he will have heard of philip hammond excoriating. ..ing was that and with that put some of the rebels may be changing their mind? it was a rallying cry to the troops, as it were. you have people that since then have declared they will not go with along with it. he has not go with along with it. he has not analysed the rebellion as much as he should have and the vote could go through tonight. the issue for many is that the possibility of a deal and the rumours and the fairly well sourced rumours and the fairly well sourced rumours that the negotiations in brussels are going nowhere? these negotiations about replacing the backstop, that is the insurance policy to make sure there is never a ha rd policy to make sure there is never a hard but on the island of ireland. the issue is that mrjohnson has not put forward concrete alternative plans to the backstop and that will need to happen, that is what angela merkel and amiens back emanuel macron told him. his plan was questioned as to where it was, because they think that there is in fa ct be

a meeting on his own and philip hammond says...cel the meeting. a furious briefing from the rebel and one from the government and the briefing while has started early. we did not expect it to happen last week but we did expect it to happen. another proposed retaliation to michael gove who this morning said that the government may not actually follow a ny that the government may not actually follow any legislation that is passed by these rebels to which, according to the guardian, this group are contemplating legal action... on top of the legal action in scotland and london. the daily telegraph, pm wants rebel mps. tourists who defy telegraph, pm wants rebel mps. tourists who denyohnson by trying to stop a no—deal brexit will be expeued to stop a no—deal brexit will be expelled from the party. it is so difficult to know how, if, many will be threatened by this. if i am putting country before party, go ahead. from a practical point of view, some of these names are already under threat from that local party. i am already under threat

since philip hammond can beat that, he has been a memberfor a5 years.s coming. and he got reselected. so we have the strange situation where a conservative association has selected somebody to be their candidate as a conservative mp who is no longer a member of the party. very strange times indeed. this morning, we spoke to some of the constituency at eggen station as they were rushing to work to hear what they had to say about that. i've no sympathy for him. why not? due to his poor voting record. whilst i applaud him for making a stance this time, i've no sympathy for him. i think it's the best thing that hammond has done for the constituency for years. he's actually shown a bit of backbone, which i didn't think he had, so i'm very impressed. and i hope that the conservative government gets royally trounced. oh, wow! so that sounds like the conservative party is, in fact, tearing themselves apart. that would basically be my reaction, is that they've decided to become the brexit party. still quite shocked with it all, but nothing really surprises me. i

david gauke is one of them and philip hammond is another. he was the chancellor until recently.ection. kenneth clarke, another former minister and the longest serving mp, elected in 1970. this applies to him as well. winston churchill pass grandson, nicholas soames, also going. winston churchill is one of borisjohnson going. winston churchill is one of boris johnson pass going. winston churchill is one of borisjohnson pass political heroes, so borisjohnson pass political heroes, so much so that he wrote a book about him. in his years as an mp, sir nicholas soames only voted against a conservative government three times. the last time has seen him kicked out of the party and he spokein him kicked out of the party and he spoke in the commons earlier. i'm not standing in the next election and i'm approaching the end of 37 yea rs of and i'm approaching the end of 37 years of service to the house, of which i have been proud and honoured beyond words to be among them. i am truly very sad that it should end in this way. boris johnson voting against mates back deal twice but wasn't expe

this is what philip hammond said earlier.t aware of anyone else thinking of doing that. certainly my own view is that this is my party and even if i do not like some of the policies being pursued i will fight for the policies i believe in within the party. and the press and a number ten, you do not like him very much either, i hear it was a fractious meeting today at number ten when borisjohnson meeting today at number ten when boris johnson sought to meeting today at number ten when borisjohnson sought to address some of you about his brexit plans you not to back his attempts to block the no—deal brexit. not to back his attempts to block the no-deal brexit. boris johnson is an old friend of mine so it is nothing personal but i certainly have some policy disagreements with him around the conduct of the brexit negotiations. it is not clear to me and there is no evidence that there isa and there is no evidence that there is a real negotiation going on and i fear that either through delay or through a policy objective we are goi

mr philip hammond.hancellor merkel was making an elementary point which is that we could easily do a deal within 30 days. and we certainly shall. she also said is that there is no point about what my friends across that you have said is that there is no point in having a negotiation, beginning formal talks, as long as there is a risk that parliament will make that negotiation impossible by taking away the ability of this country to negotiate. so every time we set out ideas, the first thing they ask is what will parliament do? i urge my friends and colleagues tonight to give us the leeway to get the deal that we need to. it is very clear, the deal that can be done, the outlines are clear. if members were listening to my statement earlier, they would have heard the rough shape of what that deal can be. both in getting the alternative arrangement and in solving the problem of the iris backstop. i am afraid that by her actions, they are making the chances of that deal less likely. we are working flat out to

as philip hammond dryly pointed out in his response to that suggestion of blocking mps from standing, lot of the current cabinet rebelled against the governments and kept theirjob. now, pulling the discipline threads might be too late because presumably some of the people like philip hammond might not even be thinking about standing at the next election. he might be thinking just to stick with his principles are not particularly ca re his principles are not particularly care about the impact on any future career. philip hammond pointed out that eight of the current cabinet members had voted against theresa may does ‘s deal. describing it as hypocrisy. they are making the point that they did the very thing that the government now is saying that it's an mp shouldn't be doing. it will be difficult to see how downing street would actually manage to convince those people to stick with them if those tory backbenchers believe that borisjohnson is heading for a new deal brexit. the government says it doesn't want to know deal brexit, but wants to do a deal with the european union. when you ha

philip hammond... a deal. in boris johnson's determination october if necessary without a deal. in borisjohnson's determination to ta ke in borisjohnson's determination to take this country out of the eu on the 31st of october, philip hammond has said he is trying to turn the party from a broad church into a narrow faction by threatening anyone within the party who votes against no—deal brexit with deselection. justine greening said she will no longer stand as an mp at the next election and says the conservative party has become the brexit party. the conservative party has always been a eurosceptic party. it decided to have a referendum and we would abide by the result. that's not a narrow faction, that is the overwhelming view of conservative party m ps overwhelming view of conservative party mps and membership, and a few weeks ago, borisjohnson won the leadership of the party buys a substantial majority both of mps and of our members in the country. to say this is a narrow faction is nonsense. borisj

philip hammond, the former chancellor, arrived at parliament today no longer a conservative mp.for them, but he suggested he might fight back, even explore legal options. the conservative party says the rules are clear, if someone wants to stand for the tories in an election, they have to be on an approved list or a member of the party in parliament, but if there is a battle over this it will only deepen the existing rift. back in clarke's constituency, there is there is little harmony among voters either. he should support his party, we voted him in to do that and he hasn't done it. so that's it. people should be able to express themselves politically, sometimes outside what the party thinks. there is no conservative party any more, is there? there's two completely split rival camps now that can't really be under the same umbrella. so the discord in the tory party, it seems, is playing out across the country. alex forsyth, bbc news, rushcliffe. a church at the highest court in scotla nd a church at the highest court in scotland has thrown out and attempt to have borisjohnson‘s

should philip hammond and david gauke, a much respected formerjustice secretary, former secretary of expelled from the conservative party in effect if they vote with opposition parties to thwart a no—deal brexit over the coming days? well, if they vote effectively to put an alternative government in power, which i believe is the likely proposal... well, to be honest, i think what they're proposing at the moment is a very simple piece of legislation if they can take control of the house of commons. there we . that's where i'm going — if you take control of the house of commons you're effectively putting an alternative government in power. you're putting jeremy corbyn, the snp and the lib dems in power against your own government. no conservative can do that. they are quite entitled to vote that way and if their men of principle and want to do that, that's fine, but then they can't continue as a conservative. that's clear. when david gauke says he believes borisjohnson is seeking a purge to fundamentally change the conservative party, to get all of those out of the party who still beli

philip hammond, another who will no longer bea hammond, another who will no longer be a tory.in recent days how these rebels were called into number 10 and discussions were had. they tried to avoid this defeat and they did notjust accept it would happen and tried to ride out the storm. they tried to avoid it. and by what —— threatening to withdraw the whip, they made people doubled down on their position. and now, the brexiteers have a long history of rebellion themselves and now these pre— european rebels are not being disciplined but also kicked out of the party. i think they would have been emboldened by the 2016 referendum result and now they have the country support behind them and thatis the country support behind them and that is how they want to view it and therefore they would want to deliver it. but i think many people who perhaps did not campaign or even vote for brexit within the conservative party and even within the parliamentary party, now feel that if brexit is delivered not only will the party be destroyed but the country will also suffer a serious lack of tru

on philip hammond, he was chancellor, one of the most senior officers of state, and he is now tryingwer. that's not how a former chancellor of the exchequer should behave. it's disgraceful. he says, and i'm quoting him from twitter just a very short time ago, "i intend and want to honour our 2017 manifesto which promised a smooth and orderly exit and a deep and special partnership with the eu, not an undemocratic no—deal." he will know that manifesto said no—deal is better than a bad deal, and he supported that. why isn't he continuing to support the government? because there is no deal that parliament can agree. the answerfor him is he knows what damage it would do to the british economy. he stood on a manifesto saying that, he didn't say at the time we have to have a deal. he was chancellor on that manifesto and now he's not supporting it. should philip hammond and david gauke, a much respected formerjustice secretary, former secretary of state for development rory stewart, should these people be expelled from the conservative party in effect if they vote with opposition parties to

you fail to mention that included in this group determined to thwart a no—deal brexit, philip hammondexchequer, and thought that it would wreck the british economy. on philip hammond, he was chancellor, one of the most senior officers of state, and he is now trying to block the government, put an alternative government in power. that's not how a former chancellor of the exchequer should behave. it's disgraceful. he says, and i'm quoting him from twitter a short time ago, i intend and want to honour our 2017 ma nifesto and want to honour our 2017 manifesto which promised a smooth and orderly exit and a deep and special partnership with the eu, not an undemocratic no—deal. special partnership with the eu, not an undemocratic no-deal. that ma nifesto an undemocratic no-deal. that manifesto said no—deal is better than a bad deal, and he supported that so why isn't he continuing to support the government? the answer for him is he knows what damage it would do to the british economy. he stood on a manifesto saying that, he didn't say at the time we have to have a deal. he was chancellor on

i hear that philip hammond had been reselected as a candidate.er question is are there some labour rebels who might side with the prime minister. and whether itjeremy side with the prime minister. and whether it jeremy corbyn will actually vote against an election because tony blair has made a very interesting speech saying that would be the elephant trap for him to fall into. that guardian's front page is johnson's ultimatum, back me or face a snap brexit election. similar to the other broad street front pages. not a lot of difference between the front pages at the moment. let as i hypothesise and say the election is not until the 1ath? what would happen, with the tories win? they are ahead at the moment. theresa may had a massive lead ahead of the last election. there was lots of talk aboutjeremy election. there was lots of talk about jeremy corbyn struggling election. there was lots of talk aboutjeremy corbyn struggling to do as badly as michael foot did. he was the worst result for labour. you cannot rely on the polls. everything thatis canno

former chancellor and current rebel philip hammond says enough conservative mps will defy their own government we will have the numbers. many colleagues have been incensed by some of the actions over the last week or so. and i think there is a group of conservatives who feel very strongly that now is a time when we have to put the national interest ahead of any threats to us personally. and he warned boris johnson threats to us personally. and he warned borisjohnson not to try threats to us personally. and he warned boris johnson not to try to end his career as an mp. i've been a member of this party for 45 years, i am going to defend my party against incomers, entryists, who are trying to turn it from a broad church into a narrow faction. today, potential rebels met the prime minister. there is no sign yet that they are prepared to back down. so what are the opposition and the rebels trying to achieve? today, mps will vote on an emergency motion which allows the opponents of government to take control of the business of parliament. if successful, mps will debate legislation tomorrow which wou

what i've seen today listening to people like david gauke and philip hammond, is that they want to tieant to push him to brussels and for boris to have to say to michel barnier, give me a deal, whatever deal you're going to give me, i'm going to have to accept. well, that's not going to be a great deal for the united kingdom. so i want the prime minister to be able to go to the eu, to negotiate from a position of strength. and what we saw from the meeting that borisjohnson had in berlin with angela merkel is that she said, well, i'll give you a month. come up with a solution to the backstop between northern ireland and ireland. so there has been some movement in the european union. the conservative mp, leading brexit supporter, former deputy speaker nigel evans, who went into number tenjust a few nigel evans, who went into number ten just a few moments ago, he sang bring it on, talking about a general election? yes, there's been a lot of speculation about that today, in the end borisjohnson speculation about that today, in the end boris johnson has speculation about that today, in the

, philip hammond was the chancellorjust a few attorney general, philip hammond was the chancellor justney general, philip hammond was the chancellorjust a few weeks ago, this is astonishing how big players have been excluded in this way and they are not going down without a fight. an iranian oil tanker, which was seized by royal marines off the coast of gibraltar injuly, because it was suspected of travelling to syria against eu sanctions, has been spotted near a syrian port. the ship was released on the condition it would not take oil to syria. it's been photographed by satellite near tartus, as helena wilkinson reports. this is the iranian oil tanker, the grace 1, which this summer was detained just off gibraltar, sparking an international diplomatic crisis. back injuly, it was stopped by royal marines, suspected of moving oil to syria — a breach of eu sanctions. the americans tried to stop the tankerfrom being released. but last month, iran gave assurances it wouldn't discharge cargo in syria, so authorities in gibraltar let the ship go. but look at these recent satellite images rel

former chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond is also supporting the bill, countering the claimsng it would lead tojeremy corbyn becoming prime minister. mr speaker, i would sooner boil my head than hand power to the leader of the opposition. but the purpose of this bill, most of us will have no truck with the concept of a vote of no confidence. the purpose of this bill is to instruct this government and this administration how to conduct the uk's future arrangements with the european union. it is not an attempt to remove this government. it is certainly not an attempt to hand power to the leader of the opposition. and, mr speaker, it's not us who are heightening the risk of a government led by the leader of the opposition — it is my right honourable friend, by pursuing a course of action which if unchallenged can only lead to a no—deal brexit. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is with me. philip hammond, from whom the whip is withdrawn last night. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is with me. it's worth reflecting on the unprecedented nature of this,

what to make a philip hammond festival suggesting this morning that people were threatening him withhe party. is it right that tory mps who do not vote tonight with the government are booted out of the party went so many others have not voted with the government in the past three years. it is incredibly difficult and i have sympathy for in particular at my local colleague ken clarke who has been consistent with his views on europe since before i was born. we have got this point by leadership not grasping the nettle and brexit and decisively doing something. shame we have got to this point but for me it is clear we have to leave on the slst of october and tonight is not just to leave on the slst of october and tonight is notjust about policy but do we support the government to continue to do that or have an election. 50 continue to do that or have an election. so tonight if as we expect the government will lose. and then we have a vote in the house of commons tomorrow that mps take over. . . that commons tomorrow that mps take over... that position is this. first the honourable gentle

all 21 rebels are checked out including the chancellor from a few weeks ago, philip hammond and churchills my grandson but this is what she was picking up on. andrea leadsom seems to suggest that if they change their mind :—) there might be another chance but we will see. vicki young is being told that in all circumstances what has been done today will lose the weight. it will bea today will lose the weight. it will be a long 2a hours so just in case you arejoining me. here is the result, 328—301 so the government losing by 27 votes. this was the crucial vote in the comments. the eyes to the right, 328 and the notice to the left, 301. not a good start boris. the ayes to the right, at 328. being noes to the left, 301. the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock. boris johnson was helped to bring different energy than his predecessor but he has now lost his first vote as prime minister. here is -- first vote as prime minister. here is —— he is reacting to that. first vote as prime minister. here is -- he is reacting to that. no doubt mr speaker... no doubt that the consequences of this note

philip hammond said the tories' convulsions over brexit had left the party unrecognisable.ty unrecognisable. every time i say stripped of the whip, i can't help myself. ijust imagine a proper whip. is thatjust me?m can't help myself. ijust imagine a proper whip. is thatjust me? it is just you. give me that with immediatelys that whip. they say those who have been stripped of the whip say they have to use the party gathering to show that it is more thana gathering to show that it is more than a narrow ideological sector. the problem is that at the moment, as the matt cutting says, we are chasing our tails. and we are in this brexit maelstrom stop how terminal is the decline that is being talked about in this article about the conservative party? the conservatives are still ahead in the polls, so it's not as terminal is the decline of any other parties, but there are two visions of how the conservative party will win the election which is probably coming this year, or very soon afterwards. one is that foreign collision hit brexit very hard, and the other is to reach out and b

if you want to look at the theme throughout day, you had philip hammond this morning incandescent he g threatened with expulsion, philip lee crossed the chamber and removed borisjohnson‘s slim majority. tonight the chief whip was ringing around. it was a battle for the heart of the conservative party. absolutely. the second takeaway is that it is a partial revolution continues. in the conservative party you have people who were considered the absolute core, reasonable sensible establishment are now rebels and suspended including, for goodness sakes, the grandson of winston churchill, the legendary wartime leader. and really, in many ways you would say that this is a perfect storm for britain. by that i mean that not only do you have an astonishing challenge of exit, the biggest challenge the country has faced since 1945, you also have a divided country but you also have this. notjust in the conservative party but in the liberal party as well, as well, the sense that the two main parties that control of them has gone to people who, for decades, have been on the fringes of british polit

it meant that former chancellors philip hammond and ken clarke were out — as was winston churchill's, slightly stunned house of commons that gathered next day for boris johnson's first pmqs where one of those ejected from the party had some advice for the pm and his chief of staff, dominic cummings. the great lady who you and i both revere i am sure, mr speaker, once said, advisers advise, ministers decide. can i ask the prime minister to bear that statement closely in mind in relation to his own chief adviser dominic cummings? the labour leader challenged the prime minister to publish the details of any alternative brexit proposals. boris johnson shouted across the chamber — lip readers reckon he yelled, "call an election, you big girl's blouse". jeremy corbyn said the pm had no plan, no authority and no majority. if the prime minister does to the country what he has done to his party in the past 2a hours i think a lot of people have a great deal to fear from his incompetence, his vacillation, and his refusal to publish known facts that are known to him about the effects of a no dea

his predecessor, philip hammond, had promised a 3—year comprehensive spending review, but with eyes on far as 2020—21. the chancellor told mps austerity had finally come to an end. our careful management of the public finances means we can now afford to spend more on vital public services. so today, i am deciding to set the real increase in day—to—day spending next year at £13.8 billion. delivering on the people's priorities across the nhs, education and police, and giving certainty to all departments about their budgets for the next year. a full fiscal event would have meant new economic forecasts, the need for a fiscal framework to give departments security over the parliament, allowing them to plan ahead after years of cuts. instead, we get this sham of a spending review. they are claiming to be against austerity after years of voting for it. while the chancellor has announced increased spending today, this will not help end austerity. it will only pause some of the hardship in the short term. meanwhile, brexit will bring a lasting and long—term damage to our livelihoods. the indepe

philip hammond, kenneth clarke, i ke pt philip hammond, kenneth clarke, i kept arguing against it.ervative party as we have known it? no, iwill fight end of the conservative party as we have known it? no, i will fight for the conservative party and the values that we have which i think are in the national interest. i could not stand by and watch these people on their own. that was amber rudd explaining the reasons for her resignation. with me is our political correspondent, helen catt. what did you make of what she had to say? what did you make of what she had to 7 i what did you make of what she had to say? i think what we saw from that is where this impact will be felt, within the conservative party. they are having a battle of the soul this week and that is where the intervention is going to be felt ha rd est. intervention is going to be felt hardest. amber rudd is an influential figure among moderate one nation conservatives as they are known. having her on—site was a boost for boris johnson and known. having her on—site was a boost for borisjohnson and his brexit strategy. wha

then there's former chancellor philip hammond, who's calling the strategy of pressuring the rebels —is a press association list of current members of the cabinet who voted against theresa may's government when rerjecting her brexit deal. all of which gives tory mps plenty to think about ss oovhere here are some of them enjoying a drinks reception at downing street just before the prime minister gave his speech. let's bring backjessica parker now. jessica, it is striking when you look at the rebels they are not necessarily the most petrols you of political types.. it is very interesting when you look at the likes of philip hammond, former chancellor, david gauke former justice secretary, they were the people who were part of the government, very high up in the government, very high up in the government, trying to persuade backbenchers back then to back theresa may's deal, and now here they are on the backbenches suggesting they can't back boris johnson's approach to brexit so in a not very short space of time things have changed for those people. not necessarily seen as natural rebels

yes, i mean, i didn't see people like philip hammond and david gauke going on there but that's not totallyhe other side of the argument, i saw a few in there, and i think the question is there going to come under enormous pressure, those ones who are trying to change the law. they will come under pressure from their own side, as we saw, the pressure being, you're effectively going to be booted out of the conservative party and will not be able to stand as an mp at the general election under the conservative banner. for some of them, they have announced that they are going to stand down at the next election anyway so that really is not something that is going to work on them. but there will be many others who might not want to sacrifice their careers and that is a very, very difficult thing for them to come to terms with over the next few days about what they do, whether they are prepared to say, actually, my career is over. i think that no deal is so damaging that i'm prepared to do that. now, they've got of course larger numbers than they did have on that side of things because you have p

the crucial thing philip hammond said was that borisjohnson could, if mps voted for an early generaler the 31st. why that matters is because that is precisely what labour fear. blu ntly, matters is because that is precisely what labourfear. bluntly, they matters is because that is precisely what labour fear. bluntly, they do not trust boris johnson, and what labour fear. bluntly, they do not trust borisjohnson, and for that reason i think it is increasingly likely that they will not back the option of an early general election. it is remarkable really, parliament is back and everything has changed. throughout august, borisjohnson everything has changed. throughout august, boris johnson had everything has changed. throughout august, borisjohnson had a free run at the political agenda. now parliament is back, everything has changed and boris johnson parliament is back, everything has changed and borisjohnson is facing a much, much tougherfight. changed and borisjohnson is facing a much, much tougher fight. you mentioned the meeting with opposition mps, how united now are those opposed

it had already been announced by the previous chancellor, philip hammond. armed forces, and £750 million for more police. that extra spending is affordable within the government‘s for school rules, but only if an ideal brexit doesn‘t happen. now, adding to that uncertainty were figures out today which suggest the services sector barely grew in august, while manufacturing and construction shrank. we don‘t have the official figures yet, but there is a real possibility we may already be in recession, and that could make these spending plans look much less affordable. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i‘m tulsen tollett and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: switzerland‘s belinda bencic is through to her first ever grand slam semi—final after victory over donna vekic at the us open. as you were — steve smith returns to the australian side for the fourth ashes test against england and hits yet another half century. and primoz roglic retains the race leader‘s red jersey after stage 11 of the vuelta a espana. hello

philip hammond says he and his collea g u es philip hammond says he and his colleagues want to know whateyond that. to publish the uk's proposals for an alternative to the backstop. to confirm that these alternatives have been sent to the european union. to confirm and commit to publishing any response from the european union, and to set out in detail what negotiation has gone on between whom, and where, as far as negotiation between the uk and the eu is concerned since the prime minister made those trips to berlin and paris. mister hammond concluded his letter by saying that given these were the questions that his colleagues wanted to put to the prime minister and get answers from the prime minister on, prior to these votes expected in the next couple of days in the comments, it would be very helpful if the prime minister could reply before the house sits tomorrow. you get some sense they are, with my waffling summary, just how detailed and specific those questions are, and blu ntly, specific those questions are, and bluntly, how hard it is likely to be for the prime minister to provide

philip hammond and can flock were gone as was winston churchill's grandson. had already crossed the floor publicly defecting walking into the comments. left horse those mps johnson without a majority. couldakeover meant mps debate a bill asking for a brexit extension until the end of january unless a bill was signed. in effect, shutting off no deal. one of those thrown out of the party said he was proud but slightly bemused to be an independent. it may have entailed my future -- curtailed me of my future. i will walk out looking at the sky and not down at my shoes. oranother former tory reject said the bill was back in the hands of jeremy corbyn. ill is topose of this instruct this government and this administration how to future the uk's arrangements with the european union. it is not an attempt to remove this government or an attempt to hand power to the leader of the opposition. >> the bill had been put forward by a senior labour mp saying it had cross party support. >> there was a conviction of a mandate for no deal and as a consequence, it would be highl

can't stand in the election for the conservative party anymore to form a chancellor's find the philip hammond and ken clarke another tory grandee out of that they can't some of the conservative party more and it is this sort of what you can only call a shocking or tactic by boris johnson is left as left everybody thinking well where is the conservative party going in this extraordinarily dangerous tactic for boris johnson to be pursuing yeah and johnson has said that he is prepared to ask parliament for it to call a snap election also that the u.k. will be leaving the e.u. by october 31st no ifs or buts so what does this mean for the conservative party in the direction that he's taking it in. well i mean he said all the way through his leadership campaign that if it wasn't delivered by the end of october the conservative party would die because the brics party under nigel farage is so popular it was overwhelmingly the the leading party in the european elections its standing in seats all over the country and disaffected conservatives who want bricks it's on those on the party's terms boris joh

including people like senior ministers, the former chancellor, philip hammond, the foreman -- the former justice minister and others. yet,i haven't mentioned beinggal threats that are sought in northern ireland, london, and scotland. a showdown is coming up shortly. hurricane dorian is pounding its way through the bahamas towards the united states. the category five storm is the strongest ever to hit the bahamas. you can see it is slamming the islands with eight months worth of rain in just a few days. our reporter has the latest on the damage. >> as night fell, hurricane dorian continues to battle the island nation with winds up to 320 kilometers per hour and storm surges up to seven meters high. of the mostst powerful atlanticic hurricacanes ever wok ordered. it has toppled power lines, damaged homes and torn off roofs. despite e warningsgs to seekek shelter,r, some were determinedo write out the storm. heeded myve not warning. many havave remained behind. who refusendividuals to l leave. i can only say to them that i hope this is not the last time they will hear my voice. >> residents

this is a cross-party group, people like philip hammond, david gauke, the snp stephen gethins, hilaryng if there is no deal by 31st of october, the prime minister has to go to the eu and ask for readily, and extension of three months until the end of january. and extension of three months until the end ofjanuary. that and extension of three months until the end of january. that is what they want. —— and ask for a delay. it looks like they might have the numbers to go through but the pressure has been put on tory mps, if you do this and vote against your government, you will be pitted out of the party so a lot to think about for those tory mps. —— you will be kicked out of the party. a lot of people have said they will not stand at the next election enemy, like ken clarke, but will the others be willing to sacrifice their careers? the chief whip will have to them that the numbers are there for the government to model. if you are in the position of borisjohnson and thinking how to be set forward on this election campaign, you almost need the vote tomorrow to see back knee for a true blu

so maybe he could unleash the dog on the likes of philip hammond.would be more effective than threatening to deselect them. while we are looking at that picture of admittedly a very cute dog, let's just go to what is happening in manchester, norman. stay with us, because we expect to hear from jeremy corbyn shortly. he has just arrived in the audience where he is about to give a speech. he is being introduced at the moment. you were just saying how weird it is that basically the line from labour and others has been that they want to see a referendum or a general election, and now we have sort of had threats on both sides, and both sides almost arguing counterintuitively. what is he expected to say here in salford when he speaks? i expect they will be big, thick clouds of ambiguity. a fug of non—commitment. he will not spell out at all what labour is planning to do. that might be in part because he does not want to reveal his hand. quite understandable. it may also be because labour does not have a clue what it is going to do at the moment. there are

if you were to look at one of the themes throughout the day, you had philip hammond this morning incandescenteing threatened expulsion from the party, philip leed crossing the chamber, removing boris johnson's slim majority, this was a battle today for the very heart of the conservative party. absolutely. the uncertainty about brexit first, the second, the quasi—revolution in british politics caused by brexit continuing. and in the conservative party, you have people until recently considered the absolute sort of core, the reasonable, sensible establishment of the conservative party, now rebel suspended including, goodness sake! winston churchill, the grandson of winston churchill, the legendary wartime leader. and really, in many ways you would save this is sort of a perfect storm for britain, what i mean by that? not only do you have this astonishing challenge of brexit, the biggest peacetime challenge the country has faced since 1945, extricating itself from the european union, you have a divided country but you also have this, notjust in the conservative party, but in the main opposition

philip hammond's nickname while chancellor was "spreadsheet phil".lenty of fire in his belly. listen to what he told the bbc‘s today programme. i think we will have the numbers. many colleagues have been incensed by some of the actions over the last week or so and i think there's a group of conservatives who feel very strongly that now is the time when we have to put the national interest ahead of any threats to us personally or to our career. i am going to defend my party against incomers, entryists who are trying to turn it from a broad church into a narrow faction. people who are at the heart of this government who are probably not even members of the conservative party, who care nothing about the future of the conservative party... who care nothing. that is a reference to the vote leave campaign in 2016. the stakes are high for the rebels. borisjohnson says anyone who votes agaisnt him will lose the whip. this means they can't represent the conservatives in parliament. there have also been behind the scenes threats to stop the rebels standing as

philip hammond, the former chancellor... it is a huge political problem as well. number one, over whether he can get re—elected on a promise that it may take anotherfew months, and can it get through the houses of parliament? it is going to frighten people away from nigel farage's brexit party. they'll be the greatest threat to the conservative party. nigel farage put himself in a corner and has said that only no—deal is acceptable. he will not accept anything but that. he cannot reverse it. that is going to help borisjohnson. it looks like nigel farage is pushing you towards... agnes, a last word on this? it is pretty hopeful around this table for a deal. the eu doesn't want to get the blame for brexit. they never wanted brexit in the first place. and also, i think british mps are so exhausted that they will work to pass legislation. they will sit an day and they will pass that legislation. we will see. that is the view from the panel here this weekend. we are back same time next week. goodbye for now. hello. some were able to make the very most of the conditions

and they're joined by members of the conservative party itself such as former finance minister philip hammond it's good but. many colleagues have been incensed by some of the actions over the last week or so and i think there's a there's a group of conservatives who feel very strongly that now is the time when we have to put the national interest ahead of any threats to us personally cost one conservative m.p. went even further he's left the party and now sits in parliament alongside the leader of the europe friendly liberal democrats any chance now boris johnson has lost his majority the opposition appear strengthened and united it's becoming increasingly clear that this reckless government only has one plan to crash out of the e.u. without a deal johnson's response that's really what. too big to force us to pay for yet another point please. the no deal opponents want to gain control over the agenda tonight and pass a law tomorrow and above all this looms the possibility of an early election. night that could go down in history in the u.k. and watching it for us right now is our. barbie's an

because if there is an early election in october, you couldn't have high—profile figures like philip hammonddeal platform, so they are being told to either shut up or get out. iain watson, thank you. thousands of pro—democracy protesters have brought chaos to hong kong international airport for the second time in three weeks, blocking the access road and sabotaging the rail link. it meant dozens of flights had to be cancelled or delayed at one of the world's busiest transport hubs. demonstrators first took to the streets of hong kong three months ago, demanding an end to plans to allow people to be extradited to face trial in mainland china. since then, huge numbers have joined the protests, calling also for free elections and for charges to be dropped against protesters. from hong kong, here's our china correspondentjohn sudworth. hong kong airport, a vital part of an open, free trading economy, under siege. chanting: fight for freedom! with pilots having to clamber over the barriers... ..as the pro—democracy campaign tries to hit this city where it hurts. well, this is the main airport app

he treated the extinction rebellion climate change protester at the mansion house when johnson philip hammond was giving his speech so i was at a dinner in mansion i was accusing the extinction rebellion people of being elite. there's a certain irony that and the way he behaved i think is widely accepted to have been completely wrong. i can see why he was really cross because. you know nobody likes . a protester reminding you very very compellingly that there are a different way of looking there are different ways. looking at this work and now we have to decouple the no one likes that when you're sunk deep in the middle of a consensus about the usefulness of fossil fuels but his behavior was unacceptable while the un special rapporteur for the balls to go short shrift from the government when he was talking about poverty and austerity policies by this government he's now saying that the environmental crisis or catastrophe. will claim under $20000000.00 of the world's poorest. they will be driven into poverty by 2030 elites in this society are taking that seriously. and you take it seriously i

former chancellors philip hammond and kenneth clarke were gone, as was winston churchill's grandson,las soames. one conservative, phillip lee, had already crossed the floor, publicly defecting, walking to sit with the lib dems. the loss of those mps left boris johnson without a majority. while the commons timetable takeover meant mps could debate a bill demanding the prime minister ask for a brexit extension until the end ofjanuary unless a deal was signed or no deal accepted by parliament by october 19. in effect, shutting off no deal. one of those thrown out of the party said he was proud but slightly bemused to now be an independent. the obsession that my party has developed may have sought to devalue my past as a friend of the eu, of our sister centre—right parties, and of many friends, and it may have curtailed my future. but it will not rob me of what i believe, and i will walk out of here looking up at the sky, not down at my shoes. applause. another former tory rejected claims that backing the bill was playing intojeremy corbyn‘s hands. i would sooner boil my head than hand p

is because if there is an early election in 0ctober, you could have high—profile figures like philip hammond—no deal brexit so they have been told to shut up or get out. pm has told rebel tories they face a "fundamental choice" of siding hurricane dorian has made landfall in the north—west bahamas with winds of up to 180mph. the storm is the strongest hurricane in modern records in the region and residents of grand bahama, which is along its predicted path, have been evacuated. officials are warning that a storm surge could be as high as 23 feet. also projected to be in the path of the hurricane are parts of the florida coast. from there our correspondent aleem maqbool reports these were the last pictures out of the islands of the bahamas before hurricane dorian head. gus were already strengthening but when it made landfall, when speeds were at 185 miles an hour, the strongest on ever recorded here. this is a deadly storm and a monster storm. 0n ever recorded here. this is a deadly storm and a monster storm. on two previous occasions i have asked people to leave the keys and many have not he