that was the conservative mp steve baker. the time is1:47pm. the conservative mp steve baker.n plasma government borisjohnson plasma government has set out priorities on brexit. opposition parties have said it is an election manifesto. hundreds of colleagues, friends and family have attended the funeral of pc andrew harper who was killed whilst on duty in august. the parents of harry dunn have said that they will only meet the american woman allegedly involved in the crash that killed him if she promises to return to britain. more on the situation in syria now. kurds in northern syria say the country's government has agreed to send soldiers to stop the turkish invasion of their territory. the death toll has been rising and earlier we spoke to martin patience and asked him what the latest effects will be? well, first of all, we just need to think about this, a week ago the kurds were allied with america. now that america's pulled out, the kurds have gone over to the syrian regime. now, according to syrian officials, the syrian army will push up to the turkish border. but what w

that was steve baker in fact saying that. iam was steve baker in fact saying that.oting for it, and that i will be voting for it, and bill cash said "we are making progress, we can leave the eu on 0ctober progress, we can leave the eu on october 31". so that is them going into that meeting on downing street. amid the reports that the uk may have made some concessions on the irish backstop issue in those talks. clearly the prime minister trying to get the brexiteers, the erg, onside, and they they are optimistic that they may be able to vote for a deal. more on that as it comes into us. royal mail is facing its first national postal strike in a decade, after postal workers overwhelmingly voted to take industrial action. around 110,000 members of the communication workers union were balloted in a dispute over terms and conditions and job security. 97% voted in favour of a strike, with turnout in the ballot at 76%. now the latest weather with helen willetts. at least it has been drier for most of us today. yes, we have a few showers around but after for some over 20 da

steve baker, thank you very much.nhs and specifically, mental health provisons, were laid out in the queen's speech... measures will be brought forward to support and strengthen the national health service, its workforce and resources, enabling it to deliver the highest quality care. new laws will be taken forward to help implement the national health service's long—term plan in england and to establish an independent body to investigate serious health care incidents. my government will bring forward proposals to reform adult social care in england, to ensure dignity in old age. my ministers will continue work to reform the mental health act to improve respect for, and care of, those receiving treatment. we can speak now to stewart hosie from the snp. the snp have already said they will vote against the queen's speech. thank you forjoining us. the snp would vote against the queen's speech. where would that... if it was voted down, where would that leave us? let us go back half a step. with a majority of —43, i think,

the music yesterday from the likes of steve baker and the other.s from the european research group suggested that they had faith in boris. there will be no caveat today. there will be no sense of, we give a thumbs up but you have to get a deal, boris, in westminster on super saturday. he will be asking for the eu to categorically say that there should not be an extension that they will give. so if boris asks for it, they will say no. other eu leaders will be thinking, hang on, it's not about boris, it's about the entire parliament. maybe we just have to deal with that. that repeated use of boris produced this response from sonia reed. and that was echoed by this telephone caller. i'm ringing to complain about, yet again, we had the use of the word boris, and frequently we hear nigel. why do we not hear the names farage and johnson when we always hear corbyn? if you have any decent attempt at neutrality, surely they should be addressed in the same manner. do let us know your thoughts on all those points, or on any aspect of bbc news. details of how

steve baker on the one hand, theresa may on the other, alistair burt dot mike...re are six or seven former conservative mps who voted for the amendment today who had there not been an amendment, would have voted for the deal. the difference was 16 today, so deal. the difference was 16 today, so if they moved eight and maybe it goes through. it is a fascinating discussion, thank you both for coming ona discussion, thank you both for coming on a very cool saturday evening. it is good of you to be with us. thank you very much. well, while mps were debating in the chamber of the commons, thousands of demonstrators packed the streets of central london, calling for a public vote on any deal that's agreed. the protest, organised by the people's vote campaign, converged on parliament square, as our home editor mark easton reports. it had been billed as a march to give confident voice to those who want the brexit debate put back to the people. but as they set out the nervous chatter was how conservative mp 0liver letwin‘s amendment might be their only hope. the mood resolu

1st ascent to dissent votes of dissent or voices of dissent are being heard from within the party steve baker for instance one of the hardest hardline greats accuse the current so-called spartan said yes but there are other things in there was wrong agreement that they don't like and that would need to be changed now there is absolutely no time because there's more or less 10 days left to negotiate in this sort of undo the whole was to draw agreement that goes for both sides know the northern irish solution can probably be dealt with it within a week or 10 days but the rest will just have to be swallowed whole by boris johnson's hardliners or maybe not and he will have to find a scent and voice votes on the side of the labor party so if this new prime is a version of an old brussels plan it does sound like a brussels will have something to think about i'm not going to reject this out right. now there certainly not going to reject this outright they will say we need to examine it we will look at it they have to talk to ireland and did the government and dublin whether they think this is suffic

noises from the optimistic group, not boiling hot but steve bakersaid group, not boiling hot but steve bakerident that they're going to reach a deal that they're going to reach a deal that they would in all conscience vote for and that is an early indication and they have not finished flushing out the proposals but getting the dp will be far more crucial because the erg do not have a huge interest in brexit happen one way or the other but the du p are not necessarily, they may have an investment and not wanting jeremy corbyn to become prime minister, for example. brexit is not their raison d'etre. racist get a kicking. the chief forced to quit overfor an get a kicking. the chief forced to quit over for an abuse but england wracked to. england were fined £57,000 for the wrong socks. what i do not remember what the team was but there were fined for racist chanting so it is worse to wear the wrong socks than to be a racist according to uefa. what is that about? that isjust about getting it spectacularly wrong, obviously. they have been charged over the bulgarian national anthem but the much big

they can be more unionist than the dup, so many members of them are on board and we saw that with steve baker people in the labour party who are in the stephen kinnock deal group but only three have said they will support it and now the labour whip will come down hard on this, even deselecting mps who might play on this idea. it does have to be brief, but those opposition mps who have talked about moving for a vote of no confidence, what do you think their next move is? hard to say at the moment. hilary benn has asked boris johnson to come back today to give us johnson to come back today to give usa johnson to come back today to give us a statement on this, but at the same time boris johnson us a statement on this, but at the same time borisjohnson is calling brussels to try and get the eu 27 members on board with this and stephen barclay might be coming to the commons instead. a vote of no confidence is not a good idea, just because they cannot get behind one leader. cindy, thank you very much and we have heard that it will be borisjohnson, but and we have heard that it will be boris johnson

steve baker on the european research group, the real hardline brexiteer, he says that would be like puttingpon into the heart of finasteride. one of the interesting things is they talk about the delay. the telegraph is boris's bible and it's interesting they mention that delay is now possible. what do you make of this potential strategy?” think it's childish, disappointing, could only have been thought up by a bunch of blokes whose egos are bigger than their brains and it is an absolute disgrace. laughter we can laugh but i think three years on, if this is the best you can come up on, if this is the best you can come up with that you think you're going to send your archenemy nigel farage to send your archenemy nigel farage to disrupt the eu, it's pretty pathetic. borisjohnson was to disrupt the eu, it's pretty pathetic. boris johnson was talking about statecraft earlier in the week, which is something i think he knows very little about judging by the way he has behaved as prime minister. this isn't how you get deals done, it's not how you negotiate with people. it's not how you talk to part

but my favourite quote from steve baker from the erg, asked what he made of the plan, he said it wasposition to theresa may's deals and how he sees himself as the guardian of what he sees as brexit, "tolerable" is much doing the conga down whitehall in terms of an endorsement. just thinking of baker doing the conga followed by mark francois and john redwood. perhaps morris dancing? how solid is this potential new majority? because if this proposal for borisjohnson is a starting point towards a potential deal, surely all these people who are doing the conga today might stand to be a bit disappointed? you do not have to go far from tolerable for it to be intolerable. of course. it will partly be about the psychology, maybe labour mps will vote for it if they think it's going to win, if they think it's real, but we might be in a situation today and if you're listening on the podcast, it is thursday. it is some date at the beginning of october, there might be a deal that tentatively is likely to get through parliament, but actually cannot get agreed with the eu, whereas previously there

moderate tories to jump ship, the bigger the danger that the party gets taken over by brexit and steve bakeroup of hardline exit will come out of the selection with more members than they had. turning away from politics to something sad we have been recovering all day, the first report dealing with grenfell. the london fire brigade are being accused of hiding behind heroes and they are having a go at the chief of the fire brigade. there have been criticisms that the boss in charge that her initial reaction was not right and the tone was not right at all. the suggestion that we would have done the same again. and actually, the report has found systematic failings across so many report has found systematic failings across so many aspects of the work that the fire brigade do, everything from the stay put order that was given through to the training involved in some of these high—rise buildings and what happens. despite the fact that there have been high profile fires to deal with. it is a sad day for the people who are obviously directly affected by what happened at grenfell but there are a wid

earlier the conservative mp steve baker, who's taken a hardline view on brexit but was going to votenext. the reason it went through was because once again the remain side of the argument shifted the goalposts. they presumably thought borisjohnson would not pull off getting a deal that would get support of the house so they put in place the unconstitutional the benn act, and then of course they have panicked because he has got a deal and they shifted the goalposts and denied the opportunity to fulfil conditions and avoid writing the letter and once again they changed the rules. they accuse us of forcing them into a no deal and i and mark francois and other colleagues have made it clear that we vote for the deal and the legislation all the way through and people know my record as an organiser of my colleagues, we do what we say. in contrast to us, say what we say. in contrast to us, say what we say. in contrast to us, say what we mean, do what we say, the other side keep shifting the goalposts. the prime minister is clear he will not negotiate an extension. and we'll find out how this

if the answer is yes, steve baker and i will be the first two guys in the aisle.you feel this will be the only chance to vote on a deal which would see the uk leave the eu? if it doesn't happen this time, do you think the mood might swing more strongly behind another referendum, for example? or we have wanted all along is to live in a free country that elects its own government, makes its own laws. if that deal gives this, we will vote for it. thank you. just to reiterate what the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, has been telling the brexit committee this morning, it's that the prime minister will write that letter to the eu asking for another extension to brexit if there is no deal by saturday, so at the moment no decision yet on whether that saturday setting, that very rare saturday setting, that very rare saturday sitting of the commons, will go ahead or not. let's talk about the process of what may or may not happen over the next few days with maddy thimont jack from not happen over the next few days with maddy thimontjack from the institute for government.

but down the road in neighbouring wycombe, the road in neighbouring wycombe, the mp steve baker is athat two mps from neighbouring constituencies who were both tories are on different sides of this debate shows why it has been so hard, but now borisjohnson will push back against any mp who wants further delay because rightly or wrongly, his political calculation is mostly that people want this bit of brexit done. that is certainly true for chris, who runs a business in high wycombe making bespoke curtain tracks. he was a remain who now wa nts curtain tracks. he was a remain who now wants an exit deal done but does not trust the prime minister or parliament to find a solution. there is no consensus, no uniformity to get this sorted or across the line. what is good for one party or another party or one person or another party or one person or another person, nothing gets done. and at this exercise class for mothers, there is a similar lack of faith from the fitness instructor who fears public views are being overlooked. it doesn't really matter what the constituency wanted, if the mp w

the i think almost all of them will almost all of the former morgan our government office holder steve baker hasn't declared yet but i think we'll move seen people like andrew bridge in and out these are people who've been saying for ages they wouldn't back a deal they voted no 3 times and trees amaze deal but they are backing voices so just explain to us all the impact of the potential impact of the letterman amendment sure all of a memory would mean that we wouldn't actually complete the brakes at process until all of the legislation been passed i suppose it's like when you do a deal and you say we agree heads of terms ok great that's done work out the details later the letter in agreement says no no none of it will be applied and therefore would have to remain members of the whilst all of the legislation the subsidiary legislation got passed the trouble with that as you rightly had pointed out in your piece there's no guarantee for us that the european union would give us an extension but i suppose the part of the problem it is that some of the tory m.p.'s you've been skeptical about his

the music yesterday from the likes of steve baker and other brexiteers in the european research groupf key differences, one is character. theresa names and remain, borisjohnson one is character. theresa names and remain, boris johnson undelete one is character. theresa names and remain, borisjohnson undelete side. she got that his way and i think thatis she got that his way and i think that is why arnie foster's statement was pretty short. there was no, —— arlene foster. on the side of the water, the eu leaders are not stupid, they knew this was, thereby, and yet they are agreeing to it anyway. i was a price likely by how quickly it was done this many. we had that dup statement probably, i think it was about 6:45am, and then just a number of hours later, the eu and uk come at they have a deal. assisting at my negotiating time?|j assisting at my negotiating time?” spoke to a number of senior eu council official today and are said to things. one, this is nearly 60 hours of talks. 12 men and women, technical negotiators in the building just obstacles up it is going on until two o'clock i

>> i think almost all of them .ill com steve baker has not declared, but will.eople who have been saying for ages they would not act deal. they voted no three times on theresa may's deal, but they are backing boris johnson's deal. anchor: explain the potential impact of the amendment. >> it means we would not complete the brexit process until all the legislation is passed. the agreement says none of it will apply and we will have to remain in the eu whilst all subsidiary legislation got past. the trouble is there is no guarantee that the eu will give us an extension. anchor: part of the problem is some tory mp's who have been skeptical think this is a trojan horse, a way of getting no deal through by kicking the can down the road and saying we can't work at a deal during a transition, so we will have a deal in 2020. how do you bring those people on hammondople like philip who doesn't want to be duped by something that is a new deal in disguise? >> i can see that paranoia or concern whilst no deal has been agreed. now it has got the deal in disagreement with the

one of the leading brexiteers is steve baker as well as the chairman of erg.the deal could be tolerable. he spoke after hearing boris johnson. he said that erg would wait for a legal text before any final decision. it is still all up in the air. time now for a stock of the hour. it is bank of america, rising to the highest since august 1 should taylor riggs has more -- august 1. taylor riggs has more. taylor: this all comes down to the top and bottom line. as we know with bank of america, it is all about responsible growth and clear expense management. beating on earnings-per-share by about 7%. halfis about a nine and a percent improvement on the bottom line relative to where the market was. you are seeing this moderate growth in the economy. that is what bank of america is highlighting, focusing on low-cost managing expenses and going up into the strong quality assets. they have better-than-expected loan growth and lower-than-expected credit losses. you see that affected on a year to date basis. it has been the consumer, which is holding up the account be --

some of them administered in boris johnson's government, in the last half hour, we just tweeted steve baker saying, one for boris' deal in the national interest, two, support the legislation watered down by the opponent, three, vote for boris throughout to give him maximum opportunity to deliver for the country. they are not a party, they do not have a wit. this is an indication many more are switching over. i'd say many numbers are looking ever better in boris johnson's favor. richard. >> while you're talking, anna stewart, i want to go back to the house sand liand listen. >> indeed, those who were seeking the leadership. tory party said will he not abide by that and please reconsider the fact that we must leave as one nation together. there may be special circumstances for northern ireland, but that can only be with the consent of the people. northern ireland, unionists to nationalists together. that is the basis in which the peace process has advanced. he must respect that. >> well, mr. speaker, i must say -- well, first of all, i said i'm grateful to the right honorable gentleman in thi

steve baker just yesterday saying this could be a tolerable deal.hat is good news for boris johnson in terms of the math. of votes he needs to get in favor of his deal to get it through if there is a deal. we haven't quite got there yet. this is perhaps a conversation we will continue to have. in terms of various groups to watch, yes, it is the erg or the spartans, also tories thrown out of the party, how many of them are looking for a way back into the party. it is also labor rebels, seeking leave seats. keep an eye on jeremy corbyn, leader of the labour party. the times newspaper reporting that he will put a condition on approving the deal, and it will be a second referendum. things could still take some unexpected twists and turns before the weekend. manus: quick correction for you want gam. 1.1 billion.were at the time of breaking the news, i said it was 1.4 billion. . correction on the terminal nejra: joining us for the hour, head of equities and our clues. you just -- at barclays. you have just changed your call. improving flow on brexit. in t

, the chair of the more tight—lipped, steve baker, the chairof the group, more tight—lipped, stevetalk to boris johnson prime minister saying he needs to talk to borisjohnson before he decides what to do. of course, one of the big concerns for a number ten is now they have lost the dup and it does look like they have lost them, well that influence, and to what extent will it influence, those eurosceptic conservatives who have worked quite closely with the dup and repeatedly have said they will be mindful of what they are saying. that is a key consideration. we know borisjohnson, lots that is a key consideration. we know boris johnson, lots of that is a key consideration. we know borisjohnson, lots of his top team are making phone calls, talking to people one on one this afternoon when cabinet meets i think they will be doing number crunching of their own. making phone calls to tory mps but i wonder if he will be making phone calls to labour mps because they can be critical. we have had a couple come out and say they will vote for the deal, sarah champion in rotherham, john mann are

the music yesterday from the likes of steve baker and the other.to get a deal, boris, in westminster on super saturday. he will be asking for the eu to categorically say that there should not be an extension that they will give. so if boris asks for it, they will say no. other eu leaders will be thinking, hang on, it's not about boris, it's about the entire parliament. maybe we just have to deal with that. that repeated use of boris produced this response from sonia reed. and that was echoed by this telephone caller. i'm ringing to complain about, yet again, we had the use of the word boris, and frequently we hear nigel. why do we not hear the names farage and johnson when we always hear corbyn? if you have any decent attempt at neutrality, surely they should be addressed in the same manner. do let us know your thoughts on all those points, or on any aspect of bbc news. details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. now, the brexit deal wasn't the only story covered on bbc news this week, though it might have seemed like it at times. the

think i do have some reasons to be sympathetic moreover of course some of the naysayers people like steve baker be much more sympathetic to his position ok let me briefly on the elected deal but if there isn't a deal then suddenly if we do have an extension then boris and his government be very keen not to have one thank you very much because that's the one thing that will see a surge in the brics party support and that would be very bad for the tories ok alex we live in the thanks very much and we will know later this evening if indeed britain does come up with the legal text that mr vanier has insisted on having whether indeed these talks will continue at all to you john i thank you at least 5 people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations in guinea there is widespread anger at a proposed change to the constitution which would allow president to run for a 3rd term nicolas haq has more from the capital conakry. this is downtown and here people were protesting clashing with security forces yesterday where many people have died and scores were injured don't people have come out and li

yes, and i noticed steve baker was asked today if he would over an extension if it was a technical onebe why. look at the polling figures. in the last couple of weeks, the tories have sort of pulled a lead, an eight—point lead on average. ido on average. i do not think that is it! there you go. 34%. the lib dems are on 18%, and labourat there you go. 34%. the lib dems are on 18%, and labour at the moment are stuck on a fairly miserable 26 points. but the polling guru john curtice was writing in the times this morning, a six—point lead would leave the tories with no more than 313 seats, so still struggling to form a majority. but with an eight—point lead, that could give them an extra 10—12 seats. so they have the brexit party breathing down their neck, the idea that we leave, do ordie, and their neck, the idea that we leave, do or die, and october 31 working for them. do they really want to test that lead by saying they want a few weeks? yes, we have this agreement in principle, but we need agreement in principle, but we need a few months to get the technical and legal thing sorted out

the conservative mp steve baker is with me — chairman of the eurosceptic european research group.ke of this package? a broad response first of all. what do you make of this package7m a broad response first of all. what do you make of this package? it is a fairand do you make of this package? it is a fair and reasonable offer and the european union should engage with it constructively. it does meet the objectives which are set out. they are respecting the good friday agreement, avoiding any checks on or near the border. it is a fair and reasonable proposal and should be engaged with constructively. do you expect european to engage in a way that will, in effect, go back against what they said in the past? because they‘ve had their own red lines, haven‘t they? that is to do with protecting the good friday agreement and giving an open border, which, by definition, this seems not to do. both sites have been com pletely to do. both sites have been completely committed to protecting the good friday agreement. the debate has been about how both sides have a and reliable relationship about

let me put to you what steve baker tweeted today. afternoon. he said he had just one outstanding concern with the new deal, and he expected that to be resolved later this evening. he was speaking to number ten. i think what we do know is that borisjohnson, the prime minister, has confounded his critics. he has managed to reopen their withdrawal agreement that everybody said you cannot reopen. he's got rid of the despised backstop trap which was in the original withdrawal agreement. and he's changed the political declaration from close regulatory alignment to one of a more straightforward free trade agreement. it looks like brexit. it smells like brexit. this is brexit. and the more i hear about this deal the more inclined i am to support it. but you were one of those who said you would not vote for one of these deals until the dup were on these deals until the dup were on the side. quite clearly they are not onside. and they are going to make life very difficult for the prime minister. i said without the dup supporting the measures a

we hearing that the erg's steve baker has reportedly said that he thinks the deal as it stands couldople will see income is going down as a result of any deal pundits were talking about a very ha rd pundits were talking about a very hard brexit which would be very damaging and so i think it needs to go back to the british people. the liberal democrats have argued consistently that they should be a people's vote on whatever deal that is with the option of remaining and that remains our position. sticking with the original people's vote which is why we are where we are now, it boris johnson which is why we are where we are now, it borisjohnson comes back with something, you will be working on saturday, there could be a vote. is there anything that would make you think this was better than any of the options that realistically we face at the moment? the deal that britain has at the moment in the eu is the best deal we could possibly get. and remember that during the referendum there was no talk of a border down the irish sea. boris johnson in that referendum said britain would stay in t

you see steve baker as a cheerleader for the euro skeptics but there are all those people we call therime minister -- who the prime minister remove the whip from. a lot of them are rebelling because you are heading -- because they say he is heading for no deal. will philip hammond, david gorka, -- you left the party earlier and said with a heavy heart he would probably back this deal. they will be looking to see whether indeed he is getting some of those labor mps on board. caroline flinch. got her, he is not doing very well. we are going to see some other people who were quite keen on backing the may deal. leader --ormer labor the basis for talking or does he just say no, this isn't good enough? believe we begin with the prime minister of the united kingdom. >> and deliver brexit on the 31st of october in an orderly way with a deal. this government's objective has always been to leave with the deal and these constructive and reasonable proposals show our seriousness of purpose. they do not deliver everything we would have wished. they do represent a compromise, but to remain a prison

i have seen a tweet from steve baker which says that he is not saying yet what he is going to do.te a remarkable thing to be happening. so tight ahead of this 31st of october deadline, at half past nine a whole lot of mps will be here well before that talking to people. the whips will be working very hard to do some arm twisting very last minute minute. we expect... we have been taught that things might come to a head around 2:30pm. we could see in a number of other amendments. to have been tabled ahead of time. the snp have put forward an amendment calling for an extension and an election. even if mps approve a deal tomorrow one once that make the more that he does select, if he does select any the any the longer the proceedings could go on for. thank you very much indeed. we mention jointjohn mander. joining me now isjohn mann, the labour mp for bassetlaw. he says he will vote for mrjohnson‘s new brexit deal and expects over nine of his fellow labour mps to follow suit. but can you confirm that you are voting for the deal and why. yes i am voting for the deal. because it john mc

don't go anywhere, i have lots of questions, ijust need to go over to steve baker who has had a long before he goes. he is from the eurosceptic european research group, of course. the letwin amendment went through today and that's because people just don't trust that it isn't a back door to a no—deal brexit. trust that it isn't a back door to a no-deal brexit. the reason it through is because remain have shifted the goalposts. presumably they thought boris johnson wouldn't pull off getting a deal that could secure the support of the house, so they put in place this unconstitutional benn act requiring him to seek an extension if he did not get a deal. then they have panicked because he has got a deal. they've shifted the goalposts, denied him, and they have once again changed the rules. they accuse us of forcing him into a "no deal", but myself, mark francois, and other collea g u es myself, mark francois, and other colleagues are clear, we vote for the deal, then we vote for legislation all the way through. people know my record as an organiser of my colleagues. we do what we say. in

move on with our lives and hopefully when i next general election site this is a risky strategy, steve bakeral to labour mps? that is a really big question, and after the rancorous scenes in parliament this week, is borisjohnson's strategy is really to get a deal through and win over labour mps and support, last week it did not seem like he was in that mode and it makes it more difficult for labour mps to swing behind a deal, given some of the scenes we saw in parliament. the other big issue is the allegations, we asked him about that and we will play some of that interview. i had said what i will say about that. they are not true. it is obviously very sad somebody should make such allegations, they are not true. i think, should make such allegations, they are not true. ithink, really, by comparison with what we are doing, which is taking forward a very dynamic domestic agenda, they are, frankly... i had said what i have to say about this. if i may say so, we need to concentrate on a fantastic, progressive, domestic agenda. that has been his line, the allegations are there, i deny then, it d

as my colleague steve baker said recently, it is not ourjob in the erg to be more unionist than the dupfected by this. if they can live with it, we can probably live with it too. thanks very much for your time. of course, whether there is a vote here, whether there is ever a vote here depends not what happens in the commons, not in the first place anyway, it depends on what happens in europe because if europe give it the thumbs down, there won't be a vote here. in a moment, the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live: french media reports say a man with a knife has killed four people at the police headquarters in paris. the prime minister says his new brexit proposals are britain's chance to get a deal — as he lays out his plans to mps. the high court in belfast has ruled that northern ireland's abortion laws are in breach of the uk's human rights commitments. here's your business headlines on afternoon live: shares in ted baker dived as much as 41 per cent after the british premium fashion retailer warned its weak financial performance might worsen over th

to the brexit supporting tory erg meeting this morning at 8:30am and it was announced there by steve baker chamber that we will support therefore all the legislation that follows from that. there is no trust here. the erg would be well outvoted if they tried any shenanigans like that. the only shenanigans being tried in the chamber is to try to prevent or delay brexit from happening. after having debated this for three and a half years, after having extension after extension, the last thing anyone in this country now wants is another extension until the 31st of january when we could then get another extension and just carry on talking. the last thing that people like dominic grieve and a few of the others in parliament want is for us to come to a decision. today they have that opportunity. what do you think might happen? the numbers look incredibly close. privately downing street might have thought they had the numbers for getting approval for the numbers for getting approval for the deal but of course this oliver letwi n the deal but of course this oliver letwin amendment could change eve

let‘s try and unpick some of that with steve baker, the head of the arg group brexiteers.ad partnership with the eu which ithink can broad partnership with the eu which i think can reunite the country. let‘s talk the parliamentary tactics because it does seem to be taking all sorts of bizarre twists and turns. what happens if the government does say to tory mps, supposing the left—wing amendment is passed, go home. iwould supposing the left—wing amendment is passed, go home. i would advise my colleagues to vote with the government. we have given colleagues three pieces of advice. vote for the deal, but for the three pieces of advice. vote for the deal, but forthe implementing legislation on the way to the end provided it is not spoiled, and vote with the government to give the prime minister maximum opportunity to deliver for the country. as eurosceptics we will vote with boris johnson. what others will do, i fear because if they pass this lettering amendment to the public, who are absolutely sick of brexit, willjust get a bunch of circus clowns running around giving the o

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baker famously often ended up in punch—ups on stage. at 10:00 mishal husain will be here with a full round up of the day's news. first it's time for our world. stevexplores how moscow views the tumultuous events of 1989 and how vladimir putin's russia is trying to regain its influence. it's 30 years since the iron curtain fell. for millions across europe, it meant freedom. for moscow, it meant the end of its empire. today's russia wants to forget about 1989. but three decades on, russia is reasserting itself. there are fears of a new stand—off with the west. the baltic has become one of the front lines of what feels like a new cold war. as russia pushes for greater influence, i ask its leader how he sees his country. i am on a journey that will take me back to 1989 and across europe, to find out what it was like for moscow to lose an empire and whether russia is building a new one. moscow — it is a city that oozes empire. from the skyscrapers ofjoseph stalin, to the residence of the czars. the message is unmistakable — this is a country with ambition. throughout its history, russia has had an unswerving belief in its own greatness. you can feel th

joining me now is the conservative steve baker, he used to bea conservative steve baker, he used to be aware of the nature of the negotiations, and isn't the problem there seems to be no way the irish government will agree to any customs checks? we are leaving the european union, so we will not stay in the customs union on the single market, we will leave. what i had done since resigning since government is trying to work this out, we have worked with prosperity uk who have published a paper setting this out, i would ask your viewers to remember there is already a border on the island of ireland, particularly in excise duty, so there are already spot checks. we are trying to be consistent with the kind of approach which already works on the islands of ireland. if there is a free trade agreement there will be no customs duties, there will be paperwork but it is done electronically, well in advance, without requiring border posts. while this is a small tactical leak to disrupt the negotiations, i am confident this will be a strong offer which absolutely minimises the inconvenience to bus