the jacob rees—mogg's path for brexit now is what he feels can happen.e national interest. yeah, but what does that mean? because we saw talks break down last week over the customs union direction. we know that brussels doesn't even like any of the things on the table. so once you've got this ukip vote and you've got people like jacob rees—mogg saying, "yep, that's going to be a hard brexit". "we can do that now". is that what we can expect? well, the prime minister has made huge progress since the start of the article 50 process, she's delivered the withdrawal phase. we're agreeing the transition phase. and now there is work under way on the future economic relationship. jo johnson, you are kidding yourself. nobody came out of that polling booth saying, "i'm really pleased with the way brexit negotiations are going". you cannot look yourself in the mirror and say what your government is doing now is absolutely great. can you? they haven't got anything done. well, the government is achieving a significant amount in a very compressed period of time. the p

we will be speaking to jacob rees—mogg about that later on bbc breakfast, and a story about higher earnersoctors and lawyers being significantly more likely to drink alcohol than those

this is the likes of jacob rees—mogg to break the deal will sink.he likes ofjacob rees—mogg and company, waiting in again. another difficult day for theresa may on brexit. why? she is getting in a cabinet together to discuss what to do about the customs union. you can see the pressure she is under from both sides of this debate. we had this letter that the daily telegraph refers to about rees mogg and about 60 mp5 refers to about rees mogg and about 60 mps within her own party who are saying in effect that the idea of being in line to the customs union is as bad as being in the european union itself. they think it leaves britain with little room for manoeuvre. they say if you are doing that we could bring down the governed. at the same time, she has about a dozen hard—line remainers in the conservative party saying that if you don't do the customs union deal we would properly cited labour to do do you anyway. she is danty she does and dandy she doesn't. —— we will probably side with. she is probably going to be tended to keep the can a few weeks dav

rees—mogg. they are saying, you and break away from your slowly slowly approach where you seek consensus across the entire parliamentary party. some members of this group have been holding talks with jacobmogg and they have decided there is simply no common ground because they believe he is mother to attracted to the idea of having no deal with the eu —— he is rather too attracted. what is your sense of what is going on behind the scenes? these form ministers have at least one supporter in very high places and i am told that a recent meeting of the brexit cabinet subcommittee, judi —— julian smith told to get real, look at the numbers in parliament. it is important to say that this group we are talking about are remainers but they do have some leavers, i have spoken to some leave supporters who support them both the european research group, i spoke to them and they are incredibly relaxed about this. they expect this sort of thing and that view is that there are seven brexit supporting conservative mps are not in their group who had said that if theresa may does a deal that they do not like, they will stop supporting the and so her parliamentary majority would go. i have been looking at

like jacob rees—mogg. too much to the brexiteers. like jacob rees-mogg.ur paper, henry? the financial times. it is all about italy and the effect it has had on the markets. yes, however bad politics looks in the uk, it is nowhere near the standard cities in italy. to rewind, italy voted for the big winners of its elections as populist parties, people hated the establishment but today they have ended up with a former imf official being appointed the prime minister and leading government. the reason investors are worried is because this will fuel more antiestablishment sentiment that when elections happen again, there will almost have to be a new round, people will be angry as they seemed the president appointed technocrat who does not have a mandate, in his view, to try and steadied the ship. but in the view of the populist party, such as holding back the populist agenda to holding back the populist agenda to hold italy's membership in the eurozone. this could possibly be a gift? give us more elections like henry was saying... pramac absolutely, the italia

the prominent back—bencher and strong advocate of brexit, jacob—rees mogg has accused the house of lords decision to leave the eu from coming into law. peers voted last night to give parliament the final say, if a deal can't be reached with the european union. our assistant political editor norman smith spoke to mr rees mogg and asked for his reaction to that vote. it reflects on the house of lords, a strong majority fall remain, it was a rejection of the result. lord hailsham, who moved the motion, he said, at the very best it was an interim decision. the noble lord is saying that the biggest democratic vote in british history, 17.a million people made an interim decision on whether or not they should stay in the european union, that shows the contempt the lords have for the electorate and the arrogance of their lordships. the lords has very little in terms of public support, it has nolan mandate, no legitimacy, it is there on sufferance, if they don't want to abide by the constitutional norms and they don't want to accept ma nifesto and they don't want to accept manifesto commitments,

well, she is going to come under pressure from jacob rees—mogg and others within that group.o get through parliament? then she has a problem with parliament. as rachel said, you have got this ridiculous spectacle of the last two max week saying —— two week saying, video is not on the table from the european union, but on the other hand, —— the deal is not on the table. but on the other hand, it is time that show firmness and tenacity and to see the brexit processor what it really has become. i think it is time for may to get tough now. there are clearly risks associated with no deal. most people will want a deal, but it is... but not a deal at all costs. not a deal at all costs, if the european union is going to humiliate britain and destroy its trading relations to other countries, and make it into a real taken other countries, and make it into a real ta ken without having other countries, and make it into a real taken without having any influence over the rules, then a no deal scenario is looking more likely, which may well call the constitutional crisis down the line. it c

do you not believe it is empowering for the brexiteers, people like boris johnson and jacob rees—moggsign people don't want the labour version of brexit, this is what it is about. that is what they are doing whether you think it is preposterous or not. they can do it all they like. the only protection and local elections is the theresa may is comfortable in her position for another three weeks —— the only projections. it would be just as absurd on the conservative side to claim some sort of mandate out of these elections as it would to claim a victory for anyone. nobody had a breakthrough here. british politics is rather stuck. this was none of the above. these elections were effectively a repeat of 2014 plus or minus a bit. right. if you go back to the mid—19 90s, owen has a bit of a problem. or 700 seats at these kind of elections. blair's opposition in the mid—1990s they were getting gains of 600 or 700 seats at these kind of elections. something has shifted in the last 48 hours. everyone in politics, the fifties; dam labia 7———~————~———~————~——7 we thought that labour was changing

who it will infuriate is the brexiteers, like jacob rees mogg, and he's got one of these greatest fantasies deal. the reality is we can't and if they vote down the theresa may deal in the autumn it will be for parliament to decide what happens next and there will be enormous pressure for theresa may to seek an extension to the article 50 to timeline and potentially keepers in the eu for longer because we've made so little progress in negotiations. talking about deals, let's turn to the times. is there a deal? there may be a deal. this is the deal about the summit, just talk. trump revives home for a peace summit in north korea. what you make of this? the characters involved for a start? it'sjust so absurd. it's entertaining. it would be if no nuclear weapons we re entertaining. it would be if no nuclear weapons were involved, then i would enjoy it as the slightly rubbish superhero film it is, but it's essentially to unbelievably petulant overgrown toddlers stamping their feet at each other across an ocean so their feet at each other across an ocean so impossible not to feel reassured that t

brexit hardliners in her cabinet and party, including the vocal european research group led by jacob rees—moggisters who supported remain have decided to act, after concluding that it would be

jacob rees-mogg living near number ten downing st. he has bought a house very close to theresa may.orded. he did actually say it wasn't about muscling in on the prime minister, he just needs more space because he has all those children. i think the daily mail might be saying this, we will have ruth davidson running for election, and then who knows. i've lost the piece of paper, hitters. back to page four of the sunday express. tell us about bailey. is the cutest little terrier cross. she went into the dogs trust and was pregnant and had seven puppies, they immediately found homes but unfortunately daly spent six and in six days, became the centre's longest stay in person and has eventually been found at home. i cannot understand why she was there for so long. she looks very cheerful. she seems to have ca ptu red very cheerful. she seems to have captured the hearts of the nation, to have done over 600 days in there... i am a bit sad and i discovered the pages of dogs homes thinking i should take in any dark, i'm under pressure to do this and resisting at the moment and i saw that has

we will be speaking to jacob rees—mogg about that later.s treated at a private clinic in northern ireland are being asked to contact them after fears that a consultant may have misdiagnosed. yesterday, the belfast health trust announced the biggest—ever recall of patients in the province, because of concerns that people who have been seen by dr michael watt may have not been given the right treatment. dr watt also worked at the private ulster independent clinic, as ben ando reports. so far, the belfast trust has had to send out recall letters to around 2500 patients after a review was carried out with regards to the diagnoses and treatment is proposed bya diagnoses and treatment is proposed by a consultant urologist, dr watt. it has led to uncertainty and worried. what has this been about? why did nobody stop this earlier? why did nobody stop this earlier? why did nobody stop this earlier? why didl why did nobody stop this earlier? why did i have to go through this for so long? dr watt also treated patients privately. in the wake of this re

here's jacob rees—mogg in a podcast this week.to judge people ultimately by their actions rather than their words. fine words are well known for not buttering parsnips, and we are not getting our parsnips buttered at the moment. have you lost faith in the prime minister? that would be a harsh way of putting it. but not an inexact way of putting it? no, i'm not going that far. but i have doubts. i have doubts, that what she says is still fine and what she does is not delivering on what she says, and that inevitably raises concerns and she needs to bring the two together, and thejune summit will be an opportunity for her to do that. and the man who ran the vote leave campaign, dominic cummings, wrote yesterday that the government's strategy had imploded. it now thinks its survival requires surrender. this version of a softish brexit is no certainty. the uk hasn't asked for it, and, more importantly, the eu has always said it won't offer it, but there is an increasingly widespread view that it's the only outcome left. i am nowjoined

jacob rees mogg on itv this morning saying essentially that.wouldn't really mean leaving the european union. with less than a year to go, this is still to go, this is still a massive dividing line in uk politics. it sounds dry and to some extent it is, but it is the big issue that still needs solve. andrew marr is expected to make a full recovery and return to the programme soon. 0ur full recovery and return to the programme soon. our best wishes to him fora programme soon. our best wishes to him for a speedy recovery. the conservative chairman brandon lewis says he will have a look at the case of the conservative councillor in pendle who was readmitted to the local party after having been suspended for posting racist material online. the council was asked to stand down after posting a racist image on facebook. photographs of prince louis have been published, photographed when he was just three days old.

jacob rees mogg on itv this morning saying essentially that.the rules of the single market, wouldn't really m ea n rules of the single market, wouldn't really mean leaving the european union. with less than a year to go, this study massive dividing line in uk politics. it sounds dry and to some extent it is, but it is the big issue that still needs solve. thanks, nick. some newsjust in. we we re thanks, nick. some newsjust in. we were talking yesterday about the arrest after a two—year manhunt for jamie acourt. he was one of the original suspect in the murder of stephen lawrence and denied any involvement. he was never charged. this is to do with drug allegations, drug offences. he has been appearing at the high court in madrid via a video link from barcelona. he was arrested in barcelona on friday. he has apparently accepted the request that he should be extradited back to britain. he has not challenged it in the court, so he will be heading back to the uk very soon. the headlines on bbc news: sir alex ferguson is in intensive care after emerg

samuelson, you will have read of jacob rees mogg having a minor spat with theresa may way he expressedorder and if you wa nt to we will not have a border and if you want to put one up that is up to you. they are not real and they are designed to try and find some way chap in the united kingdom and keep it within the customs union and the single market. hard border is not practical and would not serve any purpose along the border between northern ireland and the irish public and i think the government should be seen to the eu if you want ever border use stick the border close to the czechs and the irish republic side. we don't want to put any checks in the uk side. if you have a problem with that you work it out for yourselves. i think it is time the prime ministers started getting tough with both the irish government which is running rings around the british government at present because of internal problems in the republic and they want to suck up to the eu. brexit is going to keep on going but now let's get the weather. please tell me will be sorry this weekend. it will be dry and fi

here is the pro brexit mp, jacob rees—mogg responded to this.. they still don't get it.".m did feel a little bit wreck crochet —— retro with david miliband and nick clegg. it was a rare intervention from david miller band. —— david miliband. basically saying that parliament should be taking control of brexit. nicky morgan saying that mps need to step up to the plate. but it was pretty safely dumbed down by jacob the plate. but it was pretty safely dumbed down byjacob rees—mogg. he said that these guys are fighting a last year guard action and they will not succeed. every step of the way we will be keeping you up—to—date on those biggish asians. ten years ago the shia cleric moqtada al—sadr was a wanted man in iraq — his fighters frequently clashed with us troops as iraq sought stability after saddam husain. fast forward to now — moqtada al—sadr is ahead in iraq's election — and he's standing on a platform that rejects american influence in iraq — and iranian influence too. an alliance of candidates with links to shiite militia and to iran is sec

already there has been criticism from eurosceptics jacob rees—mogg has said this is the last gasp ofeditor, norman smith, is in downing street. we heard questions there saying to david miliband, you have been out of uk politics for five years, high significant as his appearance there are? it could be significant in the immediate parliamentary showdown which theresa may faces over key bits of brexit legislation, where she is facing possible defeat over the customs union. maybe debate over staying in the single market and maybe defeat overlap allowing mps sending her back to the negotiating table. they are appealing to mps to vote for their amendments. it is not, they say, part of the bigger move to overturn brexiter ought to pave the way for another referendum. they are targeting this appeal very specifically on mps at westminster to, in their words, specifically on mps at westminster to, in theirwords, take specifically on mps at westminster to, in their words, take back control of the brexit process. it has to be says that mps may choose to do that anyway because the numbers facing

new tax to pay for the nhs, and if your exit wood interested in brexit, and of course you are, jacob rees—moggd. doctor feelgood. stay with us — headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and victoria fritz. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: plans for a landmark summit with north korea's kimjong un are moving "very nicely" that's according to president trump. on thursday, mr trump cancelled the summit, citing hostility but now says there's a lot of "goodwill". 0ur asia correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes joins us now. it was on, then it was off, now it looks like it's on again — what's been going on? i hesitate to make a prediction as to whether it is on again for sure, because i have made so many wrong predictions over the last few days because president trump keeps changing his mind. we said it was on, by friday was off, now president trump says they are doing well in terms of the summit with north korea, talks are going on as we speak, there is a lot of goodwill and we're looking atjune 12 in singapore, that hasn't changed. well it certainly did c

meeting to discuss which of those two which are still on the table, the customs partnership which jacob rees—moggry much a brexiteer has described as a cretin this idea, and the eu has said is magical thinking, that still on the table. the other option is a highly streamlined customs arrangements were you use nextel wood new technology. we have to wait and see if the government can sort this out tomorrow and then progressed talks with the european union in the coming months. thank you. some of the other stories making bbc news at 5pm. the royal bank of scotland has announced plans to close 162 branches in england and wales — resulting in almost 800 job losses. the bank blames a decline in footfall because of changing consumer behaviour. they say they will try to make sure compulsory redundancies are kept to a minimum. a man from kent has appeared in court accused of preparing for a terror attack in london, and swearing an oath of allegiance to the islamic state group. 26—year—old lewis ludlow from rochester is also accused for raising money for terrorism, and planning to travel to an area of the

let's speak to the conservative mp jacob rees—mogg — who's chairman of the party's european researcht the prime minister a lengthy report detailing its opposition to a customs partnership. good to see you. this document you sent to number ten has been construed as a threat by some. that perhaps you would withdraw support in any confidence motion if the prime minister moved forward with this idea of the customs partnership. is that what it amounts to an estimate absolutely not, the confidence motion that down onto the fixed term parliament act is something all conservative mps would support the prime minister on. that is not an issue if i may say so. the issueis is not an issue if i may say so. the issue is does the customs partnership allows the benefits of leaving the eu to which the answer is no. we would find it difficult to get free trade deals with the rest of the world and we would do that to stay in the single market. and that would tire to a future and existing eu regulation early from work. so customs partnership does not technically work and be argued that testify minister

we had their leader, jacob rees—mogg describing the plans as gratton is, and this morning, again, theo drop the whole idea. i do not see the point in carrying on with this process. it is clear that anybody who knows anything about export it and deals oi'i anything about export it and deals on exports, that this does not work, and that therefore the best thing to do is to do the maximum facilitation, which is basically, what we have at the moment for our exports, but enhanced attic he using new technology and new process. that will take some to development, yes, but it is based on what we do at the moment, and not inventing a new system. it is the best position to be in, because it is likely that we will be ready to do that, and even if it is not completely developed, we will still be able to import export goods, because these is the more it exists. that other system does not exist. leave aside the problem of what to do about boris, mrs may house to find a way of getting this preferred option —— mrs may have to find a way of getting this preferred option through the brexit subcommittee

we heard liam fox talking about the house of lords overstepping its role and jacob rees mogg saying itords passes amendments, they are sent to the house of commons to vote on and why we are seeing such panic from the government is they are worried they cannot carry their own mps who will vote for some of these amendments, so vote for some of these amendments, so that is not a crisis, it's what the house of lords does every day, we look at legislation and where we think it can be improved, we make suggestions to the house of commons for them to vote on. we are reaching a critical stage in brexit, not only last night's defeat but tomorrow the brexit subcommittee will have to try and work out what the government's position is when we leave the customs union and there were signs of real tensions and divisions in the cabinet. thank you, norman. four sleeping children were murdered after being trapped in their bedrooms when their house was torched with petrol bombs in the dead of night — that's what a jury has been told at manchester crown court. the prosecution say the fatal attack resulted

jacob rees mogg and his son, he is 11. just like a little mini me, are remarkable resemblance.arr programme yesterday and his son standing there for a photograph. you are talking about the storms that have hit the country. front page of the guardian, light fantastic, it says, a dramatic bolt of lightning senior. the london skyline as the warm and humid weather gave way to thunderstorms. theresa may facing great demands to allow poll on abortion in northern ireland. there is a call in the daily telegraph to use extra funding for technology if the nhs is to survive. this is basically a call, jeremy hunt saying only a technological revolution can help the health service whether the coming storm. that is whatjeremy hunt is saying. couple of stories on the back page of the guardian newspaper. this is chris froome winning. extraordinary circumstances. you win a race at the beginning of a grand tour and then you hold of your rivals. but this was a stage nine victory that took him ahead of his rivals. also juergen klopp ready to replace his goalkeeper. liverpool, having applied to huma

jacob rees—mogg of the script of brexiteers is saying this is not an ultimatum, although it might soundltimatum to some people. there's no doubt that the tory brexiteers are sending a pretty clear warning to theresa may not to go for this customs partnership solution to our customs arrangements once we leave the eu because in their view it amounts to pretty much their view it amounts to pretty much the same thing as staying in the customs union or the same thing as staying in the customs union oi’ a the same thing as staying in the customs union or a customs union because what it would mean is that, although trade between britain and the eu would carry on without any checks, goods coming into britain from outside the eu, well, britain would carry out the customs checks and would impose eu tariffs and a view of many brexiteers is that we would become the tax collector for the eu and we would have to abide by eu regulations and then it might come under the jurisdiction of the european court of justice, come under the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, all of which is unacceptab

as we heard from jake jacob rees—mogg, we should take one of the table, no point going forward with itend of today where they are proceeding with both of those options, but of course what opposition mps are saying is it is possible but neither of them will provide a solution, particularly to theissue provide a solution, particularly to the issue of the irish border and certainly brussels has said it doesn't like either of these options the moment, so i think we are in a holding pattern where downing street are saying we holding pattern where downing street are saying we are holding pattern where downing street are saying we are still going to do the work on both of these and we will wait and see in the coming days and weeks whether they come with a preferred option or not. we can cross to the houses of parliament and speak to conservative mpjohn redwood. thank you very much forjoining us this afternoon. what is wrong with these two options? the highly streamlined system and this partnership? i like the streamlined system, it builds on what we will achieve simply by leaving and being un