the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, gave this update to mps.ow the second time the house has considered a wide variety of options for a way forward. this has once again failed to find a clear majority for any of the options. and yet, the result of the options. and yet, the result of the house's decision on friday not to endorse the withdrawal agreement means that the default legal position is that the uk will leave the eu injust 11 days' time. to secure any further extension the government will have to put forward a credible proposition to the eu as to what we will do with that extra time. this house has continuously rejected leaving without a deal, just as it has rejected not leaving at all. therefore, the only option is to find a way through which allows the uk to leave with a deal. the government continues to believe that the best course of action is to do so as soon as possible. if the house were to agree a deal this week it would still be possible to avoid european parliament elections being held. the cabinet will meet in the morning consi

secretary of state, mr stephen barclay.a point of order, mr speaker, this is now the second time the house has considered a wide variety of options for a way forward. it has once again failed to find a clear majority for any of the options. and yet the result of the house's decision on friday not to endorse the withdrawal agreement means that the default legal position is that the uk will leave the eu injust 11 days' time. to secure any further extension, the government will have to put forward a credible proposition to the eu as to what we will do with that extra time. this house has continuously rejected leaving without a deal, just as it has rejected not leaving at all. therefore, the only option is to find a way through which allows the uk to leave with a deal. the government continues to believe that the best course of action is to do so as soon as possible. if the house were to agree a deal this week, it may still be possible to avoid holding european parliamentary elections. mr speaker, cabinet will meet in the morni

let's have a listen to stephen barclay who has been reacting to votes.s is now the second time the house has considered a wide variety of options for a way forward. it has once again failed to find a clear majority for any of the options. and yet the result of the house's decision on friday not to endorse the withdrawal agreement means that the default legal position is that the uk will leave the eu injust 11 days. to secure any further extension, the government will have to put forward a credible proposition to the eu as to what we will do with that extra time. this house has continuously rejected leaving without a deal, just as it has rejected not leaving at all. therefore the only option is to find a way through which allows the uk to leave with a deal. the government continues to believe that the best course of action is to do so as soon as possible. if the house were to agree a deal this week, it may still be possible to avoid holding european parliamentary elections. mr speaker, cabinet will meet in the morning to consider the results of the night'

as we look at the house of commons filling up, waiting for the results, the last one we had, stephen barclayrying to ensure the bill, ruling out the government extending article 50 in a different way, that was heavily defeated. the government went down by 180. we have just come so use to government defeats... another massive defeat. this is the government saying, don't tie our hands, let's go ahead and whatever and parliament saying, no, no, whatever and parliament saying, no, i'io, sorry we are whatever and parliament saying, no, fio, sorry we are in whatever and parliament saying, no, no, sorry we are in charger. you don't get that. that's really quite interesting. we assumed the government whipped in favour. not very well! not very well. they did not get much money more. a lot of conservatives on the other side there... is quite interesting, sebastian, looking at this picture. i'm always interested who is talking to who. the brexiteer team, david davis, iain duncan smith, and penny morton is around. you've got a lot of interest from the front bench. all these votes have been such a knife

and finally, given that stephen barclay stood up tonight, saying, pilate has failed yet again to reache talked about it, seem to be hinting at the possibility of bringing the deal back. do you really think your hopes of another referendum can really be revived at this stage of the game? what do you think will happen on wednesday? we still got the highs vote of any of the options before parliament. you're not giving up? goodness, no! the british people are entitled to change their mind, just like mps change their mind, the way that they are voting. they did on her withdrawal agreement, they did tonight again. they are allowed to change their minds and vote again, but the british people aren't? it is right to go | now they know what people. but now they know what brexit looks like and young people people. but now they know what bre) are oks like and young people people. but now they know what bre) are bearing and young people people. but now they know what bre) are bearing the young people people. but now they know what bre) are bearing the burden aeople people. but now they know what br

later stephen barclay was asked about how he felt on the state of the brexit discussions and when hewhereby if the government cannot get its business through and not through legislation that no deal is taken off the table, you are then left with an unpalatable choice in my view but a choice nonetheless between either not having brexit three long extension going past the european parliamentary elections which could be extended again and again, or you end up with a softer precedent and i do not welcome that. and i don't think that is the desirable option. the already rejected eight affirmative customs union amendments set out for very good reasons. my colleague the writable member from fulham and chelsea has spoken in length about the issues in the custom union but ultimately if that is where the discos, then the government in order to bring this to a resolution in the national interest would accept what the house voted for. the labour mp rosie cooper said that she was going to be sending a message to the state and permit the mode giving by the neo—nazi jack crenshaw. he is due to be s

the prime minister will have stephen barclay, and her chief whip there. the house of commons to get it through. they both need to know they have their mps behind them when it comes to what they are asking for. for labour it will be some difficulty about another referendum. is that one of the things thatjeremy corbyn will be pushing hard for? or will he focus more on the idea of a customs union. the prime minister today asked about her red lines, that she was willing to compromise. she said they were going into it constructively. the crucial view on freedom of movement, she said was we were aware of her views on that. the implication is that it with something she was not willing to compromise. or go back on brexit altogether. they said they we re brexit altogether. they said they were approaching it constructively. she will also meet the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, at 4:15pm today. after that we do not know. if they manage to getan that we do not know. if they manage to get an agreement it has to be quick because of this deadline of next w

and stephen barclay was asked if he could also accept that kind of delay.ay, but the key with any delay is that we are able to terminate it once we ratify, in order that we can then get on and get a deal through parliament, ratify that agreement and leave the eu. i think that is what that eu leaders want, it is what that eu leaders want, it is what the prime minister wants. the prime minister is clear, the best way forward is to have a short extension to the 30th ofjune. if there were to be an extension beyond that, it has to be one we can terminate. i think this is what steve barclay and theresa may are holding on to, that if there is a longer extension, talking about brexit terminology earlier, an idea ofa brexit terminology earlier, an idea of a full —— flextension, if they can geta of a full —— flextension, if they can get a deal, it will happen earlier. that means that steve barclay, who opposed a long extension earlier, would not have to resign. benjamin netanyahu is on course for a fifth term as israeli prime minister, after elections ended in a dead

senior ministers from the government side, stephen barclay and david lidington and on the labour side up as a secretary and a couple others making up the numbers. and the idea is to find some kind of consensus as to an agreement that they can come to in the shape of a brexit deal or an aspirational brexit deal or an aspirational brexit deal or an aspirational brexit deal they could put to the house of commons to get mps to back. but as you say two days of talks, another four and a half hours or so today, and no breakthrough. we are told the talks are expected to continue tomorrow but both sides would say at the end of the talks today was that there were details, technical discussions and they hope to continue them tomorrow. in terms of the substance of what they are discussing, we don't really know if they got to the meat of the matter yet in terms of what each side will be happy to agree to and where the give and take would come. but there is an expectation i think now that this process is going to continue rather than being wrapped up in a few days and theresa may may well end up go

they will decide the length of any delay and interestingly, we heard from the brexit secretary, stephen barclay. and i think, again, there has been some confusion in the house previously with ideas around rolling over the existing members of the european parliament or having it on a ratio similar to the composition of the house. if we were to still be a member of the european union, which is not our government's intention, but if we were, we would need to have european parliamentary elections. normally, we are hearing that the vice president of the eu commission has said that a no—deal brexit is highly likely, despite that vote in the commons. he is saying, you only know what britain doesn't want, but taking into account the limited days available, it is logic to think we are heading towards a hard brexit. hopefully i am wrong. but in terms ofa hopefully i am wrong. but in terms of a hard brexit, potentially for next friday, we are assuming it won't happen, might that be the case? from the westminster rent i don't think so, because parliament will have to be consulted. but if the eu was to deci

and tv commentator, including right here on cnn and economist stephen moore, both ardent supporters of the president. economists at barclays wrote in a private note to their clients, "the new york times" got -- "in our view, this election could raise questions about the independence of the federal reserve and could be perceived as an attempted politicization of monetary policy. the experience of each candidate does not seem to be the main reason the trump administration is considering their nominations." what's your response? >> well, look, with respect to barclays and so forth, i just don't agree. i mean, first of all, they're both very smart people. second of all, let's take mr. herman cain. besides being a very successful entrepreneur/businessman, he was a board member of the kansas city federal reserve and actually was the chairman of the board of the kansas city federal reserve. his time there spans i think about a decade. he is intimately acquainted with federal reserve operations and policy issues. so i think these criticisms are very unfair. >> let's talk about herman cain, because he has some interesting economic

stephen barclay saying this is a very dangerous president where you rush through a private members bill the eu that is gone you sent the terms of the extension, not the prime minister stop lou there is nothing undemocratic about it. -- there is nothing undemocratic about it. it is nothing undemocratic about it. it is not in control of parliament because it lost the last election and there is no majority for any single party, but also because there is not trust now between particular more independent—minded mps and the prime minister. there's massive concerned. members of the public watching this at home, if theirjobs are at stake, they want certainty. the only thing thatis they want certainty. the only thing that is valuable to them is knowing they are not going to crash out of that you intend days' time. the prime minister's request of a longer extension periods... let me ask you about the meeting today between the prime minister and jeremy corbyn. if they cannot come to a compromise, what you think is going to happen on monday? i do hope they do reach a compromise. it is very clear wh