i was really impressed by john major's coming through. was an opponent in politics but a valued friend in real life. notjust a good politician but a really good human being, which is something to aspire to. and when he steps down, he didn'tjust go to the countryside and put up his feet. he was involved in the forefront of politics with the lib dems and into bosnia right up the lib dems and into bosnia right up until last year. a friend of mine was a diplomat in sarajevo when he was a diplomat in sarajevo when he was the leader of the mission there and he said he was extraordinary little by saying this last night, that he volunteered to go to the front line. bob stuart said that as well. he said even generals don't go to the front line but he was so brave and dynamic that he did think that less that politicians would be scared of. the mail on sunday saying they don't make them like paddy anymore, which is reflecting what you are saying. it is a shame he never really held a ministerial office. that's not a politician, very able and intellige

in the 1990s, her successor john major could not turn the rising sceptic tide.n including the euro in the maastricht treaty but that wasn't enough. fast forward to this century and, in 2016, david cameron tried to see off a growing threat to his party from the right by betting on a referendum. he lost. the british people have spoken and the answer is we are out. i do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. theresa may took over but through the tortuous brexit negotiations, she's often found her own party harder to deal with than the governments of europe. the leading historian of post—war britain sees an unprecedented level of national division. the way the votes fell in the referendum illuminated very starkly the very great differences in lives and life chances across our kingdom. we are a people that no longer knew ourselves. it is stress testing our party system desperately and if parliament can't cope with the stress of this we are in deep trouble. for theresa may the great political challe

documents released from the national archives reveal that john major's government was furious with presidentnton for inviting sinn fein leader gerry adams to america. and in half an hour, victoria derbyshire looks back on some of the memorable moments from her programme in 2018. the music retailer hmv is at risk of becoming the first post—christmas high street casualty as it teeters on the brink of administration. the group, which has over 100 and 20 stores and employs over 2000 staff, has filed a notice to appoint administrators and could go under as early as today. our business correspondent theo leggett is with me now. so, things are looking pretty bleak for hmv? yes, notjust for hmv, the whole of the traditional high street has been under a lot of pressure. this year we have seen the collapses of toys "r" us, poundworld, maplin. there are a lot of pressures. this is because traditional businesses have high costs, they have to pay business rates, they had to operate stores, and they are facing a lot of competition from online outlets. at the same time, consumer confidence is weak, people

certainly isn't the only one who is advocating another referendum, another former prime minister, john majorvative minister at that, is pa rt conservative minister at that, is part of that camp as well and so are an increasing number of mps, including some in theresa may's own party. i think what she's trying to do this morning in some ways is almost lands the boil of conversation, saying to take some of her courts, some are seeking to subvert the process for their own political interest, not acting in the national interest, accusing mr blair of undermined the national interest, accusing mr blairof undermined in the national interest, accusing mr blair of undermined in negotiations by seeking to have talks in brussels about potential ways to prepare for another referendum. but as i said, theresa may cannot simply say this is my political opponents from yesteryear who are saying this because there are many in parliament to believe the same thing. i'm joined now by ben bradshaw — he is one of a group of labour mps that met with cabinet minister david lidington on earlier this week — to discuss

it looked that we we re john major was there.hing a history book play out in real life for us. it was like history being made real, wasn't it right in front of our eyes. it was quite extraordinary. the fact that so quite extraordinary. the fact that so many people came from so far testified to his unrivaled status as a global statesman. he was by no means inevitable that the cold war when add peacefully. but one of the key reasons why did was the diplomatic management of george herbert walker bush. a lot of us media wondered why he didn't rush to berlin when the wall came down, why didn't niekro or celebrate? the reason why it was because he thought that would bring huge from from mikhail gorbachev and hard—liners in the kremlin were trying to oust him. if you think of the gulf war, it was a model of what us diplomacy should go quiet. he patiently assembled a coalition of 35 countries. he went to the united nations and got a resolution passed to authorise use of force and got the congressional authorisation he did so after the 19

like the john major syndrome. if sot. so. but you never know. like thejohn major syndrome.n him. screen time? i worry. outside chance. put a fiver on him. screen time? iworry. my outside chance. put a fiver on him. screen time? i worry. my friend said the only time it is ok to look atture your screen is in the tunnel. you have people to talk to you could argue. but generally it has created. we know the twitter rows and things that have come up. but even the active screen time, i find the whole thing depressing. i will engage in it when i get home. we can re-engage at 11.30 and more forecasting from you, tony. thank you both. that is it for this year. we are back again at 11.30. we will see you then. the final weekend of 2018 has been dry, cloudy and mild. high pressure is in charge. this was the serene scene in hereford taken earlier on. so we have got some clear spells through the rest of tonight. but high pressure with light winds means we could see some low cloud and mist and fog in the south. the blue colours will become more of a future through the first week of 2019.

john major has paid tribute saying, george bush was a family man and pa rt george bush was a family mant of the american people's family. he served with dignity and grace. he said, he is quite simply one of the most deep down, decent people i have ever known. we're keeping an eye on comments coming in and tributes from former presidents, which have come in this morning. also, this morning, we spoke to a political analyst. can you give us a sense of how america will think about george bush senior, as we tend to refer to him here? well, what we're seeing is the loss of an era, actually, this was the last president to preside over a nation where you were able to actually see republicans and democrats come together and get things done. more importantly, this was a man who ran for president and who many believe have the most impressive resume of any one in the modern era. and of course, no one had actually been elected to the presidency coming from the vice presidency in over 100 yea rs, from the vice presidency in over 100 years, so from the vice presidency in over 100 years, so he was a tr

john major did not delay -- [jeering] , primee minister minister -- he knows, she knows when the politics of this place gets broken, you either resign, go back to the people in a general election or referendum. no one gets to play for extra time before the game is ended. prime minister may: if i might say to the right honorable gentleman the premise of his question is wrong and i think of the looks back over the history of this country he will see that. they prime minister in a statement says the government will step up its work for a possible no deal outcome. she said the same last month. i am wondering if my right honorable friend ken -- can tell of one action that is now taking place that was not taking place in net -- last month? prime minister may: yes, we have stepped up our actions that are taken. 140,000 businesses. we looked at the potential impact on medicines and devices. because the prime minister has come to the house to talk to day whenhonesty on the she has come to pull the deal that she said could not be pulled on the deal that she said could not be changed. any deal, any

among the urners, prince charles, representing the queen, and sir john major, prime minister during the gulf war and close friend of george h.w. bush. german chancellor angela merkel had come, ever grateful for the role that president bush played in the reunification of her country. in the front pew, all the living former u.s. presidents were there, and of course, the serving president donald trump, d o, who until george h.w. bush's death been so disdainful of the family. on this day of national mourning, it was also a rare day diof national unity for a ded country. unity there may have been. warmth there wasn't. the body language as chilly as the december day outside. the eulogy was delivered by his son the former president george h.w. bush. it was pitch perfect, mixing humor and pathos. mr. bush: i said "dad,yo love you anhave been a wonderful father." thanlast words he would ever say on earth were, "i love you, too." s he was close to perfect. but not totally perfect. his short game was lousy. [laughter] mr. bush: he was not exactlyre fred astn the dance floor. the man could not stom

just going to roll over so when it deal between london and brussels was finally struck last month john major clear it this one you. should. see if. he she switched back home to reason may's deal any united politicians of all stripes against it faced with losing the vote by a landslide to reason may called it off at the eleventh hour and much to the outrage. of politicians failed to set a new date for the whole house wanted to do this we wanted to vote to meet the people expected us to vote. on the government have gone the wrong way and did it in the toilet this is the ultimate humiliation for the leader of the house here for this prime minister and how we could look the host of the other night and try to suggest the pain this is business as usual it's quite extraordinary the constituents are watching this farce with the been in the newsman with no idea how this country is being run and we did a host comes up with new we forward for all of this the message from many including the hard bags it is in her own party is that she can't improve a rotten deal which although not exactly in those words

s john major and tony blair are among those publicly voicing support for another vote an idea though that so far been rejected by downing street so let's get the latest now from our correspondent in london. just take a strange twists and turns out there just take us through what's happened cypher. well i think the biggest news to come over the weekend is the talk of a second referendum is getting more serious because it's not just the opposition parties talking about it now according to reports it's coming from may's own team how did we get to resume a clearly hasn't had much success renegotiating with the drool deal with brussels at the end of last week and over the weekend reports. her own cabinet is splitting into two separate camps one which along with their own chief of staff seems to be mulling the idea of letting parliament decide on whether there should be a second referendum on the other side the prodi leave camp which is adamantly against this plan and as for the prime minister herself she's been attempting to question all the various rumors of a second vote in fact a spoke

s john major and tony blair tony blair those publicly voicing support for another vote. the does so far be rejected by downing street or correspondent as the latest book of a second referendum appears to be getting more serious and because it's not just coming from the opposition parties apparently it's coming from to reason may's own team over the weekend reports have emerged the cabinet has split into two opposing camps one which along with her chief of staff is now reportedly mulling the idea of letting parliament decide on whether there should be a second referendum to potentially reverse brags that and the other camp of prone leavers who are adamantly against this plan now the prime minister herself has been attempting to crochet all these various rumors and especially talk of a second referendum in fact her spokesperson has just denied just rules but then again her spokesperson did deny the cancellation of the parliamentary vote on her brags that deal last week immediately before it was cancelled so make of that denials what you will now one of the people dead keen

she was toppled and the man who replaced her, john major, was defeated in the commons when he signedthe left, 324. two decades later, david cameron promised a new deal with europe and... an in out referendum. but he had no plan forfailure, no plan b. what is plan b? plan b is to hold a referendum and for the british people to choose. that means you don't know. the first rule in politics is being able to count. a prime minister who does not have the votes in parliament may be in office but quickly finds themselves without any power and, on the best of days, theresa may has no parliamentary majority. when it comes to discussing europe, it is never the best of days. every day in west minster brings a fresh brexit crisis. what will tomorrow bring? scientists in australia say they're astonished to find parts of the great barrier reef are becoming more resistant to coral bleaching. the ecosystem, the world's largest coral reef, has experienced unpredented bleaching since 2016, but a new study shows some tough corals are adapting to heatwave conditions. georgina smythe has the story. it is

they didn't have the relationship we were talking about it, the mulroney and john major relationship, which was a personal relationship that went way beyond their time in public office. but they've maintained contact. in fact, i was, i thought that president gorbachev was coming, but apparently, at the last moment, couldn't make it. and he went to the opening of the library. he watched my dad jump out of an airplane, like, a little different for someone from the soviet union, i think. [laughter] so they had a close enough relationship to respect one another which was, you know, what matters in this stuff. if you don't believe that your word's your bond, then it's very hard to trust someone, you know? >> it's been obvious to everybody who has read and certainly those of us who have written about his life in the last few days that it was a life of incredible achievement. i mean, an enormous list of achievements. which one do you think he considered his greatest achievement? >> the one he would say was that his children came home, you know? that his family really kind of -- particularly

in the 1990s, her successor john major could not turn the rising sceptic tide.in the maastricht treaty, but that wasn't enough. fast forward to this century and, in 2016, david cameron tried to see off a growing threat to his party from the right by betting on a referendum. he lost. the british people have spoken and the answer is we are out. i do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. theresa may took over, but through the tortuous brexit negotiations, she's often found her own party harder to deal with than the governments of europe. the leading historian of post—war britain sees an unprecedented level of national division. the way the votes fell in the referendum illuminated very starkly the very great differences in lives and life chances across our kingdom. we are a people that no longer knew ourselves. it is stress testing our party system desperately and if parliament can't cope with the stress of this we are in deep trouble. for theresa may, the great political challenge remains — how

the most seniorjobs in public lifelj think in terms of his public service and as you heard from john majorf his personal approach with people from a wide range of views and parties and his pragmatism. he will be given justify tributes for the fact he went into congress, the first american ambassador to china, head of the cia, vice president for eight years and then president. i think however amidst all the public service, the legacy really both at home and abroad was one of uncertainty, we will mark for example that war in iraq in 1991, which did not resolve the issue and was followed by crippling sanctions. a lot of people were hurt in iraq and saddam hussein remained in power. and it was very much 12 years tied together with the ronald reagan era. the cold war may have supposedly ended but in 1992, you we re supposedly ended but in 1992, you were talking about recession in the united states and the unrest in los angeles, to the point where that really wounded george bush when he lost the election. no matter how well prepared and qualified you may be for holding the highest public offices

documents released from the national archives reveal that john major's government was furious with presidentlf an hour, victoria derbyshire looks back on some of the memorable moments from her programme in 2018.

the process can be halted, john major said the same yesterday. these tides and in a sense, the only way to cope with it is to plough on through. thank you for now. looking at our story on bbc online while we we re at our story on bbc online while we were discussing that, the analysis from our political editor is there. just to clarify, that sir graham brady has asked for a meeting. he has asked to see the prime minister today, later today. whether they have a meeting or not is not confirmed, just to clarify the detail on that. can have a look at our story online and all the analysis is there. rebecca is at later, more on the news briefing. still to come: from mission impossible to a mo salah masterclass. both tottenham and liverpool qualify for the knock out rounds of the champions league. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil, and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of du

living former prime minister accept david cameron have also endorsed another referendum, including john majoride. it gives you a sense of the angerfrom the divide. it gives you a sense of the anger from the prime divide. it gives you a sense of the angerfrom the prime minister that she comes back again and again that she comes back again and again that she believes it is her duty as prime minister to deliver brexit. she attem pts minister to deliver brexit. she atte m pts to minister to deliver brexit. she attempts to do it now. nobody, least of all her, can be certain where this is going to go now. no sole agent is now in charge of this. we know that because the government isn't in charge of events and we don't know where we will end up. thank you very much for the honest assessment. police in the belgian capital brussels have this afternoon fired teargas at demostrators taking part in an anti—migration protest. the protests are over a global migration pact, with the demonstrators vehemently against a united nations agreement which is due to be signed in morocco next week. some protesters th

may raise your eyebrows but plenty of other prime ministers have intervened in the brexit debate, john majorabout it, how he thinks the uk has shot itself in the foot, should we not be listening to these politicians who have some experience of the gauzy aiding and being on the world stage? what we need to do is come together, come together around the plan, the plan for britain and then we need to be making the case for that plan and making sure we can get it through. as i said earlier, there are all sorts of different preferred options that evil have, sometimes there's a bit of wishful thinking that if only, the deal that was on the table doesn't not get through parliament, what follows is bound to be something closer to what ilike, bound to be something closer to what i like, there is no reason to believe that is true. the deal, the essence of it that the prime minister has negotiated is a very good, balanced deal, as i said in many ways it's the best of both worlds, appealing to people who voted remain and leave and what we need to be doing this focus energy on getting that implemented and

that we had a similar situation back in one nine hundred ninety five when the tory prime minister john major triggered a leadership election because of all the dissent over europe and he decided he didn't read it to vote he would resign and she hasn't won trooper's the vote she's won enough to hang on but this hasn't resolved the crisis in the. party three miners will continue to undermine a deal and quite frankly i mean i know she's off to try and get a better deal tomorrow but being quite clear the european union have said they're not going to change the deal that you had on offer so we're lot teen to transend not the year of indecision and an decisiveness all right politics it's a funny old place these days the the either side of the atlantic isn't it all right she didn't get the two thirds she's got a majority of three that she's still going to europe tomorrow with a stronger hand surely than if she'd just clung on by one or two votes i hear but the trouble is that europe isn't going to give her a different deal they've made it absolutely clear virtually every european leader and the lea

even though it's going to yugoslavia of course was destroyed by nato britain taking part under john major surprises that even more recent conflicts cannot be. really addressed when it comes to a football player not wanting to wear the british legion poppy well i mean the whole basis for the poppy originally was put forward from a poem in which the implication was that if you don't continue fighting then you're in bad faith of the people that died and lady hague who is the wife of one of the disgraced figures in the british military because of his sub par performance during world war frankly she she was the person she was the person that came up with the idea of using the poppy to guarantee national unity at a time when britain was considered to be right with revolution in fairness to the people they have removed the hague. from the black bit inside the poppy yeah arguably to distance themselves from alleged you know on the issue of the british legion their president was in two thousand and twelve investigated by the sunday times and was forced to step down because it came out that he'd of

john major was out with his dodgy thread and illness.dental prime ministers. illness. you do have a history of accidental prime ministerslj accidental prime ministers. i would think they would be an election before that. we will talk about labour ina before that. we will talk about labour in a moment, but at the bottom of this article, there is image of former labour minister tony blair who has the coming underfire from theresa may for interfering. blair who has the coming underfire from theresa may for interferinglj from theresa may for interfering.” do get this, and please forgive me, but this guy used to be prime minister. so he is in the prime minister's club, he is in the good people's club. that is the problem! he opens his mouth and says what he says, but he does talk to these people, he can't negotiate with anybody, he has no visit to do so. he says —— she says he is undermining. he is coming back and opening his mouth. you pay attention to him or not. but he can't do anything. for how to sort of take her attention over to him is

it in a major part of their ruling, they will dismiss him in the days of margaret thatcher and john majorat he will say. what about the broader sense of the grid within the conservative party? we heard from liam fox earlier he was in the cabinet now, and he has quite a lot of influence on what happens. what is the sense of whether there is any movement that can be made between now and the new year that might open up a new opportunity of a deal? there is a feeling that there is something you can do to get the deal through, which is get rid of the backstop. that is what many conservative mps are demanding, it is what the dup, of course, the conservatives not a partner in government, they are demanding that as well. the problem is, from every sign we have had so far from the as well. the problem is, from every sign we have had so farfrom the eu, they will not accept that. we saw that idea repute in a summit in brussels on thursday and friday, so what the prime minister will spend the next few weeks doing is get some sort of assurance, something legally binding the legally binding part is abs

in the 1990s, her successor, john major, could't turn the rising sceptic tide.o in the maastricht treaty, but that wasn't enough. fast forward to this century, and in 2016, david cameron tried to see off a growing threat to his party from the right by betting on a referendum. he lost. the british people have spoken and the answer is we're out. i do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. theresa may took over, but through the tortuous brexit negotiations, she's often found her own party harder to deal with than the governments of europe. the leading historian of post—war britain sees an unprecedented level of national division. the way the votes fell in the referendum illuminated very starkly the very great differences in lives and life chances across our kingdom. we're a people that no longer knew ourselves. it's stress testing our party system desperately, and if parliament can't cope with the stress of this, we are in deep trouble. for theresa may, the great political challenge remains — how

angela merkel, the king of jordan, and former fell of england, john major. >> his relationships with leaders around the world. look at his resume before he was president. he was at the u.n., cia director. envoy to china. but that personal touch. he reached out to everybody, and he did that on the world stage. i think there are leaders across the globe, you know, that still really admire and fresh yaiment george herbert walker bush. >> thank you for coming in, we appreciate it. liz: what many may not realize is the huge impact president george h.w. bush had on the supreme court. you pointed out he nominated two justices and paved the way for more. >> one who displeased him, david souter turned to be the darling of the liberals on abortion rights and expanding congressional regulation on economic rights, and on the side of eminent doug dough main and l it to the -- eminent domain and sell it to the highest biddered even if it's not being put to public use. when you teach law school you use a case book. 1,500 phages. the cases first and second year slaw students need to know. i see opin

she was toppled, and the man who replaced her, john major, was defeated in the commons when he signeds later, david cameron promised a new deal with europe, and... an in—out referendum. but he had no plan forfailure, no plan b. what is plan b? plan b is to hold a referendum... the first rule in politics is being able to count. a prime minister who doesn't have the votes in parliament may be in office but quickly finds themselves without any power. and on the best of days, theresa may has no parliamentary majority. when it comes to discussing europe, it is never the best of days. every day in westminster brings a fresh brexit crisis. what will tomorrow bring? well, what tomorrow will bring is an emergency debate because after extraordinary scenes in the last few minutes, a cofferjeremy corbyn for that debate has been supported even by tory mps. one thing you won't get tomorrow is clarity. from westminster, good evening. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. theresa may has cancelled tomorrow's parliamentary vote on her brexit deal. this is why. if we went ahead and held the vo

it did for mrs thatcher, it destroyed john major and fors david cameron from office and, tonight, weer this ao year from office and, tonight, we will discover whether this a0 year civil war is about to consume theresa may. and she has deliberately chosen to up and she has deliberately chosen to up the stakes by making this a vote not just about her leadership, up the stakes by making this a vote notjust about her leadership, but about brexit itself, saying if she is toppled, then brexit itself is at risk because whoever succeeds are simply won't have the time to negotiate a new deal. they will have to extend article 50, delay brexit and, in the uncertainty, who knows? maybe brexit will never happen. this morning, my senses after the initial shock and dismay, there is a growing confidence in team may, that they can win this. pretty much every key member of the cabinet has now come out and publicly declared their support. the bbc has calculated that around 172 tory mps have this morning issued public statements of support. now, it is a secret ballot, so they may say one thing in public

comparisons made to john major who survived other challenges against his leadership but it was weakened as a result. we roll onto brussels. the big question is whether the labour party will respond and a different type of no-confidence vote. that alone.o they need support. conversations going on behind the scenes. that is what we will be looking to. talking about that right after the vote, saying it is a question of timing, guessing the numbers. where things move from here. theresa may heads to brussels. she is mindful of the fact nothing has changed getting her deal through parliament, through the commons. she spoke about that last night. here's how she responded to the critics and her conservative party. >> i have heard what the house of commons said. when i go to the council tomorrow, i will be seeking legal and political assurances. we are in brussels, good to have you with us. we can say here domestically she is safe for 12 months. she is not as strong as she could be. how strong will be should -- will she be seen by ecb leaders? thingsall the commotion, have not changed. they are

john major pulled this gamble and it went well for him. performed today in the commons was excellent. we have seen that reflected in markets ever since. yields are up which you want to see with risk on and using sterling do better. >> as a number of people have pointed out in here, what people say in public and what they do in private are two different things. it looks like she will be victorious this evening. thank you very much indeed. vonnie: let's check in on the bloomberg first word news. >> president trump says he will intervene in the case of that arrested huawei executive it would -- if it would help the u.s. get a trade deal with china. arrested inve was canada for suspicion of violating sanctions on iran. she faces extradition to the u.s.. the president told reuters he has not spoke about the case with the chinese president. president trump predict the public would revolt if he is impeached. he says it is hard to impeach someone who has not done anything wrong and has created the best economy in the history of our country. he den

mitch mcconnell will continue as majority leader, while john thune will become majority whip. john barrasso will be the conference chair. i the other side of the aisle, chuck schumer is minority leader with patty murray as assistant minority leader. january 3, watch the senate on c-span2 and a house on c-span. new congress, new leaders. watch the prospect -- process unfold on c-span.