as well. 0thers going to serve and probably rory stewart as well.pped away from government and the conservative majority at the moment is three. there is a by—election due to ta ke is three. there is a by—election due to take place next week, which will reduce the conservative majority down to two. you can take three or four of those away, their choice rather than boris's choice, and may be as effective majority is down to absolutely zero. this is a very tough task ahead. that takes us onto cityam and other headlines, and we haveit cityam and other headlines, and we have it on line where laura kuenssberg spoke to duncan, and he talked about some of his reasons. no personal animosity to boris johnson but he is worried by the haphazard style a nd but he is worried by the haphazard style and also his ability to command the support of the majority of mps. he went even before the announcement was made. some people arejumping announcement was made. some people are jumping before they are pushed. given where alan duncan had been before, it was very likely

philip hammond, greg, rory stewart and david gauke amongst them.at crucial vote. we will try to get more details but it looks like philip hammond, greg clarke, rory stewart a nd philip hammond, greg clarke, rory stewart and david gauke are amongst them. more detail on that at the top of the hour with assignment but lets look at the weather with sarah. —— with simon after a warm and largely dry wood, the weather has been changing in the past 24 hours with the arrival of some welcome rain in southern part. this was earlier in kent, a lot of cloud around. heading through the softening, things should brighten up with the sunny spells for most but a you shower particularly in the north—west. scotland and northern ireland have some in particular this afternoon. further south in england and wales, it is largely dry and sunny. a bit of cloud holding on in the far south—east. 21—24d, a bit ever breeze from the west but fine for much of northern england. those are the showers in northern ireland and scotland, quite blustery but hit and scotland, quite bluste

quite a number of conservative mps, rory stewart, ken clarke, dominic grieve — there are actually quitever the summer. the numbers may well be there for a no—confidence vote if it doesn't tread very carefully. parliament is only scheduled to sit for something likejust over 20 days between now and exit day, on 31 october. is that they help are a hindrance to borisjohnson, and do you think is that they help or a hindrance to borisjohnson, and do you think that is even what we'll end up? i think he initially will be trying to use that to his advantage. i think it is a pretty extraordinary state of affairs where you have a new prime minister appointed one afternoon and parliament breaking up for its long summer recess the following day. that in itself might be extraordinary. but in the middle of a political crisis on this huge question of brexit, and with a clock ticking, mps have no way of getting him in front of them to answer difficult questions. and that may it more frustrating for them over the summer. there may be calls for a recall. which then raises the question — how do you get a r

key people like philip hammond, david gauke, rory stewart.ster faces just as many problems, perhaps even more problems, getting a deal through parliament, as theresa may did. the first thing i'm expecting is to hear whether or not boris plans to go to european capitals to brussels, and start renegotiating as fast as possible. he has played a campaign which suggests he is going to have a very tough line with europe and we are hearing in today's newspapers as much about him wanting to actually start discussions or actually being very, very standoffish. hopefully we will find out which starts he is going to take —— stance. the essential problem remains. the problem you are pointing to, that a lot of people in that welding, including members of his own party, and former colleagues around the cabinet table, i determined to stop a no—deal brexit. they may make his life incredibly difficult. —— are determined. there may well be a lot of well—known faces on the tory backbench to make it their mission to make his job backbench to make it their mission

quite a number of conservative mps, rory stewart, ken clarke, dominic grieve, there are actually quitehear more of those names over the summer. at the moment parliament is only scheduled to sit for something likejust over 20 days between now and x a day on october 31. is that they help are a hindrance to borisjohnson and do you think that is even what end up? i think he initially will be trying to use that to his advantage. i think it is a pretty extraordinary state of affairs where you have a new prime minister appointed one afternoon and parliament breaking up for its long summer recess the following day. that in itself might be extraordinary. but in the middle of a political crisis on this huge question of brexit, and with the clock ticking to october. borisjohnson go to brussels, perhaps even replacing him with someone as well. next at the moment parliament is only scheduled to sit there may be calls for a recall. which then raises the question how do you get a recall? the short answer as it is in the hands of the prime minister. the slightly longer answer is there are things that

on what is happening within your own party, you mention boris johnson much rory stewart to ask if heid i was not quite sure he remembered who i was. isaidi quite sure he remembered who i was. i said i was the one in the leadership race he was not in favour ofa leadership race he was not in favour of a no—deal brexit, he seems disappointed and surprised by this. i was not in that meeting, not a fly on the wall, so i cannot comment on what was said. boris would like to leave the european union with a deal which protects trading both directions, but we should acknowledge that if it is not possible to reach a sensible agreement with the european union which, sadly, so far has not been possible, the only alternative is to leave with no deal or have another referendum, and given we have had one already, i don‘t see the purpose in another. it logically follows that if you want to respect the referendum result and can‘t reach a sensible deal, the only alternative is sleeping with no deal, but i imagine that between now and october 31 imagine that between now and october 3! we will enormously

rory stewart.s before they're charged. a petition, which has been signed by nearly 20 thousand people so far, calls for the reputations of all innocent suspects, whether they're famous or not, to be protected. the petition has been backed by sir cliff richard, whose home was raided by police in 2014, during an investigation into a sexual assault claim. he was never arrested. the government believes that there should, in general, be the right to anonymity before the point of charge, in respect of all offences. but there will be exceptional circumstances where there are legitimate policing reasons for naming a suspect. my lords, does not this petition bring home to us all the misery and distress, not just by well—known figures, but by scores of innocent men and women, up and down our country, whose lives have been ruined because police officers decided that allegations of child sex abuse should always be believed, and divulge their names before charges were laid. in one notorious case, the police wen

i was supporting someone who backed out early on, rory stewart. then make of people like philip hammond and alan duncan, senior ministers saying that they will not work ina ministers saying that they will not work in a cabinet under boris johnson? do you think that was an overreaction or do you think they have done the right thing? boris johnson has made a specific point which is to say that unless you are prepared to countenance no deal you cannot serve in my cabinet. what will be very interesting is if he gets towards october 31 and realises he will not get it through and calls an election... he might make it a coup where you he says you can only stand as a member of the conservative party for election if you are prepared to say no deal, if you are prepared to say no deal, if you are prepared to say no deal, if you are prepared to push through no deal. then there would be a swathes of people who would have to stand on that ticket who do not necessarily believe it is the right thing to do. it is one thing to say you will not sit in the cabinet an

chancellor philip hammond the justice minister david cole the international development secretary rory stewart all remain as ostensibly are preparing to resign before they're able to be sacked by boris johnson later today they'll head off on to the back benches to marshal opposition to any moves towards no deal all of which put it together makes it look difficult to digest unlikely perhaps that britain will be leaving that johnson will be able to fill fulfill that central campaign pledge to leave by the 31st and they don't want so much dissatisfaction in the cabinet and bars johnson also saying that he will leave the european union without a deal which many m.p.'s are not happy about how likely is it that there will be a general election. well everything seems to be moving now in that direction in the general election is the only way to change the numbers in the house of commons that has so far failed to yield any past way to briggs' it indeed the conservative party some it have all talked about doing away with pollard altogether suspending it unilaterally so-called probing it though that seem

amber rudd, work and pensions, rory stewart who said it will not serve undera stewart who said it willbacked hunt. it may be a form of revenge is a dish best eaten cold. he has 100 days to sort brexit, good luck with that, then he will take up this night of the long knives and reduce his cabinet to trump levels. the comparisons with trump don't end there but we haven't got time to discuss that now. we will see about that. the financial times have got the downturn in factory output painting the gloomiest picture in the united kingdom for six years. they are saying uncertainty over brexit has left industry purely placed to cope with the declining global manufacturing. they are suggesting this downturn in factory output and purchasing from abroad could be linked to brexit. and that comes into uncertainty. we know businesses hate uncertainty more than anything else. if there were to bea than anything else. if there were to be a no—deal brexit, knowing that would probably boost a little bit of confidence. although obviously it is not idealfor confidence. although obviously it is not ideal f

including philip hammond, rory stewart and david goc have all stepped down.d. huge privilege to be appointed. huge privilege to be appointed and be given such an important role, and to be asked to serve as chancellor of the exchequer, and i'm very mess that's very much like a bird to working with the new team and prime minister he is already set out from his key priorities and includes making sure we lead the european union on october 31, and that we take advantage of the huge economic opportunity is lying ahead, so that's what i will focus on. lots of work to do, so if you allow me, i will get on with it. thank you very much. sajid javid that chancellor let's discuss the developments today more detail. jill is here from the institute for a government that evening and thank you for being with us. we heard a lot of very what's that word, wide—ranging pledges from borisjohnson that word, wide—ranging pledges from boris johnson and his that word, wide—ranging pledges from borisjohnson and his speech on the steps of number ten, any suggestion on how he pays for i

you backed rory stewart in the first round of this contest but let me put it to you that the jeremy huntto you that thejeremy hunt team is using this and accusing borisjohnson of throwing sir kim darroch end the bus. isn't it just throwing sir kim darroch end the bus. isn't itjust a hard truth that sir kim darroch has recognised he can no longer do hisjob and is chosen to stand down rather than he has decided that somehow boris johnson has made his position untenable. i don't know what was going through his mind when he made the decision. the person who leaked this is the person we need to not lose focus on because somebody has maliciously leaked this information to create an issue probably knowing that donald trump would have an emotional reaction to it and you can almost play out what would happen. let's not forget the prime minister and all of the cabinet and foreign secretary have all backed sir kim darroch as they should and it is a very precious relationship and one that whoever the next prime minister is absolutely has to make sure they have their own person and it somebody they t

resigning because he couldn't buy the johnson message, same as david gauke, the justice secretary, rory stewart would resign before they were sacked because they couldn't sign up to somebody who was committed to potentially leaving with no deal. admittedly, boris johnson made it clear his strategy of saying, i'll go out with no deal, it is designed to try and get a deal, they obviously don't even want to have that backstop threat, to use a terrible word. it's not a surprise they are doing it. the interesting thing as well is you've got keir starmer quoted, we must do everything we can to stop a no—deal brexit, but what he doesn't say, the focus is on the tories, but the labour party, they stood on a manifesto supporting leaping, respecting the referendum vote, and most of the people in the labour party now voted for the referendum and an in out question to be asked. what they haven't said if they are opposed to a no deal exit, but they didn't vote for theresa may's deal, and according to the eu, that was the only deal on the table, so labour, if they stand by what they said, they still have the

he and rory stewart and deborah cook, drafting their letters now because they want boris johnson's firstut a walkout. it would be ridiculous if theresa may sacked him, would she pay somebody else to have the role for six days, not have a government... do we have a government? belgium went for years... in the sun, boris johnson was on the front page of most of the papers this morning brandishing a keeper, claiming it was harming british kipper producers. he was claiming it was brussels regulations gone mad. a pillar of ice to transport them. if you are transporting goods that need to be refrigerated, do you refrigerate them? eu regulations apply to fresh fish and he was talking about the isle of man and so it was completely irrelevant. i am expecting an apology from him and a clarification any moment. he is famously not a details man and that would appear to be the case here. but he was on the front page of every paper. to remember is cheering and laughter is. move on, who cares. we better get used to it. this is what it is going to be like. the guy is going to be prime minister. now tell

on the committee corridor, the international development secretary, rory stewart — a leadership candidate. but inevitably... you have said you would not serve in a cabinet let my borisjohnson. is that something you'd reconsider? no. then, the snp were at it during questions in the commons on thursday. but we do know isjust with the prospect of prime minister boris, support for independence rises to 53%. so we are having a particularly good tory leadership contest here. and after revelations of a domestic argument at the home of borisjohnson, labour's shadow foreign secretary couldn't resist a reference during questions to her opposite number. and it gives me an opportunity to congratulate the foreign secretary directly — notjust for being in the final two, but also being the only candidate who has the police outside his house for the right reasons. laughter. but cani...? and only another three weeks of the contest to go. and that's it for now. don't forget there's a round—up of the day in parliament each evening on bbc parliament and each morning on bbc two. but for now from me, mandy bak

former justice secretary secretary and leadership jeremy hunt, formerjustice secretary david gauke, rory stewartsecretary chris grayling. laura kuenssberg is at westminster. 15 sackings, he is certainly making his mark but he has to unite the party? that's right, which, as ever, is always a lord of the tory party, particularly when divisions over europe also on display. boris johnson has always flourished and appalled, maybe in equal measure, by breaking the rules and pushing conventions and he is doing that tonight by having such a dramatically about. this is officially the biggest clear out ever of a governing party in political history. some people think, great, he is getting on with it, the cabinet has been full of no hopers who have not been able to make decisions, but it is going down extremely badly with other senior conservatives, he has said it is not a new government, it is a warped ta keover a new government, it is a warped takeover and will not last. some continuity, sajid javid, sources tell me, is believed to be becoming the chancellor. previously the home secretary, already in a b

rory stewart among those names.kward as i have been to theresa may but there is something they are not willing to cross. they do not want to bring down a no deal prime minister government because they are at their heart tories. they have threatened all souls in the past and maybe they are all talk and not able to prove it. —— threatened all sorts. it is clearly... ithink in an ordinary circumstance, i think it would be a significant blue on blue attack. we are getting one of those every couple of days in the current circumstances. if i was philip hammond i would probably do the same thing. he has nothing to lose and he will not be in the next government so why not do it. another one of these policies, syntax. what do you mean by that? this is a good tabloid word for the taxes that are used to persuade people not to sin. borisjohnson used to persuade people not to sin. boris johnson suggesting that used to persuade people not to sin. borisjohnson suggesting that not saying he will get rid of them but suggesting he wi

by boris johnson people like for the common the chancellor david gold the justice secretary for rory stewart his former. opponent in the leadership race the international development secretary they will go to the backbench is a marshal opposition to johnson's attempts to push breaks it through without a deal all of that together makes it look well difficult if not extremely unlikely that he will be able to fulfill his central campaign promise to take britain out by october 31st one way or the other and given that difficulty and the discard parliament's. a general election in all of this certainly seems more and more likely you can't change the numbers in parliament without a general election that's the 1st thing the 2nd thing is the numbers for the conservative party itself are so poor this wafer thin majority that boris johnson inherits smaller even than to reason may ever had just 3 seats at the moment that goes down to 2 in all likelihood next week it could fall further with possible defections of tory m.p.'s to other parties making an election an assessor tea and an election that the tor

i heard last night he even talked to rory stewart.es, put his arm around colleagues. francine: will boris johnson deliver the brexit you want? nadhim: i think he will. interlocutorsour believe the nation is prepared to leave without a deal, not that he wants to leave without a deal, he will try to get a deal. if they believe the prime minister with a disciplined cabinet would leave october 31 without a deal, i think they will give some way to allow him to get a deal through parliament and deliver brexit october 31. francine: how much damage does that do to the economy? businesses have been stop piling. -- stockpiling. retailers are sitting on stock they cannot reuse next time. rupert: the uncertainty that has been holding back the economy since the referendum is turning from chronic to acute. there has been a drag on business investment but the economy has carried on growing, jobs have been created. in the last two to three months we had a dramatic drop off. could see some significant slowdowns in the months ahead. there is nothing fu

, he apparently had a conversation with him to say he wanted to bring him in and rory stewart said i forgot what i was standing for. there is going to be a very powerful group of ex ministers who are gathering on the backbenches who are determined to stop a no—deal brexit and they are potentially going to be joined by an alliance of mps from other parties in some sort of coalition. that is the political reality. you mentioned nicholas soames earlier, who tweeted yesterday what a great appointment for mark spencer, the chief weapon, who is a farmer, a remainer, and highly respected, so it demonstrates that boris will bring a coalition of mps together to his cabinet and we'll see people who were in the remain camp and all signed up to getting a good deal out of the eu. just to pick up on that point. your question was kindly deliver a deal? well, if people on the other side believe you are determined and you have a disciplined cabinet and a ministerial team behind you, and you wa nt to ministerial team behind you, and you want to do a fair deal for britain but the backstop has to be dea

that follows the earlier resignation, as i say, of rory stewart, international development secretaryome of the tweets they had any last hour. starting to look like the night of the long knives. nigel morris has just tweeted that he has already broken a modern political record. nine cabinet ministers have been sacked so far. it is a complete clear out. let us discuss a little bit of that. deputy political editor of the sunday times is with me. so much to say. let us start, martha, with what is going on across the road, at the moment. there is nothing for loyalty here, we have just seen that with james brokenshire. no, that is very order. he would have thought... it is going to bea he would have thought... it is going to be a very inner circle cabinet that boris is going to promote, but no. he is stacking a lot of people. he has cited various people who have said it could not countenance no—deal. that is to be protected, because of course... he wants to be very sure that they will stick behind him if that was the case. of course, there is no cabinet responsibility in the final months o

secretary david gauke, the business secretary greg clark and the international development secretary, rory stewartonservatives voted against the government — including the junior minister margot james who has now resigned. it's being seen as a victory for parliament and a potential headache for boris johnson if he becomes the next prime minister he's refused to rule out proroguing or suspending parliament. and let's hear what margotjames had to say about her reasons for supporting the amendment. we did not yet know the result of the leadership and i am very keen and still hope jeremy the leadership and i am very keen and still hopejeremy hunt will win. iam and still hopejeremy hunt will win. i am backing him and and still hopejeremy hunt will win. iam backing him and had and still hopejeremy hunt will win. i am backing him and had done so all the time, and i remain hopeful but if he does not, then a boris has failed to rule out provoking parliament. he has issued very defiant noises about it or die, deal 01’ no defiant noises about it or die, deal or no deal out on the 31st, and over the christ th

secretary david gauke, the business secretary greg clark and the international development secretary, rory stewarts voted against the government — including the junior minister margotjames, who has now resigned. it's being seen as a victory for parliament — and a potential headache for boris johnson if he becomes the next prime minister — he's refused to rule out proroguing parliament. the digital minister margot james supported the move, which means she's had to resign from the government. she explained her reasoning. we do not yet know the result of the leadership and i still hopejeremy hunt will win, i have always backed him. we remain hopeful. if he does not, borisjohnson him. we remain hopeful. if he does not, boris johnson has him. we remain hopeful. if he does not, borisjohnson has failed to rule out prorogue parliament and issued a very defined noises about deal or no deal, we are out on october the 31st and over the course of the campaign i've become increasingly alarmed at the way he is now talking about dumping the backstop altogether. i do not quite know where he thinks this leaves the

would imagine reflective, some of those who sit around the table will be there for the last time, rory stewartprominent remainers, greg clark, david liddington who was very much the points man of theresa may, i think they too might find there are no longer required because boris johnson has got to create some space in the cabinet to reward his supporters, bring in the people he wa nts to supporters, bring in the people he wants to refresh, shake up and change the feel of this government so change the feel of this government soi change the feel of this government so i imagine there‘s going to be a pretty significant clear ad. that carries with it huge risks because of course there are going to be people who are bruised by this process , people who are bruised by this process, there are people who are going to be disappointed and there are people who are going to feel they haven‘t got what they deserve and you know, it‘s a basic rule of cabinet reshuffle is as they always end in tears somewhere. that‘s going to bea end in tears somewhere. that‘s going to be a difficult one for boris johnson, par

same for rory stewart — the secretary of state for international development — also saying he'll be on check in with lucy frazer who's the solicitor general. shejoins us from our westminster studio. are you resigning or are you staying ina are you resigning or are you staying in a phone call? i am not resigning, i backed borisjohnson and i am pleased he has become our new prime minister. but you were a remainer? i was, yes. i understand a transition tea m was, yes. i understand a transition team has been working in the background on what this cabinet will look like. what would you like to see? do you want to see two wings of the party brought into the cabinet oi’ the party brought into the cabinet or would you prefer it to be a brexit cabinet so there are no excuses? those are questions for borisjohnson, above excuses? those are questions for boris johnson, above my excuses? those are questions for borisjohnson, above my pay grade, but i think it is important boris johnson unites the party. i think we're starting do that. a cabinet and a government more broadly that represents all wing

philip hammond and thejustice secretary, david gauke, and international department secretary, rory stewartbusy at it tonight, pulling all the strands together. you love days like this, don't you? as a political journalist, you take the reality out of it and it is so much fun to watch the drama of it unfolding. how many days have we had like this over the last few years? politics feels like a roller—coaster since 2016 and it is happening again today. politicians ultimate career is being added, then appearing as senior members of the cabinet never would have dreamt coming back. theresa may was a city is trying to balance the cabinet, filling a for about things of the party. —— she was said yes. but he boris johnson of the party. —— she was said yes. but he borisjohnson has brought the old team back together. this was the day that leave took control of the country. boris johnson, day that leave took control of the country. borisjohnson, priti patel, michael gove, dominic raab, dominic cummings, the man who masterminded brexit back in a senior role in government as well, this is the team that

secretary david gauke, the business secretary greg clark and the international development secretary, rory stewartt in the commons that the government was defeated the ayes to the right, 315, the noes to the left, 274. so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock. if you have a feeling of deja vu about all this, you're not alone. we can talk to our political correspondentjessica parker in the houses of parliament now. whoever is next prime minister faces the real problem here. this amendment was all about ensuring parliament does it in that crucial period running up to october the 31st in order to store a future prime ministerfrom 31st in order to store a future prime minister from ramming 31st in order to store a future prime ministerfrom ramming through ano prime ministerfrom ramming through a no del brexit, it's very much aimed at boris johnson. a no del brexit, it's very much aimed at borisjohnson. obviously widely seen as the frontrunner in the conservative leadership contest, we will get the result on tuesday the mac tuesday next week as to whether boris johnson the mac tuesday next week as

ministers who have been resigning already over the weekend, like david gauke, philip hammond, rory stewartto stop a no—deal brexit. does that anything, as meatloaf one said, he would do anything but love —— i go for love, but not that, with those people risk bringing down a conservative government in a confidence vote in which case boris johnson may end up being one of the shortest of prime ministers in recent history? no honeymoon at all? you would expect the bounce and despite the disunity within the party at the moment, everybody wants this to be over. if borisjohnson can geta this to be over. if borisjohnson can get a deal, there's a of goodwill from the conservative benches at least to get it through the house and remember, theresa may 's deal passed with almost all the conservatives apart from the erg so if he can get, and it is a big if, if he can get, and it is a big if, if he can get, and it is a big if, if he can get something from europe, he can possibly unite the conservative party but the real difference you are seeing, as henry said, is around the prospect of no deal and forc

rory stewart mocked him, believing it! he says we just have to wanted more.m. that phrase in his speech yesterday — to all the doubters, the doomsters and the gloomsters. what do you think about his position? it is completely typical boris, and optimism isn't everything but it is a start. brexit has been seen as a problem to be handled rather than an opportunity to be grasped. that is one of the problems with the brexiteers, many of them on the backbench, who have been so critical of theresa may's deal. borisjohnson knows he has said this very hard deadline, 98 days until we are supposed to be leaving the eu, and if he doesn't get it done he will be setting himself up for a massive failure. he will have an incredibly brief honeymoon is a new leader. theresa may had a year when she was soaring high in the polls before she came crashing down, and then there was the general election where she lost her majority. he has brought in dominic cummings, the strategic mastermind of the vote leave campaign, to grip the whitehall machine on his behalf. in essence, what we

it was interesting to see what the rebel alliance, along with ken clark and rory stewart, i don't thinkit, the majority will be the ones that will suffer from it. you would try and stop it. like most people. even among yourself, you are a microcosm of the party, still very disunited over brexit. but this large vote sends a clear message we need to all unify now and pursue brexit. it sends a clear message from about 100,000 brexit. it sends a clear message from about 100 , 000 conservative party members. that is how the system works. let us get on with the job. what about the people who say borisjohnson doesn't have great attention to detail, in terms of doing thejob he attention to detail, in terms of doing the job he won't be very good. i beg to differ. i think he has an outstanding track record, twice his premierships at london mayor, he did a fantasticjob... as foreign secretary as well. i don't think it was that outstanding, i think he is able to do local government, of course. when it comes to the national scene he will struggle. he was only in the foreign office for a short time,

rory stewart, hasn't beenin chancellor. rory stewart, hasn't been in the role very long.profile. he seems to have resigned on twitter by emo g. david gauke, we expected that, he has resigned, making it very clear it is because of boris johnson's view that he will leave at the end of october come what may, do or die. david gauke said he cannot go along with that because he doesn't go along with a no—deal brexit and says he can express that much better from the backbenches. a bit of a warning to borisjohnson to the backbenches. a bit of a warning to boris johnson to stop the backbenches. a bit of a warning to borisjohnson to stop david liddington, a former europe minister, very pro—eu has been effectively theresa may's deputy prime minister has also resigned. that is quite a powerful group of people now, seem to be on the remain side of the argument was that they would say they voted for brexit several times but they will be fighting no deal from the backbenches, you can be sure. david liddington especially, they are all interesting but david liddington because of what he s