jacob rees—mogg was my problem of —— jacob rees—mogg was my problem of —— jacob rees—mogg's problem isit over the top and he was a campaigner. now he has to be restricted by government policy and he's not finding it very well. the ability to think on your feet in an interview and make sure not only do you come up with an interesting reply but also one that isn't going to embarrass the government is something you have to learn and he hasn't learned it yet. he's got his fingers trapped in the door on this one. let's move on. helen, this is interesting, the lib dems had a big day today. one would have expected the guardian perhaps to give them a decent hearing on the front page. but it's not on the guardian front page, it is only on the i newspaper's front page. it was the launch of an election campaign, jo swinson is different from the other leaders. she has a very clear stance en brexit, which contrasts on the others in terms of the options people have before them. and we've looked, this is the only front page wherejo looked, this is the only front page where jo swinson appears. then th

but jacob rees—mogg service and poor maintenance of a building. enough, he should stand down or the prime minister should remove him immediately. stand down as an mp? he should not be a member of the cabinet, these are the people who run the country, and a man who can have no empathy whatsoever for the situation people found themselves in inaflaming situation people found themselves in in a flaming inferno being advised to stay where they were, they took that advice, it is not for a minister of the crown and a senior minister of the crown and a senior minister to second guess how those people would have reacted. except to show some empathy and sympathy. we are not in the 18th century and outpoint people get blamed for their own fate, we are in the 21st century and a minister of the crown shouldst show some degree of understanding rather than say it was their own fault. i am rather than say it was their own fault. iam really rather than say it was their own fault. i am really quite shocked to be honest. in the wider political landscape today we spok

the comments ofjacob rees—mogg than it's not helpful. the comments of jacobpful. the comments ofjacob rees—mogg was not than it's not helpful. the comments of jacob rees—mogg was not helpful and this is a very painful moment of the city of london and everyone who is associated with the towers, family members, nobody needs to hear that this wasn't done in the appropriate way. the potential even criticise the firefighters giving advice to the people trapped in the tower. not quite sure what happened there. let's look at the queen. further majesty no more. the queen ditches real fur as she goes for fa ke ditches real fur as she goes for fake fur in all new outfits. yes, this is setting a new tone for the royal family of perhaps going more green, more friendly for animals, royal family of perhaps going more green, more friendly foranimals, et cetera. it shows that we can change as we get older. indeed, absolutely and swiftly moving on, talking of change, both test revolutions is the front page of the daily mail. this is you take that could actually be very, very

jacob rees—mogg, the leader of the commons, has been accused of insulting the memory of the victims ofafter he appeared to suggest that people should have used common sense on the night of the fire two years ago — and fled the tower block. in an interview with lbc radio, mr rees—mogg said that — having read the recent report on the fire — he would have ignored the fire brigade‘s advice to remain in the building. he has offered a profound apology, saying he would hate to upset the people of grenfell. 72 people died in the blaze injune 2017. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. if there's one tragedy it's easy to show sympathy with and be sensitive about, it's grenfell. the inquiry finding just last week, residents shouldn't have been told to stay put in their flats for so long, yet one government minister has managed to upset the survivors. the more one's read over the weekend about the report and about the chances of people surviving, if you just ignore what you're told and leave, you are so much safer. and i think if either of us was in a fire, whatever the fire brigade sai

that was jacob rees mogg on the radio, there has been an apology since. run into those comments can be read into different ways, he says as you showed in that clip, having read reports about grenfell tower, the fat report, so it's not clear whether he is talking about the use of common sense having read that report or the use of common sense on the night of the fire. as you say, there has been an apology today from jacob rees mogg, he said he meant to say before the report he would have followed the stay put advice but with hindsight, he and everyone else would get out. well, the wait that statement has been read, his original statement to lbc has been read of victims of the fire is they regard it as showing absolute disregard to them, they are extremely unhappy with what they have heard from him, the labour party said this is the comments of the nasty party and whichever way you see it, we are in an election campaign and a single comment can result in a multitude of damaging stories. tom, thank you. more than 100 families with children at a nursery in so

but perhaps more seriously, we had this comment byjacob rees—mogg more seriously, we had this comment by jacob we had this comment byjacob rees—mogg yesterday, which caused a lot of disquiet. and so, the task for mrjohnson today really is to try and get his campaign back on track and what we hear is that he will have a barely stark message which will be nothing is happening until brexit is sorted. the only person who's going to get is me. you vote forjeremy corbyn what you get is to my referendums, and brexit referendum and as a bonus you will also get a scottish independence referendum. now, the calculation in tea m referendum. now, the calculation in teamjohnson referendum. now, the calculation in team johnson is that everybody is fed up to the back teeth and really does not want any more referendums, because of the acrimony, the bitterness, the divisiveness. so, they will keep plugging away at that message, albeit they have to just can't things down. it was interesting this morning james cleverly really got run around a bet on these different rows that have engulfed the party. here he was t

but the tories are facing a tricky start with questions over jacob rees—mogg's comments on grenfell,ocial media video, and fresh controversy with mrjohnson comparing his rivaljeremy corbyn to the soviet dictator, joseph stalin. in an article for the daily telegraph, mrjohnson said the labour leader had a shared "hatred" of wealth creators — a claim dismissed by mr corbyn as "nonsense." so let's take a look at what the start to the general election campaign involves. parliament was dissolved at one minute past midnight, at which point mps reverted to being members of the public. mps lost their title, and stopped representing constituents. but government ministers remain in theirjob. they continue to run their departments and are only replaced when the new government is formed. boris johnson will formally mark the dissolution of parliament when he has an audience with the queen at buckingham palace this morning. we are expecting him to travel there shortly. it marks the start of a five—week election campaign before polling day on 12th december, when candidates will be canvassing to be

i was still stepped about jacob rees—mogg the start, hasn't it? g and the fact he had missed spokane. he has apologised. some of the other things really i don't know too much about. —— miss spoken. i know there isa about. —— miss spoken. i know there is a long way to go and each of the parliamentary parties, it does not matter who we are, will have stories like this. you don't acknowledge your first 2a hours have been catastrophic? they could have been better. the public themselves will better. the public themselves will be judging better. the public themselves will bejudging us on how we have behaved over the last two years since the general election. we have a new prime minister in borisjohnson who is going incredibly well against jeremy corbyn. everyone knows it is going to be jeremy jeremy corbyn. everyone knows it is going to bejeremy corbyn or boris johnson going through the door of number 10 johnson going through the door of number10 and johnson going through the door of number 10 and they do not want it to bejeremy corbyn. let's see the cli

in another development today involving a cabinet minister, the leader of the commons, jacob rees—moggter suggesting that people living in grenfell tower might have used "common sense" on the night of the fire two years ago and left the tower block despite the fire brigade‘s advice to stay in the building until help arrived. 72 people died in the fire in the summer of 2017. our special corrspondent lucy manning reports. if there's one tragedy it's easy to show sympathy with and be sensitive about, it's grenfell. the inquiry finding just last week, residents shouldn't have been told to stay put in their flats for so long, yet one government minister has managed to upset the survivors. the more one's read over the weekend about the report and about the chances of people surviving, if you just ignore what you're told and leave, you are so much safer. and i think if either of us was in a fire, whatever the fire brigade said, we would leave the burning building. itjust seems the common sense thing to do. marcio gomes, his pregnant wife, and two daughters were trapped on the 21st floor. they

and this morning, as he came out of the cabinet, jacob rees—mogg was asked about this allegation that. and so he‘s saying there that‘s not what i said. and then later in a statement, he said that he had meant to say that before the report, he would have followed the stay put advice but with hindsight, he and anyone else would get out, and he offered the relatives and those who survived the grenfell tower fire what he called a profound apology. labour has said this is an example of the nasty party and i think you can agree, we can agree that it is the first, if you like, misspeak incident of this election campaign and there may be many to come. more than a hundred families with children at a nursery in south devon have been contacted by police following the arrest of an employee in relation to allegations of sexual offences. police were alerted injuly after one family reported their child had alerted them to an incident at the jack and jill childcare nursery in torquay. the nursery is now closed. with the details, here‘sjohn ayres. the police were contacted onjuly 29th with information

jacob rees—mogg apologised for his remarks. put to him that he was implying that perhaps he was cleverer than those in the tower, he said that don't we want clever people running the country? now, since then, as you say, there has been this sweet this morning by andrew bridgen, i think we can show it to you now, he says i realise what i said was wrong. because a great deal of distress and offence. it was not my intention to do so and i do not want to add in any way to the pain this tragic event has caused. i apologise unreservedly. that was mr bridgen effectively attempting yesterday on the radio to apologise on behalf of his colleague, and 12 hours on, he has apologising himself. his colleague, and 12 hours on, he has apologising himselflj his colleague, and 12 hours on, he has apologising himself. i mean, chris, what is your assessment of this? this is right at the start of a five—week election campaign. they have not even hardly left parliament. quite, and it is these kinds of events that can often shape an election campaign

one of the big low lights has been jacob rees—mogg's lights? ments about grenfell, which i think was a moment when the mask really slipped, the leading conservative, when he said these comments, basically implying that he would have the common sense to have left. that is your low point, isn't it? for slightly different reasons, i think he said it by accident, the way he said it, i think he was genuinely... his apology was very quick and contrite, and i think it was reasonable, but it is such a stupid thing to say. i think, if i had ithink, if i had been in i think, if i had been in that fire, whatever the fire brigade said, we would leave a burning building. it just seems the common sense thing to do, and it is such a tragedy that that didn't happen. you have both obviously got a different raid out of that, but how much impact do you think it is going to have on voters? lam not think it is going to have on voters? i am not defending what he said at all, but i think it was clumsy rather than evil, what he said, just stupid. but i think that is ac

at any time, jacob rees—mogg's comments would be seen as insensitive, but at the start of an electionconnect with people. grenfell survivors again feeling let down by those in charge. lucy manning, bbc news. people living with illness or disability, or who are struggling with the benefits system, are most likely to rely on foodbanks. that's according to research carried out by heriot—watt university for the charity the trussell trust. it described 94% of people who use foodbanks as destitute, with many living on less than £50 a week. in 2010, the trussell trust handed out 41,000 food parcels. by last year, that had increased to 1.6 million. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. i mean, i was bedridden for a few weeks and, yeah, that's when it started to hit that i needed to do something. misfortune can strike at any time. donna kennedy was working as a nursing auxiliary when she had two mini strokes. unable to work, and with little income, money ran out for the single mum, forcing her to go to her local food bank. it's being that person that's been providing for t

the conservative jacob rees—mogg apologises for suggesting that residents of grenfell tower should havesed "common sense" and left the building, instead of listening to the fire brigade. the lib dems launch their election campiagn and claim the uk would get a ‘remain bonus‘ of £50 billion over five years if brexit was stopped. cheering five years if brexit was stopped. and in south africa, a triumphant return home for the springboks, who won the rugby world cup in great style. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, all the action from a big night in the champions league. good evening. one the eve of the launch of the conservative election campaign, a member of borisjohnson‘s cabinet, alun cairns, the welsh secretary, has been urged to resign by a victim of rape. the victim, who can't be named, says mr cairns should step down because of his links to a man who sabotaged her trial. ross england, who served as an aide to the welsh secretary, was heavily criticised by a judge for his role in wrecking the trial last year. mr england was subsequently selected as a conservative candidate for t

doing interviews they never did before, but people who we are rather familiar with, not least jacob rees—moggng on lbc and talking about the grenfell fire. we can take a listen. if either of us were in a fire, whatever the fire brigade said, we would leave the burning building, itjust seems the common sense thing to do. it is such a tragedy that that did not happen. have the success lease got rid of this? it is one of those really misjudged statements that actually had a lot of cut through. it was everywhere and was very offensive to a lot of people. and i think it might well be one of the things that is remembered. it is still everywhere on social media. the artist stormzy, who is a supporter of the labour party, was furious about it and talked about it. it reminded me of oliver letwin, i think it was in 2005, who said something about big tax cuts or spending cuts and was told not to leave dorset until the campaign was over and i wonder if jacob rees—mogg might have a similar thing in terms of going back to somerset and staying there until new year's day. we have a special guestjoin us for t

what you get is jacob rees—mogg issuing an apology really quickly.ng ajcb, bridgen going on bbc radio and taking a jcb, excavating the whole and putting it back in the public domain. it beggars belief. i'm sure conservative central office is having a sharp word. if he thought it was about the issues, its personalities as well. the election fever is spreading. here in the us, we are exacty one year away from the 2020 presidential election, and less than 100 days until the new hampshire presidential primary. and based on national polls, it is the former vice presidentjoe biden that remains the frontrunner in the race for the democratic presidential nomination. but the battle for the party nomination isn't a national contest. in new hampshire — the first in the nation primary state — bernie sanders or elizabeth warren are leading the polls. candidates have until november 15th to pay the $1,000 fee and file the necessary paperwork to get on the ballot. in 2016, there were 58 candidates in new hampshire's presidential primary so you can expect lots of pol

and on tuesday, the leader of the house, jacob rees—mogg, apologised after comments he made about thefire. the way that story was reported on the bbc annoyed maria who thought... chris wilkins agreed, writing... that was one of the topics on the agenda for louise minchin's interview on wednesday's breakfast with the conservative party chairman, james cleverly. as was the way his party had edited interviews with shadow brexit secretary keir starmer in a version put out by them on social media. the full form interview showed the labour party position on brexit was chaotic, talking about... how do people trust you when conservative party headquarters is putting out, and you say it is humorous, but some people will not have, may not have known, at that point, that it had been edited. how do people trust the conservative party when their twitter account is putting out information like that? it is so obvious that it is edited. following that encounter, those watching were encouraged by the breakfast presenters to give their feedback and many did. david from southampton wrote... but that was

jacob rees—mogg has apologised for suggesting it would have been common sense for victims of the grenfellce of firefighters to remain put. the leader of the house of commons has faced calls to resign for his remarks — including from the grime artist, stormzy. 72 people died in the fire. the iraqi government has decided to lift the overnight curfew in the capital baghdad. the curfew, in place for over a week, was imposed to contain anti—government demonstrations. the prime minister, adel abdul—mahdi, has rejected calls for his resignation. prosecutors have begun outlining the case against a man accused of murdering a british backpacker in new zealand last december. the body of grace millane — who was 22 — was found a week after she went missing from a hotel. the suspect, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, denies murder. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer has this update from the trial in auckland. the evidence in this case has been intimate and confronting. in court today, we have seen the parents of grace, they have travelled from the united kingdom, and have been set just a few metr

the leader of the house of commons, jacob rees—mogg is continuing to phase criticism after saying thecised common sense and left the tower block instead. instead of following our brigade instructions to stay put. 72 people died in the fire in west london. taiwan's president, tsai ing—wen, has rejected an overture from beijing for reunification with china with a blunt, three—word message: "not a chance." the president's response was issued on twitter after china unveiled a series of measures saying taiwan's way of life would be respected after reunification. nasa's voyager 2 spacecraft has sent back its first message from interstellar space. the space probe was launched a2 years ago and the data it sends back has been shedding light on the structure of our solar system. it is now 16 billion kilometres from earth and is only the second man—made object to leave the magnetic bubble surrounding our sun. at least nine us citizens, including six children, have been killed in a violent attack by suspected drug cartel gunmen in mexico. the family are linked to a mormon community that settled i

at any time, jacob rees—mogg's comments would be seen as insensitive, but at the start of an electionr lacking empathy at the very time politicians are trying to connect with people. grenfell survivors again feeling let down by those in charge. lucy manning, bbc news. iran is given into the breach does make any agreements are made. it will take it underground side, the rich uranium can be used to make reactor fuel but also nuclear weapons. brazilian lawmakers have called for executives of two firms to be charged with homicide and other crimes, in response to the dam colla pse other crimes, in response to the dam collapse that killed nearly 300 people. the report says the heads of the mining giant and associated german consulting group are responsible for the disaster in january. he rocks government has decided to lift the overnight curfew in the capital. it was imposed more than a week ago to try and contain anti— government devastations. the premise has rejected calls for his leg nation. —— resignation. the next us presidential election may be a year away, but candidates have already

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conservative politician jacob rees—mogg apologises for suggesting grenfell victims should have used "ty committee‘s report on russian state interference in british elections — which the government has not yet published. that not yet published. is not him. he is expected to be that is not him. he is expected to be doing it. the commons dissolves that midnight tonight ahead of the period before the election on the 12th of december. if there is to be any prospect of that report being published it needs to get the go—ahead today. dominic grieve will be asking an urgent question on that and we will go live to the house of commons when that happens. health and social care staff working in the nhs in england will receive training on autism and learning disabilities following a campaign led by families. the training programme has been named in memory of teenager oliver mcgowan, whose parents campaigned for better staff training since his death in 2016. a trial of the new training will begin in england next year. a little earlier dan scorer from learning disability charity mencap told the bbc

at any time, jacob rees—mogg's comments would be seen as insensitive, but at the start of an electionempathy at the very time politicians are trying to connect with people. grenfell survivors again feeling let down by those in charge. lucy manning, bbc news. the next us presidential election may be a year away, but candidates have already been campaigning in the key states. this includes new hampshire — which will hold the first primary in february. jane 0'brien reports from north conway. shifting winds over the presidential range, home to some of the most unpredictable weather in the world. and an equally unpredictable political environment for today's presidential hopefuls. # roll on up and ring the bell... north conway lies in the shadow of the white mountains, a bluish town in a reddish county, in a divided state where hillary clinton beat donald trump by less than half a percent in 2016. zeb's general store, a local landmark, is a popular camping spot. i'm here to meet republicans who think the president will have better luck this time. he changed my whole outlook because he is n

at any time, jacob rees—mogg's comments would be seen as insensitive, but at the start of an electioning empathy at the very time politicians are trying to connect with people. grenfell survivors again feeling let down by those in charge. lucy manning, bbc news. the outgoing head of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has told the bbc he believes the uk will leave the eu by the end of january — the end of the current extension period. mrjuncker said he regretted not speaking out at the time of the european referendum — so our europe editor katya adler put to him some of the promises made by the parties contesting next month's general election. if we start with boris johnson, because he's still our prime minister... i like him, by the way. 0k. so, he says if he wins the election and the withdrawal bill is passed, then he thinks it's possible to get a new trade deal negotiated by the end of 2020. so, you know, in less than 12 months. is that possible? i don't want to be a prisoner of this tight framework. but is it even possible, it took seven years to negotiate a deal with ca

that after the jacob rees mogg saga, that afterjohnson compared jeremy corbyn to stalin.of england's doomed world cup match in the rugby final against south africa where everything went wrong in the first four minutes, every scrum went backwards, it was a nightmare. so the task for boris johnson backwards, it was a nightmare. so the task for borisjohnson is to try and geta the task for borisjohnson is to try and get a grip of this campaign and thatis and get a grip of this campaign and that is what we have seen him doing this at lunchtime, trying to change the tone and direction and to get it back onto brexit. his big pitch is that nothing will happen until brexit is done and only he is going to get brexit done because if you vote jeremy corbyn to get brexit done because if you votejeremy corbyn he says you will be voting for two referendums, one on the eu and one on scotland. changing the tone, trying to find those elusive, sunlit uplands, talking about how business confidence will return, investment will flood in, there will be more cash for schools, the police and hosp

jacob rees—mogg this morning saying, you've won the battle, now is time to retire from the field.r, saying he risks throwing away brexit. some brexit party members uneasy, their candidate in dudley south standing aside. we know nigel farage is a man who would cross the street in a false ten blizzard to have a row about europe. he is accused them of being little boys, just doing what borisjohnson tells them, chickening out from opposing a deal which he says isn't that different from theresa may's. there is maybe a little glimpse which might suggest this is bluff and brinkmanship because nigel farage himself isn't standing in this election and he's given boris johnson a two—week deadline to meet his demand to drop his deal. maybe this is all bluff, if it isn't, then this is all bluff, if it isn't, then this clash amongst the brexiteers could yet shape the outcome of this election. thank you. the leader of plaid cymru, adam price, says he's consulting his members about an electoral alliance with other remain—supporting parties. launching his pa rty‘s campaign this morning, mr price s

there was also jacob rees—mogg going on the radio and suggesting that victims of grenfell tower if theyhave simply left the building against the advice of the fire service, and that has not gone down well, as you can imagine. parties have ideas of what they want to talk about, what they wa nt to they want to talk about, what they want to do, it shows you cannot a lwa ys want to do, it shows you cannot always keep it on track. the only saving grace for the conservatives at this point is that they are at the beginning of the campaign, polling day does seem a very long way off. we have heard in the last few minutes from that labour leader jeremy corbyn, responding to the resignation of alun cairns. first of all, there is a victim here. that victim needs to be apologised to and supported. secondly, if he is resigning because of his behaviour, involvement in this as the secretary of state, should he not also resign his conservative —— resign as conservative party candidate in this election? he has said he is going to stand as a candidate. you think that should not be allowed? obviously he le

first you had jacob rees-mogg suggesting the survivor of the greenfield tower that resulted in so manyeaths were somehow responsible. then you have the first ministerial resignation during the campaign since 1974, which complicates the conservative attempt to win seats in wales. this is a welsh secretary who resigned. it has been a rough start. that said, johnson is ahead in the polls and is trying to shift the focus onto parliament, which he blames for failing to allow brexit to be delivered and onto opposition leader jeremy corbyn, who he likened to stalin in an op-ed piece in which he said jeremy corbyn's disdain for the private sector and wealth creation was similar to the soviet dictator. david: the last time we had a general election called by theresa may, it did not go well. it is thought that boris johnson much more charismatic. does he have high hopes for his party? therese: it is such a different scenario on all fronts, from 2017. then you had a prime minister who was a fairly wooden campaigner. she called an election she did not have to call. she was up against and oppositio

jacob rees-mogg saying people who died in a fire not exercise common sense. equally, on the labor side, they have been hit by resignations. leaderson, deputy labor resigning, and allegations of anti-semitism ingrained in the labour party. david: one of the things that struck me is senior members of government got stuck on a train platform and cannot get back to london, which you say was inconvenient and does raise the question of should trains be privatized the way margaret thatcher did it, or do they want to go back to the public sphere, the way jeremy corbyn thinks they should do it. edward: maggie never privatize the railways. it was the one privatization she even shied away. it was john major who did that. david: well done. i got it wrong. edward: it is an experience many british commuters will be all-too-familiar with, the image of a vignette that sums up how the campaign is going despite half of the british -- the sight of half of the british cabinet on a platform on a dark night. it shows you in one place and sums up the campaign not running on the tra

constituency it is between labour and conservative historically, specifically jacob and conservative historically, specificallyjacob rees—mogggreen party be willing to form some kind of coalition with labour if this meant getting a majority and getting the tories out, essentially? thank you. the pressure on all assault to hold our noses and vote tactically is immense. probably bigger at this election then we have ever seen it before. in the last election we did stand down in a number of seats for labour. we reached out to them. it has been a continual... i will be honest, it has been a continual disappointment to make moves but get no reciprocation whatsoever. we want to see how we could support labour ina minority to see how we could support labour in a minority government, to hold their feet to the fire, to make them bolder and more radical than they are, particularly on climate. hold their feet to the fire is a well chosen phrase, isn't it? when you think about what is happening to forests across the world. we are seeing climate breakdown across the world. coming back to sofia's point, we wa nt world. coming back to sofia

he accused nigel farage of pursuing a purist‘s brexit and we had from jacob rees—mogg and other prominenthe wi reless other prominent brexiteer on the wireless this morning, also urging nigel farage not to stand brexit party candidates in every constituency. i've said on many previous occasions how much i admire nigel farage, and how important i think he has been in getting the country to vote leave. but i think he would be well advised to recognise that that battle he won. he achieved what he wanted, we voted to leave, we got a deal that gets us out of the european union. and will allow us to negotiate with the rest of the world. he should be really proud of his political career. and it would be a great shame if he carries on fighting after he has already won, to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. notjust tory not just tory brexiteers notjust tory brexiteers urging nigel farage to back off this morning. their candidate in dudley south announced he was pulling out because he didn't want to split the lead vote and we had from a former brexit mep, saying very similar words. meanwhile,

and what has happened to jacob rees—mogg?e making his comments on grenfell. is it all overforjacob? his comments on grenfell. is it all over forjacob? andy, the monarchy, the monarchy is the queen, and that in my view she is beyond reproach. there is a distinction between the monarchy and the royal family and everybody will readily appreciate that. 0bvious definition of distinction. 0n christopher's question... there is going to be no change at all. that is clear from the manifesto. 0n hunting. we will use this manifesto. we will certainly not be bringing back fox hunting. that is absolutely inconceivable. what we will do is use this manifesto, gives the opportunities of brexit, to champion animal welfare, and we can do things differently. i feel that it is barbaric that in this country people can legally eat shark fin soup made from the friends of sharks who have been deprived of those fins when they are alive and thrown back into they are alive and thrown back into the sea. i think that should be banned. you cannot do that

about what brexit would look like, theresa may's still was not good enough for borisjohnson or jacob rees moggell, there is been disagreement across the board. the people who wa nt across the board. the people who want brexit do not even know what it looks like that leads me to be concerned about is i do not think there is a majority in this country for any specific form of brexit. and thatis for any specific form of brexit. and that is why i think it is very rewarding to embark on a path in the government analysis says it will make us more poor, will costjobs, be bad for the nhs, back to the environment, if we do not even have confidence if that's what the majority of the population actually wa nts. during this campaign the party has been pushing its leader jo swinson as a potential prime minister — that's quite a stretch, going by the bbc‘s poll of polls they're at about 15% having seen their support actually squeezed since the start of the campaign. in the event of a hung parliament — like in 2010 or 2017 — the liberal democrats could still be a decisive player — and jo swinson could find h

difficult start as far as the conservatives are concerned with those controversial comments from jacob rees—mogger we expect that wants to get under way in the next hour of so and i don't know whether we will hear too much in the way specific promises that you mentioned going into the ma nifesto. you mentioned going into the manifesto. probably more of a broad brush approach from the premise or tonight as i say attending to rally the troops as this campaign begins. jonathan, thank you very much. we will be back there in the west midlands when the campaign event gets under way a little later on. as isaid, gets under way a little later on. as i said, just part of a very busy today. three people with me not as busy today as they might have been in years gone by. today marks the official start of the general election campaign, with the dissolution of parliament, and five weeks of campaigning before voters go to the polls on december 12th. but for 68 mps, yesterday was time to clear their desks for the last time after deciding to stand down. including from a3 friends today. i'm joined now by three ve

jacob rees mogg, who i like personally, said this morning that the brexit party should stand aside andng them in the 90s on the euro, without you tip, forcing them them in the 90s on the euro, without ukip, forcing them into giving a referendum and without the brexit party will never deliver brexit. and i say this to you and i will say it as i do of this country, there will be no brexit without the brexit party. of that i am certain. the snp leader and first minister of scotland —— nicola sturgeon —— has challenged borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn to a leaders‘ debate. she said she would take on the conservative and labour leaders anytime, anywhere. her comments follow an official complaint from the lib dem leader, jo swinson, because she‘s not been included in an itv leaders‘ debate —— between boris johnson and jeremy corbyn —— on november 19th. as the leader of the biggest and strongest party, it is a nonsense to suggest that these debates should go ahead, leave versus leave with no voice for remain whatsoever. the voice of the millions of people who voted to remain, who want to stop b

you have jacob rees—mogg's comment on the grenfell fire, those picked up by a popular rapper storm seeis affect decision—making of voters. with this cast a long shadow of how the tories are trying to get out where you are standing with them they move pretty quickly to contain a facadejacob rees—mogg apologised asa a facadejacob rees—mogg apologised as a buzz was then criticised by stormzy. that will get some traction online of course was of it wont do the tories favours in the early stages of this campaign and a misstep from accra to resign from cabinet this money. that's not a good look for the prime minister or party either and it will be up to vote is that they don't want to join... -- vote is that they don't want to join... —— this morning. they don't wa nt to join... —— this morning. they don't want to be painted elitist which is what they're always in danger of doing. we will sit and see —— will precede tonight the premise or ramming home that message and a tightly choreographed campaign slogan of getting brexit done and then as they put it unleashing bradenton's potential and in

jacob rees—mogg apologising after seeming to suggest victims of the grenfell fire lacked common senseew bridgen then defending him, and suggesting mr rees—mogg would have made a better decision than the people in the tower or the fire brigade — because he's clever. he has no apologise. the government refusing to release a report on russian interference in uk affairs — including the last election. —— now apologised. despite the chair of the committe that produced it, a former tory mp, calling for the public to see it. the conservatives editing a video to misrepresent an interview with a labour politician — and then refusing to apologise when what they'd done became clear. a conservative party parliamentary candidate having to apologise for a facebook post in which she said people in a tv show about receiving welfare benefits should be put down. and then six — this today. welsh secretary alun cairns has resigned over claims he knew about a former aide's role in the sabotage of a rape trial. it's not going to plan. that last story was broken by bbc wales' political editor, felicity evans

labour and the reason for that is borisjohnson is the epitome of someone who is disingenuous, jacob rees—mogg local area, it's to see if they can get another seat in parliament that will make the position of the people of the north of england worse, not better. you run a big farm. it's a small farm. 400 acres of sheep and cattle. what about brexit? how without affecting your business?- the moment, it's not affecting it, but the possibility is disastrous, really. you are going to lose your major trading partners which is europe, for sheep, 40% of all sheep go to europe, and if we haven't got that trade, you will find the sheep will collapse, and that noted by the conservatives, because they have put forward certain measures to try and protect sheep farmers. it's one of the major concerns they have. so you are sticking with the labour party? definitely. pauline, are you waiting to see how each party reveals its plans in more detail or are you firmly considering moving to the tories now? firmly moving to the tories. what about the leadership of all the main parties? how much of thatis all the ma

those who were on the fringes of his party, jacob rees—mogg and company are now it's mainstream.d dominic cummings, the architect of the vote leave campaign to vote number ten with an iron grip. let us not forget, vote leave was the campaign that deliberately use the issue of immigration to whip up fear and emigration in our country was that they claim to turkey was about tojoin the that they claim to turkey was about to join the eu— false. they said 1 million turkish citizens would therefore come to britain increased therefore come to britain increased the crime rate and pose a threat to national security, all nonsense. but it is being reported that cc hq, during the rest of this 2019 election are intending to revisit what they see as the greatest hits of the vote leave campaign including in relation to turkey. this is xenophobia pure and simple. to those considering whether to vote conservative again, the question has to be this. is this the kind of country you want to live in? do you wa nt to country you want to live in? do you want to endorse this kind of politics?. a few wee

jacob rees—mogg, who are like personally, said this morning that the brexit party should stand aside them in the 90s on the euro, without you keep forcing them into giving them a referendum, and without the brexit party forcing them to deliver on brexit. i repeat there will be no brexit without the brexit party. of that i am certain. applause thank you. thank you. thank you. they say, that we will split the vote, but we won‘t split the vote, because we will be the only people actually offering brexit leaving the european union and its institutions. applause and i am reading this lazy commentary in the press every day thatis commentary in the press every day that is almost a mirror image of what i read back in 2015 when i led you kip —— ukip. they said that it would split the vote. it did far more harm to the labour party than it did to the conservative party. cameron would not have had a majority had it not been for the votes cast the ukip in that election. the missing ingredient in this whole debate is the extent to which traditional working labour voters, patriotic to their fingert

and on tuesday, the leader of the house jacob rees—mogg apologised after comments he had made about the starmer in a version put out by them on social media. the full—form interview showed the labour party's position on brexit was chaotic, they are talking about... how do people trust you when conservative party headquarters is putting out — and you say it's humorous, but some people will not have — may not have known at that point that it had been edited. how do people trust the conservative party when their twitter account is putting out information like that. it is so obvious that it is edited. following that encounter, those watching were encouraged by the breakfast presenters to give their feedback, and many did. david from southampton wrote: but that was a minority view of viewers who contacted newswatch. wendy cockburn's was more typical. and a viewer called roger agreed. later in the week, the heat was turned on the labour party with the resignation of its deputy leader tom watson being widely reported. it was swiftly followed by former minister ian austin who resigned from the

a senior member of the conservative party, jacob rees—mogg, has had to apologise for suggesting the victimsf the grenfell fire lacked common sense. a group of 11,000 scientists has endorsed a stark message on our climate. it's based on a new study that looks at a0 years of data and which concludes, "the climate crisis has arrived and is accelerating faster than most scientists expected. it is more severe than anticipated, threatening natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity." it does, though, also say action taken now can make a difference. here's the bbc‘s science editor david shukman. what we have here is a very large number of scientists who, actually, in a sense, lost patience. they point out that exactly a0 years ago, there was a world climate conference which warned of the urgency of tackling climate change, as greenhouse gas emissions were due then to shoot up and cause a whole range of impacts. and they say that, effectively, nothing has been done. and i think what we are seeing more and more is scientists breaking out of the straitjacket you'd expect them to be in. what you want

it started with jacob rees—mogg, and showing that unforgivable arrogance in criticising the so—callede tories also started early on to resort to fake news, in this fantasy numbers that they have been concocting up to criticise our plans, and! concocting up to criticise our plans, and i thought, don't worry, we will get into a debate with the chancellor and be able to cut through all of that and may be evidence the reality? because sooner we said, come and have that debate, and they gave the first inclination that they might, he then refused it yesterday. he refused to debate with me, to defend their record. obviously, but also, i think he realised we could cut through the lies they've been concocting over the last week about spending plans. so, he ran scared. nevertheless, what we will do now is throughout this campaign, this will be a positive campaign for us. we will continue to present our positive vision of the society we want to create, how we tackle climate change and how we tackle exactly what sonia said, the ramp until equality there is now staining our society —— the rampant