it is a problem tojust label the tories who rebelled this evening, who will not be tories anymore, asghtforwardly remainers now. all of them, ora straightforwardly remainers now. all of them, or a very large proportion of them, or a very large proportion of them, or a very large proportion of them, did back the withdrawal agreement as it was presented by theresa may. that was still a brexit of sorts, whether or not you agreed with it. that is not remaining in the eu on the present terms. there is that whole spectrum through to the snp, which is very much remained. how that is resolved is a different story —— very much remain. thank you forjoining us for the coverage of a really momentous day at westminster. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, dia and anna. goodbye. good evening. i'm sarah mulkerrins here at the bbc sports centre. british number one

there are mps who may not be tory mps.ave, principled tory mps who are putting their national interest beliefs ahead of their own career and the party. that is normally what you would expect mps are elected to do. have we not heard that before and it has not happened? this is make or break time. what you are seeing now is a realistic prospect that the government is potentially going for a no—deal brexit. that was not the case before. theresa may was not going for no deal. there is a some other news in the newspapers tomorrow. the times has got an interesting story about how to jabs per year could replace the statins bill. it could replace the statins bill. it could replace that for hundreds of thousands of people after trials found it would have levels of so—called bad cholesterol. instead of having to take your pill every day, go to your gp a couple of times a year, and get a jab. a bit like the flu jab. staton is now being recommended for people almost like aspirin and so on. something like 69 people on statins. people w

but for all the tory big talk about recruiting more police officers, the tories seem to be relying on this government, we aren't encouraging more school exclusions — children should be in school, otherwise they will be schooled by gangs. we will tackle mental health underfunding and inequalities, we will build new homes and outlawed zero—hours contracts. we will tackle the causes of crime. applause and when i travel up and down the country talking to people about their concerns about crime and public order, they often express their concern about the cuts to the youth service. labour is listening. soon we will be announcing details of an entirely new youth service to address the issues of educational exclusion, the lack of role models, inequality and deprivation, amongst other people, and my brilliant colleague shadow minister patti smith will be leading on this. applause the tories are insulting our intelligence if they think the public will simply forget who has caused this crisis of law and order. they insult us too with their election platform. they think that they cannot win votes

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

the tory party talking to the tory party, about the tory party, and the tory pa rty‘s opportunities party for the future. i simply say this. tories can talk to each other, about their 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 i

because the tories have always had a fear of the tories have always had a fear of the populist right.britain, ever since the 1930s and pg wodehouse satirising... britain, ever since the 1930s and pg wodehouse satirising. .. it britain, ever since the 1930s and pg wodehouse satirising... it is always beenin wodehouse satirising... it is always been in the tory psychology, a fear of... i'm writing that for as she sat, but a fear of people who can be identified as extremist. so it is a big calculation they have to make. do they go divided are united? yes, do they do a deal with the brexit party? it is the same problem the other side have. the rebel alliance. i think this election is so hard to predict because the two party system is really broken down and there are all these photos with this shift of the tory party morphing into the brexit party, a hardcore brexit party. it is left millions of voters politically homeless. from across the spectrum, tory remain as, who wa nt the spectrum, tory remain as, who want to respect the referendum but don't want no deal, tory brexiteers who don't w

, let's start with some tory mps, notjust any tory mps, very senior mps, former minister saying the tory end of october when he has run down the clock and create a dichotomy of no deal or an extremely terrible deal and somehow get it through which theresa may could not. we have said, if you agree to deliver a brexit, which would lead believing on the 31st of october, we will support you every step of the way, they're will support you every step of the way, they‘ re happy will support you every step of the way, they're happy to create a nonaggression pact with the conservatives, however if they manage to get him to pursue that deal, we will stand against him. it is not brexit. you'll strategy only holds if there is an election before the 31st of october, after that, if we have left, whatever the context, . .. we have left, whatever the context,... it is not necessarily dead. 15% is the amount of support nigel for archers commanded for a long time, and it is for voters that borisjohnson long time, and it is for voters that boris johnson cannot meet, long time, and it is for voters that bor

tory brexiteers who don't want no deal.o 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 back from the brink. just to comment on...

the tories are their options are.ho created the desperate society in which some of these people are living and have suffered for generations. the lib dems are ignoring everyone and the labour party have a raft of policies which i believe will bring people together, give —— given the opportunity to articulate what we stand for. you are next miner, you stood on a manifesto for delivering the outcome of the eu referendum. you said no to a second referendum three times. neither of those things are true now so are you three times. neither of those things are true now so are you considering your position? i am delighted that the labour party have come to the position which they have at the conference yesterday and we have a clear policy going forward. when we win the election we will head off to brussels and get a labour deal and put that back to the people. how can you say you are delighted? you were absolutely against a second referendum. where are your principles? the second referendum wasn't in the 2017 manifesto and de

labour, snp and plaid, lib dems and the tory outcasts.brexit. 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

x tory minister slams populistjohnson as hejoins the lib dems. —— ex—tory.inister 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 sa

because of the politics of the tory party.t it is because these people are obstructing them in parliament. but in the end, the reason it has been difficult to resolve is, you never had that structured set of options with parliament coming to make a decision. and if they can't make a decision, then you go back to the people. studio: and there we leave tony blair, in an extraordinary week in the political life of the nation. in what he calls a time of genuine national peril. lots more coming up on the news channel. right now, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. hello, it's monday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire and we're live from new broadcasting house. it's a massive week in parliament. some conservative mps are squaring up to their own government as borisjohnson threatens to sack them if they vote against him to block a no—deal brexit. one of them is former justice secretary david gauke, who tells me exclusively that boris johnson didn't tell the truth when he said suspending parliament was nothing to do with bre

earlier this year, several tory mps 110w earlier this year, several tory mps now in the cabinet defiedvoted against theresa may's brexit deal. the numbers could be very tight in tomorrow's vote, and if the prime minister carries out his threat to withdraw the whip from rebel tory mps, this week he would immediately wipe out his minuscule commons majority of one. and that makes an autumn general election even more likely. sources have told the bbc there is a live discussion under way in government about possibly asking mps to approve an election as early as this week, if the law is changed to force a brexit delay. but that would need labour to vote in favour of having an election, and at the momentjeremy corbyn‘s poker seems to be unblocking a no—deal brexit. corbyn‘s poker seems to be unblocking a no-deal brexit. we must come together to stop no—deal. this week could be our last chance. we are working with other parties to do everything necessary to pull our country back from the brink. then we need a general election. on today, the former labour prime minister tony blair warned jeremy

hatched with tory rebels, labourand a been hatched with tory rebels, labour and a smaller —— the smallerrtant day. all of us are united, this is about stopping the threat of no—deal... this is about stopping the threat of no-deal. .. as things stand, you are confident you will manage to take control of the commons tonight?|j am, control of the commons tonight?” am, this is about parliamentarians doing thejob across am, this is about parliamentarians doing the job across parties. how much to the next 12 hours matter? immensely. ourjob much to the next 12 hours matter? immensely. our job here much to the next 12 hours matter? immensely. ourjob here and now is to get the legislation that ensures we do not leave at the end of october with a no—deal brexit. we do not leave at the end of october with a no—deal brexitm we do not leave at the end of october with a no-deal brexit. it is fluid but right now it sees mps and here are on course to beat boris johnson tonight in the first ever vote as per minister. it would give them control of the house of commons tomorrow to start to change the law t

the tory party has become the brexit party. i think he underestimated the reaction within the rest of his party of disquiet at this extraordinary behavior. and then the other surprise has been the discipline shown by jeremy corbyn, the yes, awful leader of the opposition, not immediately agreeing to an election and saying that there would not be an election until this legislation was on the books. and essentially wanting to leave boris johnson dangling to force him to be the prime minister who asked for an extension. you have this completely weird thing in british politics. there are loads of weird things in british politics. but right now you have a prime minister who has always said he didn't want an election desperately to try to have it. and a leader of the opposition that has been desperate to have an election now trying to prevent one happening. this is the topsy-turvy world that we now live in. >> george, how deep is the rift in the conservative party. is it conceivable that boris johnson could face an internal rebellion

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it is notjust up to the tories.lying 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

party and possibly from the tory party and possibly from labour as bill.was ican get don't because part of her appeal was i can get people, she was a minister and the coalition and return what with sam gyimah in some capacity. also bringing an excellent mps as well, how that will play out another election looking for unsafe lib dems it's of which there are very few people with an civil stock clear she is doing what she thinks and see her that plays out. this study is buried away, and article from tony blair but she says nice things about corbyn which in itself is newsworthy but this perhaps more interesting story suggesting labour as hatching apm story suggesting labour as hatching a pm carbon plot with a second vote on brexit. a secret plan to make jeremy corbyn care taken pm to hold a second referendum. edward c boris johnson thrown out of number ten and a confidence vote next month and mr corbyn taking his place as prime minister. he would promise a second referendum, the timing would be much 2020 and a general election the following month, a whole new

the prime minister's message to his own party — he tells tory rebels to back him and his brexit plan, withjeremy corbyn. pro—democracy activists in hong kong target the city's airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. police describe the lone gunman suspected of carrying out the second mass shooting in texas in a month asa " ' and in a few minutes we'll have our sunday morning edition of the papers. this morning's reviewers are clare cohen, women's editor at the telegraph newspaper, and the spectator‘s fraser nelson. before the papers, sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre with jane dougall. a slightly sombre start because of the death of our formula to driver but also a north london derby to look forward to. yes, the north london derby, arsenal taking on tottenham, we will have more on that later on but we start with a very sad story. motorsport is in mourning, following the death of a young driver during a support race for this weekend's belgian grand prix. 22—year—old french driver anthoine hubert died after a crash in a formula 2 race

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%

a number of tory mps, now former tory mps, suggesting that dominic cummings isn't even a member of they. 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 well. winston churchill pass grandson, nicholas soames, also going. winston churchill is one of borisjohnson going. winston churchill is one of boris johnson pass going. winston churchill is one of borisjohnson pass political heroes, so borisjohnson pass political heroes, so much so that he wrote a book about him. in his years as an mp, sir nicholas soames only voted against a conservative government three times. the las

party will think many in the tory party will think that is a loss to the tories.itable there would be the can to move by number ten, despite boris johnson's would be the can to move by number ten, despite borisjohnson's denial yesterday, i think they would put a motion invented mps tomorrow asking for a dissolution of parliament and the general election. but the law changed a few years ago, it is no longerjust the prime minister's prerogative, he has to get the approval of parliament before that can happen, he needs to thirds of mps to green light the election, thatis mps to green light the election, that is about 434, he needs the opposition to vote for it. one of the big questions today and into tomorrow if the bill goes through todayis tomorrow if the bill goes through today is what labour will do. you spoke to tom brake from the lib dems, he said they would not approve a general election. what will labour do? they will be conflicted, in some ways labour have demanded an election for two years, they say there needs to be won. but they look at the opinion polls

and he got two thirds of the tory members voting for him.tie his hands. he wants to leave with a deal and whilst michel barnier sees people like sam ready to try to block that, then why would they bother coming to the negotiating table? there is no negotiation going on. we have seen no progress from the prime minister. he hasn‘t published any of his proposals on the backstop. sam, why would michel barnier come to the table if you are going to stop this? no, no, no, look. if the prime minister is going to negotiate a new deal, he should tell us what that deal is. what we know overnight from leaks from the cabinet is the official policy is to run down the clock. what progress has there been? last night he spoke in downing street, and i'm sure sam was invited to downing street yesterday, and he said that he has made advances in the negotiations with angela merkel, for instance, who said, let's see what solution you can come up with within a month. what are they? they are working on those proposals now. he has been given a month to do it and i t

tory austerity and the damage that the tories have done to our economy.general election. we could crash out without a deal in that case. the legislation proposed this week will stop that from happening so that in any general election period we will not be crashing out without a deal. let's say an election is called before the 31st of october, would you back that? firstly there are two things that we want to ensure happen this week, firstly that the legislation is passed with a full support of parliament to stop a no—deal brexit without parliamentary approval and secondly we want the government to recognise that and assure that passes through parliament. any attempts by the government to stop that would be a constitutional outrage and we would not want to be in a position, during a general election, we crash out without a no deal. we want to get rid of this conservative government because of the damage it has done across the uk. i do not want to sound cruel in saying this. you come on this programme a lot and are a lwa ys on this programme a lot and are al

if i were a tory, i would be buried. borisjohnson, were a tory, i would be buried.i would be buried. borisjohnson, meant to be in his honeymoon period, and he is less popular than theresa may. jeremy corbyn‘s labour party has a very high ceiling, and what he did well in 2017 was create an anti—tory alliance, and he took labour to its highest share of the vote for many yea rs, highest share of the vote for many years, and that was with theresa may, who, people forget, took the tories to a high in the polls. boris is not doing so well. that may be true, butjeremy corbyn‘s own poll rating is pretty poor as party leader, some of the worst we have seen. leader, some of the worst we have seen. that might change during the course of edge election campaign. seen. that might change during the course of edge election campaignlj follow the polls, and it is similar to before 2017. as you think it is recovera ble. to before 2017. as you think it is recoverable. nonetheless, as you are suggesting, this time, last time there was an anti—conservative alliance, but now that aligns h

it is notjust up to the tories.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 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 develo

and now i have an mp that doesn't define herself as a tory as she did before but say she is somethingre right, it's the views of my constituents that are the most important and i've had over 6500 e—mails from constituents, conversations in the street and supermarkets and pubs saying i did the right thing and at the last count 65 e—mails from people telling me i'm unhappy. my seat is not a right—wing conservative seat, it is true of science, technology and echoed academics and they realise what i've done is in the best interests of the country and it seems on evidence my constituents are very happy. this idea of unite to remain and building a strategic, very careful alliance of pro—remain forces to maximise the number of successful victories you can get in the next election, that might require you to stand down in favour of the lib dems? absolutely it might. my estate in south cambridgeshire, a remain seat in a conservative, lib dem target, that's one of the jigsaw pieces in the unite to remain jigsaw and every seat needs analysis and polling to see who wins their. you're right, it cou

there is so party and the tory party?nic cummings, boris johnson's to so much animosity between dominic cummings, borisjohnson‘s to fix —— chief adviser, and the brexit party that you would think this would not come to pass but you put enmity aside to get over the line in an election. the brexit party is saying stand aside in northern labour brexit voting constituencies and let us brexit voting constituencies and let us have a run at it. for doing that, we will stand aside in other areas around the country. the conservative vote might be split with nigel farage's party. there is a theory that labour leave voters in labour constituencies are more inclined to vote for the brexit party than the conservative party. they see the conservative party. they see the conservative the old enemy. they wouldn't vote for the conservatives but they would vote for nigel farage. absolutely. and the remaining voters would go to the lib dems when they would never have voted for than before. if i was a far right tory, from the erg, i would be

vote tory.e was an acceptance that had lots of cities that the tories have previously held seats, the current direction means they will suffer losses. i think they will suffer losses. i think they are pitching to leave voters and if boris johnson they are pitching to leave voters and if borisjohnson can say i have great relationships with the president and were working on a trade deal, i think that's seen as a positive. can we talk about, as we are waiting for the first vote on the amendments, about the unprecedented nature of all this. you have a parliament that has taken away control from the government, a government with no majority, it proceeding at breakneck speed through parliament. and in the words of some brexiteers today, effectively the house of commons handing the onus to the european union. that is what critics of the bill say because there's a clause in the bill that says if they want an extension till the end ofjanuary, that if the eu rejects the extension than the prime minister h

the last timei johnson and the tories?had 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 dam

that is what tories do. [applause] opposite.es the we will bring people together. a labour government will ransform our economies and our communities. we stand not just for the 52%, or the 48%, but we stand for the 99%. [applause] >> the labour government i leave will take on those who really run our country, the financial speculators, tax dodgers, and big polluters so the real world creators, the people of this country, can have the jobs, services, and futures they deserve. when labour wins, the nurse wins, the pensioner win, the student wins, the office worker win, the engineers win, we all win. cheers and applause] the politics we stand for is about giving people who don't have a lot of money and don't have friends in high places the chance to take control of their own lives. my job as leader and our job as the labour party is to champion those people, to stand up for those communities, and deliver the real change our country needs. i want to take this opportunity to thank you, every one of them, all the members of our party, our elected representatives, our tra

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

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 their own terms. let's look at business news. big ststories today, the events in hong kokong. was going tooe lam wiwithdraw the e extradition bi. sharares had b begun to rise. by the end of the trading day, 4%.index was up almost shares have tumbled since plunged began and have significantly since the star

it seemed to be, because you, in essence, said then, which is what quite a lot of tories have said sinceou feared party was beginning to look like the brexit party. absolutely. pushed all the way to the right. it looks like we were trendsetters in hindsight. i go back to that point about what changed as a result of what you did, because what we have now is a prime minister in place since you left the party, borisjohnson, who is committed come what may to brexit on october the 31st, and said he would rather die in a ditch than ask the eu for a deadline extension. so, if anything, the trends we saw seven months ago are even more so today? absolutely, which shows that those of us who made the decision at the time were absolutely right. i suppose what you could say has changed is more colleagues now in the conservative party have recognised the same. they've been unable to stick by the brand, and they too voted against the government knowing full well that that would mean they'd have the whip removed. so there's a more powerful base now that i think can potentially influence what happens nex

he is threatening tory mps to say we will treat this asa tory mps to say we will treat this as a confidencef you cannot back the government then you will have the whip taken away and you are no longer a member of the parliamentary party and you cannot stand in any general election. that's quite a threat and this is what the chairman of the party had to say about it. what the prime minister has made clear in the whips have made clear, and this is the standard relationship mps have with their party of government, we expect them to support the conservative prime ministerand to support the conservative prime minister and the conservative agenda. and politicians should not seek to take the authority of government away from government and hand it to the leader of the opposition. the other thing that has emerged this morning as a government sources saying there is live discussions going on about the possibility of trying to call a general election if mps succeed in changing the law. of course, the law changed a few years ago so not as course, the law changed a few years ago so not as easy course,

and this idea that they might stand a tory candidate in the john that they might stand a tory candidatetituency, traditionally you don't stand against the speaker. but won't the speaker be critical for a range of reasons this week, not least because mp have their cards withdrawn or the legislation that passesis withdrawn or the legislation that passes is ignored by the government. isn't that where he would step in? clearly if there is that threat, which there clearly is towards john be rcow which there clearly is towards john bercow this would very much be defying tradition to threaten him by saying, ok, again the gloves are off and that it has come to this and this is a prime minister who has had one day a parliamentary scrutiny since he came on the 24th and effectively parliament has not been sitting since then and then there is this prorogation which, let's be frank, most people expected and in the coming days, not last week, but clearly, if you have a majority of one and you have very little time, because the slst of october is looming then i guess that is very much the thinking, an

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

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

let's talk to some conservative voters and a tory mp loyal to borisjohnson.e. jayde edwards, who favours a no—deal brexit, melissa gurusinghe, who wants to leave with a deal, and jordan byrne, who wants a second referendum. and they're alongside conservative mp harriett baldwin. good morning, thank you for coming on the programme. do you want a general election is conservative voters ? general election is conservative voters? -- as conservative voters. i think so. i think general election is the way we are so to say i do or don't want it doesn't really mean much, itjust seems like we are in an avalanche. do you accept it with delight, or are you feeling a little bit resigned? resigned, for sure. jordan? to be fair, i think before we knew — — jordan? to be fair, i think before we knew —— move anywhere towards a general election and before parliament passes a vote to dissolve itself, we have to get the law signed so no—deal brexit is avoided on october 315t, that is the absolute priority first. in that sense, you agree with many in the labour party who are sayi

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

for those tory rebels, former government members, it is difficult to see how they would believe...ay onside. thank you very much. pro—democracy activists in hong kong are planning to shut down key parts of the territory's transport network in the latest wave of protests. five people remain in a serious condition in hospital after yesterday's demonstrations descended into some of the worst violence seen since the protests began in march. our china correspondent stephen mcdonnellsent this update. activists had to an extent at least achieve their goal here at the airport in hong kong. that gate there is where passengers would normally come out to reach bosses. you can see it is closed. here is a barricade that has been built to stop them coming in or out. the idea was to cause transport chaos. here are of the protesters, the activists who defied the authorities, defied warnings that having a gathering like this risks arrest, the potential of being charged with illegal assembly. they are mooning around the airport from place to place trying to block various parts of the transport infra

this culling of the 21 tory rebels.to last tuesday which actually, was only a few days ago but it seems like 300 years ago and this is when the 21 tory rebels including ken clarke decided that they would side with the opposition to seize control of the business of the house of commons from the government. well, thatis commons from the government. well, that is a pretty astonishing thing for any conservative mps to do and of course they had the whip withdrawn. i thought that was a reasonably justifiable move by numberten but the reasonably justifiable move by number ten but the truth is that it has turned out to be horrendously politically divisive. and it is not just provide, of course, who has resigned and gone butjoe johnson has gone as well and you begin to speculate if there are to be any more. so that's a big problem. secondly, the consequence of all this, of course borisjohnson is absolutely... he has got a negative majority. philip lee, i think, crossed the house. he was the one that lost... also on tuesday. tues

and the case at the high court was joined by former tory prime ministerjohn major.t 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.

it looks like they might have the numbers to go through but the pressure has been put on tory mps, ifovernment, you will be pitted out of the party so a lot to think about for those tory mps. —— you will be kicked out of the party. a lot of people have said they will not stand at the next election enemy, like ken clarke, but will the others be willing to sacrifice their careers? the chief whip will have to them that the numbers are there for the government to model. if you are in the position of borisjohnson and thinking how to be set forward on this election campaign, you almost need the vote tomorrow to see back knee for a true blue brexit or backless rainbow coalition who are opposed to me and my brexit but do not know what they want at the end of it? —— to say back knee. not know what they want at the end of it? -- to say back knee. although they are united around this bill, they are united around this bill, they are united around this bill, they are not united about what should happen. hilary benn thinks there should be another referendum. others think they should stay in. they a

the pressure has been piled on tory mps, its huge. there is a general election coming up so you could be out of a job in a few weeks' time. but some have said they are willing to sacrifice their careers if that's what it takes to stop a no deal because they think it would be so damaging to the uk economy, so the numbers as always will be tight. but they have done it before, they could well do it again and it's all on, how eyes does boris johnson respond to that? the last thing he wants to do is go back to the eu, i cannot see him doing that. people still arriving for this reception, and you mentioned the mechanics of how that election might be facilitated. and under the fixed empowerment act, as you say, it needs a two thirds vote in the house of commons. —— fixed term power and its. so is it kind of all down to whatjeremy corbyn its. so is it kind of all down to what jeremy corbyn decides? not all conservatives would vote for an election because they see is that her —— see it as a trap, carolyn lucas, the green mp saying the same thi