she's undoubtedly a very different leader to so vince cable, from a different generation in the partyration in the party, she is their first female leader and she is their first female leader and she is their first female leader and she is clearly trying to make her mark in going further with the parti's brexit policy although clarifying overall their first priority would be to have a further referendum, facing an election campaign, perhaps sooner rather than later with the speculation it could happen before the end of the year, she clearly once the liberal democrats to have a very stark message very simple message that if they got into government they would revoke article 50 straightaway. the liberal democrat government you would think it is unlikely, what would think it is unlikely, what would they do if they had a strong showing in the event of a hung parliament? they have ruled out formal pacts with either party but they could play a crucial role there if the balance of power was unclear after a general election. lots to discuss for party members over the next few days and of cour

sir vince cable?all sides, despite the atmosphere of the last few months, that they could possibly command, you're asking the impossible? you have mentioned several people who command respect across the house and he talks about holding our nose and going with someone we do not like. for us, that might mean accepting someone who we respect, but don't agree with. such as ken clarke. for the others it might be vince cable, someone with respect across the house. that is what we need to focus on and we need to have that person ready to say what they will do to avoid a no—deal brexit, and then to give the country the choice, is this what you really want? ordo the choice, is this what you really want? or do you want to just stop this damaging brexit? thank you very much. leading democrats, in congress, have made their first demand for documents in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been ordered to hand over ukraine—related material, within a week. the us sp

on her leadership, she said she was a very different leader in style to sir vince cable and she doesig thing in her election campaign to be the leader of the lib dems, if what she saw as her ability to cut through in the media and becoming the first female leader of the lib dems is a significant factor as well. she talked more broadly at the end about other issues the liberal democrats are trying to focus on this weekend. the climate emergency. as they see it, eliminating the use of single—use plastics and universal equal marriage across the uk. quite a broad range of questions. it is an easy crowd for her, frankly. there we re easy crowd for her, frankly. there were not any particularly difficult moments although one pointed question about the new mps coming on board to the lib dems, former tory and labourmps board to the lib dems, former tory and labour mps who some, in the party, while keen to welcome new members from all sides and mps from all signs, are slightly uneasy in terms of their voting record in the past and whether they share the same liberal values the party faithful h

it's her first conference as party leader after taking over from vince cable.e if not necessarily substance and this was very much her big message for this conference. she is clearly keen to use the fact that the liberal democrats are opposed to and at odds with the result of the referendum in 2016 in favour of leaving the eu to the party's advantage and she is looking to go as far as they possibly can in their anti—brexit policy. it will, in an election campaign, and i'm sure this is part ofjo swinson's thinking, to further set the lib dems apart from the labour with their policy. whereas labour has a policy of trying to appease both leave and remain voters and negotiating a new deal with the eu and then putting that to a public vote, the liberal democrats perhaps can say, our message is much more simple and our vote for us is to cancel brexit altogether. what it doesn't do is allow them to appeal to voters who wa nt to allow them to appeal to voters who want to see the result of the referendum respected and may be those in favour of leave, but those are those

a new leader, jo swinson, who has injected some energy, passion and some colour which, frankly, vince cablee have seen that in the polls as well. the make—up of the commons is in a state of flux. you have to factor in those 21 conservative mps who have been booted out, not of the party but they have been told they cannot stand as conservative mps at the next election, whenever that is. it creates huge problems with the arithmetic for boris johnson. massive problems. some of those tory mps who have been deselected have now said they will stand as independents, compounding the problems for boris johnson independents, compounding the problems for borisjohnson in an election. he does have profound difficulties in the commons. he has lost a majority which is why labour is playing hard ball lost a majority which is why labour is playing hardball because they can pretty much determine when the next election is going to be. if you need a two thirds majority, you are probably going to need labour to acquiesce and the signs are they wa nt to acquiesce and the signs are they want to delay any general

herself as a different type of leaderfrom sir vince herself as a different type of leader from sir vince cablet dramatic days in the brexit drama so far, 11 supreme courtjudges have begun hearing two appeals to determine whether the prime minister acted lawfully when he suspended parliament for five weeks. let's get more from ben brown who's at the supreme court. he is outside. then, what has been going on? lord keen has been putting the government's case and in particular talking about in the past when parliament has been probed for nakedly political parliament has been probed for na kedly political reasons, parliament has been probed for nakedly political reasons, going back into history. 1948, 1930. just to underline the case that actually, borisjohnson has not acted unlawfully. that is the charge against him that the 11 judges that the supreme court are going to have to consider whether the prime minister did act unlawfully when he prorogued parliament. let's talk to a couple of have been watching and listening to the proceedings here. a lecturer in public law at the university of surrey a

cable i think is more of a spec trade. you get high vol opportunity. i could easily see this going up to 1.25 before we pull back. alix: for more of vince'snalysis, check it out on the terminal. really appreciate it. coming up on the program, marc chandler, bannockburn global forex managing partner will join me for the hour as we break down the anatomy of the rally. is it central banks, politics, or trade? this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ alix: welcome to "bloomberg this thursday, september 5. here's everything you need to know at this hour. the u.s. and china will resume face to face trade negotiations and next month. both raise tariffs on sunday, and the u.s. plans to raise more next month. boris johnson can't get what he wants on brexit from parliament, so today he's going to appeal to voters. johnson will make a speech after lawmakers forced him to move on leaving the eu without a deal at the end of next month. he took a matte labour leader jeremy corbyn. pm johnson: he is the first --der in the opposition first leader of the opposition in the democratic history of our country to refuse the invitation to an election. alix: hurricane dorian is a