she asked his response to nick boles' resignation?iven the mathematics in the house at the moment, so i can understand he is upset, but leaving aside all political considerations, there is a great deal of respect for nick in the house because we all know he fought a long and courageous battle with a very serious illness. so he has made a decision. everybody will have to become accustomed to that. i am not going to criticise nick boles because he fought of cancer and all of us respect that. moving onto the results of tonight's vote, what do you make of the fact that nothing, although a couple of things got close, nothing got a majority? well, what happened was there was basically an attempted coup in the house of commons this evening, whereby a number of prominent mps like 0liver letwin and dominic grieve and others in cahoots with a number of members of cabinet and others attempted to stop brexit. that was their sole aim. a customs union is not brexit, for instance. they failed. conservative backbenchers saw what was happening, rallie

i'm joined by a brexit supporting conservative mp for stop your reaction to nick boles quitting the whipmatic fashion tonight? nick's amendment was heavily defeated, given mathematics in the house at the moment, so i can understand is upset. but leaving aside all political considerations, there is a great deal of respect for him in the house because we all know he fought a long, courageous battle with a very serious illness. he has made a decision, everyone will have to become accustomed to that. i'm not going to criticise nick boles because he fought off cancer and we come all of us, respect that. —— week, all of us. living up to the results of the votes, what you make of the fact that nothing got a majority? best micro—musing on to. what happened was there was basically an attempted coup in the house of commons this evening, whereby a number of prominent mps like 0liver lead to, in cahoots with members of the cabinet and others, attempted to stop brexit, that was their sole aim because a customs union is not brexit. they failed. because conservative backbenchers saw what was happening

and the sponsor of that motion, nick boles, you could clearly see his patients had run out.oks as if he has resigned the whip. he walked out of the commons saying he could no longer sit with the conservative party, which shows the splits that are there in the tory ranks. if you are just tuning are there in the tory ranks. if you arejust tuning in, last are there in the tory ranks. if you are just tuning in, last week when we had indicative votes, there we re when we had indicative votes, there were eight options and mps replied no to all of them. today they had four options and they replied no to all of them. the four options they considered were a customs union with the european union proposed by ken clarke, common market 2.0, which would have meant being part of the eu single market, proposed by the conservative mp nick boles, who told his fellow conservatives, you are not compromising, and resigned the tory whip. clearly very close to being in tears as he announced that. also rejected, the idea of a second referendum, although it was close, 280 said yes, 292 said no. and

laura: lawmaker nick boles resignintonight.ore we can cross live to political correspondent chris mason. yet again parliament cannot agree on a way forward. does this mean that britain will cash out of the eu on april 12? chris: the remains the default legal option, laura. ilit is a possy in a week and a half's time. with all the numbers you heard, and the personal jeopardy of nick boles, but we had tonight was another wall of nos. last week we had half a dozen nos. the idea today was that by crystallizing, distilling some of the options that mps might be willing to support dowdn to just 4, there was a far gref er likelihoode majority. but as the evening went on, i was chatting to mps in the house of commons and more were saying they didn't think the numbers wereatuite there. as been borne out once again which means in all likelihood they will be a third attempt on wedndsday to try secure a majority. but the really tricky thing here is that even if one of the propositions or a variation on it does mage to grab a majority, the l

to be clear, you didn't have any prior discussions with nick boles? ar, you didn't have any prior discussions with nick boles7|j be clear, you didn't have any prior discussions with nick boles? i had no idea at all. i think everybody was... uchitel when he stood up that something was going to happen because he was clearly very upset, as he would be. —— you to leave your party, when you have been elected and you have given so much to your party, these are very big decisions, important decisions for some people, from almost. i wasn't quite that catchy groove but for some it is. what did you vote in favour of tonight? i want people to vote and i also voted for the s&p, joanna cherry‘s motion about what would happen in the event of no deal, we would just stop the whole thing and rightly so. —— snp. i didn't vote for the customs union because it wouldn't have what we call the regulatory alignment, for frictionless trade in the manufacturing sector is absolutely desperate for, i couldn't vote for nick's and then ben, it's not his, it belongs to a load of peo

nick boles talking about the fact he has failed, the parliament is failing. ey director of policy, recruitment & employment confederationjoins me now. many looked to parliament and would agree with nick right now. give us your take on the impact of this is having on the employment market?m some ways thejobs having on the employment market?m some ways the jobs market has been remarkably resilient. demand is still strong. business confidence in the economy is starting to really decline month from month and it is starting to impact on hiring decision. in some sectors, demand is impacted and in many sectors it is the supply of staff which is the biggest challenge. within the healthcare sector, the leisure sector, those kind of areas, they have relied on eu workers, especially in big cities like london, for example. where those workers have gone, are those positions are filled by homegrown talent? it is a massive challenge. from chefs, data analysts et cetera. it predates the referendum. engineering and technology jobs it predates the referendum. engineering and te

the question is though how do we move forward and that was the frustration on the part of nick bolesned, he said i failed, of nick boles who resigned, he said ifailed, ifailed, we failed, you know, we are failing our country, as it were, because many are arguing that there are those who are just saying no, no, no to everything because some of them want to run towards a no deal on the 12th. some wa nted towards a no deal on the 12th. some wanted do that but i was watching as he said it and it was really emotional and we talked about compromise and the fact that members of his party, the conservatives, are failing to compromise so some people are doing it because they are thinking about their party being in power and not necessarily what is in the best interest of the country and i think they came through in his speech. so they have to act in a more selfless way, they have to act in the best interest of the country. and yes, his speech was incredibly emotional and i think we will see more of that, more people walking away from the party, and a few members but not just away from the par

the fact that nick boles is pushing common market 2.0 is likely to get another airing in the commons commons next monday. as well as the attempt by yvette cooper and oliver letwin to force changes to the process it seems that an amendment is going to be paved that will pave the way for further indicative votes including nick boles‘s idea, next monday in the commons. this attempt to get a bill through the commons in very quick time, in order to come as you say, instruct the prior minister to extend article 50. how much concern is that causing in downing street? it will cause a lot and it will be framing the discussions they are having here as they try and game and work out the next few days. this is a pretty extraordinary constitutional step that the commons plans to take, using the time they have secured to push through a bill, very short, one clause, high—speed, through both houses of parliament, getting the power to instruct the prime minister to ask the european union for an extension. we can't demand one. it is the eu's prerogative whether they grant it. it's an attempt by mps to

former minister nick boles, whose own idea of a soft brexit was rejected, resigned as a conservativeannounce that ican no regret, therefore, to announce that i can no longer sit for this party. 0h, nick! don't go! come on! applause. then there were the seminaked climate change protesters interrupting the brexit debate, spending about 20 minutes —— 20 minutes standing in the house with a second facing the chamber. —— with their bums facing the chamber. although others were clearly more distracted than others. there is the former labour leader, ed miliband! this morning the prime minister is holding a meeting of her cabinet to discuss a route forward. the eu's main brexit negotiator has this morning said a no—deal scenario has become more likely. 0h, oh, sorry, ithought oh, sorry, i thought we were playing a clip of him, but we did that earlier! let's hear from a group of mps. first hugh merriman, conservative mp. he was the one you cld hear pleading with colleague nick boles who dramaticaly announced he was leaving the conserative party, pleading with him to stay and conservative mp e

of commons the houses of parliament for quite a few years and i certainly haven't and that was nick boles he was one of the people behind one of the motions that was voted on tonight this common market to motion which was trying to get support around the idea that the u.k. could stay within the single market and also part of the customs union so like a a no way plus option that's what they were looking at and he is somebody who was always supportive to reason may's deal three times she's put it to parliament he has supported it but this is him trying to get support across the house for a way forward so he's obviously very disappointed and on that. on his part particular motion only thirty three conservatives voted for it to his will he was particularly disappointed about what he's right because i mean we were just going to report to that the british government says it will continue to pursue support for prime minister teresa mayes briggs's deal they're probably going to go for a fourth vote on that maybe as soon as wednesday but the point is well taken that these attempts to find a bridge

and nick boles, who was behind one of the options, for he could no longer stay in his party. my party refuses to compromise. i regret, therefore, to announce that i can no longer sit for this party. 0h, nick. nick, don't go. come on! stay! the honourable gentlemen... applause. you're watching monday in parliament, with me, alicia mccarthy. don't forget, you can follow me on twitter @bbcalicia. now, six million people signed a petition calling on the government to stop brexit by revoking article 50. two other petitions also attracted tens of thousands of signatures — one calling for brexit to be upheld, and another demanding a second referendum. when all three were debated in westminster hall, the labour mp catherine mckinnell said the public were sick of the endless debates in parliament. and it is because they are frankly sick to the back teeth of hearing about this issue. day in, day out, they have had enough of brexit dominating every single news bulletin, newspaper headline, or radio discussion. and understandably, they just want to. .. they just. .. they just want what h

to have lost nick boles, he isa your party?rexit, that both parties, we have suffered some losses, and clearly some internal difficulties as well. these are issues on which people feel incredibly strongly and passionately, but we also need to come together and make sure we get the deal over the line in the interests of our country. damien hines, good to speak to you. enjoy your five—hour cabinet meeting coming up later on. presumably we will hear about what is said in that meeting later. carol is at the royal liver building in liverpool for us this morning as it prepares to open to the public for the very first time. she has a sense of the view they will have when they are allowed to see it. what a fantastic view as well, you can see from the shot you are looking at that the weather is closing in. still a fabulous city, and still a brilliant building. look at the clock on it, for example, the face of the clock. it is huge. 25 feetin face of the clock. it is huge. 25 feet in diameter, making it bigger than big ben, and it is als

and after his motion to stay in the single market was defeated, the former tory minister, nick boles,e this dramatic announcement before walking out of the chamber. my party refuses to compromise. i regret, therefore, to announce that i can no longer sit for this party. man: 0h, nick, nick, don't go, come on. while some fell on their swords, others just wanted to get on with brexit. in ten days from now we are due to leave the european union, which is what17.1i million people voted for. at the end of the day, the people are sovereign, not members of parliament. we do not elect the people, they elect us. we are there to obey their instructions and they gave us an order to leave so, for god's sake, let's just leave. whatever their position, it is clear many people, both in the uk and abroad, are losing patience with westminster‘s inability to move forward. the european parliament's brexit co—ordinator, guy verhofstadt, said: on tuesday, theresa may's deeply divided cabinet will meet to debate their next move but time does not stand still for anyone, so despite this apparent political pa

and after his motion to stay in the single market was defeated, the former tory minister nick boles madeamatic announcement before walking out of the chamber. my party refuses to compromise. i regret therefore to announce that i can no longer sit for this party. man: 0h, nick, nick, don't go, come on. while some fell on their swords, others just wanted to get on with brexit. in ten days from now we are due to leave the european union, which is what17.1i million people voted for. at the end of the day, the people are sovereign, not members of parliament. we do not elect the people, they elect us. we are there to obey their instructions and they gave us an order to leave so, for god's sake, let's just leave. whatever their position, it is clear many people, both in the uk and abroad, are losing patience with westminster‘s inability to move forward. the european parliament's brexit co—ordinator, guy verhofstadt, said: on tuesday, theresa may's deeply divided cabinet will meet to debate their next move but time does not stand still for anyone so, despite this apparent political paralysis, th

that the house can succeed where the prime minister has failed after the voting, conservative mp nick bolesfrom the party after his attempt to seek an alternative route forward to break the deadlock in parliament over brexit was rejected. i have given everything to an attempt to find a compromise that can take this country out of the european union while maintaining our economic strength and political cohesion. i accept i have failed. i have failed chiefly because my party refuses to compromise. i regret, therefore, to announce that i can no longer sit for this party. oh nick, don't go, come on! earlier, i spoke to our uk political correspondent rob watson and i asked him to give us an overview of where we are at now. i could do that in a sentence, i think, which is britain's brexit chaos continues, because for the second time in a row mps have failed to unite over any kind of deal struck by the prime minister, and we are now still wondering whether theresa may will try to bring back her dealfor theresa may will try to bring back her deal for a theresa may will try to bring back her dealfor

nick boles turn his plan a soft gregg said that would keep britain in the e.u. single market and for europe he also didn't muster a majority after which a did ject at bowls threw in the towel to cover his i accept i have fire. i have fire and chiefly because my coffee refuses to compromise thank. god for greater saffold through an army that i can no longer serious for this cost her. a couple. of old gentleman. throws out. but parliament isn't giving up another series of indicative votes could loom as early as wednesday and then maybe another vote on teresa mayes bragg's a deal which parliament has rejected three times already. but time is short in brussels the head of the european parliament's briggs it committee gave a whole start tweeted that monday's roads left a hard brigs it merely inevitable he warned that the u.k. has one last chance to break the deadlock or face the abyss and the stakes are high let's have a look now at the options that britain has there could be a fourth a vote on prime minister teresa mayes agreement if the deal is accepted britain wou

it comes as one mp, nick boles, has given an interview to the bbc sewing the prime minister has mismanagedunderstood brexit by only trying to please the conservative party and never trying to co nstru ct conservative party and never trying to construct a plan for the whole country. he said that the party is gripped ina country. he said that the party is gripped in a combination of cowardice from remainers and dogma from brexiteers. can theresa may come up with a plan that can unite the two factions without losing ministers? if she loses ministers does it spelt really a potential break—up of the conservatives?m depends whether she loses major ministers of state. if she loses her chancellor that would be very serious indeed. others she might be able to get by without them and have able to get by without them and have a reshuffle. she has lost 15 ministers in her premiership, so she has survived a lot to get to this point. the question is, the choices have to be made and the cabinet is going to be pulled one way or the other. here we go,. let's nestling. —— listen in. other. here we go,. let'

. >> may's announcement that she would work with labor comes after her own member nick boles announcedon the debate that he's an ex-tory. >> my party refused to compromise. i regret and that i can no longer sit for this party. >> oh, don't go. come on. >> so tonight the future of the united kingdom and its relationship with the european union remains unknown. that's our broadcast for tonight. you can catch me back here at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. eastern. thank you for being with us and good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. ♪ >>> an alarming incident at president trump's mar-a-lago club. the chinese woman is facing charges for allegedly entering the resort. >>> plus, president trump and mitch mcconnell are slashing over closing the southern border. the president said he's prepare ready to do it but mcconnell is warning of the consequences. >>> and two more women accused former vice president joe biden of inappropriate conduct. several presidential candidates are now weighing in. ♪

. >> may's announcement that she would work with labor comes after her own member nick boles announcedn the debate that he's an ex-tory. >> my party refused to compromise. i regret and that i can no longer sit for this party. >> oh, don't go. come on. >> so tonight the future of the united kingdom and its relationship with the european union remains unknown. that's our broadcast for tonight. you can catch me back here at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. eastern. thank you for being with us and good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. >>> what a weird news day this has been. seriously, we have odd news days now and it happens, we have news days with unexpected of twists and turns and stuff. we rarely get stuff this weird just like over the -- here you go. make of this of what you will

nick boles, who put forward the 2.0 option, has resigned. he said his colleagues within the conservative party are not able to compromise at this point. and judging by the mathematics generated this evening, it is looking difficult to see how that is going to happen. as you say, we have one more try at this taking place later on this week, but if you look at the incredibly close votes on the customs union, three votes, possible that an -- brexit could happen. the real question is with the eu except -- accept a long extension based on the fact that the u.k. is aiming for this development. the u.k. has to come up with an option and the eu has to agree to an extension to let it happen. shery: is it a possibility we could see a soft brexit? the sterling is declining, but is it rather convincing? guy: to be honest, everybody i talked to tells me that sterling is pretty much untradable at this point. they are trying to get a sense of what is happening, but it is incredibly difficult. you have seen that market, according to traders and strategists,

nick! mr boles will continue to sit as an independent.abinet, itself riven by division, will meet for up to five hours in an attempt to work out what to do next. brexit is due to happen a week on friday. the government, parliament and the country at large still no closer to knowing what on earth is going to happen. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. let's go straight to downing street and our assistant political editor, norman smith. good morning. the education secretary and the leader of the commons talking up under ‘s deal this morning. but as a result of what happens there today, will she try one more time to get her plan through the commons, or could something else emerge? through the commons, or could something else emerge ?|j through the commons, or could something else emerge? i think that remains the overwhelming likelihood. when you look at the other options have no deal or a general election oi’ have no deal or a general election ora have no deal or a general election or a delay to brexit, none of those are viewed very enthu

what is interesting about the snp, they backed the nick boles proposal because it was about partly staying the view of the snp, it would not be enoughjust to be in a customs union, they have always said single market as well and they are very pro freedom of movement, so i think that is where they would be a difference between the snp and labour. jeremy corbyn's issue will be about another referendum and interestingly his spokesman this lunchtime saying another referendum is only needed to prevent what they call a tory harmful brexit, or a no deal scenario, so you can seejeremy corbyn may not making that one of his red lines. intriguing to think how that meeting is going. i am joined by former conservative cabinet ministerjohn whittingdale who was with me now. first of all, how do you feel about the prime minister right now having a meeting with jeremy corbyn minister right now having a meeting withjeremy corbyn to sort out brexit policy? i have to say, i was profoundly surprised and unhappy when i heard the prime minister's announcement yesterday. by talking to the labour party, she has pl

the conservative mp nick boles dramatically quits the tory party in protest at the failure to reach a deal. i have failed chiefly because my party refuses to compromise. i regret therefore to announce that i can no longer set for this party. nick, don't go, come on! theresa may's cabinet will meet for five hours tomorrow, and despite her deal being rejected three times by mps there could be a fourth vote this week. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times, and sebastian payne, whitehall correspondent at the financial times. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in, and they're dominated by tonight's events in westminster. the daily mail declaims that the brexit process is back to square one following mps failure to agree on an alternative plan. the daily telegraph reports theresa may will tell mps they face the choice of a longer brexit extension or a general election if they don't back her deal. according to the i, mps are pulling their own "april fools" by not agreeing a new

that is one that has been put forward by nick boles.and it is the one a lot of conservative mps don't like, but we are starting to see labour whipping in favour of it today. the snp are also going to back it. and last week we had the same vote, essentially, but labour suggested, we would like you to do this. it was not as strongly enforced as it will be today. tom, we haven't got the full list yet of what they are going to go for, but it does seem that if this were the grand national, we are over the last fence and it is emerging? this is indeed the nation's most important horse race. i commend your ability to put this into some form of parable that anyone can care about! but what has happened is fascinating. we thought a customs union would be the long horse favourite. the kenneth clarke one. the kenneth clarke horse was a good ten furlongs ahead. suddenly, the nick boles course, which was third or fourth, labour have just come behind in a spectacular switch of horses that they were riding. they had backed a customs union before. the s

and so therefore the nick boles amendment.. it's 35 mps abstained but it shifted its position. here is the snp leader in westminster. the key thing for us is that we stay in the european union. we want to revoke article 50, we want to put it back to the people in a people's vote. but we will be prepared to compromise on the basis of protecting jobs, staying in the single market and the customs union, so we will vote for the boles amendment. another important factor in the equation is the democratic unionist party from northern ireland. here's where they stand on this option. the common market 2.0 plan, first of all, does not ensure that there's not a hard border on the island of ireland, as determined by the withdrawal agreement. so we have abstained on it last week, we will probably do the same this week again, but we will not be giving it our endorsement. let's see what christian fraser and his guest make of that option and all four of them. i am a christian. we have a very informed panel. while we have been watching you we

and today, nick boles spoke with the bbc‘s laura kuenssburg.e of commons, and seeing that the party that was least willing to compromise, least willing to through on commitments — and i mean real commitments that were made — was my own party and my own colleagues. and i guess that was when it snapped. ijust thought, "i can‘t pretend to be part of you any more". well after the prime minister‘s statement, nick boles tweeted... the thing is about brexit, almost everything lives to fight another day. with the possibility of more indicative votes next week, this is worth a look. scotland politicaljournalist philip sim tweets... he highlights these big blocks of blue. let‘s bring naomi up in back here to help us on this. why do conservatives remain committed to a particular part to lack or type of heart or brexit? it is tough or any of these options to get through?” suppose theresa may would want to point out that the majority of conservative mps have actually backed her deal. but of course the promise to make a problem she has there is that the dup

and last night nick boles, who had put forward an alternative plan to the house, resigned, blaming hise conservative party make of it? we're joined now from westminster by roberto weeden—sanz, a local tory councillor, and from romford by sue connelly, who's part of the romford conservative association. let me start with you, roberto, what did you make of the prime minister's proposal to go to the labour party looking for cross—party compromise? i think it is fantastic news, very heartening. brexit is something which the nation should have come together over a long time ago. when theresa may try to do something similar, jeremy corbyn walked out of the room when he saw chuka umunna was sat there, is fantastic news thatjeremy corbyn has decided it is time to find a solution to the quandary that parliament has got itself into. i know you are in a brexit constituency, the political cabinet discouraged a snap election, i wonder what would happen in your constituency if you're members were asked to go out and campaign carrying a manifesto that had theresa may's deal nish kumarfl carrying a man