the other main stories on bbc news at 5: seven labour mps quit the party, condemning jeremy corbyn‘sing of anti—semitism and brexit. for my part, i have become embarrassed and ashamed to remain in the labour party. mr corbyn said he was "disappointed" that the group had felt "unable to work together" on labour policies. the border force intercepts a boat carrying betwen 20 to 30 migrants off the coast of dover. shamima begum tells the bbc she apologises for joining the islamic state group in syria, but still expresses sympathy for them. and train companies propose an overhaul of ticketing, with tap—in, tap—out payments and better value for passengers. it's five o'clock. our top story tonight, the japanese car—maker honda is set to announce its plant in swindon in wiltshire will close. the move could put up to 3,500 jobs at risk. company sources have not denied reports emerging this afternoon that the plant will close in 2022. but an official statement from the firm is expected to be made tomorrow. our business correspondent, jonty bloom, reports. the civic has been a hugely successfu

on bbc news at 5: seven labour mps quit the party, condemning jeremy corbyn‘s handling of anti—semitism brexit. for my part, i have become embarrassed and ashamed to remain in the labour party. mr corbyn said he was "disappointed" that the group had felt "unable to work together" on labour policies. the border force intercepts a boat carrying betwen 20 to 30 migrants off the coast of dover. shamima begum tells the bbc she apologises for joining the islamic state group in syria, but still expresses sympathy for them. and train companies propose an overhaul of ticketing, with tap—in, tap—out payments and better value for passengers. it's five o'clock.

seven labour mps have resigned from the party, protesting jeremy corbyn's approach to brexit and anti—semitism among the loudest critics of the labour leader, and will now sit in the commons as independents. one of the mps, luciana berger, says she's "embarrassed and ashamed" to stay in the party. mr corbyn says he's disappointed by their decision, while the shadow chancellor is calling on them to stand down and face by—elections. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg's report contains flashing images. after a frenzy of rumours, making their way into a stifling, cramped, london room, labour mps when they woke up this morning. but after months of struggle to make their presence felt, at 10am, they sent e—mails to say they were labour mps no more. whether because of anti—semitism. the leadership has wilfully and repeatedly fails to address hatred against jewish wilfully and repeatedly fails to address hatred againstjewish people within its ranks. i am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation. or ideas, a profound clash of ideas between this group and jeremy corbyn over anot

seven labour mps have resigned from the party, protesting jeremy corbyn's approach to brexit and anti—semitism the loudest critics of the labour leader, and will now sit in the commons as independents. one of the mps, luciana berger, says she's "embarrassed and ashamed," to stay in the party. mr corbyn says he's disappointed by their decision, while the shadow chancellor, is calling on them to stand down, and face by—elections. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg's report, contains flashing images. after a frenzy of rumours, making their way into a stifling, cramped, london room, labour mps when they woke up this morning, but after months of struggle to make their presence felt, at 10am, they sent e—mails to say they were labour mps no more. whether because of anti—semitism.... the leadership has wilfully and repeatedly fails to address hatred against jewish people within its ranks. i am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation. ..or ideas, a profound clash of ideas between this group and jeremy corbyn over another eu referendum. this has not been an easy decision for a

you're right, an extraordinary moment for the labour party and for these seven now former labour mps.orted the incremental developments around brexit, quite honestly, nothing substantially changes. today is not one of those days. a huge moment for the seven mps in question. you could tell looking at the facial expressions of them when they were listening to each other how big a moment this is for them, not least because of all of the unanswered questions that you heard on the questions that you heard on the question and answer session about exactly where they go from here. there is a group of seven, united in the sense of disappointment with the labour party and you could hear their stinging criticism levelled by each and every one of them in the direction ofjeremy corbyn and where theirformer party has direction ofjeremy corbyn and where their former party has gone, but also a huge question they face now about the practicalities of their futures. you can expect some in the labour party to tell them —— insist they stand down and trigger a by—election. then there is the practicalities

seven mps announce they've quit the labour party — condemning jeremy corbyn‘s approach to brexit andi—semitism. the mp5 said they felt betrayed. they aren't launching a new party but urged others to join them. for my part, i have become embarrassed and ashamed to remain in the labour party. i invite you, the british people, tojoin us in this endeavour. jeremy corbyn said he was disappointed the mps felt unable to continue working with labour for the policies he said "inspired millions" at the last election. also this lunchtime. shamima begum tells the bbc she apologises for joining the islamic state group in syria, and says she was used as propaganda. i didn't want to be on the news at first. i know a lot of people, after they saw that me and my friends came, it actually encouraged them... i did hear a lot of people were encouraged to come after i left but i wasn't the one that put myself on the news. regulate facebook now, say a committee of mps. they say its founder mark zuckerberg failed to show "leadership or personal responsibility" over fake news. and train companies propose an

after seven labour mps quit the party the deputy leader says labour must change or more will resign. s leadership. we invite you, the british people to join us in this endeavour. if you want an alternative please help us build it. donald trump trusts vladimir putin over us intelligence agencies — that's the incendiary claim of the former number at the fbi. also on the programme: us aid arrives on venezuela's border but is denied entry despite desperate shortages of food and medicines — president trump will address the crisis there shortly.

stand on the other, and seven are pa rt stand on the other, and seven are part of that so i cannot think there is any good sign for the labour are out into the darkness. it is the great unknown. the safest thing for those people would be to stay in the labour party, to try and tackle the issues they were saying they could no longer tackle. once you have left one of the two major parties, the british electoral system is not kind to you. it is difficult for a third—party to make headway and certainly almost impossible for it to make a breakthrough as a party of government. the sdp liberal and outlines kinko‘s in 1983 —— alliance came by close in 1983, yet the distance in seats was enormous so maybury remained the official opposition. whoever votes for this seven or whatever opposition. whoever votes for this seven or whatever it becomes in the future, labour has got a advantage just because of the very peculiar first past the post system we have got. how unusual are something like this in history? it is massively unusual. we keep going on about the sdp because that was the last time it happened. the last time it happened in th

have been keeping a close eye on the uk political situation, and a difficult time for the labour party yesterday. seven members quitting the party. pressure now on the labour leader jeremy corbyn. some people saying this will change everything. others say it doesn't mean much. there is a lot of analysis on happens next. there is an awful lot that could happen. there are comparisons on the 19805, that happen. there are comparisons on the 1980s, that was something they didn't want to draw against. they said they were not too many comparisons. acting for now, a lot of this literature is about brexit. does it change their strategy for brexit? there will be a by—election in wales. we have the death of paul flynn. what happens if labour loses? it could have implications to the brecon strategy. it particular report is saying that if the strategy does alter, as a result of the split, the result of the by—election, that could alter is position on brexit. there could be changes afoot, but there is a huge amount of uncertainty out there, it is very difficult to see which way it will fall. one of the key aspect is

seven labour mps quit the party in protest atjeremy corbyn's handling of antisemitism and brexit. japanese car maker, honda, is expected to announce the closure of its plant in swindon, three—and—a—half thousand jobs could be lost. the border force intercepts a boat carrying 3a migrants off the coast of dover, with women and children among those rescued. president trump warns the venezuelan military they risk losing everything if they don't abandon president nicolas maduro. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking another look at the papers with the political correspondent at the guardian, jessica elgot and broadcaster, david davies. good evening. welcome to bbc news. seven mps have taken the drastic step of deciding to leave the labour party, and are forming a new independent group, that will sit in the house of commons. the group said they were resigning over the leadership‘s handling of brexit and anti—semitism. mr corbyn says he's disappointed by their decision, and labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, called on them to stand down and face by—elections. just a warning the follow

what is your reaction, 0wen, by those seven labour mps? d comma of what has been put forward but you wish it well. as somebody who campaigned for labour when tony blair was needed, even after the war in iraq, which killed hundreds of thousands of people. this the decent thing to do would be to stand in a by—election —— make the decent thing. they were elected on a manifesto which supported public ownership of utilities, higher taxes on the rich, in order to end austerity and the scrapping of tuition fees. these things are overwhelmingly supported by the british people and polling shows that. if they want to break from that in favour of what i think is old politics of the 1990s, which isn't relevant to the world of the financial crash, after people are angry, understandably, with the elites who plunged this country into crisis after crisis and walk away... i will remind you that they spoke about the labour leadership. they said the labour party was hijacked by the politics of the hard left in an attempt to divide the country. can you see why

remind us why we've seen these seven opposition labour party mp's step away from the party, and specifically the party leadership. reporter: that's right. all of the seven mp's have their own reasons for leaving the labour party. has come under a lot of pressure from people within her own party. she's faced anti-semitism accusations from people within the party. one is definitely opposed to brexit. he says politics is broken, and the current political policy in westminster doesn't reflect the complex tapestry of our society. they feel so strongly about this, that their leader jeremy corbyn doesn't reflect their views and isn't going to be able to reflect their views, that they've broken away as independent lawmakers. anna: they are independent, they say. they want to represent those who see themselves as politically homeless. that was a phrase they used quite a few times this morning when they launched this new movement. what do we know about what difference this is going to make to brexit? what kind of difference will this make to the arithmetic around theresa may's deal? reporter: they are

yes, because there is concern within the labour party that some of the issues raised by the seven mpsust some mps are unhappy with jeremy corbyn a damp squib, just some mps are unhappy withjeremy corbyn as leader, they had issues for a while so let them go, it is probably best for everybody. others say we do not like the direction the labour party is taking on issues like brexit, they don't think he has dealt with anti—semitism properly, so they are warning that more could leave the party. it is notjust warnings about labourmps, party. it is notjust warnings about labour mps, there are concerns that some conservatives might follow suit. thank you very much. 16 us states are suing president trump's administration, over his decision to declare an emergency to raise funds for a mexican border wall. they claim he's misusing his powers and robbing taxpayers. mr trump invoked emergency powers on friday, when congress refused to finance the wall. the founder of the chinese communications giant huawei has said the united states will not crush the company, despite washington urging its allies

tory mps are on the brink of quitting their party and also joining the group, which was set up by seven labour mps yesterday. the mirror has a picture of shamima begum on its front page — the government is revoking her citizenship after she fled the uk to join the islamic state as a 15—year—old. but, as the guardian reports, ms begum's family are considering legal avenues to prevent the home office from stripping her of her citizenship. the metro pays tribute to the designer karl largerfeld, who died in paris — they call him the "chanel legend adored by the glitterati". the closure of the honda plant in swindon makes the front page of the financial times, a move which they call the "heaviest blow in a generation", and topshop boss sir philip green is being investigated by police in the united states, according to the telegraph. they show a picture of katie surridge, who says the businessman groped her. data set for the front page and now let's talk to guests this evening and see what has taken your attention? i think the news about john ryan is fascinating and i doubt it will be the last resig

seven labour mps quit the party in protest atjeremy corbyn's handling of antisemitism and brexit.xpected to announce the closure of its plant in swindon, three—and—a—half thousand jobs could be lost. the border force intercepts a boat carrying 3a migrants off the coast of dover, with women and children among those rescued. president trump warns the venezuelan military they risk losing everything if they don't abandon president nicolas maduro. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking another look at the papers with the political correspondent at the guardian, jessica elgot and broadcaster, david davies.

after seven labour mps quit the party the deputy leader says labour must change or more will resign. these seven mps left over brexit, anti—semitism and above all, the party's leadership. we invite you, the british people to join us in this endeavour. if you want an alternative please help us build it. donald trump trusts vladimir putin over us intelligence agencies — that's the incendiary claim of the former number at the fbi. also on the programme: us aid arrives on venezuela's border but is denied entry despite desperate shortages of food and medicines — president trump will address the crisis there shortly. and at a security conference in germany this weekend the widening rift between the usa and europe was laid bare — we'll discuss what's the future for these once close allies. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and matthew price is in london. a british government led by labour sjeremy corbyn would "threaten our national security". the opposition labour party is "unfit for government". words british conservatives agree with — you d expect to hear the prime minister h

labour mps. have a listen to him. i regret that sevenwas based around social justice. and it is that programme, i believe, that we will be able to put to the electorate in the future, that does have enormous support. they were elected to carry out those policies and they have decided to go somewhere else. and i regret that. because i want our party to be strong, i want our party to be united around the policies that we put forward. meanwhile, those attempts to just calm things down have been undermined by yet another anti—semitism row, after the labour mp ruth george appeared to suggest that maybe the gang of seven were funded by the israeli state. now, she has subsequently apologised for saying that on facebook, saying she did not intend to invoke a conspiracy. —— conspiracy theory. let just start with this latest anti—semitism row. anyway you cut it, extraordinary coming just 24—hour is after you had labour mps saying one of the reasons they were leaving was because of anti—semitism in the labour party. ruth george is a fantastic mp an

labour's shadow chancellor john mcdonnell says the party needs a mammoth listening exercise after sevenarty's leadership is being warned more labour mps could be close to resigning, and the bbc‘s also been told that two conservative mps may be about to leave their party. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. good morning, mr corbyn, expecting any more resignations today? what 110w any more resignations today? what now for labour? after seven mps quit the party there are warnings that could be more to come. good morning to you all. good morning to you all and goodbye to you all. he wasn't giving much away but some in the party have real concerns that these mps could be joined soon party have real concerns that these mps could bejoined soon by party have real concerns that these mps could be joined soon by others, frustrated at the party's stance on brexit, angry at its handling of anti—semitism claims. brexit, angry at its handling of anti-semitism claims. i'm really disappointed, i don't understand why they've gone, i still can't understand it, all the issues that they have

with a picture of former labour mps ann coffey and chuka umunna as they — along with five others — announced their resignation from the party. the times reports that the seven by the machine politics of the hard left was facilitating brexit and had become "institutionally antisemitic". the daily telegraph leads with a picture of what it calls the "gang of seven", saying it understands that at least seven more labour mps, a conservative minister and three tory mps could be considering joining the independent group too. the daily mail has a picture of the jeremy corbyn on his allotment on sunday, and claims labour sources are expecting a "steady trickle" of departures. and that story makes the front of the guardian with a warning from labour's deputy leader tom watson, urging the labour leader to change direction or face a worsening split. the metro leads on the announcement expected tomorrow of the closure of the honda plant in swindon, putting 3,500 jobs at risk. des quinn from the unite trade union says the closure would be a shattering body blow at the heart of uk manufacturing. the sun leads on the case of the london teenager who fled the uk to join isis

seven labour mps quit the party in protest at jeremy corbyn‘s handling of antisemitism and brexit.anese car maker, honda, is expected to announce the closure of its plant in swindon — three—and—a—half thousand jobs could be lost. the border force intercepts a boat carrying 3a migrants off the coast of kent, with women and children among those rescued. president trump warns the venezuelan military they risk losing everything if they don't abandon president nicolas maduro. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political correspondent at the guardian, jessica elgot and broadcaster, david davies. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. and the financial times leads with a picture of former labour mps ann coffey and chuka umunna as they — along with five others — announced their resignation from the party. the times reports that the 7 mps claim the labour party had been hijacked by the machine politics of the hard left , was facilitating brexit and had become institutionally antisemitic. the daily telegraph leads with

seven labour politicians have quit the party. presumably, this is not going down well in brussels. brussels will let the u.k. to come up with a single voice, a single concept of what brexit should look like. the waters are getting even muddier by the day. maria: that is right. secret.not a the european union has said many times they would rather prime minister may get a cross party deal that could potentially get cleared by the u.k. parliament and have a deal been actually into the more skeptic side of her on party. may, it isinister business as usual. we are waiting for the brexit secretary to arrive behind me. the brits are on a charm offensive. for them, it is about getting the crucial concessions on the average specs that. irish backstop. guy: guy: are brussels and dublin seeing eye to eye at the moment? the deputy mccabe clear that the --sh are not backing down making it clear that the irish are not backing down. this is what to be very hard to deal with. ; -- point to be very hard to deal with. maria: it is very hard to deal with.we have just weeks ago until brexit day . 95%

labour party resignations. jeremy corbyn says he ‘regrets' the decision of seven mps who quit labour yesterday and insists he isrned that he faces the prospect of further resignations and the bbc understands that two conservative mps are also considering their position. joining me now is anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist. thank you so much for coming and. where you think we stand tonight?|j where you think we stand tonight?” think we stand at a point where it gets interesting to see where we see the magnificent seven or the second political dwarves, depending on your 0utlook, political dwarves, depending on your outlook, and they are so strongly programming and weighed about no deal and angry with theresa may and her handling of the brexit negotiations have become together but that makes this gripping look like a second vote, and very strong remaining outfit and it started out with the big moral picture yesterday it was the anti—semitism in the labour party and i think it will require a bit of clarification, what idid start require a bit of clarification, what i did start this breakaway group wa nts

young labour tweeted that the seven are cowards and traitors, do you agree? t, they went into the 2017 election labour party manifesto. —— thatis election labour party manifesto. —— that is inappropriate language. i am yet to hear what they disagree with on the manifesto and their constituents expected them to serve as labour party mps. we are all democrats and i am sure they will recognise the validity of going back to the people in their own constituencies and seeking their endorsement for the decision they had nature. if they are confident in their position, that is exactly what they would do. derek hatton back in they would do. derek hatton back in the labour party, some are saying it is an indictment of a party that they feel they do not recognise any more? derek hatton was expelled by the labour party 33 years ago. i'm afraid he is not top of my agenda. when i came to westminster yesterday i left a drop—in session at my constituency for the homeless and destitute, i am constituency for the homeless and destitute, iam more constituency for the homeless an

jeremy corbyn says he "regrets" the decision of seven mps who quit labour yesterday and insists he isven backbenchers left to sit as independents — in protest at the labour leader's handing of brexit and anti—semitism. mr corbyn has been warned that he faces the prospect of further resignations, and the bbc understands that two conservative mps are also considering their position. let's talk to our political correspondent jonathan blake, who's at westminster for us. what's mr corbyn been saying this afternoon? this wasjeremy this was jeremy corbyn was my first real response to the decision that seven of his mps did yesterday to quit the party who put out a statement briefly after the news of his that he wasn't disappointed. but speaking this afternoon at a business confidence, he says that he regretted their decision. in listening what he had to say, it is worth noting the contrast between this and what the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said. although he thought the mps were wrong to do what they did, that the party needed to engage in a massive listening exercise. the deputy lea

on monday, seven labour mps announced they were leaving their party and would sit as a new independentrence in westminster, jeremy corbyn gave his reaction to the news saying he regretted the seven‘s decision, he said he wanted the party to be strong and united around the policies it had forward. in the commons meanwhile, some members of the group could be spotted taking their new places of the opposition benches next to the dup. one of the breakaway mps, chris leslie, was the first to speak in the chamber, he wanted to know what had happened to a promised government paper on social care. doesn't this delay, put long—term issue on the back burner, typify what is wrong with the broken politics in this country? first of all, can i welcome him to his new location in the chamber and from that location he might recognise that actually, there has been a failure of success in government to get to this very thorny issue of the long—term funding of adult social care, where the government that decided to tackle this in the longer put it in the too difficult pile will be publishing this document

following the decision of seven labour mps to walk out on monday, colleagues expressed anger with thetense" meeting in parliament. italy's five star movement has voted to block a possible kidnapping trial against coalition ally, deputy prime minister matteo salvini. mr salvini could be facing a trial over his refusal to disembark migrants from a rescue vessel last august. the movement said 59% of its members voted in an online ballot against stripping the league leader of his parliamentary immunity. the police in haiti have arrested seven foreigners, including five americans, armed with semi—automatic weapons. it is not known what the group was doing. the arrests follow days of violents anti—government protests in the country over poverty and alleged corruption in the government of presidentjovenel moise. the american sailor photographed kissing a stranger in new york's times square to celebrate the end of the second world war has died. george mendonsa was 95. the photo taken in august, 1945, became one of the most famous of the 20th century. uk clothing brands and retailers should pa

labour party. we had the seven mps, labour and please quitting the party.t short time later, we have an eight mp quitting the party and she has been talking about her reasons. joan ryan has set it is obviously not a delight, it is painful, but it is a duty for me, a moral story. her reasoning is she has talked about the fact she cannot be part of a party that allows racism to flourish. this boils down to the anti—semitism debate again, doesn't it? it is partly that, and given the timing of this, there is a lot of focus around the broader issue of leadership in the points being made around brexit by a lot of the mp5 who have decided to take this action. clearly, a real sense that nothing much is being done to it tackle very important issues, but one also wonders about the extent to which the opposition‘s views on brexit and what is prepared to do, whether there is a strong opposition in his issue or not is behind some of this. of course all this happening amid aid drop where we are moving ever closer to the brexit deadline. it doesn't help things, does it? i

when we saw the seven labour mps announcing their defection, each one of them gave different reasons chemical and's foreign policy. but those are all not make a practise is to be this unifying issue, then it is going to be anti—atjeremy issue, then it is going to be anti—at jeremy corbyn that is going to hold them together. and that is difficult how the tories fit into that. it is difficult because you ask yourself what are they actually hoping to achieve? when it comes to the numbers on practicum that we already knew where they were voting. it is all symbolic or... and s is a day that their defection does not change the palm entry arithmetic on brexit one bit. the advocate for second referendum were already in the minority on the house of commons. they change party levels does not actually affect that. there is one possibility we have not yet discussed which is maybe they were just fed up and maybe they were sick and tired of the anti—semitism issue in the labour party and the conservatives genuinely felt that they were no longer in alignment with their more you're a sceptic colleag

and i want to be fair, labour as well. there were seven from labour, three from the tories.ve rift? all bets are off, look, forget the experts, we do not see these things coming. heidi allen, one of the three, she says we are creating something better, that is banks the centre. they feel something new, something you has to be borne. if you are a member of the dam, you are going what about, wait a minute, what about us? today, just to say, today brexit secretary stephen barclay, the attorney general are going to brussels we are told, to try and sort out the change told, to try and sort out the change to this irish backstop or sums legal document on the side of it or whatever it might look like, what are your hopes for us living europe with a deal? hopes, hopes and dreams? they were left long ago. i was giving a talk about the markets, financial markets and brexit, and i said look, there is one thing people do not expect you to say, which is we do not know. it would be a gamble ifi we do not know. it would be a gamble if i was to tell you which we think it is going to go. of c

government's handling of brexit, all those reasons combined mean those three tory mps have nowjoined the seven laboured they were resigning at the beginning of the week, and joan ryan added to that number yesterday to take the independent group to ii. so we have this new group in parliament, that's what they are, not a formal political party, they have no leader or policies as of yet, apart from some broad aims set out on their website. and we got a bit of a sense of where they might be going, but certainly so far they seem to be seeing how many more people may be coming on board from any side of the house of commons before they nail the colours to the mast and say this is what they stand for and it will be pursuing politically. it will be very interesting to see how many more people joined them and just what impact and influence they can have, because asjohn hinted at in his report there, the system really is stacked against them favouring the two main parties here at westminster. obviously theresa may is in brussels at the moment, but her reaction to this news, how was that received? well, she said

this all began on monday when seven labour mps quit their party.een joined by an eighth, joan ryan, and there are warnings more could follow. i could no longer ask people to vote forjeremy corbyn to be prime minister of this country, because i don't believe he is fit to because i don't believe he is fit to be prime minister of this country. this is no longer a i—party issue. labour mps this is no longer a i—party issue. labourmps and this is no longer a i—party issue. labour mps and conservative mps are both saying we have had enough, we can no longer support the party we have been members of the years. the impact of this will ultimately have on the political landscape will not be clear for weeks on the political landscape will not be clearfor weeks or on the political landscape will not be clear for weeks or months, but what is clear is that their historical allegiances of parliament are fraying. will they for a further? will there be further mps joining soon? at a turbulent political time, more questions about the future, with answers that are fa

but when seven labour mps quit the party and monday they cited the leadership ‘s handling of anti—semitism leaving. today they showed their solidarity for their former colleague by saying mr austin stayed true to his values recognising it had been a painful decision. he must have had a bit of a morning. this morning he shared his despair at the state of labour with jess his despair at the state of labour withjess phillips. his despair at the state of labour with jess phillips. probably thinking that i should have been doing this for months for a long time, i watched doing this for months for a long time, iwatched luciano doing this for months for a long time, i watched luciano bridger on monday and i thought, in the end, you have got to stand with her. do you have got to stand with her. do you think moore will go? as well? i do not know. i haven't talked to other people about this. ian austin has decided not to join the new independent group of mps. they are bound together by opposition to brea ks bound together by opposition to breaks that while mr austin supports the prime minister ‘s de

system of politics were people are immensely loyal, for seven people to feel strongly enough to quit and make such a neck score stating critique of labourhat is not clear at this moment is whether it is seven angry people or whether it is seven angry people or whether it is this much heralded realignment, a huge realignment of british politics in the wake of labour having moved off to the left, and the government conservative party going to the right, and of course the seismic event which is brexit. potentially, could we see members of the conservative party doing the same thing? good question. i know personally lots of conservative mps who feel about their party that they don't recognise it. i won't talk gossip about town too much but there was a conservative mp i talked to, another conservative mp i talked to, another conservative mp i talked to, another conservative mp very pro—brexit, walking behind us, he used a word about this person that i wouldn't use on a family programme like this. feelings are running high. i think it is slightly different for the conservatives in that is one of them put it, a lot of labour mps feel jeremy co

what i don't understand, and i agree the labour party, the seven that left the labour party, the timely at the moment in the may nine —— in the minority supporting theresa may and the biggest mistake was she put her hat in the ring to become a prime minister after david cameron has abandoned, running away, knowing very well what is coming. let's not go back over history. nobody outside of westminster cares about the fact we have 11 mp5 who have resigned their parties, it doesn't affect people's lives. we are 36 days away from brexit. the prime minister is trying to negotiate her deal and we are talking about 11 mp5 who have quit their parties? that is an excellent point because actually i am not that optimistic about medium—term prospects for this grouping, depending what happens to them, whether they form a new party, but i think some of these mps have joined this new grouping because they are so desperate on brexit, they are so desperate on brexit, they don't think the prime minister's deal is any good, they see a total lack of leadership from jeremy corbyn. i think they are hoping

that it will forestall the danger that other mps, and we know there are other labour mps who share the concerns of the seventhe labour party, a fear that intimidation, abuse, bullying culture has been allowed to take hold. there are other labour mps who share those fears and clearly mr mcdonald this morning, i think, just try to turn down the heat a bit. have a listen to him. i was at iwas ata i was at a labour party meeting last night people were very straightforward, i listened to what tom watson said and i agree with him, we need to start listening and thatis him, we need to start listening and that is what we will do. we need a massive listening exercise. we must address some of the criticisms i have been made. i think we are finding a way forward but it has got to be on the basis of taking the advice of people like tom watson and the plp and others. how worried are you about this group of seven defectors ? you about this group of seven defectors? i'm really disappointed, i don't understand why they have gone and i still can't understand it, all the issues they have raised we are addressing and i would

labour has been warned that more mps could leave the party unless it changes. sevenlor, john mcdonnell, has been giving his reaction. i went to a labour party meeting last night. people were very straightforward. i listen to what tom watson said as well and i agree with him, we need to start listening and that's what we will do. we need and that's what we will do. we need a mammoth, massive listening exercise and address some of the criticisms that have been made. i think we are finding a way forward but it's got to be on the basis of taking the advice of people like tom watson, the plp, and others. how worried are you about this group of seven defectors? i'm really disappointed. i don't understand why they have gone, i still can't understand it, all the issues that they have raised we are addressing andi they have raised we are addressing and i would rather they had stayed with us and help to sort those problems out there and walk away. i'm hoping we will maintain some form of dialogue. there were reported to be about 36 people who considered defecting. isn't that w

but when seven labour mps quit the party on monday, they cited the leadership‘s handling of anti—semitismsolidarity for their former colleague, saying mr austin stayed true to his values, recognising it had been a painful decision. how are you? you must have had a bit of a morning. this morning iain austin shared his despair at the state of labour with his former colleague, jess phillips. i've been thinking that i should have been doing this for months for a long time, but i watched luciana on monday and i thought, in the end, you've got to stand with her. do you think more will go now as well? i don't know. i haven't talked to other people about this. ian austin has decided not to join the new independent group of mps. they are bound together by opposition to brexit while mr austin supports the prime minister's deal. before entering parliament, he was an adviser to the then labour chancellor gordon brown, he has never been close to thejeremy corbyn wing of the party and today accused mr corbyn of creating a culture of extremism and intolerance. i regret his resignation, i'm sorry he's de

the seven mps who yesterday quit labour are unhappy with the party's handling of anti—semitism allegationsere's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. good morning, mr corbyn, are you expecting any more resignations today... ? good morning. seven mps lost, now what? good morning! more unhappy mps could soon quit — jeremy corbyn‘s thoughts? good morning to you all! and goodbye to you all! he wasn't keen to talk about yesterday's group resignation, but later, at a business conference in london, what about the mps who'd quit, calling him wrong on brexit, the security threat, tolerance of anti—semitism ? what do you say to those mps who are now saying they're considering following them out of the party, and the larger number who say that those complaints are justified ? i regret that seven mps decided they would no longer remain part of the labour party. i thank them for their work, i want our party to be strong, i want our party to be united around the policies that we put forward. and i recognise that leading the party means you've got to take people with you and i'm determined to do tha

seven mps announce they've quit the labour party — condemning jeremy corbyn‘s approach to brexit and's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm, and here's your latest sports news. tyson fury‘s rematch with deontay wilder could be in doubt. it's because the british heavyweight boxer has signed a promotional deal with espn to broadcast his fights in the united states. their heavyweight fight last december was aired on rival us broadcaster showtime — and wilder has worked with them exclusively throughout his career. fury is holding a press conference this lunchtime and his team say an announcement on his next fight will be made in due course. he'll continue to work with promoter frank warren. meanwhile nicola adams‘s world title fight against mexico's arely mucino at the royal albert hall next month is off. adams is injured, and the fight will be rescheduled for later this year. one of the world's most successful track athletes, caster semenya, has arrived at court in switzerland to

talk at westminster about a potential split within the labour party. sevenmight well have had enough withjeremy corbyn‘s leadership and the party's position on brexit and a lot of them feel it hasn't gone nearly far enough, specifically the call for another referendum, a so—called people's vote on brexit that is supposedly now labour party policy. if they can't bring about a general election, that's what they will move towards. john mcdonnell at pains to say they are addressing some of the concerns of labour backbenchers and he feels a split a split would be completely counterintuitive. more meetings as ever in the coming week between various british politicians and their eu counterparts. you outlined some of them in the introduction. we are hearing theresa may has plans to speak to every single one of the 27 leaders of the eu countries in the next few days as well, as she tries to ramp up efforts to secure some changes to the brexit deal. parliament was due to be in recess this week. they were supposed to go off on their skiing breaks, the mps, this week. b

this began on monday when seven labour mps quit their party.joined by an eighth, joan ryan, there are warnings more could follow. i can no longer ask people to vote forjeremy corbyn to be prime minister of this country because i don't believe he is fit to be prime minister. the resignations were an elephant in the room at prime minister's questions, two leaders facing accusations their party has drifted. mr corbyn promised he was committed to tackling anti—semitism. the pm said she was saddened by today but determined to lead a moderate party. this is no longer a one—party issue, labour mps and conservatives are both saying they have had enough and can no longer support the party they have been members of for years. the impact this will ultimately have on the political landscape won't be clear for months, but what is clear is the historical allegiances in parliament are fraying. will there be more conservative and labour mps joining forces soon? at a turbulent time, more questions about the future with answers that are far from clear. nick eard

mr corbyn says he's disappointed they're leaving the party, and labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, says the sevendo the "honourable thing" and resign their seats to fight by—elections. our first report tonight on the labour defections, is from our political editor, laura kuenssberg. a warning that it contains some flashing images. finally, after a frenzy of rumour... ..labour mps with decades of experience between them, making their way into a stifling, cramped london room. where, after months of struggle to make their presence felt, they announced they would be labour mps no more, whether because of anti—semitism... the leadership has wilfully and repeatedly failed to address hatred against jewish people within its ranks. i am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation. 0r ideas — a profound clash of ideas between this group and jeremy corbyn over another eu referendum. this has not been an easy decision for any of us. the evidence of labour's betrayal on europe is now visible for all to see: offering to actually enable this government's brexit, constantly holding back from a

the seven announced yesterday they were forming a new "independent group", unhappy with labour's handlingm allegations and brexit. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. morning, mr corbyn, are you expecting any more resignations? seven mps left, now what? more unhappy mps could quit. and jeremy corbyn‘s thoughts? goodbye to you all. he was not keen to talk but at all. he was not keen to talk but at a business conference in london, what about the mps who quit? it was because of anti—semitism and brexit. what are you saying that there are a larger number who said those complaints are justified ?|j larger number who said those complaints are justified? i regret seven mps decided they would no longer remain part of the labour party. i thank them for their work. i want party. i thank them for their work. iwant our party. i thank them for their work. i want our party to be strong, i wa nt i want our party to be strong, i want that party to be united around the policies that we put forward. i recognise that leaving the party means you have got to take people with you and i am determi

i'm wondering, let's talk about those labour seven who defected, what do they think that people want,licies?” extremes? is it the way politics is conducted or policies? i think both, it is important to remember that a lot of the political dysfunction we seeing right across western democracies has in many ways come after a period of hyper centrism so we had about 20 years of centre—right parties and centre—left parties really coming together around the centre ground. there was not a huge degree of difference in their policies and programmes but i think the with this in terms of the long—term process around marquesses is when citizens become disappointed or disaffected, the only place for them to go is to the fringes or to blow up the system altogether and we have had a big steam valve through the ranks and vote and i think at the ranks and vote and i think at the moment things are just falling into place. i think we can expect a relatively high degree of political dysfunction to continue but as to the centre ground, i think there still is space for the centre ground in british politics

have been keeping a close eye on the uk political situation, and a difficult time for the labour party yesterday. seven pressure now on the labour leader jeremy corbyn. some people saying this will change everything. 0thers say it doesn't mean much. there is a lot of analysis on happens next. there is an awful lot that could happen. there are comparisons on the 19805, that happen. there are comparisons on the 1980s, that was something they didn't want to draw against. they said they were not too many comparisons. acting for now, a lot of this literature is about brexit. does it change their strategy for brexit? there will be a by—election in wales. we have the death of paul flynn. what happens if labour loses? it could have implications to the brecon strategy. it particular report is saying that if the strategy does alter, as

moments ago, seven members of parliament have quit the u.k. labour party.loping erik. we are joined by are talking,s giving their reasons for resigning. is this disappointing? was this the first resignation? >> over the weekend, we were hearing five. it is more than that. it is not two dozen, which would have made a bigger impact. it is indicative of a divided labour party. they are divided over much more than brexit. there is opposition to jeremy corbyn's leadership. it is not reflected in the membership base. it will be interesting to see how this plays out over time. it aims to put pressure on him to go for a second referendum, something he has been resisting. on the brexit front, it creates pressure. francine: does it split the labour party? >> it is a split in the same way a small week off of a giant tree g off a giantl twi tree trunk. it is too early to tell. it would be interesting if we mpsthe central tory splitting off. the seven mps resigning say they will run as independent. they have not announced a new party. electoral system, it is hard for a

that has also been the reaction of many labour mps to the defection of the original seven on monday. at least be the potential for this group to be further. what we should now note is that today, this group is as large as the liberal democrats, and it will be interesting to see whether a not gel, john barco think they have as much entitlement has drawn cable does to pmqs questions. they would like to get up to 36 mps, to become a larger group than the snp and you have that guaranteed to questions that pmqs every week. frankly, much more guaranteed visibility on the media as well. they are still a very long way away from that. insofar as they are articulating views that other mps share, unless the concerns of these other mps, with respect to the parties, are made in some way, in the next few weeks, then there may well be more going this direction. their letter says our politics needs urgent and radical reform and we are determined to play our part. the part they do end up playing, of course, will be of course to some extent determined by how many other mps decide, if they do, tojoin t

jeremy corbyn says he "regrets" the decision by seven mps to quit labour — and that he recognises thathas to "take people with" him. new figures show a record number of people are in work in the uk, and average wages are at their highest level, for eight years. a teenager accused of murdering the six—year—old alesha macphail on the isle of bute, has told a court, he never met her. and influential and revered. karl lagerfeld, a giant of the fashion world, has died. he was 85. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... as bernie sanders announces he will run again for us president in 2020 — in second attempt to win the democratic party's nomination — we'll get the thoughts of political strategist — christine pelosi. we'll hear about the ambitious plan to return the golden eagles to the skies of wales for the first time in 200 years — that's just after half—past eight. and we take a first look at what is making tomorrow's front pages — in the papers. i'll be joined by the guardian columnist dawn foster and the times de