now it vince cable who remains the lib dem leader for now although it vince cable who remains the lib now although he it vince cable who remains the lib dem leader for now although he says he doesn't potentially intend to lead the party into the next general election if it is in 2022, he is making his big speech tomorrow but the guardian hasn't put his speech on the front page, they've put a picture ofjean miller because she's a glamorous outsider. this is exactly the sort of thing, it will not be her, and she's made it clear, this is the sort of thing vince cable this is the sort of thing vince ca ble wa nts this is the sort of thing vince cable wants to encourage because she wa nts to cable wants to encourage because she wants to save the lib dems, who have been struggling to get above single figures in the opinion polls, should be open to people outside politics to come and make it something more interesting. if you're not one of the two mainstream parties, what should you do? rather than having some sort of rebrand of your existing organisation, he wants to transform it into somet

what's interesting about liberal democrats leadership and vince cable is we wa nt leadership and vincehere's no disunity in the party about his leadership. we fully support him and are behind him and his objectives that he wants to achieve. you can't say that about jeremy that he wants to achieve. you can't say that aboutjeremy corbyn or theresa may. so you want ruling yourself out, are you? —— you are not ruling yourself at. i'm not thinking about it at the moment. the leadership elections of the future will take care of themselves. what we are about now is fighting something that is happening now, the brexit crisis undermining our economy, jobs and investment, threatening people's livelihoods. liberal democrats are fighting brexit and we are showing a way out. we are saying when a deal is eventually done, and it's all taking so eventually done, and it's all taking so long, it's so much more complicated and costly than they said, isa complicated and costly than they said, is a complete disaster. if we get a deal then obviously the british people should have a vote on it. that's the de

thank you forjoining us, vince cable. last major battle of the seven—year civil war. there are believed to be up to 30,000 rebel and jihadist fighters in idlib. earlier, i spoke to our correspondents in moscow, beirut and istanbul to get a view on how the summit is being viewed. i began by asking our correspondent steve rosenberg about russia‘s approach going into the meeting. this week, the kremlin said that at this summit it wanted to talk about long—term normalisation of syria. that was the phrase it used. by that it means how to rebuild the country, where to find the money to rebuild syria after seven years of war, and how to bring back refugees and internally displaced persons. that is something that russia says that is everybody‘s interest. it‘s certainly in moscow‘s interest, because the russians have been conducting a military operation in syria that costs a lot of money. you can‘t really talk about long—term normalisation while fighting is going on. that‘s why idlib and the situation there will be the focus of th

and this was sir vince cable's response.cept in the longer term. we have very good mps. i see nothing wrong with opening up the talent pool and looking at people who share our values. it may be that the party rejects them, maybe they don't get through the nomination process, maybe they don't get through the star chamber interrogation progress but at least not ruling things out from first principles, just because we can think of somebody we distrust who might get through hypothetically. that seems to be the wrong way of looking at it. the liberal party, surely we are open to choice? looking at possibilities? so, applause for sir vince cable as he answered those concerns about potential changes to the party which, of course, will only happen if the membership agreed to them and get behind them. for many senior figures in the party, he's got the right idea with those suggestions. brexit, the big policy that the lib dems have that they are struggling to capitalise on as a major party who oppose brexit. yesterday the brexit spoke

applause applause for sir vince cable as he a nswered applause for sir vince cable as he answered thosechanges to the party which will only happen of course if the membership agree to them and get behind them. lots of seniorfigures behind them. lots of senior figures in the party is certainly saying he has got the right idea but no suggestions. brexit, the big policy the lib dems have they are struggling really capitalise on as a major party who oppose brexit. yesterday, the brexit spokesman tom brake said there would not be time for parliament to scrutinise the deal that the government reached with eu on the terms of britain's withdrawal from the eu so what what would lib dem mps do regardless of the deal that the government comes back with when parliament gets its chance to vote on it? servants was asked about that ina on it? servants was asked about that in a question and answer session only today. —— so events. there is an enormous hole there that has been exposed. 80% of the british economy services, we have spent years and years, i used to go as a coalition minister to the europea

it comes as the liberal democrat leader vince cable calls for a "movement of the moderates" in the centre ground of british politics. we'll have the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime... ba says sorry, after a mass hack of data from its customers — nearly 400,000 payment cards have been compromised. civilians flee the last rebel—held province in syria, ahead of a possible assault that could be the endgame in the country's seven—year civil war. cheering and applause. and a standing ovation and a guard of honour for alaistair cook, as he plays his last test match for england. and coming up on bbc news — serena williams draws closer to equalling the all—time record of grand slam titles, after reaching the final at the us open. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has rejected an attack on him by former prime minister tony blair. mr blair said labour has become a "different party" and he's not sure it can ever be "taken back" by moderates. it comes as the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, claims that infighting in the t

they have been quite happy to back the changes sir vince cable has proposed.ll, wejust don't know. ok, on that subject... is it wise to talk about when you are going to stand down, when you might stand down? isn‘t itjust sounded the death know of any leadership? vince has set out the things he wants to do, he hasn‘t put a timeline on it. i think in some ways it is an orderly way to do it. he has been very straightforward about it. i think that is fair enough. he has got a lot on his plate. brexit, these party forms, it is big meaty stuff he‘s trying to sort out, won‘t be twiddling his thumbs. the centralist party added that has been talked about a lot but there is no real evidence of how it could or would be formed, is it the liberal democrats, steve? with would claim to be in the centre ground. i have a problem with this term centre. everybody talks about it. it is the most ubiquitous term in british politics at the moment, and utterly vague and ill—defined. doesn‘t that suit everyone who talks about in that sense? it does when it doesn't. you try forming a p

that is what vince cable wa nts. moderates. that is what vince cable wants.om other parties will swing behind the liberal democrats, given their political fortunes have been rather stuck in recent years? they have and that is one reason why vince cable is making this pitch to his party membership to open up the liberal democrats and turn it into, as you say, a movement for moderates. he wants people to be able tojoin moderates. he wants people to be able to join as unpaid supporters of the party, for those people to have a say in leadership contests and also to allow those people who are not liberal democrat mps to stand for the leadership and potentially go on to lead the party. just because he wants that to happen, does not mean it necessarily will. the liberal democrats pride themselves on being a party where themselves on being a party where the members come first and they have a real say in saying how the party is run and deciding what its policies are. vince cable arrives in brighton coming he may have the weather for iraq's brighton coming he may have

said vince cable talking to jonathan has to be put. said vince cable talking tojonathan blake.you can see theresa may's interview with panorama — inside number ten: deal or no deal — here on bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. we are looking at a turbulent spell of weather over the next few days with some strong winds on the way. 0ver with some strong winds on the way. over the next 12 hours, the strong winds will be brought by an old hurricane. now a normal area of low pressure, spreading cloud and outbreaks of rain to the north—west. we have been dredging up some warm airfrom the we have been dredging up some warm air from the consonants, which we have been dredging up some warm airfrom the consonants, which is why it has been feeling hot and humid will . for many of england and wales, blue skies, plenty of sunshine. tops average 26 degrees. the weather picture overnights, the hurricane will edge closer, squeezing the isobars across wales and south—west england. through the night, the winds will ratchet up and pick up gales. through the night,

the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters — for a new leader. the lib dems are also urging disillusioned labour and tory supporters to join them to help stop brexit. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is at the conference in brighton. there are two big themes as liberal democrats gather here in brighton for their annual conference. they will be talking amongst themselves over cu ps will be talking amongst themselves over cups of tea and drinks in the bar in the evening about those proposed changes that so vince cable has made. a would really see a big shake—up of the way the liberal democrats are run. he knows it is struggling to achieve a significant level of support among the public and, with only 12 mps, they are not the presence in parliament they once had. they were in governmentjust over three years ago as part of the coalition with the conservatives. he says the whole should thing be opened up, people should be allowed tojoin opened up, people should be allowed to join without a member ship the, and people who

go back ten years, said vince cable with somebody who had repeatedly warned about high levels of highsing part of what would happen with the global financial crash. here we are ten years later, he says it isa here we are ten years later, he says it is a disgrace the taxpayer hasn't been repaid or reaped the benefits of that bailout of rbs and other banks that the government had to do. and this is part of his way of re—dressing that. as for the state of the economy as a whole, well, mr cable was asked to give his prognosis by andrew marr on bbc one a little earlier on this morning. i worries i think the worries of brexit is providing a big shock at a time when the system is very vulnerable. i think what is happening at the moment is the banks are very safe, they've been required to hold more capital, they will not collapse the way they did before but there are a lot of other financial institutions which haven't remembered the lessons of the crash. there is very high levels of debt, leverage on the job, in the financial system and the british economy, households, companies, government, m

sir vince cable says the money would be put aside over a ten year period and would include funds raised' stake in the royal bank of scotland. it's one of a number of suggestions being put forward at the party's annual conference this weekend. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in brighton for us. so, plenty of focus on this particular policy? there is. this is familiar ground for sir vince cable, the former business secretary and somebody who some people at least credit in part with predicting the financial crisis that happened in 2008. he was warning the then labour government about rising levels of household debt, and then of course the crash happened. one result of that was royal bank of scotland being bailed out by the taxpayer. sir vince cable will say today is a disgrace that ten yea rs will say today is a disgrace that ten years on from that, the taxpayers themselves have yet to feel the benefits or to be rewarded for doing that. part of his idea to create this sovereign wealth fund is to sell off some of the shares in rbs, to also raise taxes on people who have high i

the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters —so urging disillusioned labour and tory supporters to join them to help stop brexit. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at the conference in brighton. what have you been hearing today? the sun is out here in brighton which might help lift the spirits of the liberal democrat party members arriving here for their annual conference today. these are serious times for the lib dems, just over three years ago there were a party of government alongside the conservatives on the coalition but since then they have lost most of their mps with only told members of parliament and they struggled to gain anything in double figures in opinion polls. they have not really been able to capitalise on their place as the only uk wide party which takes an anti—brexit stance. as you mentioned, the current leader of the lib dems, sir vince cable, has set out what he hopes will be a policy to future proof the party and reinvigorated. he wants people to be able tojoin reinvigorated. he wants people to

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the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters —te for a new leader. the lib dems are also urging disillusioned labour and tory supporters to join them to help stop brexit. our political correspondent gave us this update from the conference in brighton. vince cable is making this pitch to his party membership to open up the liberal democrats and turn it into, as you say, a movement for moderates. he wants people to be able tojoin moderates. he wants people to be able to join as unpaid supporters of the party, for those people to have a say in leadership contests and also to allow people who are not a liberal democrat mps to stand for the leadership and potentially go on to lead the party. butjust because he wants that to happen does not mean it necessarily well. the liberal democrats pride themselves of course on being a party where the members come first and they have a real say in saying how the party is run and also deciding what its policies are. as so vince cable arrives in writing, he may have the weather for a relaxing few da

lib dem leader sir vince cable has called for a public vote on the final brexit deal.damentalists in the conservative party were determined to take britain out of the eu, no matter what economic damage it caused. 0ur political correspondentjonathan blake is at the conference. the lib dems have struggled to be heard recently, with only 12 mps and limited support in opinion polls. brexit is one issue where they can really set themselves apart from the other two main parties, they have told anyone who will listen at their conference in brighton that brexit isa conference in brighton that brexit is a bad idea which must be stopped and the leader, sir vince cable, will use his big speech to party members this afternoon to set out his argument for why brexit would be so bad for the uk. he will call for a public vote on the final deal and describe brexit as an erotic spasm. he was asked to explain exactly what he meant by that this morning. well, it's a colourful metaphor. the basic point i'm making — the point of substance — is that, you know, there are people who are absolu

it comes as the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, claims that infighting in the two mainvince has also announced he'll be stepping down as lib dem leader after brexit is resolved. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. rewinds two decades and tony blair was the centre of attention. commanding the political stage, perched atop a humongous parliamentary majority. rewinds not many years and servants cable possessed of a ministerial red folder perched around cabinet table. not any longer. now both men stand at the margins, grappling for releva nce, at the margins, grappling for relevance, trying to be heard. lots of people associated with me feel the labour party has lost, that the game is over. i am kind of hoping they are not right. the former prime ministers suggests another party could emerge. i don't think the british people will tolerate a situation where, for example, the choice is between borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn. i don't know what will happen and i don't know how it will happen and i don't know how it will happen. but ijust don't believe people will f

sir vince cable announces he will step down as liberal democrat leader once the question of brexit

the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters —ll as fullyjoined—up members — to have a say in choosing who leads the party. let's get more on this from our political correspondentjessica parker. it's been a tough time for the liberal democrats since they left coalition and i suppose they're trying to work out where they go, how they rebrand themselves.” trying to work out where they go, how they rebrand themselves. i think they have been struggling to be heard and are trying to cut through to voters and conference season is a chance for parties to showcase their policies and the liberal democrats will be focusing on two elements,

the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters — leader. our political correspondent jonathan blake sent us this update. he's been addressing the after—hours rally for party members here in brighton on the first day of the conference, designed to get the party membership fired up. and he got a warm reception for his comments. he addressed in this speech this evening has plans to open up the party, which you mentioned just there, to allow people to join without paying a membership fee, and to potentially have someone lead the party who wasn't one of its elected members of parliament. he focused on that phrase he used in that speech a couple of weeks ago, turning the liberal democrats into a "movement for moderates." now, that has cost a few raised eyebrows and grumbles among the party membership. a lot of people don't necessarily like being labelled a moderate, they think it doesn't sound quite exciting, radical or principled enough, and so vince cable acknowledged that in his speech this evening. but he also talked about the status

the liberal democrat leader, sir vince cable, calls for the creation of a £100 billion sovereign wealthfund to spread britain's resources more evenly. before the papers, sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good morning, rachel. simon yates will become britain's third different winner of cycling's grand tours this year, provided he stays on his bike to cross the finish line of the vuelta espana in the final processional stage in madrid today. yates extended his lead after yesterday's 20th stage and will be just the second briton to win in spain, asjoe lynskey reports. just a decade ago, this sight seemed impossible. but british riders now rule the roads. in simon yates, this sport has entered unique territory. in one year, three men representing one country are set to win all the grand tours. yates nowjoins chris froome and geraint thomas as one of cycling's superstars. he all but sealed this vuelta title in his new home. the man from berri lives and trains in the hills of andorra. with his twin brother adam, he's learned to master these mount

for them their poll ratings kind of been a little bit but it is finale speech the current leader vince cable tried to use a phrase which was meant to bring the house down with humor and he was describing backstairs as having he was trying to say and erotic spasm but instead it came out as exotics present we began by talking about the state and he b.b.c.'s drama i'm not sure these saw one of their broadcasters telling jeremy corbyn the leader of western europe's largest labor movement to apologize to camera for being an anti c major something like that and the chance you can apologise for your leader well i'm going to break with that tradition and on behalf of vince cable and the lib dems i'd like to apologize for the leader's mistake but we all know of course it was caused by jeremy corbin. sure there was an apology and the labor party deny any of those accusations have it over thank you. now to the gren fell fire tragedy one of the toughest challenges to prime minister tourism a's leadership though she has instituted an inquiry an alleged ultimatum has just been given to survivors joining m

the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, has said his party will hold a leadership electionords, "resolved or stopped". earlier sir vince spoke to my colleague annita mcveigh about his plans for the party. i think at the moment we have a position where people are looking for a rallying point, because they see in the country an enormous sense of drift, you know, the big problems are not being dealt with, and the two traditional parties, one has been taken over by extremists and the other is in the process of being, and they are looking for an alternative. we have the capacity to do it and we have a substantial membership and supporter base already, and i think by opening up the supporter base in this way, i would be open to doing new things in new ways. we have the capacity to capitalise and help lead this new force. this is primarily a rallying cry around brexit, isn't it? well, brexit is the issue of the moment and of course that is something we are absolutely committed to, and we are united on it, unlike the conservative and labour parties — we are clear we think it is dam

but it's also a party looking for fresh purpose and soon, a new leader after sir vince cable said heck leader now, isn't he? hardly a lame duck, he's not set a specific time, he's said he's got a number of tasks. and one task above all... brexit is not inevitable. it can and it must be stopped. the lib dems want a second referendum on the brexit deal and sir vince urged the prime minister to follow their example. instead of kowtowing to her enemies in the conservative party, she could lead her party and the country by opening her mind to a people's vote on the final deal. it's not clear how the lib dems would engineer a second referendum but sir vince was scathing about the tories... boris and donald, the terrible twins of the raving right. before swivelling his sights on true labour's leader. ifjeremy corbyn will not say, i will support a people's vote and i will fight brexit, labour members should waive him goodbye. wave him goodbye. his party hoped for a surge in support following the brexit vote, but it didn't happen. now, vince cable says he wants it to become the home for voter

but it's also a party looking for fresh purpose and soon, a new leader after sir vince cable said he leader now, isn't he? hardly a lame duck, he's not set a specific time, he's said he's got a number of tasks. and one task above all... brexit is not inevitable. it can and it must be stopped. the lib dems want a second referendum on the brexit deal and sir vince urged the prime minister to follow their example. instead of kowtowing to her enemies in the conservative party, she could lead her party and the country by opening her mind to a people's vote on the final deal. it's not clear how the lib dems would engineer a second referendum but sir vince was scathing about the tories... boris and donald, the terrible twins of the raving right. before swivelling his sights on true labour's leader. ifjeremy corbyn will not say, i will support a people's vote and i will fight brexit, labour members should waive him goodbye. this party hoped for a surge in support following the brexit vote, but it didn't happen. now, vince cable says he wants it to become the home for voters he describes as m

the liberal democrat leader sir vince cable called for a people's vote on the government's final dealghton. he appealed to disillusioned labour and conservative supporters to join the lib dems, and made it clear that he wanted britain to remain in the european union. 0ur political correspondent ben wright was watching and sent this report. hey, hey, theresa may! give us all a final say! this is a party that believes brexit can be stopped. but it's also a party looking for fresh purpose and soon, a new leader after sir vince cable said he would stand down before the next election. he's a lame duck leader now, isn't he? hardly a lame duck, he's not set a specific time, he's said he's got a number of tasks. and one task above all... brexit is not inevitable. it can and it must be stopped. the lib dems want a second referendum on the brexit deal and sir vince urged the prime minister to follow their example. instead of kowtowing to her enemies in the conservative party, she could lead her party and the country by opening her mind toa people's vote on the final deal. it's not clear how the

so vince cable says the money would be put aside over a 10—year period and would include funds raisedake in the royal bank of scotland. it's one ofa number of the royal bank of scotland. it's one of a number of suggestions being put forward at the party's annual conference this weekend, taking place in brighton. a little earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent jonathan blake, who is in brighton for us, and he gave me the context around this particular policy. the economy is comfortable territory for sir vince cable and as leader of the liberal democrats, for the time being at least, because he has announced that he will stand down at some point before the next election due in 2022, that's what he wants to focus on. he's talked about this idea of a sovereign wealth fund, which would come about through the sale of shares in rbs, which the government still owns the majority of, and also raising taxes on people who have large amounts of wealth, through either property portfolios or lots of investment in stocks and shares. he says the money from that should be used to be reinvested

sir vince cable will stand down as liberal democrat leader after brexit, and wants candidates from outside politics to be given the chance to replace him. also coming up this hour, a major project to clean up plastic from the ocean. a huge structure to capture the waste is going to be launched and all that news watch, daily politics is replaced by politics live, what's behind the change? joining us tonight at 7:45pm. good evening. the government is drawing up the biggest change to the divorce law in england and wales in almost 50 years in a bid to both speed up the process of separation, and allow more couples to split without apportioning blame. thejustice secretary, david gauke, is set to announce a consultation on no—fault divorce, after saying he wanted to remove some of the "unnecessary antagonism" created by the current system. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman is here with us now. clive, what more can you tell us? there has been pressure building for ano there has been pressure building for a no lame divorce system for years now. back in 1990 it was said we should have w

vince cable also attacked theresa may and said that he thought she didn't believe in brexit either. know exactly when. at the moment they seem content to let inside his own timetable for departure. inside his own timetable for departure. the big winners from last night's emmy awards were game of thrones which picked up its third best drama award and amazon's comedy the marvelous mrs maisel which went home with five trophies. here in the uk a lot of the focus has been on the british stars who did well winning both the best actress and best actor awards, claire foy for her role in the crown and matthew rhys who starred in the americans. from los angeles the bbc‘s james cook has the highlights. tv may be changing, with debates about diversity and a surge in streaming services, but some are fears an eternal. like hollywood's passion for a party and love of a british accent. this was her first emmy, and last chance to win is betraying the queen. i am not going to cry on this programme. i was given a role that i never thought i would ever get the chance to play and i met people who i will

this may be vince cable's last party conference.here seem, at the moment, content supporters here seem, at the moment, co nte nt to supporters here seem, at the moment, content to let him set his own timetable for departure. thank you for the latest from brighton. that's jonathan blake. that's jonathan blake. a jury has found that a bus driver caused the death of two people by dangerous driving. kai—lash chander, who's 80 and suffers from dementia, was unable to stand trial. in 2015, he lost control of a bus in coventry city centre, smashing into the front of a supermarket, killing a pedestrian and a seven—year—old passenger. ben ando reports. 82 metres of terror. that's how far down a busy street this double decker bus careered out of control before smashing into the fronts of a supermarket in coventry in october 2015. pedestrian dora hancock, aged 76, was hit by the bus, then by a falling lamp post and killed. 0n the top deck in the front seat, seven—year—old rhona fitzgerald died when the bus struck the awning. at the wheel was k

it comes as the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, claims that infighting in the two mainers in the centre ground feel ignored. sir vince has also announced he'll be stepping down as lib dem leader after brexit is resolved. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. cheering rewind two decades and tony blair was the centre of attention, commanding the political stage, perched atop a humongous parliamentary majority. rewind not many years and sirvince cable, possessed of a ministerial red folder, purged around the cabinet table. not any longer. now, both men stand at the margins, grappling for relevance, trying to be heard. there's lots of people associated with me who feel that the labour party is lost, that the game is over. you know, i'm kind of hoping they're not right for is white and the former prime minister suggests another party could emerge. i don't think the british people will tolerate a situation where for example the choice of the next election is borisjohnson versus jeremy corbyn. i don't know what will happen and i don't know how it will happen, but ij

we will be talking to sir vince cable in about five minutes time.gencies that washington believed syrian government anti—aircraft artillery accidentally downed the plane. elon musk has revealed the first private passenger his company plans to fly around the moon. japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon yusaku maezawa will take off on the big falcon rocket, which was announed by spacex in 2016. the timeline for the mission remains unclear yet, with the rocket still to be built. iam not i am not sure i would want to buy a ticket. and open-ended ticket. it was a glorious night for british screen stars at the emmys, as claire foy, thandie newton and charlie brooker all walked off with gongs in la. welsh actor matthew rhys also took home best leading actor at the 70th awards, and there was even a marriage proposal from one of the winners, as james cook reports. ladies and gentlemen, checking every box, please welcome the one of each dancers! the show began by satirising belated attempts to tackle sexual harassment and improve diversity on screen.

the liberal democrats the party leader vince cable started to conference by ruling out a new party alex that's why i'm a liberal democrat presidential candidate lend or pick why the liberals beckon twice shy but the. you have particular views on the potential for the american silver center but it was surely all of the the ugly is correct all of the circumstances which would make the lake we are actually happening before our eyes there are two driving forces this in chanted conservative mainly remain group in the left of the conservatives and a very disenchanted right in the labor party as well now as somewhere in the middle we've got the dems as well but the real driving force i would say is those individuals who feel the conservatism they were simply aren't for them we've seen this before that was how the end as the pm urged a long time ago and then really the lib dems were a product of a merger in themselves would have required a catalyst something like a successful boris johnson assault on the to do with the sort of the require something like that to take people over the light it's l

normally, this is the day that vince cable speaks. he is not mentioned at all in this article.top saying this, stop saying, stop brexit. it doesn't explain why she thinks it's not helpful to say stop brexit. interesting that that is her and she is great campaigner. she says, no, ican‘t and she is great campaigner. she says, no, i can't be leader of your party but good luck being the third party but good luck being the third party in british politics. should we end on a high? coke buys up canada's street. they are considering developing a range of marijuana infused drinks. —— cannabis. developing a range of marijuana infused drinks. -- cannabis. they are going to infuse coca—cola with cannabis. in some states in america, cannabis. in some states in america, cannabis is legal. whether this is a brexit dividend, finding out whether the eu might ban this but after brexit, that is all have a drink, what do you think? it's interesting and several of the papers have gone big on it. one of the most famous brands in the world is realising it needs to diversify because people don't want

speculation that vince cable may be thinking about when he steps down.g a speech in the next half an hour he is giving a speech in the next halfan hourand he is giving a speech in the next half an hour and he is going to flesh out some ideas. these effectively going to acknowledge that within the next year he could bea that within the next year he could be a gone as the leader of the liberal democrats. they won't put a specific timeline on it that that is the conclusion you can easily leap to. he wants to shake up how the pa rty‘s rules to. he wants to shake up how the party's rules work, that's a decision for their membership are not for him. he wants for an non—mp to be allowed to become the leader of the liberal democrats. he wants to look at brexit, pushing for a so—called people's vote and sticking around if there was any general election that would come around because of that. but he is very much, and it is not the first time he is doing it, slapping a best before date on his leadership. in politics, when you do that, you go straight into the barga

sir vince cable is the leader of the liberal democrats .welcomes more transparency in the tax affairs of high profile personalities being considered for honours. i think we already know, as a result of the revelations today that there isa of the revelations today that there is a traffic light system. their tax behaviour is being considered. i think the government should make a virtue of it. when i was in government we passed legislation outlawing abusive tax avoidance. that is practices that look legal but were designed to frustrate the will of parliament. the more that is known about the toughness of the inland revenue, the better. i think most people are fed up when individuals and companies avoid taxes that ordinary people pay. we should make a virtue of this toughness. we have more on this now. the documents themselves, effectively, appeared to suggest that bhm rc has a role in at least offering advice, is that surprising? “ page offering advice, is that surprising? —— page mrc. they have, for some time, giving details online of how the

tony blair and vince cable making statements yesterday.re ground, new moderate party. the question is will some labour mps in the centreleft be forced out of the party, or will some of them choose to walk? we have already seen frank field, the prominent veteran labour mp, who choose to resign as party web. he lost a vote of no—confidence, but he resigned largely over the anti—semitism route because he did not agree with the party leadership over it. the big question is how many mps may or may not follow? you speak to mps at the moment, and some of them may not like the direction of the party, but labour has seen a growth in its membership, and the party structures have changed, as well. so the question is whether those mps choose to branch off and do something else, as you say, or some of them say they wa nt to as you say, or some of them say they want to stay within the party and push their values within labour. the party who strongly believe in different things. new powers come into force today designed to stop nuisance calls from person

vince cable.ichard fitzwilliams, former editor of the international who's who and an expert on the honours system. thank you for being with us. what do you make of these revelations?” think it is important to stress that david beckham and robbie williams, gary lineker and wayne rooney and rio ferdinand, these are legendary figures. not only in their particular fields they have excelled, but also there is the case that they have done a great deal for charity. nobody is condoning tax avoidance. there is nothing unlawful a p pa re ntly avoidance. there is nothing unlawful apparently in what has happened. clearly the honours system ought to ta ke clearly the honours system ought to take this into account, but equally, there are checks and balances. look at sir ken dodd, for example. there we re at sir ken dodd, for example. there were certainly ambiguities of behaviour at knotty ash. that didn't stop him from getting a knighthood. ido stop him from getting a knighthood. i do think the system should ho

sir vince cable. people are now known to have been killed in the philippines by typhoon mangkhut, many of them caught in landslides set off by heavy rain. the typhoon has now moved across from the philippines, to southern china and hong kong, with winds of up to 100mph. from hong kong, robin brant sent this report. this was a monster typhoon that hit three places in three days. hong kong was in the middle. more than 100 people here have been injured, but no deaths have been reported. the biggest casualties were shattered windows and fallen trees. dozens of routes were blocked. dozens of roads were blocked. there's some flooding in lower—lying areas, as well. this is obviously not what sunday evening in one of the main streets in hong kong is supposed to look like. there is rubbish everywhere. we've got about half a metre of flooding there, as well. the worst of the winds have passed, but there's a big clean—up operation that needs to happen. people still being urged to stay indoors. it wasn't a direct

what vince cable was saying the other day.not feel represented by either the two main parties at the moment, the liberal democrats would like to fill the void but they have struggled with gaining ground in the polls. 0ther mps may consider it a option to leave the party. frank field has left for site you different reasons but a lot look back to what has happened in the past, at the stp, they did well to start with and then struggled, but then in april the conservatives to win an election fairly comfortably. it will be an interesting few months, to say the least. jeremy corbyn, hitting back at tony blair, he said that the party has been lost to the hard left. jeremy corbyn‘s point is we are coming up with policies that real people like and they are looking to the labour party and his vision to change things for them? the labour party see themselves as mainstream. they say that tony blair is a man of the past, and for example, taking the ra i lwa ys past, and for example, taking the railways back into public ownership, thatis ra

for them their poll ratings common but a little bit but it is finale speech the current leader vince cable tried to use a phrase which was meant to bring the high. stan with humor there he was describing backstairs as having he was trying to say and erotic sponsor a static came out as exotics present we began by talking about the state and he b.b.c.'s drama i'm not sure these saw one of their broadcasters telling jeremy corbyn the leader of western europe's largest labor movement to apologize to camera for being an anti c major something like that any chance you can now apologise for your lead and well i'm going to break without tradition and on behalf of vince cable and the lib dems i'd like to apologize for the leader's mistake but we all know of course it was caused by jeremy corbin i'm not sure that was an apology and the labor party deny any of those accusations of it over thank you. now to the gren fell fire tragedy one of the toughest challenges to prime minister juries amaze leadership though she has instituted an inquiry an alleged ultimatum has just been given to survivors joinin

vince cable said the leadership of his party should be open to anyone, not necessarily anyone in politicss and labour will come to together... there is a feeling that some people feel politically homeless because labour shifts towards the left, and some people in the centre ground not knowing where they sit politically. but people's memories and politics are long, and we have seen a split in the labour party, and that did not work out brilliantly. i think people are reluctant to go down that route, and at this point it is very much discussion and talk around the edges, you don't see resignations at the moment, because this is all political conversation that is going on. the backdrops of all of this is the significant argument, which is brexit. the timeframe on that is short, and that is focusing on their minds at some degree. some say they should be voting for or against brexit, the kind of brexit they want to shape, rather than party politics, which could prove a distraction, which is why we had vince cable say yesterday he would only sit down from party leadership if brexit was dissolve