this is a motion put down by dominic grieve. it has and if it has, thatis are saying it has and if it has, that is going to be one almighty headache for theresa may and her tea m headache for theresa may and her team because it would mean if it is accepted and voted through that if mrs may's deal is voted down, within three days she would have to conduct a parliament with a plan b. in other words, it would massively crank up the pressure on mrs may to set out an alternative strategy if, as expected, her deal gets voted down. thank you, norman. i'm joined by the labour mp liz kendall. good morning and thanks for your time. we are hearing about the bbc has not confirmed this, that the dominic grieve amendment will go before the commons this afternoon. the amendment to effectively in a nutshell speed the process up if theresa may's deal is voted down next week. is that good news? it is brilliant news if true and it is absolutely essential. time is running out on this. we cannot put the country through any more uncertainty. if may's

the conservative mp, dominic grieve, has called on the government to remove the date we leave the eu deal next week. ? our political correspondent, iain watson is in westminster. explain the significance of what mr grieve is suggesting. let's explain dominic grieve's significance, he has led rebellions against his own conservative government and this week managed to ensure if theresa may's deal fails week managed to ensure if theresa may's dealfails she week managed to ensure if theresa may's deal fails she will have not three weeks to respond, butjust three weeks to respond, butjust three days. his argument is if she comes back after those three days and the deal hasn't gone through, then what she should do is delete from legislation the leaving date for brexit, march 29th, the day we are due to leave. he said that should be struck from all legislation and the government should explore extending article 50. that would give time for people perhaps to put forward an alternative deal or his preferred option, which is going for another referendum. downing street has said they will not d

dominic grieve, thank you very much indeed. to the speaker? yes. and totally down to the speaker. very unusual and probably against the advice of most. did he bend or break the rules?|j think this is a very mysterious building and working out the speaker‘s powers would need an expert. it was unusual and you wouldn‘t expect him to do that. expert. it was unusual and you wouldn't expect him to do that. you have said all along the prime minister because matt teale is the only deal and this is the deal that needs to get through. how we can dig that position, given what we have seen that position, given what we have seenin that position, given what we have seen in the last couple of hours? this is quite difficult. what dominic grieve has done with this amendment is try to force the prime minister to come back within three days with a new deal. which is not reasonable. in the end there are three choices here, staying in the european union, which is what dominic grieve wants. there is no deal at all, which is the jacob rees—mogg view

a clerk helped dominic grieve to d raft plot.ect what happens. the bottom line is clerks are meant to do that, that is their job, this is not unusual. if dominic grieve's plan is not acceptable to the house of commons it will be voted down. this is not anti—democratic. this language is not helpful. robert, the same language in the sunday telegraph, mp plotters risking political turmoil, according to liam fox. a fascinating constitutional battle between parliament and government that is emerging. it takes us back to the lead up to the civil war. this contest appeared to have been resolved at the end of the 17th century, we will talk about the 17th century, we will talk about the role of the speaker which becomes extremely important. throughout the story of the british constitution, we have to go back to the 17th century, it is unfinished business particularly with regard to things like the house of lords. taking james's points, we have two d dos frozen in the headlights not moving, theresa may and jeremy corbyn. two parties divide

at the moment, because of dominic grieve's first amendment, the prime minister has to put forward a plan that includes things like a bilateral treaty with islands to try and remove their hated backstop because that is to bring in the dup. it is of course to warn her cabinet. and of course, the problem is and it has been happening over several parliament and the united states, executives are having executive overreach. they are making huge decisions and making our parliament as though it is some sort of cheerleading section and now parliament is taking back control and doing its job. amendments... they do it all the time. we elect mps, we don't elect the government and they are in fact now saying, we are taking this process back and if you don't get it together, we might go to the people. it is common practice for clerks to provide advice on many items of business such as bills, motions and amendments. we did not comment on individual places". they are difficult things to dry. blair you need inexpert. ——to draft. —— you need inexpert. ——to draft. —— you need an expert. john bercow going t

dominic grieve is a key backbench rebel on this. he wants to remain close to the eu.ed this defeat on the prime minister, he had actually got together with the speaker, we have heard. we understand they did because the slightly dominic grieve buddies at the was no plotting and they did not discuss this issue over whether the speaker would allow em ptys whether the speaker would allow e m ptys to whether the speaker would allow emptys to have a say on the timetable so all of this, you get a sense there is a real free trial at this year at the moment. —— a mercurial atmosphere. there are people who want your name in the european union, do not like the deal because it takes is to lay the back far away from being close to the european union by jack far away from being close to the european union byjack brexiteers in a different agenda, they are going to be voting against it because there was to be no deal in the end. you have all these different factions with different motivations for what they will be doing and all the while, theresa may has to decide what to do next bec

dominic grieve, former attorney general, usually very considered, but an iron fist in a velvet glove should listen to colleagues face resignations otherwise. now, does he himself or parliament have the power to delete march the 20 night as our leaving date? they could be one route to this, because if theresa may is defeated next week and then she comes back with a plan b, mps should have at least one opportunity to amend that, to change that, and if they can all agree for example that that change ought to be deleting march the 29th from the legislation, then that would give her quite a headache. it would also mean that there is then time to discuss, if they do move the date, a managed no deal being one idea that is put through, and the other is another referendum, and then we have got cabinet ministers this morning saying, if you don't vote for theresa may's deal, then no brexit is also possible. that's right, jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, effectively sounding a warning to people who have been long—standing leave campaigners, and saying in effect the manoeuvrings of people like

the european union withdrawal bill passed its second reading after dominic grieve found an iith—hourinst his own amendment. sick mps were summoned to vote, and questions were asked whether parliament had lost its dignity. at the height of summer — it seems a long time ago now — the cabinet met at the prime minister's country retreat, chequers, to agree her plan. the cabinet has agreed our collective position on the future of negotiations with eu. the chequers plan proposed an independent trade policy that allowed the uk the ability to set its own non—eu tariffs and negotiate its own trade deals, as well as an end to large annual payments to the eu and the acceptance of a common rulebook for goods. but not all the cabinet had signed up to the deal. two days later, the brexit secretary david davis followed up on a threat he had made earlier in the year to resign. he was followed out of the door by borisjohnson, who said in his resignation letter that we appear to be heading for a semi—brexit. following them were another eight junior ministers or aides, and theresa may's backbenchers ma

you have also been talking to dominic grieve, another very important figure in the commons?s very frustrated with the way that the government has been overseeing this process. he does not thinking happy listening, he think they have led us toa listening, he think they have led us to a situation where we are now almost certainly, he believes, we would be up to leave the eu, on the 29th march, even if there is a deal. —— won't be able to leave the eu. there are so much legislation that needs to go through, he argues, that won't happen. 0n the other side, the conservatives, there are some that com pletely conservatives, there are some that completely disagree. there are brexiteers who said that we have to leave on the 29th of march, we have made a solemn promise. it fact that debate has some way to play, too. 0k, thank you very much, indeed. police have spoken to the duke of edinburgh after he was photographed driving without a seat belt on a public road, just two days after his crash with a car carrying two women and a baby. one of the women says no—one from the royal family h

the conservative mp dominic grieve has called on the government to remove the date we leave the eu fromrime minister fails to get backing for her deal next week. ?our political correspondent, iain watson, is in westminster. iain, explain the significance of this? dominic grieve is the man who led a rebellion against his own government, reducing the time theresa may would have to respond to a defeat on her dealfrom three weeks to three days. he is saying if she is defeated next week, what she should do is strike out of domestic legislation the date of march the 29th, the date we are due to the european union, and explorer extending article 50. that would delay our departure from the eu and give time foran delay our departure from the eu and give time for an alternative bill to be negotiated, or another referendum, his preference. he also said those cabinet ministers that oppose and no deal scenario should be prepared to resign from government to put pressure on the prime minister. thank you very much indeed. wholemeal bread and pasta, porridge oats, beans and lentils — all high fibre foo

dominic grieve has failed.re will strengthen the hand because mps were receptive to that and are voting for that approach of going back to brussels. and say that there isa back to brussels. and say that there is a deal that the uk parliament will pass but we need these changes. that is the message in the house of commons. brussels already saying that they're not going to reopen the withdrawal agreement.” that they're not going to reopen the withdrawal agreement. i think they are engaging in classic diplomacy, going to the 11th hour, being intransigent, what you're seeing is that unless there are changes made then this deal, passed. well michel barnier last thursday said even in a no deal scenario we would not return toa no deal scenario we would not return to a hard water so it is the question of political choice. —— ha rd question of political choice. —— hard water. we need to test their sincerity and there will. and that is in the hands of the prime minister to do. widget in some ways perfect no deal to still

this is an amendment put by dominic grieve which would mean we wouldn't have to leave by the end of marchmendments forward and we will be expecting one from nick boles, we are expecting one that explicitly rules out no deal and we are expecting one that will allow us to extend the period with the permission of the eu. to have an extension of article 50. we expect them to, given britain has gotten themselves in such a pickle. asking if we can have more time because a p pa re ntly if we can have more time because apparently two years wasn't enough when she was told at the start of the process it wouldn't be enough. it will come as a surprise to the eu if we ask for more time but this is from our cabinet minister saying, don't hijack brexit, we have to leave, even though we don't have legislation in place. the i expands on this, mps plotting to take control. that is what amendments floor. we are used to seeing it ordinarily went out unpopular. they are never this high—profile. this does seem to have turned into, it's all about the wording. its amendments, but it's being called treason, plott

the conservative mp, dominic grieve, has called on the government to remove the date we leave the euin watson is in westminster. you're beginning to get a sense the plates are moving as we countdown to the big vote taking place here in a couple of nights time on tuesday. parliament was up and running with a gusto today that you often don't see ona gusto today that you often don't see on a friday, today being one of those big days of discussion around the brexit deal that the prime minister has secured. we started to see on the margins are few people firming up their views. jim fitzpatrick, the labour mp said in the commons today in his own mind he was working towards a position where he might back the prime minister, as a labourmp. a he might back the prime minister, as a labour mp. a few conservatives, george freeman, for instance, saying he will now support the deal, even though he has problems with it. others have confirmed they won't. the numbers of people moving or doing things in an interesting or a direction that might appear counterintuitive are relatively small. it still loo

you saw last week where dominic grieve on the amendment, they had to come up with a plan within threehe meaningful vote on tuesday doesn't work, so she is going to the brexit support heartlands of stoke—on—trent, who voted overwhelmingly to leave, so trying to break out of the westminster bubble perhaps one day before we will be accessed with the westminster bubble on tuesday but... the express says 2a hours. westminster bubble on tuesday but... the express says 24 hours. 24 hours, yes,. as rachel was saying she could lose the vote by hundreds and they are almost trying to portray that if we lose by less than that, we might have something to play with, so this is not normal politics, but on we go. not normal politics, well, before we move onto the express front page, what do you make ofjohn bercow‘s involvement and recent actions? it was unprecedented, clearly it was him going against parliamentary procedure and precedent, however, if you look at everything that has happened over two years, both on government and the opposition side, they haven‘t acted in accordance with parliamentary

also worthy of note, the amendment was brought by dominic grieve.e's an mp for the prime minister's conservative party. and it's the willingness of some conservatives to team up with the opposition that is leading to these defeats. so a defeat today, there was one yesterday too. here's government minister rory stewart on today's defeat. what dominic has been made as and then to try to fight the prime minister to come back within three days with a new deal, which is not reasonable. mbe and there i three traits that here. staying in the european union which is what dominic really wa nts, european union which is what dominic really wants, there is no deal at all, which is the small line and in the territory of some kind of deal. maybe view is it have to be at the air. voted to vp european union and i think letting out at the european union with no idea would be catastrophic. as today's debate got underway, we heard from the brexit secretary stephen barclay. it was clear that there was much that members had been raped, but to be listened to their views

dominic grieve wants mps to be able to put options on the table in parliament, things like postponing date and maybe even a second referendum. if a majority backs them, the government would have to act. what the commons or this group of mps is doing is trying to work within the normal traditions of the house, albeit changing some of the standing orders, to try and insure that the house of commons has a proper voice in what is without doubt the biggest crisis in our modern peacetime history. labour is also angry with the government, accusing ministers of refusing to move far enough towards compromise. if the prime minister will not move her red lines you can see that parliament will try and take control of the process. that is because people are frustrated with the prime minister. this is only happening because of that. i think in the next week or two other options will now be tested, one way or another. but that idea infuriates brexiteers in the cabinet and they are adamant that the uk should leave at the end of march. we are now getting are some of those who were always absolutely op

the second is dominic grieve, the former attorney general who wants to say, maybe we need to suspendt where we are. the banister and downing street think that is a bad idea. they are worried that it puts things back... but we are in nice place where there is so much concern about the lack of progress that some mps feel that they need to try and take control. some are saying that the para meters control. some are saying that the parameters that has got a choice, she could pivot towards a softer brexit, and maybe for a customs union. or pivot towards a hard brexit, to please a dup and the brexiteer mps and get them on board. is there any clue at all as to which way she might be looking? know. and the simple answer is, it's like walking a tightrope juggling plates for the prime ministerjust now. if she pivots towards labour's position, she will infuriate her own party. we heard the former brexit minister saying that if she adopt a key policy, a customs union, that would be a mockery of democracy. asbo some mps last week who said that up to —— i spoke to some mps last week who said that

it seems he had a meeting with one of the key rebels, dominic grieve, the former minister, who has beene government? that is what the sunday times is reporting, that they had a secret meeting before that troublesome amendment last week. the former attorney general very —— very well versed in legal matters and how the house of commons works. it is not pinned down. nobody is admitting there was a secret state job. nobody denying it. —— stitch up. it is his job at the end of the day to decide which with the rules are interpreted. great drama ahead. there are a few other stories in the papers. let's go back to the sunday telegraph. extra meals for the elderly. this is the idea that you need to feed the elderly a bit more while they are in hospital.|j need to feed the elderly a bit more while they are in hospital. i think this is a lovely story, and such a sensible story. and quite often changes are just common sense. this isa changes are just common sense. this is a story that giving elderly patients and extra meal a day halves their chances of dying in hospital, according to an nhs pilot s

it didn't work, because these are big beasts, people like sir michael fallon, kenneth clarke, dominic grieveustine greening, and they are very clear that no deal would be an absolute catastrophe and they will do all they can to stop it. so the first salve was supporting labour with their amendment and they helped defeat the government by seven votes, 303— 296, and the ground is shifting. the question is if theresa may and the government lose the meaningful vote on brexit next thursday what will the next stage be, will she concede and will she except she has to throw it to the people? will she have to consider the canada plus steel? will she consider we have to be in a customs union which will get rid of the northern ireland border problem? —— deal? it is not clear what it will be. it was a good night for the rebels. lousy night for the country. they would say it was a very good night. appalling night for the country. what on earth do these people think they are doing... in berlin tonight, in paris tonight, they are terrified of a no deal. they export file more to us. hang oi'i. they export f

dominic grieve, thank you.ion the government faces and i understand they are still considering whether to put this to a vote, whether to challenge the amendment or to accept it in the awareness that there is mounting support for this amendment. we will have to see how that comes out through the course of the day. thank you. that is the view from westminster. let's get the latest now from brussels — and from dublin — as theresa may tries to avert defeat on her withdrawal agreement in the commons next week. in a moment will talk to chris page in belfas. to adam fleming in brussels. there are reports there are conversations about the possibility of extending article 50 but here the government insisting it has no intention to do that. what is the latest from there? the telegraph reports british officials, we do not know where and what level, maybe had tentative conversations about extending article 50, the time period for negotiations to take place. we do not know if that has d eftly place. we do not know if that h

get on with it, voting on the amendment put forward by the conservative former attorney—general dominic grieveturn to the commons within three days if she loses next tuesday. ayes to the right, 308. the noes to the left, 297. and that result means that if the government loses next tuesday's "meaningful vote", theresa may will have to return to the commons within three days to explain what she'll do next. and mps will get the chance to vote on alternative approaches to brexit. then finally, it was on to the debate on the brexit deal. britain's due to leave the european union on march 29th, but labour suggested that timetable might have to be extended. there is the question of extension of article 50. that may well be inevitable now given the position that we are in, but we can only if the other 27 agree. sir keir starmer complained that although the debate had been paused before christmas to enable the government to secure assurances from the eu, mps were still facing the same choice. the prime minister is often mocked for saying nothing has changed. but this time, nothing has changed. the prop

the second is from dominic grieve, the former attorney general, conservative mp, who wants parliamentpower to put some ideas on the table and to be voted on. normally, that's down to the government. he wants a position where if you've got 300 mps saying, "let's discuss that option," the commons would get, maybe a day, a week, or something, where it gets to discuss that and vote on it. that is all part of parliament and many mps saying, "we don't trust the government to do this properly. "we want to take control." but as with so much of this process, then, it has been dominated by the questions of how you do various things. none of them are guaranteed to happen. police have spoken to the duke of edinburgh after he was photographed driving without a seat belt on a public road, just two days after his crash with a car carrying two women and a baby. one of the women says no—one from the royal family has contacted her to offer an apology since the accident on thursday. emma fairweather was left with a broken wrist and told the sunday mirror that she's lucky to be alive. andy moore reports.

the conservative mp, dominic grieve, has called on the government to remove the date we leave the euster fails to get backing for her deal next week. the first thing we could do is to take the 29th of march out of our domestic legislation because without doing that, there's no point in going to the eu and asking for an extension because we would still be crashing out and that would have to be, i think, a top priority. i believe the eu will extend article 50 for us, but i think it will only do it in a number of very limited circumstances. we have to be realistic about that as well, so we need to explore what those circumstances might be and have an opinion on how we can proceed from there. if we take this rationally, we will come up with the right solution at the end. if cabinet ministers feel that the government is doing something they can't accept, then it's probably their duty to resign. that's always been my approach to collective responsibility. if you can't take a collective decision to do something, you shouldn't remain in government. it's a very important principle. so my feel

i mean, dominic grieve has been very clear. he wants a referendum.nt from the eu has been negative so far, because it does constrain the options when it comes to trying to find a workable alternative to the withdrawal agreement. now, one of the concessions she has offered is for mps to have a vote before britain either enters the backstop or the transition period is extended. i mean, that contradicts a legally binding withdrawal agreement, doesn‘t it? yes, essentially. so it‘s meaningless. it‘s pretty meaningless. well, you could say it is actually potentially damaging, because the european parliament still has to ratify the deal, and this is already giving us a bit of a notice of bad intent by the uk. and the uk has quite a track record so far in the negotiations of reneging on what appear to be commitments. it also doesn‘t add anything, because actually, in uk law, parliament could always decide to do that. it can always decide to breach international obligations if it wants. so you could say doesn‘t actually add anything to what parliament could d

well prompt widespread revolt against mrs may, with the former conservative attorney general dominic grieve, admittedly, nevertheless warning this morning that if mrs may went down the route of no deal, the government would fall. all right, norman, thank you very much indeed. let's get the latest on this from adam fleming who's in brussels — adam, what more can you tell us? our rather windblown correspondent there in brussels! yes, get rid of there in brussels! yes, get rid of the brolly. there are newspaper reports that british officials in brussels are putting out feelers about delaying brexit altogether, delaying article 50? yes, the heavens have just opened delaying article 50? yes, the heavens havejust opened in brussels and there is a shower of rumours about this as well. if these discussions have happened, i have not been able to find an eu politician on the receiving end, which suggests they have been taking place it is very tentative and very unofficial, and very much at the early stages, if they have been taking place at all. the fact is if the uk wanted to extend the brexit proce

we have rachel reeves whose amendment says rule out no deal, dominic grieve saying give parliament thete cooper saying, if she has not got something by the 26th of february, in order to avoid businesses triggering their no—deal brexit plans, we need an extra amount of time and that amount of time is not to sit and twiddle our thumbs, that is for a significant democratic piece of work and of course, that would be a people's vote. the brexit that was promised has not... cannot be delivered. a ha rd has not... cannot be delivered. a hard brexit is not in anyone's interest. let the people have their say. but to get your desired outcome of the people's vote, you need jeremy corbyn on the front branch labour party to come on board. and there is no way you are going to get it. our policy was clear. jeremy corbyn's team site is merely an option. they are not saying it is something they would back. option. they are not saying it is something they would backm option. they are not saying it is something they would back. it is the party policy as agreed by the members and unions at conference that

it has been dubbed a final say, so this is dominic grieve who has been cast as a rebel mp, former attorneysupposed to be behind the match nations last week with the speaker john bercow which would force the government to come up with a plan b if the vote doesn't work. their plan is to come up to establish the legal framework for a public vote, and propose another referendum and the independent is reporting this could happen adds soon as wednesday. do the public have the appetite for another referendum ? the public have the appetite for another referendum? well they have the appetite for a film on the referendum, we saw last week with the brexit film with dominic cummings which showed the public sentiment and the emotion and the anger the last time round, why it would be any more cordial this time round, i don't know. but, would be any more cordial this time round, idon't know. but, i would be any more cordial this time round, i don't know. but, ithink the point is that the concession that the rebels got from theresa may, last week, was that if she loses the vote, which she is going to lose

called dominic grieve and he sought to force six days of parliamentary time to be set aside so that other options could be explored by the m.p.'s he was effectively taking power to parliament and taking it away from the government that's been defeated and then there was another interesting amendment for me that's cooper a labor m.p. an opposition m.p. who want to just one day have time to open up a window of opportunity for a bill to be passed that would extend article fifty that is postpone britain's departure from the european union and in the last few minutes that has been defeated by the commons as well what's it's left with us is the most interesting amendment left to vote on ism is from a graeme brady who's a conservative m.p. and his amendment which is touch and go whether that will pass invites the prime minister to go back to brussels and try to renegotiate a deal which was already rejected by both parliament and by the european union it seems that suit theresa may will be sent back to brussels to renegotiate the backstop this insurance policy over trying to avoid a hard border b

be separate amendments put forward to parliament but i think the latest we're hearing is that dominic grievein cross—party co—operation and putting forward some amendments. this is where the test out what the mood is in parliament and what could get majority support. exactly what the legal implications would be and exactly how much the government would feel bound by those amendments, to add to whatjames was saying about what poland might play an important part in these discussions and might be interested in what is going on, you have the highest amount of polish people outside poland in the uk. more so than in any of the other european countries. what i hearfrom my lobby collea g u es countries. what i hearfrom my lobby colleagues is it was definitely a very last—minute concession, the £65 waiver. there are some fees going on in twitter how much of a role that polish foreign minister intervention played in theresa may deciding £65 can be waived. thank you. 67 days. shall we put the clock up? four minutes less since the beginning of the programme. it is ticking away. this could have looked th

dominic grieve, who put forward this agreement, says the planet and armed by the pm is surely she's hadle by mps. it's going to flush out a lot of plan b options. i'm guessing you would be in favour of that? for the record, i didn't vote against the comet today. i think it the right thing to be doing. we're 90 weeks away from the january 21 deadline will be make a decision, as a parliament, how we will implement the referendum result. i'm absolutely committed to respecting that result. i think a second rescue in sucha that result. i think a second rescue in such a referendum would be a mistake. parliament has the privilege we were the sovereignty invested in us. it is to me that that clear to me that there is a cross— party that clear to me that there is a cross—party majority in the house for some sort of order the brexit. i think the efta the trade option does, and —— command cross—party support. the synod on with it, have the vote, flush people out, find labour mps with brexit constituencies, the sooner we will be able to find a sensible way through. you have said to me that we need

dominic grieve wants mps to be able to put options on the table and parliament, things like postponingate, maybe even a second referendum. albeit changing some of the standing orders, to try and ensure the house of commons is a preferable voice in what is without a doubt the biggest crisis in our modern peacetime history. labour is also angry with the government. accusing ministers of refusing to move far enough towards compromise. if the prime minister won‘t move her redline, you can see what‘s going to happen, which is parliament is going to try and take control of the process. that is, that is because people are frustrated with the prime minister, it‘s only happening because of that. i think the next week or two, other options will now be tested when we or another. but that idea and infuriates brexiters in the cabinet, they are out in the uk should leave at the end of march. what we are now getting some of those who were always absolutely opposed to the results of the referendum, trying to hijack brexit and in fact still the result from —— steal. the people. this afternoon from her

. —— dominic grieve. he went second referendum.rendum and brexit should be acted on to overload people living in stoke and other areas that voted leave feeling like they do not get listened to. joining me now is dominic grieve, one of those conservative rebels threatening to vote down theresa may's deal. as things stand, theresa may saying that she wants to put this forward tomorrow, hoping to get support for her vote, highly unlikely it will get through, we have the letters today, do they change anything?” find it difficult to see how the letters change anything. she is entitled to come to the house tomorrow and that her deal. she has negotiated that deal in good faith. the difficulty that she has is there isa the difficulty that she has is there is a majority in the house of commons that for differing reasons simply feel that this deal is a bad one. if you are a leave supporter, it does not correspond in any way to your dreams. and very far removed from those. if you are like myself, somebody who believes that we made a mistake,

government to seek an extension to all school fifty the second one to look out full is in the name of dominic grieve that would grab an even bigger chunk of the commons time table six days by the commons could debate a range of options and what people are calling indicative votes and then the final one and it's probably the most unusual is the one and then graeme brady's amendment which is about the backstop which you just mentioned the unusual thing about that is directed at changing a bit of the agreement that we thought was finished the negotiation and already finished so it seems that all that the government is actually now seeming to support an amendment which itself said only a few weeks ago was relating to appall the agreement that can be changed we will wait and see which if any in fact perhaps all of these amendments might actually make it through but from your point of view just how unusual how unprecedented it is this situation that we have of them so the situation is unprecedented i think that's clear in normal suit situation the government does control the commons timetable that's how i

taking back control with the vote on to theresa may, on the finance at, yvette cooper and the dominic grievething but being against a hard no—deal brexit. how you go forward, how you negotiate, norway or canada or a second referendum, there is no agreement on any of that and parliament is paralysed. the idea of throwing it toa paralysed. the idea of throwing it to a maker committee, 36 committee chairs, that will not lead to a quick decision, they will have similar problems to pop to theresa may has come across and another problem with the idea is that after it was announced, members of that committee said they were not consulted and are not keen on the idea so i think it's dead before it had a chance. if it is around 200 tomorrow night, does the prime minister come back to the house? she won't tell anyone what her plan b is but if it gets to a big defeat i don't think she can claim there is any support for her deal. or she could suspend article 50, she doesn't want to go out without a deal but she is very weak at the moment, she may not face a formal challenge from mps, labour may move a no

the speaker has accepted an amendment from dominic grieve, which he has voted on and the house is supportedone in the chamber. and the normal understanding is, as i said, that that motion would not have been amendable, the backbench conservative mp yesterday said he tried to lay an amendment and was told he couldn't. it challenges the predictability of the rules, which is problematic, and it challenges the convention that if the government does not have a majority in the house, should it be able to command the rules of the game, if you like? and in a sense that the speaker, took some agree, has unilaterally concluded today in favour of challenging the government's position, and that obviously has found support in some corners of the house but not on the government side. primarily because the amendment which was but before the amendment which was but before the floor before christmas was voted on, and therefore is settled business. no, it is the wording of the new motion the government has laid down, and it all hinges bizarrely on the use of this word, forth with. and whether or not is debat

the front page says that leaked emails between remain mp dominic grieve and a parliamentary clerk showrver reports that john bercow is considering abandoning plans to step down as commons speaker after cabinet ministers threatened to deny him a peerage. it has previously been reported that mr bercow was planning to quit as speaker in the summer. the mail on sunday's front page is also about that crash involving prince philip. it says he has received a "ticking—off" by norfolk police after he was photographed not wearing his seatbeltjust two days after the accident. remember, two days after the accident. a norfolk police spokesman said "suitable words of advice have been given to the driver". this is from, i am checking, the mail on sunday. rest yourself, blue monday apparently tomorrow. worst day of the year. these memories fade and you could find herself contemplating your battered bank account. this is all sounding horribly familiar! i am not talking about you! not to mention reality of the return to work and if the january gloom is getting you down you can take comfort from the fact

may request from parliament consent to implement all the necessary andcies for a hard brexit, dominic grieveas been active in this regard, introducing legislation which says if parliament rejects the prime minister's plan for no deal, we suggest you go for a customs union or a second referendum. only at that point, when parliament gets a chance to express itself, will you find there's a majority. but two things like to happen first. first, theresa may have to take the deal off the table, and second, the conservatives will have to defend themselves against the confidence motion, which will likely be put forward later this week by the labour party. when they realize the snap election will happen, they will switch their focus from the election to how do we avoid hard brexit? that is when you get the backing. francine: and if there is a vote of no-confidence from jeremy corbyn, with the -- >> i'm sure corbyn will put it forward. he knows that if he loses, it lays the pressure on him for labor to adopt a second referendum idea. he is playing for time, but if he puts forward the motion -- francine

the dominic grieve amendment which was passed allows parliament to take control if the government losel preparations which won't happen at a time when public services are being decimated, when there's homeless people walking around westminster and escalating across the country, and escalating across the country, and the nhs, education, we could go on, budgets under strain. it's important to home because i don't think the media have adequately reflected on that. i want to come in on you being very sure there will be no deal. the path we are on is that parliament voted to trigger article 50, the deadline for that is the 29th of march. we are in a legal process so unless something is done to change that, that is where we ultimately end up. you can end up with an extension of article 50 in other scenarios such as a general election. but there is no unanimity for that either. if you have a choice or parliament is presented with the choice of no deal which would be a self—inflicted catastrophe, the fact the conservative party is even toying with it should strip any claims they have to econom

between yvette cooper and dominic grieve. which i‘m sure she is not willing to. her chiefaim is which i‘m sure she is not willing to. her chief aim is to win round the brexiteers. they will want to push ahead with brexit and keep no deal on the table. we will see how the commons feels this afternoon when it meets and listens to the prime minister, but there is no basis that these plans will work. the next crucial date is next tuesday when the voting will start again and we will see a theresa may has any plan b, whether these plans will come to any fruition. let's play our favourite game of the moment, where do you think things will go? at the moment, theresa may is pushing for a concession that she has been pushing for some time, and has been pushing for some time, and has made little headway on. in a way, by saying she will look for backstop concessions, she is kicking the canada on the road. there are figures that because the defeat was —— defeat was so large, it sends the opposite message to brussels. they don't need to of

all of the idea that brexit would be knocked off course by the cooper bowls amendment, the dominic grieveinst the original deal was from mps that wa nt to the original deal was from mps that want to see brexit delivered and the prime minister has addressed those concerns. we now have a deal that could be done and passed through parliament. i would like the prime minister to succeed. come what may, we leave on the 29th of march. the ball is in the eu's court. what do they want? will they show the pragmatism in good faith we have shown to get this over the line? thank you for your time. 58 days to go. i know in some parts of the country there are some difficult weather conditions this morning. you might be at home because you are not able to get out in the car, particularly in the north—west of englund and other parts of the uk, which carroll is going to tell us about. but it is much worse in the united states. think of others before complaining about your own situation. in the wind, in some parts of the us, —45 celsius? absolutely right. the americans use fahrenheit, but all of these tempe

let's be down to the former conservative attorney general, dominic grieve, who is with me.e? i think next tuesday's votes will be very important if some of the amendments go through then parliament will have asserted its desire to take control of the order paper in order to do things which the government has been trying to prevent parliament from doing, and in particularfrom expressing its view on what should happen next in the unfolding crisis that we have over brexit. if my amendment were to be accepted, it would mean debate spread over now and the 29th of march in which those expressions of you could take place. obviously, hilary benn and oliver n's amendment, which is different, is crafted to try to push through a piece of specific legislation that could the prime minister, as a matter of law, to go and delay article 50, and i am supporting that, just as they are supporting mine. do you think that there is a possibility that these amendments and the suggestion that they could well be filtered through good change the minds of some of your own party, the minds of some of

might be thinking that be enough for them, because you've got to remember, the more you have from dominic grieveamentary agenda. it is very hard to do, but it is possible. the more tabs theresa may make her argument to the brexiteers, for others to say there is still this chance. if they come on board, him and his... would that be enough? maybe not. the tory mps on the remains out of the argument. a lot of them tobacco deal, there we re a lot of them tobacco deal, there were lots of them who... are willing to back her deal, but there are still hard—core remainers against it. we don't know if we... we are getting into february. people are starting to think of the real options. getting no deal of the table is incredibly difficult. that is going to be the main focus of the next few days. let's take a look at the scene behind me. a rather sunny, but chilly day. you can see union flags and eu flags flying. both sides of the argument. a little bit quieter than normal today. plenty of demonstrators out in front of parliament as ever. joining me now. and with me now is the conservative mp marc francois.

you have dominic grieve, the ex—attorney general who wants to move article 50 so general who wants toe don't hit it in the next few weeks. get an extension of some sort? it troubles a lot of people because they think there will be no end to that extension. we were never told this was always going to be a legal situation. they could have been dealt with two years ago. but it wasn't. i am saying we are up against it and we have the battle of the qcs, we have the battle of the law who have taken this thing over. parliament is beginning to do its job, being allowed to do itsjob. the backbenchers are having their say. they understand what this is. we have a warning from liam fox, mp plotting is risking a political tsunami. awarning plotting is risking a political tsunami. a warning that if they try to meddle too much with what many people think should be an inevitable departure from the eu, then there will be no trust left between parliament and the people. there is also a warning it could get thrown out of the conservative party, if they side with the other side. this is liam fox? this is