phillip lee crossed the floor to sit with the liberal democrats as the prime minister was addressinghe house. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, said mrjohson was losing friends at home and failing to win them in europe. well, a little earlier — my colleague huw edwards, asked philip lee — who's crossed the floor to join the liberal democrats — why he felt compelled to leave his party. i've been a member of this conservative party for 27 years. but over recent months i've increasingly felt uncomfortable about representing my constituents as a conservative member of parliament. i am elected to best represent them and i now believe strongly that i can fulfil that duty best as a member of parliament for the liberal democrat party. tell us a little about the representations that you had from senior ministers, cabinet ministers, in recent days and what kind of impact they made a new? i have not really had any representations, if i'm honest, i think they thought i was a lost cause. i strongly believe and have done, it is why i was the first to resign as a minister last year if you recall, t

that working majority was lostjust moments before as tory mp phillip lee — seen here crossing the floorected to the liberal democrats. and the other main stories this evening: a delay of up to five years for hsz, says the government — and a rise in cost of tens of billions of pounds. hurricane dorian devastates parts of the bahamas — their prime minister calls it a "historic tragedy". and on the eve of the fourth ashes test at old trafford, we speak to one of england's rising stars. and in sport later on bbc news: johanna konta takes to the court at the us open, looking to make the semi—finals in new york for the first time. good evening from westminster, where we're just hours away from a momentous vote in parliament that could see mps take charge and try to force the prime minister to ask for another delay to brexit. rebel conservatives will join forces with the opposition as they attempt to block a no—deal brexit. downing street says if the government loses tonight, they'll seek a snap election next month. the mood inside the house of commons is febrile this evening — the government'

now we can cross over to the houses of parliament behind me and phillip lee, the former conservativet was the final thing that convinced you you needed to do this? it has taken some time to come to this decision. i've been a member of the conservative party 27 years but in recent months i increasingly felt uncomfortable about representing my constituents as a conservative member of parliament. i am elected to best represent them and i now believe strongly that i can fulfil that duty best as a member of parliament for the liberal democrats. tell us about the representations you had from senior cabinet ministers in recent days and what kind of impact they made a new? i have really had any representations because i think they thought i was a lost i strongly believe that the brexit the public will get is not the one they were promised and i think that is why it should be taken back to the public ina should be taken back to the public in a peoples vote to have a final say. i still believe that and the liberal democrats have been the party that have backed that approach the longest. we hea

phillip lee officially joined lost the majority.he told us of the summer he was reflecting what he ought to do when we got a new leader of the conservative party and it clearly does not like him. and all the brexit legislation to be fair we had lost phillip lee anyway. i think he is now with the right party. so you would want an election this point. alison to borisjohnson would want an election this point. alison to boris johnson last would want an election this point. alison to borisjohnson last night speaking to tory mps and he said he did not want an early election but also he has been preparing for one andi also he has been preparing for one and i think that is a wise thing to do. alsojeremy and i think that is a wise thing to do. also jeremy corbyn and i think that is a wise thing to do. alsojeremy corbyn has been preparing for an early general election for the past two years. if in the position of saying the labour party in the next few days, if we lose the vote tonight and tomorrow, then the impasse will be there for borisjoh

i am joined by phillip lee who we now know is a liberal democrat.behaviour and culture that has come in with this newest administration. i came back at the end of august from holiday and said that this was not for me. i need to be able to serve my constituents in the best way that i judged and that was why i was elected as an mp and i thought i was best served byjoining the liberal democrats. we are seeing you physically crossing the floor, did you choreograph that? it's not strictly come dancing... it was a dramatic moment! you did it when the prime minister was there. it was a dramatic moment and i was waiting for what was called the barkham operate —— opposite the speaker's chair but i wanted to show respect to the new member of parliament for brecon and radnor and then i followed. i am sure you have seen this, someone who said they worked for you forfour this, someone who said they worked for you for four years until 2016, saying about you, i astonished by his rapid political journey, saying about you, i astonished by his rapid politicaljourney,

one conservative, phillip lee, had already crossed the floor, publicly defecting, walking to sit withib 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 power to the leader of the opposition. the purpose of this bill is to instruct this government and this administration h

and if we are talking about punk cavities though i think somebody else stole his thunder today phillip lee. has rocks the establishment. a conservative and he he's been a memember of the party to twenty so. i'm in this in fact. it looked fairly state should we say what. todd or something no they just sort of wandered across and cited the difference and in a different seat so it's what it is hugely important and has a big impact on politics it took away the majority at for boris johnsons government and it does look fairly polite and it does but the significance is massive business absolutely what i love is the street hey contacts with non british follows. this is basically the u. k. equivalent of a punch up in the italian parliament that may have been tossing invoke. because it t is a terribly polie but it means an awful lot and the repercussions are going to be continuingg from not one. what is interesting though is when you look at the reactions online and it does kind of fool almost very simplistically into two categories this one at the moment an anti democrat spot in the faces of the b

when phillip lee dramatically crossed the aisle earlier today while boris johnson was speaking and sat down next to the liberal democrats. all of that means that if the vote is lost by the government to see evening an election one way or another becomes near inevitable the numbers will be crucial of course and the thing to watch out for later will be the number specifically of tory party in fees willing to vote against their own government possibly 20 as you say or a few more possibly less by because boris johnson has threatened them with the ultimate sanction anyone who votes against the government or even abstains will lose the party which they will not be able to stand in the next election for some that will mean the end of their political career so a lot of heartfelt thought going into their decision later tonight but as a say the rebel alliance believes that they have the numbers to win thank you john hall outside the house of parliament in westminster we move around to emma hayward who live in london with the protests going on behind you what sort of mood is there with everything

philip hammond this morning incandescent that he was being threatened expulsion from the party, phillip leer, removing borisjohnson‘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 continues. and in the conservative party, you had people until recently considered the absolute sort of core, the reasonable, sensible establishment of the conservative party, now rebels suspended including, goodness sake! winston churchill, the grandson of winston churchill, the legendary wartime leader. and really, in many ways you would say this is sort of a perfect storm for britain, what i mean by that? because 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 labor party as well, that is the sense that the two main parties — c

whilst the conservative phillip lee caused a stir in the chamber when he walked in with two lib dem mpseat next to jo swinson — a very public announcement of his defection to her party and a move that wiped out borisjohnson‘s commons majority. the longest serving mp — the father of the house — summed up what he said was borisjohnson‘s strategy. to set conditions which make no deal inevitable, to make sure that as much blame as possible is attached to the eu — and to this house, for that consequence — and then as quickly as he can, fight a flag—waving general election before the consequences of no deal become too obvious to the public. but borisjohnson insisted the bill to extend the brexit deadline would be disastrous. it would enable our friends in brussels to dictate the terms of the negotiation. that's what it does! there is only one way to describe this deal — it isjeremy corbyn‘s surrender bill! that's what it is! it means running up a white flag. the bill is shameful. it means running up the white flag. will the prime minister admit that a no deal scenario would be catastrophic, o

final thought is eight lib dems, — your —— your new member is phillip lee.his constituency association he would neverjoin another party but he will stand as an independent at the next election. we welcome anyone who... are how many? i can't put a number on it. i'm not going to reveal figures but i will say that we are hopeful they will be others joining before the end of this parliament. whenever that might be. it could be next week! are you comfortable with the views of phillip lee on gay rights and hiv migrants? a lot has been said. where we are at the moment, we accept people who share our views about where the country needs to go, that we want a more open and tolerant society and liberal society. those words don't necessarily fit what we did, he abstained in the 2013 vote on same—sex marriage. abstained in the 2013 vote on same-sex marriage. people change their mind. have you asking if he has changed his mind? members of our party have spoken to him before he joined and we have very strong views on lgbt rights and equal marriage. what about the fact that

first, former tory mp phillip lee defected to the liberal democrats, then a further 21 mps were bootedter voting against the government. christian fraser looks at how the numbers now stack up in the house of commons. so, let's take a look at the make—up of the house of commons now that boris johnson has followed through on his threat to remove the whip from those conservatives who voted against him. it means he's gone from being a prime minister with a working majority of one to the leader of a minority government. the conservatives now have 288 mps. they still have the support of the ten dup mps, which means altogether there are 298 mps who would, in theory, back the government in the commons. 0n the opposite benches, there are 216 labour mps. the snp currently have 35. there are, as of today, 16 liberal democrats, there are 14 declared independents, plus five more who belong to the independent group for change. plaid cymru have four mps and there's one green, so, in total, the opposition parties have 320 mps, 22 more than the conservatives and the dup. but, on top of that, there are

phillip lee, people have speculated he was going to defect to the liberal democrats. europe is yet again wrecking the party. it is pulling it apart. extraordinary scenes of the former chancellor, philip hammond, who this morning on the reader suggested he be willing to ta ke the reader suggested he be willing to take his own party to court if they try to deselect in. david gauke, getting up and quizzing the prime minister, saying to him, what are your proposals? you say you want are your proposals? you say you want a deal, you are making progress, but proposals have you put to the eu? they don‘t believe it. they don‘t believe what borisjohnson is telling him, that he is serious about a deal. no sign of a chastened borisjohnson. he about a deal. no sign of a chastened boris johnson. he described about a deal. no sign of a chastened borisjohnson. he described emotion thatis borisjohnson. he described emotion that is going forward tonight as a jeremy corbyn‘s surrender bill. he saidi jeremy corbyn‘s surrender bill. he said i will never surrender. language is important, a

if you have been very closely watching the career of phillip lee over the last 14 months or so perhaps the answer to that would be no as well. because he previously re-signed because of the way he saw it going to the liberal democrats in terms of the scale of that conservative rebellion, 21 of them some of them the most well-known and high profile members of the house of commons that is some what of a surprise even to boris johnson himself and now he faces this very significant challenge because not only has his negotiating tactic been torn away from him later this evening if they manage to block a no deal but he also loses control as to whether he can call an election on his own. this is going to be the challenge and it's been something really prioritized by the opposition parties, specifically labor this morning with their brexit spokesperson doing the media rounds here in westminster to the british media talking to them about how they want to make sure that the sequencing stays correct here's how jeremy corbyn put it last night. >> if the prime minister has the confidence in his bre

. >> our exports -- >> reporter: when tory mp phillip lee dramatically crossed the floor to sit withts. >> i wish -- i wish him all the best. >> reporter: as the debate unfolds, mps prepare. one tweeting a picture of himself arriving for an overnight stay ready for a long drama-filled evenings to come. >> order. order. >> reporter: hala gorani, cnn, london. >> so much drama. >>> and thanks for joining us. i'm rosemary church. i'll be back with more news in just a moment. you're watching cnn. do stay with us. [happy birthday music] ♪ ♪ don't get mad, put those years to work with e*trade. would shakespeare have chosen just "some pens?"s. methinks tul pens would serve m'lady well. thanks. and a unicorn notebook! get everything on your list. this week's doorbuster - 300-sheet paper ream for $1; $1 in store or online from the advisors at office depot officemax. so we reward every purchase . let's see what kate sent. for you. for all of us. that's for me. navy federal credit union our members, are the mission. know what more shrimp!ith steak and shrimp? and you know what goes great with th

the house of commons about the g7 and his key brexit arguments, a former conservative minister — phillip leee. tuesday also saw mps opposed to borisjohnson's brexit strategy trying to grab control of the parliamentary timetable from the government, as part of a plan to make a law designed to stop borisjohnson taking the uk out of the eu without a deal. in fact, 21 tory mps — some famous names amongst them — decided to defy the government to vote with the opposition in favour of the plan. and as a result, the day ended with a big defeat for the government, and the groundwork in place for a law blocking no—deal to follow. as for the tory rebels, they were then unceremoniously booted out of the party — ex—ministers and all. the government made a valiant effort to keep calm and carry on on wednesday, as mrjohnson went ahead with his first prime minister's questions. and sajid javid, the chancellor of the exchequer, set out his spending plans. but following on from tuesday, the opposition scheme came to fruition, as a bill designed to stop a no—deal brexit was introduced to the house of commons,

first, the former tory mp phillip lee defected to the liberal democrats, then a further 21 mps were booted. christian fraser looks now at how the numbers stack up in the house of commons. so, let's take a look at the make—up of the house of commons, now that boris johnson has followed through on his threat to remove the whip from those conservatives who voted against him. it means he's gone from being a prime minister with a working majority of one to the leader of a minority government. the conservatives now have 288 mps. they still have the support of the ten dup mps, which means altogether, there are 298 mps who would in theory back the government in the commons. on the opposite benches, there are 2a5 labour mps. the snp currently have 35. there are 15 liberal democrats. and another 15 independents. plus, five more who belong to the independent group for change. plaid cymru have four mps. and there's one green. so in total, the opposition parties have 320 mps — 22 more than the conservatives and the dup. but on top of that, there are now 21 conservatives who no longer have the whip and

phillip lee crossed the floor to sit with the liberal democrats as the prime minister was addressingarlier. the government's intention or willingness to leave the country into a no—deal exit is a threat to oui’ into a no—deal exit is a threat to our country, the prime minister is much in the position of someone standing on one side of a canyon, shouting to people on the other side of the canyon that if they do not do as he wishes, he will throw himself into the abyss. that is not a credible negotiating strategy. and it is also not a responsible strategy, given that the risk that there is to be dragged over the edge with the prime minister. oliver letwin, conservative mp, who is one of the sponsors of the motion. labour leaderjeremy corbyn explained why he thinks the legislation to block a no—deal brexit is so important and should be passed. this bill does not close other options to resolve the brexit impasse. this bill is about preventing a damaging no—deal which this government has no mandate for and for which there is very little public support. the bill is designed purely to provi

and briefly, phillip lee has crossed over to the liberal democrats. are you talking to other mps?alking to mps from all parties and more people arejoining the liberal democrats. that is happening right across the country and in parliament as well. thank you for your time on bbc breakfast. we will have all the headlines bring you up—to—date with what has been happening behind those windows and walls overnight. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. crime on the railway network has risen by more than 12% over the past year according to figures from the british transport police. the highest number of crimes were recorded in an area which includes north london. the two areas covering london and the south—east showed the biggest rise in theft of passenger and railway property. btp says that despite the increase, when put into context, the chances of becoming a victim of crime is still very low. a family from luton whose five—year—old son has a rare disease is fundraising to pay for gene therapy in poland. huzaifah

majority inre tuning, british parliament here, when conservative mp phillip lee defected to liberal democrats in the house of commons. now it was all over this issue of a no-deal brexit, one that a lot of these conservatives who are bolting or thinking of bolting claim it would hurt britain more than the rest of europe. boris johnson said, they're affected capitulation would be give power to a junta by jeremy corbyn, the opposition leader. needless to say the pound bouncing around multiyear lows. this idea he will not be able, that is, boris johnson will not be able to force an early read on this by disbanding parliament, going ahead, calling for early elections to give them little time to counter him, it is a bit of a roll of the dice here but he thinks he can succeed. the markets are sort of waiting him out. that is going on over there. you heard about the china developments. you heard about what is roiling. the fallout from a storm moving so slowly it could be massively expensive just keeping up with that, after this. our allergy pi? flonase relieves your worst symptoms our allergy pi? inc

past couple of days, the conservative party has seen its majority in the commons wiped out after phillip leee angry, conventions are being thrown out the window. 21 tory mps were effectively kicked out of the party for defying the government. one of them is stephen hammond, and his constituency is about eight miles away in wimbledon. stephen hammond was elected in 2005 so for the first time in 14 years, wimbledon doesn't have a conservative mp. it is sad to see people get kicked out of their jobs for what they believe in. i don't like him, i don't like the conservatives, but he voted with his conscience and i think that you have to at a time like this. it's sad not to have somebody who stands for you, yeah, it's wrong. he's not just stunning for himself, he is standing for the people of wimbledon, not just for him himself. so from that point of view, yeah, i think it's very wrong to do what he did. they were voting for what he promised. which was a tory manifesto? yes. and that's no longer what he represents. no. so we are now seeing something that is quite strange in british politics where

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