labour party in 1962 when this issue was raised. we have only had two referendums, quite exceptional, and that is because the labour party was split, massively, in 1975 and had a referendum and the conservative party was split massively and we have this recent referendum. mps show by the day how difficult it is for them to face reality. they voted for a referendum and put it through. you abdicate from the decision. you passed that over to the people of the country. they can get involved in negotiation strategy and some elements but even there you are constrained. it is an international negotiation between 27 countries and ourselves. it is not even really a negotiation. they will come forward with a framework and we have to agree. the referendum clearly was advisory, that was the nature of it. secondly, it is a snapshot of a moment. the argument today from many people in the conservative party who are pro—remain and the labour party who are pro—remain as well as independent observers, is a feeling that if the public opinion would

i gave money to the labour party at the last election. i ama labour party at the last election. i am a supporter but not a member. i am a supporter but not a member. i am nota member am a supporter but not a member. i am not a member because i don't agree with quite a lot of its economic policy. but i do think that they have shown greater strength. i personally think labour is more right than not on the health service, and i think this government is literally destroyed the health service in england. fortunately, not yet in scotland, wales or in northern ireland. so i am still a social democrat. i have never made any secret of this. i have never been a tory, and i will never be a tory. but on this issue at the moment, let me focus. i do believe theissue moment, let me focus. i do believe the issue for this country over 2018, and i agree with you, this is the moment where the toughest decisions are going to be taken over brexit, that we should rally as a country, we should spend our time on getting the best deal that, that party politics should slip away into its normal place, and

what do we see from the labour party, we turned around from the recession of the labour party. what do we know about the labour party, economic policies? we were told all about them from the description from the department of education secretary, on the front bench today. i do apologize. i didn't realize, with herself under medical treatment. she did describe the economic policies of the labour party in an parliamentary terms. it should include the word bust, but she did say the labour party's economic policy was high risk. that means high risk for taxpayers, high risk for jobs and high risk for our nhs and that is the risk we will never let them take. >> a positive note on the nhs my nhs has turned around from being one of the worst in the country, safe to say that five years ago, one of the best because of injections of huge amounts of cash but they were amazing, and jackie daniels, gently invite the honorable gentlemen to be sensitive to time. we don't want a long spiel but a question with a question mark at the end of it. >> jackie daniels received a day in court, very posi

what would we see from the labour party? we have turned the economy around from the recession the labour party left us with. what do we know about the labour party's economic policies? we were told all about them from the description given by the secretary, who i notice is not in her position of the bench today. i do apologize. shadowot realize the education secretary was undergoing medical treatment. i apologize unreservedly. did describe the economic policies of the labour party in un-parliamentary terms. she did say it was high risk. that means high risk for taxpayers, high risk for jobs, and high risk for the nhs. and that is a risk we will never let them take. >> thank you mr. speaker. turnedsitive note, we've around from being one of the worst trusts to one of the best. that was thanks to huge injections of cash, but the staff was amazing. jackie daniels -- >> order. you to befer sensitive as to time. we don't want a long spiel. >> thank you. turned around mora, they trust -- morecambe bay trust. i look forward to work

i told you, i don't think currently the labour party is a social democratic party. that's why i have notjoined it. but i am of the left. i am a passionate believer in the national health service. i believe that the creation of that in 19118 was a great thing. he rejoiced in the fact that he didn't have to ask his patients to pay. so, on social policy, i've always been on the left. but i was, when i was leader of the sdp, and even before — i believe that we did have to change trade union laws. i believe that we did have to change the economy. and above all, i wanted strong defence. all of those were challenged by michael foot in 1981 to 1983. and it took ‘81 — from the time we left till 1997 before labour won. corbyn is getting closer to it, and as i said to you, he's attracted young people. he's got an increased membership. you can't take this away from him. if you had your time over again, would you now think differently about leaving the labour party? would you have stayed in?

that this was a hard left infiltration of the labour party. infiltration of the labour party. this is not an anti—private sector position. position. taking over the nec, this council and imposing their ideology? and imposing their ideology? no, it is about facts and evidence. is about facts and evidence. goes ahead we could be looking at another carillion collapse. another carillion collapse. providing public housing is a flawed model. largest economy. president xijinping's state visit here in 2015. new economic partnerships ahead of brexit. no sign of a slowdown here. the chinese economy creates 5000 millionaires every week. and britain more than ever is keen to get on board. in the last 20 years what we have tried to do is make money. about how we use that money. middle classes could help give the uk a post—brexit boost. and other cultures. elbowed its way in only to face this, the land wind. says is an almost exact replica of one of its designs. is a far bigger challenge. british sectors like banking, finance and insurance. run smoothly either. the belton road initiativ

labour councillors what is best for the people they represent. left infiltration of the labour party. this is not an anti—private sector position. and imposing their ideology? no, it is about facts and evidence. goes ahead we could be looking at another carillion collapse. providing public housing is a flawed model others are turnin against. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. of the relegation zone. for the first time in his career, and by the video assistant referee. and the countdown has begun. we take a look at some medal hopefuls. of the table and out of the relegation zone. to clear the ball from a backpass, and jordan ayew tapped in. tottenham, who have a game in hand. when you make mistakes, you make mistakes. mistakes. of concentration that we had not tonight. tonight. confidence was what was needed in that moment. and i said it was not a miracle. miracle. i said about the analogy that it was not innocent, who cares. that it was not innocent, who cares. he was in hospital. nearer to going out of hospit

a labour party that will always put politics before people! also on this programme: the bill putting eu law into uk law ahead of brexit clears the commons — for now! and the justice secretary says he won't seek a judicial review of the parole board decision to release serial sex attacker john worboys from prison. i know this will disappoint the victims in this case and members of this house. given the crimes for which he has been convicted, on a personal level, i share those concerns. but first to the story that dominated the westminster week — the collapse of construction giant carillion. carillion has around a50 public sector contracts, from nhs cleaning to school dinners and prisons to homes for service families. it's also involved in the hs2 high—speed rail line and maintenance for network rail. after statements and questions earlier in the week, jeremy corbyn used prime minister's questions to accuse the government of negligence for continuing to award contracts to the firm after it issued profit warnings last year. mr corbyn though

, by the labour party as now by donald trump as well! yes. it seems to a criticism. don't tramp was asked about brexit and whether or not he would have taken the same route —— donald trump was asked. he said he would have been tougher, the indication that theresa may perhaps has not been tough enough. there are those within the tory backbenches who feel that the prime minister needs to be tougher. perhaps not the most helpful interventions on donald trump's part, this is what he said. do you believe that we're in a good position, britain? a lot of people are still very nervous, very anxious. but hearing the president of the united states saying, "hey, there's plenty of trade coming from me", that's a big deal to people in britain. well, would it be the way i negotiate? no, i wouldn't negotiate it the way it's negotiated. but i have a lot of respect for your prime minister, and i think they are doing a job. i think i would have negotiated it differently. i would have had a different attitude. what would you have done? i think i would

a labour party that will always put politics before people! also on this programme: the bill putting eu law into uk law ahead of brexit clears the commons, for now! and the justice secretary says he won't seek a judicial review of the parole board decision to release serial sex attacker john worboys from prison. i know this will disappoint the victims in this case and members of this house. given the crimes for which he has been convicted, on a personal level, candidly, i share those concerns. but first to the story that dominated the westminster week — the collapse of the construction giant carillion. carillion has around a50 public sector contracts, from nhs cleaning to school dinners and prisons to homes for service families. it's also involved in the hs2 high—speed rail line and maintenance work for network rail. after statements and questions earlier in the week, jeremy corbyn used prime minister's questions to accuse the government of negligence for continuing to award contracts to the firm after it issued profit warnings earlier in

francine: you think the brexit will split the conservative party or the labour party? >> it is splitting the conservative party. you have got to remember that during 2015 we had a general election in the u.k.. david cameron won that. europe was merely an issue. this is a long-standing disagreement. francine: but it is unclear where labor stands on this, whether they would be pro-europe or not. >> i think the labour party is pro-europe. francine: jeremy corbyn pro-europe? >> he says he is. that itur party feels has got to say, we are still in favor of brexit. but i think once you see how the labour party is moving, it is moving very much towards, let's keep the single market position. it nuances that in what it says. but i think in the end, there is a majority within the labour party for equipping a close relationship with europe and i think the moment you get to that position, it is a very short distance to the next position which is to say, let's not forget our seat at the decision-making table, but still be the passive recipient of european rules because then you hav

there are potentially divisions also within the labour party. a lot of labour members want to have a clearer direction from jeremy corbyn on what happens after brexit. today, we had some of that from jeremy corbyn in particular on the issue of the customs union. he was basically saying that after brexit he would wa nt saying that after brexit he would want there to be a kind of customs union, not the one that exists now. he talked about not wanting to go down the norway route and replicate that model but certainly do have some kind of customs union and maintain that close trading relationship. 0n the issue of free movement, while he said that there would be no free movement, he talks about easy movement, making sure that when we need nurses from the eu and what have you, they would be able to come over. a bit more detail from him, this is what he said. we would want a form of customs union. obviously, whether it would be the customs union, the answer is no, because it would require being a member of the eu, which we're not.

but it is no different if it is the conservative party or the labour party. but the members, the mp5, are accountable to their voters. and so you used to be, until recently that the mps chose the leader a the prime minister and now the mps might be foisted upon them somebody they don't want as leader. that is always a danger. we saw that with the conservative party when iain duncan smith was elected. so sometimes you can make unpredictable decisions, but what you have to remember is the parties have to give members something to keep them involved. i mean, cherry and chloe here do all the wonderful things that party members do, campaigning and so on, but what is the incentive for someone to get involved if they don't get a say? it's a real balancing act for parties. it's extending it. also, you know, having members choose the leadership, whatever party is more democratic. it's about... better than the mp5, you think? yes! because they're a small group, deals can be stitched up, they think about their promotions. are they‘ re accountable to the voters in a wa

every labour party have got all the a nswe rs every labour party have got all the a nswers why every labour party have got all the answers why is it that we see funding being cut, targets not being met and wales where they are responsible. the prime minister leads a government that is responsible for the funding of national governments such as an wales. she knows full well what has been cut from wales. she is directly responsible for the nhs wales. she is directly responsible forthe nhs in wales. she is directly responsible for the nhs in england and giving the health secretary a newjob title will not hide the fact that 6 billion has been cut from social ca re billion has been cut from social care and the tories. part of the problem of the nhs is that it is funds are being siphoned off into private companies including any health secretary australia area of study... order. can calm yourself. it'll be good for your health. even more money is being siphoned out of our nhs budgets into private health companies even in the health secretary australia area of study and forced to pay but the

for the labour party at the last election. the cynic in me might say, the labour party wants votes for younger people because you are traditionally going to get those it boosts your support. this isn't about the support of a partisan approach. if you look at a whole range of proposals we are making this week, it's about deepening our democracy. i pay bills by telephone, why can't i vote by telephone? the labour party will benefit, though, when few? we want democracy to be more open than it has been in the past. the real statistic that affects me is that younger people tend not to vote at all. that is a more profound thing. there are right—wing governments right across the world, from trump to downing street, trying to take people off the electoral register and prevent people from voting. what the welsh government is seeking to do is to encourage people to vote. in total, we wa nt encourage people to vote. in total, we want to put another 70,000 people on the electoral register across wales because we believe that they partic

have you got as many members as the labour party? speaktempting as the labour party? speaktempting as it is, i am not going to play a numbers game. they are absolutely taking you to the cleaners online, as you have more 01’ taking you to the cleaners online, as you have more or less admitted, and they have lots and lots of people they can mobilise up and down the country to hit constituencies but lots of actual bodies knocking on doors and handing out leaflets. the conservative party has nothing like that number of people. we have a huge number of great people delivering leaflets, knocking on doors and they thought the last test, which was injured last year we did not win the seeds we would like but did get over1 million more votes than we had before, 42.4%, the biggest share we have had in decades. i want to make sure we are building on that and, as you say, building on that and, as you say, building in ouronline building on that and, as you say, building in our online presence as well but doing it in a respectful way. john ashmore is the news editor of politics ho

its back on investment on jobs, labour party always puts politics before people. >> absolutely. mister speaker, can i think prime minister? provided by the complacent counsel, people should not have to settle for second best. would you agree with me, london's potential by the opportunity for voting conservative. >> i was happy to join my honorable friend and hear from people about the issues of liberal democrat services particularly around the rubbish bins in her household. they are trying -- a democrat member of parliament, he is absolutely right, the evidence is that conservatives deliver better services. what we are talking about, only lasts week the fire minister announced labor policy on every typical home by 320 pounds. people should know that a vote for labor is a vote to pay more. >> thank you, mister speaker. can the prime minister tell the house what advice she had on the impact of the uk economy for leaving the eu single market and when she requested any such advice? >> i have to say to the honorable gentlemen as we go through brexit negotiations we are looking at the

we think the labour party is right in the center. all is thehing of incompetent way the government has handed over contracts to a company which was quite transparently in deep trouble. in 2015 nearly three years ago the stock market was shortselling shares in carillion and it has been evident for some time this was a problem. it looks like it was an ideological drive to privatize everything that they could. we can't confirm it at the moment. brexit.estion on would you be for a second referendum or not? >> we have had a referendum on brexit. it was quite clear that the people. would you be for a second referendum or not? wanted to leave. clearly we have to wrestle with the consequences of that decision. clearly there is quite a lot to be done to get the right kind of deal for our country and all of our partners in europe and north america and elsewhere and on that there are differences between herself and the government. we have accepted the decision of the referendum. francine: thank you, jon trickett. joining us now is a labour part

have you got as many members as the labour party. as tempting as it is, i will not play a numbers game. this is notjust a numbers game. this is notjust a numbers game, they are absolutely taking you to the cleaners online, as you have admitted, and lots and lots of people, mobilising up and down the country, it in constituencies with actual bodies knocking on doors and handing out leaflets. the conservative party has nothing like that number of people. we have a huge number of great people delivering leaflets and knocking on doors, the last test, june last year, we did not win the seat we wanted to win but god 1 million more votes, the biggest vote share we have had in decades. iwant to make sure we are building on that. quite rightly, building an online presence as well, doing it in a respectful way. i'm joined now by giles kenningham, former conservative party director of communications. what you think of this new online respect pledge? good starting point, reset the conversation, recast, too much boil and vitriol pumped out online

>> prime minister. >> as he was on his feet congratulate them by election results from the labour party. and about strengthening the elect oral process and enhancing the confidence people have in our democratic processes and in five local authorities to identify the best way to identify nationality and they are going to be piloting measures to improve the integrity of the proxy process. our democracy matters to have true confidence in it. >> can i associate myself with the prime minister, and never forget. and i must work to eradicate the scourge from our society. >> earlier this week the royal bank of scotland chief executive officer admitted and a leaked memo the closing 22 local branches is painful for customers, 13 pounds lose the last bank in scotland. prime minister, i give you one other opportunity. as the majority shareholder, to meet the case to keep the branch open. >> and and that is how the established asset to biking standard that commits the banks for a second number of steps closing this branch. and reached an agreement with the banks that allows more customers never to u

the labour party are going to make hay with this. jeremy corbyn is already saying watershed moment, should end rip—off privatisation. pfi, where do you put, should you be using public money to pay private companies? yeah, as you said a lot of these contracts date back to the new labourera. it was contracts date back to the new labour era. it was a gordon brown specialty to take this stuff off the government balance sheet, give it to a private company, sign a ten, 20—year deal to look after a hospital, provide cleaners or big infrastructure. but the great thing forjeremy corbyn is it's seen as so different so this he can get away with criticising something which was essentially a flagship policy of the la st essentially a flagship policy of the last labour government because for most voters they view him as a different beast. if it was any other leader, ed miliband, he would be... wouldn't be able to go in hard on this. forjeremy corbyn he can go, look, big primary colours, big sweeping statement, privatisation is bad, this is wha

that's the labour party. that's the labour party, exactly. so women tend to have been more supportive of parties favouring social spending and more redistribution, and which party that is has changed over time. arguably, the woman's vote has led to a stronger public realm, with better health care and better education, but what is the burning issue for women today? what is your daughter's name? delilah. if you could vote for one thing that would make delilah's life better growing up, what would you vote for? can i give you a ballot paper? i'd make catcalls a crime. 0k. cheaper sanitary products. get rid of social media. while some women's issues have changed over the last 100 years, some have resolutely remained the same. what would you vote for? equal pay. equal opportunities in the workplace. good luck, delilah. # you don't own me...# do you worry about the world in which you are sending your 22—year—old daughter out in? when i think of women's rights, i feel slightly schizophrenic about it. you know, on the one hand, young girls today h

several political parties. the labour party is one of those parties. we don't have republican and democrat, two sides like this. the vast majority of our parties are mostly centrist falling slightly left or right. the labour party would be more tying itself into the working man and woman. host: this is back in november of 2016 where he makes a speech saying some very strong things on the senate floor. i want you to put this in context. the best thing that could -- good people in ireland could do is to ask them if it is ok to still bring the shamrock on st. patrick's day. reactionrrassed by the of the re--- of irish government to what has happened in america. ask the minister for foreign affairs into this house, and ask him how we are supposed to deal with this monster who has just been elected president of america. i don't think any of us in years to come should look back at this. and not say that we did everything in our power to call it for what it is. host: how does that reflect what you know of the irish people to think? guest: i haven't lived in i

party will stop three of his supporters are on that committee and it's a historic day for the labour party because they left for so long written off as a marginal force now effectively are in the majority on the body. interesting story in the times tomorrow seeing the so—called centrist labour mps, if you can go ahead and deselect some of these mps then they would resign the labour whip and set as their own bloc in parliament but we will see. they have made these threats in the past, they are not in the ascendancy in the labour party so we will see how it goes. thank you. that's it for today, which is of course blue monday, the saddest day of the year. the mathematics behind the concept was created in 2005 by a psychologist called cliff arnall, after a travel company commissioned him to prove that everyone should cheer up by booking their summer holidays round about now. cliff proved it all a bit too convincingly, and a pseudo science legend was born. we got in touch with him today to see what he now thought about his discovery and he told us — quote — "don't believe a word of

and we lose canterbury to the labour party. let me sum it up. anyone who tells you, in my opinion, if anybody tells you that they know what is going to happen to british politics over the next 12 months is deceiving themselves. it is impossible to predict. would you like to see another uk wide vote, either on leaving the eu or, indeed, on the deal when it is done?” either on leaving the eu or, indeed, on the deal when it is done? i hope i never lived to see another referendum held on any subject that people think should be given any constitutional or. it is an absurd way of running a modern and complicated country. particularly so when you have a big broad brush yes, no question. should we move, should we stay? within that are hundreds of complex sub questions of things that will be affected. a stupid three or four week will be affected. a stupid three or fourweek campaign... will be affected. a stupid three or four week campaign... you hate referendum is so much that you think it was a mistake to have had one. having had that one and acting o

if you had this, all of these mps would just leave the labour party. they would probably form another new party. this is a risky strategy for jeremy corbyn. i don't think they would do this. they wouldn't have a shock and awe deselection. a couple of people do it carefully and below the radar. doing this is asking for civil war on the left which will hurt them at the ballot box.“ civil war on the left which will hurt them at the ballot box. if you read until the end of this story it says that and said they were not campaigning for this. even so, there isa campaigning for this. even so, there is a lot of movement. —— momentum said they were not campaigning for this. since jeremy corbyn did so well in the snap election i think that tension has been escalating. the sentiment has been modern mps need to get on board otherwise they could potentially be facing conflict. sebastian is right, if you did one big exodus that would just be setting up another new party and spit your vote. the most important thing to take home about this is if momentum are try

this is a labour party that has turned its back on investment, on growth, onjobs. a labour party that will always put politics before people. a little taster of pmqs. i'm joined by conservative mp vicky ford, the snp's by conservative mp vicky ford, the snp‘s tommy sheppard and labour's stella creasy. stella creasy first, is this a moment where the debate changes and the dial shifts in terms of weather services should be contracted out to the private sector? i certainly hope so. i was extremely worried to hear the prime minister talk about how we are just customers of carillion. we're not just customers, we are borrowing with carillion. i would like a prime minister who understood the kind of deals we have got into over the last 30 years and over the last seven years especially, a 135% increase in outsourcing. carillion gets a lot of business from the public sector and bankrolls its business on the notion that the public sector will always a step in, as it will have to do in this case to ensure hospitals, schools and motorways keep going. would you buy jeremy sch

have you got as many members as the labour party? i'm not going to play a numbers game. they are absolutely taking you to the cleaners online, as you have more or less admitted and that they have lots of people they can mobilise up and down the country to cheat constituencies with actual bodies knocking on doors and handing out leaflets. the conservative party has nothing like that number of people. we have a huge number of great people delivering leaflets every day and knocking on doors. in june last year was the test, we did not win the seats we wanted but we got overi million votes that we wanted. biggest vote share in decades, and i want to make sure we're building on that and as you say quite rightly, building our online presence as well but doing it in a respectful way. brandon lewis talking about the challenges of increasing membership. the numbers issue incidentally has been a lifeline recently because they have not published the figures publicly for many years, and there are calls for them to be more transparent. labour is claiming around half a million and fear

the sunday times, a continuing story of the labour party, really, and what they see as the drift to the left. jeremy corbyn allies looking to oust 50 labour mps. this is momentum really, isn't it? funny old story this one. first few paragraphs are exactly that. about what is going on it in westminster 's, rumours and it has been claimed that with momentum winning seats in the nec, they will use winning seats in the nec, they will use that to put pressure on mps they think are not quite on board with the left—wing agenda. then there is a sort of gear changing to the story of haringey, this north london borough where it looks like the candidate will probably win control in may. it is a really interesting story because it might turn out to be like in the 80s, one of these nutty councils that does all these properly left—wing things. but it might not, it might work out well. it was keeping an eye on. for example, worried about putting it as a splash of labour because it looks london centric. do you think labour is lifting to the left, lainy, or momentum driving out moderates?” thought

to be fair, though, i don't think there is one that holds the labour party together, either. that's the problem. there are three groups of people, one, the diehards, passionate about brexit, the devastated pessimists, they have their heads on their desks and are beside themselves with sorrow. about one third each, there is a third in the middle who are swing voters. they are a bit more relaxed either way. it's very hard to envisage any kind of solution. ican. i think there is a brexit that can more or less look inside the conservative party. iain, this issue may never explode. the brexit that will satisfy the conservative party is that we formally leave the european union but to all intents and purposes stay within the european union. that won't satisfy everybody! that might satisfy you but not me. 0r many others. that's the problem. we have to real people like you in like a fish, very gradually. that is not possible. is another area again where the conservatives are not going to deliver. they have built up these promises and they will fail. people will be angry. let's come t

it is the labour leadership trying to impose discipline in its party which is what all political leaders want? certainly. if you look back to the previous campaign, many people within the labour party did not thinkjeremy corbyn would get any traction. they thought it would be utter defeat. they were defeated, it is important to remember, despite the rhetoric we have heard, but they did much better than anticipated and 110w did much better than anticipated and now they are in a position to say to moderate mps that they have traction, time to get on—board. if they were to get some radical mps in we would have a radical manifesto. the sunday express now. their story, they tend to stick to the weather and royal family that this is a straightforward political story. the headline rather peculiar, brexit enforces. explained this to us. over 100 mp5 enforces. explained this to us. over 100 mps who are going to demand that theresa may take britain out of the single market when the uk leaves in 2019. jacob rees mogg says he will make her stick to her headline. this stage to where the high brexit

ship contest for the labour party. not an actual frontbencher, sojeremy corbyn is living with it. education secretary under david cameron. eurosceptics. is doing something right. to graham brady. form at the moment or is it gossip? or sent this in. i certainly haven't done that. it is important. we have seen the eu talking about the negotiating stance. the final deal we get to. and we must notjeopardise that in these negotiations. the noise about the leadership doesn't help. where do you think the instability is coming from? for the prime minister to meet the challenges. is he right to speak out, is it a non—helpful intervention? there are frustrations, inevitably. on domestic legislation. it is possible to talk about other things than brexit. and personal independence payments. the prime minister is champion for this. we would like to be talking about that than about europe. she got that one badly wrong, didn't she? in the past, we will get it right now. in our schools. but brexit will be central for the next nine months. we cannot fall out with each other, the country doesn't

party, saying it was actually a disaster. it is a disaster for theresa may. it is getting worse and worse for her. obviously, losing the majority is the start. but some of the easiest ways to show power is to reshuffle your cabinet... not necessarily easy, because sometimes they do not play ball, and they did not this time. that is the key point. most prime minister's reshuffle several times and it is fine. this one has gone badly. it adds to the narrative she is a very wea k adds to the narrative she is a very weak prime minister. some would argue that, others, maybe not. walking out, justine greening, is a big blow. she wanted more women on the cabinet. she is increasing the number of the mouse in the cabinet and the lower position. —— females. it is interesting she walked away. she was not going to take it. yeah, imean, she was not going to take it. yeah, i mean, there are two elements to it. she did a lot of work trying to get more women into the cabinet. she did a lot on mobility. justine greening? yeah. absolutely.

plus the labour party has a charismatic leader who young people believe in, whether people think that is good or bad, thatis people think that is good or bad, that is the cell. that is the cell. if you have an offer you can sell the offer. they do not have one. they can use all the hash tags they want. i do not believe that being a certain age means that you can not handle social media. that is where brendan lewis... if he thinks it is a measure of mechanics, let's get somebody in here who can do this, thatis somebody in here who can do this, that is not eat. it is what they are offering. you need to offer a message and the hash tag and they link and they do it themselves. we have a few more stories. carillion on the front page of the sunday telegraph a word on that quickly. this is a headache for the government. such an extraordinary... this is a company that barely anyone has heard of but it is a massive concern with 50,000 employees worldwide and a huge number of contract including the hs two. resins, building, the maintenance of operating theatres in hospitals. the banks that have

julia: in the economic section, the u k's opposition party, the labour party, has been socked out by fund managers, ceos and bankers over the past six months. the prospect of labor winning power is starting to overshadow brexit as the biggest wildcard for investors. julia: here is christina with more. mcdonnell is not your typical politician. he has been a veteran of labor and is a man who has waived the red book in debate in parliament and lists one of his interests as fermenting the overthrow of capitalism. >> that will sit well with everybody. talk about that, because business people, investors are more concerned about labor winning in the next election than they are about brexit. cristina: the parties performance in the snap election was a wake-up call to britain. carol: 40% of the vote. cristina: that's right, a high water mark that goes up to the 2000's. is theythe expectation have a good shot of winning the next election, whenever that happens. one is not scheduled for years, but government is very troubled -- may's government is very troubled so it could come sooner. feel is

the labour party are not coming around to this idea of a second chance or second referendum. we are in very uncertain times and the government is very fragile. they are held up as a minority government with the support of the minority party. were to fail a we were finding ourselves in a general election, we could see a situation where there could be another choice but to the public. mark: how much support is there for taose tory ranks host theresa- to may? the math doesn't work in our favor. david: they are worried about election because they are neck and that the labour party at the moment. there's a magic number, 48, the number of backbench lawmakers that have to send a letter to the chairman of what is called the 1922 committee, the committee in parliament that runs the conservative party and if the chairman of that , amittee receives 48 letters percentage of all of their members of parliament, that would trigger a no-confidence vote in misses may. she may win that, but it will trigger a leadership contest and the end of her reign as the prime minister. we are in close con

the tory party and the labour party now has this dramatic difference in age group and demographic and this is what it is all about. she will not pursue the vote on fox hunting, very unpopular with younger voters, she is doing £50 million for this northern forest, which michael gove has been talking about planting 50 million trees between manchester and bradford. these policies will take an awful long time. there won't be any obvious results for a long time but it is all to do with demographics. trees instead of a rail line. onto the mirror. daisy, hospital departments heaving with patients who have been in a&e 13 hours, this testimony from one doctor, i think. hours, this testimony from one doctor, ithink. but hours, this testimony from one doctor, i think. but the service that gives so much to all of a sudden i've is on force of goodwill alone. don't forget us, defend us please. a very powerful front page, of course it is the daily mirror, obviously a very strong story. we saw obviously a very strong story. we saneremy corbyn going on the nhs for obvious reasons at prime minister's

do you have as many members as the labour party? i'll not play the numbers game, as tempting as it is. it not just the numbers game, as tempting as it is. it notjust a s the numbers game, as tempting as it is. it notjust a 5 numbers game, if ican is. it notjust a 5 numbers game, if i can say, they are absolutely taking you to the cleaners online as you have more or less admitted and they have lots and lots of people to mobilise up a indown the country to hit constituents with bodies knocking on doors and handing out leaflets the conservative party has nothing like that number? we have a huge number of people delivering leaflets a nd huge number of people delivering leaflets and knocking on doors and as we saw at the last test in june, where we didn't win the seats, we would like but we got over1 million votes. the biggest vote we had in deck ka.ds i want to make sure we are building on that. and as you say rightly, building our online presence but in a the areful way. earlier i spoke to giles kenningham, former conservative party di

somehow a lot seemed to change in 2017 for both the tory and labour parties. new political rules apply, which is why the pundits got so much wrong. so tonight we give the pundits another chance to work out where we're going. join me now, on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm holly hamilton. coming up on tonight's programme... watford fail to rain on manchester city's parade as the premier league leaders record their 20th win of the season... andy murray reveals his despair as he pulls out of the brisbane international admitting he may need surgery on a long term hip injury. and england prepares for the final test of the ashes series — but can they secure success at last in sydney? good evening — plenty to come in the programme, but we'll start with tonight's premier league action where even in pretty challenging weather conditions leaders manchester city rained down on watford at the etihad. a win that puts pep guardiola's side 15 points clear at the top of the table with just 16 matches rema