the liberal democrats are set to discuss wide—ranging proposals on the future shape of the party whenir annual conference gets under way in brighton this morning. the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters — as well as fullyjoined—up members — to have a say in choosing who leads the party. let's get more on this from our political correspondentjessica parker. it's been a tough time for the liberal democrats since they left coalition and i suppose they're trying to work out where they go, how they rebrand themselves.” trying to work out where they go, how they rebrand themselves. i think they have been struggling to be heard and are trying to cut through to voters and conference season is a chance for parties to showcase their policies and the liberal democrats will be focusing on two elements,

the liberal democrats, he will say, are their chance to exeter from liberal democrats, he will say, ares that aren't also the potential changes that vince cable has set out for the party that will dominate the conference and we will hear him speak as he arrives in brighton later this morning with that appealfor brighton later this morning with that appeal for people to join the liberal democrats and create what he wa nts to liberal democrats and create what he wants to be a more powerfulforce in british politics. tory peer lord heseltine says borisjohnson will become the next leader of the conservatives, but warned the move is likely to divide the party. the former deputy prime minister, an outspoken critic of mrjohnson, told bbc radio 4's the week in westminster that the recent slew of negative headlines had not done the former foreign secretary irreparable harm. has he done himself any irreparable harm? i don't think he has. has he done himself any irreparable harm? i don't think he has. what you have to say to yourself is, who is the tory membership of the house of commons going to c

who can save the liberal democrats?ing from nowhere who can wave a wand and transform this very challenging situation they are in. i think they have one important card to play, which is asjo said, a hung parliament. they are harder for third parties than when there is a landslide government. they might be able to build about that. but i do think, i'm afraid for you, they are ina very think, i'm afraid for you, they are in a very difficult position at the moment and it is notjust about leadership. it is the wider context. in terms of the people‘s vote, just to briefly digress to labour, are they the key to making this happen? they are a hugely important element to it and i think it is significant that to use a phrase that more evasive leaders would have used, they keep the door open, and they are absolutely right to do so. and yes, they are key because in a hung parliament, if you have a labour party backing a referendum, with the lib dems and possibly others, then you are close to being in a position to get it. it is nu

the liberal democrats are the only real anti—brexit party in the uk.limited timescale that parliament would have two vote on any deal that the governor had reached with the european union over britain's exit from the eu. it is unlikely we will be allowed to know the full extent of the damage a chequers brexit deal would inflict. although the government had pledged to provide a full impact assessment before the meaningful vote, the time between the conclusion of the negotiations and a parliamentary vote will be incredibly short. that means any assessment is likely to be very, very sketchy. what happens in that scenario is very important. if parliament votes against a deal that the government has reached with the eu, then it is effectively a vote of confidence in the government. we could be into territory where there is a general election or the article 50 period is extended. the liberal democrats are appealing beyond their own membership, to people who are supporters of labour or the conservatives, who have concerns about brexit either they have changed

they want to know who will lead liberal democrats.ecause that's important. we have a massively important role to play because of the earthquakes of brexit and the earthquakes to the divisions in the other parties. what's interesting about liberal democrats leadership and vince cable is we wa nt leadership and vince cable is we want him to stay. there's no disunity in the party about his leadership. we fully support him and are behind him and his objectives that he wants to achieve. you can't say that about jeremy that he wants to achieve. you can't say that aboutjeremy corbyn or theresa may. so you want ruling yourself out, are you? —— you are not ruling yourself at. i'm not thinking about it at the moment. the leadership elections of the future will take care of themselves. what we are about now is fighting something that is happening now, the brexit crisis undermining our economy, jobs and investment, threatening people's livelihoods. liberal democrats are fighting brexit and we are showing a way out. we are saying when a deal is ev

this will go down very well with liberal democrat party members here in brighton, it's just liberal democraton, it'sjust the liberal democrat party members here in brighton, it's just the sort of policy they like. he will have to find a broader audience and broader support for policies like this that the party is coming up with its liberal democrats to re—emerge from the margins of british politics and bea the margins of british politics and be a more dominant force in parliament than they are at the moment. thank you. the headlines on bbc news. theresa may has revealed her frustration with the continued speculation over her leadership — as the prime minister defends her brexit plan. at least 25 people are killed by flooding and landslides in the philippines — as typhoon mangkhut closes in on hong kong. in the united states — tropical storm florence continues to devastate the east coast with "epic amounts of rainfall". the leader of the conservative party in scotland, ruth davidson, has said that she never wants to be prime minister because she "values her mental health too much". in an inte

a would really see a big shake—up of the way the liberal democrats are run.t level of support among the public and, with only 12 mps, they are not the presence in parliament they once had. they were in governmentjust over three years ago as part of the coalition with the conservatives. he says the whole should thing be opened up, people should be allowed tojoin opened up, people should be allowed to join without a member ship the, and people who are not mps should be able to run and be the leader of the party. while paddy ashdown, the former leader of the liberal democrats, gave his backing today to serve vince cable's suggestions, thereafter mutterings among members here that it is not necessarily the best way forward. some say that the party struggles for recognition as it is and to have one leader in parliament and one of the wider party would be difficult, and people would struggle to recognise who the lib dems were and who they stood for. so vince cable is on a bit of a sales pitch to party members to convince them that what he has proposed is the right

he focused on that phrase he used in that speech a couple of weeks ago, turning the liberal democratsaised eyebrows and grumbles among the party membership. a lot of people don't necessarily like being labelled a moderate, they think it doesn't sound quite exciting, radical or principled enough, and so vince cable acknowledged that in his speech this evening. but he also talked about the status of the liberal democrats, who you could argue are going through something of an identity crisis at the moment. he said in an interviewjust a couple of days ago that potentially the name of the party could even change, and with his talk of opening it up and trying to turn it into more of a mass movement than a political party than it is now, there has been some criticism that it doesn't really know what it stands for any more. but he addressed that by saying the liberal democrats were different, they were distinct, and proud of it. so they're notjust the ones in the middle or on the fringes of british politics. so he got a good reception for that, but those proposed changes to the party will be

these are the top stories developing at 11: sir vince cable announces he will step down as liberal democrat leader once the question of brexit is resolved or stopped. my my intention therefore is to ensure that the next leader is chosen from the widest possible pool of talent and to put him or her at the helm of and to put him or her at the helm of afar and to put him or her at the helm of a far bigger, more open than any previous leader has been. tony blair criticisesjeremy corbyn, his supporters and his policies saying says he is "not sure it is possible" for labour "moderates" to take the party back from the left. the head of the intelligence agency — gchq — says the uk and its allies will use all tools available to fight back against the ‘real and active threat‘ from russia. what future for syria? the leaders of russia, iran and turkey meet to discuss the troubled province of idlib. police in brazil are questioning a man suspected of stabbing the leading candidate in the country's presidential election. he suffered serious internal injuries. british airways apologises to customers affec

the liberal democrats are discussing a major shake—up of the party as their conference gets underwayude allowing supporters — as well as fullyjoined—up members — to vote for a new leader. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at the conference in brighton. jonathan, what has vince been saying this evening? he has been addressing the after—hours rally for party members here in brighton on the first day of the conference, designed to get the party membership fired up. he got a warm reception for his comments. he addressed in this speech this evening has plans to open up the party, which you mentioned just there, to allow people tojoin mentioned just there, to allow people to join without paying a membership fee and potentially have someone lead the party who wasn't one of its elected members of parliament. he focused on that phrase he used in that speech a couple of weeks ago, "turning the liberal democrats into a movement for moderates." that has cost a few raised eyebrows and grumbles among the party membership. a lot of people don't necessarily like being labelled a moderate

the liberal democrats are discussing a major shake—up of the party as their conference gets under wayrlier this month, include allowing supporters — as well as fullyjoined—up members — to vote for a new leader. the lib dems are also urging disillusioned labour and tory supporters to join them to help stop brexit. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at the conference in brighton. what have you been hearing today? the sun is out here in brighton which might help lift the spirits of the liberal democrat party members arriving here for their annual conference today. these are serious times for the lib dems, just over three years ago there were a party of government alongside the conservatives on the coalition but since then they have lost most of their mps with only told members of parliament and they struggled to gain anything in double figures in opinion polls. they have not really been able to capitalise on their place as the only uk wide party which takes an anti—brexit stance. as you mentioned, the current leader of the lib dems, sir vince cable, has set out what he hopes w

labor party and the conservatives with a firmly prawle european platform and compassing the liberal democrats wouldn't stand the prospect of success well thank you alex for that excellent description of the social democratic party which was launched in one hundred eighty one and where did that go it went they went straight down hill and i don't know how they got it straight down hill it went to where they were set in the opinion polls before it went down hill. well ok but is it real where is it no it's no longer exists if you don't have a central centrist party i mean you want it at least to have a life of say half a century in order to make some impact on british politics and i don't think that this centrism that's going around at the moment is capable is strong enough is it is firm enough in its believes to create such a prospect that what you're saying is convince right wing or even the pro european ones you're not going to be attracted to the rights of the new center party i like parties which are full of men and women you know of guts and spirit and conviction and i don't think this new

sir vince cable will stand down as liberal democrat leader after brexit, and wants candidates from outside politics to be given the chance to replace him. also coming up this hour, a major project to clean up plastic from the ocean. a huge structure to capture the waste is going to be launched and all that news watch, daily politics is replaced by politics live, what's behind the change? joining us tonight at 7:45pm. good evening. the government is drawing up the biggest change to the divorce law in england and wales in almost 50 years in a bid to both speed up the process of separation, and allow more couples to split without apportioning blame. thejustice secretary, david gauke, is set to announce a consultation on no—fault divorce, after saying he wanted to remove some of the "unnecessary antagonism" created by the current system. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman is here with us now. clive, what more can you tell us? there has been pressure building for ano there has been pressure building for a no lame divorce system for years now. back in 1990 it was said we should have w

the liberal democrats are discussing a major shake—up of the party at their conference in brighton.r vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters — as well as fullyjoined—up members — to vote for a new leader. the lib dem's are also urging disillusioned labour and tory supporters to join them to help stop brexit. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake gave us this update from brighton. vince cable is making this pitch to his party membership to open up the liberal democrats and turn it into, as you say, a movement for moderates. he wants people to be able to join as unpaid supporters of the party, for those people to have a say in leadership contests and also to allow people who are not a liberal democrat mps to stand for the leadership and potentially go on to lead the party. butjust because he wants that to happen does not mean it necessarily well. the liberal democrats pride themselves of course on being a party where the members come first and they have a real say in saying how the party is run and also deciding what its policies are. as so vince cable arrives

it comes as the liberal democrat leader vince cable calls for a "movement of the moderates" in the centre ground of british politics. we'll have the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime... ba says sorry, after a mass hack of data from its customers — nearly 400,000 payment cards have been compromised. civilians flee the last rebel—held province in syria, ahead of a possible assault that could be the endgame in the country's seven—year civil war. cheering and applause. and a standing ovation and a guard of honour for alaistair cook, as he plays his last test match for england. and coming up on bbc news — serena williams draws closer to equalling the all—time record of grand slam titles, after reaching the final at the us open. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has rejected an attack on him by former prime minister tony blair. mr blair said labour has become a "different party" and he's not sure it can ever be "taken back" by moderates. it comes as the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, claims that infighting in the t

this will go down very well with liberal democrat party members here in brighton, it's just the sort and broader support for policies like this that the party is coming up with its liberal democrats to re—emerge from the margins of british politics and be a more dominant force in parliament than they are at the moment. the royal college of pathologists is warning that cancer patients are facing worrying delays in diagnosis and treatment. radio 5 live investigates has been told just 3% of the laboratories which diagnose and study diseases across the uk have enough staff to meet demand. the department of health says it's increased medical training places for home—grown doctors by 25%. with freshers' week about to get under way, the universities minister is calling for academic leaders to make student mental health a key priority for the upcoming year. universities minister sam gyimah has written to vice chancellors asking them to review the services they already have in place and improve on areas that are inadequate. going to university is one of the biggest transitions a lot of studen

do you accept some people might find the liberal democrats to liberal on some issues? they might. commissioned suggest probably something like 40% of the population broadly share our values and are not currently supporting us politically but they share our values. there are some people who do not, and i accept that. there is a lot of political diversity in the country. and common ground on what you have been talking about today, and tony blair as we have heard talking about the centre ground of british politics. is there perhaps a way forward for a third party? i'm saying third party rather than a fourth party because a third party that would be an amalgamation, if you like, of the liberal democrats for people who feel disaffected in labour because of the jeremy corbyn‘s leadership? i think you are getting ahead of us on this. i think there are two things we're talking about, and one is strengthening own party to create as i put it a rallying ground for people in the middle of politics, but there are, in addition, people in the labour party who will notjoin us for good or bad reas

sir vince cable announces he will step down as liberal democrat leader once the question of brexit

do you think that the liberal democrats may be to let lying on some issues for some people?ut today. tony blair also talking about the centre ground of british politics. is there perhaps a way forward for a third party that we‘d be an amalgamation of the liberal democrats and people who feel, in labour, disaffected with the party because ofjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. i think you are getting ahead of us on this. i am talking about two things. one is strengthening our own party to create a rallying ground for people in the middle of politics, but there are in addition, people in the labour party who will notjoin us, for good or bad reason. they will wa nt to for good or bad reason. they will want to do their own thing, but they have given up on the labour party, and tony blair is one of them. i make it very clear i want to work with them. there is no point working against each other, we have got to cooperate. one by one, many of president trump‘s closest aides have been publicly denying authorship of the anonymous editorial in the new york times. it painted a damning picture o

we are the beginning of the conference season, liberal democrats kicking things off in brighton, whatou say about the rise of anti—semitism, saying people saying that they should swing behind the liberal democrats? what is your message to people your party who are upset by what has been going on? the m essa 9 es we upset by what has been going on? the messages we had the largest political party in western europe, the parliamentary labour party wants to get on with the job, which they are doing, effectively opposing this government and preparing for the next election. there is a few individual mps, of course, who are disgruntled at the moment. we say there is an open door,, cs, identify there is an open door,, cs, identify theissue there is an open door,, cs, identify the issue and we can resolve those issues. but actually, now, the labour party now occupies the centre common—sense ground of politics with radical solutions to the crisis they came from the financial crash, we are still having austerity imposed on us asa are still having austerity imposed on us as a result. liberal democ

the liberal democrats‘ annual conference continues today in brighton.r vince cable says his party wont support the government's brexit plan even if it means ‘no deal‘. 2.5 million people have been evacuated from their homes in south china after a tropical storm hit with winds of up to 100 miles an hour and torrential rain. a campaign is launched to stop drivers on england's roads from tailgating — said to be one of the biggest bugbears for motorists. it's11am, i'm vicki young live from the university of salford. the prime minister has strongly defended her approach to brexit, saying mps will have to choose between her plan, or no deal at all. in an interview with the bbc‘s panorama programme, due to be broadcast tonight, theresa may is also sharply critical of proposals for the irish border, put forward by some who want a clean break with the eu. across the course of the day here in salford, we'll be gauging the views of local people and the business community — asking whether they feel prepared for brexit. and all day i'll be joined by our panel of exp

every law of politics should not be flourishing but most talk before brighton was that of a liberal democrat surge but we're going to use them to parties waiting in the wings to steal their mantle. i recent research poll shows that about georgia too would not consider aborting for a new center ground political movement and this majority has leapt in the last four months this of course has hit some headlines today we examine why despite poor showing that the public might vote for such a new party ensure the prospects of breaking the mold of british politics from the center theme as distant as ever but first the rest alex with your tweets your e-mails and your messages there was a big reaction particularly i'm serious book it to a series of the railways and interest only from what might be called the outer limits angela sutherland says watching from shetland for the north koreans should mean doyle says cornwall really needs it says to more than anyone leave scotland though this mess.

liberal democratic member of. bet i'm going to ask about trump speech of the u.n. general assembly in the past twenty four hours in a second first of all john meetings inquiry just surveillance of jericho been in his friends know much about it but the intelligence people are doing important things here for tweets important tweets about fiction about the terrorism the story says evening standard terror a police chief hopes bodyguard inspires a flood of new recruits bodyguards a program to be told there is not preventing melian audience the b.b.c. show has considerably less and less programs internationally probably actually even more than. but it really caught the imagination of about a sixth of the british population and the partly has created the spike in interest in working in the anti terror police we've just heard that white helmets from syria are apparently being relocated it's been confirmed by the british government britain and if any of them do turn out to be jihadists people who watch the bodyguard should should be recruited by the british services to try

ever since we were the labor conference but you've chosen a headline about your leader of the liberal democrats well let's give the lib dems some jew as well the independent reports what do you call the lib dems climax gone horribly wrong that's right an exotic spread this is the liberal democrats who people still vote for in this country some vote for them their poll ratings kind of been a little bit but it is finale speech the current leader vince cable tried to use a phrase which was meant to bring the house down with humor and he was describing backstairs as having he was trying to say and erotic spasm but instead it came out as exotics present we began by talking about the state and he b.b.c.'s drama i'm not sure these saw one of their broadcasters telling jeremy corbyn the leader of western europe's largest labor movement to apologize to camera for being an anti c major something like that and the chance you can apologise for your leader well i'm going to break with that tradition and on behalf of vince cable and the lib dems i'd like to apologize for the leader's mistake but we all know

welcome back joining me now to look through some of the week stories as a liberal democratic member of parliament. i'm going to ask about trump speech of the u.n. general assembly in the past twenty four hours in a second first of all is a joint meetings inquiry into surveillance of jeremy corbin in his friends know much about it but the intelligence people are doing important things here tweets important tweets about fiction i'm not the terrorist the story says evening standard terror a police chief hopes bodyguard inspires a flood of new recruits bodyguards a program to be told there is not a prison even million audience. show has considerably less in this program internationally probably actually even more than that but it really caught the imagination of about a sixth of the british population and the partly has created the spike in interest in working in the anti terror police we've just heard that white helmets from syria are apparently being relocated that's been confirmed by the british going to britain and if any of them do turn out to be jihadists people who watch the bodygua

of course, the liberal democrats are anti—brexit.overnment with the eu and we will hear more about that and the party's policy on it and how it hopes to achieve that when vince cable addresses the conference in his keynote speech on tuesday. jonathan, thank you very much indeed. benedict cumberbatch and james corden are just two of the british nominees up for an emmy award, which take place in la tomorrow night. it's the first year that the categories are dominated by the streaming service netflix. our los angeles correspondent james cook reports. enemies to the east. enemies to the west. game of thrones has vanquished them all, winning more emmy awards than any other drama series in tv history. whatever stands in our way... we will defeat it. this year, it leads the field with 22 nominations. did you ever stop to wonder about your actions? westworld, where cowboys meet science fiction, has 21 nominations, including a second supporting actress nod for thandie newton. you're going to take me to my daughter. who knows where westworld's

of course, the liberal democrats are anti—brexit. government with the eu and we will hear more about that and the party's policy on it and how it hopes to achieve that when sir vince addresses the conference in his keynote speech on tuesday. the leader of the conservative party in scotland, ruth davidson, has said that she never wants to be prime minister because she "values her mental health too much". in an interview with the sunday times newspaper, she's spoken for the first time of her struggle with depression, suicidal thoughts and self harm. ms davidson, who is pregnant with her first child, had frequently been tipped as a future leader. the royal college of pathologists is warning that cancer patients are facing worrying delays in diagnosis and treatment. radio 5 live investigates has been told just 3% of the laboratories which diagnose and study diseases across the uk have enough staff to meet demand. the department of health says it's increased medical training places for home—grown doctors by 25%. australians have been warn

offering labour mpsa liberal democrats offering labour mps a home and saying, work with us, we can all for moderates. we can all work together. he talks about a move for moderatesm doesn't sound very exciting. what vince cable was saying the other day. there are millions of voters who do not feel represented by either the two main parties at the moment, the liberal democrats would like to fill the void but they have struggled with gaining ground in the polls. 0ther mps may consider it a option to leave the party. frank field has left for site you different reasons but a lot look back to what has happened in the past, at the stp, they did well to start with and then struggled, but then in april the conservatives to win an election fairly comfortably. it will be an interesting few months, to say the least. jeremy corbyn, hitting back at tony blair, he said that the party has been lost to the hard left. jeremy corbyn‘s point is we are coming up with policies that real people like and they are looking to the labour party and his vision to change things for them? the labour party see themse

my liberal democratic friends, something i totally agree with and hadn't thought about. she feels so badly for the way she rolled her eyes and treated people like paula jones and juanita roderick. and they were -- >> we are not now where we were then. >> two years ago? >> where we were then. and i interviewed juanita broderick two years ago. we are not, as a society or as a media where we were two years ago. as a fundamental question you have said you found her credible. >> i said i found her compelling and i'm glad she had her voice and i think they could both be right. i think something terrible could have happened to her the same summer we were both 15 and that judge kavanaugh was not involved. that is why you have sworn testimony, corroborating evidence, if you can find it. and that's why, i suppose, the fbi will continue to investigate. i'm a big fan of transparency and accountability. i'm happy. although i think it was torturous for both ford and kavanaugh and people should stop using both of them for their own political gains, may i say. i'm happy if they were wil

the liberal democrats are discussing a major shake—up of the party as their conference gets under wayhis morning. the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters — as well as fullyjoined—up members — to vote for a new leader. the lib dems are also urging disillusioned labour and tory supporters tojoin them to help stop brexit. our political correspondent jonathan blake is at the conference in brighton. the sun is out here in brighton but it won't be a relaxing few days for the liberal democrat party faithful, who have gathered here for their annual conference, as you are suggesting there there will be a lot of discussion about the proposed changes to the way the party is run by the leader, said vince cable. but brexit will also dominate. the lib dems have struggled to capitalise on their status as the only uk status with an antique brexit agenda. we can talk now to the brexit spokesman, tom brake, who is with me. in your speech to party members today, you said it will not be a time for parliament to scrutinise a deal that the governme

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the liberal democrat leader thinks millions of voters feel homeless, today he offered them a roof overtary parties. he even suggested that the lib dem leader wouldn't need to be an mp. why are you confident that millions of people would flock to you in this new system? there is clearly a demand out there for a rallying point. large numbers of people are fed up with the drift of the country, and the fact that the two established parties have taken a relaxed status. —— have been taken over by extremists. some conservatives and many labour mps are in and comfortable with the direction their parties are going in, there is talk of a new party, breaking away from old ones. without a clearfigurehead it's hard to see how any of these ideas would get off the ground. there is certainly no agreement about what could happen next. so what would a new centrist political party in the uk look like? i've been discussing that with the guardian columnist, dawn foster and laura hughes from the financial times. no one is really sure how many people in britain actually occupy that ground. and to actually ma

lou: i find it easier to believe you when you knowledge your liberal democrat.i may, let me turn to the near-term support and on rod rosenstein and his offer to top justice department officials to wear a wire and trap the president and about the 20 for the moment. this within five days of the firing of james call me. lou: which he not only engineered but who recommended it - >> and should be recused from the investigation. lou: by some magic of legal contrivance was triggered by the firing - >> he was a harvard law school student. i wish she'd taken my course on legal ethics or constitutional litigation. the 25th amendment was not designed . lou: my guess is he would have fun. [laughter] let's turn to the article and what the president should do with it. >> it's clear he has to be called in front of a congressional committee and put under oath and the people who claimed that he said it have to be put under oath and we have to find out whether he said it, whether he set it in jest, whether any memos, whether he did anything in pursuance of that. we have to know t

the liberal democrat leader thinks millions of voters feel homeless. he'd open the party to outsiders who shared his liberal values. he even suggested the next lib dem leader wouldn't need to be an mp. why are you confident that millions of people would flock to you, in this new system? well, there is clearly a demand out there for a rallying point, for large numbers of people, you know, who are fed up with the drift of the country, and the fact that the two established parties are being taken over by extremists. some conservatives and many labour mps are increasingly uncomfortable with the direction their parties are going in. there have been conversations about setting up a new party or breaking away from the old one, but without an obvious figurehead from inside or outside the political system, it's hard to see how any of these ideas would get off the ground. and there's certainly no agreement about what might happen next. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the us rapper mac miller has been found dead at his home in los angeles after an apparent dr

the liberal democrat leader thinks millions of voters feel homeless. heads, saying he would open up their heads, saying he would open up the party to outsiders who shared his liberal values. it's notjust a protest group on the outside banging at the door. it is a mass movement with a voice on the inside, in our parliamentary party. even suggested that the next lib dem leader would not need to be an mp. why are you confident that millions of people would flock to you in this new system ? would flock to you in this new system? there is clearly a demand out there for a rallying point. for large numbers of people who are fed up large numbers of people who are fed up with the drift of the country, and the fact that the two established parties have been taken over by extremists. some conservative and many labour mps are increasingly uncomfortable with the direction that their parties are going on. there have been conversations about setting up any party or breaking away from the old ones but without an obvious figurehead from inside or outside the political

the liberal democrat leader thinks millions of voters feel homeless. heir heads, saying he'd open the party to outsiders who shared his liberal values. he even suggested the next lib dem leader wouldn't need to be an mp. why are you confident that millions of people would flock to you, in this new system? well, there is clearly a demand out there for a rallying point, for large numbers of people, you know, who are fed up with the drift of the country, and the fact that the two established parties are being taken over by extremists. some conservatives and many labour mps are increasingly uncomfortable with the direction their parties are going i. with the direction their parties are going in. there have been conversations about setting up a new party or breaking away from the old one, but without an obvious figurehead from inside or outside the political system, it's hard to see how any of these ideas would get off the ground. and there's certainly no agreement about what might happen next. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. after more than a week of fi

rather, it's the membership of his own liberal democratic party, who are voting in the three—yearly contestn for having a bit of a revolving door when it came to prime ministers. now, shinzo abe has managed to hang on for a good—for—japan six years, but it's time for his party, the liberal democratic party, to hold its once—every—three years leadership election, and that could see mr abe being given the boot. his popularity among voters fell after his wife was linked to this guy, yasunori kagoike, who wanted to build a nationalist primary school, and he and his wife were sold a plot of government land way below market price. mr abe denies any involvement, but he's being challenged by a former minister of defence and agriculture, shigeru ishiba, and mr ishiba's calling abe's political style into question by campaigning on a platform of honesty and fairness, and promising to regain public trust in politics. mr abe is widely expected to win the ruling party leadership vote, and if he completes his third term, he will become the country's longest ever serving prime minister, and one of the thin

turning to the liberal democrats. that vince cable may be thinking about when he steps down. he is giving a speech in the next half an hour he is giving a speech in the next halfan hourand he is giving a speech in the next half an hour and he is going to flesh out some ideas. these effectively going to acknowledge that within the next year he could bea that within the next year he could be a gone as the leader of the liberal democrats. they won't put a specific timeline on it that that is the conclusion you can easily leap to. he wants to shake up how the pa rty‘s rules to. he wants to shake up how the party's rules work, that's a decision for their membership are not for him. he wants for an non—mp to be allowed to become the leader of the liberal democrats. he wants to look at brexit, pushing for a so—called people's vote and sticking around if there was any general election that would come around because of that. but he is very much, and it is not the first time he is doing it, slapping a best before date on his le

coming back on we're going to go to lehman brothers in a second but obviously with two more liberal democrat all of them conference i got to ask you as a house member to the other week will you be becoming the next leader of the democrats and sits with lloyd george and with him to had since that action when liechtenstein wouldn't so well cock up us all forward and also the prime minister your old colleague at the home office was we going to be covering it later in the show said parliamentarians should not be appearing on this channel because you risk becoming a propaganda asset for vladimir putin and no one's propaganda that i've always put my own mind will continue to do so and i believe in an open free democracy and one could snoop in for you press people to switch off or you can just agree that we shouldn't be stifling people's voices that's a very dangerous road to go even the scottish liberal democrats all the right in emergency motion saying that immediately this channel license should be revoked the wrong. most obviously but i think. we should also. ask you what you thought of the exc

of course, the liberal democrats are anti—brexit.we will hear more about that and the party's policy on it and how it hopes to achieve that when sir vince addresses the conference in his keynote speech on tuesday. the royal college of pathologists is warning that cancer patients are facing worrying delays in diagnosis and treatment. radio5live investigates has been told just 3% of the laboratories which diagnose and study diseases across the uk have enough staff to meet demand. the department of health says it's increased medical training places for home—grown doctors by 25%. british farmers could receive a share of a £a00 million compensation scheme after being caught up in banking scandals. the bbc‘s countryfile programme has been finding out there are concerns that a lack of regulation could still see farmers targeted by lenders more interested in taking their assets than helping their businesses thrive. charlotte smith reports. across the uk, many farmers are saddled with large—scale debt. today that stands at £19 billion. but ca

the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, has warned that his party would oppose a brexitsed on the chequers plan — speaking at his party's conference in brighton he said that it was voters who should be given the final say. he's been speking to our political correspondent, jonathan blake. you have said you were absolutely solid that we need to stop exits. does that mean you will vote against any deal that the prime minister comes back with having managed to reach it with the eu? we will look at what she puts forward on its merits but on the basis of what we can see at the moment, the chequers plan, it has nothing to offer to the 80% of the economy which is services, absolutely crucial to wealth creation here. it doesn't work. her own people have said so. it is not a sensible proposal. we will see what they come up with. it is not a sensible proposal. we will see what they come up withm sounds like the likeliest scenario is that you would vote against the deal. yes, it does. if that is the case, the prime minister has set herself it is no deal or —— her deal oi’ herself it

the liberal democrats are set to discuss wide—ranging proposals on the future shape of the party whennnual conference gets under way in brighton this morning. the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters — as well as fullyjoined—up members — to have a say in choosing who leads the party. let's get more on this from our political correspondentjessica parker. this is our bid by the lib dems to stay relevant, isn't it? yes, because the party has been struggling to be heard recently and conference season struggling to be heard recently and conference season is a chance for parties to sell themselves to voters and the liberal democrats will try to press home a couple of messages, reminding voters they are offering an exit from brexit and also the leader is trying to create what he calls out movement of moderates, he thinks people out there feel politically homeless so is trying to make party membership more flexible and talking about the leader in the future not even being an mp, of course the lib dems only have 12 mps at the moment, so