and ruth davidson recently back-seat driver. and ruth davidson rece ntly ha d back-seat driver.a go at him. you cannot have a cabinet minister going off—piste and coming up with their own policies, there has to be a collective... you have also seen embarrassment abroad with him reading the kipling poem. in the one place? why on earth is our foreign secretary are coming a laughing 5tock, secretary are coming a laughing stock, so much so that the uk amba55ador had to intervene a5 stock, so much so that the uk amba55ador had to intervene as so not now, bori5! were only concentrating on the domestic treachery again5t theresa may but actually, what is going on in the re 5t actually, what is going on in the re st of actually, what is going on in the rest of the world, whereas britain stand? there is a question over his competence. perception is a marvellous policy! the sunday mirror... and exclusive, here! the pro—life tory profits from the abortion pill? jacob rees-mogg? i like jacob very much and he is one of the most charming mps... like jacob very much and he is one of the most ch

ruth davidson is slightly behind that 99 jacob rees mogg at 17. be pleased because he has after all been in the last few weeks on this rather determined effort to persuade us of his significance and importance and releva nce. his significance and importance and relevance. has he been on manoeuvres? has friends and allies in the press. he has been take me a lot of credit for things such as the brexit transition deal being reduced from a five—year period to a two—year period. having said that actually theresa may is in the driving seat that he afterwards went to the press and said it was me. that was my doing. the man has a big evil and it will presumably be massiah stephen moore by the statistics. —— big ego. massiah stephen moore by the statistics. -- big ego. he has been popular before and mps may have a different view. what i find extraordinary is that someone who isn't even an mp, who in the public mind doesn't come south of the border very much, ruth davidson, is only a few percentage points behind. two rather different characters. two very di

ruth davison -- ruth davidson. she is slightly better at herjob.says it did stop the march towards the referendum. further down this story, they say preparations for the conservative co nfe re nce preparations for the conservative conference are in chaos. the tories have not yet seen boris' speech. he tends to write things the night before. writes two versions of things sometimes. there is concern that policy offerings were going to be weak and watery. the apology that she will make to her activists further wrecking the election will be made behind closed doors and it will be a public humiliation. boris wa nts to will be a public humiliation. boris wants to influence the prime minister. she is on the liberal left wing of the party and she is not evenin wing of the party and she is not even in westminster. she is leader of the scottish tories. that is who she is trying to appeal to. trying to keep onside with scottish opinion which is broadly more remain. in the same way as boris prior to a conference kicking off a debate, she is doing exactly the s

, and also dismissing boris johnson is too lazy to be an effective prime minister, calling for ruth davidsonnless she gets ennobled and did what lord hume did back in 1963 to become prime minister, that is pretty unlikely. i can't believe that any senior conservative would say that they would prefer a strong labour government lead by somebody like tony blair... it's not sounding very futuristic. basically despite la st very futuristic. basically despite last week's attempt by may to say that she will go on and on ad infinitum, no one is buying it, and this is positioning again within, but i think as helen said, the bigger issue is people's doubts and criticism, critiques of the government policy. but why is she being clobbered in this way when she is not the one handling the brexit negotiations? it is david davis, liam fox who are supposed to be dealing with trade when it can finally happen. they are all members of her government, and people look to the prime minister for leadership. i think her injecting clarity from the very top, that style of leadership is incredibly important. she is sup

in a heated referendum debate, the scottish conservative leader, ruth davidson, took command.ay, she told the times that optimism about britain's future outside the european union sales people short. so what do conservatives arriving make of his intervention? he is positioning himself as a spokesperson for brexit and make sure it goes through.|j spokesperson for brexit and make sure it goes through. i don't think him going down his own line is necessarily the right way forward. him going down his own line is necessarily the right way forwardlj like necessarily the right way forward.” like people who are charismatic and who can speak their minds. so boris is certainly one of those people. what is your message to boris johnson? sure she! get behind the premise to. teresa mikula struggling to contain a party's differences over europe. some think she should be just as concerned about who is trying to move in on herjob. vicki joins us from manchester, where the conservative party conference opens tomorrow. so how is mrs may going to stop this conference from being simply a fight ov

scottish conservative leader ruth davidson said for the tenth year on the trot the snp are promisingny rabbits pulled out tfl the hat —— out of the hat? that. any rabbits pulled out tfl the hat -- out of the hat? felt to me like a pick ‘n' mix programme, the snp attempting to have something for eve ryo ne snp attempting to have something for everyone in what nicola sturgeon announced today in the chamber of the scottish parliament. behind me there is an awful lot of detail to pick. i thought the announcement on electric cars was interesting. she was saying how there was a hope to phase out all the petrol and diesel ca rs phase out all the petrol and diesel cars eight years ahead of the uk government, an ambition to make scotland's longest road the a 9 close to 300 miles long running up the spine of scotland an electric highway. headline—grabbing interesting policies but the nitty—gritty stuff is to do with education, the proposals to hand more powers to head teachers, their proposals and criminaljustice, a presumption against short—term sentencing and of course, as you say, frank's l

ruth davidson added that she didn't wa nt ruth davidson added that she didn't want the government toe in the government to use their powers here for a 50p rate of tax. the lib dems were highly critical of this programme for government saying that not much was being proposed. the debate is going on in there and it will continue for another couple of days. thank you, andrew. so, the major developments there in scottish politics. in america, the programme to allow the children of some illegal emigrants in the us has been entered today by the trump administration. protesters have been marching in support of the scheme, scheme put in by president obama. the scrapping of the scheme will affect around 800,000 people. the us congress by her six months to pass new legislation on the issue before this scheme ends. a court in paris has ordered the celebrity magazine closer to pay 100,000 euros in damages to the duke and duchess of cambridge for publishing topless of the duchess sunbathing on holiday five years ago. the royal couple were on a private holiday in provence when the pictures were ta

heated referendum debates and ruth davidson took him on.l as one country in the world but said it would give is a better deal if we came out be you? overoptimism about the future britain outside the eu sells people short. so, what do conservatives arriving in manchester make—up boris johnson's conservatives arriving in manchester make—up borisjohnson‘s latest intervention? he is positioning himself as a spokesperson for brexit. we're not sure that boris going down this line is the right way forward. are like people who are charismatic and can speak their minds. boris is one of those people. what is your message to boris johnson? be quiet, get behind the prime minister. theresa may struggling to contain party differences over europe when something she should be just as concerned about who is trying to move in over herjob. that was young reporting. the political editor of the son who did the interview with borisjohnson has been on the pm programme and characterised his interview as boris johnson digging in to his position after the big articl

in heated referendum debates, the scottish conservative leader, ruth davidson, took him on.said it will give us a better deal if we come out of the eu? and today she told the times that overoptimism about britain‘s future outside the eu sells people short. so what do conservatives arriving in manchester make of borisjohnson‘s latest intervention? i guess he is positioning himself as a sort of spokesperson for brexit, and making sure it goes through. i'm not quite sure that boris going down his own line, as he is, is necessarily the right way forward. i like people who are charismatic, and who can speak their minds, so boris is certainly one of those people. so what is your message to boris johnson? shh. shush. get behind the prime minister. theresa may‘s struggling to contain her party‘s differences over europe. some think she should be just as concerned about who‘s trying to move in on herjob. vicki joins us from manchester, where the conservative party if conference opens tomorrow. in the first few minutes we have heard more of the policies of the prime minister intends to

meanwhile, the scottish conservative leader, ruth davidson, has criticised what she calls overoptimism brexit, which sells people short on the complicated process. theresa may would rather the party's focus was improving the lives of working people. brexit is important but, she claims, firmly under control. at the eu leaders' gathering in tallinn, the prime ministerfound herself on the sidelines. her challenge back home is to make sure she's not overshadowed and remains centrestage. jonathan blake, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent jonathan blake and asked him how many more times boris johnson can continue to intervene in the brexit debate without the prime minister taking action against him. it's another broadside from the foreign secretary on brexit. he was accused a couple of weeks ago of back—seat driving after he wrote a very long piece in the telegraph about what the approach to brexit should be. and here we are again, on the eve of an important event for the conservative party and the prime minister, he's getting in there first and laying out his stall as

conservatives don't go with borisjohnson‘s assertion that brexit will be great and a heated debate, ruth davidson world that has said it will give us a better deal if we come out of the eu? today, she told the times overoptimism of the leaving eu salespeople short. what do conservatives arriving in manchester make of borisjohnson‘s latest intervention? he is positioning himself as a spokesperson for brexit and making sure it goes through.” am not sure but boris is going the right way forward. i like people who are charismatic and who can speak their minds so boris is certainly one of those people. what is your message to boris johnson? shush, get behind the prime minister! theresa may is struggling to get the differences over europe. something she should bejust differences over europe. something she should be just as concerned about who was trying to move in on herjob. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... i , a ,a round—up , a round—up of the sport. this is bbc world news today, i'm alpha patel. the latest headlines: the catalan government insists the controversial vote on independenc

sturgeon called the plans "fresh, bold and ambitious" — but was accused by conservative leader ruth davidsontland editor sarah smith is at holyrood for us this evening. politics here have been so dominated this year so far by arguments over a second scottish referendum, nicola sturgeon is now trying to turn the page. she knows she needs to show she's energetically attacking politics in scotland, schools and hospitals, not just politics in scotland, schools and hospitals, notjust worrying about independent says she has come up with a long list of measures for this parliamentary year. nicola sturgeon has got her hands full and she wants all of us to know it. she promised to refresh her policies after a disappointing general election result and now she wa nts to general election result and now she wants to seize back the political initiative with what she calls a bold and ambitious programme for government. at it heart is this ambition to make our country the best place in the world to grow up and be educated. to live, work, visit and do business and the best place to be cared for in times of s

criticism from within the conservative party on the record since borisjohnson's article came from ruth davidsonfter what happened in parsons green, was an indication of bad judgment. and judgment has always been one of the big doubts, but others have had about borisjohnson. even going back to his time when he was a humble opposition politician. when he got sacked for some outspoken views in the spectator magazine. even had —— even some of his supporters acknowledge that a wea k his supporters acknowledge that a weak point is this judgment. amber rudd suggesting that his timing, particularly given her brief, the response to what happened on the london underground, was very striking. and then there is the broader response. a huge amount of criticism yesterday about providing, like a flashback to a year ago, at £350 million per week figure that the uk, as he sees it, will benefit from a brexit. that figure is widely discredited. there is a bbc reality check piece online that breaks down the numbers. people can find that on the numbers. people can find that on the bbc website. they can see why peop

meanwhile the scottish leader ruth davidson has criticised what she calls overoptimism about brexit whichls people short on the conjugated process. theresa may would rather the party's focus was improving the lives of working people. brexit is important but, she claims, firmly under control. at the eu leader's government in palin, she found herself on the sidelines. a challenge at home is to make sure she's not overshadowed and remains centrestage. jonathan blake is with me now. a fortnight ago the foreign secretary was accused of back—seat driving, izzy at it again? it is another broadside from rosejohnson, important but is it a challenge to the prime minister? he says no, he that not contradict government policy but goes further on these issues. there could be questioned on who really speaks for the government, what government what the endgame will be and questions how long the foreign secretary can keep making these eye—catching interventions. theresa may goes into the conference battered and bruised by the election result injune, many people thought she would not survive it but her ch

meanwhile the scottish leader ruth davidson has criticised what she calls overoptimism about brexit whicheople short on the complicated process. theresa may would rather the party's focus was improving the lives of working people. brexit is important but, she claims, firmly under control. at the eu leaders summit in tallinn, she found herself on the sidelines. a challenge at home is to make sure she's not overshadowed and remains centrestage. the foreign secretary is in the headlines for another reason. a film crew captured him reciting a colonial era poem at a temple and being urged by the british ambassador to stop. in a documentary to be shown tomorrow night on channel 4, boris johnson to be shown tomorrow night on channel 4, borisjohnson repeats a ready at kipling poem at a temple. here is the clip. more? the tolling of the bell seems to dislodge some half remembered verses from boris johnson '5 childhood. the fragments are from the pro—colonial classic poem about burma called mandalay by rudyard kipling. the ambassador is quick to spot that reminding their hosts of british rule might

cheering one might ask if ruth davidson might a nswer one might ask if ruth davidson might answer a question since 2009, but they can't find the money for fiscal measures to grow the economy. this is a government that does not understand how to use economic levers for the people that are paying the price. will the prime minister take responsibility for the government gross mismanagement of the uk economy? i notice in all of that rather lengthy question... never once did he record the increase in employment that is taking place across the united kingdom, what the figures showed today. he also started off by standing up and complaining that i had referenced the acts of the scottish government. he believes in independence, believes that scotland should only believes that scotland should only be run by the scottish government so i think the scottish people deserve to look and in this house we deserve to look and in this house we deserve to talk about what the scottish government is or is not doing for the people of scotland. the one thing i can tell him and others is that the scottish economy an

sturgeon called the plans "fresh, bold and ambitious" — but was accused by conservative leader ruth davidson she wants all of us to know it. she promised to refresh her policies after a disappointing general election result and now she wants to seize back the political initiative with what she calls a bold and ambitious programme for government. at it heart is this ambition — to make our country the best place in the world to grow up and be educated. the best place to live, work, visit and do business. the best place to be cared for in times of sickness, need or vulnerability and the best place to grow old. the first minister announced significant government investment in high—tech manufacturing and financial technology, and she was getting her own lesson today in digital skills. but its education that will be the biggest test for the snp. faced with falling standards in scottish schools, they plan to give headteachers more powers and responsibilities. teachers, along with nurses and police officers, will be among thousands of workers getting a higher pay rise next year as scotland is scrapp

that is something scottish conservative leader ruth davidson is criticising in another interview thisith the times, saying people should be paying more attention to the detail. the challenge for theresa may as she goes into the conservative conference this weekend is to make sure her message that she saysis is to make sure her message that she says is the conservatives' task of creating a country that works for eve ryo ne creating a country that works for everyone is heard above all this noise. good to talk to you, speak to you later on the programme. the nhs is stuck in the past and not fit for the 21st century, according to the chief inspector of hospitals in england. professor ted baker says the system has not adapted to deal with the growth in the population, and has warned all trusts to take urgent steps to make accident and emergency departments safe. washington has pulled most of its diplomats out of havana following mysterious attacks on staff. the cuban government says the decision is hasty and will affect relations between the two countries. our us correspondent barbara plet

and joining us from birmingham is ruth davidson from the national housing federation.d my experience. i think for me at the point where i was offered social housing, which was offered social housing, which was 25 and 25 years ago, i mean, i'd been homeless, i had specific issues, health problems and so on. it provided me a level of stability that don't gasmi a sort of platform from which to go to university, establish myself a bit more. originally i lived in what is called a housing co—operative on the south bank in waterloo, quite fond of an queen street. it's a self managed housing association. the tenants manage their own property, we looked after our own garden. so it was kind of like a housing association with strong tenant involvement. the rents we re very strong tenant involvement. the rents were very low. so then it means you've got... i think one of the things is, when you submit your —— when your rent is low you can be spending money in the wider economy, there were grants to renovate the property but we were entirely self—sufficient. we read in and paid for