sir ed davey of the liberal democrats. sir ed davey of the liberal democrats.picked up their third mp in a week. angela smith, who defected from the labour party earlier this year, has left the independent group for change to join up withjo swinson‘s party. she described the lib dems as the ‘strongest party to stop brexit.‘ the labour mp, john mann says he's stepping down after 18 years in parliament and has launched a strong attack onjeremy corbyn. in an interview with the sunday times, he accused the labour leader of giving the "green light" to anti—semites in the party. he'll take up the full—time post as the government's anti—semitism tsar. meanwhile, the business secretary, andrea leadsom, has said the conservatives will break convention by fielding a candidate against the commons speaker, john bercow, at the next general election. traditionally, the major parties do not contest the speaker's seat, but mr bercow‘s handling of recent brexit debates has angered ministers. simonjones reports. order! 0rder. in the seat for the crucial vote... the ayes to the r

but sir ed davey pointed out this morning that liberal democrat mps as now will vote on policies they conservative rebel dominic grieve has launched a further scathing attack on the prime minister, who he says doesn't know the difference between truth and falsehood. speaking at people's vote event in belfast, which is calling for the public to have their say in a second referendum over brexit, mr grieve said he was "pretty certain" the house of commons would prevent the uk leaving the eu on october 31st. revolutionary politics, total disregard for the rule of law, according to spokesman in downing street who has now developed a new habit, to have foul mouth briefings about me, principally. somebody who says he will break the law if it does not like it, somebody who when the house of commons starts asking highly legitimate questions and fulfilling its democratic mandate, says we will get rid of you for five weeks so you will not cause inconvenience. i'm afraid i have to say it, somebody who clearly does not understand, it seems to be a pathological condition in him, the difference betw

ed davey.rime minister to ask for an extension to the brexit deadline in the hope of averting a no—deal brexit. a number of mps who'd had the conservative whip withdrawn following the previous night's rebellion spoke. one former conservative foreign office minister said he was proud but slightly bemused to now be an independent. i will leave with the best of memories the eu, of our sister centre—right parties and many friends, and it may have curtailed my future, but it will not rob me of what i believe, and i will walk out of here looking up at the sky, not down at my shoes. applause. another now former tory rejected the prime minister's claim that backing the bill was playing intojeremy corbyn‘s hands. i would sooner boil my head than hand power to the leader of the opposition. the purpose of this bill is to instruct this government and this administration how to conduct the uk's future arrangements with the european union. it is not an attempt to remove this government, it is certainly not a

indeed the liberal democrat current deputy leader ed davey was the climate change minister said fracking does not endanger the climate targets of this country and of course. george osborne no it is in the evening standard here in london says that he said that we should incentivize shale gas extraction on afraid that fracking is a very real risk to our future in terms of climate change we should not be fracking . leakage of methane from the united states is causing more climate change than before me thane is about 100 times more serious as. a gas for climate change them carbon dioxide you've told successive governments this so when it's not going to head of the liberal democrats to cracking money why do you think that this current government. let alone the tourism a one said that what you're saying right is all worthy of attention so here's the here's part of the problem we have cameron government led by cameron saying action on climate change and i'm supporting it and then his minister in defra was cutting out all the legislation that was preventing us from overstepping the mark and this

ed davey is the deputy leader of the liberal democrats — hejoins me now.r rudd's dramatic resignation last night? i'm not really surprised. i worked with amber rudd during the coalition and i knew her as someone who believed that britain's best interests are served by by being in the eu. i think she struggles. she has tried to have influence inside. now she has realised that borisjohnson is only wanting a no deal and he is treating moderate, decent tories who are her closest allies in the most shocking way. i think she has reacted to the appalling way the prime minister is behaving. what happens next? a lot of people are saying that borisjohnson has been backed into a corner. what you suspect his next move will be?” genuinely don't know. these are unprecedented times. liberal democrats will argue for what we regard as the best way out of this, a people's vote. a general election we re a people's vote. a general election were really sort it out because there are many other issues and a first past the post election... if you really want to sort out this para

ed davey, thank you so much.entirely possible. let's get more reaction from the tuc congress, which is happening in brighton. ian watson is there. yes, reaction indeed, quite an interesting reaction from the unite union. we have often said that trade unions are often on the wrong side of what you see as unfair laws, this time, it seems to be the prime minister. what is your suggestion for what should happen to the prime minister if he disobeys the prime minister if he disobeys the scottish courts? it certainly is an extraordinary decision that has come out of scotland and my advice to the prime minister is that he should steer clear of scotland, otherwise he may find himself under a citizens arrest up there. but seriously, it is an indication of the disastrous mess that our democracy has been brought to by the behaviour and actions of this prime minister, it is an extraordinary situation. instead of parliament and the prime minister in particular seeking to find a way through, through the divisions on brexit and

leadership contest where many thousands of you engaged, and i want to save a huge thank you to my friend ed daveyrecord of action at climate change secretary of state, and i'm delighted that there is also and i'm delighted that there is also a promise of more with you in the key roles of shadow chancellor and now deputy leader. applause just six months ago, at our spring conference, few of us would have predicted that our party would be winning on this scale. and for that we have my two most immediate predecessors to thank. tim who, in the days after the european referendum, knew that our natural place as a party was to unashamedly make the case for britain to stay in the european union. tim, you are absolutely right. applause and vince, you have served our party, and our country, with such great distinction. you have so valiantly led the fight to stop brexit and helped our party soar to new heights, and i know that the next parliament will be all the poorer without you by our side. the voice of reason in these unreasonable times. vince, from all of us, thank you. applause last autumn conference,

let's talk now to the deputy leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey.ilence mps is absolutely wrong, it's a travesty of democracy, s0 wrong, it's a travesty of democracy, so parliament should be there, particularly at this moment of national crisis. the liberal democrats have been working cross party to try to stop this and will continue to do that, to stop a no—deal brexit, and we'll continue to lead the argument that has liberal democrats we want to stop brexit altogether. so do what boris johnson asks and have a general election, then. we have still argued that we need a peoples vote. a general election has many other issues, not just brexit, general election has many other issues, notjust brexit, and we had an election in 2017 and it didn't solve it, there was still an impasse in parliament, the only way we're going to solve this is to take it back to the british people, mps and the political parties. if a general election is going to solve anything, what makes you think a referendum would? because it is one question. ina would? because it is one qu

scottiesjudgment grieve, ed davey, saying that the scotties judgment implies, it's grieve, ed davey,udgment implies, it's not explicit, but it clearly implies that boris johnson explicit, but it clearly implies that borisjohnson has misled the queen —— scottish decisionjudgment. if the supreme court in any way endorses the suggestion that mr johnson has made liz the queen, then the pressure for him to stand down really well build so the stakes are huge depending on what the judges decide on tuesday. thank you for joining us. dr sam fowles is part of the legal team advising the group of mps behind the successful action in the court of session today. he's with me now. you have a big smile on your face. we have worked very hard to put together a strong case and we think we presented it well and the court came to the right decision, yes. what about the argument that prorogation should not be ended till at least the supreme court has had its hearing next tuesday? that is wrong. the court is a court of jurisdiction for all of the uk. the court made its order and said that the order to pror