part of the conservative party not going to vote with her so she can has one drug called which is the no deal gregg said which is sort of the cliff edge scenario at the end of march that britain will question without anything and this is the trump card where she hopes that she can reign people and she also is now trying to speak directly to the british public she wants to convince the public who then she hopes will convince the m.p.'s to vote with. but it's still a long road ahead and she doesn't have much time. reporting from london thank you. earlier we spoke to political advisor john worth and started by asking what happens next. it's the first stage is going to be the so-called meaningful vote in parliament this is when to resume a bring so deal in front of the lawmakers and ask ok do back this it's scheduled for eleventh of december so two and a half weeks from now and the chances are she want to manage to get that vote through parliament what happens then is very much open why would the conservative party try to oust her as prime minister because with such a setback could it be

or if someone from the conservative party very small. club was later it would be any more effective than teresa made britain is in unchartered waters and i would also say this pizza that there are that brick city's room with risks and dangers one of them for example concerns and overnight and now i will make this point so it is absolutely imperative that there is a softball between northern ireland and the republic of ireland awful why is if there is a halt that could potentially undermine the good friday agreement and if the good friday agreement is undermined that could result in an eruption of violence in northern islands the likes of which you know we haven't seen for a great many years so i do not like i do not like the european union but this is unbelievably complex ok let me go to you did teressa may get the best deal that she could get because i'm i have to really question that you know she repeatedly said briggs it means bragg's it so is her deal doesn't really mean briggs it because just about everybody has a negative opinion o

party well the city is going to be delighted but then the other parts of the conservative party who are act. supportive of the european union or passively supportive not be happy so we will be back at this stalemate but you know i think ultimately what it comes down to is this all i personally do not believe in referendums wilson never believed in referendums. never believed in referendums there was some subjects and i do not mean to sound condescending but there was some subjects they are so difficult to understand that the person cannot well i don't know you and i find what i find economically so i don't you and i disagreed on this one one could make the are going to leave go to alistair on this here is that there are some issues that are so very important that you must have a reference to marcus's idea point upside down here allister go ahead. yeah i mean i mean i think there are some very important issues of constitutional matters that you do decide to have a referendum on and it is not as if this referendum is just an instant decision it's been agitated for among sections of so

to the conservative party politicians in the short term but it's not going to solve anything in the medium term the referendum is a very risky option but for different reasons so without actually might the conservative party might save themselves but the last referendum was a very very tense it was bad tempered and indeed it didn't get to the heart of the matter didn't. the truth about brakes it wouldn't be any different to another time around and there's also the problem of time because if you're to hold a referendum when would you hold it and could you even hold it by march which is when britain is due to leave the e.u. is probably highly unlikely that you could do it in such a short timeframe so if you wanted a referendum the u.k. would have to go to brussels and say we need a bit more time so we can hold a referendum would you give us that extra time and brussels as you we've heard on the reports today brussels essentially had enough with the u.k. at the moment says ok we've given you a deal now can you just please take a decision but it looks like britain is not ready or is not

or if someone from the conservative party very small johnson or dominant club was later it would be any more effective than teresa made britain is in unchartered waters and i would also say this peter that there are that brick city's room with risks and dangers one of them for example concerns and overnight and now i will make this point so it is absolutely imperative that there is a soft border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland awful why is if there is a halt that could potentially undermine the good friday agreement and if the good friday agreement is undermined that could result in an eruption of violence in northern islands the likes of which you know we haven't seen for a great many years so i do not like i do not like the european union but this is unbelievably complex ok let me go to you did teressa may get the best deal that she could get because i'm i have to really question that you know she repeatedly said briggs it means bragg's it so is her deal doesn't really mean briggs it because just about everybody has a negative opinion one way or another about how

conservative party? because that's what would happenlj conservative party? because that's what would happen. i don't think it would wreck the conservative party, i think it is a bad time, but so is any time. the reason i have been discouraging people is unnecessary, but now it is necessary because the prime minister's entirely betrayed him asa prime minister's entirely betrayed him as a she made and lost the confidence of a large number of people who put in letters. and if we are able to get onto an even keel, we need a leader with whom we have confidence. who would that because lli confidence. who would that because ll i don't particularly mind, i think there are lots of characters. i probably have a favourite, but i shall not tell you because that will undermine them. ken clarke in the last way for hours said that this is possibly the biggest political shambles he has ever witnessed. and yet still, he voiced a degree of respect for how theresa may has performed over the last few days? she has shown an extraordinary degree of physical and mental resilience,

party the members of the conservative party are seventy five percent pro great sit they don't want another referendum because they fear in such a referendum the results may be different and so old from italy the reason that your reason may has raised opposed a referendum of her own political reasons it is not because ultimately she has a kind of an ethical problem of some sort with the second referendum it's purely her own motivation to see these things through now she was herself formally in favor of remain but she was never been very committed to european union integration of self as an individual politician and so therefore she sees it as her responsibility in a single minded manner to deliver that breaks it somehow or of she has however completely reinterpreted what is now there was an issue about immigration in the brics referendum but there was also an issue about about britain's future trade relationships with the rest of the world those things have largely been forgotten in recent months by to resume a she's focus uniquely on the immigration point and so ultimately she finds.

is going to be delighted but then the other parts of the conservative party who are act. supportive of the european union or passively supportive not be happy so we will be back at this stalemate but you know i think ultimately what it comes down to is this all i personally do not believe in referendums wilson never believed in referendums. never believed in referendums there was some subjects and i do not mean to sound condescending but there are some subjects they are so difficult to understand that the person cannot well i don't know you and i find what i find economically so i don't you and i disagreed on this one one could make the are going to leave go to alistair on this here is that there are some issues that are so very important that you must have a reference to marcus's idea point upside down here allister go ahead. yeah i mean i mean i think there are some very important issues of constitutional matters that you do decide to have a referendum on and it is not as if this referendum is just an instant decision it's been agitated for among sections of society eve

to the conservative party politicians in the short term but it's not going to solve anything in the medium term the referendum is a very risky option but for different reasons so without actually might the conservative party might save themselves but the last referendum was a very very tense it was bad tempered and indeed it didn't get to the heart of the matter didn't get to the truth about brakes it wouldn't be any different to another time around and there's also than the problem of time because if you to hold a referendum when would you hold it and could you even hold it by the march which is when britain is due to leave the e.u. is probably highly unlikely that you could do it in such a short time frame so if you wanted a referendum the u.k. would have to go to brussels and say we need a bit more time so we can hold a referendum would you give us that extra time brussels as you we've heard on the reports today brussels essentially had enough with the u.k. at the moment says ok we've given you a deal now. can you just please take a decision but it looks like britain is not ready

if corbin or if someone from the conservative party jacob. johnson or dominic club was later it would be any more effective than teresa made britain is in unchartered waters and i would also say this peter that there are that brick city's room with risks and dangers one of them for example concerns and overnight and now i will make this point so it is absolutely imperative that there is a soft border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland awful why is if there is a hold that could potentially undermine the good friday agreement and if the good friday agreement is undermined that could result in an eruption of violence in northern ireland's the likes of which you know we haven't seen for a great many years so i do not like i do not like the european union but this is unbelievably complex ok let me go to you did teressa may get the best deal that she could get because i'm i have to really question that you know she repeatedly said briggs it means bragg's it so is her deal doesn't really mean briggs it because just about everybody

but whereby forty eight conservative party m.p.'s have to send letters into their backbench committee saying they want a no confidence vote those letters have started to go in some of said they've put them in more may yet follow when it's reached that number it simply triggers a vote and it may well be that this is what they're trying to do now it's it's a it's a it's a risky strategy for them to undertake because there's no guarantee that there are enough m.p.'s in the conservative party who want to see to reason may go on they may not like a deal but they don't necessarily like any of the other choices on offer either if she survives a vote of no confidence then she's immune from a further challenge for twelve months and of neutered themselves but of course but if she loses it then the chances high that she will be replaced by a pro breaks a far more ideologically driven prime minister who could well drive this country into a no deal breaks it. thank you very much indeed. still to come on the program the sajid coalition orders a p

take a listen to the conservative party referendum on which almost all conservative m.p. stood said specifically that we would leave the customs union it did not have any small print saying oh unless we decide to have a backstop it is a permanent customs union that is harder to leave the new even the european union and offical fifty now he's not alone in his opinion and when i hear him and when i hear you speaking it sounds like the maybe the conservative party itself is headed for a split and perhaps teresa mayes days as prime minister are numbered what do you say to those two prospects. well look bad i'm not somebody that in any way tries to mask the political reality is that in staring everybody in the face there is today a fundamental split in the conservative party there has actually been a real. challenge facing those of us that want to be a centrist right political movement and there has been a real battle taking place for the heart and soul of the conservative party and what you are seeing today is actually that now being fought out at the very last stages through

and let's say someone from the rights dominic rob becomes the leader of the conservative party well the city is going to be delighted but then the other parts of the conservative party who are actively supportive of the european union or passively support is not be happy. we so we would be back at the stalemate but you know i think ultimately what it comes down to is this all i personally do not believe in referendums wilson never believed in referendums. never believed in referendums there was some subjects and i do not mean to sound condescending but there was some subjects they are so difficult to understand that the person cannot where i don't know you and i find what i find economically so i don't you and i disagreed on this one week one could make the are going to leave go to alistair on this here is that there are some issues that are so very important that you must have a reference to marcus's idea point upside down here allister go ahead. yeah i mean i mean i think there are some very important issues of constitutional matters that you do decide to have a referendum on and

take a listen to the conservative party referendum on which almost all conservative m.p. stood said specifically that we would leave the customs union it did not have any small print saying oh unless we decide to have a backstop that is a permanent customs union that is harder to leave the new leaving your opinion and offical fifty now he's not alone in his opinion and when i hear him and when i hear you speaking it sounds like the maybe the conservative party itself is headed for a split and perhaps teresa mayes days as prime minister are numbered what do you say to those two prospects. well look red i'm not somebody that in any way tries to mask the political reality is that in staring everybody in the face there is today a fundamental split in the conservative party that has actually been a real. challenge facing those of us that want to be a centrist right political movement and there has been a real battle taking place for the heart and soul of the conservative party and what you are seeing today is actually that now being fought out at the very last stages through t

if there's a confidence vote held in your leadership of the conservative party do you think it's a national interest for you to fight it and if you win by only one vote will you carry on as prime minister leadership is about taking the right decisions not the easy ones as prime minister my job is to bring back a deal that delivers on the votes of the british people that does that by ending free movement all the things i raised in my statement ending free movement ensuring we're not sending vast annual sums to the e.u. any year any longer ending the jurisdiction of the european court of justice but also protects jobs and protect people's livelihoods protects our security protects the union of the united kingdom i believe that this is a deal which does deliver that which is in the national interest and i'm i going to see this true yes. next question. yes i do want to microphone promise to simon via from five news surely now even you have to admit this is not strong and stable what i think people will say is that what i and the government have done is been sticking to the job of ensuring that

not as unsustainable as the current state of the conservative party. look, i don't deny the party is divided. who could? but the important thing is we don't do something because it's on the table. it's a bad option, we shouldn't accept it. we need to go back to the people, ask them to confirm that this is the brexit that they actually want, and if it's not, then let's pause and give them the option to stay in the european union. in all honesty, what do you think this brexit crisis has done, is doing, will do to britain's political fabric? well, look, clearly it's a difficult time in politics. the opportunity cost of brexit is enormous. we are wasting so much brainpower across government, across the country that could be better deployed solving the real causes of brexit — our low productivity, our poor social mobility, our housing crisis, income inequalities — all these really fundamental issues we should be tackling are not being addressed because the government is spending so much time and effort thinking about brexit, and mitigating the damage it

city is going to be delighted but then the other parts of the conservative party who are acts. italy supportive of the european union or passively supports if not be happy so we will be back at this stalemate but you know i think ultimately what it comes down to is this all i personally do not believe in referendums howard wilson never believed in referendums. never believed the investor and there was some subjects and i do not mean to sound condescending but there was some subjects they are so difficult to understand that the person cannot well i don't know you and i find that what i find economically so i don't you and i disagreed on this one one could make the are going to leave go to alistair on this here is that there are some issues that are so very important that you must have a reference to marcus's idea point upside down here allister go ahead. yeah i mean i mean i think there are some very important issues of constitutional matters that you do decide to have a referendum on and it is not as if this referendum is just an instant decision it's been agitated for among se

|j is at stake is the current state of the conservative party. i don't deny the conservative party. i don't deny the party is divided, who could? the important thing is we don't do something because it's on the table, it's a bad option. we need to go back to the people and ask them to confirm this is the brexit they want, and if not, let's pause and give them the option to stay in the european union. in all honesty, what do you think this brexit crisis has done, is doing, will do to britain's political fabric? well, done, is doing, will do to britain's politicalfabric? well, look, clearly it's a difficult time in politics. the opportunity cost of brexit is enormous. we are wasting so much brain power across government, across the country that could be better deployed solving the real causes of brexit. 0ur could be better deployed solving the real causes of brexit. our low productivity, poor social mobility, housing crisis, income inequality, all these bundle fundamental issues we should be tackling because their government is doing so much thinking about brexit and mitigating the da

party is currently in on a war footing but i think longer term the dilemma for the conservative party are incredibly real and nobody really has a solution to the prime minister made about to deliver a bricks a deal that will not satisfy a large number of her back benches we now have an estimate that over ninety m.p.'s are going to vote this deal down that it's almost certainly prime minister may did not happen numbers that she needs and i would add to that that we know that the conservative grassroots associations of the conservative membership is incredibly are happy with the deal they view it as a salad out as too soft as a betrayal of rights it so longer term i think the prospects for the conservative party look incredibly bleak. they may flip it around from a few would matter and that's look at it from the european perspective how do you think they're viewing all of this because i'm always reminded of the fact that your didn't want britain to go they never said it was a british decision to do it a very contentious one down but how do you think the europeans are dealing with all of

take a listen to the conservative party referendum on which almost all conservative m.p. stood said specifically that we would leave the customs union it did not have any small print saying oh unless we decide to have a backstop that is a permanent customs union that is harder to leave the living the european union and all school fifty now he's not alone in his opinion and when i hear him and when i hear you speaking it sounds like the maybe the conservative party itself is headed for a split and perhaps teresa mayes days as prime minister are numbered what do you say to those two prospects. well over and out i'm not somebody that in any way tries to mask the political reality is that in staring everybody in the face there is today a fundamental split in the conservative party that has actually been a real. challenge facing those of us that want to be a centrist right political movement and there has been a real battle taking place for the heart and soul of the conservative party and what you are seeing today is actually that now being fought out at the very last stages t

take a listen to the conservative party referendum on which almost all conservative m.p.'s said specifically that we would leave the customs union it did not have any small print saying oh unless we decide to have a backstop that is a permanent customs union that is harder to leave the leaving the european union and all school fifty now he's not alone in his opinion and when i hear him and when i hear you speaking it sounds like the maybe the conservative party itself is headed for a split and perhaps teresa mayes days as prime minister are numbered what do you say to those two prospects. well over and out i'm not somebody that in any way tries to mask the political reality is that in staring everybody in the face there is today a fundamental split in the conservative party that has actually been a real. challenge facing those of us that want to be a centrist right political movement and there has been a real battle taking place for the heart and soul of the conservative party and what you are seeing today is actually that now being fought out at the very last stages throu

take a listen to the conservative party referendum on which almost all conservative m.p. stood said specifically that we would leave the customs union it did not have any small print saying oh unless we decide to have a backstop that is a permanent customs union that is harder to leave the naive in the european union and offical fifty now he's not alone in his opinion and when i hear him and when i hear you speaking it sounds like the maybe the conservative party itself is headed for a split and perhaps teresa mayes days as prime minister are numbered what do you say to those two prospects. well look read i'm not somebody that in any way tries to mask the political reality is that in staring everybody in the face there is today a fundamental split in the conservative party that has actually been a real. challenge facing those of us that want to be a centrist right political movement and there has been a real battle taking place for the heart and soul of the conservative party and what you are seeing today is actually that now being fought out at the very last stages throu

this does not meet either the result of the referendum, or indeed the conservative party's manifesto promises. she has stood up in this very place and said she will not break up the united kingdom, there will be no difference between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. if she decides to go against all that, then there will be consequences, of course there will be consequences. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, lance price, who was director of communications for the labour party, and the political commentator, giles kenningham, who was director of communications for the conservative party. welcome back. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in, and you guessed it, the brexit deal dominates the front pages. the telegraph's headline quotes theresa may, as she acknowledges the enormous task of getting parliament to back the deal. the paper says three ministers are considering resigning. the guardian focuses on the deep divisions on brexit among politicians, as well as across th

party rebels is growing raising the chances of a leadership challenge against theresa may still going to be prime minister by the end of this week. that's the one million pound question of course and nobody dares to bet on it because fair and balanced as we heard it from michelle burn year that is not what her opponents in the conservative party believe this deal to be they talk about treason and national catastrophe and treason may really has to sort of face this down it's not quite sure yet when and if these forty eight leaders will. there are supposed to be imminent what will happen after that is within twenty four hours there will be a vote which is a secret ballot on her leadership and women in on the conservative parties expect that she will win it but at the same time she might be weakened politically because many people might sort of show their discontent so there is still everything to play for for two reason may here and at the moment she is fighting her fight at the c.b.i. the british consideration of industry where is she true where she's trying to garnering support for he

well this is another numbers game there's an arcane mechanism within the conservative party by which a certain number fifteen percent of m.p.'s must send letters to the backbench committee chairman in this case forty eight m.p.'s will do it as soon as he receives forty eight letters that leadership challenge or no could a confidence vote is triggered we know that more letters have gone in because some in peace have said so. today on thursday we have no idea how many but the moment that number is reached such an event takes place they're taking quite a calculated gamble in doing this because there is no guarantee that there are enough conservative party m.p.'s who want to see to resume a gone they may not like her deal but they don't necessarily like the other personalities on offer if she survives it of course she gets twelve months of immunity no more threat of a challenge but if she loses then there is the prospect of another more ideologically driven pro briggs's conservative party m.p. taking the reins as prime minister that would put paid to this deal altogether and really see t

the conservative party referendum on which almost all conservative mps stood said specifically that we would leave the customs union. it did not have any small print saying, u nless we did not have any small print saying, unless we decide to have a backstop thatis unless we decide to have a backstop that is a prominent customs union, that is a prominent customs union, thatis that is a prominent customs union, that is harder to leave by leaving the european union under article 50. it sounds and looks like a coup! a coup is where you use military procedures to overturn someone in office. this is working through the procedures of the conservative party, entirely constitutional, and a coup is the wrong word. what has been achieved today is not brexit and it provides... inaudible question the law to leave has been passed and the withdrawal act is through but what we need is a leader who will say to the european union it is impossible to divide up the united kingdom and impossible to agree to a situation where we have a perpetual customs union. it is impossible to pay £39 billion of taxpaye

i am deeply anxious about the conservative party, and not just because i about the conservative party, and notjust because i support the party. if there was a credible labour party opposition waiting in the wings, i would be more relaxed about it, but personally, i think jeremy corbyn is absolutely unfit to be prime minister. if the tory party cannot contain what could become a civil war, we are almost handing the keys of downing street tojeremy corbyn, and that frightens me very greatly. conservative commentator tim montgomery. let's take a look at a different kind of way stirring things up. surfers from around the world have been taking on huge waves at nazare in portugal. south african surfer grant ‘twiggy‘ baker took the title in the world surf league's big wave tour. he played it safe during the opening rounds and peaked atjust the right time to catch this massive 40—foot wave — riding it to victory. it is an extraordinary sight, isn't it? i don't know the prospects for surfers and whether the waves will be that big, but a man who does know is on the other side of the new

yesterday what we saw is the -- the entire conservative party. at one point we were told she was not in a position to give a statement can she did, but friendly did not look happy. the was supposed to be brexit deal that she said came down to one choice, take this or go back to square one, no deal. speculationhearing there could be a leadership challenge. again, it looks very shaky for theresa may in london. nejra: let's turn to you in brussels, for the e.u. is it now a simple case of signing off on a deal late this month? there is reaction from brussels that has been positive, we've had the chief of the e.u. commission, jean-claude juncker saying there are signs of progress in the e.u. chief negotiator said negotiations have been extraordinary and there's a chance to extend the transition on -- if both sides agree on it. now we have a summit coming up wheressels in november the deal has to be formalized. how it isdepends on supported by the u.k. parliament. there was a warning that both ,ides have to be responsible they have to take responsibili

it's with the conservative party. it will be up to the conservative party to decide whether or not they wish to keep the agreement with us in place >> it's worth reiterating that today is about getting this proposal through the cabinet that is a very small group of conservative mps with theresa may as their head. she has been working hard to bring them on her side, talking to them about specific concerns they may have to do with this draft text that her negotiating team has agreed. further down the road, we will see a parliamentary vote on any withdrawal agreement that is where the parliamentary mathematics becomes difficult for theresa may if you have the dup voting against the measure as arlene foster seems to imply they will do if you also have large numbers of the labor opposition party voting against it. the point person on brexit said this about where we stand now. >> we said on a number of occasions that we need a customs yuchb union with the eu. the prime minister has not been negotiating in the national inter

party are plotting to re move conservative party are plotting to remove a leader, which would create all sorts of instability, so i think that's the message that the daily mail or try to get across. your member how the referendum was posted stop the europe from stitt —— terry the concert is a part. it is great achievement. if you see the number who have seen this off, not theresa may is here now and she has it on her tonight. looking at the guardian, resignation, a2, they did hostility make python, jacob rees—mogg —— jacob rees—mogg hostility make python, jacob rees—mogg ——jacob rees—mogg answer the question, you said is that about going about removing leader if you're conservative party. he's a man who knows the rules of this thing and he's right it's not a coup, you're not trying to do some sort of insurrection or something, oi’ sort of insurrection or something, or something that's means, its rules of the leadership you need 48 letters a nd of the leadership you need 48 letters and 50% of mps, which he's trying to do, i think the guardian says it's a sombre p

politicians from to reason may's conservative party of launched a bid to remove foes britain's prime minister is in response to her draft divorce deal to withdraw britain from the european union reps at hardliners say the deal makes too many concessions to the e.u. and violates u.k. sovereignty by treaty northern ireland differently from england scotland and wales speaking parliament to the prime minister may outline the advantages of the deal. the declaration will end free movement once and for all instead we will have our own new skills based immigration system based not on the country people come from but on what they can contribute to the u.k. the declaration agrees the creation of a free trade area for goods with zero tariffs no fees charges or quantity of restrictions across all goods sectors no other major advanced economy has such an arrangement with the e.u. and at the same time we will also be free to strike new trade deals with other partners around the world we've also reached common ground on a close relationship on services and investment including financial services wh

so unsurprisingly brexit and the divide in the conservative party leads many of tomorrow's papers. that gives you a flavour of what has been a mad week. brexit very much leading the way. we will start with the observer, so many we can look at with varying different angles, this is the observer, brussels tells reza mate more delays to brexit will cost the uk £10 billion. this is a new story that doesn't revolve around brexiteers or cabinet fallout. become straight from the eu, who as you say, it is going to cost another £10 billion, on top of the £39 billion of the divorce bill. that is something for her to bear in mind, because i am sure when we go through the papers we will be talking about the papers we will be talking about the possibility that there might be a longer time. as this deal goes backwards and forwards in the commons. she has got a crucial week ahead of her. it will be, the summit of that will be a summit in brussels next sunday with other eu leaders. it is self evident, isn't it? if we stay in the eu for an extra gear, you have got to keep paying. we paid them bi

it shows how bitter and how entrenched it is within the conservative party. this no deal or this deal, because now the people who are saying, this deal is not good enough, do they really want a no—deal brexit? that is the only option, we are four months away. that is right. the feeling you get at westminster is that everyone has gone collectively mad and you wonder what is happening. it is a bit like beginning and asylum, you wonder what the country is making about. there is the feeling that they are obsessed by it and the thing that has got me about mps over the whole brexit su is that they seem to forget the national interest. everything they are doing at the moment is trying to win on their own interests. that is what i find worrying. it is the way that they are behaving. we get to a situation where, for instance, you have labour ina where, for instance, you have labour in a strange position where a a few months ago, they said we needed a customs union, theresa may was trying to propose that, now she is saying, we need a customs union, thatis saying, we

, so the divisions within the conservative party have overridden, i think, the interests of the country. the european union has already indicated it is not in the market for reopening discussions around the withdrawal deal, so the reality is that despite all the political positioning going on in the conservative party, any tweaks could only happen if that changes. earlier we spoke to anne mcelvoy, a senior editor at the economist. what needs to happen now is theresa may needs to solidify that cabinet and there are noises in the cabinet that want to renegotiate, one assumes she will say no, i don't want to go this route and if you want to stay in the cabinet, you have to take on my negotiating strategy. it's possible she might go back on one or two tweaks on that very complicated backstop agreement intended to fend off a reintroduction of hard border or anything like it in northern ireland. it's possible but i think at this point it would be rather technical than wholesale revisiting. then she needs to get a tick in the box of the eu 27 which would happen soon at the end of the week, let

the conservative party shifts to the right as the sea as you did in the varia they lose heavily so i think that every tactician in these party knows that they have to keep on staying in the middle and you can see that there in you. a candidate for the party leadership who is by birth very right wing now tries to go into the middle i mean his he had a press conference on tuesday and he was very very. laid back when it came to conservatives and he was he really tried to angle for the green voters so you see i think that basically nothing really will change if he will only try to be a bit more conservative than not looking more conservative than if you asked me he seemed to be trying to angle for everybody certainly say that he thinks that the party needs to win back some of those who have drifted away that it needs a sharper profile he left a pretty open whether he would take the party to the right if in fact he does become party leader rowdy here. just take us if you would briefly through these three main candidates to take over from chancellor of our co as party leader and where they

party itself, so the divisions within the conservative party have overridden, i think, the interests of the country. the european union has already indicated that it's not in the market for reopening discussions around the withdrawal deal, so the reality is that despite all the political positioning going on in the conservative party, any tweaks could only happen if that changes. earlier, we spoke to anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist. what needs to happen now is theresa may needs to solidify that cabinet and there are noises in the cabinet that want to renegotiate, one assumes she will say no, i don't want to go this route and if you want to stay in the cabinet, you have to take on my negotiating strategy. it's possible she might go back on one or two tweaks on that very complicated backstop agreement intended to fend off a reintroduction of a hard border or anything like it in northern ireland. it's possible but i think at this point it would be rather technical rather than wholesale revisiting. then she needs to get the tick in the box from the eu 27 which would happen s

party there may soon be sufficient numbers to launch a leadership contest. will go in but i'm not tired from what we need is a leader who will say to the european union it is impossible to divide up the united kingdom it is impossible to agree to a situation where we have a perpetual customs union it is impossible to pay thirty nine billion pounds of taxpayers' money for a few promises. to resume a carries on and breaks it deal in theory at least moves to brussels next week for the approval of e.u. leaders its survival though and indeed hers are not assured jonah hill al-jazeera london almost forty years after the fall of. two if it surviving leaders will soon find out if they have been found guilty of genocide a united nations backed war crimes tribunal is due to hand down its judgment on new on the former head of states hugh sumpin prosecutors say they were the architects of the ideology that resulted in the deaths of almost a quarter of the population up to two million cambodians. bangladesh says its plans to begin repatriation of her hands are refugees o

the conservative party. theresa may, that is not heavy. she views that it was a close result in the referendum, she has to try and bring the country back together as a prime minister. so she has negotiated a deal which protects jobs, which protects the integrity of the uk, and that is what she is about. this is a battle for the soul, if you like, butjacob has his view. but how money people were flanking jacob rees—mogg? his press officer was deciding who was taking questions, i didn't see a swathe of people around him. so it is... isn't that wishful thinking? hasn't he just opened the gates? he may have, and i'm sure that his intention. but alan duncan was just saying that they can do that. she will fight and i think that she will win. i will support her, because she is bringing together a set of proposals that have... she said in the house of commons, they have the national interest at heart. jacob says it's not about to jacob, but pull the other one. no where are we in terms of the labour party? we are a

how is it that the conservative party, traditionally seen as conservative party, traditionally seen as the party of business... conservative party, traditionally seen as the party of businessmm still is. you are saying these guys don't know what they're talking about? it is also the party of respecting democracy. the business effect is not going to be that great. when you drill into the detail, and i put it to you that number 10 hasn't drilled sufficiently into the detail, to understand is a siren voices of cbi, of the iod, are dragging the ship of state onto the rocks. if we do not set sailfor a properfree state onto the rocks. if we do not set sail for a proper free future and get somebody who can articulate that, this country is in serious trouble. you have clearly signalled you don't think mrs may can do this. if she doesn't change her mind, who should do it? i would be happy for her to change her mind. who would you prefer? there are many that can articulate that. such as? any of the brexiteers that have been in cabinet and have... not those that are still in cabinet? they would r

boys of the conservative party, was seen going into downing street today via the back entrance. he clearly has a role in this and he will be taking —— keeping the prime minister informed about the view in the house of commons. if this gets signed off by the cabinet, he will play a significant role. rob, you have been talking to a lot of people around westminster, there is a deep sense of anger on the part of the eurosceptics in the conservative party? that is. firstly, this feels like a profound moment in british politics. firstly, we have the outline of the deal. this extraordinary deal. important also, since the referendum we have had a phoney war since 2016, theresa may has been very anxious to avoid a confrontation with her governing conservative party. in particular the brexiteers you mentioned. this is it, this is showdown time, she has reached what she considers is the best deal she can. now we see the best deal she can. now we see the fallout from that. this is what happens when you confront a divided party. lots of people are very unhappy indeed. you get the sense t

of party so is it's more like the party her own conservative block is split it there is a there is a tension within and and voters are defeat it defecting for the two poles that are clear on the subject. that's essentially the trend that's what's eating them up and that's why the the the next party leader will so important because they have to resolve that you reunited but also resolve that. and make a hammond told us that the greens are the winners in this -- in this whole equation i want to come back to that a little bit later -- we commit first of all tell me do you think we will see the city you i'm america's party. turned sharply to the right now that she's stepping down as party leader. i don't really think so because and now you can see. is that in all elections especially in the states the regional states they are won by those candidates left out in the middle of the road. and if it party is a is a conservative party shift to the right as this year's you did in the very a they lose heavily. so i think that every tactician in the a new and a candidate -- for of the at party le

, so the divisions within the conservative party have overridden, i think, the interests of the country. the european union has already indicated it is not in the market for reopening discussions around the withdrawal deal, so the reality is that despite all the political positioning going on in the conservative party, any adjustments could only happen if that changes. i'm joined by anne mcelvoy — senior editor at the economist what an incredible week and has been. let's draw a line from friday, where we now in terms of the brexit schedule? what needs to happen now is theresa may needs to solidify that cabinet and there are noises and a cabinet that want to renegotiate, one assumes she will say no, i don't want to go this route and if you want to stay in the cabinet, you have to take on my negotiating strategy. it's possible she might go back on one or two twea ks o n she might go back on one or two tweaks on that complicated backstop agreement intended to fend off a reintroduction of hard border or anything like it in northern ireland. it's possible but i think at this point there wi

she has a real risk of leadership challenge in the conservative party. however, neither of these things are going to assure she wins the vote in parliament. >> this looming possibility of a vote of no confidence and a possible leadership challenge. do you see that possibly gaining traction here? >> it's been interesting that the trickle of letters that have been going in, that is the required process hasn't really transformed into the flood people had been expecting when one of the leading brexit ears came out and made his statement outside parliament. that said i tuhink they will jut get over the line to insthur vote of no confidence happens. i think she'll be diminished by it but she'll survive. the one thing you have to say about eteresa may is it the incredible resilience she has shown in this position. >> we'll stay in touch with with you. >>> now across france major roadways could be shut down. that's because demonstrators have started protesting across the country. you see men officers, rather people on the streets. this has been happening as we c

the sad thing about this is it is all about the conservative party, not about the conservative party, not about the rest of the country, about the internal problems in relation to europe. this is some kind of a whistle to the brexiteers and remainers within her party. we have no idea... do you think this is progress? the solution apparently, for a progress? the solution apparently, fora time, progress? the solution apparently, for a time, not forever, the uk would stay in the customs union and that would somehow solve the irish problem. it would be northern ireland in the customs at union and not great britain and that is totally u na cce pta ble not great britain and that is totally unacceptable to dup. this is the carrot, you would be able to negotiate some sort of free trade agreement. the future economic partnership. ftp... and other acronym for us. none of this is new. we have known for a few days that theresa may was thinking about leaving the k in the customs union. the second thing is we do not know where it is all going. a final thing, ido where it is all going. a final thing

who agrees with simon hart that it looks like the conservative party are going mad?m is like the charge of the light brigade, they have lost all sense of direction. they haven't had a leader for a long time and they have had huge problems. the problem with this is the people in this country being shown with what brexit is about, as the health service, as a nurse, getting into the deep part of the flu pandemic that is going to hit britain in the next few months, we have a5,000 nurses... vacancies and european nurses are leading this country by the boatload. you will see country by the boatload. you will see brexit hit you. these are the same old arguments. 13% of foreign workers work on the nhs, that means 86% are british—born. in 2016, let me finish, in 2016, 2015, 86,000 british workers applied for grants to work in the national health service, do you know how much funding they got, absolutely zero. you are wrong, so. i'm going to pause, ladies and gents, well building up to half past ten when we are expecting the prime minister to address the commons. she will be

so it's more like the party her own conservative bloc is split there is a there is a tension within it and voters are defecting for the two poles that are clear on the subject that's essentially the trend that's what's eating them up and that's why the next party leader will so important as they have to resolve that reunited but also resolve that at orica hamman told us that the greens are the winners in this in this whole equation i want to come back to that a little bit later on rick about first of all tell me do you think we will see the city you are going ackles party turning sharply to the right now that she's stepping down as party leader i don't really think so because you know you can see that in all elections especially in the states the regional states they have won by those candidates in the middle of the road and if. the conservative party shifts to the right as the sea as you did varia they lose heavily so i think that every tactician in these party knows that they have to keep on staying in the middle and you can see that there are a new. candidate for the party leadershi

the conservative party shifts to the right as the c.s.u. did varia they lose heavily so i think that every take titian in these party knows but they have to keep on staying in the middle and you can see that the new. candidate for the party leadership who is by birth very right to being now tries to go into the middle i mean his he had a press conference on tuesday and he was very very. laid back when it came to conservatism he was he really tried to angle for the green voters so you see i think that basically nothing really will change if he will only tried to be a bit more conservative than not looking more conservative than if you asked me you seem to be trying to angle for everybody certainly to say that he thinks that the party needs to win back some of those who have drifted away that it needs a sharper profile he left a pretty open whether he would take the party to the right if in fact he does become party leader wrote here to just take us if you would briefly through these three main candidates to take over from chancellor merkel a

this used to be the conservative and unionist party. what we are witnessing, i believe, in the united kingdom today is the rise of english nationalism wrapped in the union jack. and actually what it's revealing is that many members of the conservative and unionist party, because they still travel under that name, have a cavalier disregard for the interests of the integrity of the united kingdom, and in their minds if the cost of a so-called clean brexit is the breakup of the united kingdom, then that to them is a price that they would pay and that is a very mainstream opinion now within the conservative party, both in parliament and certainly in its membership across the country. >> amanda, you've written a very good paper to accompany this panel about the constitutional implications within britain for this. douglas has referred to the irish reaction and lucinda has spoken about that. you have got talk included of a referendum for united ireland. it's certainly much more live talk of a second scottish referendum. i've heard in reference

s from her ruling conservative party went public with letters of no confidence that all make is call for the british prime minister to go over her controversial draft deal announced on thursday nevertheless the beleaguered premier insists that parliament should get behind the agreement. yes difficult and sometimes uncomfortable decisions have had to be made i understand fully that there is some who are unhappy with those compromises but this deal delivers what people voted for and it is in the national interest. and we can only secure it if we unite behind the agreement reached in cabinet yesterday while with the march twenty nine thousand bricks it deadline looming may is coming under increasing pressure to secure concessions from the e.u. but on thursday the prime minister suffered yet another difficult day in office after her latest divorce plans triggered a wave of resignations and also talk of a no confidence vote she also suffered a three hour grilling in parliament by end pace we can choose to leave with no deal we can risk no breaks it is all we can. i or we can choose to uni

so it's more like the party her own conservative bloc is split there is a there is a tension within it and voters are defecting for the two poles that are clear on the subject that's essentially the trend that's what's eating them up and that's why the next party leader will so important as they have to resolve that reunited but also resolve that and orica hamman told us that the greens are the winners in this in this whole equation i want to come back to that a little bit later on about first of all tell me do you think we will see the c.d.u. angle america's party turned sharply to the right now that she's stepping down as party leader i don't really think so because you know you can see that in all elections especially in the states the regional states they have won by those candidates in the middle of the road and if. the conservative party shifts to the right as the sea is you did varia they lose heavily so i think that every tactician in these party knows that they have to keep on staying in the middle and you can see that the new. candidate for the party leadership who is by birt