now the name trumpington?what an extraordinary man he is. how extraordinary the americans are to have let him get away... well i won't say what i was going to say. uncharacteristic restraint. can i ask what you are going to miss most as you leave the lords and say farewell on that long period in your life? i shall miss it dreadfully. i will have permission to sit on the steps of the throne and i will be able to eat meals there, but i won't be a member and i won't be able to speak. i will be an outcast. and very, very sad. not an outcast, no. just a retiree. you will miss them and i'm sure they will miss you. baroness trumpington, thank you so much. thank you. and that is all we have time for. i will be back tomorrow but until then, good night. hello there. if you're a fan of the mild weather at this time of year both by day and night you will be glad of this week because we have a run of south—westerly winds bringing mild air but also outbreaks of rain. there will be cloudy at times, that will be the case tomo

lady trumpington, a great character in the lords. and that's it for this programme.week. but for now, from me, it's goodbye. hello there. if you are a fan of the mild air both by day and night you will be glad with this week because we will have south—westerly wind. that is going to feed in a lot of moisture. and we get a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain at times. today it is looking rather cloudy. there will be further rain across central and northern parts. wet weather will push into many western areas as we start this morning. across the south—west it is generally dry. low cloud, mist and south—west it is generally dry. low cloud, mistand murk south—west it is generally dry. low cloud, mist and murk and very cloudy here to begin the day. further north it will be quite wet and a poor morning commute into work. the rain clearing northern ireland and it will be quite a wet start across much of scotland. quite breezy across the south and west. then as the day progresses it is an improving picture. skies should brighten in northern ireland. and some bright weather in

and as lady trumpington says farewell to the lords, we ask her how she dealt with sexual harrassmenturse them and it's quite possible to slap their face, but you might get a slap back.

and it is farewell to the prolific baroness trumpington, who announced she will leave the lords on hersion. he prefaced his question to the minister with a sentence probably never heard before in the house of lords. i don‘t know if he is a regular watcher of love island, but if he were to look at the itv website, it describes love island as an emotional feast of lust and passion in the sun. the same website says that this programme captures 56% share of the 16 to 34—year—olds. on this programme, those contestants are regularly smoking. what message does that say to young people? that i can live at glamorous life if i smoke as well. the question brought this admission. lords, lam not a regular watcher of love island but i can't help noticing that the house is unusually full today. peers have passionate opinions on many things, but it seems the glamorous world of love island had them stumped. there was a something of a pause after lord ashton sat down. laughter. peers not quite feeling the love for love island. and that‘s it from us for now, dojoin mandy baker on monday night at 11 for a

and, at the age of 95, the conservative lady trumpington has finally retired from westminster.e bletchley park code—breaking centre during the second world war, served as mayor of cambridge, and was a minister in margaret thatcher's governments of the 1980s. she made a final appearance in the lords in order to take her oath. i swear to almighty god that i will give true and faithful allegiance to her majesty the queen and the government. amen. a minority government cutting deals with northern irish mps to survive? sounds familiar? i'm talking about the late 19705 of course, and the challenges faced byjim callaghan's labour administration. when playwright james graham was researching his drama about that era — this house — he watched bbc pa rliament‘s coverage of the wheeling and dealing at westminster. so we asked him whether the current political situation might inspire a future play. claire gould reports. the british people have spoken and the answer is, we are out. bell tolls. and what we are saying is that conservatives are the largest party. no, they don't have an overall

the departure from public life ofjean alys barker, better known as the conservative peer baroness trumpingtonin two weeks' time, when she hits 95. she was a middle ranking minister under margaret thatcher, but subsequently achieved acclaim for giving a former defence secretary two fingers during a debate. she also described her wartime work as a decoder at bletchley park as deeply tedious, and her mother's idea of poverty as going to the ritz on the bus. and then there was have i got news for you. goodnight. i would like to know why, at the age of 90, i've had to sign a piece of paper in order to be on this show to say i wasn't pregnant. laughter applause million hello there, good evening. pretty soggy weather to come for the middle of the week in many places, particularly across the north and the west of the british isles. a wet and windy day to come tomorrow. we have got a slow—moving weather front thatis have got a slow—moving weather front that is just edging its way into the picture at the moment. an area of low pressure pushing across the north of the british isles. but this frontal sys

this is lady trumpington. i know her quite well. is retiring from the house of lords because she is about to be 95. she became famous in 2011 when she sat on the front bench in the house of lords and tom king, who was in government at the same time as we were, said some disparaging remarks about the people who had been there during the war, she had been at bletchley, she was a code breaker, that they were now very dodgy or something. she gave him a two finger salute. she did not realise it was being televised! she did not entirely get on with me because she was into the farming world and, of course, she thought i was exaggerating. i think this week ‘s news that shows... this week we were told that runny eggs are now safe to eat. it has only taken 29 years to get there. we will talk to you again in an hour. thank you very much. andrew marr is on at nine o'clock, we will talk to him now. what is coming up on the programme? good morning. some of the things you have just been talking about. i had two big beasts of the political world on