goes nigel faraj and you know what, he's a nice guy.interesting position to take. group thatis interesting position to take. group that is been described as various variations is entering the fray not to get on board for the european elections, should they take place. is there room for this party, obviously ukip exists but seems to be on the slide. but is this going to work? is a going to work? the proportional representation, constituencies, you just need to win those votes. could it be enough for nigel faraj to return to the european your parliament if only for four weeks, remains to be seen. he saying that ukip is gone too far to the right and he provides, he and his new party provide a real alternative for those who just want to get out of the eu. and that very solid and consistent message certainly place them above the conservatives and indeed labour if you want to leave. people align more closely with the brexit identities than they do their party identities and what could be a consequence free election for the european elections

there is no ambiguity with nigel faraj, saying i will this lay members differently.h is a simple message to consume. people will vote differently in european elections than they would in a local election. we remember how ukip did not do well in general elections it could be used as a protest vote to send a message to the two major clinical parties that they are dissatisfied. equally, it shows that the alternative side, the more your file side, the smaller parties, and change uk, the breakaway group, failed to make this sort of attraction at this party has. back to the original point, because of nigel faraj, in a large part, because people follow and easily identify with him, they like the sound of him at a time when mps are blathering on and frustrating the brexit process, they feel. sam, he has that impact that is quite worrying for the conservatives. they thought they had banished the farage problem, by agreeing to hold the referendum, now out his back, and arguably he is in a strong position to attack the conservatives as he was five years ago. i had a chat to nig

nigel faraj, the polls suggest could do pretty well.arty, the brexit party is surging ahead according to one poll. it says that, maybe it's 23% of the vote, you know, reading other report on this does make reports, he's got the you get basis, he's got the tories -- ukip asis, -- you get basis, he's got the tories —— ukip asis, —— basis, and the news that he is on course for election victory? i am a remainer, that he is on course for election victory? iam a remainer, i that he is on course for election victory? i am a remainer, i want things to get done, but if we can do a dealjust to stop nigel faraj from sitting in power —— farage, that would be great but i wouldn't underestimate him in terms of his power. there are potentially a lot of people who would be frustrated with the delay to brexit who will feel that parliament is stopping a process that was voted for by a majority... i think everyone is frustrated by the delay. yeah it's not even some people. but some people will see nigel farage's returned to the fray in a very direct way i

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if there are european elections, nigel faraj already promising to run in the selection and jacob re-smogthe chairman of the hard-line european research group saying it would make life for the european union difficult. i've been talking to people on the streets here today and they are very worried that this process will drag on for months and months to come and they want to get on with briggs at some point. -- with brexit at some point. brent: what we have heard from european council president donald tusk, announcing what he would call a flextension. what more do we know about this idea of letting them basically have another year? >> we heard earlier this morning sort of throughgh a leak ththat donald tusk was suggesting what has now been dubbed flextension, meaning that the eu would offer the u.k. around about a year. the exact date hasn't been formally set. but that the u.k. would have the option to leave if they were by some miracle, to come to a decision before that time. shortly after that news of the flextension, there was a meeting of ambassadors here in brussels. that certainly se

on friday we saw the brexit party launched with nigel for hours —— right nigel faraj.rospect at these elections? who knows. we have got to the point to map out timelines. this party which is effectively what it is, it is depressing. yes it is a sign that politics is broken. this isa sign that politics is broken. this is a phrase we hear politicians saying when the do not know what to do. but politics is broken does not stop it or fix it. the re—emergence of nigel farage. someone i am not a final. but the most successful, has managed to turn on its head, this idea of the uk being subservient to europe, he has brought about the referendum. he managed in large part for people to vote to leave the eu and now he is revealing again because he feels the party he used to represent as racist, bigoted and disorganised. we have to see how much of that was his leadership, whether he encouraged it are tolerated. i do not think his party will be the saviour of politics in this country. it will be interesting to see what happens. anjacob rees—moog. this certainly seems to be making t

and decided to call the referendum as a ploy to knock down his right wing in the party and stop nigel faraj had no intention of losing this thing. and he did lose it. now he had to go and this thing is sitting in the national consciousness. farage sta rts national consciousness. farage starts the praxis party which is sucking the life out of the conservative party and may be hitting labour as well —— brexit party. maybe it is a good thing for labour and they will decide where they will stand. talking about who does what, the mail on sunday has all that because it has 40% of tory councillors backing fa rage. all that because it has 40% of tory councillors backing farage. they are saying three quarters want theresa may to resign. because she had the vote of no confidence, maybe if we overturn the rules we could have a new leader in and change things and then they have this poll and they have said, our party is dead, brexit is killing us on the doorstep, should theresa may design? the majority say yes. actually, not a majority. one does wonder if the voters that mps work for want more chaos? t

as a sort of second referendum on whether the country should leave the european union, putting nigel faraj'sgainst others who want to stop brexit at all cost. major difference if british a distance on the continent can't vote. thee want to take part in election. many were not allowed to take part in the referendum three years ago. this is the opportunity to have their say on whether they think it.should stop brex if they are going to miss out simply because it takes too long to issue ballot papers or the postal system in their respective countries don't work very -- doesn't work very effectively or because they have to proxy vote in the united kingdom, that could skew the results. remainders may have already made up their minds what they want to vote for, but if people abroad are not able to exercise their choice, it will be seen as controversial. >> the british and irish government are soon to reserve talks that have been in political limbo for more than two years. they were spurred by the death of a journalist, shot during rioting in the city of london. theresame minister may and her irish

what about nigel flourish and his —— nigel faraj and his brexit party.ter gets her deal through. he is waiting to scoop up tory and some labour voters in the election. tensions between sudan's ruling military council and protestors are coming to a head. this is the capital, khartoum, with thousands of demonstrators marching, blocking roads and demanding a civilian government. they're also out in force outside the defence ministry. now the military council has ordered the protestors to lift the roadblocks and clear the area immediately. this all began ten days ago when this man, president 0mar al—bashir, was overthrown after 30 years in power. protestors accuse the military council of being composed of remnants of mr bashir‘s regime and want total change. here's protest leader dr sara abdelgalil. there is a state council with representation from the army and the police and that has always been said and always been clear, and therefore they have their role as a supporter but they cannot rule the transition period and they cannot be the only leaders and the

you are right, nigel faraj got the referendum, everybody laughed and said he wouldn‘t get it, but itrliament is not in sympathy with that verdict it has been trying to frustrated ever since. what you need to do is send a loud warning shot across their bowels and to say, to the booth major parties, to say if you don‘t get on with that and do it and get back to sensible politics, then this is going to be their results and receipts will be in danger. you call theresa may a hopelessly inadequate prime minister, but don‘t you think that anyone who was leading the conservative party at this time would find themselves with an equally difficult position, position where they able to get the withdrawal agreement three, they would have been under pressure in the first instance to trigger article 50 as early as they did. do you really think it is the person, not the issue? there are so many things that she has got wrong. first of all that stupid vanity project of the general election. then she has been so meek with the eu. a typical example of that was when parliament finally did get a consensus

they will be mauled from the right by niall farah's and the faraj andty -- nigel the brexit party.parties like change u.k. that do not want brexit to happen, and in the metal -- middle will be theresa may's conservatives who do not know what kind of brexit they want. if they don't want it to happen, they have to pass a whole lot of legislation before the end of may. what we will see, they are still arguing about whether or not to do this, but instead of trying to get a meaningful vote through, they may try to get legislation through. francine: i don't know if you can quantify it in percentage, but what is the likelihood of this going through? we were hoping for a breakthrough between theresa may and jeremy corbyn. why would labour mps vote for this? rob: it is a mistake to look at this and think, why would they do this thinking it would work. we are at a desperate throw of the dice, nothing left to lose territory. pass't see why this would as things stand. the tories who would not vote for the meaningful vote will not vote for this. the labour party says they will not vote for this