it is very important to know what the british parliament wa nt know what the british parliament want know what the british parliament wantand in know what the british parliament want and in the last months it was easy for the british parliament to say what they do not want but now it is time to decide. what if no deal passes parliament? the question i

but more than that, blaming parliament by many at westminster ta ke parliament by many at westminster is mrs may, her red lines, a refusal to involve parliament, her lack of leadership, and she is the problem. is there a way, and some mps are talking about, for parliament to take control of this process in the time remaining, rather than theresa may controlling the process, as they see it, and offering a choice of her deal or no—deal? offering a choice of her deal or no-deal? there is that it is an almighty long reach. the game plan is ahead of monday, head of the meaningful vote on tuesday or wednesday, they will put an amendment down which will indicate indicative votes, which is a way of parliament saying this is what we do like, the least worst option. and then to hope they get an extension and in that extension period to try to manoeuvre into a situation where a day or days are set aside for legislation to be passed to put in place this alternative framework. it is an almighty big ask and it has never been done before. there are huge divisions between mrs may's opponents, the nor

it is very important to know what the british parliament wa nt know what the british parliament wantat the british parliament wantand in know what the british parliament want and in the last months it was easy for the british parliament to say what they do not want but now it is time to decide. what if no deal passes parliament? the question i put to luxembourg's prime minister. should the uk be granted a longer extension? if you organise european elections, we can discuss that. i will not want a delay after european elections if you do not have elections. people quite frankly fed up on the european side of the uk?” have sometimes the feeling like we are waiting in the waiting room.” hope this time they will come. ireland's prime minister has said it is time to cut the uk some slack but mrs may will still have to convince eu leaders how a delay will help.” have a voice at any extension has to have a voice at any extension has to have a voice at any extension has to have a purpose so we will see how that discussion goes —— i have a lwa ys that discussion goes —— i have always said. eu

there is a separate question to that, which is that as parliament, we have to resolve what oui’ parliamentnship with the eu is going to look like, what leaving the eu really means. that is what my proposal of common market 2.0 is hoping to address. i am a long remainer. i am hoping to address. i am a long remainer. iam pro—european hoping to address. i am a long remainer. i am pro—european and used to argue against the sort of norway model for many years on the airwaves. but i have come to the view that that is the thought of leaving of the eu, we would be leaving of the eu, we would be leaving all the political institutions of the eu, but we would retain the strong economic close relationship, which is what i think people thought they were being offered with the referendum. common market 2.0, norway plus. that effectively means a softer brexit. that means it is not brexit at all to many people. let me read this text. theresa may is trying her best to make sure she respects the country's choice. stop the witch—hunt. what do you say to that? there is no point blaming this on one person. it'

monday parliament will take over the process? parliament needs to get a grip. need to make up their mind. i would prefer a deal. i have bent over backwards with the kit morehouse compromise and the graham brady amendment, but i would ta ke graham brady amendment, but i would take a no deal exit if we had to. do you think that's likely? parliament ought to get a grip and vote for it, but parliament at the moment is taking it off the table. voters need to write to their mps and tell them to write to their mps and tell them to uphold democracy. steve baker, thank you. a very clear sign there of the difficulty that coming to their decision has been for very many mps in the house of commons today. well, as you can hear it's very noisy here — plenty of protesters out here this afternoon. leave demonstrators have gathered in parliament square in westminster. there are three different protests all converging on westminster this afternoon. our correspondent sarah walton is there. there are thousands of people gathered here now. the numbers have swelled quite significant

parliament has to sort this out.nnot simply leave the country drifting rudderless into i don't know what. over the next few hours and a very short number of days we have to sort this out. the people watching this, they will be extremely concerned, what will the government do now? theresa may said it was great but she didn't say what she would do. people would expect us to take a moment to work the best path forward. i am frustrated. i backed this deal. we didn't like all of it but something had to be done because i thought it was the right thing for the country. so did the vast majority of my colleagues and a numberof vast majority of my colleagues and a number of brave labour mps who crossed the floor of the house to be with us tonight. what i don't understand is why that alternative blocked all of those who believe on the alternative policy requires the thing they voted against today shows that none of... are you relaxed about the prospect of no—deal on the 12th of april? the government has done a lot of preparatio

now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello and welcome to monday in parliament. the main news from westminster. the commons agrees to set aside parliamentary time so that mps canfind set aside parliamentary time so that mps can find a way forward on brexit. the eyes to the right, 329, the noes to the left, 302. —— ayes. no further votes on theresa may's brexit dealfor the time no further votes on theresa may's brexit deal for the time being. no further votes on theresa may's brexit deal for the time beingm is with great regret that i have to conclude that as things stand, there is still not sufficient support in the house to bring back the deal for a third meaningful vote. the the house to bring back the deal for a third meaningfulvote. the labour leader has its time for a plan b. a third meaningfulvote. the labour leader has its time for a plan bi hope where the government has failed, this house can and will succeed. and looking on the bright side, of a succeed. and looking on the bright side, ofa no—deal succeed. and looking on the bright side, of a no—deal bre

hand, but ijust parliament parliament take the upper hand, but i just parliament forced parliament takeat it said, how to it force theresa may to take this back to european council? it has no mechanism to do show. you might shame her into it, but that won't work. parliament can say, we take control of the business of parliament, but parliamentarians sometimes think that's the end of the story, and it isn't, as long as she doesn't accept what they say is mandate to her, the position doesn't change very much. that may be her way of toughing it out. remember, for all today's chaos, it does seem she wants to stay. all that flurry we got over the weekend, might there be an interim prime minister?, that evaporated pretty quick. on that note, thank you both forjoining us. ata time, note, thank you both forjoining us. at a time, but we could have chatter for another half an hour, easily. a quick update on the weather, but to remind you of the six o'clock is coming up. clear skies for a good pa rt coming up. clear skies for a good part of england and wales, and the satellite picture tells the st

parliament needs to decide, there are five or six different paths that can be followed, and parliamentry option. there is no option that parliament has voted in favour of. would you consider another option if theresa may's deal is voted on again and falls again? you are treating her option like it is different to the others. you need to choose the best option. just because that one has been defeated twice, doesn't mean it should be discounted prematurely. i think given the choice available, the deal is the best one because it delivers the referendum result while keeping trade flowing. and if you are coming at it from an erg perspective, it avoids the risk of either not leaving at all or getting stuck in a common market 2.0 relationship which i will be voting against today because it has all of the obligations of membership of the european union, so you have unlimited free movement, budget contributions that are nearly as high as being a member, they set all the rules for our economy, we are locked into european union trade deals but can't do any trade deals of our own, deals but can't

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament.

now on bbc news, the week in parliament.lo, there, and welcome to the week in parliament, as mps react to the news that brexit is to be delayed. what is he going to say to reassure people outside of this place that it's not just an absolute farce? what i would say is, back the deal. after a stormy week at westminster, we ask a constitutional expert, what next? mps are going to come back next week quite fired up and quite determined to make sure that we get a resolution to this by the end of the week, which is not no—deal. also on this programme, after five government defeats, peers finally passed the trade bill. and we hear about the mp who was too young to vote. you had to be aged 30 and meet property requirements to be able to vote. jennie lee was just 24. but first, it was a week that ended with brexit being delayed. on thursday night, after eight hours of talks, eu leaders offered to put off brexit until 22nd may if mps approved theresa may's deal in the next few days. if they don't, the delay will be shorter, until 12th

s against parliament claiming parliament for the mess that brick city's in she increasingly looks like a sort of lowden wolf act without her cabinet by her side closest allies distancing themselves from her if she has this vote next week a third vote on her twice mess of lead defeated deal there is very little sign that the parliamentary arithmetic has changed certainly what m.p.'s may have. to buy have had said the sympathy for her probably does now after her performance last night and if her deal goes down a third time well then it's hard to see how she doesn't go down with it then was well new direction new leadership perhaps by consent of parliament within fourteen days perhaps a new election certainly and new deal and all of that will take time it may not be to everyone's taste to take part in the european parliament election but this is what the second tier of this deal is all about opening up part way to that and parliament may have to no choice but to accept to remember it's taken three is to get to this point it is very odd to see how a matter of a couple of weeks or a couple

in parliament has the power, now we seem for parliament in parliament has the power, now we seem confusedust political or potentially legal? there is a scented which parliament is trying to arrest control back from the executive with a concept of the indicative votes, three votes we re the indicative votes, three votes were mps can express their will. the reason we are in this situation is there is such a panorama of views in there is such a panorama of views in the house of commons that whatever the house of commons that whatever the prime minister wants does not really matter, we have a unique conflation of a minority government and all sorts of different views and and all sorts of different views and a breakdown of party discipline, eve ryo ne a breakdown of party discipline, everyone is completely happy to say what they believe, and how can the prime minister then have real sovereign or executive control because she cannot get anyone to vote for what she needs? do you worry about the legacy of the last couple of years, in terms of respect for institutions? we saw the fairly shocking n

to get on with it and she wa nts parliament to get on with it and she wants parliament to get on with that is what many of her critics have been saying and they would say that she has deliberately played a very long game, pushed the meaningful vote as late as possible, up to the deadline of march the 29th in order to tell critics that she hopes she‘ll get members of parliament to concentrate their minds, to leave them with choice —— little choice but to leave with her deal. she says her deal is the best deal, the only realistic deal to enact with the british people have voted for that referendum almost three years ago by the 17.4 million people voting to leave the european union and she again is saying that she is on her side and —— at their site and not wanting to vote and european elections three years after leaving the eu. will be back with you a little bit later. next on the programme. let‘s bring in let‘s dominic grieve, former uk attorney general by westminster the government has been really striving in the last few months to do two things, one is to get a deal andi do two thing

parliament is voting once again on the brakes a deal they've already rejected twice except this time they're only voting on part of it that would draw agreement can you explain this to us please. yes this is on a sort of technical know if they were to reason may and her government were not allowed to put the same motion in front of parliament for a. time twice her deal that she fought so hard with the european union. to exit from the e.u. this so-called withdrawal deal plus a political declaration that's been negotiated and she has twice tried to put this in front of parliament and she has failed to get it through so now this is a slightly smaller version of it without a political declaration that deals with a future relationship so it's the divorce agreement if you want and she's trying and really last through of the dice to get this agreed by parliament and as we speak parliamentarians will really sorry will really be really wrestling with their own conscience and with what they think is right for the country i've spoken to many of them and and they know that this is a grave decisi

even if they can give something in this parliament, the next parliament will want to rip it up next parliaments unlikely we will leave the eu on march the 29th? i think will leave the eu on march the 29th? ithink! will leave the eu on march the 29th? i think i do, yes. having said that, whatever was voted on tonight, the legislation is still in place. if the prime minister held firm, we would be living on march the 29th and she has told the house of commons over 100 times we would, but ido commons over 100 times we would, but i do not think she and this government have got the will to see it through. the commons has voted against her deal, it has voted against her deal, it has voted against no deal, tomorrow will it vote to extend the brexit process? you must be worried that brexit might not happen at all now. well, look, i was more than prepared to accept a brexit deal with a series of compromises but i was not prepared to accept michel barnier‘s treaty which gave us a far worse situation than being members of the european union. that was wholly unacceptable. i think this, whatever parliament

square and the rally will then commence in front of parliament itself.ber of speakers are expected. there have been a collection of placards and you can see that the crowds are building over the last few hours. flags of the european union flying as well. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, is taking part, along with scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon. it comes ahead of another critical week in the brexit process. our political correspondent pete saul reports. whether it's to be or not to be, many believe another referendum is the only way forward. it's still growing, but this could become one of the largest protests this country has ever seen. their argument is clear — if parliament cannot resolve the issue, why not put brexit back to the people? i never wanted to leave in the first place and ijust think i have no faith in the government being able to run the country. we should have a say, now that everyone knows what the deal is, we should have a say on what the future of the uk should be. we've got to a shambles where we're one week before and

another day inside the british parliament to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a vote confirming what lawmakers do not want what they do want well it remains a mystery tonight british m.p.'s voted against a new deal breaks and against crashing out of the european union with no deal in hand but what kind of deal they would like to have you know tonight the world already has its eyes on tomorrow's parliamentary vote when lawmakers will probably admit that they are running out of time and that they need more of it a break sit delay but will more time make any difference and who can make a difference now that it appears prime minister theresa may is losing her voice and possibly all of her authority to speak for the country. right on it richard herman talks about not wanting to get repeatedly famous in a way that brings no deal close a good deal has been flatly rejected twice why this time i was my own precedented majority's. i may not have my own voice but i do understand the voice of the c

it is not us in parliament contemplating this.never heard such unparliamentary language about ha rd—working colleagues from all sides of the house. hear, hear. we sit in committees, we sit on select committees, delegate legislation. that is what we do. but the government has had lancaster house, mansion house, florence, berlin and each time we backed the prime minister for clarity on the information about negotiations. and each time she said nothing. ‘i don't want to give a running commentary. ‘brexit means brexit.‘ what she should have done was given us broad heads of agreement, right at the start, so she can understand what parliament wanted. what i would say about the prime minister's speech yesterday is that what she was seeking to invoke amongst all parliamentarians is just the absolute reality that in a hung parliament, it is for every member of parliament to seek to provide their support for good governance. we are going to have to have an emergency debate about mp security following the prime minister's statement last nigh

and fast negotiated the deal on behalf of the parliament thank you. start this is about the rule of law it's all one we're talking about is protecting a fundamental right it's about property and about the right to intellectual property and finally it's about fair payment for content creators it's up to us to save european cultural products and not to hand them over to tech monopolies for them to plunder. was. the aim of this reform is to require those who profit from content shared on the internet to obtain permission to do so and if necessary to pay the originators. of people like musician alexander dommage who currently find it almost impossible to benefit when their creative work is uploaded to the internet. this is about a fundamental right to creators who want to live from their efforts composers photographers whatever have a right to share in the commercial exploitation of their work that means to receive payment and that these critics fear the change will make the internet less free and lead to de facto censorship as legitimate content is mista

the parliament will say yes we need more time for breakfast. and we were hurt i would certainly explain that even if there is a not to vote for treason mase deal next week and even if it should. go that it is difficult to see from this point in time. even then more time is needed because britain is just sort of sliding into the abyss because there is such tremendous debts organization if you look at what happened today in parliament i mean there was a spectacle that nobody one would want to see in their own government in the complete shambles to reason a whipping against her own motion eating her own words and then voting against it because still the new injured prime minister's question time she said yes she would vote against no deal bret's it and then some hours later she would sort of vote against her own motion i mean that is so far secure that whoever was the scriptwriter of this episode. so that's the great bracks it's syria is he really should consider what he's doing here so if the problem is that there is still no clear plan the only

i really don't know where parliament is going to go. don't know where the government is leading, i don't think there has been leadership from the government right from the start. so, what's the way out of this? we'll be getting the view from westminster, brussels, scotland and northern ireland. and coming—up on sportsday on bbc news... premier league players and managers say they're prepared to walk off if there's racist abuse during a football match. good evening from westminster. if the prime minister had had her way, the united kingdom would be leaving the eu in one hour's time. today should have been brexit day. that's what theresa may promised. but instead she had to watch on as mps rejected her plans for a divorce deal with the eu once again. she told parliament that this was their last chance to deliver the kind brexit people had voted for. but it wasn't enough. 286 mps voted yes, 344 voted no — the prime minister lost by 58 votes. so now april 12th — is our new brexit day. either we leave with no deal. or the prime minister asks

i recognise the parliament is split, just like the public, and in that way parliament represents theutting a trade deal? no, what is going to happen is we will run the clock down again with the transition period and we will end with the transition period and we willend up taking with the transition period and we will end up taking the deal they give us. which is why we ought to leave next friday. i don't know what is so difficult about this? if we leave on friday we are free of the terms of the withdrawal agreement. sean, from merseyside, he is listening to you. leave next friday with no deal. crispin blunt says i don't see what is a difficult about that. what do you think? the people in the pinstripes and the power suits in parliament at the moment need to swap it for a penny and go down to the nearest hospital or the nearest coffee shop and help the people really working in this country. i am a retired gp and the first thing i was taught was first to do no harm. 0ur first thing i was taught was first to do no harm. our country is being brought to harm by the reckless irresponsibili

crowds on the march to push parliament to get on with it...oughly bad idea and it deserves to be defeated today. on the day that we were due to leave... shame on you! ..mps were asked to back a deal they hate or a delay. protests brought frustration to parliament, the prime minister brought the deal that would divorce us from the eu to the commons for judgment — again. the ayes to the right, 286. the noes to the left, 344. a closer result than last time out but a third defeat of nearly 60 votes for theresa may's deal — still way off. i fear we are reaching the limits of the process in this house. this house has rejected no deal, it has rejected no brexit, on wednesday, it rejected all the variations of the deal on the table. this government will continue to press the case for the orderly brexit that the result of the referendum demands. hear, hear! this deal now has to change. there has to be an alternative found and if the prime minister can't accept that, then she must go, not at an indeterminate date in the future, but now. she should now g

we have to refresh the parliament.efreshing, let's turn to the daily express, not saying that the paper is refreshing, but as a refresh of the leadership. this is another big story that has developed today. it looks like the crew has slightly died down, but let's talk very quickly about possible leadership names. the paper is saying it is time for her to go, and if her deal is not being passed she should go, because it would put someone in place that the brexit supporters would want to be more robust. the daily express is saying, get behind the prime minister and sort out brexit. they look diametrically opposed. the express is saying don't try to replace her. david livingstone was being talked about today as an immediate stopgap. but he says he doesn't want it. so he says. and other people, michael gove... these people are being touted, or were being touted in particular, they have come out today saying they don't want it and now was not the right time to change leader, but there was this theory and suggestion that the

would provide more time for theresa may to get her vote through parliament, but there it no majin parliament form of deal. once you remove the cliff edge, it removes some of the immediate urgency to ratify a deal. m jane: so withoority, the deal can't go through. what happens then? is it ju brexit on march 29? amanda: i think it is unlikely we will see a hard brexit on march as. parliamentast a symbolic vote saying they don't support that. i don't think eu leaders want that. i think there will be some sort of extension, but it doesn't mean we won'be in the same position several weeks from now with no deal. one possibility is it cod allow some time to have a more managed hard exit? >> how much is her job tied toe tcome of next week's vote? s assuming taker allows a vote. amanda: i think it is likely that the speaker would allow the vote to happen. he is not looking to obstruct the will of parliament and could make the argument that, given these conversations this week, there would be some change in circumstances. even if there isn't a specific change in the deal.ly we are also lio see more am

ourselves and we know how parliaments can be difficult, and i chaira parliaments can be difficult, and have some respect for the speaker, i also think that we don't want to see parliaments being locked like they are in the house of commons. i think it does democracy no favours. but i suppose it reflects the society in the uk, that there is a division still over brexit, and that there are very strong views. i mean, that's what i find extraordinary, on both sides. and you know, it is quite interesting, if you look at the coalition against their withdrawal agreement, it is made up by people who want to remain in the european union and of people who are against even an agreement, just want to crash out. so i suppose that is a very difficult mix to deal with, and i hope that right prevails, whatever thatis, i hope that right prevails, whatever that is, because in my heart, if i'm honest, i'd love that this wasn't happening. i would dearly love the united kingdom to stay part of the european union but my head knows that you are leaving, and therefore we need the living to be amicable, we nee

i really don't know where parliament is going to go.w where the government is leading, i don't think there has been leadership from the government right from the start. and coming up on bbc news, players warn they will walk off if they suffer racist abuse, as the premier league returns after the international break. good evening from westminster where there are angry crowds on what should have been the day we left the european union. instead in dramatic scenes this afternoon — mps voted for the third time to reject the prime minister's brexit divorce deal. mps were told this was their last chance to deliver the kind brexit people voted for. but it wasn't enough to persuade them — 286 mps voted yes, 344 voted no — the prime minister lost by 58 votes. theresa may said it was a matter of deep personal regret that the uk wasn't leaving the eu today and called it a grave moment for parliament. april 12th — is now brexit day. either we leave with no deal. or the prime minister asks brussels for an extension — and it could be a long one. it's

to lay out what those options could be and give parliament the option of them voting on them parliament can't do it entirely under certain accord ok all right so that say there are the other amendments that the hardbacks amendments which which is much more in favor of no deal which is basically toe space based on the result of that amendment is going to be that in five or six minutes time from now ok will come back to us when those results come in for the moment lawrence outside westminster thank you. now us president donald trump's former campaign chairman paul man a fourth will spend three and a half more years behind bars than a fourth pleaded guilty to multiple counts including conspiracy money laundering and obstruction of justice he received nearly four years for tax evasion and other financial crimes in a separate case last week now both cases are linked to special counsel robert miller's investigation into russia's role in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election that equal has more now on this from washington d.c. . paul manna for us president former campaign manager woke up

parliament tears a tear up over how to overcome the impasse. u.s. secretary of state mike pumping out to players washington's intention to weaponize its energy exporting clout in a bid to outdo what he bad actors in the political leverage create. and undeterred by their narrow escape from a failed rocket launch last year a space is poised to make a fresh bid for the stars with engines firing up at the baikonur cosmodrome later this thursday. up close and personal with a new crowd. that is finally out of the war boyd was assembled manually having taking to the launch side by train and this is the last time we see this beautiful look at the middle one construction in a horizontal position. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q and moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the fate of bricks that appears to be in limbo the british parliament has rejected leaving the e.u. without a deal one day after sizably rejecting prime minister teresa mayes divorce agreement with. no alternative in place of the brooks the clock ticking ten

feast in parliament.weeks ago she would make an announcement within a few weeks on the next steps for scotland and it‘s absolutely right people in scotla nd it‘s absolutely right people in scotland have that choice rather than being dragged out of the eu against our will in a brexit that scottish mps have not voted for. thank you to kirsty blackman, the snp's thank you to kirsty blackman, the snp‘s economic spokesperson. we can now hear from some british ex pats we can now hear from some british expats living in france. the sun has come out in this pretty little village in the dordogne, home to around 30 british residents, some of whom have congregated in the cafe behind me. they have been watching the votes in westminster this week really carefully to work out what will happen with their pensions, their residency rights and access to health care. two of them have joined me here this morning for top brenda henderson and liz price, who both live in the area. brenda, the deal theresa may put forward was goi

tomorrow there will be a vote in parliament, as the prime minister has promised, to ask parliament ifon until the rant about the 22nd of may, which is what presidentjunker said. about the 22nd of may, which is what president junker said. if she is seeking an extension, we are not leaving on march the 29. the options area leaving on march the 29. the options are a technical extension to allow us are a technical extension to allow us to pass a deal and leave in an orderly way. ijust us to pass a deal and leave in an orderly way. i just said that, either way we do not leave on the 29. as the law stands, we are, but she will ask for an extension. 29. as the law stands, we are, but she will ask for an extensionm seems pretty clear, there is no point seeking an extension if we will leave on the 29th. the prime minister has said that if her deal for she will bring back a motion tomorrow to ask for an extension —— if her dealfalls. think tomorrow to ask for an extension —— if her deal falls. think this through for a second, even if we ask foran through for a second, even if we ask for an exte

ok and germany will be waiting to hear from parliament next week. absolutely a lot hinges on that particular vote i think that it's a recent may well have not that terribly much to add to that letter that she sent yesterday to donald tusk the head of the european council putting that request on the table for an extension till the thirtieth of june even but that depends on the specs a deal going through anything else would be a disaster and didn't put it in as many words would be very harmful also to the e.u. the britain is very intertwined with the e.u. economy but. spent about a third of her speech on bracks and then said well as much as she regrets the u.k. wanting to leave that europe also must look ahead must look into the future working down the list of issues of trade relations to china which of course let's not forget is also on the table when she hits brussels to michaux getting back to you in just a bit first let's take a look at yesterday's events in london when the british prime minister asked for the extension to the deadline that is now

to to reason made to parliament what do you want and the problem is parliament doesn't know what it wants because there are so many ideas and at the moment that has not been the opportunity for there to be across party consensus on what is the way forward so now we are going to see more and more m.p.'s trying to take control trying to wrest control from to raise them a who as we had tonight was almost speechless she has lost her voice which is simply of what is going on at the moment for the government in the u.k. and they will have to be a kind of middle way we know that there are conservatives we know that there are labor m.p.'s who are trying to work together to forge a kind of soft bricks it something that wouldn't be as hard as to reason may's withdrawal agreement so that is something that will certainly be put on the table let's let's let's pick up forward with the barber of. london. let's let's make sure we can get a first of all because i've been down this path before bob revisal in london are you amongst those present. actually i can repeat the question still because i have to i

one parliament can't bind another.eral election, you used to say that wouldn't solve it, it certainly wouldn't but it is now impossible the to see that general election wouldn't also force, you know, push the leaders very strongly. that doesn't mean that a second referendum argument is over at all, and it is still, i think the strategy of people's vote campaign is to let all these other options play out and fail, and it must be said, many of them are failing again and again and again. sol failing again and again and again. so i think that is still in the air, but if you ask me where the mood is at the moment, the divisions are not healing, that is very, very plainly the case, so a major constitutional event might be closer than we assumed. for both of you, theresa may, i mean she said she would go if she got her deal through, she could fight another election still? well a general election, the other thing that i think should scare both of the main parties a lot more is the immediate prospect of having to sign up immedi

parliament has to decide. what are the options?y to discuss whether to have a close economic relationship with the eu including a customs union or a looser free trade deal, or perhaps leaving without a deal at all or possibly holding another referendum. but how will mps choose between them? they will be put on a ballot paper which will be handed to mps and they will be asked to indicate yes or no to each one of them and mps can vote for as many of the ideas as they are prepared to support. tomorrow evening we will have the results declared. what if the prime minister doesn't listen? if we are going to get out of the crisis, and this is a real crisis, then the government has to show a willingness to compromise. let's flag up another problem. if theresa may knows what mps are telling her, they may have to pass another new law to compel her to listen. that could be tricky because if she doesn't like that, we could then be facing a general election. some of her ministers say they have the solution to break the deadlock. they say if lon

is going to bring this whole business back to parliaments and. voting in the meantime what is possible to do this process of sort of sit and wait for something to happen. well the contingency planning is in full swing now that the you presumes that no deal breaks it is the most likely scenario and that means they look into all sorts of directions how do enterprises prepare custom controls over over the past year new customs officers have been recruited in cali which is the border point close to the british border or so the next point of access to the continent so all sorts of preparations also legal preparations are in full swing but the e.u. has made it very clear what happens in a no deal breck's it is they will will make a unilateral proposals to the u.k. for instance on citizen rights but they won't come close to anything like a deal which the which the u.k. could negotiate so it will only be emergency preparations that are taking place and not a soft breck's it's that could be prepared because the only deal is on that that is on the table is

parliament sneakin the whole.well in all in effect what's happened now is parliament has taken back control of this process so the e.u. gave the british gave the government kind of a week to get its deal three it has now failed to do that and so parliament now has two weeks to come up with something different so on monday will have so-called indictive votes where m.p.'s will be able to vote on their chosen options one of those will be a referendum another might be a customs union for example both of which teresa mayes rules out and parliamentarians will begin to see if they can coalesce around one particular option but it's not inconceivable that they weren't and if they don't that might be the time when theresa may brings back her deal and say that this all the abyss you mentioned their problem at nih has two weeks to coalesce around a solution that works for the british parliament but we've just seen the british parliament remains incredibly divisive is there a danger that the new deal scenario which is the lega

so that's how i see parliament. next thursday night. i mean, literally the eve of us leaving, and if there was going to be an extension granted, it would happen then and not, in my view, tonight. and that would be a two—year extension, or as elmar brok is talking about, the senior german politician, an unlimited extension. but of course, faced with no deal or you going back to the european parliament, they'd probably have you back. well, ithink, look, that's where we are now, isn't it? i mean, one of two things will happen — either we're leaving next friday or we're fighting the european elections. so you haven't packed up your desk just yet? no, i haven't, and in fact i'm getting ready and planning for the european elections, but again, you see, mrs may has to calculate... you know, if i did that huge psychological damage to david cameron and the conservatives back in 2014, what could i do in 2019? well, let me tell you, i'd do a lot more and i'd get a lot more votes than i got last time, and it could fatally split

their argument is clear, if parliament cannot resolve theissue, clear, if parliament cannot resolve the issue, why not put brexit back to the people? i never wanted to leave in the first place and ijust think i have no faith in the government being able to run the country. we should have a say now that people know what the deal is, people should have a say on what the future of the uk should be. we've got to a shambles where it one week before and even theresa may does not appear to know what deal she wants. the chances of another referendum appear slim however. most mps are opposed including the prime minister. after the eu give her a new timetable for brexit, theresa may is fast running out of options. ina may is fast running out of options. in a letter to mp's she admits there might not be a third vote on her brexit deal this week if it appears there is not sufficient support. the numbers are against her and there is little sign of them changing. tensions are running high including within the government. one minister says he would resign if the uk asked for a longer delay. i cannot j