we also spoke to the dup sammy wilson. it is up spoke to the dup sammy wilson. it is up to the prime minister as to whether or not she brings a deal which meets the requirements which have been set out notjust by ourselves and this is important, these are promises which she made because she recognised that the integrity of the uk was important and she has made them time and again. in the house and to us privately and to the public. and it is not just an privately and to the public. and it is notjust an issue for us, there are many of our own backbenchers from scotland concerned about separate treatment for northern ireland and the impact that would have on scotland and the demand for independence there and also many roman backbenchers who do not want to be tied into some kind of customs arrangements for ever, but want to know that if we do have to have a transition period until we get things, properarrangements transition period until we get things, proper arrangements put in place to facilitate trade, that we have the ability to walk out of those and we are the

sammy wilson was saying this morning —— of a no—del scenario. sammy wilson was saying that there will not be a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. interestingly enough i managed to get my hands on a piece of work done by whitehall department which looked at two scenarios, one with the backstop kicking in, some goods and checks on goods coming in from northern ireland, and a second, no—del, with northern ireland products kissing parrots trying to get into eu markets. there would be costs of the backstop came in, but the cost of the no—del would be much, much greater. it would be ten times the magnitude, it could wipe 1.5 greater. it would be ten times the magnitude, it could wipe1.5 billion a year of the value of northern ireland exports, particularly in agrifood. business in northern ireland is clear that backstop even if was implemented would be a much better deal than having no—del at all. thank you very much for that, john campbell in belfast. sammy wilson from the dup said this morning, just to remind you,

sammy wilson of the dup. well, following the vote last night shadow chancellor john mcdonnell tweeted... if you watched peterjackson‘s world war i documentary they shall not grow old recently, you can‘t fail to have been moved by the vivid images of life in the trenches. it was remarkable, wasn‘t it? for one woman it was particulary emotional because she spotted her grandad in the film. this is the moment she recognised her grandfather as a young solider. i could only say one thing, i wouldn't have missed it. it was terrible at times, but i wouldn't have missed it. oh, yes, if i could have my time again i'd go through it all overagain, because i enjoyed the service life. i could only say that i have never been so excited in my life. this was like a boy going to the play, the first time. this morning jenny pateman told naga munchetty on bbc breakfast that she noticed him immediately. i knew it was him instantly, i have seen photos of him as a young man. my seen photos of him as a young man. my parents ha

i want to bring in sammy wilson, brexit spokesman for the dup. we will go back to theresa may if she appears. you have read the text? we have not read the text. i suspect cabinet ministers who are making this decision have not read the text either. we will not get through 500 pages of legal document in the time they have available. so all of us we re they have available. so all of us were commenting on this or making decisions on this, are relying on briefings which have been giving to the press or summaries given by the prime minister. does it surprise you that the authorities in gibraltar have read it but not you? nothing surprises me about this. one of the reasons why cabinet ministers and ourselves are deliberately being keptin ourselves are deliberately being kept in the dark —— in the dark is because the feminist could not afford for people to know the detail of the agreement because they will be horrified. we know what is in the headlines. —— because the prime minister could not afford for people. toxic remarks are hidden in the mi

wilson, the dup's brexit spokesman has argued, that would be a break—up of the union. high stakes for unionists. chris page, thank you. thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes as wildfires rage across northern california. the fires broke out on thursday and have already burned 20,000 acres of land as the fast—moving wildfire approaches several towns in the sierra foothills north of sacramento. several properties have already been destroyed in the town of paradise, which is home to around 26,000 people, officials say the fire is being driven by 35—mile—per hour winds. it is1:20pm. our top story this lunchtime... the prime minister lays wreaths to remember the first and last british soldiers to die in the first world war, marking the hundredth anniversary of the end of the conflict. vichai srivaddhanaprabha, what a rip! coming up... england's cricketers win away from home at lost within easy victory against sri lanka. —— oh, whata ripper! coming up on bbc news, we hear from jose mourinho ahead of this weekend's manchester derby, as the united

would you think make of sammy wilson claiming the government has broken its commitment well i think i saw that through the lobby against the government in spite of the fact that given one billion pounds to do exactly the opposite. classical that creates a clearly i'm going. to get at the moment it's probably staggered over a few years i think the u.p.a. should be realising that i would say one one piece of advice i would give us forget the history of three hundred years ago the deal while it's very imperfect and. worse than being in the customs in a lot worse than in the european union is better for them than it is for just about any other part of the united kingdom. but to our advantage in scotland don't want that advantage so i mean it puts us all back in the in the gutter if you like that got to i want to get your opinion of one thing while everyone else is talking about the end of the resume his political career david davis the former bracks it's actually what do you making of these deals or negotiations or maybe david davis would say preliminary talks. in washington we make of ou

would you think make of sammy wilson claiming the government has broken its commitment well i think i saw that through the lobby against the government in spite of the fact that given one billion pounds to do exactly the opposite. the classical the great say clearly i'm going. to get them over it's probably staggered over a few years i think the u.p.a. should be realising that i would say one one piece of advice i'll give us forget the history of three hundred years ago the deal while it's very imperfect and. a lot worse than being in the customs in a lot worse than in the european union is better for them than it is for just about any other part of the united kingdom. but to other advantage in scotland don't want that advantage so i mean it puts us all back in the in the gutter if you like that got us i want to get your opinion of one thing while everyone else is talking about the end of the resume his political career david davis the former bracks it's actually what do you making of these deals or negotiations or maybe david davis would say preliminary talks. in washington we make o

would you think make of sammy wilson claiming the government has broken its commitment well i think i saw that through the lobby against the government in spite of the fact that given one billion pounds to do exactly the opposite. the classical the great say clearly i'm going. to get them over it's probably staggered over a few years i think the u.p.a. should be realising that i would say one one piece of advice i would give us forget the history of three hundred years ago the deal while it's very imperfect and. worse than being in the lot worse than in the european union is better for them than it is for just about any other part of the united kingdom. but to advantage in scotland they don't want that advantage so i mean it puts us all back in the in the gutter if you like. i want to get your opinion of one thing while everyone else is talking about the end of the resume his political career david davis the former bracks it's actually what are you making of these deals or negotiations or maybe david davis would say preliminary talks. in washington we make of our other deals being don

would you think make of sammy wilson claiming the government has broken its commitment well i think i saw that when through the lobby against the government in spite of the fact that given one billion pounds to do exactly the opposite. classical that creates a clearly i'm going. to get at the moment it's probably staggered over a few years i think the u.p.a. should be realising that i would say one one piece of advice i'll give us forget the history of three hundred years ago the deal while it's very imperfect and. a lot worse than being in the lot worse than in the european union is better for them than it is for just about any other part of the united kingdom. but to our advantage in scotland don't want that advantage so i mean it puts us all back in the in the gutter if you like that got us i want to get your opinion of one thing while everyone else is talking about the end of the resume his political career david davis the former bracks it's actually what do you making of these deals or negotiations or maybe david davis would say preliminary talks. in washington we make of our oth

if sammy wilson accepts that he has to step aside from the red white and blue brexit. you know also that when you go back to what the prime minister has been saying on this, she has ruled out the customs union single market membership for northern ireland because she has ruled that either the whole of the united kingdom. and the wonderful thing she said that, she has also signed her name to a letter to michel barnier saying that she wouldn't allow the north of ireland to have a backstop, which means that it does remain in the customs union. but that is only if the deal is done, except? i understand that, but thatis done, except? i understand that, but that is the pledge that theresa may has made on several occasions, if she can get the better deal, she will allow the north of ireland to stay aligned with the single market. she is saying different things. i am pleased that in recent days the british government seems to be returning to the solemn promise to give to the eu, and that means we have a brexit which is not a disaster for our economy, which ensures we don't hav

perhaps what is worrying for the prime minister is a piece co—written by sammy wilson, dup's brexit spokesman, and a prominent eurosceptic tory mp, they have written they think the current plans from showing no border on the island of ireland will be a humiliation and they could not support it, this is afterjojohnson, they could not support it, this is afterjo johnson, transport minister, quit on friday, outlining profound concerns with the prime minister's brexit strategy. not a lot of time left to secure the deal and if theresa may comes forward with a deal, will she be able to get it through parliament? the odds are not stacking up in herfavour as things stand. thank you. three men have been arrested following a fatal crash in sheffield which involved a car that was being pursued by police. a one—year—old boy is among four people who were killed in the incident on friday night. a three—year—old girl was also taken to hospital with life—threatening injuries. the independent office for police conduct has opened an investigation. the former chief executive of the house—building co

sammy wilson is the dup's brexit spokesman in the commons, and joins us from westminster. thank you for being with us. are you someone thank you for being with us. are you someone who is really in that buccaneer in the area that chris was talking about, or do you think that i lying to yourselves closer to the eu after brexit for trade purposes is the simple way forward? eu after brexit for trade purposes is the simple way forward7m eu after brexit for trade purposes is the simple way forward? if you look at the situation in northern ireland, very little of our trade is with the eu, a seventh of our trade is that the eu, the rest is with gb or the rest of the world market. the growth areas are in the rest of the world market, which is where we are finding our exports, which are booming, are mostly going to know. that is why new opportunities are opening. ina that is why new opportunities are opening. in a deal which cuts you off from being able to fully exploit those markets is bad. of course don't forget, if the irish backstop comes in operation, we cannot even participate

but you can see the difficulty with sammy wilson, it may sound too many google like dancing on the head of a pin, something does not come into force, something does not come into force, something is ruled out, but virtually every syllable, every utterance of the prime minister's has been pored over by her potential allies as well of her critics —— as well as her predict at this crucial stage as the prospect of a deal becomes closer and the difficulty for her is that if you get something to the cabinet, she also has to think how to get it through parliament and if she will potentially lose ten dup allies, that would make that process far more difficult and may even, may even persuade her that perhaps it isn't worth pushing the kind of deal that she had in mind with brussels if there is no prospect of it going through. there may be some, if you like a reinterpretation and rethinking going on inside downing street before we have that cabinet meeting. 0k, thank you very much. iain watson. the new head of the parole board says the release rate for prisoners has fallen since the high cour

i have been speaking to sammy wilson about his objections to his text and what they are going to do in the days ahead at the house of commons. when it comes to the house of commons she's going to find that many people share that view because why would a prime minister wish to sell something to the house of commons which keeps us tied in the customs union, which keeps us tied to eu regulations, which doesn't allow us to break free of those except by the permission of a body outside of the united kingdom. and for that, we pay £39 billion, i think that people will be appalled at this. to use her own words, no deal is better than a bad deal and i would think the house of commons will give theirjudgment on it when it eventually comes too. this puts a parliamentary conservative party between a rock and a hard place. brexiteers don't like it and you'll do remainers. we also spoke to the conservative mp, grant shapps, who says he will be taking a very close look at the agreed document before coming to a final decision on whether to support the prime minister's deal or not. take a look at this

sammy wilson, one of the most passionate unionist supporters has said he would regard that as a break in the union altogether. arlene foster was also asked about the comments made by the irish prime minister in the irish parliament today, he acknowledged that some of the unionist community in northern ireland this was a worrying time and he understood they might feel vulnerable. he said he wanted to give words of reassurance and in his view the draft agreement upheld the good friday peace agreement and therefore protected the integral territorial rights of the uk. that means things can change unless the majority of people in northern ireland decide that it should. that does not appear to have comforted unionists. arlene foster was dismissive of his comments. she repeated her line that the irish government has been very aggressive in his brexit negotiations and this is made the whole prospect of a no more likely. a quick line to add, thatis more likely. a quick line to add, that is quite a vocal crowd here, who want to stop brexit if you had not guessed. that is the phrase they are cha

. >> sammy wilson. >> the calls make it clear northern ireland stays under eu single markets and will be economically separate from the rest of the united kingdom. article 7, 9, 12, show first of all even if the eu allows the uk to leave the single market northern ireland will stay under single market arrangements and any order done in the irish sea will be subject to the willingness of the eu to allow that to be avoided. can the prime minister tell us how she can give an assurance that northern ireland, not only constitutionally separate from the kingdom but economically separate, is this not a case of northern ireland being an object to enter into? >> it is not the case. throughout this discussion, throughout these negotiations the interest of northern ireland have been one of the key issues at the forefront of our minds because of the particular geographical circumstances of northern ireland. i say to the honorable gentlemen northern ireland will leave the single market with the whole of the united kingdom. there will be specific alignment which i recognize is uncomfortable. it wil

the dup's sammy wilson said it would be a breach of trust to hive off northern ireland from the rest of the uk. we want to trust the prime minister, because she has said so many times that that is the case. but you have to judge any promise by what is actually delivered in an agreement. from what we can see in the letter, which has been sent to arlene and nigel, it is quite clear that some of the promises that are made do not conform to some of the content of the letter that has been written. you can see there is suspicion still on the part of the dup who prop up theresa may's government, she relies on them for votes. remember the withdrawal agreement, any agreement reached with brussels will have to go through parliament and be approved. their votes will be crucial. they are clear they cannot countenance anything that would separate northern ireland, put a customs border effectively in the irish sea, but the government maintains it is not something they consider, their proposalfor this uk wide insurance policies should ensure that is not countenanced, but there is still a lot of deb

briefly, i spoke to the dup brexit spokesman sammy wilson earlier, he said on twitter as well the dup would not be voting for what he called this humiliation. i knew concerned to hear that from the dup? we have always been asking for comments on that, we have been trying to remove the politics and ideology, and ask the question of how the northern ireland consumer will be better off. come the 29th of march. we hope the common sense will prevail and people will see along with us that having no deal is not an option that we do need for northern ireland consumers and business that certainty that a deal will bring. thank you. let's speak to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. nicola sturgeon has been commenting on all of the events of the last 2a hours and keen to point out that the deal theresa may is talking about isn't in her opinion the only way forward. absolutely, there are potential difficulties brewing in terms of the scotland position in relation to northern ireland and in relation to northern ireland and in relation to northern ireland and in relation to fishing. the snp go