the telegraph, this is an intriguing photograph of jacob rees—mogg. intriguing photograph of jacob rees-moggt take your either way. it is mesmerizing. it almost looks like something missing. —— you can't take your eyes away. white fluffy cat. exactly what i was thinking. let's just fluffy cat. exactly what i was thinking. let'sjust hide that earlier this week on nestor graham. —— list just tried earlier this week on nestor graham. —— listjust tried that. on instagram. i think it was trying to claim the cat was on her side but you look at it and the cat is clearly not happy to be there. the serious point about the photo is he is talking about brexit, and he has some interesting things to say in the course of the interview for one of their podcast. he says a few things. the first, sending a message to his own side infection going to hold generic, we can deliver this, don't feel you need to vote for this rubbish. —— his own faction. that's holding her. at another message to the conservative saying don't try to purify the party on this issue. it is ok to have some people who want a soft brexit a

and it is one thatjacob rees—mogg ought to accept. to accept. this is an interesting article byjacob rees—mogg in the sunday express, because he does not repeat what he has said in the past, which is if he is faced with a choice between the prime minister's deal and staying in the eu, which is the choice that parliament is now facing, because, as ruth says, a no—deal brexit is not possible, he has in the past that he would vote for the prime minister's deal and he carefully avoids saying that and i don't know what is going to do on tuesday. it will be interesting to watch. it will be a fascinating night. we will all be up, won't we? yes, most definitely. mitta the observer —— mitta the observer. shamima begum. sajid javid being described as a moral coward. has anybody agree with that?” described as a moral coward. has anybody agree with that? i think it is very debatable and questionable when he withdrew the british citizenship from shamima begum. i think it was treating her as something of a token and an example. the truth is, we hav

we seem like we have ta ken a jacob rees—mogg. but it is only half a stab. carolyn, your paper these sunday times, the big splash about the coup in the cabinet, 11 cabinet ministers who are going to mount a coup. what happens about? i think tim shipman who wrote this story felt quite vindicated this evening and has talked about the fact that the result of that coup has been delayed and this is the end game. we don't know what happened at chequers over the weekend. we had members of the cabinet coming out and publicly saying that they were not trying to oust her, that they were not trying to get rid of her, but at the end of the day there were obviously discussions had there with the key players about what it would take for them to back that deal. we have now seen them to back that deal. we have now seen that she will pay the ultimate price with herjob. what is interesting, also, about the terms of the atmosphere in the corridor, we we re of the atmosphere in the corridor, we were all there, the whole lobby was packed into that cor

the telegraph, this is an intriguing photograph of jacob rees—mogg. intriguing photograph of jacob rees-moggs like something missing. —— you can't take your eyes away. white fluffy cat. exactly what i was thinking. let's just fluffy cat. exactly what i was thinking. let'sjust hide that earlier this week on nestor graham. —— list just tried earlier this week on nestor graham. —— listjust tried that. on instagram. i think it was trying to claim the cat was on her side but you look at it and the cat is clearly not happy to be there. the serious point about the photo is

jacob rees-mogg is a supporter of horace johnson.making a very good prime minister. the leadership contest will be in the running but there will be questions asked. borisjohnson who wrote an article in favour of remain unwanted favourite exit. again, there were lots of people appointed to that particular moment in his sort of role as saying he took that particular decision to come out in favour of brexit because he thought that would further his own admission to become prime minister of this country. it will open up these questions all over again. we will carry on watching this space. i know it's late for you. thank you. the us aircraft manufacturer boeing has insisted its 737 max which has been grounded by regulators worldwide is safe despite two crashes involving that model in the past six months. the company said it was working on modifications to an automated anti—stall system which is believed to have malfunctioned before the first crash, causing a lion air flight to fall into the sea off indonesia. our transport correspondent t

do you wish to change your mind sooner, mr rees—mogg? may can shift.ange your mind sooner, mr rees-mogg? no. some big names were already on the move. i preferred living without a deal. i was that had gone i was willing to back mrs may's deal as she has said that was the deal has gone through, if it goes through, then she will stand down, which i think shows her inner nobility. then she will stand down, which i think shows her inner nobilitylj then she will stand down, which i think shows her inner nobility. i am very worried that we might lose brexit. i have campaigned for brexit. i have campaigned for brexit. and i think the alternatives are looking increasingly unattractive. i am encouraged that she has accepted that we should have a new leader for that second stage, when it comes. so, yes, i think i will now vote for the agreement. but there is a hard—core, enough perhaps to blocker still. she is not, i think we universally agree, the best prime minister we have had. the reason i'm not happy is the deal, even part one, which she is absolutely adaman

the combination ofjacob rees—mogg has said, what boris johnson combination ofjacob rees—mogg has saidgoing in that way, but combined what is reported to be the prime minister's position, that she doesn't anticipate being in charge of the second stage of the negotiation, now that means that she is likely to be prime ministerfor the next two or three months but it also means if there is to be a new leader, potentially a new prime minister it is not going to happen in the middle of a crisis, quite the opposite. it will happen in a slightly more proper and responsible way. what do you think lots of members of the public will make of those former collea g u es the public will make of those former colleagues of yourers in the commons who have been very critical, they have said it's a disaster for this country. they have said it's the wrong deal and now they will say ok we will vote for it. what will the public make of that my criticism is the fact it has taken them so long to reach this stage, because it was obvious two months ago, there was not a majority in parliament for no—deal and any

changing your mind, like jacob rees-mogg. the way we have to do it. but it's not the best way. as i said, it's the least bad option and there is far worse. it would be an absolute betrayal of the 17.4 million people if we stay in the customs union, the single market. we might as well stay in the european union if we did that. let me read you a couple of messages from people who are really disappointed in what you are about to do, i voting for mrs may's deal if it comes back at the time. aaron on twitter because you inept cowards. i think i the time. aaron on twitter because you inept cowards. i think! have been quite brave, actually, in making the decision i have made, and it's not one i take lightly. i am really going to be holding my nose doing it. and circumstances might change if we don't get any decision out of these votes today and on monday. but at the moment, it looks as if decisions are made that we have to stay in the eu today, or keepin have to stay in the eu today, or keep in the customs union, then i fear that i

he's pro—brexit and a member of the conservative european research group of mps, led byjacob rees moggyasmin qureshi, who is a labour mp and the party's shadowjustice minister. we hope she will be with us in a second. and conservative mp george freeman who is voting for the government's deal and was on theresa may's policy board. good morning to both of you. why would she go ahead with this vote tomorrow if it looks like she's going to lose it? it was always clear that to get to a final vote we would have to get to three or four votes. i don't know why we didn't do the first one in december and the second in january. the first one in december and the second injanuary. ifear the first one in december and the second injanuary. i fear she the first one in december and the second injanuary. ifear she has left it very late and we are now in an endgame. it was always clear people would going to vote against for various reasons, i would have donein for various reasons, i would have done in december, and in the end get an orderly brexit. i think she will lose tomorrow. so there will be a

win over, borisjohnson and the former brexit secretary dominic rab, iain duncan smith, jacob rees moggexiteers who she hopes that somehow she can get on board with her deal. i've got to say from where i am sitting now, it looks like a tall order. so far there has been very little sign that tory brexiteers are ready to roll over, nor is the dup or a labour mps in any great numberand nor is the dup or a labour mps in any great number and that is why the government thinks it has little chance as things stand of winning a vote. given the cast list assembled at the country house for possible to new among the brexit process, is it possible to get a deal with jacob rees mogg's group, the influential group, european research group, because effectively people are saying, theresa may should give a guaranteed timetable for her departure and then they might be able to bring themselves to vote for her deal. so at least she can go and say she has delivered on her promise, brexit deal, not on the 28th of march as she had kept saying, the original data but 12th of april, only a couple of weeks later.

jacob rees—mogg appears to have outsourced his view to the dup.ll do whatever the dup does, which is a very curious position. under problem for the prime minister. this is what the guardian is talking about. although it has no eight times as it had mine, it focuses a lot on theresa may saying she is willing to go with her deal is voted through parliament, which she believes is the best deal for great britain, parliament, which she believes is the best dealfor great britain, et cetera. we have heard her say it many times. it does highlight the guardian and everybody else, the dup has thrown the prime minister's chance of getting her deal through parliament into doubt, because they are saying, we still don't like the steel, actually. no matter who is in charge of the conservative party, no matter who is pm, they do not want this deal. that's right. this is how the metro have taken it, vote brexit and i'll exit. her putting that on the table. i think it is absolutely extraordinary but that was enough for some conservative mps. .. mike borisjohnson, f

, like jacob rees—mogg, in the european research group, who have basically held the country to ransomave defended what the majority voted for. well, they do, from the point of view, if you like the idea of no deal, they've got a point. we don't know why people voted the way they did. all we know is that they voted to come out of europe. what the erg argue is that that means no deal. what is interesting about the mail on sunday putting michael gove into the caretaker role, it does strike me that whoever the caretaker is cannot be the next prime minister. they really do have to agree to be a caretaker. why not? could you imagine the other candidates actually allowing the caretaker to have that head start on the racetrack? also, we have seen what happens when you get a coronation, we saw that with gordon brown. the public, who... we saw that with gordon brown. the public, who. .. and we saw that with gordon brown. the public, who... and we are the public, who... and we are the public, they have probably had enough of all of this and would actually say that a fair way to do this is to go

saidi the meeting that jacob rees—mogg said i will support you, the dup, volume into the lobbies, inmy wilson, dup's "brexit" spokesman, said, there is no way we are backing it as it stands. they have not received any of the concessions they wanted on the backstop, and so...|j of the concessions they wanted on the backstop, and so... i was going to ask you, before we went to the vote, this idea about the no deal, she seems inscrutable or no deal, last week when i spoke with the dutch camp, various other camps within brussels, they were of the view that she was reconciled to no deal, but to date and how she said, no deal unless the house voted for it... which is it? the sense in europe is notjust that she would be willing to gamble or no deal to keep the party together, even if that is true, no one trust her to be in control of the situation, no one discounts the possibility of stumbling out with no deal despite what the prime minister wants, so thatis what the prime minister wants, so that is the real danger, she could lose the control of the process and the clock sticks down. we wil

norman mentioning and jacob rees—mogg mentioning and jacob rees—mogg mentioning the views of the dup from jeffrey donaldson of the dup saying the dup has greater clarity but need to hear what the attorney general has to say and that's the next key piece of information we are waiting on from the attorney general geoffrey cox giving his legal opinion on this deal reached in strasbourg last night. right now let's get the thoughts of conservative mp and former attorney general dominic grieve, thank you for your time theresa may said she was trying to secure legal changes to the withdrawal agreement but that's not what she's got is it? it's not. broadly speaking the instrument she's come back with simply repeats the content of the original withdrawal agreement and it certainly does not give us a unilateral ability to terminate the backstop. the backstop continues for as long as the eu wants it to continue. the only marginal change i can see in the text is the provision that it reduces the risk of the eu being able through bad faith to prevent the backstop being brought to an end. bad fait

it doesn't seem likely that jacob rees-mogg will be held to that. parliament takes over the brexit process, should we feel confident that it is in good hands? rob: [laughter] i did put that to a cabinet minister this afternoon, that he might be relieved to have someone else take charge, and he laughed. what it would almost certainly mean is a softer brexit. if parliament agrees on anything , what it probably agrees on is a softer brexit than theresa may is currently going for. there are a bunch of problems with whether the mechanism of parliament telling the prime minister what to do, that's just not how it is normally done here. certainly not to this level of detail. all, itok any form at would take the form of a soft brexit. there is the untested assumption that there are the votes or what is known as sort of norway-plus, which would see britain stay inside the common market, just leave the political institutions. there is an argument against that that says you become a rule taker, but there is an argument for it that says more or less muchould do

and jacob rees-mogg.20 odd labour mp, possibly the dup. we have this situation wherejohn bercow and the house of commons right now is mash naiting to prevent her being able to bring this bribe, they are coming onboard, will the vote happen? we don't know, john bercow isa happen? we don't know, john bercow is a stubborn man and he seems sure he is not going to let it happen, as ever we don't really know, all, everything moves but in the end you ta ke everything moves but in the end you take a deep breath and nothing changes. no—one knows what is going to happen tomorrow, next week... what do you make of the voting system tonight? it is unsatisfactory, it doesn't tell us anything. it might do on monday but could it provide the answer? well, it is like the world cup, when england were doing well and everyone spent weeks going through the permutation and who we might get in that round and if this happens and that round and if this happens and that happen, germany go out. brazil go out and nothing you think is

which is what jacob rees—mogg was saying. legislation. which is what jacob rees-mogg was saying.and possibly losing brexit to something much softer. knew are the institute of government, so you get to know these things — although in legal terms it is true that the law says we will leave on march the 29th, when parliament has voted the way it has, things will change, isn't that the practicality? we will not leave our no—deal. isn't that the practicality? we will not leave our no-deal. that is the powerful political point, and so it puts enormous powerful political point, and so it puts enormous pressure powerful political point, and so it puts enormous pressure on the prime minister to get puts enormous pressure on the prime ministerto get an puts enormous pressure on the prime minister to get an extension, and to start talking about other possible options, if she can't do that. stephen, as the fireworks go off, the metaphorical fireworks of the government losing this amendment, another defeat tonight after losing on the big vote last night, there is another story going on behind—

and this morning, mr rees—mogg has been explaining his change of heart. why now?no deal was the default option i was in favour of that default option. but the government has backed away from that, in spite of the prime minister's commitments that we believe on the 29th, and parliament has made it clear it won't support that. it is a hierarchy of choices. leaving without a deal would be my top choice now, then you come to mrs may's deal then you come to not leaving at all. mrs may's deal is better than not leaving at all. let's take a look now at some of the other stories you're reading and watching online. we are still not succeeding in getting that story up. the uk are set to adopt vehicle speed limiters. number two is the government trying to break the bread —— brexit deadlock. a severe outbreak of measles in the eu. vaccination rates are dropping in the us because of religious beliefs and conflicting information about vaccines. have a look at this on the most watched. view wet spots mystery facing the clouds. go to the bbc website and see if you can spot the fa

sam coates, the times one of the main erg members is jacob rees mogg.cause i thought we were leaving on the 29th of march at 11pm, and that's been taken off the table. so, as long as no deal was the default option, i was in favour of that default option. but the government has backed away from that, in spite of the prime minister's commitments that we would leave on the 29th, and parliament has made it clear it won't support that. so, as that is no longer there, it is a hierarchy of choices. leaving without a deal would've been my top choice now, then you come to mrs may's deal, then you come to not leaving at all. mrs may's deal is better than not leaving at all. here's what mr rees mogg has said before about the deal — helpfully supplied by his former allies at leave.eu. remember — mr rees mogg was so against this deal that back in november he tried to bring down theresa may over it. here's what he said at the time. is opportunities being thrown away. if you look at the deal, our tariffs will be set by the european union and will be illegal for us to

and boris johnson newspapers this morning jacob rees—mogg and borisjohnson are talking about possibly for theresa may's deal on the grounds that some form of organised departure is better than it is organised departure. confused? we probably all will be. go back to that diagram! needless to say on bbc news we will be across the events as they unfold in parliament. still to come. childcare is big business — we'll get the lowdown on the industry looking after your most precious assets you're with business live from bbc news. the battle for control of debenhams took another twist this morning. sports direct has now offered 5p a share offer for the remainder of the shares it doesn't already own. but the offer would come with conditions including installing sports direct‘s boss, mike ashley, as chief executive. laith khalaf is a senior analyst for hargreaves la nsdown. good morning. when we say 5p a share it doesn't sound like a lot but it's actually a premium on its current price. it's more than double the price. it's more than double the price before this offer was muted, that's what mik

the telegraph pictures jacob rees—mogg urging conservative mps to hold their nerve to deliver brexitists against a "purge" of tory mps who want to keep the uk tied closely to the eu. "corbyn‘s final humiliation" is the mail's take on an equalities watchdog investigation into allegations that labour is anti—semitica and may have broken the law. let's begin with brexit and the guardian's story, many pleads with eu leaders after a day of government chaos. theresa may is giving a speech tomorrow in lincolnshire and she is going to say it is up to you, to the eu, as to whether this deal passes or not on monday. whether that works, it is unlikely that he will. she will then go to brussels for another week of fraught diplomacy but the question everyone is asking is what is that we need to do to create the majority? you have conservatives saying that have deep problems with the backstop, it is not clear about a different brexit and it is not clear it is a second referendum because there is not a majority in parliament for that. it is not getting anywhere. what i love — love is a strong word—

do you wish you'd changed your mind sooner, mr rees—mogg? no.me brexiteers were already on the move. i preferred leaving without a deal. but once that had gone, as i say, i was willing to back mrs may's deal as she has said that once the deal has gone through, if it does go through, then she will stand down, which i think shows her inner nobility. i am very worried that we might lose brexit. i have campaigned for brexit. and i think the alternatives are looking increasingly unattractive. i am encouraged that she has accepted that we should have a new leader for that second stage, when it comes. so, yes, i think i will now vote for the agreement. but there's a hard—core, enough perhaps to block her still. she is not, i think we universally agree, the best prime minister we've had and not the best person for stage two. the reason i'm not happy is that the deal, even part one, which she is absolutely adamant that gets signed before she goes takes us back into europe and not out of europe. what price for dup support? and it's almost impossible to im

jacob rees—mogg says he is waiting to see what northern ireland's democratic unionists decides to dong quiet so they are not persuaded yet. there are others who appear unpersuadable. if it is rammed through parliament at the last minute, everyone will have buyer's remorse. you have got people saying they will hold their noses against the stench of this deal and vote against it. how can this deal be the path of the future for our country? the former foreign secretary borisjohnson in the daily telegraph says he still does not like the deal and also in here 23 conservative mps say no deal next week would be a precursor to a very good deal indeed. meanwhile, the government is still trying to sound optimistic about getting its deal through. i think sound optimistic about getting its dealthrough. i think there sound optimistic about getting its deal through. i think there are some cautious signs of encouragement. you have got people like matthew elliott who led the league campaign, norman lamont, strong critics of the deal, who are now saying they will support it. but there is a lot more w

at what about those comments them by jacob rees mogg just a few moments ago and he he said that this motion that is just invited on isn't in fact legally binding it does not override at statute law virginal in other words. that article fifty being trtriggered what what. what's your view on that. he's quite read these totally predictable he's s been saying that for months of goals. yes but none the less sir -- and ththe parliament will not accept a situation with no deal but i think the goverernment wa. in thehe village where theyy wod trtry to vote for the government because they couldn'tt do it so he turned to read against. the government's amended resosolution.. and i think we're going to seee morere resignations i actually think what toto resume hihis governrnment. stretching quite seriously. there are several possible scenarioios o on the becacause t want to talk about what the you might do now that what the thinking might be in brussels i mean do you think they're looking on all of this and thinking that you know. maybe just walking away is the best option right now maybe just l

speculation too about jacob rees—mogg. he are coming on board.b rees—mogg. he has said he would never abandon the dup. some of the brexiteers i've been speaking to say, watch this space. the reason is because many of them fear that u nless is because many of them fear that unless they bite on the steel, and they don't like it, but unless they bite on it they can see parliament getting hold of the process and pushing for a much slower, softer brexit and possibly even derailing brexit. i think a moment of truth has descended upon many of them. my guess is mrs may, she is inching, inching closer. there is still enough of them probably to thwart her, particularly when you add on board the dup. so today i think she mightjust fall short board the dup. so today i think she might just fall short but the board the dup. so today i think she mightjust fall short but the one thing she gets is what's called the big mo, the big momentum, getting real movement in your direction, i think bill clinton coined it. last time she went down by 149. were she to bring t

speculation about what jacob rees—mogg might do with some of his collea g u es rees—mogg might do withhe too may fold, even though he has said he will never abandon the deep nupe, who are still holding out. —— the dup. at the same time we see labour mps and leave supporting constituency doing a wobbly jelly manoeuvre, leave supporting constituency doing a wobblyjelly manoeuvre, beginning to wonder if they should also support mrs may to avoid a long delay. it means we are heading for a knife edge vote. my senses mrs may will still fall just short, which means we then moved to monday, when parliament regained the initiative, to pursue a much slower, softer brexit. so today is frantic friday. next up, manic monday. norman, thank you. let‘s go to m on the irish border. the term irish backstop has become part of the politicaljargon but it has become personal there. how passionately do they feel about this? absolutely. today was due to be the day this near invisible border became the new frontier between the uk and the eu. there are so between the uk and the eu. there are so many trading lin

theresa may is saying to borisjohnson effect theresa may is saying to boris johnson and jacob rees—moggfor my deal? that is the trade off that is being danced around. i mean it is interesting that the number ten spokesperson said they are lengthy, these talk, not saying anything about them, just how long they are taking which we can tell from the fa ct taking which we can tell from the fact they are still in there. do you think they are likely to accept that bargain? it must be very tempting for borisjohnson, bargain? it must be very tempting for boris johnson, obviously bargain? it must be very tempting for borisjohnson, obviously because he wants to succeed theresa may, as prime minister, and so if she were to preannounce her resignation some time later this year, that would be something he would be rather looking forward to, but on the other hand, he doesn't want to support the prime minister's deal, because it is not very popular with the people who choose the next leader, which is the tory pa rty‘s members choose the next leader, which is the tory party's members in the country, so

laughter mrjacob rees—mogg. laughter mrjacob rees-mogg.able friend, learned friend, has pointed out that much of what is being said is political as well as legal. could he therefore set out for the house what penalties there might fall upon this country ifa there might fall upon this country if a future parliament, which obviously cannot be bound, word to decide to resile from the commitments under the backstop? well, my honourable friend will know that as an attorney general i simply couldn't give countenance to the idea that this country would break international legal obligations! but asi international legal obligations! but as i have pointed out to the house, there is a right for the united kingdom to do that, if fundamental circumstances change, interview of the united kingdom, then it would attempt to resolve the matter within thejoint committee, attempt to resolve the matter within the joint committee, it would attempt to resolve it politically, but if ultimately it is the sovereign right of this house at the british government of t

is that the kind of thing that could be the sort of concession people like jacob rees mogg and othersrom the prime minister? does not seem a credible possibility? when, you remember, she was facing a vote of no confidence in her own leadership by her own party not so long ago, she won that, but when she was addressing mps then, she made clear to them that she wasn't going to try and hang onto powerfor ever, that she recognised there were some frustrations in her leadership, to let her get brexit through and then she would think of whether to stay on or not. she has signalled she might go. some mps, conservative, are saying that they don't want her to lead the next stage of negotiations. what we are talking about now is our exit from then —— my exit from the eu, but the future relationship negotiations will be a long and drawn—out process. perhaps some conservative mps might lend their support so that we leave the eu, as long as there is a promise that someone else takes the negotiations on going forward. having said that, you have heard the warnings from the likes of iain duncan smith

jacob rees—mogg, the most prominent of the european research group, he has said he will be waiting townjudgement. the leader of what the dup has before informing his own judgement. the leader of the labor party has said the prime minister ‘s negotiation in his judgement has failed and the announcements this evening do not amount to the changes that parliament requires theresa may to achieve. she will argue quite to the contrary and we can expect very lively exchanges in the house of commons when she rises tomorrow to begin that debate. let's go to strasbourg and to adam fleming. adam, you said, is a thumbs up or thumbs down? we will know that tomorrow. the funds in all sorts of different places depending on what mps and most are scratching their heads. what for you was key thing? well, i suppose the slight thing that made that press conference disappointing is that we both knew what was going to be on the table and what they were going to agree, quite heavily trailed through the day. that joint quite heavily trailed through the day. thatjoint interpretive instrument about not needing

. were found on facebook page that was supportive of jacob rees-mogg.e have been very quick on it, but i do not think that is true. they have been a lot of comments about sajid javid, which is interesting. we were just talking about him obviously, we know he is at the home office and he has leadership ambitions, there are comments saying i could not bear to see islam lead the country about him being the leader. so it would be interesting to see his role in this because he is in the perfect position to really, and to assert his authority on this, and i think that would be very interesting. —— political posturing. but it is a real problem for the tory party, this. finally, i think i real problem for the tory party, this. finally, ithinki have heard of this very wealthy young lady. kyliejenner, there she is on the front page there. kyle. no, it is kylie. kylie jenner, she is the youngest billionaire ever. 21. extraordinary, this is a story about instagram basically. she has made... we had known for while she was going to be the first instagram billion and,

jacob rees—mogg exit, or a michael gove brexit.that serious concern. —— consideration. we hear the withdrawal agreement is potentially being separated and just being put up being separated and just being put upfora being separated and just being put up for a vote tomorrow. but that would mean leaving the eu with absolutely no idea where we are heading. that cannot be acceptable and we would not vote for that. as presidentjunker and donald tusk, they said, it can be made clear that those two documents, while being of a different nature, are part of the associated package, that is what the eu has always said, part of the same negotiated package. the prime minister's interpretation of that is clear from the statement she made in parliament on the same day, the 14th of january, referring to that later she said the eu has provided absolute clarity on the explicit link between withdrawal agreement and the political declaration. the link was made clear in the documents the way they are presented. i know collea g u es the way they are pres

it sounds like jacob rees—mogg has come around to things, they don't want to get rid of the backstopabout little tweaks, modest concessions, just tiny little things, we are not unreasonable, they are saying. can you just put a little blow on top of it? they want brexit and they are starting to see they might not get the brexit in any form and they are willing to accept it in any form which is now available. so what do you make of the timing of nick timothy speaking saying she is relu cta nt timothy speaking saying she is reluctant remain? i think it is true, she wanted to stay. she was one of those who helped compose her brexit policy, so firstly he would know, and secondly, if it is not the right policy for britain, which is what they were saying, that is partly his fault. just before we leave this, michel barnier says he has been speaking to develop, the european union, he is basically said, is prepared to give more guarantees that the irish backstop is only intended to be temporary, we are happy to extend it. he said the question the eu 27 will ask is what is it for and the and so

to rees-mogg, though, the problem isn't brexit.really believe in it. but it was sold as a very simple proposition. in or out, easiest deal in history, all those things we've heard. it hasn't turned >> no matter what happens, the has rolled over to wait to have its tummy tickled and then look the hand that has been tickling it. it is a completely hopeless approach to negotiation. it had no backbone. >> reporter: the referendum was held in the hope it would resolve an issue that had been festering in britain, and particularly in its conservative party for decades. instead, it has stretched the political system and maybe the country's fabled sense of humor to the breaking point. >> we'll also discuss whether the people are longing for days when politics was dull and the news talked about other things, and how nobody predicted that nostalgia for the time before the eu would help lead to a referendum which would lead to nostalgia for the time before the referendum on the eu. my brain's gone. thank you. searching for something fresh? try

jacob rees—mogg.taken control? i do think it is very important parliament has the chance to look at all the various different brexit options and to discuss what the implications, trade—offs and costs could be. in my opinion, when you ta ke could be. in my opinion, when you take a brexit option and put it into reality and look at the consequences, reality and look at the consequences, it becomes far less appealing. so i think you are looking at a hard and painful brexit oi’ looking at a hard and painful brexit ora looking at a hard and painful brexit or a soft and pointless one, and in the backdrop to that, still looking at theresa may‘s deal which has been rejected twice by historic margins andi rejected twice by historic margins and i hope continues to be rejected. it leaves my generation with few opportunities and lower living standards, young people being forced to make sense of something which we nevei’ to make sense of something which we never have thought make sense for britain so i welcome mps

perhaps jacob rees—mogg could throw his hat into the ring.javid, —— sajid javid. and then there are few people outside the cabinet. who may be like johnny mercer, maybe tom as well. amber brought might have a go but she is a remainder. so that will make it harder for she is a remainder. so that will make it harderfor her. she is a remainder. so that will make it harder for her. so it depends on who the perm entry party selects and that it is the party at large. two quite different electorates really. the parliamentary party first of all, who would they pick, with a go for johnson as one of the two candidates? if you look at the leadership contest passed both in conservative party and labour party, the primary concern tends to be unity of the party. they do not tend to pick someone who will split the party. but the other consideration is electability. and because brexit has proven so difficult with the loss of majority in 2017, they will be prioritising electability and thatis be prioritising electability and that is why borisjohnson may have

but those changes were rejected by a key group of eurosceptic conservative mps, jacob rees—mogg's europeany the dup, whose mps keep theresa may's government in power. that left the prime minister vulnerable to another heavy defeat. struggling with her voice, theresa may delivered a prepared response to the result immediately. i profoundly regret the decision that this house has taken tonight. i continue to believe that by far the best outcome is that the united kingdom leaves the european union in an orderly fashion, with a deal. and that the deal we have negotiated is the best and indeed the only deal available. she said she would stick to her commitment about what she would do if she lost the meaningful vote. therefore, tonight we will table a motion for debate tomorrow to test whether the house supports leaving the european union without a deal on 29 march. the leader of the house will shortly make an emergency business statement confirming the change to tomorrow's business. this is an issue of grave importance for the future of our country. just like the referendum, there are strongly

you have jake ——jacob rees mogg with 11—year—old peter, looking like a repeat of history with him lookinggearing up for looking like he is going to be gearing upfora looking like he is going to be gearing up for a repeat of his own. you have borisjohnson, you have michael gove who looks like he is asleep, who knows what the future is in terms of michael gove. the guardian says "may's deal drift away , guardian says "may's deal drift away", we don't know that, this is theissue, away", we don't know that, this is the issue, isn't it. we have no idea what there is out there in terms of support for her deal, in order to get that extension to article 50 beyond mid april, into may, it is very ha rd to beyond mid april, into may, it is very hard to predict. it is very ha rd to very hard to predict. it is very hard to predict. the one thing that i would say with regard to the attitude towards theresa may, is that there seems to be a real disconnect actually in terms of theresa may and how she has pushed her deal through, a disconnect with her deal through, a disconnect with her own party, disconn

the point about jacob rees—mogg fact oppose theresa may's deal.r is that he was suggesting that the erg would oppose the deal unless brexit was at threat. from my understanding, from talking to some brexiteers today if they don't think they have reached that point yet. there seems to be an acceptance, the last couple of weeks, after conversations with ministers, that no's deal could come back a third time, believe it or not, and that would be the moment in which everybody would finally have to make their final everybody would finally have to make theirfinal move. everybody would finally have to make their final move. 0k, everybody would finally have to make their final move. ok, so, we are looking closely at the numbers, 230 votes it went down by the first time in january. if she votes it went down by the first time injanuary. if she narrows out votes it went down by the first time in january. if she narrows out and get it under 100, would that be seen asa get it under 100, would that be seen as a success get it under 100, would that be seen as a

a number of papers, including mine, are reporting is that the european research group, jacob rees—mogg'sded now to accept theresa may's deal, pending these three tests on the backstop that geoffrey cox brings back on by the sound of them, they are not too onerous. —— tory. by the sound of it, brexit goes through and we live on the 29th of march. 50 the backstop is goes through and we live on the 29th of march. so the backstop is not quite the block we thought it was.” think this is mood music, i think this is about the european research group and the dup signalling that yes, they are not trying to obstruct brexit because elsewhere in the papers, the sunday telegraph, andrea leadsom and jeremy hunt joined papers, the sunday telegraph, andrea leadsom and jeremy huntjoined an article saying that people who are seeking to frustrate brexit are denying the will of the people, but i think what is interesting here is it also talks about michel barnier in the sunday times article because oi'i in the sunday times article because on friday, he apparently said that i'io on friday, he apparently said

so, jacob rees—mogg, you had brexit within your grasp tonight, it was two weeks away and you threw iteliver on the commitment to leave the european union cleanly, and the backstop would have kept us in the customs union and de facto in the single market. so, the default position remains, as the prime minister pointed out, that we leave on the 29th of march. that will have to be changed? it would have to be changed by law, and the law is not easy to change. it could be done by a statutory instrument. the commons will not left the country leave or no deal, you must acknowledge that? i don't, because the house of commons voted twice for bills that mean that we leave on the 29th of march, the article 50 act, and the withdrawal act. the withdrawal act specifically mentioned that. the only way of changing the date is for an extension to be granted by the eu. what purpose would not serve? what is going to be asked for? but if you get an indefinite extension, it could be six months, two years, a lot of things can happen in that time, brexit may never happen. historians may look back on this a

or dominic raab or evenjacob rees—mogg.sh out. that is going to make life even harder. it's going to damage livelihoods and risk the economy further. i am not prepared to support something and walk into the dark and damage the future of my constituents. in the withdrawal agreement, which you will be voting on today, which is half of the deal, if you like, what is it specifically that you don't like? the government's own analysis shows that the withdrawal agreement is going to damage people's jobs and the withdrawal agreement is going to damage people'sjobs and damage the withdrawal agreement is going to damage people's jobs and damage the economy. the economy will be 4% smaller. the government because my own analysis is that. so the government is asking us to vote for a deal that will make the country worse off and i am not prepared to do that. what will happen? well, i hope that it gets voted down. this is yet another attempt by the government to ram a deal through thatis government to ram a deal through that is not accept

big hitters like borisjohnson, dominic raab, evenjacob rees—mogg, who said till today he'd oppose thetic unionists did, but the hard—core stayed firm. the dup held out, fearing northern ireland could be treated differently to the rest of the uk for the sake of avoiding a hard eu border with ireland. jeremy corbyn‘s labour mps split. five, reconciled to brexit, backed the deal. most helped sink it. mps and cross—party factions are working on their own plans for brexit. former cabinet minister oliver letwin is one of those organising a series of votes for next week, hoping most mps can agree on one. the options — a brexit closer to the eu than mrs may's deal, maybe under the same customs rules, maybe under eu single market rules, so free movement of people could continue, or maybe both. that's been compared to the old european common market. a new referendum is an option, maybe tied to whatever brexit deal is chosen in the end. and some mps who oppose leaving with no deal and believe parliament would never allow it prefer revoking brexit, calling it off for it now orfor good. mps could

and boris johnson with arch brexiteers like jacob rees—mogg and borisjohnson and others in the eog,completely with one of the most fundamental principles that the dup believes in. in contrast, here around the irish border, many communities are nationalists supporting remain voters and they absolutely feel very bitterly opposed to brexit, very frustrated and angry that this process has been brought to the brink. there are many businesses around here whose livelihood depends on getting a nswe i’s livelihood depends on getting answers about how they are going to trade in the future. south of the border in the republic of ireland, the irish government is watching this with great worry because there could be massive economic shock in ireland if the uk were to leave without a deal. it could mean thousands of job losses, without a deal. it could mean thousands ofjob losses, businesses becoming unviable overnight and there is huge contingency planning donein there is huge contingency planning done in ireland to prepare for that. we heard the irish prime minister saying earlier that he would

interest, everybody‘s interest, theresa may's interest, michael gove‘s entrance, borisjohnson, jacob rees—moggnterest in their own way. the urgency here is also them trying to use the european union's deadlines as part of the reason why something has to happen tomorrow. 0therwise something has to happen tomorrow. otherwise this extension... something has to happen tomorrow. otherwise this extension... to be clear this is not the whole presidio being voted on, it is half, the withdrawal agreement, the divorce business of the deal. it's not that meaningful vote, not the third meaningful vote, not the third meaningful vote. it's another definition of half a loaf of bread, half an endorsement which allows her to get over the line to may 22 rather than panic two weeks to april 12. but beyond that, we would be none the clearer even if she got it through. pretty similar sort of front page at the telegraph, the day of reckoning on the day britain was supposed to leave the eu. that is march 29. may's deal returns to the comments in a desperate final push, the same kind of story. although in the telegra

the dup you need on side to get over the line and they were saying the dup are looking at jacob rees—moggere is a mood shift that, that is paradoxical and it sums up i suppose the situation we are and. who will blink. who will blink first. the dup say they are really strong in their statement and i think it was interesting because everything in brussels happened so late last night and it has taken a while for people to react so late this afternoon he described what she believed was inexcusable, the fact that she did not have a significant change to the withdrawal agreement. the eu 27 have been saying for what feels like months but it may have been weeks, we are not revisiting. they have been completely consistent on that point but i thought it was interesting that they cannot so strongly today because they could have let that be vague and say discussions were ongoing but they basically made it quite difficult for their mps to back her deal next week which is interesting when you highlight that relationship between then and the eog. you mentioned the idea of the customs union and they said

, as we discussed, some of the brexiteers have come on boy for the deal, boris johnson, jacob rees—moggothers have not. so the erg is as it's called, the brexiteers group in the tory party, she's pretty divided. and of course dp had been to, so where are we? i mean, is it her deal still a long way short you think of getting enough votes?|j think of getting enough votes?” think there was some expectation that the dup was slightly more in a place where they were going to say make a swing in behind her. i mean, secondly, before the last meeting for that one end, there was a sense that the latest —— legal advice to trade it happening. this suggestion was that they were both signed up to it than they wear i went and actually came to pass. i think the issue though with a hard rub still vips who don't want to back it. and they said publicly i would not vote for a day bl whatsoever stopped to let you know, mark francois whined those people saying they want back it, and you know the argument is. it's not brexit, it's a backlash once said to me this evening, and they not be in years' time, by fiv

jacob rees—mogg has indicated that he would be prepared to back the prime minister's deal if you can that quote comes from a writer for buzzfeed. there is change in the conservatives, if the dup decide to back it, even though the backstop is still there, then the erd will back it, a lot of the hard right brexiteers will back it. —— erg. political dominoes. it will be amazing to see if the dup will back it because it looks bad for them, they were very stern on the backstop, if that has not changed, thenit backstop, if that has not changed, then it looks like... well, that could really damage things. then it looks like... well, that could really damage thingsm then it looks like... well, that could really damage things. it is tricky, i don't know what more she can offer the dup, she has offered the stormont lock, you then have to consult northern ireland if they wa nted consult northern ireland if they wanted to change the customs rules for all the united kingdom, offered them a seat on the negotiating committee if there was a backstop, what more can she do? we are talking about the do

, first time, it has the dup, the erg led byjacob rees—mogg, people like me voted remain and want tois so if michel barnierjust says no to this, that is not showing good faith. do you think the prime minister has control of this process ? minister has control of this process? it does not feel like it. she cannot get her deals through. isn‘t any chance she can get her deals through? i have been told voted three is coming the track. deals through? i have been told voted three is coming the trackm is likely. this is a complex and lengthy negotiation and the idea it was always going to be smooth until the last moment was not reasonable. it never has been a reasonable expectation. the fact she is having to move to the left and then the right to try and get this through parliament should not be a cause for concern. parliament should not be a cause for concern. to all intents and purposes, there is still a chance of the deal succeeding because of the other options are falling away. my amendment was voted down tonight. if the spelman amendment. as another road lost. so pretty soon it will be