and i have the feeling it's graham brady is such a i feeling it's graham brady is such a figure.t on the numbers butjust to be prepared. i think probably he knew, he would not want to embarrass the queen, but i can imagine him bringing up an mp and saying that letter you're going to send, that class rather than first—class. and maybe you could drop it into the office to arrive right on time. we will see and who knows, we will be coming back with emma and aubrey have passed and coming up next is sport, whether in the newsday. good evening, i'm tt and this is your sports news where we start with football and ukraine are through to a world cup play off decider against wales on sunday. they beat scotland 3—1 at hampden park and jane dougall was watching. the flag of the opposition emblazed on a government building in glasgow. a scottish take on the ukrainian national anthem. and this group of children, ukrainian orphans, but with a new home in scotland, making their way to watch the match. for a football game, there has been an unusually warm welcome for the opposing fans, but in the

's or graham brady. —— sir. the question here _ graham brady. —— sir.re is this coming week the best time _ here is this coming week the best time to— here is this coming week the best time to trigger that process, given that if— time to trigger that process, given that if the — time to trigger that process, given that if the prime minister has a vote _ that if the prime minister has a vote of— that if the prime minister has a vote of no—confidence and he wins, he can't _ vote of no—confidence and he wins, he can't be — vote of no—confidence and he wins, he can't be charged for another year~ _ he can't be charged for another year~ i— he can't be charged for another year. i suspect there are some mps who do think it's time for the prime minister— who do think it's time for the prime minister to— who do think it's time for the prime ministerto go, who do think it's time for the prime minister to go, but i'm who do think it's time for the prime ministerto go, but i'm not who do think it's time for the prime minister to go, but i'm not sure whether— ministe

sirgraham sir graham brady sirgraham brady did sir graham brady did acknowledge that you may not necessarilyf he survives the vote, that it is possible for the rules to be changed. a spokesperson for mr johnson's officers he welcomes an opportunity to make its case to mps. the former treasury ministerjesse norman this morning said he no longer has confidence in the prime minster and has submitted a letter of no confidence to the chair of the 1922 committee. mr norman published a letter to borisjohnson on twitter, setting out his reasons for withdrawing support, after backing the prime ministerfor 15 years. a few moments ago, he spoke to my colleaguejustin webb on the today programme and said partygate was not the sole reason for his letter. the last few days, the publication of the _ the last few days, the publication of the sue — the last few days, the publication of the sue gray report and the queen's— of the sue gray report and the queen's speech, have shown that, actually, _ queen's speech, have shown that, actually, the reasons i am very sorry— actually, the reasons i am very sorry that

graham brady, - put them in? that's right. it is a| big process. graham brady, who put them in?g process. graham brady, who heads the 1922 committee, he is the only person— the 1922 committee, he is the only person who — the 1922 committee, he is the only person who knows who has submitted the tetter~ _ person who knows who has submitted the letter. some people will say they have done so and not done so. some _ they have done so and not done so. some people have publicly called for him to— some people have publicly called for him to go— some people have publicly called for him to go and not put in the letter. at others, — him to go and not put in the letter. at others, this is a danger for the prime _ at others, this is a danger for the prime minister, very quietly, without— prime minister, very quietly, without a _ prime minister, very quietly, without a fanfare, just put in a letter — without a fanfare, just put in a letter of — without a fanfare, just put in a letter of no confidence. it has got over 44, — letter of no confidence. it has got over 44, which is more than 15% of

sir graham brady has been very tight—lipped.e. let's go back to the beginning. what is the 1922 committee and how does it work? it is the 1922 committee and how does it work? , ., _, is the 1922 committee and how does it work? , ., .., ., , ., it work? it is a committee of senior backbench conservative _ it work? it is a committee of senior backbench conservative mps. - it work? it is a committee of senior backbench conservative mps. they| backbench conservative mps. they conduct leadership contest in the conservative party if they are colder needed, there is an executive committee that sets rules. graham brady is the chair, any ballot of the party would be made, it would be in a day or so or within a week, and the prime minister needs to get a straight majority of mps in his favour to stay on. if it is a straight majority against him, a leadership contest is triggered. so we have a number of by—elections coming up. do you think members of the conservative party will be guided by those outcomes in terms of what to do next? this

so graham brady as you had today.lly interesting looking at the latest letter that went public this morning, from jesse norman mp for herefordshire, and he was normally a loyal member of the conservative party, formerly a member of the government, but he is using very strong words, talking about borisjohnson presiding over what he called a culture of casual lawbreaking, saying that it was grotesque for the prime minister to claim that he had been vindicated by the sue gray report. that language in itself very damning at a point when the prime minister is vulnerable and facing this vote? yes, it is very striking. we have seen some quite striking language from other allies, otherformer allies, people who perhaps don't normally speak out hugely strongly in recent weeks. 0n the other hand, there are those who are still passionate supporters of boris johnson is conservative party leader. there is a real and genuine division in the party. and then there are those who fall somewhere in between, who perhaps wouldn't have want

nobody actually knows how many letters graham brady has got. _ knows how many letters graham brady hasuntil after the two by elections — may leave it until after the two by elections i— may leave it until after the two by elections. i think what was most interesting about this particular pole with the fact that 56% of people — pole with the fact that 56% of people are saying that partygate is the reason are going against the tories _ the reason are going against the tories in — the reason are going against the tories in wakefield. and that gives the lie that jacob rees—mogg constantly saying nobody cares about partygate. _ constantly saying nobody cares about partygate, people really do. i do think— partygate, people really do. i do think however, borisjohnson being booed _ think however, borisjohnson being booed at— think however, borisjohnson being booed at the service on friday was unfortunate. i think this is the time _ unfortunate. i think this is the time actually not to bring politics into it _ time actually not to bring politics into it he — time actually not to bring politics

a source _ graham brady's inbox has been a source of— graham brady's inbox has been a source of intensenow there is source of intense speculation. iimr there is confirmation. source of intense speculation. now there is confirmation. the - source of intense speculation. now| there is confirmation. the threshold of 1596 of the — there is confirmation. the threshold of 1596 of the parliamentary - there is confirmation. the threshold of 1596 of the parliamentary party i there is confirmation. the threshold of 1596 of the parliamentary party is| of 15% of the parliamentary party is seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed, therefore a vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the 1922 committee. that vote will take place this evening. the 1922 committee. that vote will take place this evening.— place this evening. the jubilee offered a brief _ place this evening. the jubilee offered a brief break _ place this evening. the jubilee offered a brief break for - place this evening. the jubilee l offered a brief break for number ten, but the movement toward t

graham brady himself so we will have to wait to hearfrom him.from him. the week ahead is to find _ to wait to hear from him. the week ahead is to find out _ to wait to hear from him. the week ahead is to find out more. - some news this evening for those trying to travel out of london after those jubilee celebrations — and there are unfortunately major delays at london's euston station at the moment due to a passenger incident near milton keynes. let's speak to our news correspondent greg mckenzie, who's at euston station. what can you tell us? more delays. ultimately through _ what can you tell us? more delays. ultimately through those _ what can you tell us? more delays. ultimately through those doors i what can you tell us? more delays. | ultimately through those doors here at euston station, complete chaos. many people trying to get home having celebrated their platinum jubilee celebrations in the capital, they simply aren't going anywhere. a number of cancellations and delayed trains here tonight on the west coast line, even the inverness ov

this was announced by sir graham brady.says there are 54 letters of no confidence in the 57-year-old prime minister, who has faced mounting criticism for his behavior during the pandemic. of him, his staff is, who held parties in westminster. and there are growing calls for him to step down. we just heard from downing street that says the prime minister welcomes this opportunity to make his case, saying this was a chance to end months off speculation and allow the government to draw a line and move on. that's according to a spokesperson for number ten. repeating british prime minister, boris johnson, will face a vote of no confidence between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. this evening in london. moving on to other news. the investigation into the january 6th riot at the u.s. capitol is set to enter a new face this week. the house select committee plans to begin hearings in primetime. it's expected to unvill new evidence about the insurrection and what led up to it. >> january 6th committee is gearing up for the first of silver high sta

reads out in a minute — sir graham brady reads out in a minute or— sir graham brady reads out inhen theresa may one, her backers came _ when theresa may one, her backers came and said time to move on and let's get— came and said time to move on and let's get on— came and said time to move on and let's get on with delivering some brexit— let's get on with delivering some brexit now. her critics said she is currently— brexit now. her critics said she is currently wounded and there is no way she _ currently wounded and there is no way she can carry on. so we may well be in _ way she can carry on. so we may well be in that— way she can carry on. so we may well be in that territory again the night and we _ be in that territory again the night and we are... the vote is done in a government— and we are... the vote is done in a government and prime minister are saying _ government and prime minister are saying it's time to talk about something else, the drama goes on because _ something else, the drama goes on because there will be conservative mps who _ because there will be conservativ

in discussing and trying _ sir graham brady in discussing and trying to— sir graham brady in discussingister would want the challenge of confidence to be decided next week and that the opponents men wanted to wade into the bye election results or do you think there's a consensus getting it out of the way before the by election?— by election? difficult to see the net upsides _ by election? difficult to see the net upsides of— by election? difficult to see the net upsides of having _ by election? difficult to see the net upsides of having a - by election? difficult to see the i net upsides of having a confidence vote before two quite crucial by elections — vote before two quite crucial by elections at least because you have a fractured — elections at least because you have a fractured party but because you have _ a fractured party but because you have the — a fractured party but because you have the risk of having everyone show _ have the risk of having everyone show their— have the risk of having everyone show their hand about how they feel about— show their hand about how they feel abou

l graham brady to trigger this contest? ., �* ~ ., graham brady to trigger this contest?ooks like from the outside that number 10 are more organised than the rebels _ number 10 are more organised than the rebels at the moment so it wouldn't — the rebels at the moment so it wouldn't be surprised if that was the case, — wouldn't be surprised if that was the case, and the priority of number now is— the case, and the priority of number now is to _ the case, and the priority of number now is to keep the margin as wide as possible. _ now is to keep the margin as wide as possible. to — now is to keep the margin as wide as possible, to come out afterwards and say storm _ possible, to come out afterwards and say storm in — possible, to come out afterwards and say storm in a teacup, nothing to worry— say storm in a teacup, nothing to worry about, let us get on with the 'ob. worry about, let us get on with the job l'm _ worry about, let us get on with the job i'm sure — worry about, let us get on with the job. i'm sure we'll hear that line quite _ job. i'm sure we'll hear that line

, the chair of the i922 sir graham brady, the chair of the 1922 backbench committee, who is as usualirmly to himself. ., ,, , ., usual keeping that number firmly to himself. ., ,, ., ., usual keeping that number firmly to himself. ., ., ., himself. thank you, jonathan blake in westminster. _ research published in the british medicaljournal suggests violent incidents at gp surgeries, recorded by police, nearly doubled in five years. there were more than 1,000 incidents last year. 182 resulted in injury. the royal college of gps has called the findings �*unacceptable'. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, joins us. this data comes from freedom of information requests responded to by 70% of police forces across the uk. they have said that over the past five years violent incidents increase by more than 1000 in the last year, that was up by 200 on the previous year, and has nearly doubled in that five year period. there has also been a significant increase in incidents such as vicious letters, e—mails, cyber bullying, stalking and harassment at surgeries and health authors. doctor g

the day began with the graham brady - with the graham brady announcing that the moment some conservativeperately hoped to avoid had come. the threshold ofthe avoid had come. the threshold of the % of _ avoid had come. the threshold of the % of the _ avoid had come. the threshold of the % of the parliamentary i of the % of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore a vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the 1922 committee. within moments the public argument began, cabinet ministers offering the best spin on things. d0 ministers offering the best spin on things.— ministers offering the best spin on things. do you accept that the bottom _ spin on things. do you accept that the bottom line - spin on things. do you accept that the bottom line is - spin on things. do you accept that the bottom line is a - spin on things. do you accept that the bottom line is a vote of confidence is bad news for any leader. i of confidence is bad news for any leader-— any leader. i think that i've already said _ any leader. i think tha

tom: graham brady speaking about the no-confidence vote that will take place to test whether the primeinister forrest johnson -- boris johnson continues to have parliament after the 54 votes were collected. let's bring in lizzy burden, i'm no-confidence vote is finally happening. >> the chairman of the tory backbenchers saying it will happen tonight between six and 8 p.m., that means he has received 54 letters of no-confidence in the prime minister. that does not mean boris johnson will automatically have to step down. his predecessor theresa may survived this stage. it will take 180 votes to oust boris johnson. but it reflects how far he has fallen. we saw the boo's as he went up the stairs for the queen's jubilee service. that is not the reception other prime minister's previously received. and this is all because of the party gate scandal and cost-of-living crisis. francine: and it's amazing for a confidence bout to be triggered, 54 letters, it did unravel quite quickly. if he has a thin majority, is that almost as bad as not winning it? >> even though she won another boat, she deci

his name is sir graham brady.ore and we help about possible. in 2018, we spoke the - evening before and we help about the next day. i suppose it is in line with recent precedent. i suppose it is good for everybody to get these things out of the way as quickly and efficiently as possible. i won't speculate about leadership elections. we are holding a vote of confidence and it will take place today, and you will have a result this evening. a confidence vote obviously will provide a clear answer. the party will have confidence in the leadership or not. that is the question that will be before our colleagues today. technically, it is possible for rules to be changed, but at present there will be a period of grace. let's talk to a political commentator at the guardian. olivia utley is with me too. they are 20 persuade as many conservative mps as possible. thea; conservative mps as possible. they are travelling _ conservative mps as possible. they are travelling back _ conservative mps as possible. tt9: are travelling b

's to survive the challenge to his leadership. conservative body official graham brady announced that enough in peace had sent letters demanding the confidence vote. at the threshold, all 15 percent of the parliamentary policy seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore, vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the nitrogen to committee. that vote will take place this evening in the house of commons between 6 and 8 o'clock. and we will announce the result. shortly thereafter, i notified the problems yesterday. but the threshold have been reached. we agreed the time table for confidence, i'd say 5 dw cars when a child tell some pill joins us from london. charlotte, what triggered the vote. this has been building some time ever since the allegations burst and much in connection with party gate school. here. these are the gatherings that happened during a period of coverage restrictions in down the street. one of which we know that the prime minister himself was fine. that's causing a lot of upset here. put a lot of them is the prime minist

was triggered after some conservative mps handed in letters calling on the pm to resign to sir graham bradyan of an influential group of backbench mps, called the 1922 committee. it will take place between six and eight this evening. we are expecting the vote at nine o'clock. the prime minister has been under increasing pressure after that report. a vote of confidence was triggered after some conservatives handed in letters calling on the prime minister to resign to serve graham brady, the chairman of it until influential group of backbench mps called the 1922 committee. for a vote to be held, at least 15% of conservative mps need to write a letter — that works out at 5a. to win, mrjohnson needs 180 votes — half of his mps, plus one. if he wins, he will continue as prime minister as normal, if he loses, it will trigger a leadership election. we should have the results around 9 o'clock tonight. lots to get through this evening. joining me now is anna mcgovern, who is a young conservative. what are you hoping to hear later this evening? i what are you hoping to hear later this evening?— what

his fate will be decided by a straight majority of conservative and peace. party official graham brady announced that he had received enough letters from conservative peace, demanding the vote. the thrash, all 15 percent of the parliamentary policy seeking a vase of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore, vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the night to try to do committee. that vote will take place this evening in the house of commons between 6 and 8 o'clock and we will announce the result. shortly thereafter, i notified the province yesterday that the threshold had been reached and we agreed the time table for confidence right to take place. and he shared my view, which is also in line with the rules that we have in place, that that vote should happen as soon as could reasonably take place. while the doubling correspondence challenge else impel in london told us more about what's behind this vote. well, this has been building for some time ever since the allegations and much in connection with party gate school. here. these are the gatherings t

what is more likely is that graham brady, the chairman— likely is that graham brady, the chairman ofbe _ borisjohnson, he would probably maybe decide that there was enough of a feeling within the parliamentary party to hold another vote of— parliamentary party to hold another vote of no—confidence regardless of the roles _ vote of no—confidence regardless of the roles. that may be that boris johnson's — the roles. that may be that boris johnson's biggest step to come. there _ johnson's biggest step to come. there are — johnson's biggest step to come. there are some people in the party that are _ there are some people in the party that are worrying about how to preserve the party for the long—term, there will be others worried — long—term, there will be others worried about their own positions, and there — worried about their own positions, and there will be a few more who are going _ and there will be a few more who are going on. _ and there will be a few more who are going on, this is the right to ask the primates —— the prime minister. sort of— the primates —— the prime minister. s

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for weeks the contents of sir graham brady's inbox has been the source of intense speculation and now is confirmation. the threshold of 15% of the party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore a vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the 1922 committee and that vote it will take place this evening. thejubilee offered a brief break from number ten but the movement towards this point has been building over many months. some tory mps were angry about revelations of lockdown breaking parties in downing street as details kept on emerging and the prime minister himself was fined for breaking covid—19 laws. i don't think you can be in charge of setting the rules during lockdown and then blatantly allowing people under your direct leadership to break those rules. we now have a clear picture of a much wider set of concerns and they are not just about partygate although that is a concern. they are also about core policy issues and unfortunately now he has to go. borisjohnson has written to conservative mps acknowledging he had come under a g

the only person who knows how many people have made that request is sir graham brady, a conservativee is discreet, unless an admirable quality unless you are a journalist wanting to find out. there are a couple of by—elections coming up in a couple of weeks that could trigger a couple of weeks that could trigger a further round ofjitters. as far as his supporters are concerned all they can hope to do is persuade conservative mps that he would win a vote of confidence anyway and he may well do that. but the speculation is damaging for him and voter confidence, win or lose, is very often bad news for a leader. chris, thank yom — in cricket england's men have had their first test victory for quite a while, led by a century from joe root. chasing a target of 277 runs, england beat new zealand by five wickets in the first test at lord's, asjoe wilson reports. sunday morning and all things possible — a test match at its best. super intense. captain ben stokes knew all he could do was watch. everyone mattered. fourfrom ben foakes, a leap forward. just 42 more to win now. everyone in the gro

the day began with an sir graham brady announcing the moment some conservative mps longed for and othersoped to avoid had come. the threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore, a vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the 1922 committee. within moments, the public argument began, cabinet ministers offering their best spin on things. do you expect that the bottom line of this vote of confidence is bad news for any leader? i think that i've already said to some other broadcasters, it's the privilege of any member of parliament to choose to request a new leader. i don't think that's the right choice but i'm not going to condemn people. how can the prime minister possibly recover from this? by winning. and a i—vote win is enough. two cabinet ministers turning out together, what does that say? it suggests to me that you are worried. i would say it suggests unity and strength, we're both in the same position of supporting the prime minister. i think it's the right thing for our country and our party t

well, in the meantime, party official graham brady received a critical mass of letters demanding the confidence vote of the threshold. all 15 percent of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore, vote with confidence will take place within the rules of the united church to committee. that vote will take place this evening in the house of commons between 6 and 8 o'clock and we will announce the result. shortly thereafter, i notified the problems yesterday that the threshold had been reached and we agreed the time table for confidence hope so place. and he shared my view, which is also in line with the rules that we have in place, that that vote should happen as soon as could reasonably take place. was take you straight away to dw, corresponded to charlotte, charles and bill. she standing outside parliament in a london, charlotte, the prime minister's job is on the line. what led to this moment? later there has been a sense that this has been a long time coming ever since they allegation foot allegations 1st emerged around par

have written a formal letter demanding it the man tasked with keeping count of those letters, sir graham brady. i notified the prime minister yesterday that the threshold had been reached and we agreed. the time table for confidence, hopes a place. and he shared my view, which is also in line with the rules that we have in place, that that vote should happen as soon as could reasonably take place. and that would be today despite securing a solid atc majority in the general election just 2 and a half years ago for as johnson has endured months of controversy and criticism which have steadily undermined his authority chief among them the party gates saga, where johnson and many of his stuff were found to have flouted covey, lockdown rules at downing street gatherings. johnson became the 1st p. m. judge to have broken the law, while in office deficient inquiry into those events, criticised to lack of leadership. johnson's ministerial colleagues are remaining supportive in public, at least replaced by ministers of birth. extraordinary reasons, only failure in war pull tides, all sorts of things. w

's party official graham brady announced that he had received enough letters from conservative m. p to demand the vote at the threshold of 15 percent of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore, vote of confidence will take place. within the rules of the knights do committee that vote will take place this evening in the house of commons between 6 and 8 o'clock and we will announce the result. shortly thereafter, i notified the prime minister yesterday that the threshold had been reached and we agreed. the time table for confidence folks take place and he's shared my view, which is also in line with the rules that we have in place, that that vote should happen as soon as could reasonably take place. let's get more from the w correspondent chart. chelsea pill who's in front of the apartment building in london. welcome, charlotte. what's behind this vote? so there has been a sense here that this very has been a long time coming, those party gate. it's allegations that story, as you mentioned, has been dragging on here for m

the day began with sir graham brady announcing that the moment some conservative mps longed for and otherstely hoped to avoid had come. the threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore a vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the 1922 committee. within moments, the public argument began. cabinet ministers offering their best spin on things. do you accept the bottom line is that a vote of confidence is bad news for any leader? i think i have already said to some of the other broadcasters, it's the privilege of any member of parliament to choose to request a new leader. i don't think that's the right choice but i'm not going to condemn people. how can the prime minister possibly recover from this? by winning. and a one vote win is enough. two make cabinet ministers turning out together, what does that say? it suggests you are worried. i think it suggests unity and strength. we are both in the same position of supporting the prime minister. i think it's the right thing for our country and party to dra

's have been sent in to the parties shop stewards graham brady. he has the 1922 committee back bench and he has been collecting those letters until that threshold was met. 15 percent of the parliamentary party, $54.00 letters, at which point he would have been obliged to notify the prime minister. a then call a secret and violet of conservative party n p's. to decide whether indeed they still have as a party confidence in bars, johnson as their leader. and therefore, whether he should consent, continue it office as prime minister, a trickle as i say, that has been coming in for months over a series of government scandals over question marks about the prime minister's integrity and trust. particularly over this issue of party gate, the parties that took place in number 10 and government buildings during periods of lockdown in this trickle, becoming slowly more and more over the report that was released last week before the 2 believe weekend by the senior civil 7 sou gray, the found serious haley as of leadership and down the street. and so this thi

under conservative party rules, if 5a letters from mps are submitted to sir graham brady, the chairman a leadership poll then a vote is called. now all the sport. hello and thanks forjoining us. wales have booked their ticket to qatar later this year, the first time they have reached a world cup since 1958. it was a nervy night in cardiff as they edged their play—off final against ukraine1—0. there was huge global support for ukraine, with their country still at war following the russian invasion. they were also aiming to reach only their second world cup but it was gareth bale's deflected free—kick in the first half that decided the match. ukraine's captain andriy yarmolenko was credited with the own goal as his headed clearance only hit the back of his own net. the welsh celebrations at fulltime will last long into the night in cardiff, they're off to qatar, where they'll play in the same group as england the boys work hard, is a big commitment, they are away from their families for a month, and to put that much commitment into it, the reward at the end is there for them. to celebrat

the day began with an sir graham brady announcing that the moment some conservative mps longed for anderately hoped to avoid had come. the threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore, a vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the 1922 committee. within moments, the public argument began, cabinet ministers offering their best spin on things. do you expect that the bottom line of this vote of confidence is bad news for any leader? i think that i've already said to some other broadcasters — it's the privilege of any member of parliament to choose to request a new leader. i don't think that's the right choice but i'm not going to condemn people. how can the prime minister possibly recover from this? by winning. and a one—vote win is enough. two cabinet ministers turning out together, what does that say? it suggests to me that you're worried. i would say it suggests unity and strength, actually. we're both in the same position of supporting the prime minister and think it's the right thing for our c

graham brady said that's a lot of the letters have been post stated so that m. p 's were sent to waiting until after the after the g. believe weekends before they would take into account. so i don't think that's the case, but clearly enough and pays. now think of it. you guys. there are 2 important by elections coming up later this months. now if the conservatives do badly in those by elections, but the prime minister wins this motive confidence today as i understand it, they can't get rid of them again for another year. so does this perhaps demonstrate that? but m p 's pulled the trigger too soon? well that is certainly something that is being discussed this morning in the u. k. from within the policy and political compensate to say these rebels, they should have waited. they should have to wait until after those 2 by elections, which the tories might well lose the confederacy. marty might well lose and that if they have weighted and sell off that moments, then they would have a better chance of unceasing boris johnson most. i think we're looking at this think,

graham brady will tell him himself once he has counted the letters when he gets back into parliament has also been enjoying the jubilee celebrations. some polling has come out, and this could be key to what is happening in johnson's government. we will see two elections on june the 23rd, a matter of weeks away. one in wake field. that polling is suggesting the labour party could win the vote, and that was one by the tories and 2019, part of -- in 2019, part of johnson breaking through the redwall in that part of the country. also elsewhere. boris johnson will face a lot of heat once those elections have been and gone. manus: it could well be that the wait and see huddles come in before they go for any jugular. let's see how the hurly-burly at westminster gets done. dani, we've got a little bit of a bid in these markets, down to mobility in china. they are stepping back from the zero covid policy and that is driving the narrative. the men -- the mliv blog concerned about tech and crypto. dani: bitcoin is up, so clearly some risk appetite in the market. this is bloomberg. ♪ so many peo

outside of the uk this back bench committee has ultimately triggered a leadership competition graham brady has received 54 letters saying we have no confidence in the prime minister then you get a leadership con contest. if you are the leader of the party, you are the prime minister those jobs go hand-in-hand if boris johnson were to lose this leadership contest, he would then ultimately have to step down as prime minister. the point here is he needs 180 votes in the leadership contest to survive there are 359 tori mps he needs180 of the in the closed door that will take place why is this happening right now? we had this party-gate story running for weeks here in the uk ultimately an investigation by the police handed out to 83 individuals and 126 fixed penalty notices because they were quote, partying when the rest of the country was ultimately having to obey the lockdown rules around covid that were set by downing street itself so a lot of frustration and anger in the country that people were not able to visit relatives, their parents or maybe vulnerable people in the community and yet i

it makes it more likely that if things don't improve, whether sir graham brady is chairman of the 1922ect borisjohnson to another contest. you think those who are not for the prime minister will become the majority in the 1922 committee? the? majority in the 1922 committee? they will certainly — majority in the 1922 committee? they will certainly become _ majority in the 1922 committee? tie: will certainly become the majority on the executive of the 1922 committee. it is important to distinguish between mps who might be generally anti—borisjohnson at distinguish between mps who might be generally anti—boris johnson at this point and mps who would be repaired to no—confidence him they're all sorts of factors that go into making a decision like that. lots of tory mps are reluctant to have a contest because unless there is a combination, there probably won't be because there are no obvious successor is to borisjohnson at the moment, a leadership contest is quite time consuming. several rounds of voting with mps and the final two go to borisjohnson at the moment, a leadership contest is qu

on the vote of confidence in british prime minister boris johnson will take place today , said graham brady22 committee. it is also called the back bench committee. it brings together deputies of the optin house from the ruling conservative party who are not members of the government and this committee has the right to launch a procedure, a vote of confidence in the prime minister, if required by 15% of all tore in the lower house of parliament, according to brady, the required number of votes has been collected, the vote will be held tonight in the house of commons from 17:00 to 19 arrangements will be made to vote by proxy for any colleagues who can be personally present at westmin on these measures, to keep the post johnson will need the support of a simple majority of one party members, but according to a number of sources. forces are not in his favor. in case of defeat, the party will face new elections. this takes 3 months. one of the reasons for dissatisfaction with the prime minister is the coronavirus parties on downing street, which were even held on the eve of the funeral of prin

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here's british mp and chairman of the 1992 graham brady speaking about the vote earlier. >> the threshold a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore, a vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the 1922 committee, that vote will take place this evening in the house of commons between 6:00 and 8:00, and we will announce the result shortly thereafter. >> meanwhile, ukraine says president volodymyr zelenskyy visited the war-torn east of the country as the battle for the donbas grinds on. on sunday mr. zelenskyy visited where fierce fighting has raged for weeks. >> translator: i am proud of everyone i met, shook hands with, communicated with, and supported. something was brought for the military, but will not detail it, and i brought something from them to you. it is important. we brought confidence and strength. >> that visit comes as ukraine says russian forces are renewing their offensive in the east. on sunday military officials reported russian troops had suffered losses in the donetsk region amid a push toward the key city of slovansk. also hearin

the man tasked with keeping count those letters, sir graham brady. i notified the promise yesterday that the threshold had been reached and we agreed. the time table for confidence vouchsafe vice. ah, and i, he shared my view, ah, which is also in line with the rules that we have in place, that that vote should happen as soon as could reasonably take place. and that would be today despite securing a solid atc majority in the general election just 2 and a half years ago for as johnson has endured months of controversy and criticism which have steadily undermined his authority chief among them the party gates saga, where johnson and many of his stuff were found to have flouted cove. it locked down rules at downing street gatherings. johnson became the 1st p. m. judge to have broken the law while in office deficient inquiry into those events, criticized the lack of leadership. johnson's ministerial colleagues are remaining supportive in public, at least we'll change by ministers, this person story, reasons, ideas, failure or in war. i'm full time, all s

to the day began with sir graham brady announcing that the moment some conservative mps longed for andped to avoid had come. the others desperately hoped to avoid had come. , ., ., ' , ., had come. the threshold of 1596 of the parliamentary _ had come. the threshold of 1596 of the parliamentary party _ had come. the threshold of 1596 of the parliamentary party seeking i had come. the threshold of 1596 of the parliamentary party seeking a| the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore a vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the 1922 committee. within the rules of the 1922 committee-— within the rules of the 1922 committee. ~ ., , committee. within moments, the -ublic committee. within moments, the public argument _ committee. within moments, the public argument began. _ committee. within moments, the public argument began. cabinet i public argument began. cabinet ministers offering their best spin on things. do you accept the bottom line is that a vote of confidence is bad news for any leader? i line is that a vote

think he's going to sweep through just because 54 or more m p 's of given their letters into a graham, brady doesn't mean that there are going to be a $180.00 plus that's the majority would take to unseat him, but it is perhaps got to be a close run thing and it's got to be a very nervous afternoon for the prime minister. now we can be again here, jonathan les hosea, a journalist and commentator thinks by say, writing for a left when perspective given that, what do you think will be best for the opposition for the left wing in this country? is it better for, for us johnson to survive this vote of confidence or force him to go as labor has actually been asking for for a long time, get boris strong. turn out to that, who really want that? well, it's a really good question because to lay the party, i would be much better off if johnson stays, because he is there. great. his assets are the moments or he has lost all public trusts, and the country has made up his mind about him. the longer he stays on his point minister, the more he will drag his party down with him. so say much and lay parties i

, we watch and wait to see if any more conservative mps will speak out or write letters to sir graham brady confidence in the prime minister. meanwhile, labour leader sir keir starmer and deputy leader angela rayner have received questionnaires from durham police as they look into that event in april of last year in the run—up to a by—election in the area, where there is now an investigation going on into whether sir keir starmer and angela rayner and possibly others broke the rules at that event which labour have always maintained was a work event but is now carrying very high stakes with a pair of them because both angela rayner and sir keir starmer said that they would resign, if issued with a fixed penalty notice. thank you, jonathan blake at westminster. president biden has said that the us will enable ukraine to strike russian targets more precisely with new weaponry. it will include high mobility artillery rocket systems which have a range of 50 miles, 80 kilometres, in the past few hours a russian air strike has it chemical plant in the eastern city of severodonetsk, releasing a clo

the 1922 committee can have another vote before the year is up, and that will happen if graham brady,fter the a second world war it is almost had a labour mp except during margaret thatcher�*s years. this is one of the places that voted for brexit, and i came here in 2019 and they were very keen on the message to get brexit done. we don�*t know how the mp here voted in last night�*s vote, because he is a secretary for the 1922 committee and he won�*t publicly say how he voted, nonetheless key voters in this area. the clock cafe in this area is a well—known landmark in high street, in this article who come in here will be key in the next general election. it was interesting to see what they thought in last night�*s confidence votes. you really can�*t have him as a scape goat, because he can�*t do much can he? i think there is a bigger risk with boris still in charge, and clearly 140 plus of his own mps are fearful for the next election as to whether he can help them keep their seats. i believe, i'll be surprised if he is around in the next six to 12 months. that is more or less what we

inside that room we expect sir graham brady, the chair of the 1922 committee, to announce the result days, breaking the brexit deadlock was the priority and a huge plus point with colleagues. then an unprecedented pandemic derailed any plans mrjohnson may have had. you must stay at home. some trace his problems back to other choices, sticking by dominic cummings who had alienated conservative mps, clashed with the prime minister's wife, and was then accused of breaking covid rules. it's mrjohnson's leadership style that concerns others. i think you did a brilliantjob over brexit, for which the country and conservative party should always be grateful. but he doesn't in my view govern in the way a modern prime minister governs, through the normal processes of the state, it feels a bit more like a medieval monarch governing through a court, and you absolutely cannot govern modern britain in that way. some tory mps complain about a lack of direction — from u—turns over free school meals to an embarrassing climb—down after mrjohnson tried to change parliamentary rules on standards to prot

want boris johnson out, are talking about exactly that, talking about putting pressure on sir graham bradyss is all fine and well, the process is all fine and well, the process is all fine and well, the process is interesting, that the politics is also going to be really crucial, and whether the rebels can persuade more tory mps who backed the pm last night to change their mind. i've got to say, speaking to those rebels this morning they are not going to give up, they are still hoping that they can force boris johnson out. i suppose in some ways the question that the tory party faces this afternoon is the one it faced last night. do they want boris johnson to lead them into the next general election? on that issue this afternoon the tory party is bitterly split. afternoon the tory party is bitterly slit. , ., afternoon the tory party is bitterly slit. ,~ , ,, afternoon the tory party is bitterly slit. ,, split. they are partly split because the can't split. they are partly split because they can't agree — split. they are partly split because they can't agree on _ split. they are partly spl

so we watch and wait to see if any more conservative mps will speak out or write letters to sir graham bradyeader, angela rayner, have received questionnaires from police as they look into that event in april last year in the run—up to the by—election in the area where there is now an investigation going on into whether sir keir starmer and angela rayner and possibly others broke the rules at that event which labour have always maintained was a work event, but is now carrying very high stakes for the pair of them because both angela rayner and sir keir starmer have said they will resign if they are issued with a fixed penalty notice. if you want to get in touch about that story or any other you can do that story or any other you can do that on twitter. world athletics has become the first global sporting body to launch a campaign which seeks stronger action on air pollution around the world — saying that it is a human right to have access to clean air. let's hear more about this this from the president of world athletics, lord sebastian coe. really good to have you with us. thank you for you