scotland, all of these things that have been better for scottish life and really cemented the scottish parliamentthe centre of scottish civic life. anybody that argues that westminster is the centre of scottish politics and the centre of scottish civic life has merely not moved on the last 20 years. and finally a novel way to make your voice heard in parliament. the intelligence agency, gchq, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. the mp for cheltenham, where gchq is based, led the congratulations. it is therefore perhaps fitting that i should conclude with a message to gchq in the form of morse code. this will last the next 13 seconds, mr speaker. beeping. happy birthday to gchq. and that message in morse code bring us to the end of thursday in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me on friday evening at 11 o'clock bbc parliament tv‘s geekiest channel, no less for a look at the week in parliament. bye for now. hello. friday won't be quite as warm or quite as humid, there'll be a mix of sunny spells and just a few showers around, mainly across eastern england and eastern scotl

reporter: before meeting the first minister, boris johnson headed to scottish parliament for another with the leader of the scottish branch of the conservative party ruth davidson. the ideairmly rejected of a no deal brexit arguing nobody advocated it in the 2016 referendum campaign. are warning that johnson's government approach could boost support for independence which is on the rise. >> the support for independence in scotland is almost 50%. not a majority but -- that could provoke another independence referendum. maybe not immediately but after the next couple elections. reporter: the scottish government are far from the only people warning johnson he is endangering the union. whether they try to hold another independence vote in the near future could depend on whether politicians and westminster are able to stop him. nick: china has blamed western -- for stirring up trouble after another weekend a protest in hong kong. in rare comments on the unrest the chinese government said it stood by his territory's media who accuse the west are trying to contain beijing. we report now from

they could have met in the scottish parliament or somewhere else in edinburgh.l leader? first meeting, and he is being booed. the body language with nicola sturgeon going and was quite interesting. this is the third prime minister that she is met, welcomed to bute house, the official residence in edinburgh. it was all smiles with david cameron but no smiles with david cameron but no smiles today. she basically said she doesn't believe there is a plan. she sang the no deal exit rhetoric would be really dangerous. scotland. you also have ruth davidson not using such strong words but she doesn't wa nt such strong words but she doesn't want no deal. he said it would be terrible for the conservative pa rty‘s terrible for the conservative party's chances. what is it, due to ruth davidson's position, if boris johnson says, right, that's it. we can't get anything with brussels, we are heading for no deal, but therefore it. what is she going to do and say? she is now on the record very clearly saying she will not support no deal exit. if that ends up support no deal exit

which is what happens in most civilised democratic institutions these days starting with the scottish parliamentts in their diary for the coming days. such as their wedding the speaker misses nothing. i know the house willjoin me in that expression of goodwill, he's a very young man to be contemplating the state of matrimony, but we wish him well in his pursuit. hear, hear! i'm very, very grateful to you. thank you very much. i'm quite thrown now. can i first to congratulate the honourable gentleman and also thank my wife are having put up with me for a0 years, it is our anniversary this weekend. and she has truly put up with a great deal, so i love you very much, michelle. there we are. and the new prime minister can only dream of a political honeymoon lasting that long. that note of harmony brings to an end this thursday in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me at 11pm on friday night on bbc parliament for the week in parliament, the programme that does what it says on the tin. until then, bye for now. some soggy weather on the way for some of us over the next 2a hours,

there is scope to do a new deal before meeting the 1st minister boris johnson headed to the scottish parliament for another tense meeting with the leader of the scottish branch of the conservative party ruth davidson she says she supports the prime minister but has firmly rejected the idea of a no deal breaker arguing nobody advocated it in the 2060 referendum campaign her allies are warning that johnson government's approach could boost support for independence which is already on the rise as a port for independence and gotten as almost 50 percent if not a majority but there's a serious conflict between the 2 governments then that could provoke another independence referendum maybe not immediately but after the next got official actions the scottish government a far from the only people warning johnson he's in danger in the union where they try to hold another independence vote in the near future could depend on whether politicians in westminster are able to stop him the dean barber al jazeera edinburgh. they hackers believe has stolen data of more than 100000000 people across the u.s. and cal

the first minister nicola sturgeon was elected by the scottish parliament in 2014, defeating ruth davidson... i... i... i... was relying on the very clear advice of a very distinguished colleague of mine. i undertake mr speaker to write to the honourable lady with further particulars about the dispute that seems to have arisen between us about that point of fact. my between us about that point of fact. my right honourable friend is a great one nation conservative and in that spirit i ask my right honourable friend when don't make any find honourable friend when don't make anyfind time honourable friend when don't make any find time to take a close look at my six year campaign to ban unpaid internships, which i think will bring great meritocracy to this country. i absolutely endorse the campaign my honourable friend has run and we should be a meritocracy, and people should be able to get access to jobs not according to who they know but according to their talents and he's right. the office of prime minister is accountable to this house so detail is needed. exactly what changes to the withdr

independence referendum, although the right to hold that referendum has to be given to the scottish parliamenttish government has a lot of hurdles to get through to the point where they can hold a second referendum is reached. on the idea of a second poll, borisjohnson said the confidence of the public would be undermined if he was to go back on the promise that that referendum was once—in—a—lifetime, once in a generation. one other point of interest from those comments he made at faslane about an hour ago or so, he was asked by one journalist why he was asked by one journalist why he was asked by one journalist why he was so unpopular in scotland. to that, the prime minister replied, if i believe the polls, i wouldn't be here. lorna gordon, thank you. let's cross to perth now, where we can speak to snp mp pete wishart. nice to talk to you. just picking up on what lorna was saying, what do people in scotland think of boris johnson, do you think? a curious mixture of a number of things, like first of all we absolutely and utterly reject his no—deal brexit, the plan he has in place for us come o

in 2012, when a majority of the members of the scottish parliament wanted to hold an independence referendumfriend david cameron agreed the means to do so. now that the same mandate exists, he brave enough to do the same, or is he afraid he will be the last prime minister the united kingdom? i think the former prime minister committed, and it was universally agreed that the events in 2014 was a once ina agreed that the events in 2014 was a once in a generation referendum, and that's the way it should be. my right honourable friend will know under the conservatives, we have got re cord under the conservatives, we have got record numbers of women and work in this country, and if we are going to be successful post brexit, we have got to make sure that we continue that. when my right honourable friend joined me to help those 50,000 women a year who feel that they've got no option but to leave their jobs they've got no option but to leave theirjobs because of pregnancy discrimination? will he help me e nforce discrimination? will he help me enforce the law so that we can have more of those women

scottish people. to consider and decide what future we want for our parliament and our country. can the primaries to tell us will is review into devolution, include the views of would be successors but these scott would never be prime minister and westminster should take off office support doing her job. this review would be part, the real legacy of this prime minister is shutting down scotland and ignoring the will of the scottish parliament. and it was clear they never will. >> there is no review in this, there's only one party in this house who wants to stop it is in scotland, the scottish national party. >> iran, continues to use all matters including increasingly significant cyber capability to destabilize the middle east and pursue its ambition to be a regional superpower in the middle east. with the prime minister agree with me that a cyber armed iran is equally as dangerous as a nuclear armed iran and we need to do more all that we can necessary with our allies to combat this increasing threat from iran in cyberspace? >> your right to raise concerns about the destabilizi

the only parliamentarian to sit in the house and the scottish parliament and european parliament, scotland wants to get on. mark carney said the uk economy does not appear to be growing. to depict the financial crisis of 2008, the uk is already in recession. they are with us, will the primus to ignore what they want in times of recession. >> in relation, i agree with him, we hope humanity will learn from it. all too often we see that is not the case. i was in the summit in poland working -- encouraging them. working together to see political stability for their people in the future. the right honorable gentlemen talked about the state of the uk and i'm pleased to see we have the best record in the g7 in terms of growth, the longest quarterly period of growth of any of the countries in the g7 and i say to the right honorable gentlemen we have record numbers of people in employment, record low unemployment and investment in our economy. this is an economy that is doing well but it could really take off and if the right honorable dental and had voted for brexit and voted for a deal. >> perhap

there is scope to do a new deal before meeting the 1st minister boris johnson headed to the scottish parliament for another tense meeting with the leader of the scottish branch of the conservative party ruth davidson she says she supports the prime minister but has firmly rejected the idea of a no deal breaks it arguing nobody advocated it in the 2060 referendum campaign her allies are warning the johnson government's approach could boost support for independence which is already on the rise as a party for independence and gotten as almost 50 percent if not a majority but there's a serious conflict between the 2 governments then that could provoke another independence referendum maybe not immediately but after the next scottish elections the scottish government a far from the only people warning johnson he's in danger in the union whether they try to hold another independence vote in the near future could depend on whether politicians in westminster are able to stop him the dean barber al jazeera edinburgh where the british pound has fallen to a 28 month low against the dollar as brian johnson

there is scope to do a new deal before meeting the 1st minister boris johnson headed to the scottish parliament for another tense meeting with the leader of the scottish branch of the conservative party ruth davidson she says she supports the prime minister but has firmly rejected the idea of a no deal breaks it arguing nobody advocated it in the 2060 referendum campaign her allies are warning the johnson government's approach could boost support for independence which is already on the rise as a poll for independents in scotland i was almost 50 percent it's not a majority but as a serious conflict between the 2 governments then that could provoke another independence referendum maybe not immediately but after the next got official actions the scottish government a far from the only people warning johnson he's in danger in the union whether they try to hold another independence vote in the near future could depend on whether politicians in westminster are able to stop him the dean barber al jazeera edinburgh. portis next. find out who was a cut above the rest of us timber sports championships.

there is scope to do a new deal before meeting the 1st minister boris johnson headed to the scottish parliament for another tense meeting with the leader of the scottish branch of the conservative party ruth davidson she says she supports the prime minister but has firmly rejected the idea of a no deal breaks it arguing nobody advocated it in the 2060 referendum campaign her allies are warning the johnson government's approach could boost support for independence which is already on the rise as a party for independence and gotten almost 50 percent if not a majority but there's a serious conflict between the 2 governments then that could provoke another independence referendum maybe not immediately but after the next scottish elections the scottish government a far from the only people warning johnson he's in danger in the union whether they try to hold another independence vote in the near future could depend on whether politicians in westminster are able to stop him the dean barber al jazeera edinburgh where the british pound has fallen to a 28 month low against the dollar as brian johnson tou

you see what is going on elsewhere and i am not saying things are perfect in the scottish parliament on with the dayjob as well. you can do both and boris has done neither. the other thing is what he did do as foreign secretary was make things worse for nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. to not be able to do hisjob zaghari—ratcliffe. to not be able to do his job and zaghari—ratcliffe. to not be able to do hisjob and not zaghari—ratcliffe. to not be able to do his job and not take these things seriously, has real life consequences. i seriously, has real life consequences. | was 011 seriously, has real life consequences. i was on the committee when that happened and let me, sorry, hold on, he was foreign secretary, can i say something. i was on the committee, so i was on the committee when he made that mistake and we asked him to correct it, this woman went to jail for a horrible regime, and do you know... cani horrible regime, and do you know... can i explain, they may not know what happened, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was being held in iran, she maintains she was there on holiday, boris johns

who has her 90th birthday today questioning the only parliamentarian to sit in the size, the scottish parliamential crisis in 2008 has said, the early evidence suggests that the uk is already in recession. the dark clouds of brexit are with us. well the prime minister continued to ignore all the warning signs of recession? first of all, in relation to the memorial, i agree with him. we hope every time we see a massacre of this sort, we hope that humanity will learn from it. sadly, all too often, we see that is not the case. i was at the western balkans summit last friday in poland, working with the countries of the western balkans, encouraging them and working with them to find peaceful ways of working together so that we can ensure that those countries seek political stability and prosperity for their people in the future. he then talks about the state of uk economy forced i am very pleased to see that we actually have the best record in the g7 in terms of growth. we have the longest quarterly period of growth of any of the countries in the g7. we also, i have to say, we have record numbers of

member of the european parliament and member of these scottish national party mr omar we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. thank you very much. allergic reaction his physicians says and of all he was poisoned with a chemical agent which is yet to be determined or confirmed earlier today the hospital doctors treating he said that his wife is not in danger which is why he was sent back to prison. i don't actually know me on his way back to prison one of russia's most prominent opposition figures he was rushed to hospital on sunday after taking ill in his detention cell clinic doctors say nevada he had a severe allergic reaction but his personal doctor isn't convinced speaking to the press she said her client was poisoned and warned he could be in danger if he returns to prison. and you will look into the new plan yet and he. believe you'll get it it's unclear whether what he has is contact dermatitis or not but he was in a life threatening condition. and now they are sending him back to the same place where that same toxic chemical substance might be again. and this

here in scotland scottish conservative leader ruth davidson says while she supports boris johnson she cannot back his approach to a no deal breaker and they have 13 members of parliament a scottish conservatives in westminster that could become very interesting if it comes down to the line on a hard on a no deal breaks it because there are other conservative members of parliament who could vote against the government to try to stop the deal breaks of along with the opposition there is a very slim majority there in westminster so there is growing opposition even within boris johnson's own ranks if you like to the way he's seen to be handling the whole process or a name thanks very much indeed for reporting that is the picture in edinburgh and the british pound has fallen to a 28 month low against the dollar as boris johnson toughens his rhetoric on breaks it and let's say the currency could fall further and for his growth over the possibility of a new deal a spokeswoman for the prime minister says johnson will not meet e.u. leaders until they agree in advance to change the current breaks it withdraw all agreements negotiated of course by former lead it's reason may let

christiane a member of the european parliament and member of the scottish national party mr omar we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. thank you very much. the the most vocal opponent of russian president vladimir putin is back in his prison cell despite suspicions that that's where he was poisoned just a few days ago and of ali was hospitalized yesterday after what was 1st described as an allergic reaction his physicians says of all he was poisoned with a chemical agent which is yet to be determined or confirmed earlier today the hospital doctors treating he said that his life is not in danger which is why he was sent back to prison. on his way back to prison one of russia's most prominent opposition figures he was rushed to hospital on sunday after taking ill in his detention cell clinic doctors say he had a severe allergic reaction but his personal doctor isn't convinced speaking to the press she said her client was poisoned and warned he could be in danger if he returns to prison. and you will all in tax cuts when you bring up the human. body building it is it's uncl

walks conservative website he joins us from london and daniel rally is a member of parliament representing the scottish council area with no fuel for the opposition labor party she joins us from london hello everybody the reason we are doing this show is because we are scout audience regularly what story is making news where you live and this is the comment that we got about a week ago the conservative leadership race between boris johnson and jeremy hunt and the lies that they are telling to the u.k. public the responding of waffling on your questions properly spewing out lies then we have journeyed to things that you would work with in better topic. they do a good job of summing up the conservative leadership race. i think of quite a partisan way of looking at said really what we have in this race is someone who has for many people been the face of breck's it for many years boris johnson who helped lead that vote need campaign all the way back in 26 the who stood on the base stages around the country and dissuaded the country to vote to leave the e.u. against jeremy hunt who is someone who is conside

forks conservative website he joins us from london and danielle rally is a member of parliament representing the scottish council area with no fuel for the opposition labor party she joins us from london hello everybody the reason we are doing this show is because we are scout audience regularly what story is making news where you live and this is the comment that we got about a week ago the conservative leadership race between boris johnson and jeremy hunt and the lies that they are telling to the u.k. public you have. on your arts and questions properly spewing out lies then we have journeyed to things that you would work with in better topic. they do a good job of summing up the conservative leadership race. i think of quite a partisan way of looking at it really what we have in this race is someone who has for many people been the face of breck's it for many years boris johnson who helped lead that vote need campaign all the way back in 26 the who stood on the base stages around the country and dissuaded the country to vote to leave the e.u. against jeremy hunt who is someone who is considered to be

forks conservative website he joins us from london and danielle rally is a member of parliament representing the scottish council area with no fuel for the opposition labor party she joins us from london hello everybody the reason we are doing this show is because we are scout audience regularly what story is making news where you live and this is the comment that we got about a week ago the conservative leadership race between boris johnson and jeremy hunt and the lies that they are telling to the u.k. public. and on no questions properly spewing out lies then we have jeremy who thinks the e.u. will work with better topic. they do a good job of summing up the conservative leadership race. i think of quite a partisan way of looking at said really what we have in this race is someone who has for many people been the face of breck's it for many years boris johnson who helped lead that vote need campaign all the way back in 2060 who stood on the base stages around the country and dissuaded the country to vote to leave the e.u. against jeremy hunt who is someone who is considered to be much more of a diploma

in scotland the scottish conservative leader ruth davidson says while she supports boris johnson she cannot back his approach to a new deal breaks it and they have 30 members of parliament of scottish conservatives in west mint.

politicians talking to right—wing conservatives and lib dems talking to scottish nationalists and all sorts. finally the parliament only mentioning in passing. let's face it, boris has said things in the past suggesting he is not going to be... fiddle 60 business. what is interesting is this is the tories who are supposed to be the party of the economy and he has said the party will be avidly pro—business and has recognised that commerce and trade are important but thatis commerce and trade are important but that is basic! he seems to have attended a lunch attended by pr and communications outfit the boss of which is a former tory party chairman andi which is a former tory party chairman and i think he has said some nice things. looking at the sunday times, i two page spread. in the good old days which you used to have insight on pages 3—8. usually for royal stories or scandals. it is a terrific cutting. boris poking his head out of number ten. you are saying you would love to have this mental space in yours? we have to nail it on about who is going to be fired and who is going to get the big jobs whereas in a bro

forks conservative website he joins us from london and daniel rally is a member of parliament representing the scottish council area with no fuel for the opposition labor party she joins us from london hello everybody the reason we are doing this show is because we are scout audience regularly what story is making news where you live and this is the comment that we got about a week ago the conservative leadership race between boris johnson and jeremy hunt and the lies that they are telling to the u.k. public. and on no questions properly spewing out lies then we have jeremy who thinks the e.u. will work with in better topic. they do a good job of summing up the conservative leadership race. i think of quite a partisan way of looking at said really what we have in this race is someone who has for many people been the face of breck's it for many years boris johnson who helped lead that vote need campaign all the way back in 2060 who stood on the base stages around the country and dissuaded the country to vote to leave the e.u. against jeremy hunt who is someone who is considered to be much more of a dipl

what she can to secure -- i hope the trimester will join us outside parliament in support of the climate justice activism. the scottish government was first government in the uk to declare climate emergency and i hope the uk response to leadership on this issue. do or die, come what may. those are the words of the trimester's likely successor. in those words, to drag us out of the european union no matter what the cost. prime minister, before you exit office, willing to impose devastating no deal brexit on all of us? >> i remind the honorable gentlemen he is due to ask about my responsibilities and prime minister and i would remind him as prime minister i voted 3 times in this house to assure we could take the uk and the european union, this deal goes to the whole of the united kingdom and he voted effectively for no deal. >> ian blackburn. >> now wonder she was leaving, there was no answer to the question. the prime minister -- on the one hand the tories are asking people, the most incompetent foreign secretary in a century. a man who has spent a career out of line, spend his week avoiding the media and the extreme d

understand the liberal democrat party is going to be taking legal action in the scottish courts to try to stop any attempt suspend parliamentl the difficulties that we saw theresa may face in trying to get parliament to come to a view on brexit -- if anything, it just got harder. >> i was speaking to our guest yesterday who said for investors, the new cabinet is not necessarily the biggest focus but rather the setup of parliament. run us through what we should look out for over the next few days on both those fronts. >> yes. what we are looking at for the next few days -- today we will learn who was going to be prime minister, and then tomorrow is when we see, probably, if things go to plan, a changeover of power. theresa will make her last cry minister questions tomorrow and will then visit the queen. then the new prime minister will visit the queen. they make the speech as they go for the first time into 10 downing street. one of the big orders of the day, orders of the next couple days, will be to set up the top team in the cabinet, and we will be looking for who becomes chancellor in the u.k. how balanced is the cabinet

later on here in edinburgh where the parliament sits in the building behind me he'll he's expected to meet nicolas sturgeon the 1st minister leader of the scottish nationalist party he might also be meeting ruth davidson she's the leader of the scottish conservatives there's a big rift between those 2 on sunday davidson wrote a newspaper article saying that she would back prime minister johnson in his brakes in efforts but she would not support his. moves for a no deal bracks it it's clear that there's no love lost between them furthermore nicholas sturgeon has made it clear since boris johnson took office that if he pressed ahead with a note that he would be the last prime minister of great britain it's really clear the message coming from people like her that they think he's whole approach is going to be disastrous it comes on a day when the confederation of british industry says that basically most businesses are not ready here in britain or in the european union for a no deal breaks it so he knows he's under pressure is going to announce around $370000000.00 of new investment for parts of scotland northern ireland and wales but he knows that

parliament. they are doing it in the scottish courts because they sit through august, allowing a ruling to be madeseptember. and most importantly, remember, a majority of people in scotland voted against leaving the european union and there is polling to suggest that a no—deal brexit would push support for scottish independence up to 60% if mrjohnson pursues it. lorna gordon, thank you. now to cardiff and sian lloyd, who is there for us and very similar arguments being discussed there? yes, indeed, simon. both co ntesta nts there? yes, indeed, simon. both contestants really have their own supporters here from within the welsh conservative party, with paul davies, the leader of the welsh conservatives, having come out and backed borisjohnson. yet their main sta nce backed borisjohnson. yet their main stance of the welsh government in this context has been brexit. they have demanded that whoever takes the hot seat now in number ten will rule out a no deal exit from the european union. they say that no deal would be catastrophic for wales. we have the biggest agricultural show in europe taking place

parliament. my negotiating team would have the dup, the erg, the brexit purists in our party, scottish and welsh conservatives, because we must think about the union as well, we will put that deal together in august, discussing it with the irish government... if you're lucky. we will put that deal together and it will be a deal that can get through parliament because it will be a deal that works for those groups of people. in september we will then have proper formal discussions with the eu and i think we will know pretty quickly if there is a deal to be done. if there isn't, we will not hang around... you would walk away before your first summit? it is not walking away... it is, you could decide there is no point and you have not even had a summit with the eu. i thought you said you had learned a lot about negotiation! yes, and we will be talking to eu leaders, i will be talking to them in august and september. you don't need an eu summit to talk to eu leaders that you can have those discussions. i know you want people to take you seriously on leaving with no deal, particularly the kind of tory

one thing that has been mentioned, the next scottish parliament election in a couple of years‘ time, y david mundell, unceremoniously sacked, he has been suggesting that 2021 election in scotla nd suggesting that 2021 election in scotland could be pivotalfor figuring out if there‘s going to another independent referendum. there are a lot of people worried that no—deal does make it more likely. a busy political time up there. thank you very much. the confederation of business industry today warned that neither the uk nor the eu is ready for a no—deal brexit on the 31st of october. although it welcomed preparations that have been made, it said that a no—deal brexit would be so complicated that it will be impossible to mitigate all disruption. the cbi says that even though billions have been spent on preparations, british businesses still don‘t have clear advice, they are hampered by costs and timelines and the complexity of leaving without a deal. smaller companies without good contingency plans are the most vulnerable. let‘s speak now to sallyjones, deloitte‘s director of international

parliament. we do depend on that partnership with the dup but also with the brexit purists in the conservative party, the er g. and i have also included scottish would infinitely prepare “— in parliament. i would infinitely prepare —— might prefer us to have conservative mps in northern ireland so we didn't need to rely on another party but to govern is to accept the world as it is. that to campaign to make it better, and that's what i hope we can do. it cost the taxpayer £1 billion next time. there are still three years to go in this parliament. will we see a similar sum? we have that agreement with the dup, we pay the money and i would like them to do their bit and help us like them to do their bit and help us get a brexit deal through. let me leave it at that. will you be able to pledge that there will never be a separate northern ireland only referendum on the issue of the backstop? and that in relation to brexit that northern ireland will be treated in exactly the same way as all the other parts of the united kingdom? yes. and let me be clear, i think that is the heart of the difficulties that we have had with the current deal, is a fear