the bbc's gary o'donoghue was there and sent this report. gary: two days ago, this was an orderly beachfront community, home to around 1200 people. but street aftertreet, michael tore throuro this town, ing and smashing everything in its path. this is what the federal emergency director is calling groundmeero. co beach, where michael came ashore yesterday with speeds of 150 miles an hour. it is completely devastated the street. just two houses left standing, d all over the street, microwaves, mattresses, you name it. the stuff of everyday life turned into detritus in a matter of a few hours. t around tn, friends and neighbors are doing the best to console one another -- hard to endo when your dream retir home has ended up like this. >> there is a lot of and shock and emotion that is at its peak right now. i think we need a few days to digest what has happened and see how the rebuilding is going to happen. gary: mexico beach was the maximum point of the storm surge. the water here rising more than 8 feet at the height of the onslaught. sident

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. philip green has dismissed claims of sexual and racial harassment against him as nonsense. sir philip has told a sunday newspaper he has only ever engaged in ‘banter‘ with his staff. our business correspondent joe miller is here. joe, what's he been saying. he has again vigorously denied any illegal behaviour and says the allegations that have surfaced at nonsense. he's had a resort in arizona, that's for the newspaper tracked down, he told them he'd been in business are something like a0 yea rs in business are something like a0 years and had occasionally engaged in what he called banter but never meant for it to cause offence and if he had deemed to have done so he was happy to apologise but strikingly he did not elaborate on why if there had been wrong doing he tried to stop the daily telegraph public —— publishing allegations and start—up and appeared to sign effectively gagging orders. it is the first time we've heard them talk about the effect it's had on his personal life, he sa

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. professor of american studies at the university of birmingham. do you feel that anti—semitism in the united states is on the rise? this is farfrom the united states is on the rise? this is far from the first attack on ajewish this is far from the first attack on a jewish community in the us. the rate of attacks went up by 57% last year. what is different known as there is space that has been opened up there is space that has been opened up to justify these attacks by some of the rhetoric of leading politics such as donald trump. the alleged shooter said specifically that he was upset and angered thatjewish groups could help support those who wa nted groups could help support those who wanted to emigrate into the united states. donald trump recently spoke and castigated globalists. he has condemned the caravan of 7000 immigrants trying to get asylum in the united states. he has accused a jewish group of falsely funding this campaign. the language of donald trump has provided justificat

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, panama city beach.lphia and michael mann, a climate scientist at penn state university. a distinguished climate scientist. thank you for your time. what are these conditions telling you? what is going on here? if we step back and look at what we see here in the united states over the last several yea rs united states over the last several years we united states over the last several yea rs we have united states over the last several years we have seen the strongest hurricane on record, patricia in the pacific a few years ago. last year burma, the strongest storm ever in the open atlantic. harvey had the worst flooding event. collectively, when we take on step back and look at what is going on. in this case now with michael, my namesake, this is the strongest storm ever to occur this late in the season. is strongest land falling storm to web recur this late in the season. technically it was a category four storm but it was on the edge of being a category five. what we see, collectively, is the fingerprin

gary o'donoghue gave us more from a beachin gary o'donoghue gave us more from a beach in florida justn steadily increasing in strength over the last 36 hours at authorities said that when it does hit this part of the florida coast, it will be a serious threat to life and property. some 120,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. 35 of glider‘s 67 counties have state of emergency warnings issued. there is a food and gas shortage in the area, and for those who have stayed and boarded up their houses — and we saw one man tried to protect his house with rubbish bags filled with sand. many schools will be closed several days. mr mazda making its way up the gulf of mexico and due to make land for late on wednesday afternoon. the panhandle is bracing itself for one of the strongest hurricanes in decades. the turkish president has challenged the saudi authorities to produce the evidence that the journalist jamal khoshoggi is safe. mr khashoggi left saudi arabia last year, fearing retribution for his criticism of saudi policy. he was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul

our correspondent gary o'donoghue has sent this report from florida.his is what the full force of nature looks like in hurricane form. michael is now pounding the florida panhandle, threatening everything in its path. the sheer power of hurricane michael has started to hurl itself against the florida panhandle now. it is causing some devastation. some powerlines are already down. roofs have been destroyed as well. we're expecting this to go on for the next few hours, late into wednesday, with the winds going up to 145 mph. driving through the streets of panama city beach this morning, there were almost no other cars on the road. here and there, the odd neon sign still glowed, but many houses and businesses were boarded up after an emergency evacuation order. not everyone, though, had heeded the instruction. dave jackson decided to stay, despite having a homejust yards from the beach. are you worried that you won't survive? not really. not really — i've been a survivor all my life. what gives you the confidence that you will? god, and god takes care of

in a moment gary o'donoghue will have the latest from florida but first here's laura trevalyn on whatmichael seen from space, a monstrous storm still strengthening, barrelling towards the north—eastern gulf coast of florida. the gillam family are heeding the warnings, taking no chances, and ending their beach vacation in panama city early. three kids. if it was just the adults, we would have rode it out. we need to be said because they are with us. the roads are crowded with people fleeing the vulnerable coastline. already gas is in short supply. the authorities warned that as well as dangerous winds and up to 12 inches of rain, hurricane michael could bring record storm surge. 8—12 feet feet storm surge is deadly. i cannot tell you how deadly this will be. we have seen tsunamis were it has just been three feet, and deadly. 8—12 feet is absolutely deadly. there are states of emergency in alabama and parts of georgia and florida as the region prepares for hurricane michael. heavy rain is forecast for the carolinas as the storm crawls up the east coast, possibly drenching areas still re

we'll have the very latest shortly from our correspondent in florida, gary o'donoghue.port compiled earlier byjon donnison. retained michael is looking towards florida. or as. retained michael is looking towards florida. oras. sustained winds retained michael is looking towards florida. or as. sustained winds of up florida. or as. sustained winds of up to 145 miles an hour. in parts of the state, has already been severe flooding. a warning of a possible for metres storm surge. businesses have been battening down the hatches. evacuation orders have been issued more than 300,000 people. and it has been a case of pack up and get out. you will make it there is just the adults would have rooted out, long traffic jams just the adults would have rooted out, long trafficjams formed, fuel is running low and supermarket shelves are emptying. the last thing we re shelves are emptying. the last thing were picking up with extra water. busy holiday resorts were deserted and authorities are warning if you have not left coastal areas, it is too late. if you're in a coastal area, do not

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, panama city beach.e now from georgia is paul ossmann, weather man for television channel cbs 46 news in atlanta. i know you have been solidly on a tracking this storm, so busy we couldn't talk to you before. paint us couldn't talk to you before. paint usa couldn't talk to you before. paint us a picture, how is it looking?” have been doing whether in atlanta for more than 30 years and have seen a lot of storms moved in. this was the second most powerful storm to ever hit the united states. number one was hurricane andrew back in 1992, this was one mph from what we call a category five storm. what we are seeing from this is how quick it is moving, moving quickly from panama city into south—west georgia and we have reporters now near albany, 150 miles south of atlanta and we have one reporter actually going to what is considered the eye of the storm. it is still a category one hurricane, downgrade in the last hour, but it is still causing a lot of problems, the big problem of what is going on with michael

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, panama city beach.eak now to iain mchenry, originally from belfast, who has been living in tallahassee in florida for just a year with his american wife. hejoins me live on the phone from there. thank you very much forjoining us. just tell us, first of all, what is it like where you are? hello, can you hear me? well, apologies, obviously the communications are pretty difficult. we will see if we can get ian mchenry back and go back to that story. bbc news understands that the democratic unionist party's ten westminster mps are planning to vote down the budget later this month if the government agrees a brexit deal that they are not happy with. it is a move which in theory could bring down the government. the dup says it will reject any deal with brussels that includes proposals to treat northern ireland differently from the rest of the uk. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. if the colours don't give you a headache, the deal just might. welcome to the room where, next week, theresa may hopes

gary o'donoghue with the very latest in florida on the storm that is brewing there.ted under a new anti—corruption law has been revealed in court. zamira hajiyeva, whose husband was convicted two years ago of stealing millions from azerbaijan's biggest bank, had fought to keep her identity secret. she spent more than £16 million in harrods department store over a decade and owns a golf course in berkshire. if she can't explain the source of her wealth, she stands to lose much of her property, as our correspondent dominic casciani reports. a luxury london home worth an estimated £15 million, now at the heart of a ground—breaking legal battle to reveal suspected corrupt foreign wealth hidden in the capital. today, the high court lifted an order protecting the owner's identity, saying the public should know about her incredible big—spending lifestyle. and this is the woman — zamira hajiyeva, the azerbaijan—born banker's wife now subject to the uk's first unexplained wealth order. her husband jahangir jailed for fraud and embezzlement — tens of millions of pounds disappe

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, florida. the bbc, south korea's president has said it's only a matter of time before the us and north korea declare an official end to their state of war, which has existed since 1953. president moon jae—in admitted that there could be more diplomatic "bumps and bruises" along the way, as he tries to persuade kim jong—un to give up his nuclear weapons. he was speaking to our correspondent, laura bicker, in seoul. these rare dogs are a special gift from kim jong—un to president moon. a symbol of the developing relationship between two leaders who technically are still at war. translation: i got them as a present from chairman kim during my trip to pyongyang. they are actually designated as national treasures in north korea. 150,000 north koreans were introduced to the south korean president in pyongyang. mr moon has spent decades pushing for peace. he didn't waste this chance to speak. translation: actually, i was quite nervous to give the speech. chairman kim had no strings attached when he ga

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, florida.s arrived in istanbul to investigate the disappearance of a journalist there earlier this month. jamal khashoggi, a critic of the saudi monarchy, was last seen entering his country's consulate 10 days ago. it comes amid reports that turkey has graphic recordings proving that khashoggi was murdered inside the building. joining me now is our security correspondent frank gardner. not least because you know him.|j have known him for 18 years. i had an e—mail from have known him for 18 years. i had an e—mailfrom him not that long ago saying he was looking forward to catching up the next time he was in london. he does not describe himself asa london. he does not describe himself as a dissident, he was a saudi patrick, he just wanted as a dissident, he was a saudi patrick, hejust wanted it as a dissident, he was a saudi patrick, he just wanted it to as a dissident, he was a saudi patrick, hejust wanted it to be ruled a bit better than it was. the saudi authorities seem to have been very slow

if you were listening to gary o'donoghue he hinted there was going to be this press c0 nfe re nce hintedext half an hour 01’ so. department in the next half an hour or so. this is in relation to the investigation into the mail bombs which have been delivered to prominent democrats and critics of donald trump in recent days. there has now been this arrest, and a man being questioned who is from florida, so no doubt there will be plenty of questions being posed of those us justice department spokespeople about the progress of that investigation and where it ta kes that investigation and where it takes things. we will go there when proceedings begin. the duke and duchess of sussex have been meeting tonga's royal family at the end of their visit to the tiny south pacific nation. earlier, the couple, on theirfirst tour as a married couple, wore floral garlands and traditional clothes as they learnt about tongan youth projects. our royal corresondent jonny dymond was there. for a style icon, a new accessory. the welcome for harry and meghan was warm and noisy. and this was just the start. mat—

gary o'donoghue is in panama beach, florida, and he starts our coverage. gary: this is what the fulrc e of nature looks like in hurricane form.ae michl is now pounding thea florpanhandle, threatening every thing in its path. the sheer power of hurricane michael has started to hurl itself against the florida panhandle. it is causing devtation -- some power lines are already down. we are expecting this to go on hours, late few into wednesday, with winds going up to 14miles per hour. driving through the streets of panama city beach this morning, there were almost no other cars on the road. here and there, the odd neon sign still glowed. but many houses and businesses were boarded up after an emergency evacuation order. not everyone heeded the instruction. dave jacks decided to stay spite having a home yards from the beach. are you worried that you won't survive?ea >> noty. i have been a survivor all my life. gary: what gives you the confidence that yowill? >> god god takes care of fools. gary: for residents like dave, the next hours are likely to be lonely one

gary o'donoghue is in pittsburgh.eport, there will be another city, another massacre and probably a very different reason for that person to carry out that attack. this has been called a hate crime, but it is not just that, is it. it is america's gun problem. yes it is. there are definitely two aspects to this. a lot of people will argue that while hatred is a very difficult thing to root out, a very difficult thing to eliminate, a difficult thing and ta kes eliminate, a difficult thing and takes time to expunge in that way, you can ameliorate the situation by stopping people who would like to exercise their hatred in a violent way from causing this kind of damage. and that argument will be made and it will be made loudly. but the problem here, of course, is that once you get into the debate about guns you enter the standard american world of polarisation and you get one side and another side, and there is no common ground. underground, quite honestly, is getting further and further. these two sides are getting furthe

our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in washington. controversial and so too is this fbi investigation into brett kavanaugh. yes, and it's for this reason the democrats believe the fbi should have interviewed more people. they interviewed nine, the democrats had a list of two dozen people they want interviewed. the democrats want the inquiry canfind interviewed. the democrats want the inquiry can find as much as possible so inquiry can find as much as possible so today we will have 100 senators looking at this one copy of the report in a secure room inside congress. they are not allowed to ta ke congress. they are not allowed to take it away, they are not allowed to ta ke take it away, they are not allowed to take any notes out of the room, so to take any notes out of the room, so they will come away with their memory of what is in it and start to spin it from there on. that will be theissue, spin it from there on. that will be the issue, the battle over the narrative of the report. and when are we going to get a vote on this nomination

let's talk to gary o'donoghue who's at the scene in pittsburgh. ir man, the suspect in custody? clive, they are, they believe that robert bowers acted alone when he entered the synagogue behind me at tenet of this morning. he spent 20 minutes inside, we are told. —— at10am he spent 20 minutes inside, we are told. —— at 10am this morning. he killed 11 people and six people have been injured, two of those critically ill in hospital. the authorities are now searching a home authorities are now searching a home aafew authorities are now searching a home a a few miles away, where we believe robert bowers lived. they are doing that with extreme caution, being aware that it could be booby—trapped. authorities also say they could potentially bring charges as early as today. one of the prosecutors in the town said that justice would be swift and severe. this is being prosecuted as a hate crime, which makes it a federal crime. he could face the death penalty as a result. at the moment, they are just trying to cope with they are just trying to cope with the s

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania.ain denied allegations he racially and sexually abused former employees. the businessman told the mail on sunday newspaper there had only been "some banter" which had never been offensive. he had been granted an injunction banning the publication of the allegations, but the labour peer lord hain named him in parliament. sir philip says the last week has been the worst of his life. the former england and tottenham manager glenn hoddle is "responding well" to treatment after being taken to hospital in a serious condition yesterday. hoddle, who won 53 england caps and was celebrating his 6ist birthday, is considered to be one of the best players of his generation. he was taken ill after appearing as a pundit for bt sport. the number of hit—and—run crashes has risen by almost half in the past four years, the bbc has learned. there were more than 28,000 cases last year in england and wales and road safety campaigners are calling for longer prison sentences. john maguire reports. his family

the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue was there. days ago, this was an ortley beach front community, home to around 1200 people —— orderly beach. but street after street, michael tore through this town, uprooting and smashing everything in its path. this is what the federal emergency director is calling ground zero. mexico beach, where hurricane michael came ashore yesterday with those winds of 155 mph. it's com pletely those winds of 155 mph. it's completely devastated the street down to the city, just two houses left standing, and people's things all over the street, microwaves, mattresses, kitchen sinks, you name it, the stuff of everyday life turned into detritus in their matter ofa turned into detritus in their matter of a few hours. around the town, friends and neighbours are doing their best to consult one another. hard to do when your dream retirement home has ended up your dream retirement home has ended up like this. i think there's a lot of anger and shock and, you know, just emotion, you know, that is at its peak right 1

our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue is near the scene of the shooting and has sent this report0:00 this morning the authorities say robert bowers entered that synagogue and shot dead 11 people, wounding several others, including four police officers. we understand two people are still critically ill, in hospital. the authorities are now searching a home a few miles away from here where they believe bowers lives. they are doing that with extreme caution because they fear the home might be booby—trapped. bowers himself was shot during that confrontation. they eventually got him on the third floor of the synagogue where he barricaded himself inside a room, and he managed to wound several officers during that exchange of fire. he is now in custody and we don't believe his life is in danger at this stage. the fbi and other authorities have just been giving a press conference and they say there were no children involved in the shooting, no children died or were injured as a result of the shooting. they also say they might bring charges as early as today, and thatjustice will be "swif

gary o'donoghue is in pittsburgh for us this afternoon.yes, if you remember, he was shot a number of times before he was taken into custody by the police. there was a firefight on the third floor of the tree of life synagogue before they got him. he has been treated in hospital in the last couple of days and there is some suggestion he may not be in a fit state to go to court. however, it is possible that a federaljudge could go to his bedside to administer the initial legal proceedings. if that happens, there will be 29 charges he is facing, a number of them related to hate crimes. we are now told the prosecutor in pittsburgh is formally seeking the death penalty from the attorney general if he gets a conviction against him. hydrogen—powered trains could be ferrying passengers on britain's railways in the next few years. they're very clean with their emissions being pure water, but they're also more expensive than diesel trains. the government says they could be introduced on branch lines where electrification is already costly. our envir

gary o'donoghue, thank you.l, it is a defect that develops in the baby before it is born, a problem with the spine, the vertebral columns do not form properly, leaving the bottom part of the spine open to the elements, perhaps with a weak covering, so what happens is that area of the spine is damaged, and so when children are born, they have long—term problems such as mobility issues, not being able to walk, and bladder and bowel problems too. what you and your team have been able to do, effectively cover it in the womb to keep it safe, and the child then grows up normally? that is right. we know from studies that have been donein know from studies that have been done in the us that if you repair the deep ekka before birth, it im proves the deep ekka before birth, it improves the outcome compared to after birth. —— if you repair the defect. we felt we really wanted to bring this to our patients in the nhs to make sure they had the options for treatment. this is the first time we have been able to do this in the

gary o'donoghue is in washington. what did you pick out a all that?hat?” think it is fascinating to hear the sort of methodology by which they caught their suspect. you heard them talk about finding a latent figure print, by which i guess they mean a very faint fingerprint on one of the devices that was sent to maxine waters, the government from california. also talking about finding somebody in a unsettled the other devices and doing a surgery coming up with the name of the database in coming up with the name of the data base in florida coming up with the name of the database in florida and moving pretty quickly to apprehend that suspect the 13 devices you heard mention of there, up to now, we were looking at 12th but i think they are now counting another one that appears to have been delivered to the office of, what harris, a democratic senator from california. that would make 13. there is also talk of another device that is potentially out there, possibly to a democratic donor that is not confirmed by the fbi at this stage. that is as you mentioned

our correspondent, gary o'donoghue, is in washington. they have made it pretty clear that they think there is no cooperation in this report for the allegations made against brett kavanagh. —— corroboration. the fbi was never going to come to a conclusion but they may have dug up evidence in the interviews they did, they spoke to nine people in total since last friday, far short of what the democrats wanted, the numbers they wanted, they wanted to does in interviews, to be done, so i think thatis interviews, to be done, so i think that is the sort of battle ground you will see over the next 2a, 48 hours, democrats saying this was not enough, republicans saying, this now sealed it, no evidence, we can push forward with the nomination. what is interesting is who the fbi did not speak to, two of the main protagonists in this. yes, there was a bit ofa protagonists in this. yes, there was a bit of a decision by the white house or by the fbi not to do that, ina sense, house or by the fbi not to do that, in a sense, i suppose, we saw hours and h

our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in washington. at what point exactly are we?d what happens now? talk us through it. this is the endgame, there is no doubt about that. the next 2a, 48 or endgame, there is no doubt about that. the next 24, 48 or 72 hours we will see this thing come to a conclusion and effectively over the fbi enquiry, there is a straight split along partisan lines. republicans believe it doesn't prove anything in terms of the allegations against kavanaugh, anything in terms of the allegations against kava naugh, democrats anything in terms of the allegations against kavanaugh, democrats say that not nearly enough people were interviewed, the white house tied the hands of the fbi when it issued this demand for the extra enquiry and chuck schumer, the democrat leader in the senate, he disagreed that there was no hint of misconduct in the fbi report itself. we are reiterating our call that the documents with proper redaction be made public. why shouldn't all of america see the facts? and second, we are reiterating our call to make the directive tha

let's speak now to our washington correspondent, gary o'donoghue.se reports about the nature of the fbi investigation. asked to do whatever the senate wants to do. he does not wa nt the senate wants to do. he does not want a witchhunt, he wants it to be confined in some sense, he was asked quite a lot about the evidence that brett kava naugh gave quite a lot about the evidence that brett kavanaugh gave last week, talking about how much beer he drank. sometimes he he drinks too much beer. the president said that he was surprised at how vocal the judge was about his approach to alcohol and had this to say about his own views on alcohol. i can honestly say i've never had a beer in my life, 0k? it's one of my only good traits. i don't drink. whenever they're looking for something good, i said i've never had a glass of alcohol. i've never had alcohol. for whatever reason. can you imagine if i had? what a mess i'd be? i'd be the world's worst. but i never drank, ineverdrank, 0k? but i can tell you, i watched that hearing it i watched a man saying that he

our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue is in panama city, florida, now. we are getting the sense of the strength of the winds, the huge amount of rain we've been talking about. gary is very close to that camera shot we were just looking at. my camera shot we were just looking at. my goodness, i'm afraid you look as if you are being buffeted. it's picking up quite a lot. the wind isn't quite as bad as it is out front but the rain has started to intensify in the last half an hour. the winds and the gusts are definitely getting much, much bigger. the real key moment will come in and out war or two —— in an hour or two. that's the point where the really, really big winds are. for those staying in panama city beach, they've been told to stay put. you can't get out, you have to hunker down and keep going. the emergency authorities won't be able to come anywhere near you until the storm has passed. they are being told they are on their own. do we know how many people are staying, in fa ct? know how many people are staying, in fact? i was just know how many people

our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue reports.t hours after the hate filled murder of 11 jewish worshippers, hundreds of people from this community came together to grieve and to comfort one another. some chose to speak up, some to stand and remain silent, all still in shock and disbelief over the horror of what had taken place. all day the police were at the scene of the shooting meticulously gathering evidence. the sheer scale of brutality of the crime becoming clearer by the minute. later in the evening, robert bowers was indicted, with 29 separate charges laid against him. many accused him of murder motivated by religious hatred. announcer: donald j trump! donald trump was in illinois at a rally, and announced his intention to travel to pittsburgh in the coming days. he has also a ask for flags to be flown at half mast at the white house and other federal buildings for the next four days. this evil anti—semetic attack is an assault on all of us. it is an assault on humanity. later, the names of those who died will be released.

gary o‘donoghue, bbc news, florida.dges from temple bar to westminster. amid the pomp, there is a problem. not enough lawyers want to become judges. in the last decade, applications have halved. a report last year found that high workloads and long hours were to blame. the answer, according to the government‘s senior salaries review board is more pay. at the moment, a typical crown courtjudge receives just under £135,000 a year. under these proposals that would go up to nearly 165,000. that‘s more than the prime minister‘s salary. although theresa may does enjoy significant perks, like a free house in a prime location. an nhs nurse with five years experience can expect to earn £28,000 a year. it is that perceived inequality that could give the ministry of justice pause for thought. in a free—market economy it should be easy to attract more recruits. it is never that simple when the taxpayer is footing the bill and when other public sector employees like teachers, nurses, soldiers and prison officers have been given far

let's speak to our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. at inappropriate for the white house to say this? well, i think this is par for the course. what you will get todayis for the course. what you will get today is the congress, senators in congress, looking at it for themselves. there is only one copy of this and it will be stuck in a secure room , senators of this and it will be stuck in a secure room, senators will be allowed to go in, look at it, and read it but not take notes. they will have to leave any notes they ta ke will have to leave any notes they take in there. they will traipse in party by party, after hour, until they have all read it. i think the danger is that the democrats have already said they didn't think enough people were interviewed by the fbi. they wanted two dozen people spoken to the republicans wa nted people spoken to the republicans wanted for people spoken to. you can see the shape of the narrative before you've even heard from him. i have no doubt we will hear some of the contacts because you can't keep tha

our correspondent gary o'donoghue is on panama city beach in florida.as you say, jeremy corbyn took the opportunity to try and point out time after time that after the prime minister had said in her conservative party conference speech, austerity was coming to an end, that was very much not the case. talking to cuts to police in taking the government ‘s's promises to spend more money. it wasn't until half an hour in that brexit was mentioned which is quite rare for pmq ‘s. when kenneth clarke stood up and he had one of the first of the series of brutal reminders for the prime minister aboutjust series of brutal reminders for the prime minister about just how series of brutal reminders for the prime minister aboutjust how tricky things are in the brexit negotiations. he said the prime minister should pursue a strategy to get a brexit deal which moderate mps in the house of commons could agree on, which would expose the fact right—wing nationalists and his party and hardline eurosceptics in labour would not vote for. after that, we then heard the dup, the