let's ask the liberal democrats, will every liberal democrats, will every liberal democrats, will everyen about a referendum on the deal would it comes and that is the logical way to conclude this process, more logical than what theresa may has voted which is about in parliament. that would be a meaningless vote. the people started this process, the government must fiow this process, the government must now go ahead with the negotiation, before we give our consent to that process, we want to know that the people will be allowed the final judgment on it. that's the condition on which he would vote for triggering article 50? the liberal democrats will not be voting on it unless we are told and satisfied that there will be the opportunity for the whole of the british people to pass their judgment for the whole of the british people to pass theirjudgment on the work that theresa may does when she goes to negotiate on our behalf. absolute nonsense, and fortunately the lip of democrats haven't got too many members to support the process, but the idea that if people knew they we re the idea th

i'm joined by the liberal democrat brexit spokesman, nick light.eart today because they respect the referential referendum result. you have no such qualms? we're saying that since the brexit campaign did not spell out to the people what brexit meant in practice and we do not know what the outcome will be in these negotiations, it is only right to give the british people say at the end of the process, much like they we re end of the process, much like they were given at the beginning. what is weighing on people's conscience, yes, overall the vote was narrowly won in favour of brexit but amongst the youngsters, they voted huge numbers, and they are the only people amongst the electorate who will have to live with the consequences of the decision that we ta ke consequences of the decision that we take today, of course they voted massively in favour of remain. i think the more that people look at the outcome of the referendum, i think the more they have appreciated the complexity and uncertainty, and maybe the british people should be given a say at th

but not just the liberal democrats, for you, that isjust the maths, is it?. we're not talking about the labour party needing to enter into a pact with the liberal democrats, the greens, or whoever, in advance. we're talking about what would a sensible labour party do, given the arithmetic, in anticipation of a possibility that we might get hung parliament in which it is the largest party. that seems to be the best prospect for labour at the moment. in truth, the labour party will need to prepare for that circumstance, both in terms of the kinds of argument we had in the last election about, will labour do a deal with the snp or not... it needs to be ready for that and it certainly needs to be ready for whatever negotiations might take place after it. two months after the us elections, the us congress is back in session today. for the first time in a decade, the incoming administration will be able to rely on aim republican majority in both the house of representatives and the senate. let's speak to our correspondent in washington, jane 0'brien. the incoming

but not just the liberal democrats, for you, that is just the maths, is it?ngs here. we're not talking about the labour party needing to enter into a pact with the liberal democrats or the greens or whoever, in advance. what we're talking about is what would a sensible labour party do, given the arithmetic, in anticipation of a possibility that we might get hung parliament in which it is the largest party. that seems to be the best prospect for labour at the moment. and the labour party, in truth, will need to prepare for that circumstance, both in terms of the kinds of argument we had in the last election about, will labour do a deal with the snp or not... it needs to be ready for that. and it certainly needs to be ready for whatever negotiations might take place after it. thousands of new starter homes have been given the go ahead to be built on brownfield sites across england. the properties will be available for first—time buyers aged between 23 and 40, at 20% less than the market value. labour says the target of 200,000 starter homes by 2020 isn't possib

a dire warning that the party would need to work with the liberal democrats or the snp in order to haveof a tricky 18 months from the general election defeat in 2015, two leadership elections and the referendum. and of course, that has left the party in a state whereby we need to look at our policies, we need to look at our policies, we need to look at our policies, we need to look at what the future should be. we are in a new year and looking forward, i think that we have got the challenge to put together a policy platform that people out there can support on defending the nhs, on protecting workers' rights and getting the best out of brexit for people up and down the united kingdom. and that is the challenge for the labour party, to reconnect. and labour mps i'd talk to rock for that challenge. you might be up for that challenge and it has been a difficult 18 months, but the reality of this report is how difficult it will be mathematically because of our electoral system, and also because of the many problems labour faces including brexit. do you concede a message on that is still muf

and a lot of the democratic, the white liberal democratic leaders were women as well. that was kind of a good housekeeping among middle-class white women, specifically involved in your local democratic party so the ones that were liberals extend that into the broader struggle. gender issues become much more common by the later 1960s but yes, you see powerful women like lane and leroy played a critical role laying the groundwork for the san antonio campaign. they are there. and they play a really important role. they don't generally run for office. >> we only have time for one more. >> one more, thank you. >> hey, just thinking about this geography on the labor movement and it's not a new trend but a growing trend? looking at these alliances or interethnic alliances, there's a conference at the national association of chicanostudies coming up and this is the theme . in your opinion, why do you think, your book is coming just now so why do you think this is something, it seems like a very important topic so why is this just coming out now? >> not just labor history but so

the other reaction is from the liberal democrats. tim farron. the liberal democrats. tim farron.by mrs may. so we are getting a sense of the likely battles ahead. yes, article 50, mps will probably, probably, approve that, but they are going to try and insert in that all sorts of conditions. labour to try and get what they call a meaningful vote. and the liberal democrats, to try and ensure there is a second referendum before we leave the eu. so we‘re getting a sense of the battle lines ahead. so there will be some wrangling then in the commons. how could that impact on theresa may‘s timetable for triggering this whole thing by the end of march? well, i think the truth is, theresa may is going to be able to trigger article 50 and yes, she is going to be able to do it by march because although there are plenty of mps who wa nt to although there are plenty of mps who want to frame the way she goes about this negotiations, there are amendments that are going to be tabled. no mp, well there are a few, but not many mps want to be seen to be publicly seen, to be blocking article 50. be

his world view was challenged by a former liberal democrat leader who argued it was time for politicianslism. spare a thought for the lost tribes of labour and the tory party. what you do these days if you are part of that great tory tradition of internationalism and now find yourself in a party that has completely abandoned it? what do you do if you are a labour member of parliament who believes in the free market not as our master but as our servant and finds your party has expository reject it? it is extraordinary how much politics has spun away to the extreme and this is the time for us to get out of our tribes and start working together to ensure we can help build that moderate, liberal consensus in which i believe the only chance lies for altering the very dangerous trajectory of our country. back in the commons, an mp raised concerns about human rights abuses in myanmar, also known as burma. thousands of rohingya muslims are said to have fled to neighbouring bangladesh amid allegations that the burmese army has carried out human rights abuses. troops took control of the region aft

it was a conflict over what the goals were for white liberals it was to win this fight with the democratic party i to rig good government to the state and it was about winning the next election. so they were just different visions. i argued that the unconscious often white supremacy of the liberal made it very difficult to see that. >> right after your book the economic opportunity act was passed. hundreds and thousands of people who were active went to work for headstart, legal aid or community action. minority people from the economy -- give me the names they all came out. but my point is that all of a sudden a lot of people who were doing other kind of organizing the elements for secondary education, millions of dollars and so people went to do other things. >> sure. there is a certain amount of fatigue of fate fighting the same battles. i think also there's many cases in which activists use the antipoverty agencies t continue the struggle to do civil rights work in new ways, maybe most note notable when the vasa vista mobilization program to get the federal government to hire 30 organi

this form of taunting hostile di -- >> whether you're a super liberal democrat or a conservative republican, you should be against dismantling the intelligence community. >> senator charles schumer of new york, as of today the senate minority leader, leader of the democrats in the senate for the new congress that begins today. please stay in touch over this time. >> we will. >> i will tell you that we have not always had the easiest time in the world talking to leadership of the democratic party in the obama executive branch or the democratic party legislative branch and i hope this is a new era for that, too. >> they can say a lot of bad things about me, inaccessibility

tim farron and the liberal democrats have voiced that opinion.aign against the arms trade have accused theresa may of hypocrisy in their policy. despite the human rights violations that have gone on there, she is quite happy to sell those arms. it is that balancing act because britain needs trade deals and that is what theresa may is attempting to achieve with this trip to america and turkey, but balancing that out so and turkey, but balancing that out so that she is not seem to be condoning things that don't gel well with british society and british values. thank you. we can now talk to an immigration lawyer based in texas. 0ne to an immigration lawyer based in texas. one of her clients was detained yesterday had questioned for several hours. shejoins me by webcam. what was your client's experience and what happened? he had a very tumultuous experience. he felt like they treated him like a criminal. he has been living in the united states for over ten years. he isa united states for over ten years. he is a permanent resident, a green ca rd is a

led liberal democratic order. russia, like its soviet predecessor, has a history of conducting covert influenced campaigns focused on u.s. presidential elections. they have used intelligence andcers, influence agents, press placements to discourage candidates perceived as hostile to the kremlin. reflectsbehavior russia's more aggressive cyber posture in recent years, which poses a major threat to u.s. military, diplomatic, commercial, and critical infrastructure networks, as well as our elections. in 2016 activities demonstrated a significant , levelion in directness of activity, and scope of effort compared to previous operations. we assess moscow will apply the lessons learned in the 2016 in the future against u.s. allies. left in my 53 years or so of the intelligence business. i believe the level of professional tradecraft required to put this report together has given me great confidence that we have it right here. i am open to your questions. >> thank you for that thorough and concise testimony. director clap

bowl the liberal democrat leader says the plan will be bad for britain. labour claims the prime ministers try to have her cake and eat it. she is saying she might leave the single market but was access to it. how is that going to go down in europe? inflation went up sharply last month, pushed by rising food prices and air fares. the libyan man who claims britain was involved in abducting and transporting him to tripoli is given the go ahead to take legal action. baulk i am not mind we'll be reporting how donald trump eyes latest week in praise of his daughter brought internet fame to an unsuspecting women in brighton. and the rambling reptile: what happens when a giant alligator crosses your path it's not a joke. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister says the uk will leave the eu single market when it quits the european union. in her long awaited speech on the impact of britain leaving the eu, theresa may said instead she would seek a bold and ambitious new free trade agreement with europe for a global britain. mrs may also confirmed

trump, and the trump derangement since donyndrome -- >> i think if you castigate it as being liberals or democrats, i think what you say today was

his welsh labour party has joined forces with plaid cymru and the welsh liberal democrats to publishnt to those eu migrants who already have a job offer in the uk. theresa may has already said that britain will leave the single market. british spy chief, robert hannigan, has resigned from his role as head of intelligence agency, gchq. he's been credited with a more open approach at the notoriously secret organisation. but mr hannigan said the role has demanded "a great deal" from his family, and he will step down when a successor is found. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, i'm john watson, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: liberty media's takeover of formula 1 is complete, ending bernie ecclestone's reign at the top of the sport. tunisia book their place in the knock out stages of afcon, but algeria are heading home. and nicola adams throws the towel in on her olympic career, and turns pro. hello and welcome along to sport today, on bbc world news. play is under way on quarter—finals day at the australian open,

benjamin: most are liberal democrats.ice for example that there has been a lot of commentary about the trump's cabinet and subcabinet. the number of people who were drawn from the military and from business rather than from government. the reason for that is plain simple. government agencies are will overwhelmingly liberal and democratic, and if you want to staff up with republicans, you go to the military, or you go to business p or two can't recruit on the upper levels of the government. brian: you have language that i assume -- i don't know the other -- average person would have ever heard it before. i will just read some of this back to you. you talk about the administrative procedure act of 1946. you talk about the office of information affairs. the unified regulatory agenda. benjamin: i will tell you something, these are something we need to know. these are things people should be taught as part of cynics. these are critical to the way we are governed. the administrative procedure act is the bible for regulatory age

you are a liberal democrat, i think that's fair to say.ur constituents, you issued this statement. i thought it was fair to meet with the president-elect trump now. what'd you mean by that, i guess beyond what you said? do you believe that the president-elect agrees with your views? >> i've long been outspoken about the devastating problems with our u.s. policy, generally on interventionalists wars. and very specifically on the need to end our war, to overthrow the syrian government. thousands of people have lost their lives, millions of refugees and the counterproductive result of this has been that these groups like isis and al-qaeda, other terrorist groups, who we proclaim to be our enemy have ended up growing stronger. so understanding that we have a new commander-in-chief coming i in, coming into office very soon, i took the opportunity to be able to get across this message to him. as a veteran knowing and seeing firsthand, felt it was critical to do my part. and extend this call to action. to end this counterproductive war that has c

the snp and liberal democrats will also reject the government's advice on what it wants to see happenl happen. the parliamentary stages of this has been managed by the supreme court and will be done so the supreme court and will be done so in the supreme court and will be done soina the supreme court and will be done so in a week. several more weeks to go before it clears all its hurdles, giving theresa may the power to trigger article 50 before the end of march. indeed. having said all that, it will go through in the vote tomorrow more than likely. the snp will put forward amendments and so will put forward amendments and so will labour. there is a sense that while the vote may be lost, these mps, they can still weak this legislation to a form more in keeping with their constituents. —— twea k keeping with their constituents. —— tweak the pillar absolutely. that is the argument we have heard repeatedly denied. for example, there has been a labour backbencher who has given this a lot of thought, saying we should leave the eu, but this is not what the people had mandated. there should

. >> the similarities with socialism confirms its contempt for the liberal democratic fundamental order. >> they lack the possibility to disrupt this fundamental order. according to the federal judge, a ban on political parties is not a ban on a person's views. >> they have a new president. it will replace a going president martin schultz who is returning to german politics. they held four rounds of voting, confirming just in the last few minutes. gave beena memberand belong t the conservative courts italian rt theorr pre minisr bellus county- belescoini. johnny patella, from the socialist him a crass. it took all four rounds of voting but was decided. let's pull in max hoffman. why did it take so long. >> virtually unheard of, by the way, and it in the history of modern european parliament that this drags on for four rounds. it is complicated. the put it simple, there were no backroom deals this time. the two biggest factions agreed on him and the voting was just a formality. in this case, it was a real fight and that's why it took so long. 351-282, that's about 70 votes and not a lot

, not just through military might, but by winning the war of ideas and by proving that open liberal democratic societies will always defeat those which are closed, coercive and cruel. the leadership provided by our two countries through the special relationship has done more than win wars and overcome adversity. it made the modern world. the institution upon which that world relies was so often conceived or inspired by our two nations working together. the united nations in need of reform but vital still has its foundation in the special relationship, from the original declaration to the declaration of the united nations signed in washington and drafted themselves by winston churchill and president franklin d roosevelt. the world bank and international monetary fund were conceived by our two nations working together, and nato, the cornerstone of the west was established on the bonds of trust and mutual interest that exists between us. some of these organizations are in need of reform and renewal to make them relevant to our needs today. we should be proud of the role our two nations working in

very interesting that one of the junior ministers of the outgoing coalition, the liberal democrat norman but the gp seven days a week is a superficially attractive gimmick. the emperor has no clothes. it really was an extraordinary piece of typical david cameron flannel for propaganda. that at the other help story on the daily express. thousands face hip operation agony because they will 5.2.15? operation agony because they will “35 a long gr: have a long wait. but more and more. this kind of people will need this kind of operation. we are all getting older. iam over70 operation. we are all getting older. i am over 70 now. no! it is the new 45 for me. we have to go on reviewing the papers. it is longevity. we have to live with that. there are other stories in the paper about old—age healthca re. that. there are other stories in the paper about old—age healthcare. they are bringing people back from benidorm who are experts having a ha rd benidorm who are experts having a hard time and come in and do shifts in old people's care homes on very little qualifications. but the cost of ageing is

was sort of an obvious expect ae can conservative republican to maintain the policies of it liberal democrat like himself. his point there was to give trump room to show that he understands that trump is going to be a different kind of president that he is. but the new notice that the president at the end of that statement where he talks about how he hopes that perhaps when evidence ands the gets into the situation tries to figure out, he might be convinced to do things differently than he had expected, and in the end, he would find a few areas where he policies ofin the president obama. if the diplomatic way of getting to the point where he sort of nudging mr. trump, saying you will see that when you get into the oval office. .aura: thank you very much we will take a short break and we will bexxxxxxxx÷o÷o÷o÷o÷m÷m÷p 01/18/17 01/18/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> yesterday after years of advocacy, when we heard the president had commuted chelsea manning's sentence, we were so relieved and we finally felt like there would be some se

-led liberal order, democratic and free-market aspirations is that the u.s.is hypocritical and practices double standard and tells one country to do one thing and then it does something else, with the election with a pretty self-declared president in that we see with trump, he's not going to tell countries what to do, he doesn't seem to particularly believe in kind to have liberal democratic order and so forth, on the one hand seems to provide russia with sort of a much more natural partner than they had before, on the other hand, there's uncertainty in the relationship precisely because they don't have this constant principle that they can point to inconsistencies that the u.s. is acting hypocritical again. how do you see the relationship now? >> i think that the u.s. and there's a lot of people that agree with me, the u.s. is more useful enemy for russia than it necessarily is a friend, right. i think that tension with the u.s., putin as leader, they have to continuously be finding new sources of legitimacy and power, special power but putin's, constant, he

going to tell other countries what to do and he doesn't seem to particularly believe in the liberal democratic order and so forth. on the one hand this seems to provide russia with someone that isn't going to lecture them in on thandon the other hand, thers uncertainty in the relationship because they don't have this constant principle that they can point to inconsistencies of. how do you see the relationship now >> a lot of people would agree with me that u.s. is a more useful enemy then it necessarily is a friend. i think with putin as an authoritarian leader they have to find new sources of legitimacy and power, but putin is constant and the headlines as a super villain meddling here and there in suing chaos around the world and i think it is too seem more important than he is and i've heard the analysis that is quite persuasive especially now that the economy isn't doing so well and that there is a lot of discontent among the russian people that the situation has a lot of resentment of the of ther levels of government for the outrageous corruption and abuses but so far they've managed to k

he doesn't seem to particularly believe in kind of a liberal democratic order and so forth. on the one hand, this seems to provide russia was sort of a much more natural partner than they had before, someone who's not going to lecture them. on the other hand, there's a think and uncertainty in the relationship precisely because they don't have this constant printable that they can point to inconsistencies of and say, the u.s. is acting selectively and hypocritically again. how do you see the relationship now? >> guest: i think the u.s., and a lot of people who will agree with me, i think the u.s. in many reasons are more useful in any for russia more that it is a friend. i think sort of tension with you is especially for putin as an individual, authoritarian leader and authoritarian leaders have to continually find new sources of legitimacy and power, social power. but putin prominence in the headlines as this super villain he was meddling here and meddling there and sowing chaos with the sake news around the world. i think his headlines serve to make putin seem much more im

-led liberal democratic order, you know, small liberal. was putin so interested in this election? >> he was interested because he detested hillary clinton for what she did in the ukraine. he thought she interfered in the russian elections in 2011. missile defense systems. they looked at her as a true enemy of russia and they had every reason in the world, in their minds to take her down. and so the motivation is there. we hay disagree with putin, but he did it for a reason. i talked with russian intelligence officers and there was dissent within the kgb whether they should go ahead with this, because it could risk angering the americans, which it is now doing. >> julia, i'll ask you the same question. they called this a significant escalation in longtime russian efforts to undermine the u.s. liberal democratic order. again, why was so. vladimir putin so interested in this election? >> well, there is a couple of reasons that are actually, we explain in the report, it was actually a pull out page for people who were watching that explains th

the liberal democrats, for their part, are keen to seek a second referendum and oppose triggering articleem for them is how individual mps will vote because the party, jeremy corbyn said the party will support continuing with the article 50 vote, but many individual labour mps would be hard pushed who are in favour of that. two thirds of labour voting constituencies voted in favour of brexit. judy foote with their conscience, their constituents 01’ their conscience, their constituents or the national result? —— do they vote ? or the national result? —— do they vote? at the moment it would appear that are not enough mps to stop brexit. there will be enough tory mps. brexit. there will be enough tory mp5. the only one who seems to be going to vote against it is ken clarke. the chances are that it will go through, but there are a lot of fun and games on the way. the key thing is we will be learning about parliamentary procedure is that we have never heard of in the next few weeks. what they are trying to find is how do you" will probably be a one or two kleinveldt? there isn't much room to a

-led liberal democratic order." more on the report's findings and its effects, i'm joined from capitol hill by: california representative adam schiff, who is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. and, for the record, we called every current republican member serving on the senate and house intelligence committees, and none was available. adam schiff, congressman schiff, thank you very much for joining us. now, this report says it has high confidence that president vladimir putin personally ordered this campaign to interfere with the u.s. election. it doesn't say how it knows that, but after you were briefed and have read the classified report, are you confident that that's what happened? >> i am very confident, and i think all the members to have the intelligence community, democrats and republicans, are confident in the conclusions about the russian involvement. i have been on the committee now almost ten years and this is among the best documented, most iron-clad, i think, intelligence reports i've

democracy and the liberal democratic order? are they somewhat less than that? because this is something we need to get right. it has enormous implications for our policies toward russia. i think it really needs to be addressed directly and candidally. >> i have question before we move forward. what happened in russia over the last several weeks related to this discussion it says fsb, for cyber computer and nen a couple days ago they arrested number one in the division. then they have arrested somebody outside the government about this kind of matters but it is considered post-kbg contractor. the russians didn't make public announcements but the information in the media said the officials are being investigated for treason. this is somehow connected to this whole scandal. do you know anything about that? >> i am aware of the publication about this. a couple of points and reaction. it is tempting to look at this and connect dots and say the u.s. intelligence committee accuses of interference and russia realizes this and arrests officials in this specific area. th

liberal conservative dichotomy. we have world and urban, democratic liberals, and people assume that because they're at a helm of hbcuive. i think like america, you will find that disproportionate number of them may be democratic. i know that we have a richly diverse group of presidents in terms of their political leanings. i also know that we have never tried to work just with democrats. hbcus have developed a model where we have brought together, and in fact, along with jc watts ask associates, brought together bipartisan, and i think you helped us shape the first senate bipartisan caucus, so you members understand clearly, we can't get anything done without working across the aisle. i think this really doesn't fit squarely in the democrats, liberals, conservative dichotomy. >> maybe it's the media manipulation. >> but it's also our community. >> imagine if we took 100%, let's at a you take 100% of all african-americans that are involved in politic, i'm talking about the fundraising, and policy makers, you take 100% of them. you took 20% and you say, you 20% are going to go be engaged in the democratic party. and y

let's discuss this more with the liberal democrat mp.oing to see the us president, we having long association and ties with them, what would you like her to say to him? the special relationship has been built on shared values and a said at that. we need aider assurance that presidents chun continues to share the same values. he said some concerning things during his campaigning. we wa nt things during his campaigning. we want him to re—state his position he will oppose torture. he has said some discriminative things about muslims. all of these things are not values that britain shares. i hope theresa may is going to take a strong line. in diplomatic terms, prime ministers of britain often had to deal with people who don't share their views. shouldn't she striker a relationship with him and then try to influence him? it is fairly early in his presidency and i think one of the things will be to give in eight bit of time to get established. time will tell how much of what he said is going to manifest itself in his presidency. theresa may ha

the prime minister said mps would get a vote on the final deal, but the liberal democrats claim she has democrats claim she has no mandate to take britain out of the singer market and it should be another vote. all the polling that we have, shows that 90% of the british people believe we should be any single market. this is a set of democracy. politicians get to vote on it, but british people don't. if this process started with democracy, it must not end with a stitch up. we must not end with a stitch up. we must trust the people with the destination. you flagged up concerns that britained eu exit could happen to slowly. she spoke about interim measures and a phasing which will only start in april two —— 2017. we wa nt only start in april two —— 2017. we want this done quickly. we want a free—trade deal sorry we can get on as an independent nation. the prime minister has face of criticism, but the really difficult task is to persuade 27 eu countries to listen to the uked demands. it political correspondent is a westminster. think it is sinking in, the vote was six months ago, but lots o

because it is a liberal, democratic kind of feel to the entire busdo busboys establishment. >> reporter: the three men, all here for trump's inauguration. >> he literally told me, he had never experienced that kind of atmosphere before. >> reporter: an atmosphere rosalyn is used to, hustling, working long hours, and typically seven days a week, here at the restaurant or as a freelance dancer and creative director. >> all getting through the day. >> reporter: rosalyn cleared the tables. she saw what one of the men wrote on the check. >> we may come from different cultures and may disagree on certain issues. but if everyone would share their smile and kindness like your beautiful self, our country will come together as one people, not race, not gender, just americans. god bless. >> reporter: and then at the bottom of the $70 receipt was this. a $450 tip. money she can definitely put to good use. but it was the note that will stay with her long after the money is gone. >> we may have difft opinions and disagree on certain issues. but the fact that he still looked at me as, like you know, a

the liberal democrats only have nine mps. have more representation in the lords, but it doesn't look like an amendment along those lines is likely. so what about parliament having more influence? surely that's got to be worth something?m having more influence? surely that's got to be worth something? it is a meaningless gesture because you know the context of that vote. there will be pressure on mps to vote through whatever theresa may comes back with because it is seen as being somehow lesley jit mat because it is seen as being somehow lesleyjit mat than a vote of the people in a referendum. it was the people in a referendum. it was the people who started this process in the referendum and it is the people then who should finish it in a referendum. it's politically consistent and its logical, but of course, it denies theresa may complete control of the agenda and that's why she is desperate not to give it. whether we win the amendment in the bill proceedings is one thing, but this bill is not going to be the end of the story

the snp and the liberal democrats say they'll vote against the legislation, but with jeremy corbyn tellingliament must honour the wishes of the majority of the people, those who voted for brexit. we asked the people of the uk if they wanted to leave the european union, they decided they did. so at the core of this bill lies a very simple question — do we trust the people or not? the democratic mandate is clear, the electorate voted for a government to give them a referendum, parliament then voted to hold the referendum, the people voted in that referendum, and we are now honouring the result of that referendum. labour's official position is to support the bill, even though some mps have indicated they'll vote against it. the former liberal democrat leader nick clegg is also opposing the bill, because he says the leave campaign failed to disclose its true intentions ahead of the referendum. it was a deliberate... it was an effective but highly cynical tactic. we never received a manifesto with the views of nigel farage, the foreign secretary, the former education secretary as one explaining

a lot of liberal democrats put out statements yesterday hailing that as a great step. the fact that he very early on is sending a signal that he's not just going to toe a party line because a lot of republicans want that to go through. is that encouraging at all? do you see other areas where the democrats can work with him if he's not going to just do conservatives? mr. crowley: how much he worked with democrats to make that executive order happen, i would question. you've heard of the term ice in the winter? t.p.p. was dead. there was no doubt about that. it didn't get a vote under the obama administration, the administration that negotiated it. there was no foreseeable hope that t.p.p. was coming up under this present administration. he didn't have to issue the executive order. he simply didn't have to bring it before congress or ask congress to vote on it or if it came to his desk, to veto it. he didn't do anything new yesterday. it's nothing. it's more red meat to his audience, but i think many on the democratic side of the aisle appreciate the fact that unless --

who would have imagined 12 months ago that someone as committed as vince to the liberal democrat traditionf the eu should no longer apply? theresa may says she wants workers for the farming community and others say they want banking and service sectors to have freedom of movement. it's entirely possible to have a migration policy that allows britain to get the skills it needs in the sectors that matter without accepting freedom of movement as it currently operates within the eu. you will say but not being in the single market. you're not going to say that! the problem with the muddled thinking is that britain seems still not able to understand that you can't have your cake and eat it. you can't have the single market and not freedom of movement. it's not on the table! i don't think we do want to be in the single market. the cake is not on the table. panettone! president putin has engineered a rapprochement of sorts with a key player in nato — turkey — and is using it to drive a peace process of sorts in syria. it comes as donald trump prepares to take over the us presidency amid concerns h

leader of the liberal democrats — who are pro—european: "this is a theft of democracy, a presumptione 51.9% of people who voted to leave meant the most extreme version of brexit available." next here's foreign secretary borisjohnson who supported brexit. why should they give us all of those things she suggested? as the prime minister said, we believe very strongly that this is in our mutual interest. we a re strongly that this is in our mutual interest. we are not leaving europe, we are disentangling ourselves from the treaties of the eu. we can remain powerfully committed to europe with a new european partnership of the kind she described, whilst also going forward with an identity as global britain. one person who did not answer questions wasjohn claude, he refused to take questions on that speech earlier. i spoke to the bbc correspondent rob watson for his analysis. cutting through all that normal talk of soft brexit, hard brexit, if you really boil this down and you slip away some of the rhetoric, the warm rhetoric towards europe, some of the more harsh rhetoric, it comes to this

his labour party has joined forces with plaid cymru and the welsh liberal democrats to publish proposalsthose eu migrants who already have a job offer in the uk. theresa may has said that britain will leave the single market. our correspondent is in cardiff. how optimistic that they are about something that looks difficult to achieve, on the face of it? very difficult, i think that carwynjones has always said from the word go on brexit that they wanted to stay in the single market because it was so important in his view for the businesses in wales, so this morning when he laid out those plans, the blueprint with leanne wood, plaid cymru litre, what they wanted to see was similar to what norway has with the eu, a deal, an agreement similar to the single market and on immigration they have a deal where they are allowed, migrants are allowed to come into the uk if they have secured a job. that is in stark contrast to what theresa may said last week in her speech, where she said we would leave the single market to retain control of immigration. scotland have already published a paper on the