the tories have failed on all these fronts. rs burnt to death in the grenfell tower tragedy. even tory ministers now admit there isa even tory ministers now admit there is a crisis of rising crime and that police cuts have contributed. the tories are promising to recruit more police now, but borisjohnson and the others did nothing to stop the 20,000 cuts to police officers the tories have made since 2010. and let's not forget the lib dems. laughter they would rather the public didn't remember that their leader was in the cabinet when most of these police cuts were made and the cuts to the nhs and the cuts to welfare. applause there is no question that cuts in police numbers have contributed to the rising crime, but there are other things that have contributed us other things that have contributed us the cuts in education, the increase in school exclusions, zero—hour contracts, homelessness and equality, all the cuts in the mental health services. these have also played their part, and they are all tory policies. so... applause s

the question is whether the tory rebels will feel scared of that. hat philip hammond had been reselected as a candidate. the other question is are there some labour rebels who might side with the prime minister. and whether itjeremy side with the prime minister. and whether it jeremy corbyn will actually vote against an election because tony blair has made a very interesting speech saying that would be the elephant trap for him to fall into. that guardian's front page is johnson's ultimatum, back me or face a snap brexit election. similar to the other broad street front pages. not a lot of difference between the front pages at the moment. let as i hypothesise and say the election is not until the 1ath? what would happen, with the tories win? they are ahead at the moment. theresa may had a massive lead ahead of the last election. there was lots of talk aboutjeremy election. there was lots of talk about jeremy corbyn struggling election. there was lots of talk aboutjeremy corbyn struggling to do as badly as michael foot did. he was the worst result for

, about the tory party, and the tory party's opportunities for the future. eir party, they can talk to each other about their chances or otherwise of survival. and all the tax cuts they will give to the rich and all the other things they do. we on the other things they do. we on the other hand are out there with the people, trying to bring back social justice and equality in our society. that is the labour leader speaking ata that is the labour leader speaking at a rally this evening. let us talk now about from our glasgow news room, to the president of the british polling council and a politics professor sirjohn curtis, thank you for being with us. a very fascinating day again, in the world of westminster, where are we now, because basically, downing street is talking about a general election on october 14th if they lose this crucial vote in the commons. v that is what downing street wants i think jeremy corbyn has a crucial decision to make tomorrow morning. which is whether or not indeed the labour party is going to be willing to accuse questions in a gene

tory party last night for voting against the prime ministerlj tory party last night for voting against prime minister. i voted against the prime minister. i voted against the government whip for the first time in a0 years of being an mp. did you receive a call to tell you they were doing what they threatened, throwing you out? yes, i had a conversation with the chief whip who made it clear that is what would happen. i feel quite whip who made it clear that is what would happen. ifeel quite sad that it has come to this, but i woke up this morning knowing i had in the right thing. the rebels' stand is highly likely to pay for them. not much doubt that mps will vote tonight to rule out dealing without —— leaving without a deal. tonight to rule out dealing without -- leaving without a deal. there is a conviction that there is no mandate for no deal, and the consequences for the economy and our country would be highly damaging. one of my greatest concerns in all of this, any referendum which saw such a massive, record turnout, that there are many people, if we continue to thwart a resolutio

labour, snp and plaid, lib dems and the tory outcasts. rexit. so what does the rebel alliance want? well, to outlaw no deal, obviously. and opposition leaders want an election after that mission‘s accomplished. meanwhile, in meetings, on social media, in the tea rooms and among the statues, some outcast tories and labour mps want a brexit deal. others want a referendum. labour's promising one after the election. maybe on a new deal, if there is one. otherwise, a choice, between no deal and remain. that's what the lib dems want, they want to stop brexit. so does the snp, who believe this crisis could be taking us closer to an independent scotland, the end of the union. now, down there, perhaps the most genteel debating chamber in the democratic world, well, things are about to turn ugly. this country has high standards... the lords must pass the rebel bill too. in debates, in debates about debates, opposing sides doing all they can to support or resist the attempt to rule out a no—deal brexit and bind the prime minister's hands by law. the

the times front page ‘pm loses historic vote'. it focuses on how 21 toryspite threats of expulsion from the conservative party from borisjohnson. and the telegraph with how the prime minister was forced by mps into seeking a snap general election if they choose to vote to block a no—deal brexit tomorrow. the independent, a similar theme, explaining how borisjohnson has not only lost control of the brexit negotiations but has also lost his working majority as former tory mp phillip leejoins the lib dems. and finally, the i with the same headline, but focussing on how mp's who voted against the government, including former chancellor phillip hammond, face deselection. we have heard tonight from government sources that they lost the conservative whip and have been kicked out of the party. so let's start with the times. the prime minister loses an historic vote. to be fair, not a huge surprise although maybe the scale of the defeat was a bit of a surprise. it isa defeat was a bit of a surprise. it is a large number of mps who voted against him from his own sid

from across the spectrum, tory remainers, who want to respect the referendum but don't want no deal, ho believe in fiscal prudence — where do they go in this new setup? i think people are underestimating how many votes the liberal democrats will pick up. i think the lib dems will steal from the tory party and labour. the conservative party is banking on a complete realignment to pick up labour leave voters in the north and that is a real gamble when, at the same time, they have purged tory moderates and ruth davidson in scotland has stepped down and they are likely to lose anywhere between six to ten seats. possibly more. we have only got a few seconds left. before we get to electoral politics, annalisa, surely the question for the rebel alliance this week is to answer the questions which will be in many voters' mind. why on earth do we need another extension of three months? we have been in this purgatory long enough. yes, but what is the alternative? when everybody knows, even the government has admitted that no deal is a disaster and it will damage the economy. you have to come bac

and milton and 20 others was thrown out of the tory party for voting against the prime minister. against the prime minister. i voted against the government whip for the first time after a0 members as being an mp. did you receive a call to tell you that they were doing what they threaten to do? yes, i had a conversation with the chief whip who made it clear that's what's going to happen. ifeel sad made it clear that's what's going to happen. i feel sad it made it clear that's what's going to happen. ifeel sad it has come made it clear that's what's going to happen. i feel sad it has come to this but i woke up this morning and i knew i'd done the right thing. she, likea i knew i'd done the right thing. she, like a slim majority of mps, believe leaving the eu without a deal could be a disaster and are intent on changing the law to remove that chance. they crowded into the voting lobbies, disbelieving,... the ayes to the right, 327. the noes to the left, 299. they were successful at this stage, voting to prevent the prime minister taking us out of the eu in october if no deal is in p

former conservative minister sam gyimah defects to the liberal democrats, after he lost the tory whiprebelling over brexit. the liberal democrat leader jo swinson will be taking questions from party members at their conference, at ten—past—two this afternoon — we'll have live coverage, on the bbc news channel. the former international rugby star, gareth thomas, reveals he is hiv positive — saying he wants to help reduce the stigma around the condition. iran dismisses accusations made by the us, that it was responsible for two drone attacks, that have crippled saudi oil production. protestors are gathering outside the british consulate in hong kong, in another pro—democracy rally in the territory. before the papers — sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. tyson fury is having surgery in a las vegas hospital after suffering a brutal cut in his win over swedish heavyweight otto wallin on a unanimous points decision. fury entered the ring in a sombrero and poncho to celebrate mexico's independence day... and the early exchanges that followed led to fury suffering a deep

two from the labor party, three from the tories. all were in favor of britain staying in the european union, including theresa may, originally. by contrast, boris johnson is remaking the tories into the party of brexit. and this week expelled 21 conservative members of parliament, including very senior figures who disagreed with the new party line. of course, not every situation falls neatly on the open/close spectrum. many of the leading brexitiers are staunch free marketieres and insist they want a free britain. it's hard to be in favor of free trade, but insist that britain crash out of the eu, one of the world's largest free trade areas and britain's largest trading partner. but more significant is the fact that whatever the views of the new tory leaders, the public that voted for brexit and would presumably support what would essentially be a new tory brexit party largely embrace a closed ideology. they're suspicious of foreigners, resentful of the new cosmopolitan britain that they see in london and the country's other big citi

it is notjust up to the tories. ying to the cause of preventing us from leaving without a deal and technically they could stand in the way of calling an election. their leader didn't sound much like he would try to stop one tonight. when the election comes, i am ready for it, you are ready for it, we will take the message out there and we will win for the people of this country. we will defeat this lot and bring about the sense ofjustice and equality. that is what our movement was founded to achieve. salford, thank you very much. although some labour mps and voices from the party's past one an election before we leave the eu could simply be a number ten trick. jeremy corbyn has behaved responsibly and if he continues to put the country first, it will benefit the country and himself. he can now play a decisive role in how brexit develops. but he should see an election before brexit is decided for the elephant trap that it is. at the other end of the spectrum, the qualified offer of support from the brexit party — if t

prime minister taking on the current tory how we are in the battle of the heart of the conservative party, whether in court, in parliament or on the airwaves, the conservative party is fighting over its future. it certainly seems the only way that could end is a general election. and obviously, those on the different sides within the tory party believe they are representing what the tory party should be. you are a pollster. what is the internal messaging in that? the messaging that number 10 are gearing up for as this message about, get brexit done so we can get onto these other issues, public services. that message of getting brexit done is very powerful in the country. the question is, how many other people does it put off that are part of the conservatives? this isa are part of the conservatives? this is a big issue they have to think about. what other boaters they can win in the north and midlands but who can they defend? that also sums up who can they defend? that also sums up the problem the conservatives are in as up t

it's nothing else but the tories and have they done owt in the last ten years around here? no.und here? no. where's all your policemen around here? gone. but earlier this year, labour lost control of the local council, which hasn't happened in 40 years. two conservatives were elected. and, at the last general election, its next door neighbour mansfield voted in a conservative mp for the first time ever. it's a real shame that we are in the position we're in with the tories potentially looking at taking this seat. but we're not going to let it happen and we're going to fight it to our very last breath. we have been coming across people that have said they're not going to vote any more, because they don't feel listened to. ashley taylor is a young labour member here in bolsover — the seat held by ex—mining anti—eu socialist dennis skinner since 1970. the leave vote round here was huge and these leaflets are reminding voters skinner is one of them. but will it be enough? so why are so many traditional labour supporters thinking of either voting for farage or borisjohnson? it's imm

party the sport of vital brexiteer voters. 0ne the tory party the sport of vital brexiteer voters. prime minister resigning to try and force an election. we saw ministers, including the chancellor saying that wasn't going to happen. we did see the prime minister saying he was not contemplating suspending parliament, but then that did happen. what about the idea of breaking the law? the civil service are even saying don't think about it. the foreign secretary is saying it could be tested, which could point the way to a battle in the courts, may be the supreme court and one insider said, downing street might even welcome losing in the supreme court because they could then go into an election saying it is borisjohnson against thejudges. extraordinary to saying it is borisjohnson against the judges. extraordinary to think ofa the judges. extraordinary to think of a conservative government on any such platform. the line between extraordinary and what is normal in british politics is being steadily erased every day. we are 24 hours on from a ministerial resignation, what is the effect of

the tories may have a different way of getting the election.o thirds of mps to vote for it, that will not happen. but their second attempt to could be to bring forward a simple built, they need a majority of one and that is possible. if the government is defeated on a general election, how does the promise to respond? to downing street try to get out on the front foot to show that they are somehow in charge of this process and what they will do next? vicki, thank you very much. i know we will speak plenty later on as we get reactions on the votes on various amendments. emotions running high today, especially those who had the whip drawn on them last night. earlier sir nicholas soames — who was thrown out of the conservatives last night — spoke to our chief political correspondent vicki young and told her why he couldn't support the government last night. the prime minister made it clear that it was a confidence motion for him. ifelt that that it was a confidence motion for him. i felt that i couldn't support the government last night, that i mu

the tories falling back in scotland with the snp advancing medical so the tories want to strike whiledemocrats are also in a much stronger position than they were two yea rs stronger position than they were two years ago and the tories could expect to lose seats to them. the question is whether or not the conservatives can win enough from labour to compensate for the losses. if you take a nine—point lead, probably enough. probably enough to doa probably enough. probably enough to do a bit better than they are at the moment. may bejust do a bit better than they are at the moment. may be just enough to get an overall majority but by no means guaranteed. boris johnson is certainly, in going for the 15th of october election, is not necessarily giving himself an easy task. the crucial battle and the crucial issue is how does the leave vote divide or unite. the reason borisjohnson has a lead in the polls is because in the course of recent weeks a significant proportion of leave brexit voters have switched back to the conservatives. there are still 1296 the conservatives. there are still 12%

justin greening, pointing to discomfort with how the tory party is going about its work. avid gauke, part of the 21 who voted against the government yesterday. he has tweeted in the last few minutes. that is a dig at the prime minister pass main advisor, the man who led the vote campaign in 2016 and has been brought into number ten by borisjohnson to guide his approach to delivering brexit. a number of tory mps, now former tory mps, suggesting that dominic cummings isn't even a member of the conservative party. we can't confirm that but the perception is that people who don't have the party at heart, but brexit as the number one goal, are dominating the conservative party. these rebels had lost the whip, now they are in the process of being told they cannot stand in the next election. it looks like they are being kicked out of the party altogether. david gauke is one of them and philip hammond is another. he was the chancellor until recently. he's facing deselection. kenneth clarke, another former minister and the longest serving mp, elected in 1970. this applies to him as

the tories only have one person in the labor party position is still very murky on brexit.bout this all week. let's move on to the front page of the financial times. i have a frog in my throat. talking about the analysis done by the financial times and the law firm which looks at what might happen if there were to be a labour government, because there is so much talk about there being a general election quite soon. it is interesting reading. give us your ta ke interesting reading. give us your take on this. on the fifth —— face of it, they need like a pole in the head. it is a huge amount of uncertainty and investors will think if there is a general election looming, all of the optics suggest that will not be terribly far away, this is positioning, the labour positioning themselves and their quite radical left—wing agenda. anybody who has watched uk politics over the last couple of years will know this is actually entirely predictable and at the same time there are elements of this story, there are elements of this story, the two main elements are the idea uk companies that

the tory prime minister who quit after losing 2016 referendum finally found his voice. ke things easier for the present incumbent. janet, you start off here. take us through this week we have just seen. does it matter what david cameron says? it does in the sense that it absolutely confirms what most of us suspected all along, he had absolutely no idea of why people voted leave in that referendum. he seemed to think, he called it a psychodrama in the tory party. that's not what it was. millions of labour supporters voted for leave, and a great many people who have never voted in an election voted for leave. this wasn't about the tory party and it wasn't about him. it wasn't about was johnson either, it was about a principal, self—government, immigration came into it, but i honestly think that immigration was a token, a symbol of the lack control. the democratic principle that you can vote, you can elect the people who make your laws, that was the lesson. and instead of taking that argument head on, cameron and osborne who led that remain campaign, instead of making a pos

the last timei johnson and the tories? ad never worked in a supermarket. the tuc says no deal will threaten people'shard—won rights at work. so who do you trust? the tuc, an organisation founded in manchester, that exists to look out for workers, or borisjohnson that exists to look out for workers, or boris johnson and that exists to look out for workers, or borisjohnson and the tories? the impact will be especially hard on areas like the west midlands, where so much of our car production is based. it's an industry that depends on no tariffs or friction at the border. jaguar land rover, for example, can only prepare four days of disruption, because the company uses 25 million separate parts every day. 10,000 people are employed in car production in solihull, 9000 in coventry, 8000 in birmingham. think of those workers under stress and worry they are going through as they watch the tory government charged towards an outcome that risks destroying their jobs. towards an outcome that risks destroying theirjobs. imagine the dama

candidate at the next election. toryave told the rebels they will "destroy" boris johnson's negotiating position if they allow no—deal to be taken off the table. so, let's take a look at what's in store for the week ahead. tomorrow, mps return to the commons after summer recess, where legislation to stop no—deal will be introduced by opposition mps. on wednesday, the bill will be debated in the commons. at midday, borisjohnson will take to the podium for his first pmqs as prime minister. the anti—no deal bill could reach the house of lords on thursday, if it is passed by mps. otherwise, the consideration of the bill could spill into monday. if the bill passed all hurdles, it would become law on monday. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster this morning. i say thank heavens for norman!m is, honestly, an epic and extraordinary week we are facing the likes of which i don't think i have ever seen at westminster before. we now have a conservative prime minister threatening to boot out some of the par

the tory immigration act and end the tory hostile environment. applause election after election, they weapon eyes... and they use coded and un—coded racism to distract from their attacks on the livelihoods and living standards of ordinary working people. but labour are underjeremy corbyn, will not play the tories‘s game. we want to bring communities together. and the fact is that immigration is a net benefit to this country, our businesses, our universities, our public services, would be worse off without the contribution of migrants and our nhs in particular would be worse off without the contribution of migrants and the children's migrants. and removal of freedom of movement rights already granted would be against the law. so labour thanks all the migrants who have come here, helped to build and run oui’ come here, helped to build and run our nhs, they have helped... they have helped to sustain... work in industry and enrich our society. and i will let the tories into a secret, the british public increasingly agrees with the labour party and ou

this is the head of the tory party co nfe re nce is the head of the tory party conference they are announcingat banning they are going to look at banning the import of souvenirs from trophy hunting and this is things like lions heads, elephants and a lot of people will be quite pleased as a government is finally taking action on this. when you look at pictures like that land there with its head... cecil the lion from 2015. the government is taking action here and it will be quite popular. yes, goldsmith said he's very keen to start the inquiry into how they would do it. and again will be really popular. a very small number of people that actually do it and i think they said 2000 souvenirs have been brought in in the last ten yea rs been brought in in the last ten years but that figure is double what it was ten years ago. 20,000 pieces, yeah shocking figures. the number being brought back has doubled. yeah shocking figures. the number being brought back has doubledm effects a very small number of people and effects these people who will bury unpopular with the general public. the general publi

so within the first 100 days of our government, we will scrap the tory trade union act. cheers and applause] nd by the way, and by the way, labour will never, ever tell people they have to work until they are 75. we simply will not do it. [applause] a labour government will mean better wages, more security, and more saved putting power in the hands of people and we'll bring rail, mail, water, and the national grid into public ownership. cheers and applause] so the essential services that we all rely on are for the public, not for private profit. it's very simple. that's what we are going to do. yesterday, here in brighton, i met louis walker, wonderful 9-year-old boy. bright, bubbly, lovely boy. louis is living with cystic fibrosis. every day he needs four hours of treatment. and is often in hospital, which obviously keeps him from school and from his friends. the normal lives of 9-year-olds. louis' life could be very different with the aid of a medicine called orkambi, but louis, he's denied the medicine he needs because its manufacturer refuses to sell the drug to n.h.s

x tory minister slams populistjohnson as hejoins the lib dems. —— ex—tory. nister until he didn't like theresa may's withdrawal agreement and he stepped down. he ran as a potential tory leader only about 12 weeks ago. and now he is out of the party completely and into a different one. he has lept across to the lib dems. —— leapt. a number of the lib dems. —— leapt. a number of the rebels were thinking about this. and because we had some time before we came on our we were looking them up. we looked up his constituency to see if he had a lib dem near opponents, in other words, see if he had a lib dem near opponents, in otherwords, if see if he had a lib dem near opponents, in other words, if it would be quite useful to try to become a lib dem in the constituency. he had a 2a,000 majority. so he cannot stay in sorry after this. —— surrey. along with chuka umunna, ithink after this. —— surrey. along with chuka umunna, i think he is the biggest name thatjo swinson has been able to recruit. i don't agree with that. except when she introduced him, she called him sam

out a electoral story than labour are at the moment and they are slightly split, getting the opportunity of tories to come to the middle if they are able to manoeuvre the rest of the brexit vote. 50 are able to manoeuvre the rest of the brexit vote. so much to discuss in the weeks ahead, thank you so much for accompanying me this evening and much to look forward to this coming tomorrow, and a cabinet meeting in the morning and at 3pm they will put forward their motion to prevent no deal. we will get more reaction i am sure tomorrow i'm boris johnson's reaction i am sure tomorrow i'm borisjohnson‘s proposalfor reaction i am sure tomorrow i'm borisjohnson‘s proposal for that general election and at the moment it does not seem that the opposition parties are going to fall for the debate but there will be lots of comment from opposition benches which we will want to hear tomorrow. so from here in westminster for the moment, in westminsterfor the moment, i will hand it back to the studio. thank you very much indeed. if you are watching a few minutes ago you will have seen vicki young with a conservativ

wakefield's labour right now but the leaders of the tories and the council reckon the tories and thethe pm's ruthless approach might work. do you think being so ruthless, though, might put some voters off? it's going the other way, though, people want to see that. i don't know if they call it ruthless but they want to see a decisive prime minister. this is yorkshire and they like the direct approach. i just yorkshire and they like the direct approach. ijust don't yorkshire and they like the direct approach. i just don't want an election on his terms. labour activists don't want their leader to go for a ballot too early. it's not that i want the tory government to stay in or i don't want another election or i'm worried about another election, itjust election or i'm worried about another election, it just feels like it is being pushed through on somebody else's agenda. it is being pushed through on somebody else's agendali it is being pushed through on somebody else's agenda. i want to see him fail on the 31st of october. i want to see that the promises are all false, there was no deta

it is easy to see why the tories are tempted. he world, they can smell opportunity if the election comes. some of these areas here where we've started — we've got a conservative presence now, they were strong, strong leave areas. wakefield is labour right now, but the leader of the tories on the council reckons the pm's ruthless approach might work. do you think being so ruthless, though, might put some voters off? it's going the other way, though. actually, people want to see that. i don't know if they call it ruthless, but they want to see a decisive prime minister. this is yorkshire. they like that direct approach. i want an election. ijust don't want an election on his terms. labour activists don't want their leader to go for a ballot too early. it's not that i want the tory government to stay in, or i don't want an election, or i'm worried about an election. itjust feels like it's being pushed through on somebody else's agenda. i want to see him fail on 31 october. i want to see that the promises were all false, there was no

it's easy to see why the tories are tempted. world, they can smell opportunity if the election comes. some of these areas here where we have a conservative presence now, they were strong, strong leave areas. wakefield's labour right now, but the leader of the tories on the council reckons the pm's ruthless approach might work. do you think being so ruthless, though, might put some voters off? it's going the other way, though, actually people want to see that. i don't know if they call it ruthless, but they want to see a decisive prime minister. this is yorkshire. they like that direct approach. i want an election. ijust don't want an election on his terms. labour activists don't want their leader to go for a ballot too early. it's not that i want the tory government to stay in or i don't want an election or i'm worried about an election, it just feels like it's being pushed through on somebody else's agenda. i want to see him fail on the 31st of october. i want to see that the promises were all false, there was no detail to the

the tories are in a complete state of flux but labour have their own problems themselves which add tong on. john laing has been a campaigner against the scourge been a campaigner against the scourge of anti—semitism. my personal view is it has not been addressed by the labour party said they will have to deal with that this week. let's stay with politics but move away from brexit and anti—semitism. the telegraph have a story about the tory party chairman pushing to abolish fee—paying schools. this old chestnut. could you imaginea schools. this old chestnut. could you imagine a day when private schools are abolished in this country? i can't but i am glad the labour party is getting back on track over schooling. we had lots of jokes at the time of tony blair when all of the front bench worshipping their children out to religious schools or taking them out. i think harriet harman's children went to grammar schools in kent and lots of them believed to be next to camden school for girls, those schools that we re school for girls, those schools that were considered to be top end. while at t

and the case at the high court was joined by former tory prime ministerjohn major. and they had been given leave to take an appeal to the supreme court so the fight continues. and that hearing will happen on the 17th of september, a week on tuesday. well, as the brexit deadline draws ever closer — borisjohnson has said he would "rather be dead in a ditch" then ask the eu to delay beyond the 31st of october. we've got a group of voters here, who'll be putting their questions to mps in a moment about what all this means to them. do get in touch if you have a question too. but first, let's recap on what's happened in this tumultuous week. parliament returned with a vengeance this week, after a summer of political plotting, and what was trailed as a week of high drama didn't disappoint. so, let's rewind and take stock. the storm of events started early, as mps arrived back at work on tuesday. whilst borisjohnson spoke in the house of commons about the g7 and his key brexit arguments, a former conservative minister — phillip lee — crossed the house tojoin the lib dems. b

how doubt that damaging would that be for the tory party? usand votes to the brexit party, that could deprive them of the majority and will be very tight and a lot of seats what they're going to need to succeed in a general election and get back to having a majority is to squeeze that brexit vote down and if they do something like seeking an extension,. and if he gets a deal, there are some handsome possibilities that may be open to this and that and may be a deal? who knows. it is too early to say, they are not there yet and obviously, we have heard michel barnier say that brexit negotiations that we are still waiting for the government proposals on how they would like to change the withdrawal agreement, what they propose to replace the backstop with which you are hearing reports that talks are taking place, actually what is happening and next week will be crucial in that respect. our chief correspondent but the question of did you lie to the queen? that is on the front page of the independent. itjust shows what extraordinary times we live i

so, what is likely to be the tories election strategy? nated, the tories taking 43% and labour, a1% of the vote. compare that to how the parties are polling now. the conservatives have had a poll bounce under boris johnson, but are still averaging around 33%. labour are down to about 26% in september's polls. so, let's take a look at the electoral map from 2017. if the current polls were reflected in a general election, the conservatives would take 2a seats off labour. places like kensington, dudley north and newcastle—under—lyme. but at the same time, they risk losing seats, places like stirling and gordon in scotland would likely go to the snp. cheltenham, southport and winchester to the liberal democrats. so the conservatives need to take more seats from labour and they will have their eyes on the ones that voted for brexit. looking at the conservatives top 50 labour held targets, it is estimated that 39 voted leave, places like stoke—on—trent north had a 72% leave vote, blackpool south, 68% or great grimsby, 71% leave. but will histori

so, will that stop the tory rebels? what rebels? are there rebels? including conservative mps who sat in cabinet until borisjohnson took over. it sounds to me like they are almost goading people into voting against the government, because i think their strategy, to be honest, is to lose this week and then seek a general election, having removed those of us who are not against brexit, not against leaving the european union, but believe we should do so with a deal. there are just days before parliament is suspended for mps to try to pass a law that will aim to stop boris johnson taking the uk out of the eu without a deal. number 10 has warned conservative mps they will be kicked out of the party if theyjoin that effort. but revel resolve seems strong. boris johnson will find if he purges moderate, sensible conservatives, conservatives like me who are willing to leave with a deal, who voted for it three times, unlike him, he will pay a penalty, i think, at the ballot box. westminster is reassembling for a seismic week, a showdown between the government

so, what's likely to be the tories‘ election strategy? ties dominated, the tories taking 43% and labour, 41% of the vote. compare that to how the parties are polling now. the conservatives have had a poll bounce under boris johnson, but are still averaging around 33%. labour are down to about 26% in september's polls. so, let's take a look at the electoral map from 2017. if the current polls were reflected in a general election, the conservatives would take 2a seats off labour. places like kensington, dudley north and newcastle—under—lyme. but at the same time, they risk losing seats, places like stirling and gordon in scotland would likely go to the snp. cheltenham, southport and winchester to the liberal democrats. so the conservatives need to take more seats from labour and they'll have their eyes on the ones that voted for brexit. looking at the conservatives‘ top 50 labour—held targets, it's estimated that 39 voted leave. places like stoke—on—trent north with a 72% leave vote, blackpool south, 68% or great grimsby, 71% leave. but will

the 14th of october. let's take a look at where we are. toryed to join labour to seize control of the commons agenda and bring forward a bill designed to stop that no—deal exit at the end of next month. if they succeed, prime minister borisjohnson could call a snap general election on 14 october. unusually, it is a monday. elections are normally on a thursday. that would need to get the agreement of parliament — and althoutheremy corbyn has previously said he's ready to go to the polls, but some in his party are hinting that labour might vote against. mrjohnson has insisted the uk must leave the eu on 31st october — with or without a deal — and he will not under any circumstances request a further delay from brussels. the uncertainty has caused the pound to drop to its lowest value against the dollar since 2017. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. protester: boris, boris, boris! chanting: out, out, out! welcome back to westminster. mps return from their summer break today to a raging debate about brexit. yesterday evening, the p

the way it has in the tory party in the way it has in the tory party in recent days? over the prime minister, what does it do tojeremy corbyn's case of possibly being a replacement prime minister? it is quite a long shot at the moment for jeremy minister? it is quite a long shot at the moment forjeremy corbyn to become the replacement prime minister but if it were to happen, say borisjohnson lost minister but if it were to happen, say boris johnson lost a confidence vote in his government and they were enough opposition parties and former conservatives got behind a jeremy corbyn led government, at that point, asa corbyn led government, at that point, as a caretaker leader, he would have to make a decision about what he was going to use any extension for. we go for a general election or try and hang on for longer that ——to be that person that was shepherding as second referendum through that whole process, with a labour negotiated brexit deal? we will turn to the front of the daily mail because we are still talking aboutjeremy mail because we are still talking about je

you have to bear in mind that led dems are not offering a choice perry the tories are not offering a oice. we are only —— we are the only party offering a choice. meanwhile, the party is promising free prescriptions for all — as it tries to put policy back in the spotlight — at a party conference overshadowed by internal rows. thomas cook is holding emergency talks as it tries to agree a rescue deal to prevent it from going bust. angry scenes in hong kong — as pro—democracy activists disrupt transport services protesting against what they see as china's growing interference. cities around the world close their streets to traffic for ‘world car free day‘ — organisers want to promote greener travel alternatives. and coming up at a30, the inside out macro team investigates the number of crashes by on duty star for emergency services. good afternoon. it is four o'clock. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has sought to play down divisions in his top team after one of his key aides announced he's resigning. it comes as the party prepares to debate brexit. here's our political correspondent n

soon as he began at labour mps were shouting, you should be injail, you are a liar, you misled the queen. tory mps going back. by the end of the planned statements, boris johnson had conservative mps right behind him and coated them and whipped them up, but then this happened to... we stand here, mr speicher, underthe shield of our departed friend to come up with many of us in this place subject to death threats and abuse every single day, and let me tell the prime minister, that i often tell the prime minister, that i ofte n q u ote tell the prime minister, that i often quote his words, surrender act, betrayal, trader and ifor often quote his words, surrender act, betrayal, traderand iforiam sick of it. we must to moderate our language and it has to come from the prime ministerfirst. language and it has to come from the prime minister first. i have to say mr speaker, i've never heard such humbug at all my life. the reality is...i humbug at all my life. the reality is... i bumped into her today in a lift. the mp speaking there. and she still boiling with anger and people coming up and patting

a far-right party in the view of many of the tory party members themselves. he is not just defending his own political future, but perhaps the fate and immediate future of the party itself. genie: it seems as if jeremy corbyn is dragging his feet. why would he not want to participate? his feet, buting for what he says is a good reason. moderate tories agree with this strategy. why does he not want to agree to an immediate snap election? it is to make sure that no deal is excluded. it is the ultimate priority now to push through legislation to rule out the possibility there ,s trickery, sleight-of-hand that they will not, the government, led by boris johnson will not be able to crash the united kingdom out of europe, october 31. once that is ruled out, it is expected this will pass legislation to rule out a no deal. once that passes, they are willing to call an election. they do not want to call it on boris johnson's terms. they see it as a trap. labor says we are ready for the general election. they think they could win it. they want to do it on its -- on thei

it is notjust up to the tories. o the cause of preventing us from leaving without a deal and technically they could stand in the way of calling an election. their leader didn't sound much like he would try to stop one tonight. when the election comes, i am ready for it, you are ready for it, we will take the message out there and we will win for the people of this country. we will defeat this lot and bring about the sense of justice and equality. that is what oui’ justice and equality. that is what our movement justice and equality. that is what oui’ movement was justice and equality. that is what our movement was founded to achieve. sa lfo rd , our movement was founded to achieve. salford, thank you very much. although some labour mps and voices from the party's past one an election before we leave the eu could simply be a number ten trick. jeremy corbyn has behaved responsibly and if he continues to put the country first, it will benefit the country and himself. he can now play a decisive role in how brexit develop

we would love to take on the tories. in places like st albans for instance. ds let's go for a general election. the likelihood of getting a general election after that time... argue putting before country? no. we are trying to do everything we can to go against no deal and we have worked cross—party. this is an illustration of people who are broadly speaking have similar views about brexit and no deal brexit not agreeing on a really crucial point. we will do everything we can to reduce the number of conservative selected anti—religious borisjohnson's majority. we will do everything we can... it would be less advantageous after october the sist. less advantageous after october the 31st. if the polls were different in scotla nd 31st. if the polls were different in scotland for the snp i suspect there the snp i suspect that leader will ta ke the snp i suspect that leader will take a different view. it gives me no pleasure to say this but the content no pleasure to say this but the co nte nt of no pleasure to say this but the content of what you say i wish it we r

we stand ready to bring down the tory government and give scotla nd down the tory government and give to stop brexit and decide its own future. we signal our intent to work with all across this house to stop a no—deal brexit. it is in all our interest to do so. but i also say to this house we will do our duty to protect all of us from a no—deal brexit but at the same time this house should respect the sovereignty of the scottish people and our rights to be able to determine our own future.|j and our rights to be able to determine our own future. i don't know if he noted last night the lack of enthusiasm from the scottish conservatives for this early general election, it might have something to do with the fact that they are now at 20% in the polls and due to be decimated. if they vote for this tonight it would be voting like turkeys for christmas, and if ruth davidson can't stomach the prime minister, why should scotland? my honourable friend is quite right, andi honourable friend is quite right, and i look forward to snp challenges standing at the scottish tory seats, and we will tak

the tory party is totally fractured at the moment, and it is a remarkable situation. who sat in cabinet until two months ago, and they are now being threatened with the selection and been kicked out of the party if they joined selection and been kicked out of the party if theyjoined the opposition effort today. the mood in the tory party is poisonous, but there is a huge argument going on with the labour party as well, about what their tactic should be if this bill passes and they are put in the position of having to approve or not a general election. just briefly, on that, if it happens, a general election — we ought to count how many times we say "if" today, the 14th of october seems to be the date? that seems to be the date. a motion will be put forward by the government tomorrow saying we would like parliamentary approval for an election on october 14. one of the anxieties among opposition parties is how totally committed boris johnson would be to sticking to that date if it was approved by mps. many mps are so worried that actually he might go foran mps are so wo

the point about the tory party has beenifs the point about the tory party has been it's a very broad xit party. it will be over very broad church. i've survived in the conservative party with ken clarke for a very long time and it will carry on being so. the point you've made is if you believe ken clarke votes alongside opposition parties to thwart a no—deal brexit, he will no longer be in the conservative party. this is crucial as a moment for your party. if he votes to establish an alternative government then yes, anyone who does that, other than the conservative government, can't by definition be a conservative mp and they will lose the whip. if he's talking about hs2 or dealing with social care, there would be broad opinions within the conservative party. that's the party, but the country and british democracy. we had the extraordinary moment yesterday when a senior member of the government, michael cove, couldn't commit to the idea that if the house of commons, then the house of lords, approves a measure to block a no—deal brexit on 0ctober measure to block a no—deal brexit on oc