at parties ukip and i wrote that plan. —— that party is ukip.l. no ifs or buts or equivocations. when ukip says it, leave really does mean leave. now, others have toyed with article 50 but i stuck to my guns. and now you can see how right i was. if we don't leave by the means that i have described in my exit plan, then we will never leave properly at all. if we had a prime minister and a house of commons that seriously wanted to implement the decision of the referendum, this is what they would do. first of all, forget article 50 and immediately repeal the european communities act 1972. we should do that as a first step, not a final step in the process. we should leave under our law, not the eu 's law. we should offer continued tariff free trade and if that is not accepted by the eu, then we convert... we can revert to world trade organisation terms. they can make that decision in a week. and it will be the eu 's decision, not ours. we should offer reciprocal terms for citizens' rights to those already in the uk but such a deal must be reciprocal

lord pearson, the former ukip leader, said tommy robinson would be a huge asset to ukip.y knowledge previously. tommy robinson is an effective propagandist, an intelligent guy as far as i can see from reading about and watching him, but is obviously a risk that if ukip gets focused upon individuals like tommy robinson that the public at large will get a rather different view of the party. i don't want to dam anybody out of hand, and i think if somebody wants to put forward tommy robinson as a potential member, then his case should be looked at on its merits, but he would have to give an absolute commitment that by his words and actions he wouldn't in future bring the party into distribute in any way. would you like to see him being a member? i think this is something which needs further debate, i haven't made my mind up on it yet because i don't want ukip overwhelmingly associated with this one issue, highly important though it is to talk about the topics, but i'm very much in favour of having an honest debate about this, and about islam and islamic extremism in british s

we've got one called ukip, — name. i'm not sure that... we've got one called ukip,— we? happening, it's all going to be rather too late, isn't it? for him to set a party in election in some shape or form... with this notjust split the probe exit vote? —— would this not just split the probe brexit vote? "beaten up like..." surely he would be more sensible going in behind the current members of the conservative party in government who are trying to deliver what they believe entirely is the brexit the people wanted. i don't know if either of you picked up the line... so the paper reports, believed to be on the brink of... there were three of them, were there? three of them have been on the brink of quitting for a while. and it's like all other things that may happen. boris johnson, there was talk in that other people would follow. somebody was going to quit on sunday or monday and then they change their mind because they wanted to show some sort of strength for may's response to salzburg. such feeble atmosphere at the moment. it's not good for anyone. the instability is the

ukip's leader, gerard batten, has told his party's autumn conference that britain should be dictatingn, rather than asking for a deal. he was speaking at the opening of ukip's conference in birmingham, which coincides with the party's 25th anniversary. it was his first speech as leader. he also told delegates that the party would target the constituencies of remain—supporting mps at the next general election. sir eltonjohn and his husband david furnish have accepted "significa nt" libel damages from the parent company of the sun on sunday newspaper. it follows an allegation that their dog attacked a young child at a play date, inflicting what the paper claimed were "freddy krueger—like" injuries. the couple were not at the high court in london for the judgement. the coroner overseeing the inquests into the grenfell tower fire has called for an nhs screening programme for people who may have been exposed to smoke and dust. in a letter, doctor fiona wilcox says there could be long—term health problems for survivors, emergency service teams and people working on the site. the main concer

speaking at ukip's annual conference in birmingham, he said he wanted the party to become more populist, admits he's facing a tough challenge from his latest opponent, russia's alexander povetkin. the two men weighed in today ahead of their fight at wembley stadium. for the first time, all three ofjoshua's world titles will be on the line. our sports correspondent david ornstein is at wembley, and there's a lot at stake. there is, fiona, welcome to the home of english football, which tomorrow will become the centre of the boxing world, it is where anthonyjoshua secured the greatest win of his unbeaten career to date, in april 2017, against wladimir klitschko. now he is back for what should be another memorable night. anthony. . .joshua. . .! he's a man mountain of british sport, the biggest draw in global boxing, about to pack a major stadium for the fourth time injust 17 months. with each anthonyjoshua fight, the anticipation grows, and so too a feeling that the best may yet be to come. i still feel like i've got everything to gain, you know. there are stages that you think, "well, you

based pa rt burqa, to appeal to a ukip based part of the tory party.he knows he needs to win the leadership and number 10 downing st. when he uses these phrases, does he plan them, are they off—the—cuff? dashing it out on his laptop, or is it carefully designed as james suggests, to achieve a certain result? these pieces i think written pretty quickly, this is how his mind works. he comes up with metaphors with language. the pieces through with extreme language. you said britain has been feeble, humiliation, we are mad, semi—masochistic, insanity. it is how his brain is working. like a stream of consciousness? there is no adviser to say calm this down and if you are a newspaper editor can you go, great. we have a front page. do you sense it is paving the way for a leadership bid? totally. he has a sell—out speech at the tory party conference in birmingham where eve ryo ne conference in birmingham where everyone is saying he will make an attack on mrs may. ever since i first came across him, 35 years ago in the oxford union, i thought he was an entertai

speaking at ukip's annual conference in birmingham, he said he wanted the party to become more populisttively, after they were found guilty of what's been described as an ‘alarmingly amateur‘ people smuggling operation. their trial heard how the men‘s ‘lucrative scam‘ used small boats to bring migrants across the english channel. they were caught in 2016 after 18 albanians had to be rescued off the kent coast. duncan kennedy reports. this is the gang who tried to turn the english channel into a high way of illegal migration. and this is three members of the gang, george and leonard powell and saba dulaj, meeting in a pub car park in kent, discussing their nextjob. ajob like this. it is may 2016 and their boat is heading to dymchurch on the kent coast en route to france. but near calais, these french police surveillance cameras pick up the migrants as they wade out to meet the boat. someone alerts the gang and they escape. they can be seen back in kent later that night. 48 hours later, using a different boat, they do pick up migrants. two of the gang can be seen in the red striped jacket

speaking at ukip's annual conference in birmingham, he said he wanted the party to become more populistough challenge from his latest opponent, russia's alexander povetkin. the two men weighed in today — ahead of their fight at wembley stadium. for the first time all three ofjoshua's world titles will be on the line. our sports correspondent david ornstein reports. anthonyjoshua... he's a man mountain of british sport. the biggest draw in global boxing about to pack a major stadium for the fourth time injust 17 months. with each anthonyjoshua fight, the anticipation grows and so too a feeling that the best may yet be to come. i still feel like i've got everything to gain. you know, there are stages that you think well, we've come this far and it's been great and you've enjoyed it, but at the same time you think, hang on a minute, imagine another five years of this at staying on top of your game? so you still feel like you've got everything to gain so the pressure, 100%. but then again, you get used to it as well so it becomes the norm. this isjoshua's final public appearance before the

we'll have the latest on her meeting, and we'll be talking to former ukip leader nigel farage.he other main stories on bbc news at 5... two people have died as storm ali brings winds of up to 100 miles an hour, with a woman swept to her death in a caravan in ireland and all trains cancelled in scotland. the government announces plans to make an extra £2 billion available to build more affordable social housing in england. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that theresa may has warned the eu not to push what she calls "unacceptable" proposals to try to settle the irish border question after brexit. the prime minister is in austria for an eu summit and tonight at dinner, she has 10 minutes to present the uk's point of view to her fellow leaders. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says he's willing to offer new plans to end the deadlock on the irish border, but warns that the negotiations are facing a "moment of truth". our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in salzburg. the leaders will start to arrive in the coming so, for that dinner and thatis the coming

my main thought is so much of the problem is on the uk side, and the difficulty of the ukip little systemties, particularly the leadership at the moment. the problem is figure out what they want to ask michel barnier to give them, and how realistic sum of those requests are. this article talks about brussels in theresa may a lifeline at a time when it is extremely tricky for her within her own party, as you have mentioned. but interesting that yesterday, though, some of those brexiteers within the tory party, iain duncan smith being one, actually said when igo to, smith being one, actually said when i go to, with an alternative proposal, which is a view that we we re proposal, which is a view that we were expecting from them, an alternative to what has been described as the chequers agreement, that they are not happy with at all. i think they have an obligation to britain to come up with that alternate proposal if they think that the chequers agreement that theresa may is offering is the rotorua and that they claim it is. if you want to be a responsible public servant, you have another ed

the leader of ukip has addressed the party conference in birmingham, calling for a "clean exit" from the european union. gerard batten also said it's time to stand up for free speech — against what he described as the "politically correct thought police". mrs may and her cross—party westminster establishment have no intention of fully implementing a com plete intention of fully implementing a complete exit from the european union. if they can possibly avoid it. they would like to reverse the decision of the referendum all together, but failing that, they will settle for brexit in name only. now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6.30 tonight. coming up. anthonyjoshua's reign as champion on the line as gets set to defend his three titles at wembley stadium on saturday night, in the rain against alexander povetkin. all the ingredient for a sporting spectacle. we will be live in london with the latest. plus golf‘s magic number. oliver fisher hits a 59, a first on the european tour, and two world champions join us from the studio. that is all on sportsday at 6.30. now it is time fo

and what has happened since is that bothjeremy corbyn‘s labour party and people like ukip have realisedwent out and tried to get as many people as possible who weren't on the electoral register onto it. and that was why ukip did so well, it is whitejeremy corbyn broadened his appeal — all the while, moderate labour mps said that actually this wasn't very appealing. so the people at the centre who flip—flopped a bit between tories and labour has a lot of attention. in the meantime there were loads of people on either side who were politically homeless, who are now being courted. laura, you mentioned that it is almost like a concept that people often say the liberal elite have dreamed up. we assume that only if we lay out this sort of moderate ground, so the politicians, then people will come round to our sensible way of thinking. and actually the politicians need to realise that their way of thinking may not be what the general public want. no, it feels like a crisis point and that something we'll have to happen or not or it might be as simple as brexit goes out the way. but a lot of thi

that's why ukip did so well and why jeremy corbyn broadened his appeal while moderate labour mps said a lot of attention, in the meantime there were loads of people on the sidelines, the political elements we re sidelines, the political elements were being courted. lauder, you mentioned that it's almost like a concept that the people, the liberal elite, we assume that if only we layout out to the moderate ground and the politicians think people will come round to a sensible way of thinking, maybe politicians need to realise their way of thinking may not be what the general public want? it feels like a crisis point. something will happen, it might be as simple as brexit going out of the way. but a lot of this is also about political ideas and how you identify yourself. are you a left leaning figure, we can associate with that a nyway figure, we can associate with that anyway that was a bit more confusing under tony blair. suddenly these labour mps weren't the traditional communal, left—wing socialists that some labour members wanted. it's all got very confused and a bit of a medal. tha

started to cause the u.k. a lot of money so i don't get listen i don't have any economic lesson from ukipok thorsten let me give you a brief twenty seconds we need to get marianne in again just i mean i think after may they will have the numbers to be really destructive and blocking things right now we haven't seen much yet but it's also really important the action against hungary that we've seen and against poland on article seven is not on their stance on migration and lack of solidarity with the action is actually on their stance undermining an independent judiciary independent universities these are all laws that hungry and paul and have passed that the e.u. has taken issue with because it's against the mutually agreed values this is not a procedure that deals with immigration so really need to get this straight all right so tolson they're saying that they'll have the real numbers to be destructive after may mariana i wonder if you agree with this statement by italy's minister of interior my tale salvini which i think kind of is related to what thorsten is hinting at here when he said

but if ukip had kept itself together...” was going to say, we did have a party like that!mehow the establishment is ed ling people out of brexit. it is a right position. even nigel farage says this is too far, so there is a vacuum says this is too far, so there is a vacuum for a new party in that space but i think it will more be leave people like nigel farage, as opposed toa people like nigel farage, as opposed to a new party. looking at the sunday mirror, all the parties trying to work out what to do about brexit. jeremy corbyn, my war on may. he says he will side with hardline brexiteers like jacob rees mogg in order to try to bring down theresa may, and force a general election? that's his name and i thinkjohn mcdonnell is, as well, despite what we have heard from tom watson, i am sure there is a general view among the parliamentary labour party that they would like to go for some sort of negotiated solution but they sense red meat and want to go for a general election. remember, jeremy corbyn, even less thanjohn mcdonnell, doesn't really care all that much, historical

we can now speak to the ukip leader, gerard batten.he prime minister's response, but given that you were saying britain should be dictating a little more, it was quite a feisty performance.” wasn't able to hear it all, i'm afraid, because i have been quite busy year, but i think i got the gist of it because it was a load of waffle from theresa may, it doesn't move anything forward, and the point i was making at the conference was what i have been seen for 25 years, the only way we are ever going to leave the eu is if we do it on our own terms. we should repeal the 1972 european communities act as a first step and then we should explain to the european union how it is going to work. if we keep on asking them how we are going to leave, we're not going to get an answer because they don't want us to leave and they have no incentive to make it easy for us. you spoke at length for your vision for a full and complete brexit, as you might call it, but you were also launching your manifesto and putting to the four other policies aside from what

and will go away in much the same way that the national front came and went away, and you could say ukipmany countries as and is said, hungary, italy, now sweden as well, it is worrying, but that is the voice of the people and the people of sweden, this lovely mild, generous, laid—back place, suddenly it is a hotbed of political dissent from a group of people whose origins are in the nazi party. but it's also kind of growing distrust among people in the whole political system. they cannot see change happening from the existing parties so they are registering protest votes to say we are fed up with the whole lot of you, just bring about change. and they are not exactly sure what they want, but they want something different from what they are getting. let's stay with the financial times. relief for may as barnier said the go—ahead to pin down a brexit deal. it almost reads as if michel barnier is trying to throw theresa may a lifeline at an important point for her. the first headline regarding brexit the theresa may will smile at i think tomorrow morning if she sees it. maybe she will even

the way that people are being ripped off by the ukip —— utilities.ea that the british vote no longer buys. the whole question about tax, there is a strong argument to be made about how the top do not pay sufficient tax. they do not invest sufficiently in their companies. a lot of the investment is done by the state from technology, science, innovation and so on. technology, science, innovation and so on. all of that is done by the state so it is about time there is a bit of a payback. another thing that is important to remember, in the 19905, is important to remember, in the 1990s, labour introduced a windfall tax on privatised utilities to fund welfare reform. they were extremely popular, those ideas, and effective. we were talking about labour‘s plans to compel businesses to create more shares and give them to their workers. your defence met —— —— your defence was to defend denationalisation. what about the idea, giving them out to your workforce, more likely to make businesses leave the uk?|j workforce, more likely to make businesses leave the uk?

started to cause the u.k. a lot of money so i don't get to listen i now have any economic lesson from ukipok thorsten let me give you a brief twenty seconds we need to get marianne in again just i mean i think after may they will have the numbers to be really destructive and blocking things right now we haven't seen much yet but it's also really important the action against hungary that we've seen and against poland on article seven is not on their stance on migration and lack of solidarity with the action is actually on their stance undermining an independent judiciary independent universities these are all laws that hungry and paul and have passed the us taken issue with because it's against the mutually agreed values this is not a procedure that deals with immigration so really need to get this straight all right so tolson they're saying that they'll have the real numbers to be destructive after may mariana i wonder if you agree with this statement by italy's minister of interior my tale salvini which i think kind of is related to what thorsten is hinting at here when he said quote i am

the leader of ukip has addressed the party conference in birmingham, calling for a "clean exit" fromscribed as the "politically correct thought police". mrs may and her cross—party westminster establishment have no intention of fully implementing a complete exit from the european union, if they can possible avoid it. they'd like to reverse the decision of the referendum all together, but failing that, they will settle for brino — brexit in name only. a group of men have been sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison collectively, after they were found guilty of what's been described as an ‘alarmingly amateur‘ people smuggling operation. their trial heard how the men's "lucrative scam" used small boats to bring migrants across the english channel. they were caught two years ago after 18 albanians had to be rescued off the kent coast. duncan kennedy reports. this is the gang who tried to turn the english channel into a high way of illegal migration. and this is three members of the gang, george and leonard powell and saba dulaj, meeting in a pub car park in kent, discussing their nextjob.

started to cause the u.k. a lot of money so i don't get listen i now have any economic lesson from ukipok toast and let me give you a brief twenty seconds we need to get marianne in again just i mean i think after may they will have the numbers to be really destructive and blocking things right now we haven't seen much yet but it's also really important the action against hungary that we've seen and against poland on article seven is not on their stance on migration and lack of solidarity with the action is actually on their stance undermining an independent judiciary independent universities these are all laws that hungary and poland have passed that the e.u. has taken issue with because it's against the mutually agreed values this is not a procedure that deals with immigration so we need to get this straight all right so tolson they're saying that they'll have the real numbers to be destructive after may mariana i wonder if you agree with this statement by italy's minister of interior my tale salvini which i think kind of is related to what thorsten is hinting at here when he said quo

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in fact, the labour party is now alone with ukip in not adopting this definition which should tell everybodyte goes the way you would like which is that it comes out as adopted without any qualification. is it then a clear run for labour to rebuild its relationship with thejewish community? it would certainly be a good start. there are a lot of problems that need to be dealt with. in the past 2a hours, peter willsman isa in the past 2a hours, peter willsman is a member of the nec and was caught in that appalling rant in whichjeremy corbyn was present while he was shouting thatjews are trump fanatics and falsifying claims of anti—semitism, he's just been re—elected to labour's ruling body. we also heard on the radio this morning, this secret dossier of hate crimes the labour party has concealed from the police and which has now been reported to cressida dick and is being investigated. there's an awful lot the labour party needs to get in order, but getting this definition right without caveats would be a fantastic first step. the problem politically, i suppose, is that this is a leadership th

the former ukip leader appealed to hungary to join the brexit club.identified the men, and insisted they were civilians and had done "nothing criminal." translation: we know where we where they are, we found them. i hope they will turn up themselves and will tell everyone about themselves. there is nothing special, nothing criminal, ican there is nothing special, nothing criminal, i can assure you. are they civilians? yes, they are civilians. well, earlier today our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford gave us this update. this was a question that was put to him by the moderator of the panel, he‘s a state tvjournalist. obviously this was not a surprise that this question came to vladimir putin. he answered it by saying that of course russia had found these men and identified them. but as you heard, saying that they were not criminals, there was nothing suspect about them, nothing special about them. but he did give this tantalising hint that we could be hearing directly from the two men very hearing directly from the two men very soon. hearing directl

now, leads is listening to piano music as the ukip is one of its most prestigious competitions. ‘60s and is a truly global event to find the best young pianist in the world. the finalists this year come from as far as china, russia and the usa. and the judges, who are concert pianists themselves, have been giving impromptu performances in the centre of the city in what has been dubbed the world's smallest concert hall. this is great. it is noisy but... it doesn't matter, music wins out. yes. oh, what a lovely, magical thing. it was such a tedious day. i had nothing but boring things to do and i am absolutely uplifted by it, it is just magnificent. the build—up to the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgovern returning to his alma mater, the university of leeds, to talk about taking up the piano at the age of 49. it has sort of taken over my life, i must admit, i can't wait, i itch, i salivate, if i see a piano in a room i want to play and i keep wanting to learn pieces and my frustration at starting late in life is thinking of the pieces i will never play. the event

gordon brown, and they in turn are the mirror image of the tory zealots who have more in common with ukipeave. but we to must be bold. there may be a temptation to be what we might call the week freeze of british politics, sniffing at newcomers and outsiders who lacked doctrinally impurity and we can‘t afford to do that. we have to become a bigger, more diverse movement. i would say that if you don‘t call yourself a moderate, that‘s fine. i‘m a liberal and social democrat and i‘m very far from moderate in my detestation in what is happening at the extremes of british politics. applause but if others choose to identify themselves as moderates who hate extremism in their own parties, we shouldn‘t be quibbling about labels. let them in. applause and if they are too shy to come in, you know, let‘s extend the hand of friendship and cooperate with them. because there are millions of dissatisfied people currently out there waiting for a lead. there are millions who can see that the two main parties have been hijacked by those who want to turn their backs on the modern interconnected world. there

we‘ll have the latest on her meeting, and we‘ll be talking to former ukip leader nigel farage.

in the past, but nicola sturgeon the first minister of scotland, nigel farage, the former leader of ukipls anyway. this shouldn't be seen as some kind of strategy in the middle of the prime minister's strategy being criticised in salzburg last week and her party conference starting in birmingham at the weekend. in the wake of salzburg, and the debacle that many people saw that as, where did you think we have now with the eu's position on the brexit negotiations? the strange thing is that, for all the drama in salzburg, which was very dramatic, last week, if you look at both sides's positions in substance, nothing really much has changed. the eu is still saying to the uk, these are the red lines. you will either have to have a canada—style trade deal which means you will have friction at your borders and potentially a hard border between northern ireland and ireland or you need to change the red lines and go to something that looks much closer, a relationship more like norway's, and then you get theresa may saying, no, we are sticking with our red lines thank you very much. so i am not cl