. >> emily thornberry. >> thank you, mr. speaker, let me welcome the first secretary to his new role. by my reckoning in the 20 years since he first joined this house, he is the 16th member of the party opposite to be represented at prime minister's questions. so how about i give him until the end of the session to be able to name all the others? in the meantime, i'm, i'm sure that, that he and the whole house will join me congratulating jerry couldn'ter and the british and irish lions on their recent historic achievement. >> on the subject of british and irish cooperation. practicalities of the common travel area. on that basis, can he tell the house what will happen to the irish land border if no deal is reached between britain and europe by the end of march 2019? >> i'm grateful to the right honorable lady for her kind remarks. i might take up her often to try to name all 16 in the tea room later rather than delay the house now. there are many, many distinguished people of both sexes who have done it in this party because

the ides dear to replace tom watson with emily thornberry who is a much closer ally and she is rightthis is interesting timing, i think, and and she is right next door. this is interesting timing, ithink, and i think it might be deliberate, it is to say that don't forget the labour party has in the past tolerated a wide for a ride to your views. only this week, tony blair said he could imaginejeremy corbyn becoming prime minister witchy bbc thought was impossible. a lot of people in the labour party think only one person worse than any conservative is in fa ct to ny worse than any conservative is in fact tony blair and here's the line in what for everything that is disgruntled about the labour party, ten yea rs disgruntled about the labour party, ten years after he has stepped down. the fact that people still talk about blairites and he hasn't been the leader for so long, that is white towelling. and this is hilary armstrong who has been talking to the westminster power on radio 4. armstrong who has been talking to the westminster power on radio 4m does appear to be, as was and said,

emily thornberry said have you privately got a plan, so if you are being kind to boris he is taking thatally he has a plan, well no. we love it in the express because thatis we love it in the express because that is how we feel but probably compromise is going to have to be made and later david davis the brexit secretary was giving evidence. he is seen as the calm voice. allison, you love it at the express but you do not love it at the guardian! david davis probably did not love it much either because he is conducting the negotiations. probably had his head in his hands. he will go into the meeting and say, what boris said... you conduct your negotiations like this. insult the person you negotiate with as much as you can. there is the public side. and behind... it is high—stakes poker, negotiating tactics.|j and behind... it is high—stakes poker, negotiating tactics. i look at my cards and looked impassive, i do not chuck things at the person across the table. stay calm. it will be brilliant. you assume boris has a plan b, what if he is true to his word, taken at face value, on the expre

tom watson as the party's deputy leader — and replace him with the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberrys that labour mps are urging women to boycott boots over its refusal to cut the cost of the morning—after pill. the daily express has the story of an illegal immigrant who walked free from court after he burst into a church and threatened to kill english people. the daily mirror says female stars at the bbc have been promised better wages to stay quiet over gender pay gaps. 0h, oh, have they? and the sun has news that pudsey the dancing dog — made famous on britain's got talent — has died. let's begin, shall we? what a week. let's begin, shall we? what a week. let's begin, shall we? what a week. let's begin with the telegraph. " the line for first class. this is chris grayling doing a wide—ranging interview, yet this is the headline that has come out. this is because the telegraph have had a long campaign against this ridiculous system we have where we are packed like sardines in trains, hot and sweaty desperate rank to get to work and you can see in the distance this empty first—class

but emily thornberry, standing in forjeremy corbyn, was making the same complaint.plan. on march the 17th, he said that there wasn't. on may the 19th, he said he'd spent half his time thinking about it. yesterday, he said he wasn't prepared to comment. commenting today, standing in for theresa may, damian green said the plan is to get a deal, but not one that punishes the uk. and we believe that it is notjust in the interests of great britain, but also in the interests of the other member states of the european union to reach a deal with what is one of their biggest trading partners. here in brussels, it's clear michel barnier is increasingly concerned. he says he wants clarity and fast, preferably by monday, because that's when the real hard negotiations begin. damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels. the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard will return to the high court tomorrow as their legal battle to allow him to be given an experimental treatment continues. at the centre of that case is the question, who decides what is in the best interests of a des

meanwhile for labour, emily thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, filled in for mr corbyn.with enough swagger for the both of them. by my reckoning, in the 20 years since he firstjoined this house, he is the 16th member of the party opposite to be represented at prime minister's questions. so how about i give him to the end of this session to be able to name all the others? i'm grateful to the right honourable lady for her kind remarks. i might take up her offer to try and name all 16 in the tearoom later. rather than delay the house now. there are many, many distinguished people of both sexes who have done it in this party, because we of course elect women leaders occasionally. cheering. mr corbyn sometimes avoids the topic of brexit at pmqs. not ms thornberry. she wanted to know what would happen if britain didn't reach a deal with the eu. this isn't some sinister nightmare dreamt up by remainers, it was the prime minister who first floated the idea of no deal, the foreign secretary who said it would be perfectly 0k, the brexit secretary who said that we'd be prepared to

labor shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry sit in for leader jamie carbon no favor to britain's next prime minister farmer user questions to slam the government's attitude to break this is the foreign secretary told me there is indeed no no there was no plan for no deal two hours later number ten for back and they said there was a plan the brits sick she might be laughing but i'm turning to you next the brits are sick she was so busy fighting with himself on march the twelfth he said that there was a plan on march the seventeenth he said that it wasn't a made nineteenth he said he spent all of his time thinking about it and yesterday he said that he wasn't prepared to comment so can the first actually clear up the confusion today is there a contingency plan for no deal isn't there and if there is we undertake to publish it. breaks it bust or a strategy for brics that blackjack the government said they would show a few cards the next day meanwhile to resume was perhaps. with the king of spain and the queen of england at buckingham palace too busy to turn up in parliament all the

the same time tomorrow for a prime minister's questions with a difference, as damian green and emily thornberry, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. good morning. yesterday was one of those days for the southern half of the uk. yes, the covers were on the court at wimbledon. the rain was heavy at times and the umbrellas were out. it wasn't just across the south—east of england where we saw rain. further west in the south of wales it was hammering it down for a time. extensive rain in the southern half of the uk, as you can see from yesterday's radar. the brighter colours indicate heavier downpours. that rain is on the move overnight, moving southwards and eastwards. so it is the far south—east that first thing still has some rain to be had. temperatures about 14—15 degrees. a little bit lower than recently and dipping into single figures in northern scotland, so a relatively chilly start here. the rain clearing away pretty quickly. it leaves behind a fair bit of cloud in east anglia, through the m4 corridor and south of that. despite the cloud it is mostly dry. when we break up the cloud we see

the secretary of state damian green, standing in for the prime minister, was asked by labour's emily thornberry were being practical and pragmatic. we can cross to our assistant political editor norman smith. he is also practical and pragmatic! if you hear helicopters buzzing overhead at any time it is because they are preparing for the arrival of the king or queen of spain said thatis of the king or queen of spain said that is what that noises and it is also white mrs may and jeremy corbyn we re also white mrs may and jeremy corbyn were not facing up to each other at pmq ‘s and we had emily thornbury and damian green. main clashes were over what happens if there is no deal and emily thornbury questioned whether there was any planning and preparation of what was the plan? have a lesson. is there a contingency plan for no deal, or isn't there? if there is will he undertake to publish it? the honourable lady is happy to talk about unemployment but she cannot bring herself to talk about falling unemployment. we will clearly have to try harder to establish a consensus on what would hope would be so