result in us leaving without a deal which as it may turn out at 7:00 tonight is not what the house of commons wants and we should respect the view of the house of commons. i will give way. >> i'm grateful for you giving way. if this bill does pass and it's given royal assent, can you think of any other reason why the labour party would not accept a general election? >> i think i've just explained the reason. it's been made clear by the late leader of the labour party and others, because we must deal with first things first. preventing a no deal brexit is the central most important question facing us today. >> i'm very grateful to my honorable friend to allowing me to intervene. the reality is, an election at this stage or even next week undermines the statute and we cannot support it. >> i can only agree and i'm very grateful to the honorable gentleman for being one of the sponsors of the bill. i will take one more intervention because many people want to speak, and time is short. >> i'm grateful. can i applaud his call, because -- call for respect on both because we need to calm down this wh

the house of commons, just like everyone in the empire. the house of commons makes, really, no sense as a representative body. if you think of it as full of a bunch of politicians who are going up there to look out for the interests of their little slice of the country. because franchises for electing members of the commons who are passed out back in the late middle ages. and there are big cities like birmingham and manchester who have no people elected to house of commons because they were just villages hundreds of years ago and a few other places that used to be towns of people with them, that had nobody living there anymore. william pit, the great defender of america in the house of commons is elected from his no living people. so it makes, really, no sense at all, right? to say, here are towns with no one representing them and here are cemeteries that have a couple of people, two people every year or so to represent dead bodies. the house of commons makes sense only if you think that it's not a collection of politicians who are looking

so if the house of commons is supposed to represent the interests of people in birmingham, people of birmingham can't complain when they have to pay a tax, even though they don't elect everybody because everybody in the house of commons is watching out for them. and everybody in the house of commons is watching out for pennsylvania. now, the british call this virtual representation. you may not elect anybody directly, but you're virtually represented by everybody. now we know today, you know, the difference between virtual reality and real reality, and it gets pretty close sometimes, but you can't buy a cheeseburger in virtual reality. and so the colonies have a very different way of looking at representation. from the very beginning of the virginia house of burgesss in 1619, colonial idea has been you can only be represented by someone you elect from among you in your geographic area. i mean, why should somebody elected from somewhere else represent you? it makes no sense. now, if you live in lebanon county, you can't depend on the guy from lancaster county representing your interest

extraordinarily combative scenes in the house of commons as we hear boris johnson opening his own motion to try and trigger an early general election as you say tory grandee there ken clarke father of the house of commons accusing him of treating it all of this like a game jeremy corbyn talking about a disingenuous undemocratic carballo in number 10 and boris johnson accusing the opposition of surrendering breaks it of the brakes a timetable to the e.u. where is it all going well in about 90 minutes time they'll be a vote on this motion and the reality is that because an election motion would require 2 thirds of the house to vote for it in order for a snap election to come about the real reality is it won't pass because jeremy corbin. affirmed there that labor is not going to support a general election at this point until that and tino deal legislation becomes nor and that as we know is also whistling its way through the house of commons but it's certainly not nor yet let me bring in chris wilkins who joins me now a former director of strategy under reason may in 10 downing street you've

whether the legislation will work, whether it will be debated, whether it will pass the house of commonsvernment? boris johnson reminding them of that. today backed the government? borisjohnson has said he wants to get a deal from the eu or do back this attempt as a kind of insurance policy to block a no—deal brexit? that is the decision they have to make and perhaps body johnson will address that matter very shortly. yes, thank you. we we re very shortly. yes, thank you. we were just seeing pictures of the mps in downing street. it will be interesting to see what the prime minister will be saying. he will be talking at that podium, it is being prepared for the prime minister and he will be talking in just a few minutes. you're watching a bbc news special — we're live in downing street where the prime minister, borisjohnson is about to deliver a statement outside number ten as speculation mounts that he's poised to trigger a general election if his government is defeated by mps seeking to stop a no—deal brexit. this afternoon he gathered his ministers for an unscheduled cabinet meeting,

and his shared online, mainly by critics and bostohnson and his government the leader of the house of commonsf entitlement, arrogance and disrespect for prominent. and people in the government would not be so critical but let's bring in a christian who is live with us from westminster. i bring in at that image because the town adopted by them and others has been discussed as much as the content. and the language and it wasjeremy corbyn who picked up today that he did not like this idea that there was a surrender motion and that some of those tory levels had the words directed at penn and some of the language that has been used on the way has been a concern for some of those within the government. amber wright who stayed loyal to boys johnson this week that these long—standing conservative figures are going to be drowned out because they are sticking to their guns so it isa they are sticking to their guns so it is a concern and pictures like that tonight will not help. interesting listening to your debate and whether he is serious about getting a deal and i want to pick up a bit of that with t

let's ta ke let's take a look at what is happening in the house of commons. pent over an hour largely paying tribute to john barker and spent over an hour largely paying tribute tojohn barker and then moved on to debate one motion brought by dominic grieve, former attorney general. he wants messages and documents from within the number ten machine handed over to mps so they can better understand the thinking on a no—deal brexit. there was a second motion brought by the labour leaderjeremy corbyn about the rule of law and a fierce debate about whether that law proposed by hilary benn that blocks the prime minister from hilary benn that blocks the prime ministerfrom pursuing a no—deal brexit has put in an impossible position where it is reasonable to consider not following a law. that case made by some eurosceptics and on the flip side of that we had from people like jo on the flip side of that we had from people likejo swinson leader of the opposition liberal democrats who made a passionate argument that it was absurd that the house of commons was absurd that t

of the house has called for this on at least three occassions. what matters is the leader of the house. what matters is what the speaker of the house thinks. he runs the house of commonst borisjohnson‘s device, the prorogation, suspension of parliament, firstly he wasn't consulted and secondly he responded with rage, saying, "it was blindingly obvious the purpose of prorogation was to stop parliament debating brexit and performing its duty in terms of shaping the course for the country." i would agree with the speaker if the prime minister tried to prorogue parliament passed the 31st of october, and i would've been the first person to have called that out. what's happening now is we have a queen's speech i think on the 14th of october. that is when the opposition can scrutinise the government. more importantly, it can table amendments to the queen's speech. they could move an amendment to the queen's speech requiring us not to leave on the 31st of october. they have got a mechanism because of this where they can actually legitimately do it. it is just wrong to say that they can't do it. you know that many on your own side... indeed people in the cabinet today when the

it will go through the house of commons, house of lords, they could be sitting overnight.e could always threaten to defy the law down the line. really, i know can't relinquish himself from lies, but he wa nted relinquish himself from lies, but he wanted it as a negotiating tactic. there will be taken off the table, and if he comes up with a deal in on i7 and if he comes up with a deal in on 17 october, he can get a deal through what's left of parliament if he hasn't sidelined or approved it. what is your idea of the prospect of the fixed parliament act of getting two thirds of mps back in time for an election? as things currently stand, what are his chances there? it is difficult to say what his chances are. i'm sorry to be vague, but it is quite difficult to understand where jeremy corbyn is on that. because i think there is somewhat of an ambiguity there because emily thorton has been clear she's not up for an election at all until this bill has passed. it's not entirely clear to me that that is also what jeremy corbyn thinks. we are ina also what jeremy corbyn thinks. w

this has been the problem all along in the house of commons over brexit. hat they don't want but they can't agree what they do want, in this case who they want as prime minister. what we want is a government of national unity. what we wa nt government of national unity. what we want there is a national leader. someone who can rise above party allegiances. that is what we have to go with us, because simply saying thatjeremy corbyn is the leader of the official opposition is not going to be enough. what we need to do is find someone that parties will coalesce around, because we have been working together, we have been working cross—party and let us not forget that the snp has another agenda here. john mcdonnell and jeremy corbyn are on record as saying that labour would not stand ina the saying that labour would not stand in a the way of a second scottish rep independence referendum. as a scot, i think independents should not come into this and it should be about what is best for the united kingdom and that we should look for the person who can lead a governm

that is jeremy corbyn in the chamber of the house of commons this evening. g up on this debate there that he brought forward earlier with an emergency motion basically pulling on the government to combine with the will of law. he is doing that because as you will have heard since that bill became law supposedly compelling the government to ask for a delay to brexit if they do not manage to get a deal through by the 19th of october there have been questions as to whether the government will try to find a local. dominic raab indeed spoke about testing the bill to its limits and he was just responding for the government a moment ago and called it the surrender bill. the government, their view is that it undermines their negotiating strategy with brussels by taking no deal off the table. we are still waiting to see if they will be a vote on this. we will find that out ina vote on this. we will find that out in a short time and then there will be some debate around northern ireland legislation and the restoration of parliament act and then we expect the prime mini

at 11.30 tomorrow morning, the house of commons will be in session. that it is a resumption of business. what will happen? opening the doors again will be extremely bumpy tomorrow for the prime minister. not to put too fine a point on it, i think borisjohnson is probably going to take an absolute pasting when we see him at the dispatch box through the day tomorrow. 0pposition mps and the toys he kicked out of the party are going to do everything they can to put pressure on him and the government are going to demand all sorts of urgent answers about different bits of the brexit policy, what the government's plans are. but don't underestimate pushback that we may hear from the other side. in a confidential cabinet call tonight, it was suggested to me that the leader of the house of commons scrap this as being a constitutional coup. his team will not confirm or deny this tonight, but it is clear that parts of the tory party, as there may be in other parts of the country, a real anger at what has been done here. it is clear that number ten may try to choos

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a lot of vitriol in the house of commons today. but he does have one super fan. oris is a friend of mine, and he's... he's going at it — there's no question about it. he's in there. i watched him this morning — he is in there, fighting. and he knows how to win, boris knows how to win. don't worry about him — he's going to be ok. he is in there fighting, he knows how to win. well, he's had two defeats in two days! so you better start winning soon. does an endorsement like that help?m start winning soon. does an endorsement like that help? it can. theresa may never really wanted to be too closely associated with donald trump, i think she thought it was divisive. i don't think boris johnson has such qualms. i think they are happy to say a special relationship with the us is important and play up the fact that he would have good relations with trump. i also think he looks at the electoral strategy for boris johnson and conservative party led by him, it's very focused on leave voters and focused on trying to get seats that have never voted tory vote tory. i think there

election but cannot actually make one happen because, of course, he needs a majority in the house of commonsy with the departure of philip lee from the tory benches to the lib dem benches in the house of commons and 21 conservative mps being thrown out of the party tonight for defying government in this vote, boris johnson has no majority to count on. just before i let you go, can you confirm what we are hearing? that the web has been withdrawn from those 21 rebels who voted against the government tonight was to mark yes. a downing street spokesman confirmed to us in the last few minutes that the chief whip will be meeting with the conservative mps who voted against the government and they will have the web withdrawn. that is a list of some very familiar names and some people who were until recently holding some of the biggest jobs in parliament. —— whip have the been withdrawn. when parliament resumes tomorrow might they sit on the opposite benches? possibly. they will be independents and what they will be independents and what they will consider themselves we will have to find out on an in

this is the house of commons now. y the prime minister, boris johnson, outcome of the vote, brought by the prime minister, borisjohnson, who would like a general election to ta ke would like a general election to take place on october the 15th. we think it's likely to go against the prime minister because he needs to thirds of the commons to be behind him and we know that the labour party says it will whip its mps to oppose that suggestion. let's bring in vicki young in the lobby of the palace of westminster. one thing i'm wondering, if labour don't want an election now and they bill has been passed telling the prime minister to send a letter asking for a delay but the prime minister says he won't ask for a delay, what happens? that's their fear, for a delay, what happens? that's theirfear, i think. for a delay, what happens? that's theirfear, ithink. they for a delay, what happens? that's theirfear, i think. they fear for a delay, what happens? that's their fear, i think. they fear boris johnson might ignore it. he's

dorian and number one on the most watched is that image of jacob rees—mogg, the leader of the house of commonsrning briefing. sport now, and going to old trafford and don watson is waiting for us in and don watson is waiting for us in a little bit of rain, i think. yes, it certainly was this morning, it was very wet first thing at old trafford, but the clouds have cleared and we do have sunshine so all being well, play should begin this morning at 11 o'clock is scheduled for the start of the fourth ashes test, which is perfectly poised now after that brilliant performance from ben stokes and adam ricci got england over the line in that impressive victory, that one wicket win at headingley,1—1 victory, that one wicket win at headingley, 1—1 in the series. but england cannot afford any more slip—ups because if australia win one more match in this series, it will be two matches remaining or they retain the ashes. momentum certainly with england. interesting hearing from australia captain tim paine that he is slightly concerned and has had sleepless nights after how he will get ben stokes out afte

of the house has called for this on at least three occassions. what matters is the leader of the house. he runs the house of commonsrisjohnson‘s device, the prorogation, suspension of parliament, firstly he wasn't consulted and secondly he responded with rage, saying, "it was blindingly obvious the purpose of prorogation was to stop parliament debating brexit and performing its duty in terms of shaping the course for the country." i would agree with the speaker if the prime minister tried to prorogue parliament passed the 31st of october, and i would've been the first person to have called that out. what's happening now is we have a queen's speech i think on the 14th of october. that is when the opposition can scrutinise the government. more importantly, it can table amendments to the queen's speech. they could move an amendment to the queen's speech requiring us not to leave on the 31st of october. they have got a mechanism because of this where they can actually legitimately do it. it is just wrong to say that they can't do it. you know that many on your own side... indeed people in the cabinet today when they lo

let's just show you the pictures live from the house of commons we are aboutan live from the house oft an hour into the debate. probably we will not get a vote until 9:30pm, probably we will not get a vote until9z30pm, 10pm. we probably we will not get a vote until 9:30pm, 10pm. we will dip into the debate as it progresses, stay with us for that. joining me is jack blanchard, editor of politico's london playbook. thank you for waiting with me patiently. we are trying to get as much of the debate as we can. we should be reminding people, what they are attempting to do, the so—called rebel alliance, is take hold of the process tomorrow. this is the sort of thing that would never happen in normal times. never in the history before recently have we seen backbench mps do this, but with the health of the common speakerjohn bercow, having a vote to ta ke speakerjohn bercow, having a vote to take control of parliaments tomorrow and put forward their own laws instead of the way the government would normally do it. this would be in a series of big votes tonight. if they win tonight, as we expec

now look at some of today's brexit debate in the house of commons. >> thank you, very much indeed mr. speaker. i think to move that the bill be now read a second time. start thattay at the every single member of this house whatever view they hold on the fundamental physical question before us, is trying as they see best, to act in the national interest and the interest of their constituents. the problem, the reason we are here today, is of course that each of us has a slightly different view of what those best interests are. so i hope that we can debate this bill in what is a, i recognize, a very short amount of time. if i'm a response to the point i can do no better than to quote the right honorable member for west dorsett who on the third of april in the house said, it could only be done at high speed. because there is no time left. i think wherever we stand on this issue, we know there is very little time left. following the decision on promulgation, there is even less time that would have been available previously. therefore i hope that we will stronglyh other with held views with

the 21 conservative rebels will lose the web and expelled from the conservative party in the house of commons she seems to suggest that if they vote differently there might be an option of a second chance. vicki has likened into that and treated in the last three minutes that she has been told that all 21 will lose the whip and in all circumstances. so if you thought that andrea leadsom was perhaps showing a change of change in tax and vote against me and you will lose the web, it seems not. let's go to laura canonsburg who backs up what she was saying. all 21 rebels are checked out including the chancellor from a few weeks ago, philip hammond and churchill plus my grandson but this is what she was picking up on. andrea leadsom seems to suggest that if they change their mind :—) there might be another chance but we will see. vicki young is being told that in all circumstances what has been done today will lose the weight. it will bea today will lose the weight. it will be a long 2a hours so just in case you arejoining me. here is the result, 328—301 so the government losing by 27 votes. this

we do we do but it is a reality that the house of commons of rejected the car with broad agreement 3 join us and it simply cannot thank you that is why. that is why i wrote to president older mr sherman i know to you as a senior and distinguished elder statesman in the house to set an example of good behavior whilst gone mad for bracks it today even more so than usual why while the house of commons came together the fos time since the summer recess and it was not short on trauma in fact in just the fust few minutes of course johnson's address a conservative m.p. philipp he stood up and actually crossed over to the benches of the neutral democrats have take a look at that moment ok very rigid it's all the verge this to speak of taking back control of our trade policy and restoring our independent seats in the w t a for the 1st time in 46 years now this is important because it leaves johnson without a majority making it very difficult for a government to try and pass any type of legislation but the prime minister continued and in fact reiterated his commitment to tonight on price and b

studio: let‘s leave the house of commons. pport of two—thirds of mps, a minimum of 443 votes to succeed, but they did not get that. as it stands the uk will not have a snap general election. hello. weather—wise, yesterday certainly wasn‘t the most shining of starts to the new week. it was cloudy, it was pretty wet for many of us and also it felt on the chilly side. today we flip the coin. it‘s much drier, it should be much brighter and also consequently will also feel warmer. this area of low pressure is the area responsible for the wet weather yesterday, that‘s off into the continent. today, we have a little ridge of high pressure. we start with quite a bit of cloud around, perhaps mist and fog, could be a problem for the early rush—hour in the midlands but that will lift for sunshine in the afternoon. however, you don‘t need to look too closely to observe there is a significant change in northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. this weather front is part of an area of low pressure that is actually ex—hurricane dorian. i

attempt to offer the speed with which the house of commons in the opposition. rebel alliance's is being called go straight through the house of commons the lower chamber. the house of lords and set the government again to try and slow it down why. because the clock is not just checking for the thirty first of october. any deal or no deal but it's taking because you'll remember that last week the prime minister in a surprise. move up. also provocation until the fourteenth of october all of. the house of commons unprecedented five weeks. in a row and he got that sense royal assent hours later. so this has to make it through. without without amendments the upper chamber it might need to do the painful process. go from. the but check back to the chamber it's. what is it really needs done by five pm london time. friday up because as of monday the government. can suspend. parliament and what we are waiting for now in the next fifteen to twenty minutes as you said in your introduction. is this response again predicted announced at the dispatch box in the house of commo

me the studio alex forrest of whiting and it's we're looking at live pictures coming from the house of commons. boris johnson hasn't started taking questions yet but he suffered a major setback last night when he lost the 1st vote that was tabled in fundamental him how much of a setback for him do you think i think it was a huge setback for him because he lost control of parliament he lost his majority he lost 21 of his own m.p.'s because he sucked them himself because they lost the weight because they voted against him and many are saying that he has now pretty much lost control you can't write him off though there's still a lot for him to play for but today we're now hearing from him this is him starting his yeah i mean this is let's actually go straight to the last pitches at the house of commons boris johnson has started speaking let's take a listen to what he has to say this is question time in the house of commons the dangers that police officers face every day to keep us safe this is because this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in t

honorable and right honorable and for dividually parliament institutionally as the speaker of the house of commons. thank you. [applause] >> you really are a very, very generous bunch of people, indeed. and thank you on both sides of the house, for which i richly appreciate. i love this place. you love this place. and we look forward to the future with interest and anticipation and enthusiasm. and final order, leader of the opposition, mr. jeremy corbin. mr. corbin: i want to put on record my thanks to you for being a superb speaker of the house. my thanks to you as a colleague in parliament. and my thanks to your family for the way in which they supported you so often -- through often very difficult times when the media has been unfair to you. and your two sons are getting good at football. i did some kicks with them in the speaker's court the other day. i was very impressed, actually. they're coming on well. i know you support the same club as me. mr. speaker, in your role as speaker, you've totally changed the way in which the job has been done. you've reached out to people across the whole cou

there is the live feed from the house of commons, looking low— key from the house of commons, lookingwill start to fill up. it would be the last vote for a number of weeks, a vote on whether the prime minister gets his way and gets an election in mid—october, but we can't find anyone who is expecting him to get that but the vote will still happen and you never know until you get the numbers. the prime minister making the case that he needs to do this because mps have removed no deal is an option which undercuts his ability to negotiate with the eu. let's reflect on what where there is no saint you have to stop no—deal brexit leaves the prime minister. it says if there is no deal in place by october the 19th the prime minister has got to write to the european union and ask for an extension. last thursday boris johnson union and ask for an extension. last thursday borisjohnson said he would rather be dead in a ditch then ask for the extension but the trouble is he seems likely to fail for a second time to get an early election so he is on course to be in power if there is on course to b

i have never seen a prime minister that the house of commons likes less. ouse of commons really hates him. it is really visceral. and it will be a shock to him because that is not how he sees himself or... but he is now ina he sees himself or... but he is now in a situation that reminds me of churchill saying, when he was asked about the suez crisis, that he would have personally never have started the operation but once he had begun it he would have never dared stop. he has chosen his course of action. he has chosen his course of action. he has chosen his course of action. he has to dig in, try and fight back and appeal over the heads of parliament to pro—brexit voters of which there are still many. stephanie. you made a distinction between parliament and the country there. do you think it is a storm in a parliamentary take up for boris johnson or is this a cattle stampede in which he will be badly troubled? i thought his worst moments where two others. one was his brotherjoe johnson stepping down and announcing his resignation as an mp. i think the countr

of the speaker. let's go straight into the house. let's cross to the house of commonsving an emergency debate requested by the conservative mp but this has passed into law. the right honourable member for the debate on the specific and important matter which has an urgent consideration, all parliamentary stages of the european union withdrawal number six bill, sometimes collectively known, probably in the pubs and clubs in the united kingdom as the been like bill, and as consider the member matter of... ministers obligation to uphold the rule of law. i have listens carefully to the application of the right honourable member, adherence to the law. goodness. yes. lam adherence to the law. goodness. yes. i am satisfied that the matter raised on the last day for the of both parliament is proper to be discussed under standing order number24, has the right discussed under standing order number 24, has the right honourable member, believe of the house. thank you colleagues on both sides of the house. the right honourable member has obtained a leave of the house, the debate i

referendum happened more than three yea rs referendum happened more than three years ago, and the house of commonsdeal will go to the house of commons and most likely get through. is it today that the prime minister is going to ask mps to vote on whether or not it will be a general election? we he said last night that if the bill goes through he will be seeking a general election and it was interesting to me that the leader of the opposition who has called for an election at practically every pmqs for the last four years, is now apparently running scared of that prospect. jeremy corbyn after the 2017 general election said there should be a fresh election, and this is perhaps where we will end up. i think the house of commons has shown itself incapable of resolving brexit, incapable of resolving brexit, incapable of resolving brexit, incapable of delivering on a very simple mandate from the referendum. it may well be that a general election is the best way forward to put this thing to bed? and what they we re put this thing to bed? and what they were voting for is to take no deal of the table. can

so as we heard earlier, john bercow says he's standing down as speaker of the house of commons. in an emotional farewell, he said he had tried to be the backbenchers‘ backstop and that being speaker had been the greatest honour and privilege of his parliamentary life. throughout my time as a speaker, i have sought to increase the relative authority of this legislature, for which i will make absolutely no apology to anyone, anywhere, at any time. to deploy, a perhaps dangerous phrase, i have also sought to be the backbenchers backstop. i could not do so without the support of a small, but superb team in speakers house. i could not do so without the support of a small, but superb team in speakers house. the wider house staff, my buckingham constituents, and above all, my wife sally, and our three children, oliver, freddy, and jemima. here, here! from the bottom of my heart, i thank them all profusely. i could also not have served without the repeated support of this house, and its members, past and present. this is a wonderful place, filled overwhelmingly by people who are motivate

the right honourable jacob rees—mogg mp, the leader of the house of commons. thank you. applause . ms to be some enthusiasm in the sulphur getting brexit done and i did not realise there were so many members of the north—east of somerset conservative association here. with him i always had a little deal at fringe events that if i needed a little bit of an extra plus i will tell, yellow, so you are now led into the secret. it is an extraordinary honour for me to be here speaking at this conference because i'd love to this party since i was because i'd love to this party since iwasa because i'd love to this party since i was a mere youth and i am sorry to confess that i was once a mere youth. i have sat like you in the seats and conferences were held at the seaside and i cannot tell you how pleased i am that year, the members, are once again the focus of the sessions. applause thank you, somebody agrees with me. it was here in manchester that really captured the essence of conservative principles in his 1870 toa conservative principles in his 1870 to a speech at the free trade hall, w

, the house of commonsmorrow, and that it does so at 11:30am. but once mps have raced back here tomorrow, what will they actually do? the alliance of former tories, still rebels, might try to take control again after the government's approach went so wrong. that advice was clearly very poor, and i think some of his advisers are going to have to leave. they are still coordinating with the opposition parties. he does not want to be held to account, he doesn't want to have to answer questions about his disastrous brexit policy, and in doing so, he was prepared to mislead the queen and indeed to mislead the whole country. if boris johnson won't do the decent and honourable thing, then i think parliament has a duty to come together to force him out of office through a vote of confidence. there's no sign of that, though. i know him well, he's not going anywhere. and look who is in boris johnson's corner. it's just another day at the office. well, tomorrow is another day in parliament... a place in power he might

and until the end of october, remains the highest authority in the house of commons. ithdrawal will. .. and an house of commons. european union withdrawal will... and an actor recently passed is designed to potentially force the prime minister to seek a delay to brexit. but boris johnson has said he won't and ministers have talked about testing the law to its limit. now the speaker has fired his own warning shot, saying he is prepared to be creative in upholding the will of parliament. not obeying the law must surely be a nonstarter. period. john bercow is making it clear that he will do what he can to stop any prospect of mps being sidelined when parliament returns. and this speaker has form for defying convention and delivering some procedural surprises. so, these latest comments suggest he won't be shy of doing so again. the office of speaker has become irretrievably politicised and radicalised. it would have been unthinkable 10—15 years ago for the speaker of the house of commons to launch a personal attack on the prime minister like this. this is doncaster. .. the

of the house of commons. ill is tomorrow passed by this house, it will be sent forward for royal assent and once it has received royal assent, it will be acted on. these are ridiculous questions to have to ask in our parliamentary democracy, but such is theissue parliamentary democracy, but such is the issue of trust. a flavour of the debate going on in the house of lords. let‘s go back to where we are at the moment. labour mp wes streeting joins me. good to see you. monday, another vote put forward by the prime minister for a vote put forward by the prime ministerfor a general vote put forward by the prime minister for a general election. what are the labour party do? we are waiting to see the emotion and the terms that we do not want a general election if there is any risk of there being a no—deal brexit in the process. our position on that is clear. it is the principled position, the patriotic position. it is the only position we could adopt. whether by accident or design, we know that the biggest risk to o

commons hates him? is it the lying down on the benches of parliament by the leader of the house? ink it's the antics in the house of commons which looks very entertaining to an american audience because it's so foreign. john bercow in particular looks like the harsh schoolmaster. ijust think — most of the time i think in the us they're not paying attention. i was in the us for three weeks this the summer. it got very little coverage. i think this week it finally did get coverage because borisjohnson has been compared to donald trump and because it was such a disastrous week and the antics in parliament were so comical. well, let's look at the antics or otherwise of the week ahead. we are going to get a vote again probably on monday on whether there will be a snap election and we are probably going to get the proroguing of parliament somewhere between monday and thursday in the week ahead, and i suppose everyone in politics in the uk needs to think about the electoral arithmetic. annalisa, take us there. what are the calculations they need to consider on voting for or against a sna

it would pass and then tomorrow we move on to trying to put through legislation through the house of commonsthink that is in the best interest of my constituents and my country. thank you for talking to us today. so what can we expect in the next few days? isabel hardman the assistant editor of the spectator and kate proctor of the guardian arejoining spectator and kate proctor of the guardian are joining us. spectator and kate proctor of the guardian arejoining us. it is a bit ofa guardian arejoining us. it is a bit of a challenge, let us try to help viewers. after the statement today from the prime minister when he said there was no way he would ask the eu foran there was no way he would ask the eu for an extension and he was clear about that, so what happens if this motion goes through tonight and legislation goes through tomorrow? he has to decide whether he is going to respect that, this no deal legislation and continue with his original plan of progression. if you suffer defeat it would be pretty embarrassing, we know his majority is almost shot so he could continue with his progressio

and now to another political firestorm this one raging in london the house of commons has got back to work after the supreme court ruled that prime minister boris johnson's perogue ing of parliament was unlawful on johnson cut short his trip to the u.n. general assembly and return to london where he is set to face lawmakers later in parliament the speaker of the house says there will be full scope for emergency debates the government's new wireless planning to put a general election back on the table and earlier attorney general a jeffrey cox addressed the house of commons he called on parliament to pass legislation allowing for a general election. this fall the move is very scared you. should know where you are your feet deep house and no moral right to speak on these green bird sheets and walk by. is a joke right to hear it is to see. her twice a year be nostrum let her decide upon whether they should continue to save your marriage see why. certain 3400000 people. are heard these are disgraced. emotions running high in the house of commons here with me in the city and now is quittin

this applies only if the house of commons decides not to --ance a motion octobere the end of 2019, whichever is the sooner. that this house has asked -- has approved the extension of article 53 on the opinion of which the european council has decided. i'm only repeating what it says there. what i am saying is that the unlikelihood of that not happening is absurd. i really do think this is another example of the kind of obfuscation which this bill provides an almost every clause. obfuscation, it's actually driving the coach and horses of the way we should be governed in the way we have been govern. i certainly give way. >> to a point raised earlier and i think it's valuable, in section three, it assumes that the e.u. would in some way make -- a conditional offer. but the e.u. is in control of weather it makes any kind of offer, conditional or not, this bill hinges on the usability or ceo's -- eu'sy -- ability or desire to do that. -- wehandle this in april handled this in april. it was hedged with certain conditions paid what's going on here is that we are being driven by this bill to do some

we'll bring you the latest from the house of commons and look at what's likely to happen next.

we can cross live to the house of commons. have been used recently by mps to try to get the answers out of government which they want so it could be that it‘s about that. who knows, it may be about his own future. there‘s been lots of speculation about whether he would stand down as a speaker. even speculation about whether he will refuse to leave the speaker‘s chair today because if he sits in the chair, then parliament cannot be suspended. there was a little snippet on the sunday times this weekend saying a labour mp had suggested she might just this weekend saying a labour mp had suggested she mightjust go and sit on top ofjohn bercow so he couldn‘t get out the chair and parliament can be suspended so all sorts of rumours sweeping around here about what he might do but it could be that he is going to talk about these two emergency debates now. they revolve around dominic grieve, the former attorney chief general. he wants to bring what‘s called a humble address, a device that has been used before to make the government publ

reacted just a short while ago it is completely impossible for government to function if the house of commons refuses to cost anything that the government the phrase and in my view i did view this government there must not be the election on tuesday the 15th of october. right right right oval gentleman to respond to decide which of us jews as prime minister that crucial council. on thursday the 17th of october i think it's very sad that a piece of a kid like this but if i'm still private i do i think it's a great tear nixon of the democratic duties to speak but if i'm still prime minister off to tuesday the 15th of october then we will leave on the 31st of october when i have a much better deal all right joining me here at the big table now is our resident briggs and analyst alex forrest whining here we go again alex another long night in westminster so we've got a couple of things going on we've got this bill that was just passed now goes to the house of lords and now we've got the prime minister saying he wants early elections october 15th is he going to get it. well i think at the moment i

one thing that has a majority in the house of commons is to stop a no—deal brexit, that could be at odds deal to leave on the 31st of october. he says he wants a deal but if he can't get one he will take the uk out of the eu on the 31st of october. the return of mps to the house of commons will make his life and his plan harder to deliver. as parliament is about to sit again, what's the atmosphere in westminster right now? we often use the word febrile in westminster to describe the atmosphere but today has been a slightly odd one. the ruling came in uk time mid—morning and then i went to the house of commons to see what was going on. because parliament had been prorogued, although it's basically been un—prorogued by the supreme court, there were tourists in the chamber with audio saying... parliament wasn't up and running today but over the coming hours as today but over the coming hours as today goes on into wednesday, parliament will be up and running with mps returning from all corners of the country, not to mention all corners of the globe, because some had gone abroad. jessica park

of that explicit judgment, i have instructed the house authorities to prepare, not for the recall, the prorogation was unlawful and is void, to prepare for the resumption of the business of the house of commons. specifically, i have instructed undertakeorities to steps to ensure the house of commons sits tomorrow and that 11:30 a.m.at contacted party leaders. where that has not been possible, senior representatives of political parties. have informed them of my thinking and to prepare the way for the house of commons to do its work. to notification requirements with which i am sure you are all closely not ber, it will possible for there to be a prime minister's questions tomorrow, however, to the avoidance of fullscopere will be for urgent questions for ministerial statements and for applications for emergency debates understanding order number 24. i thank you for your interest and i hope you will agree position is clear and unmistakable. good afternoon. you heard it just then. resumption of the business o of the house of commons. 11:30 a.m.dayay morning, u.k. t time. saying it was not being reconvened because it had never been lawfully suspended. what is interesting, what he said about the

and i think he's going too far, and you can see that very clearly, the house of commons, half of the commons applauded, to a standing ovation, not many on the conservative side of the house, because they feel that actually he's gone far too far, and he's gone beyond being an impartial speaker. while many within the tories, as you point out, may be celebrating his departure, what was striking was seeing michael gove paying tribute to mr bercow, was that something that kind of caught you off guard? well they are friends, we know that, their children go to the same school actually, and so both of them refer to them, sol actually, and so both of them refer to them, so i think some people will look at the changes that have happened here, the way that select committees operates, for example, the committees that hold ministers to accounts, and that's what it's all about, really. it's to accounts, and that's what it's allabout, really. it's about to accounts, and that's what it's all about, really. it's about the government not being able tojust get away with saying whatever they want, and n