so julian smith, the that really got heated in cabinet.cretary, got extremely concerns and raise it with the prime minister today. you are in a very different ballpark. they have always insisted that security and police cooperation would be that whatever happens. the memos coming out in the past 2a hours a very aggressive, very different to what we normally get... and they haven't worked. the memos are messages to brussels. we will see in the next three days.l stupid blame game, according to donald tusk. we go onto the times. johnson gets last chance to keep brexit alive. the times has taken up a more domestic node and is focusing ona a more domestic node and is focusing on a conversation borisjohnson had at the end of the day with leo varadkar —— optimistic note. they will keep talking and meet again at the end of the week in dublin. that is really going to be, it looks like a make or break moment. there is a different shift from this morning where he came out of the angela merkel phone call and a downing street source immediately put out

julian smith said he'd been meeting the five parties on a weekly basis, but that it was up to those partieshat was unlikely any time soon as the party appeared to push to exclude sinn fein altogether. assembly members did meet. sinn fein boycotted it. given that the prime minister said on saturday a simple majority should apply in northern ireland as well, fully compatible with the good friday agreement, can he apply that decision to the executive? because four parties out of five would saddle up tomorrow. an independent mp wondered if revisiting the issue of members to pay might settle minds. what consideration has the secretary of state given to cutting their salaries yet again? the fact that they receive their salaries, albeit reduced, has caused immense annoyance and continues to cause immense annoyance across northern ireland and that has cost millions of pounds. does the secretary of state intend to cut? julian smith confirmed that he would review "all elements" relating to the assembly if there was no movement forward over the coming days. there've been calls in the lords for the gov

the northern ireland secretary — julian smith — said it gave him great heart that the uk and the irishth me is kulveer ranger, senior vice president for strategy and communication at atos, the it services corporation. he's a former adviser on transport to borisjohnson when he was mayor of london. you will be watching this with a bit more insight to the body language and the turn of the mood, do you detect signs of a breakthrough or not? what we really in the press and what we saw yesterday and what we heard as the words that we heard, from the irish minister mr bottomley, there were constructive, it is possible. europe hasn't looking at this for three and half yea rs, looking at this for three and half years, britain has been the dentist for three and half years and this is more than a glimmer of light. this array of light coming through at the end point which what we always knew where the real talking would happen as the point emerges. the vice chancellor bridge from answer his medico meant that britain believe, his words to die at the end of 0ctober, there were the commitment, if tha

but there is division for this and there are some cabinet ministers alongside julian smith i would muchet'sjust put all of our efforts and are trying to get this bill through. but i talked to a lot of ministers about it yesterday and it is not the majority of you, and it is not the viewer numberten and majority of you, and it is not the viewer number ten and there are some elements of this government that are more gung ho and some that are more cautious in the overall calculation was looking at parliament, they could not see a way that it would happen and so if they try to get it through and he got changed beyond recognition, with them to go to brussels, then they would have to go to an election and say we got to get brexit done, but we haven't left but i'iow brexit done, but we haven't left but now we have a deal that parliament changed that now we have to go to brussels and it is all the... changed that now we have to go to brussels and it is all the. .. and then everything that is clear becomes cloudy. my head hurts. labour is saying, give us until tomorrow, until we have seen the te

julian smith.mittee corridor in parliament. the digital culture media and sport committee was taking evidence on the future of cricket from the england and wales cricket board. and they'd brought along props! trophies. so there was the rare sight of both the men's and women's world cup trophies at either end of the table. the committee chair, the conservative damian collins, couldn't resist a dig at the world of football. given that we normally see the fa here can we don't often see trophies and the committee room. and that reminder of 53 years of hurt bring us to the end of the programme. alicia mccathy wil be back for thursday in parliament. but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hey there, this is not one valuable, crisp autumn sunshine to enjoy the beautiful autumn colour, but u nfortu nately we‘ re beautiful autumn colour, but unfortunately we're not going to get it over the next couple of days, there is more wet weather and the however as we close out the month of october it does look as

exactly whatheard julian smith said. he is not involved in the direct negotiations.ter is the proposal has been put to brussels by the prime minister boris johnson. respecting the consent and spoke good people support the friday agreement. that's based on the consent of unionists and nationalists in northern ireland. what we are pointing out is if you're going to have rules, laws in northern ireland, there has to be democratic accountability. there has to be consent. boris johnson recognize that. it goes back to theresa may and the eu. >> it doesn't sound as if you think there is any room to change that consent process. theyn objects to the way are given the ability to veto. >> dublin is turning the good , all of thement agreements that were made in the last 20 years as part of the political process on its head. on theembly operates basis of parallel consent. if nationalists don't like something, they can say they don't want it. itlin wants to say that when comes to making laws on the economy, we can't have that process. are they suggesting we go back to majority rul

last night, the northern ireland secretary, julian smith, told the bbc that there was a need to compromisem not going to go into the negotiations now but we do need to compromise, we do need a focus on come together and having an accommodation and what we saw today i think was a pathway, as the taoiseach said, to an accommodation and that gives me great heart. let's speak to our correspondent in brussels, adam fleming. good morning, tell us more about what is expected to happen today given that we think there is a surprise over the positivity of the meeting yesterday between boris johnson and leo varadkar stephen buckley arrived for his breakfast with michel barnier about an hour ago and it is still going on —— stephen barclay. we know in a couple of hours at lunchtime he will go and breathe ambassadors from the 27 other eu countries about what was brought to him and what he thinks about it. a lot of speculation is that the best outcome is that michel barnier says enough has changed in the british position that it merits restarting negotiations with the uk and restarting them in a way that

more now on brexit and the northern ireland secretary julian smith has been meeting ireland‘s foreign the impact that that has, not just because we know the impact that that has, notjust on trade, but also on politics, too. and that is what we are trying to prevent. i believe it is possible to do that with goodwill and energy on all sides, think you will get that next week. at least 15 people in england have tested hiv positive while waiting to join a trial for a pill which prevents the disease. taking daily prep tablets can stop a person from becoming infected, but places on the trial have been restricted as ben hunte reports. i was stunned. it was just like, oh my god, how has this happened? david is one of the people identified by hiv consultants help waiting for a place on the impact trial. he said he could not afford to spend £30 a month buying prep privately. crime from two different clinics to get onto it, not being able to get onto it, and then getting hiv, i was very angry. —— trying from two different clinics. why will you not practising safer sex while waiting?” clinics. wh

julian arithmetic. —— ten mps. interesting to see whatjulian smith, the northern ireland senator came out saying.uation where one community has a situation where one community has a veto over brexit plants. —— northern ireland secretary. that was one of the things in the original plans borisjohnson one of the things in the original plans boris johnson put one of the things in the original plans borisjohnson put forward that appeared to keep the dup in light of appeared to keep the dup in light of a veto and that was clearly never going to work. there so the issue of consent because his objection to the backstop contained in theresa may pots idea was that the people of northern ireland had no say as to whether they would stay aligned with the eu or not. that each of consent must still be addressed. whether it is in some form of cross community consent express through the northern ireland assembly if it returns because it has been suspended for the last couple of years or whether it is through some form of referendum or whatever, that issue has still got to be addressed and we have not seen any det

in a moment, we‘ll hear from hywel griffith in cardiff and julian fowler in belfast. but first, sarah smithort after a general election, because this is the country remember, where there is less pressure to say we have to deliver the results of the referendum because the referendum here was 62% of the country saying they wanted to remain in the eu. other than elements in scotland as well. you have been talking about whether the premonitions going to send this letter he is referred to by 11pm tonight. if he does not, he will be in court in edinburgh. the dup say the deal provided by dorisjohnson provides a find a mental threat to unionism in northern ireland. it was notjust the unionism in northern ireland. it was not just the dup who voted to delay brexit today. the independent unionist mp saw —— supported the letwin amendment for some the dup say delay will allow further time to scrutinise the deal, but they are also seeking fund mental changes. within minutes of that vote coming through here, the welsh first minister tweeted, pretty plainly, what he thought, that the pm must now obey the

cabinet ministers who would not campaign on a no deal brexit such as julian would not campaign on a no deal brexit such asjulian smithmps. and europe splits the tory party and continues to do so. onto the times. banning food on trains. the chief medical officer wants that snacks fuel obesity. classic nanny state. they ta ke obesity. classic nanny state. they take a lead from japan is one of the least overweight countries does not allow snacking on public transport. as well—intentioned as this idea is, how do you enforce it estimate we already have a so—called ban on alcohol on the tube. are you really going to start handing people finds feeding a burger on the tube? are you saying you have broken the alcohol ban? i never have. buti would definitely break this ban. this is where it starts to be getting ridiculous. also talking about earning fast food at sporting events. normally flat popcorn and burgers and things that are bad for you. i suspect it is a good headline story but the problem is deeper. the doctors are saying the types of food consumed on public transport... fast foods... we know, statistically, that one

julian lewis and charles walker are the two stand—out people. he went from the front bench to the back bench, he couldn't seemingly get on with the conservative leaders like iain duncan smithxtraordinary political journey. john bercow has certainly been seen by some conservatives as being very partisan on the brexit issue. how damaging do you think that has been not necessarily tojohn bercow, but to the role of speaker? he's certainly not the first speaker to face accusations of bias. but there is a very important date on this tale, which is three february, 2017. john bercow spoke at the university of reading to students there. and on that day, he revealed that he voted to remain in the referendum. now while speakers long have faced accusations of bias from — margaret thatcher always felt he was against her government, selwyn lloyd, a former conservative minister — when he began, there were all these accusations against him of bias. however, as far as i'm aware, that was the first time that a speaker has spoken out on an issue of such controversy. and we have now got a commons committee, quite an influential commons committee, which says it will look at the role of speaker

yes, julian smith, the northern ireland secretary, was on bbc northern ireland last night and ina bbct, if it could be brought back to life, where, on key issues, one site can block action. there is either some change on that score or some thought is being given to perhaps an agreement being put to a referendum or a continuation of the agreement in the longer term, every four years, or five years, whenever it is, will be put to voters in northern ireland. that would be quite difficult from the irish point of view, any referendum in northern ireland, if it is about customs, it will not stay about customs, it will not stay about customs for very long, there will be elements within wireless who will be insistent that if and when this question was put to voters that the union is under threat —— there will be elements within loyalists. this is far, farfrom agent be elements within loyalists. this is far, far from agent deal. more positive than anything we had seen to date, it creates major issues for the democratic unionist party, they have taken a trouncing from their own member said in t

on the way into cabinet, the northern ireland secretary julian smith made it very clear what he thinksng to avoid no deal, we seem to have succeeded with that. let's try and get this stage done but, obviously, differing views. yes, obviously differing views. yes, obviously differing views. yes, obviously differing views. i‘ve spoken to several other conservatives, they we re several other conservatives, they were having a meeting, the so called one nation conservatives. they are very against the idea of a general election and also think what the government should do is to pursue getting the bill through parliament, getting the bill through parliament, getting brexit done but with a deal. let‘s wait and see what happens but in the meantime, let‘s talk to the snp's in the meantime, let‘s talk to the snp‘s tommy sheppard. we don‘t know exactly what is going on but if it is the case that borisjohnson has decided to table a motion for a general election today or for a vote on monday, what with the snp do in that circumstances? if we are absolutely secure that the european union has granted