging patriotism point which i find strange and this is not my idea,, a friend of mine put it to me and said where the wall crumbled is in areas curiously of very high military recruiting. if you think back to when the army particularly, and the navy were much bigger than they are now, you've got hundreds of thousands of people with a military connection and i know from the trends that they didn't like the sta nce trends that they didn't like the stance of jeremy corbyn trends that they didn't like the stance ofjeremy corbyn but above all, john mcdonald. you said she may well be elected but may not be able to win an election so in what way does the membership reflect what's going on out there?|j does the membership reflect what's going on out there? i don't think they do. i thinkjohn mcdonald said, he described it as a party but an area, a region that i much more familiar with where you talk about movement, movimiento in italian, not asa movement, movimiento in italian, not as a party as

borisjohnson and dominic cummings were brilliant in this election because they united the leave votete was utterly split. we know it was probably 52 for the remain parties and 48 for leave, perversely, because they could not coordinate, they could not stand back from their owi'i they could not stand back from their own self interest and they both thought they had the magic tusk that would mean voters would flock to them and therefore they lost —— magic touch. is about the coordination of the parties or do you think voters were prepared to go into tactical voting? probably not to that degree because there are real divisions between labour and the lib dems and i also think that a great many people who hoped that britain would stay in the eu could not tolerate jo swinson's declaration she would revoke article 50. of course it came with caveats but a lot of people who hoped the country it might democratically decide to remain in a second refe re nt decide to remain in a second referent thought we can't say to people that we're just going to ignore what you said —— second referendum but y

election outright in the uk in the way the poles are now —— polls, in the way borisjohnson and dominic cummingsote — the red wall. there is an interesting patriotism point which i find strange, and this isn't my idea, a friend of mine but it's me and said where the wall crumbled is in areas, curiously, with very high military recruiting. if you think back to when the army and the navy were much, much bigger than they are now, you have hundreds of thousands of people with a military connection, andi people with a military connection, and i know from veterans that they didn't lie the stands of corbyn, but above all, john mcdonald. he is a question. you said she may well be elected but not be able to win an election. so in what way does the membership reflect what's going on out there? i don't think they do. this is one of the most fascinating things that came out in the election. don't think they do. john mcdonnell said if the region that he is much more familiar with, with a talk about movements. the pulsar, the pan hellenic socialist movement, was described not as a party but as a movement. ——

i am thinking for example of borisjohnson‘s most senior, important advisor, dominic cummings, who hase, radical reshape of the way government is done, and also, for example, what we've seen from borisjohnson suggesting real questions about the future of my own organisation, the bbc. is there going to be a radical shakeup of the system in the uk? i think it is absolutely right that an incoming government with a big majority, that has been elected with a very clear mandate, should be looking carefully at the machinery of government to see how it could be shaken up, to deliver on the objectives of the government, the people's priorities. it is right to look at that, and i don't think anyone should be in any doubt about the determination of the government to do that, and the fact it is the right thing... so, when he talks of revolutions, you're one of the revolutionaries, are you? well, it's not my language, but i am certainly very keen that he should be restless in support of making government more effective, to deliver the objectives that have been clearly set out. what if it doesn't ma

this probably comes from dominic cummings. he gets a mention.nts to see a major shakeup of the civil service so this is i think a shot across the boughs of the civil service although lord 0'donnell, the former secretary, says the plan is an excellent idea. it is, if they carry it out, it is an excellent idea. in the daily mail, more onjulian maunder, the barrister and his encounter with a fox. it was trying to attack his chickens. encounter with a fox. it was trying to attack his chickenslj encounter with a fox. it was trying to attack his chickens. i think he was nursing a hangover, a red hangover... it is worse now! it certainly is. he went out in the garden where his chickens were and they were being attacked by a fox. he went out with his wife's kimono... a bizarre detail. he killed the fox because he did not know what else to do, in inverted commas. 0bviously he has invoked the wrath and fury of animal rights activists stop only a few weeks ago he was a hero to the anti— brexit side, if you like, because he was launching legal challenges wi

innovation called ‘a resurgence of the regions' which was picked up by boris johnson's chief adviser dominic cummingsvery rich country, that the productivity in london and the south east and the productivity and the rest of the country is much lower, so i think i and others have been writing about this for a few years and i think that the point we have really tried to make his it is a question of light in the north and the rest of light in the north and the rest of the country have the investment that will allow it to pay its own way. i am pleased that some of the stuff that i and others have been writing about has got the attention ofa number writing about has got the attention of a number —— number ten. writing about has got the attention of a number -- number ten. the criteria of deciding which projects get funding is reportedly going to change temperatures elements like improving the well—being of people in certain areas are reducing regional productivity gaps. the productivity gap is easily something that can be measured, but what about the well—being of people?” that can be measured, but what a

have you spoken to dominic cummings? you are sounding definitive about him staying on.m but i'm fairly sure he will. another broken promise. thank you both very much. thank you forjoining us for a bit. i thought i should join you for a bit. on this momentous day. it has been... what a story. hello. it may be a windy, showery, and quite cold weekend to come but at least there will be some sunshine occasionally. here is the picture, low pressure dominating the scene, these disturbances moving on through, with drier, brighter gaps and the isobars quite close together. it is going to be blustery out there. too much wind, really, to allow too much anyway of frost to start the day on saturday. just a few pockets in scotland, maybe one or two icy patches around as well. for many of us there will be sunny spells from the word go. but showers are coming. this area moving north and east across england and wales. throughout the day, a feed of showers coming into northern ireland, wintery on hills. and into scotland, particularly in the west, frequent showers here. heavy downpours

up like you are saying they're like a tory blowhard trying to cover some talking points don't dominate cummings i'm actually talking about what i want to take and handle counter-terrorism accounts of radicalisation now the difficulty we have is when we've got u.k. citizens going to join the i.d.f. or the white p.g. which we know the. you nato rasmussen even by blair 0 we condemned the p.k. k. the p.k. k. as being terrorist the p.k. rebranded with congressional funding as the y.p. g. and then when people went out to syria to fight for them british citizens fighting for terror organization ideologically and fundamentally funded and secured by the same people linked to terrorism we gave them a pass the idea of have been found guilty of war crimes genocide apartheid ethnic cleansing in palestine yet we don't hold britain so same account i've got no problem with some the hard line thing just saying like throw away the key or terrorism should go to prison forever that's absolutely fine you know or even open up a dialogue on is capital punishment appropriate some people in some cases ok however what w

innovation called ‘a resurgence of the regions‘ which was picked up by boris johnson's chief adviser dominic cummings the uk, the productivity in london in the south—east, converted a result the country is much slower. i think that iand country is much slower. i think that i and others have been writing about this for a few years. the point we are trying to make is that it has a question of letting it north and the rest of the country to have the investment that will allow it to pay its own way. so i'm pleased that some of the stuff that i and others have been writing about has got the attention of number 10. so the criteria of deciding which projects getfunding, criteria of deciding which projects get funding, reportedly, is going to change to introduce elements, like improving the well—being of people in certain areas, or reducing regional productivity gaps. the productivity gap is something that can be easily measured, but what about the well—being of people?” think that is harder. i think that productivity leads to wages, so i think starting productivity is a really good plan, because of that get

that is a pet project of borisjohnson's senior adviser, dominic cummings. thanks very much.lled and his son injured after being shot during a suspected robbery in argentina. the men, aged 50 and 28, were injured as they fought back against a pair of robbers who ambushed them outside a five—star hotel in buenos aires. police are reportedly investigating whether it was a random attack, or if their taxi had been tailed from the airport. here's our reporter greg mckenzie on the story. the foreign office has confirmed that they are supporting the family of two british nationals, who were shot in buenos aires yesterday afternoon in broad daylight. this took place just outside a hotel, a luxury hotel, in puerto madero region, an affluent region of buenos aires. cctv footage is clear as day, you can see the two men, a father and son, trying to fight off their attackers when they're being robbed. sadly they were both shot and taken to hospital. it was there where the father was pronounced dead a short time later. now, the traveljournalist, simon calder says these attacks are all too

dominic cummings is from county durham, isn't he? he would know what people there would want.ople lending their votes to the tories. how do labour get it back? this language of lending your vote is a dangerous one. voters choose. they are adults. the fact that labour has a lwa ys are adults. the fact that labour has always assumed we would get the vote for people in certain areas is a weakness. we went through that in the 1980s and we lost hold large parts of london in the 1980s with that kind of politics. we won london backin that kind of politics. we won london back in the south—east back by talking to people what they wanted and giving them what they wanted rather than telling them what they should have. thank you very much indeed for staying with us. so how did borisjohnson's 80—seat majority happen? scroll through our interactive map and witness the gains and losses that made for a momentous election night. of course an utterly miserable night for the lib dems and labour. you can visit bbc.co.uk/news or the bbc news app. we have much more from westminster but let's have a

innovation called, a resurgence of the regions, which was picked up by boris johnson's chief adviser, dominic cummingsuch forjoining us. do you think that your paper has had an impact on what we are hearing might be about to happen?” an impact on what we are hearing might be about to happen? i think there has been quite a lot of pick—up of this idea that the uk... low productivity in london and the south—east, compared to the rest of the country, is much lower. i think iand the country, is much lower. i think i and others have been writing about this for a few years. the point we are this for a few years. the point we a re really this for a few years. the point we are really trying to make is that it isa are really trying to make is that it is a question of letting a lane off and the rest of the country have the investment that will allow it to pay own way. —— letting the no. i'm pleased that some of the stuff that iand pleased that some of the stuff that i and others have been writing has got the attention of number 10. the criteria of deciding which projects getfunding, criteria of deciding which pr

it seems downing street, particularly dominic cummings, doesn't feel that whitehall is working in thely, he doesn't. but i think the truth is that the civil service has not been the problem over these last chaotic three and a half years. i could make the case that the civil service has kept the country on the road while the politicians have squabbled about brexit. they planned for no deal. they turned themselves inside out to find a way of getting theresa may's contradictory red lines to work. then they turned their attention to borisjohnson. each time they delivered. i think the civil service is a huge asset and i think it would be a mistake to think we need to somehow shake it up and bring lots of outside experts. by all means experts are good but the civil service is doing a professionaljob. you have been commentating on the ins and outs of brexit over the last few yea rs. what do you think are the implications of this election result on where we go forward with brexit? one of the things that people have been most surprised about and critical of outside the uk is that there seems t

normally, dominic cummings, he has advised the prime minister, he normally comes up with snappy thingsthrough to people, like get brexit done. the people's priorities, this is trying to sell the domestic agenda and the things they want to achieve, if you park brings it to one side these are the optimistic things that might be able to happen in the future. just think it isa to happen in the future. just think it is a really thin list. if it is the people's priorities i think there is very little to take away. you have a little bit on education, a bit of investment. talking quite ambitiously about in training in law investment in the nhs. ijust think there is so much more that he could have promised a —— in training in the law. he is getting that idea that all we have been talking about is brexit for the last three years. they also document the 50,000 nurses they have promised, 20,000 believes they have promised, 20,000 believes they have promised, more gps, action on the cost of living —— police they have promised. it is notjust brexit, not just have promised. it is notjust brexit, notj

both he got dominic cummings m, that. both he got dominic cummings in, borisjohnson that.an be a good thing, if it is put in the service of pursuing the politics that can get you re—elected. because they are the politics those places need and want. it is how politics works. thank you. fresh talks are under way in belfast to try to restore devolved government in northern ireland, where the main unionist and republican parties are under pressure to work together again. the northern ireland secretary julian smith told reporters that the biggest concern for voters during the election was the need to restore power sharing. : ithink : i think there was some interesting results in northern ireland. the sense that i get today is that every party has had time to reflect and some serious issues to reflect upon and the biggest message they got on the doorstep potentially wasn't about brexit or their own party's individual policies, but the fact that this executive and assembly has remained dormant for a thousand days andi remained dormant for a thousand days and i think my sense from

it was a great piece of strategy from dominic cummings when he came in with boris johnson this is this is a this election for the stress justs. chris trailing campaigners came in who won a surprise election in australia's support for us but forrest had framed this up as he ran a tight political strategy they had it and they stuck to it every day every hour every week they stuck to the same thing one core message and it resonated with the public clearly that the country wants to get brakes it done the fact that the country doesn't know what comes after is a great opportunity for for for boris johnson to put a seal on things equal is an opportunity for an opposition that refreshes often changes twins has got to go in the liberal democrats court has got to go and the labor party could be a very different looking very vibrant opposition quite quickly but the battle of ideas because there aren't sets tory ideas to oppose there's a vacuum to fill briefly it is a blank check for bush johnson isn't it what do you do with it they can do what he wants and i think what you'll do is try and spend

me as something i said you said in a previous program when you were isolating the fact that dominic cummings was trailing johns to score to provoke an election i want a quiet f that the opposition parties fall into why did they deliver voters just in the greatest christmas present ever have in his life a majority of 80 a commanding position in the west was the part of you an explanation it was one of the points i missed the tourney blair was really right of but he said i haven't heard of a lection before bret's it is source it is an act of madness and the reason it was obviously the case i do think this is that joe swinson started this she. probably the worst leader of any well the party there's ever been i think. she was very poor that was and she took a very narrow perspective which was what's best for the liberal democrats not given that she claimed that her great thing was europe not what was best to keep britain in the european union and so she was a disgraceful decision by her then coburn fell into the trap and that's what led to its liberal democrat self interest and she paid a heavy

brought in exactly the same team the one to the referendum for leave headed by this guy called dominic cummings who is absolutely is the chief of staff boris johnson cummings was the guy came up with the phrase take back control 3 words really really simple and that with boris johnson in charge one the bracks a referendum coming brought back in when johnson becomes prime minister says get it done exactly the same now you can argue all day whether it's disingenuous and what it means it will come out so that but it was very easy for people to understand 3 and a half years into bret's a referendum no progress boris johnson comes in and says. come on chaps enough of all this get on with it by contrast jeremy corbyn had this absolutely impossible thing where he was going to say well we're going to have another referendum but in the meantime we're going to construct a new suit much softer bret's a deal with the european union and then we're going to remain neutral referendum and leave it to people to make up their minds but will campaign probably for many of the european union and that's in the conse

there has been told that dominic cummings will almost certainly come back and what he wants to do isnise civil service. looking completely differently and how departments are organised and what their priorities are. that may cause a lot of people, because, again, boris johnson are. that may cause a lot of people, because, again, borisjohnson will have a lot of different priorities with very wide electorate now that involves post—industrial areas but also traditional tory heartlands. people for whom brexit is the main issue but people who feel left behind. but there may be other things as well. for instance, he may be looking at electoral reform and the boundary review, which got kicked into the long grass, you know. yeah. the sunday times headline is pm to wield the axe on cabinet. do you see that as happening? he will have to take his time because during the tory leadership campaign, it was put out that borisjohnson leadership campaign, it was put out that boris johnson would, leadership campaign, it was put out that borisjohnson would, you know, cut cabinet, cleave the seats off, m

right now, we go to downing street, and clive myrie and what looks like dominic cummings on the steps already spoken... hello. he has already spoken to party activists. i think you can see some of the conservative team out on the pavement here. we are just waiting for the prime minister to leave number ten to address the nation. he has spoken to party supporters this morning and activists. he has met with the queen and formally asked her if he could form the next government. now, he is preparing to address the nation, and here he is. good afternoon. afternoon, everybody. this morning, i went to buckingham palace and i am forming a new government and, on monday, mps will arrive at westminster to form a new parliament, and i am proud to say that members of our new one nation government, a people'sgovernment, will set out from constituencies that have never returned a conservative mp for 100 yea rs. returned a conservative mp for 100 years. yes, they will have an overwhelming mandate from this election to get it done, and we will honour that mandate by january the sist. honour that manda

your words are almost the same as those as dominic cummings, the chief adviser to borisjohnson, who leftemember but you have found a way to make it worse by telling me i agree with dominic cummings. i really don't. the task for labour is not to pick one macro pa rt for labour is not to pick one macro part of the country that needs a labour government against another. the task for labour is to work out how you bring different parts of the country together and that is the only way we have won power and managed to transform things for people. the problem with what has happened in the labour party is we have been told to pick a side, you are have been told to pick a side, you a re leave have been told to pick a side, you are leave or remain but the truth in london i am leave and elsewhere seen asa london i am leave and elsewhere seen as a remainer. i have been trying to bridge that gap. i live in the part of the world where two thirds voted to leave and a third voted to remain andi to leave and a third voted to remain and i am their voice in parliament and i am their voice in parliament and

is full of other things, not least the state of the union and the reforms in whitehall that dominic cummings in charge of education. pushing through tory reforms. they had talked about reorganising government. always terrifying when you start reorganising government. civil serva nts reorganising government. civil servants love it! the talk is of a reshuffle that we will see perhaps a minor reshuffle to fill in gaps.” saw a hint of penny mordaunt coming back to take that cultural because nicky morgan has gone. jacob rees—mogg and andrea leadsom potentially demoted. he doesn't need jacob rees—mogg now and he doesn't need a hard brexit in the cabinet. are you suggesting he is purely instrumental about the way he is treating his colleagues? i am shocked! let the healing begin by the times newspaper. a lot of conservative remain as vocally upset, michael heseltine this morning saying we have to live with it -- morning saying we have to live with it —— remainers. morning saying we have to live with it -- remainers. the mood has changed on that side and i spent election night with lots of them doin

dominic cummings is not a member of the party and he is the man steering the ship, we hear, maybe notyers like necc and the reason i did that, i had seen what the centre—left populist five star movement had done in italian politics and what they do is rather than having all these representative layers, they go directly to their subscribers and get them to vote on candidates, get them to vote on policies. it's kind of a model of direct democracy within a party and that's what i tried to do with the brexit party. sorry, say that again? i wasjust wondering brexit party. sorry, say that again? i was just wondering who elected you as the leader of this party if you have no members? oliver, i founded the blooming thing.” have no members? oliver, i founded the blooming thing. i did it and within six weeks we had won a national election and i founded within six weeks we had won a national election and ifounded it as the brexit party with a limited company behind it, founded it as a business with a board and we were very successful and does the body develops and evolves over time, we will have

dominic cummings conspired with cambridge analytica to swing the result. another point there.ead result. another point there. the reportjeremy corbyn read out result. another point there. the report jeremy corbyn read out to us the other day. nigel farage, i know you have a radio show that this is not your show. jonathan, to bring you in here. the theme and picking up you in here. the theme and picking up from some questions is about trust in politics and trust in the democratic process. the idea that we just drive this through and it some help will heal the country, it is not. people in my family voted to leave, i play in a band and the band are split leave and remain commit the idea that this will all miraculously be done and dusted if we just miraculously be done and dusted if wejust go miraculously be done and dusted if we just go with some kind of deal, it is not. we need a process for moving through this and with cambridge analytica, the russian interference, we need a system, a better system of democracy and for me more democracy is not anti—democratic. me more democrac

they are particularly wondering if mr dominic cummings, who amounts to pretty much the same thing asconomically sensible that while it ta kes economically sensible that while it takes 100 minutes to tell a 160 miles from doncaster to london, it ta kes 150 miles from doncaster to london, it takes 150 minutes on a good day, given a takes 150 minutes on a good day, givenafair takes 150 minutes on a good day, given a fair rent to cover 100 miles from doncaster to liverpool? —— a fair run. another question... have you ever been to manchester? a lot of mrcummings you ever been to manchester? a lot of mr cummings friends would have stayed with friends in cheshire, a delightful place as well. it seems in this rather patronising but rather pointed and quite clever article, plenty of food for thought for boris on the beach in mustique. robert crampton, a very funny writer. where are you going to take us writer. where are you going to take us next? i'm going to the daily express, on page 29. the day margaret thatcher grabbed her handbag and stormed out. my reaction to that was, only once? this

the strategy of boris johnson and dominic these results from the strategy of borisjohnson and dominic cummingsht from the moment borisjohnson became prime minister backin borisjohnson became prime minister back injuly, borisjohnson became prime minister back in july, it borisjohnson became prime minister back injuly, it was always part of dominic's strategy that boris johnson would push for his brexit deal, but always the understanding that at some point, parliament would block his deal, and they would be forced to go for a snap election. at that point, they present parliament is obstructive come up labour is being obstructive come and use that as an issue to drive the party into the northern heartlands. which we saw. of the run up to that, tony blair morning again and again for the opposition not to fall into the obvious elephant trap, and that is where they have ended up. s. tony blair was saying, look, type borisjohnson down s. tony blair was saying, look, type boris johnson down in s. tony blair was saying, look, type borisjohnson down in parliament, fights a long winter war with boris joh

unconstitutional to finish these conversations without quoting the prime minister's dishevelled svengali dominic cummingsng and repeated provincial revolt against the metropolis and metropolitan values. fascinating thought. and your thoughts as we head into a day of coverage, what will you be looking for in terms of the reactions today, the signals from downing street? it is about getting ready for a majority government which none of us are used to, and which borisjohnson wants to govern, and the change in the conservative party in parliament. mps representing areas they have never represented before as conservatives, will that change the policies they bring in? and we will be leaving the eu almost certainly at the end ofjanuary. as for labour, the blame game is under way. some tory mps, labour mps have been defeated. talking about the labour party not having a right to exist. that battle will be huge. our thanks. jeremy, thank you very much for all of the illustrations overnight, the energy and analysis. what was the moment for you? what do you make of the pattern we have ended up with? i would go right

cummings were here, he would say, listen up, people. listen up! how we respond will determine the character of our democracy for generations. now, professors feldman, karlan, and gerhardt tell us there were three dominant reasons invoked at the founding for why we needed an impeachment power. broadly speaking, it was an instrument of popular self-defense against a president behaving like a king and trampling the rule of law. but not just in the normal royal sense of showing cruelty and vanity and treachery and greed and avarice and so on. but when presidents threaten the basic character of our government and the constitution, that's wh that's what impeachment was about. and the framers invoked three specific kinds of misconduct. so serious and egregious that they thought they warranted impeachment. first, the president might abuse his power by corruptly using his office for personal, political, or financial gain. well, professor feldman, what's so wrong with that? if the president belongs to my party and i generally like him, what's so wrong with him using his office to advance his own political ambitions? >> because the president of the united states works for the people. and so if he seeks personal g

cummings were here he'd say listen up, people n. listen up! how we respond will represent the character of our democracy for generations. professor carlin said there was three dominant reasons invoked at the founding for why we needed an impeachment power. broadly speaking, it was an instrument of popular self-defense and trampling the rule of law and not just in the royal normal sense in showing cruelty, vanity and treachery, and greed and so on, but when presidents threatened the basic character of our government and the constitution, that's what impeachment was about and the framers invoked three specific kinds of misconduct so serious and egregious that they thought they warranted impeachment. first, the president might abuse has power by corruptly using his office for personal, political or financial gain. professorfeld mid-c feldman, wh wrong with that. if the president belongs to my party, and i generally like him, what is so wrong with him using his office to advance his political ambitions. >> the president of the united states works for the people if he serves personal gain he's not serving the interests of the people and he's serving the interests specifi

cummings were here he'd say listen up, people n. listen up! how we respond will represent the character of our democracy for generations. professor carlin said there was three dominant reasons invoked at the founding for why we needed an impeachment power. broadly speaking, it was an instrument of popular self-defense and trampling the rule of law and not just in the royal normal sense in showing cruelty, vanity and treachery, and greed and so on, but when presidents threatened the basic character of our government and the constitution, that's what impeachment was about and the framers invoked three specific kinds of misconduct so serious and egregious that they thought they warranted impeachment. first, the president might abuse has power by corruptly using his office for personal, political or financial gain. professorfeld mid-c feldman, wh wrong with that. if the president belongs to my party, and i generally like him, what is so wrong with him using his office to advance his political ambitions. >> the president of the united states works for the people if he serves personal gain he's not serving the interests of the people and he's serving the interests specifi

cummings were here he'd say listen up, people n. listen up! how we respond will represent the character of our democracy for generations. professor carlin said there was three dominant reasons invoked at the founding for why we needed an impeachment power. broadly speaking, it was an instrument of popular self-defense and trampling the rule of law and not just in the royal normal sense in showing cruelty, vanity and treachery, and greed and so on, but when presidents threatened the basic character of our government and the constitution, that's what impeachment was about and the framers invoked three specific kinds of misconduct so serious and egregious that they thought they warranted impeachment. first, the president might abuse has power by corruptly using his office for personal, political or financial gain. professorfeld mid-c feldman, wh wrong with that. if the president belongs to my party, and i generally like him, what is so wrong with him using his office to advance his political ambitions. >> the president of the united states works for the people if he serves personal gain he's not serving the interests of the people and he's serving the interests specifi