but on both occasions cut back to the studio just as the snp leader ian blackford started speaking.ech were shown later, one viewer was not happy. arguments have raged over the past week, notjust in parliament but also in television studios. last friday's politics live saw there brexit supporting mp mark france trying to clarify what the author had just told him. what exactly are you saying? you seem to be a little exercised. well, because i am offended. say it again, so we can all understand. what i said was every racist and anti—semite in the country come up pretty much probably voted for brexit. how do you know that in a secret ballot? i don't know that, i suspected. i think you should apologise. to who? to millions of people. he tried to sway anyone who is ultimately as a bigot. i think you should apologise. on social media this face—off achieved a particular notoriety on twitter. the claim about brexit voters offended a number of news watch viewers including...

ian blackford, we have to stop you there, we are out of time.ring you the results from those three votes. i will hand you back to rebecca. almost 1,000 people got measles in the uk last year — the highly infectious viral illness that can sometimes lead to serious health complications. many of them were children. meanwhile the number of parents giving their children the mmr vaccine continues to fall. the uk's most senior doctor is linking a lot of it to misinformation that's circulated on social media. professor dame sally davies says the nhs must take a more modern approach to fighting the fake information that's out there. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. the 20th century was called the golden age of immunisation, but then, as now, parents were exposed to anti—vaccine messages. they were talking in the papers about the danger of it. i want other people to see how it goes before i give my child as a guinea pig. but what has changed is where parents now see this kind of material. recently the royal society for public health warne

but on both occasions cut back to the stadium just as the snp leader ian blackford started speaking. all the clips from his speech were shown later. arguments have raged over the past week, not just arguments have raged over the past week, notjust in parliament but also in television studios. last friday's politics life solving brexit supporting mp mark france while trying to clarify what the author had just told him. what exactly a re author had just told him. what exactly are you saying? it seems to bea exactly are you saying? it seems to be a little exercise. well, because iam be a little exercise. well, because i am offended. say it again, so we can all understand. let me move on. what i said was every racist and anti—semite in the country come up pretty much probably voted for brexit. how do you know that in a secret ballot? i don't know that, i suspected. i think you should apologise. to you. 217.4 million people. he tried to sway anyone who is ultimately as a bigot. i think you should apologise. on social media this face—off achieved a particular notoriety on twitter. the clai

ian blackford. mr. blacford: can i associate myself with the remarks of the prime minister on the outrage we all feel about what happened in christchurch? we must work collectively to drive hate out of society around the globe. our thoughts are with the people of mozambique, zimbabwe, and malawi. we must do what we can to support those communities. mr. speaker, our constituents will be watching the crisis. we need to reflect that we are a week away from the intended date of leaving the european union. the responsibilities that we all have, mr. speaker, six days ago the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster said in the absence of a deal, seeking such a short and critically one-off extension would be downright reckless. downright reckless, prime minister. does she agree with the de facto deputy that her actions this morning are downright reckless? speaker bercow: the prime minister. prime minister may: as i have set out clearly for the house in a number of answers i have given on this question, i believe th

point of order, mr ian blackford. important decision for the house and let me commend members across this house that have given us the opportunity to have indicative votes on wednesday. this house is seeking to find a way forward when the government has failed to provide leadership. can i ask you, mr speaker, in the light that the house does come to a determination on wednesday evening, what can we do to make sure that the government and the prime minister listened to the determination of this house? the right honourable gentleman, the answer is to that is that it is for him, andl answer is to that is that it is for him, and i think he knows this, to probe the ministers who will be on the treasury bench in the course of debate, to airthe the treasury bench in the course of debate, to air the issues and to say, if by, y or z happens, what will the minister do? that isn't a matter that can be adjudicated by the chair, but they are matters of debate. i'm sure that they will be ventilated and the right honourable gentlema

francine: ian blackford, thank you.om westminster and we speak exclusively to the former prime minister tony blair excludes -- at 5:00 p.m. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: bloomberg "surveillance," from london, on the green in front of westminster. it is just another vote, but no, it is not. francine and i have been focused on the dup of northern ireland, the statement from the irish government in dublin that they see no new deal. we want to turn to what is on everybody's mind, everyone that travels on an airplane, boeing. and weward is with us will talk to him about use of cash and what to do in a bull market, but we have to focus on what you do with a troubled blue-chip. do you own shares of boeing? howard: we do. we are underweight boeing our test versus our index. -- underweight growing versus our index. tom: we will do apple later, depending on news flow. note the headlines coming out of the united kingdom. this is boeing back 30 years, howard ward in his youth. up we go with remarkable stability, maybe a blue-chip malai

that was part of the contribution by ian blackford at westminster.in, we're going to move on ina to explain, we're going to move on in a while to parliament to mps voting on a range of things that will see them try to get control of the parliamentary timetable from the government. the prime minister herself has said she does not think this is a desirable outcome because she said it will be against the tradition and the president within the house of commons itself but the prime minister is still on her feet in the commons. at the end of her own statement before the move on to the next part of the parliamentary timetable where there will be a government motion which will be subject to some edge amendments, possibly by other members of the parliament and labour backing one to get control of the timetable itself. our chief political correspondent, vicki young is in central lobby in the houses of parliament. what did you make of the prime minister's statement and the fact she said no deal would happen unless parliament approves it? she said that pointed a

point of order, mr ian blackford. thank you, mr speaker. we should all be aware...he responsibilities that we all have in this house, the seriousness of the situation that we are in. i would say respectfully to the prime minister she now has to accept that her deal has been defeated three times, and! her deal has been defeated three times, and i applaud the members of parliament on all sides that voted against the government's proposition. it is a bad deal. and we have to find a way out of the crisis that we are in. all of our constituents would expect that. we must give ourselves time, and i suggest to the prime minister, we 110w suggest to the prime minister, we now must look seriously at the option of revocation. we need to apply the handbrake to this process. and, quite simply, mr speaker, the prime minister has failed to take this dealforward. she prime minister has failed to take this deal forward. she doesn't have the confidence of the house. the prime minister has indicated her departure. she should now go and we should be having a general election. i will c

ian blackford. then it was time for rank and file mps to have their say. prime minister's deal and one supportive former minister was among the first to speak. it is time to move on, it is time to withdraw the withdrawal phase of this eu exit to a conclusion. there are many other political issues that the country desperately needs us to be talking about and to be focusing on. and yet here we are, time and time again, debating the same issues. this deal has now reached the end of the road and if it is rejected tonight, i hope that it will be put to bed and then we can all face up to the reality of the position and the opportunity that we have. if the eu is unwilling to accept minor changes we propose, then we'll leave without a deal. and yes, i accept that that is, in the short term, the more difficult road, but in the end it is the only safe route out of the abyss. a deal that has delivered instability, it will entrench a loss of opportunity, and it's not progress, it is going backward. further proof today, what have nissan announced? that production of th

ian blackford.to extend the brexit negotiating process. one came from the independent group of mps, calling for a second referendum. nobody would seriously proceed on the basis of a consent form that was signed nearly three years ago. and furthermore, for young people in this country, they face being wheeled into the operating theatre for major constitutional, social and economic surgery based on a consent form that was signed by their grandparents nearly three years ago. and this is the point. given the sheer weights and significance and implications for all of theirfutures, what is the constitutional outrage here, or the democratic outrage, about pausing to check that we have their consent? one of the more contentious proposals was for parliament to take control of the agenda next week in order to give mps the chance to vote on various options. the amendment seeks to do two things. the first is to set out the purpose for which an extension will be sought. and that is, very simply, to enable the ho

greening from the tory party, annie soubry, the former tory who is now part of independent group, ian blackfordphillip lee from the tory party and jo swinson from the lib dems. a lot of politicians saying what this group wants to hear, that it is time that the option of what we do next is put to the people of the uk, two yea rs is put to the people of the uk, two years after the last referendum. they say it is time, three years after, that we go back to the british people. there is some debate among people here about what process that should be, whether, for example, mps support an amendment in parliament next week which would see the support of theresa may's vote, on the provision it would be put to the people. some are in favour of that but others say it should be the same question i was asked first time round but the consensus is that there needs to be another vote. we will leave it there for now but we will leave it there for now but we will be back with you through the afternoon. thank you. meanwhile, one of the government's key plans to deal with the potential impact of a no—deal brexit i

let‘s speak to ian blackford — the snp‘s leader at westminster — he joins us from portree on the isle very much for being with usona thank you very much for being with us on a sunday afternoon. i‘m not sure the weather is as good as that picture. it is a beautiful day. it isa picture. it is a beautiful day. it is a joy to be away from westminster, let me say. away from the hothouse. indeed. the madhouse, iam not the hothouse. indeed. the madhouse, i am not sure it is the hothouse. let me ask you about the discussions, suggesting the labour party might back this karel wilson amendment, the idea that forcing it to go back to a referendum. where do the snp stand on this? we will look at any amendments to come forward for any meaningful vote. i would simply say though, i think it is increasingly clear that brexit is going to be harmful to all our economies. we know it is going to cost jobs. economies. we know it is going to costjobs. i do not think there is a good brexit. ithink costjobs. i do not think there is a good brexit. i think we all have a responsibility to protect the interests

point of order, mr ian blackford. thank you, mr speaker...against even though the government was asking its supporters to vote against it. they lost because a number of major conservative figures were extensions, including those in the cabinet. we have had one resignation from the government already tonight, sarah newton and the department for work and pensions. she hasjust resigned. dramatic events in westminster. the foreign exchange markets like what has happened, the pound is rising quite fast at the moment on overseas foreign exchange markets. let's go back to vicky youngin markets. let's go back to vicky young in the house of commons.” markets. let's go back to vicky young in the house of commons. i do not think many people expected this to be the result tonight. jacob rees mogg said these are not binding votes, they are not changing the law, but many people feel they will be morally binding on the prime minister. her reaction was to get up and say nothing has changed because she says in law we still leave without a deal by default. she

point of order, mr ian blackford.ect that the house of commons has tried to find a way through the brexit crisis over the last few months. and we have failed. we need to reflect on the fact that when the government talks about bringing the deal back, that they are to occasions they got to hundred and too had to hundred 40 to votes. that dealer should be dead and indeed the people's vote got to 60 votes. i know we did not win, but we got more votes for the peoples votes than the government did for its opposition. mr speaker, i think it's becoming increasingly clear, that this house cannot find a way forward, this government and prime minister has failed to provide a leadership. the only thing we should now be doing is going back to the people of the united kingdom and had a general election to end this. i'm grateful to the right honourable gentleman, plaintiff order, sir patrick. thank you, barry mitch, mr speaker. can you, barry mitch, mr speaker. can you confirm that if we follow from your railing earlier on today, n

i have ian blackford from the snp. the government send out there will be grave consequences.al brexit on the 12th of april? parliament has the obligation to ta ke parliament has the obligation to take no deal of the table. we have the option of relocation. no deal would be disastrous for the economy. the government has made it clear that there are clear risks for people. they even talked about the potential for civil unrest. we cannot countenance such a risk. we need to take responsibility to make sure that no deal can happen under any circumstances. we need to understand that the 12th of april is too short a period. we need some space. if parliament can make some progress on a consensus next week, we can all gravitate towards that. the european council will meet on the 10th of april and they will give us an the 10th of april and they will give us an extension to the article 50 process. we need time and space to resolve this. this is a problem of the government's macon. theresa may hasn't work with other parties. on three occasions her deal has been defeated. it must not now

point of order, mr ian blackford. thank you, mr speaker. mr speaker, while we've been debating here, the trade bill has been going through the other place, and importantly, in the other place, and importantly, in the other place, an amendment has been passed that disallows the trade bill if no deal is not taken off the table. can i seek your advice as to how we can make sure that this house has the ability to debate the trade bill over the course of the coming days and presents the opportunity that we can use legislation to make sure that no deal can happen? that is the responsible position that we should be taking. if i may say so, utter hypocrisy from the labour party. they have bumped the opportunity to put the people's vote on the agenda tonight. the amendment will be considered at the point at which the bill returns. that is the factual situation. there is nothing ican add factual situation. there is nothing i can add at this point. point of order, mr hilary benn. further to the very important announcement that the very important annou

she reached out yesterday, ian blackford, your snp leader in the commons, it was in a meeting with otherwhere theresa may is just in some level of denial about the fact that actually, who she is going to deal with —— about the fact that the deal she has negotiated is not acceptable to parliamentarians. it is going to cost jobs parliamentarians. it is going to costjobs and living standards, so i think she has to accept that fact if you‘re going to have any consensus across the house. if she is not willing to accept that, i think she has to resign. everyone i guess has their own reading on it, she has told us that there will be this meaningful vote next week. if that happens, and there are a couple of its surround that but assuming it does happen, what is the snp position as we stand today? life will be worse than my constituents and life will be worse for people in scotland. people in scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the year. what we are saying is we are seeing if the prime minister thinks this is the only deal that is on the table, she needs to organise a people ‘5 vote, table

theresa may and jeremy corbyn, but on both occasions cut back to the studio just as the snp leader ian blackfordevision studios. last friday's politics lives all the brexit supporting mp trying to clarify that the author will self just told him. trying to clarify that the author will selfjust told him. —— what. you seem to be a little exercise, sir. what, because i seem to be offended? the politics of offence, hey? what i said is that every racist an anti—semite in the country pretty much probably voted for brexited. and how do you know that ina brexited. and how do you know that in a secret ballot? l0| do not know that, i suspect it. i think you should apologise. to whom? to racists and anti—semites? should apologise. to whom? to racists and anti-semites? because you're basically tried to stir anyone who voted leave as a bigot andl anyone who voted leave as a bigot and i think you should apologise. no, i haven't. clips like this are often posted by bbc politics and social media, with this faceof achieving particular notoriety on social media. the claim made about brexit vote is offended a numbe

a point of order, mr ian blackford.nt and indeed imperative. and what can we do to prevail upon the prime minister that you must immediately call a meeting of all opposition from leaders in order that we can react to this crisis and find a way ahead? the prime minister must immediately meet with the heads of government in edinburgh and in cardiff. the right honourable gentleman his point was force and alacrity. it is not for me to say who the prime minister should or shouldn't meet, but that point is registered, it is on the record. of i know the right honourable gentleman as gentleman as well as i think i do, it will be repeated by him with some passion and vociferous nurse in the days ahead and not least because of the force with which it is articulated again and again and again. are feel certain it will be heard, whether it's heat it remains to be seed, but it will be heard. point of order, jacob rees—mogg. heard. point of order, jacob rees-mogg. may i first of all say how delighted i i'm that you have decided to fol

ian blackford. left people across the united kingdom at a loss, panicking about their futures, abandoned by their so—called leaders. mr speaker, this morning downing street exclaims that tomorrow‘s vote will go ahead. that has been repeated by the minister. that must happen and is welcome because to dither and delay yet again would be another act of grave cowardice. we cannot ignore the fa cts . cowardice. we cannot ignore the facts. mr speaker, this place is in total chaos. the crisis engulfing united kingdom is deepening. in scotland, businesses, students, farmers, academics, mothers, farmers, academics, mothers, farmers, eu nationals, are rightly worried about their futures. but this government, this tory party, this government, this tory party, this prime minister couldn‘t care less about the people of scotland. this deal will damage our economy, destroy growth and deprive scottish people of all the cherished opportunities the european union has gifted us. michel barnier was very clear. the nego