git their saying, ultimately, the only man who knows is graham brady and this possibility that maybeold is reached in the coming day or two it is interesting that the guardian also says that the first day of recess was spend by conservative whips. it first day of recess was spend by conservative whips.— first day of recess was spend by conservative whips. it was rather unusual in _ conservative whips. it was rather unusual in tory _ conservative whips. it was rather unusual in tory mps _ conservative whips. it was rather unusual in tory mps as _ conservative whips. it was rather unusual in tory mps as opposed | conservative whips. it was rather i unusual in tory mps as opposed to checking _ unusual in tory mps as opposed to checking out with the latest position _ checking out with the latest position is, i think we've had the initial_ position is, i think we've had the initial response in the house of commons _ initial response in the house of commons to the report and then we've had all_ commons to the report and then we've had all kinds _ commons to the report and then we've had al

graham brady who is the chair _ letters were submitted.aham brady who is the chair of the _ letters were submitted. graham brady who is the chair of the 1922 _ who is the chair of the 1922 committee, he receives the letters, he is the custodian and guardian of them and he said he will tell us as soon as that 5a letter mark is reached and the contest and the whole process of that will take place after that point.- whole process of that will take place after that point. thank you. nice to talk _ place after that point. thank you. nice to talk to _ place after that point. thank you. nice to talk to you. _ the former us president, donald trump, and other leading republicans have dismissed calls for gun reform, days after nineteen children and two teachers were killed by a teenager with an assault rifle in texas. speaking at the national rifle association gun lobby convention in houston, mr trump said the massacre in uvalde was a reason to arm — not disarm. this report from our correspondent, sanchia berg. just days ago, children cowered in the

i suspect sir graham brady will be in peoples ears if that actually done it.s word that he doesn't tell. on that, some justice, alecia kearns was a backbencher, they are added to the number. we will see how that trip trip continues or doesn't continue over the weekend. take us on to the front of the i. a set of great bullet points on the i. the first one is perhaps will cause most unease, this is a yugo of survey telling us what? it tells us that at the next election, based on current predictions the tories would lose all but three of their 88 key battlegrounds. this is absolutely dire. this would include the prime minister seat and he read wall constituencies. senior tories are saying to the prime minister that they really fare the lib dems and labor, especially in marginals. yes, as we said more mps submitting no letters and those two crimes by elections next month. it's really not looking good poll was for the prime minister at all, for the tories at all.— prime minister at all, for the tories at all. g . , ., . ~ tories at all. james, would he make it at?

i don't think that we are very close to that but the only person that knows is sir graham brady.beyond the publicly declared people there is a lot we are left to guess about. haifa declared people there is a lot we are left to guess about. how likely is it we will— are left to guess about. how likely is it we will get _ are left to guess about. how likely is it we will get to _ are left to guess about. how likely is it we will get to a _ are left to guess about. how likely is it we will get to a leadership - is it we will get to a leadership contest? tt is it we will get to a leadership contest? , ., ., ,~' ., contest? if you asked me a few months ago — contest? if you asked me a few months ago when _ contest? if you asked me a few months ago when partygate - contest? if you asked me a few| months ago when partygate was brewing and hot, before the met decided to investigate, it felt like there was momentum behind the move on the tory backbenches to trigger a no—confidence vote. the dynamics feel quite different now. the partygate report has come and gone, we had rishi sunak�*s st

the only person who knows the true number of letters which have gone in is sir graham brady himself andng in the meantime, but that number will have just increased by one. that number will have 'ust increased b one. , ., . , ,, by one. very informally guessing in our case, by one. very informally guessing in your case, jonathan. _ by one. very informally guessing in your case, jonathan. filling - by one. very informally guessing in your case, jonathan. filling the - your case, jonathan. filling the tank of a diesel car now cost more than £100 after the average price of fuel rose to 182.5 p a litre on sunday. dieselacross fuel rose to 182.5 p a litre on sunday. diesel across the uk average 131 point six p a litre. petrol prices have also hit a new record yesterday. time to look at the store is making the news across the united kingdom. in a first for scotland, victims of rape or domestic abuse will be given the opportunity to formally meet those who harmed them. in a process called restorative justice, victims of sexual abuse and assault would be able to ask their attackers questions fac

of the i922 graham brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee.ry free to do that, and i shall retain my discretion, and i can say nothing more. you keep having to add up the letters daily, or how often do you look at them? it's not a regular pastime of mine. so, graham brady they�*re saying he�*s not spending a lot of time currently counting letters, but that could of course be because parliament is in recess at the moment. it could be because it would be potentially not the best time to do it with the queen�*sjubilee coming up this week. it may well be that he doesn�*t actually have any sort of number of letters that suggest we�*re anywhere close to a contest at the moment. he�*s the one man that has the complete picture of what�*s currently going on and he takes hisjob complete picture of what�*s currently going on and he takes his job very seriously, and is always the remaining very tight—lipped. let seriously, and is always the remaining very tight-lipped. let me 'ust ask remaining very tight-lipped. let me just ask you — remaining very tight

the only person that knows is sir graham brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee and he tells nobodyle, the result we are left guessing about. how likely is it that we will get to a leadership contest? if how likely is it that we will get to a leadership contest?— a leadership contest? if you had asked me that _ a leadership contest? if you had asked me that a _ a leadership contest? if you had asked me that a few _ a leadership contest? if you had asked me that a few months - a leadership contest? if you had| asked me that a few months ago a leadership contest? if you had - asked me that a few months ago and partygate asked me that a few months ago and pa rtygate was asked me that a few months ago and partygate was brewing, and it was hot, before the met investigated, it felt like there was a move to trigger a no—confidence vote by the dynamics now feel different. sue gray's report has come and gone, we have had rishi sunak�*s statement in the commons offering £15 billion package to try to help people with a gust of living, my sense is that right now today, boris johnson's future, a

only sir graham brady knows. you can always ask.er — and ron christie — former senior advisor to president george w bush. welcome back. here in the uk the row over lockdown parties in downing street could yet cost boris johnson his job. his own standards adviser says there is a "legitimate question" over whether the prime minister broke the ministerial code after getting fined for partygate. earlier another senior conservative — dame andrea leadsom added her voice to the criticism directed at borisjohnson —saying there were unacceptable failures of leadership over the parties that were the responsibility of the prime minister. if enough conservative mps send a letter to graham brady — it triggers a leadership contest. but only he knows how many — and he's keeping his cards, or letters, close to his chest. you can always ask, and i say people are very free to do that, and i shall retain my discretion and, you know, i can say nothing more. do you add up the letters daily, or how often do you look at them? it's not a regular pastime of

giving those letters to graham brady, the chair of the 1922 committee, before an actual vote of no confidence that at the moment. sian, front of the mail, chairs, man, it- near that at the moment. sian, front of the mail, chairs, man, it is- near that at the moment. sian, front of the mail, chairs, man, it is back i of the mail, chairs, man, it is back could be back, that little crown we used to see on a pint glasses —— cheers ma'am. used to see on a pint glasses -- cheers ma'am-— used to see on a pint glasses -- cheers ma'am-_ cheers ma'am. this is a strange sto . a cheers ma'am. this is a strange story. a strange _ cheers ma'am. this is a strange story. a strange story _ cheers ma'am. this is a strange story. a strange story to - cheers ma'am. this is a strange story. a strange story to splash| cheers ma'am. this is a strange - story. a strange story to splash and come i think. but it is pointing to the celebrations next weekend, the jubilee celebrations for the queen, for her 70 years. this story is about 18 years after the eu auditors are to remove the crown symbol from the pint glass, bo

the i992 they have submitted or delivered to the 1992 committee but the only people who know sue graham bradyived and how much can be seen for the day by day, more discontent of the tory back benches because of boris johnson as leader. i5 back benches because of boris johnson as leader.— johnson as leader. is that discontent _ johnson as leader. is that discontent noting - johnson as leader. is that| discontent noting steamer johnson as leader. is that _ discontent noting steamer momentum is adjusted daily trickle? the discontent noting steamer momentum is adjusted daily trickle?— is adjusted daily trickle? the big roblem is adjusted daily trickle? the big problem with — is adjusted daily trickle? the big problem with daily _ is adjusted daily trickle? the big problem with daily trickles - is adjusted daily trickle? the big problem with daily trickles is - is adjusted daily trickle? the big | problem with daily trickles is that it can trickle into the threshold of 54 and the triggers that no confidence vote and i don't think this seems to be any plan going on at the moment, any coordination b

but only the chairman of the 1922 committee dirk graham brady knows the real number and he is saying bbc sport centre... good evening. what a pivotal week it could be for steve clarke and scotland with an emotional occasion at hampden park tomorrow, when they take on ukraine, in their re—arranged fixture from march, following russia's invasion of ukraine. the winner will face wales on sunday for a place in the world cup finals later this year. our sports reporter jane dougall has more. as expected the match here at hampden tomorrow night is sold out which means more than 50,000 fans, most of them scottish will be watching on scotland take on ukraine in an emotional charge match with so much riding on it in more ways than one. for scotland it is a chance to get to the world cup playoff final against wales and scotland haven't been to a world cup 1998. earlier scotland keeper craig gordon said they will be very focused for those 90 minutes for the well of course they have sympathy for ukraine situation that will be put to 1's eye. i situation that will be put to 1's e e. ~' �* , situat

you would need 5a of them to write a letter of no confidence to graham brady, the chair of the 1922 backbenchote of confidence in then trigger a vote of confidence in the prime minister and you would need a simple majority of tory mps, 180, to unseat borisjohnson. 0ne need a simple majority of tory mps, 180, to unseat borisjohnson. one of the big things they are thinking about is that there is no obvious successor, since rishi sunak... well, there isn't, theresa may, john major, you look back even in recent history, people emerge, don't they? but having spoken to a couple of mps i bumped into earlier today, the majority of them are opponents of borisjohnson and they majority of them are opponents of boris johnson and they say that their colleagues in the middle are scared, scared that there is nobody who could replace him who would make sure that there eats and constituencies were safe for them and i think that is in a lot of peoples minds.— and i think that is in a lot of peoples minds. and i think that is in a lot of --eoles minds. �* . ., peoples minds. adam fleming, for now, peoples minds

a gradual uptick in the numbers, we deny hammy letters have been submitted, only graham brady, who runsthe city is a key russian objective as they try to capture the entire eastern region of luhansk — in the donbas — but ukrainian forces are mounting stiff resistance — as our correspondent joe inwood reports from kyiv. right across the donbas, they watch and wait. ukraine's forces know the russians are coming. this old industrial region has been battered by their artillery. trenches are the best defence. despite the pressures, the men here say they are in no mood to compromise. translation: a negotiated settlement can only happen | on ukrainian terms, and at present, if it happened, it would be a horror. it would be the end of the president's career, and of them all, because people went to defend ukraine, not for zelensky, but for ukraine. but ukraine's president remains a popularfigure with broad support for the way he's led this country through the darkest days of this war. until now, he'd spent the entirety of it here in the capital, kyiv. yesterday, that changed as he visited kharki

who knows how many letters calling for a leadership contest have been submitted, and that is sir graham brady. and i can say nothing more. do you add u- and i can say nothing more. do you add up the — and i can say nothing more. do you add up the letters _ and i can say nothing more. do you add up the letters daily? _ and i can say nothing more. do you add up the letters daily? how - and i can say nothing more. do you add up the letters daily? how often do you look at them? it is add up the letters daily? how often do you look at them?— do you look at them? it is not a reuular do you look at them? it is not a regular pastime. _ do you look at them? it is not a regular pastime. lots _ do you look at them? it is not a regular pastime. lots of- regular pastime. lots of speculation, _ regular pastime. lots of speculation, parliamentj regular pastime. lots of. speculation, parliament in regular pastime. lots of— speculation, parliament in recess, jubilee weekend, and even if the letters are in, he is not forced to and he may not decide to announce anything this week anyway. i and he may not decide

that is a notoriously confidential process, the only person who really knows is sir graham brady, ther is in recess this week so mps are back in their constituencies. i understand there are no formal rules saying what would happen if the threshold is reached while people are away but there is no real appetite for a leadership contest, sorry, a vote of no confidence, to happen before the queensjubilee. so it is a watch and wait, and are very much if it happens at all.— wait, and are very much if it happens at all. wait, and are very much if it ha ens at all. . ,, y., , . happens at all. thank you very much indeed. survivors of rape and serious sexual assaults are being treated as �*suspects' by the legal system, according to the uk's data watchdog. the information commissioner urging police and prosecutors to immediately stop collecting what he calls "extraordinary" amounts of personal information from victims. we'rejoined now byjohn edwards, the information commissioner, and by katherine araniello, who had her rape complaint dropped by the crown prosecution service just days before th

i think the only person who knows how many letters there are is sir graham brady.t is your best guess? i don't know how the ground has - what is your best guess? i don't| know how the ground has shifted what is your best guess? i don't - know how the ground has shifted from this morning. i would say my best guess this morning would be probably 30? my best guess after... asked me after the 1922 committee, when we really will probably feel the mood of the party. the prime minister got the feeling, the temperature on the last of these occasions horribly wrong. it will be interesting to see whether he manages to get it rather more right tonight. but if he doesn't, then i think about tomorrow morning there could be quite a lot of letters under graham's doormat. 0k. sir roger gale, may be we will come back to you tonight after the 1922 or early tomorrow morning, thank you very much indeed for your time again today. thank you. our political correspondent, nick early, it's in the central lobby of the houses of parliament. ali managed to speak to anyone else in terms of bac