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 press conference andi says it's a sombre press conference and i think it was quite personal for her, and those moments she talks about every fibre of her being she says that she believes in the deal and said that the night before, heart and soul believes in it and it's the best thing for the country andi it's the best thing for the country and i think even people who don't agree with her, do believe that she believes is the best of the country. people would say that about cameron, they thought he was tried to politick induced death with aspects of relati

we expectjacob rees—mogg, of saint stephen's gate, where we expect jacob rees—mogg, prominent amongst the pro brexit members, to make an appearance soon. and he has submitted a letter of no confidence in theresa may to the 1922 committee, the backbench committee led by sirgraham committee, the backbench committee led by sir graham brady, and if it receives enough of those letters of no confidence, it will trigger a vote of no—confidence in the prime minister. downing street says this lunchtime theresa may will stay and fight any confidence vote. this day began with the resignation of a minister in the northern ireland office, but then just before nine o'clock it was this resignation by dominic raab, the brexit secretary, who said he could not in good conscience support the agreement hammered out with the eu, even though he was deeply involved in hammering out that agreement. it was his resignation that really started the day off in the worst possible way for theresa may. you can see a tweet from dominic raab saying he has resigned... and his resignation was followed by that of the w

it and starts going down dramatically, jacob rees mogg,17%, starts going down dramatically, jacob rees mogg, 17%, jeremy hunt one in ten voters think he will be all right and poor old michael gove got 8%. you said he could be prime minister! i do think that michael gove could be on the way to being theresa may's replacement when she decides to step down. shall we get that in writing? this is the same man who in august last year said that jacob rees mogg would be man who in august last year said thatjacob rees mogg would be prime minister. i was joking on that front! take us into the independent. the question we are wrestling now is will we have deal or no deal, tory mps warn hardliners they may abandon brexit. this is moderate conservatives and the approach they may take to avoid an ideal. yes, i think this goes back to what nigel was just saying, it is clear at the moment that it is theresa may's deal or no deal. but this idea that actually, the moderate conservatives would actually create tighter relationships, keep us closer to europe, or turn against brexit altogether if the purest

westminster. no—confidence and what jacob rees—mogg did, hasn't materialised. rees—mogg did, hasn't materialised. expertise and insight we had about what was going on in westminster. what was going on in westminster. concerned about with the bbc‘s political coverage. political coverage. audience about what the policies are. are. and on brexit, it matters more than ever. than ever. that is why we've taken a lot of steps. lot of steps. explaining what they are talking about? about? has been at the four, it's really hard. hard. otherwise the coverage makes no sense. no sense. the arguments over someone's career or who is in all who is out. or who is in all who is out. we are doing, we have landed on the right place. thank you. on the agenda on last sunday's andrew marr show. andrew marr show. their spiky exchange with shadow attorney general. attorney general. i can't understand why you want to leave the eu. why you want to leave the eu. i don't want to leave the eu. i'm a democrat. democrat. your manifesto says we're leaving the eu... leaving the eu... i'm a

rees—mogg, the dup. are the tent you need to look at, not jacob rees-mogg, the dup. of course a lot of the reasons why no letters were going in up to now was because they were going to wait i suspect until march 29, when brexit had been delivered, and then kill her as leader and bring in a new leader to take them on from there. and then hopefully win the next election with a new leader. but of course people are getting angry now over this deal and that is why the letters are going in. it is difficult to know how many letters are in. if they get the 48 she will either win and be stronger or she will be toppled. that is the point, isn't it, who would want the prime minister's job isn't it, who would want the prime minister'sjob at this isn't it, who would want the prime minister's job at this point? there area minister's job at this point? there are a lot of people who, you know, when the water is sought or less chow. when the water is sought or less choppy, who would absolutely want to lead the party, lead the country, this is a very difficult point in history. that i

|j lot of people around jacob rees—mogg, borisjohnson lot of people around jacob rees—mogg, boris johnson for example, actually want a no—deal brexit. that is secretly what they are trying to orchestrate. in my view, that would be very damaging. their thinking is bubbly that if they can block this proposed deal, then, march next year, we would be at by default with no deal at all. they must also allow for the fact that if this emerges, then maybe a counter reaction will occur politically, creating a different sort of clash and mass. how would you do that? how do you have an alternative to that? the only way pollard can seize control is to back the prime minister and vote for her deal. —— the parliament can seize control. that is why every single memberof control. that is why every single member of parliament house to think strategically and apply it judgment and conscience to this, i think, the greatest historical decision that in 26 years of the parliament, i have seen as having to address. if there isa seen as having to address. if there is a leadership, edition, do you think ther

the daily telegraph with a quote from jacob rees—mogg. the daily telegraph with a quote from jacob rees-mogg. on one level he would say that, a brexiteer, a bit of a clown, really a group of people becoming an embarrassment here and abroad. we did look at the simple fact that the uk living the eu will have an economic impact is clear. the deal that theresa may is presenting will give you better figures than no deal. you have to get through the blast. the big problem here is that brexit is not party political but personal. the bank of england is saying that there will be an impact and this is our worst case scenario. will be an impact and this is our worst case scenario. banks took a grubbing after not predicting the global financial crisis. forecasting is fiendishly difficult. the governor of the bank of england is a saying there will be an impact. the banks need to prepare for worse case scenario and need it tested. it is not hugely shocking. but to say that the many in the uk who voted for brexit, jacob rees—mogg's voice is important.

jacob rees—mogg hasjoined us. what is your message to cabinet ministers going to be the document this evening, the draft text? what would you be looking for? if what we have heard is true, this fails to meet the conservative party's manifesto and many of the commitments the prime minister makes. it would keep us prime minister makes. it would keep us in the customs union and de facto in the single market. it is a failure of the government negotiating position, a failure to deliver an brexit and attention the divining the uk. it is hard to see any reason why the cabinet should support northern ireland the ruling —— are being ruled from dublin. support northern ireland the ruling -- are being ruled from dublin. the feel that cabinet ministers should tell her and walk away? they should feel they do not agree if the text that has been leaked is correct. the text on the future of the uk is given to the irish tv station first and not to the british broadcasting corporation. that seems rather the kiryu, we don't even

now jacob rees mogg has moved to force theresa may from office through a no-confidence vote. first, here is the prime minister's defending that deal in parliament. prime minister may: delivering brexit involves difficult choices for all of us. we do not agree at all of those choices by respect their views and i would like to thank them sincerely for all they have done. we had a binary choice between the model of norway or the model of canada, that we could not have a bespoke deal. the outline political declaration set out an arrangement that is better for a country that both of these,a more ambitious, free trade agreement than the e.u. has with any other country. >> let's give the latest from barber in london and max hofmann in brussels. barbara, let's start with you. does it look like mrs. may is going to get this deal to parliament? barbara: it seems that theresa may has really set off civil war in her own party. that is the first thing that is happening and that is what we are seeing today here in london, because the brexiteers are in full battle mode against theresa may.

it was jacob rees—mogg who compared himself to captain mannering because he said in his very curious press conference we had today which is a full line—up of brexiteers making their case against theresa may's package and someone said is this a bumbling dad's army style, he said i've always admired captain mannering, their apb comment from the remainder and she said it's more of eight —— war began to private pike. what this all really gets to is the fact of these eurosceptics have wanting to get —— having wanted to get rid of theresa may and they were in a position where they were against her policy and not the person. ever since she came back with the deal last week they said actually the person now needs to go, but they've actually failed in their attempt and there's been a big split amongst this european research group which is one of the pockets of hard—line brexiteers, some of them want her to 90, brexiteers, some of them want her to go, some don't want her to go and the fact is they got go, some don't want her to go and the fact is they - got the 48 the fact is they

telegraph, the most important was jacob rees mogg's words. held in co nte m pt jacob rees mogg's words. held in contempt over a summary of legal advice. this is what the speaker of the house has told ministers specifically, about the legal advice that they receive. there was a binding vote that said the government should have to publish the full legal advice. that i want to, they want to publish a summary. he is saying that if they don‘t go ahead and publish the full legal advice, which is very weighty and wordy, they could be in contempt of parliament, which is something that has not been used to expel an mp in parliament since 19117. also, it is not quite clear who exactly would be in contempt. there is some suggestion here that it will be david liddington, he represented the government over this, it could be the attorney general. it seems to me it isa the attorney general. it seems to me it is a big stick that he is waiting, not completely clear that he will actually do it. it is an unlikely scenario. at the risk of sounding a little bit

jacob rees—mogg theatrically saying, i put in my letter, and calling for a vote of no—confidence. do you think it will come? possibly. i don't enter into the game of predictions but what i would say is that the european research group, a group of conservative mps who are passionate brexiteers is split between those who want a vote of no—confidence and who don't. i spoke to a group of mps who are relu cta nt to spoke to a group of mps who are reluctant to sugar that because they think it could bring in a jeremy corbyn read, frustrate the process oi’ corbyn read, frustrate the process or jeopardise corbyn read, frustrate the process orjeopardise brexit completely. i don't want to predict. i think theresa may is the greatest risk of a no—confidence vote that she has faced. if there is a no—confidence vote, there would like there are enough conservative mps who would approach to get rid of her, i don't think there is. and on that point, he would be the new leader? there is no one attached to that. if there is a change in leader, that doesn't mean it change in parliamentary ari

with a vote of no—confidence and what jacob rees—mogg did, hasn't materialised. we reported it as best we could with the knowledge we had and the expertise and insight we had about what was going on in westminster. this is an issue viewers are concerned about with the bbc‘s political coverage. they feel bbc news gets excited to the personalities and to speculate about personalities instead of concentrating on informing the audience about what the policies are. and on brexit, it matters more than ever. that is why we've taken a lot of steps. we asked ourselves that question every day in terms of before we hear the argument of the row that may be going on, are we explaining what they are talking about? the last couple of weeks that has been at the four, it's really hard. otherwise the coverage makes no sense. occasionally, we are covering what is going on in westminster and it might be around the arguments over someone‘s career or who is in all who is out. we may get dragged in that direction but we argue that if we look at everything we are doing, we have land

you are looking at jacob rees-mogg, speaking right now. ishas been saying, he getting some insight into if they will have a letter about theresa may. it seems like -- he says there is more support this time. david: john made an interesting observation, speculated that it may not be the case that jacob rees-mogg would go forward publicly with this claim unless he thought there was enough support to bring it about. alix: he said a number of vote of confidence letters is growing. what will happen if they wind up succeeding, who will run the government? david: no one seems to be stepping forward. it's not a surprise at all that he would take this position. what is surprising is going publicly to actually claim the leadership should change. that may indicate that she is in a good deal of trouble. 12 hours ago, he said he had not called for a confidence vote in theresa may. a very aggressive reaction to the steel that was apparently approved. david: let's listen in a little bit to jacob rees-mogg. >> this is not brexit, a failure of policy. this

that is not how jacob rees—mogg sees it. let's ta ke not how jacob rees—mogg sees it. let's take another look inside a room to see how full it is, because i think it has filled up pretty comprehensively, and we are waiting for the prime minister to arrive. if you have just joined us for the prime minister to arrive. if you havejustjoined us in the uk and around the world, we are expecting a statement by the british prime minister, theresa may, on the latest difficulties and challenges, if you like, in this brexit process. the prime minister appeared in the house of commons earlier today, a nswered house of commons earlier today, answered questions for three hours on the detail of the draft withdrawal agreement that she has put before mps, it is very controversial, lots of their own side are deeply opposed to it, and the prime minister was appealing earlier today for people to read it in detailand to earlier today for people to read it in detail and to consider that, in her view, it is the best deal that can be achieved right now with the european union, a point underli

having jacob rees—mogg really as captain mannering, i'm not sure whether he will please with that. it was jacob rees—mogg who compared himself to captain mannering because he said in his very curious press conference we had today which is a full line—up of brexiteers making their case against theresa may's package and someone said is this a bumbling dad's army style, he said i've always admired captain mannering, their apb comment from the remainder and she said it's more of eight —— war began to private pike. what this all really gets to is the fact of these eurosceptics have wanting to get —— having wanted to get rid of theresa may and they were in a position where they were against her policy and not the person. ever since she came back with the deal last week they said actually the person now needs to go, but they've actually failed in their attempt and there's been a big split amongst

rees—mogg kylie provided that moment when he said give me a reason not to put a letter in basically and then he's never man who likes the limelight as we know and he decided it wasn't enough just to do the letter get to do a press conference outside the house of commons to tell everyone you put a n, heaven forbid you thought he was trying to be a leader that snye what he was trying to do, but then she comes does a press conference and it seems like she kind of emerged unscathed because. it's like she forgot what happened to her. unscathed because. it's like she forgot what happened to henm wasn't enough to have her eggs —— a contest some have not resigned so has she got away with it maybe. 48 letters, there's no time limit on how long it can take for all of those letters to come in, how safe you think she is? i don't know, some of the papers were writing a few weeks ago that 46 letters are in and how they know that who knows because the chairman backbench committee who keeps it locked in the state never tells anyone how many he's got so clearly they'd had no where near 46 becaus

all my conservative collea g u es jacob rees-mogg? all my conservative colleagues i sent christmas cards too. it is not as daniel christmas card. it is a christmas card design blade a child in my constituency. i much of the bbc will allow me to mention the maidenhead advertiser. we rana mention the maidenhead advertiser. we ran a condition in the local paper and there were three winners. so the christmas card will be designed by local child. with nigel‘s question, what advice did you give david cameron when you set around the cabinet table when he called a referendum?” around the cabinet table when he called a referendum? i thought that there were some key issues in the referendum. i thought immigration and ending — ending free movement was one of the issues about which people were very concerned. but i also spoke about — when david was to make you rather, it was doing his negotiation, brighter the referendum, raise the importance of security and some of the cooperation we have with europe on matters to do with terrorism and c

jacob rees—mogg? yes, ithink have enormous respect... jacob rees—mogg? yes, i think he's making a fool of himself. i think he's probably struggling to get the 48 but there is no way the conservative backbenchers will support him in any large numbers. if he does get his 48, he will be defeated and theresa may will be considerably strengthened. which would be good for her. i do not think we should ditch theresa may at the moment. i think the deal seems a little —— the deal is in need of a tweak. a lot more people were reacting like jacob rees—mogg before the details were out. he specified when he stood up in parliament specific areas he was unhappy with. i don't know them in detail but that is a more progressive conversation than saying just throw it out, it is a bad deal. it isn't. theresa may said she is not totally happy with it. she simply says having struggled, that's the best she can get. i don't think anyone is satisfied but it is the best we can get. the daily mail calls those who are writing the mps who try and get the no—confidence vote,

part of it could be written by jacob rees—mogg rees—mogg. part of it could be written byjacob rees—mogg which if it is going to be acceptable to the nicky morgans of this world, these theresa may has two wins across labour as well. time is ticking very fast though this is not a huge surprise that a huge amount of work is being done. we are wrapping it up because he won a special summit on this and the last few days have prolonged an announcement so anything... worth pointing out that why would eu agri— do something that feels so unique when they are saying these are the options, pick one, you cannot have this special deal that he'd been trying to argue we deserve. what is your gut feeling? abbey close to a deal? no. that is my gut feeling. well, there is a chance that you pull something magic out of her hand. we've got to playing the magician. there is hope, something is happening. playing the magician. there is hope, something is happeninglj playing the magician. there is hope, something is happening. i think there is a scenario that wo

it's not going to be jacob rees—mogg, for example? it will not be him, i admire him enormously and we work closely together but however popular he is, there's no getting away from it he does not have experience in government. did he fire a shot too early? would he be better off making the press conference outside...? sincejuly the press conference outside...? since july we've been the press conference outside...? sincejuly we've been warning the prime minister, i've had a number of these media brands giving everyone and we conceivably could, that the policy was intolerable and we have waited months but we have reached a fork in the road where it is clear the prime minister is inseparable from policy. we object to the policy. it is not about her but it does boil down to having a confidence vote in the prime minister because we cannot tolerate the policy. the alternative is to go forward a few more weeks and voted down in the commons. i've got to let you go, but borisjohnson? he is a talented and charismatic man, david davis is a good l

you have it at cooper, jacob rees mogg, joejohnson, fence. you have it at cooper, jacob rees mogg, joe johnson, who resigned, virtually every side of the debate are people saying we don't like this, apart from one person, which is nicky morgan, the only person who gave a thumbs up for this. she is a remainer. she is a remainer as well. you now have the former sports minister, tracey crouch, who resigned, has become the 95th tory mp who has gone public to say they will vote down this deal. it might be quicker for tory mps who are going to act her deal... the 27th letter today has come up, which brings her closer, those are the ones that are public. we will never know how many letters sir graham brady has, but this is another mp who has felt the need to come out and say i think it is time for her to go. some of those letters were put ina to go. some of those letters were put in a long time ago and could have been rescinded, we don't know, only sirgraham have been rescinded, we don't know, only sir graham knows what is in that autumn draw. —�

and, piling on the pressure, the leading brexit supporter, jacob rees—mogg, who's written a letter of no—confidence in the prime minister. what we have voted for should be implemented, and the prime minister is not doing that, and that is why i have no confidence. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking another in—depth look at tomorrow's papers, with our reviewers owen bennett, who's head of politics at city am, and david wooding, the political editor of the sun on sunday. stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. after a day of brexit turbulence for the government, when the prime minister set out to answer her many critics inside the conservative party, she insisted she was determined to carry on, promoting her widely—criticised plan to take britain out of the european union. two cabinet ministers are among those who've resigned from the government today. it all started at nine this morning when dominic raab became the second brexit secretary to leave the job, saying there were fatal flaws in mrs may's plans. his departure was followed by the work and pensions secre

there is an element of pride that she will not be pushed aside by the likes of jacob rees—mogg. somehow i think the view of more sympathetic cabinet ministers is they must convince you that despite all of that, there has got to be some movement, otherwise she is heading into a parliamentary brick wall. fascinating days ahead and fascinating few days we just had. thank you for your thoughts, norman smith. baroness chakra barti is labour's shadow attorney general. she says labour has no confidence in the agreement the prime minister wants to bring before parliament. that is in a meaningful vote. it throws business and jobs into a high level of uncertainty and we need co—operation over various agencies, and security. there are warm words and a political declaration but nothing to give us confidence we will have that close working relationship with europe in future. we need something that works for the whole uk that does not jeopardise the union in the way that the dup are very upset about clearly in relation to separate arrangements in northern ireland. we need access to the sing

and piling on the pressure — the leading brexit supporter jacob rees—mogg, who's written a letter of no confidence in the prime minister. what we have voted for should be implemented and the prime minister is not doing that and that is why i have no confidence. and we'll be in newcastle, asking voters for their perspective on the brexit story so far. we'll have all the latest developments and reaction on a turbulent day here at westminster. also tonight... in california, officials say the town destroyed by wildfire will need a total rebuild that will take several years. and wayne rooney at wembley for his final england appearance. and in sport on bbc news... the second test between england and sri lanka is finally poor eased. —— finely poised. good evening from downing street, after a day of brexit turbulence for the government, when the prime minister set out to answer her many critics inside the conservative party. she insisted she was determined to carry on, promoting her widely—criticised plan to take britain out of the european union. two cabinet ministers are among those

i was lucky to go to jacob rees—mogg press conference where he was telling us is basically why the european backbenchers hate this deal along with dominic raab and putting forward their problems. but we have yet to get solutions and i think what dominic raab is saying here, he talks of dark forces in brussels but it seems to be this idea that if you walk away, then brussels will have to reconsider because they will start to get nerdy about an ordeal, and i think there was scepticism in number ten that that would actually work. prashant, the sunday telegraph, let's have a look at that front page. they are saying that the plot to oust the prime minister is nearing tipping point. we have been hearing that phrase for quite a long time, but it never quite seems to get to it. they need the 48 letters. a rather fetching picture of michael gove in his shorts outside his front door. but do you think they are going to get the 48 letters to trigger a vote of no—confidence? get the 48 letters to trigger a vote of no-confidence? i think katie would know this better than i would. it feels like theresa

those comments are from jacob rees—mogg, the leader of the tory brexiteer fashion, if you will. he has omitted a vote of no—confidence. do we know how close we are to the necessary number to trigger a vote? we don't. they could oppose their chest. and i would do the same thing. when you watcher of parliament, where she was basically pilloried, for about three hours, at some stage you could say, i have had it, goodbye. she didn't. but he was very — he's a very good orator. his authorial skills are fantastic in terms of saying that with the letter. but how on earth will he get the numbers in — in— in— in— in parliament? business needs to go on. is needs to go on and make plans. if we lose, which we will, the passporting rights will mean that the ability to clear your to nominated transactions. it will be pretty tough. it is fascinating at the moment and politics, isn't it? an extra ordinary period of time we realise what is going on. she referenced her quickening idle, then eschede offscreen. the viewers watching, it must look like a parody. absolutely. and geoffrey bo

however, jacob rees—mogg, the tory euro—sceptic, has labelled the warning project hysteria. meanwhile, the independent says labour's shadow chancellor john mcdonnell gave the strongest signal yet that labour would swing behind a people's vote saying if uk prime minister theresa may's plans are now blocked by the commons as expected, a fresh referendum now looks inevitable. "dont putin's lies' is the response "dont believe putin's lies' is the response from ukrainian president petro poroshenko who has urged nato to send ships to the sea of azov following a naval confrontation with russia off crimea. he told germany's bild newspaper he hoped the ships could be relocated to assist ukraine and provide security. 0n the front of the arab news, us secretary of state mike pompeosaid saudi arabia is a powerful force for stability in the middle east and warned against any attempts to harm us relations with the kingdom. and finally, on the vox news website, a passenger who was flying from singapore to japan on the budget airline scoot asked for a cup of water while his flight was delay

up until now, various mps said they had or had put in these letters, but yesterday jacob rees—mogg, a leading brexiteer, he said that up until now he is very much felt it is not about the person, it is about the polity, and he's hoping to persuade theresa may to change her policy, but last night he said he was beginning to think that if she didn't change it, those two things become very much intertwined, they are indivisible in the end, the policy and the person is the same thing, and he would have to think about whether he went forward to trying to trigger that contest. if he were to say that, then i think that grouping of mps in parliament would potentially have the numbers to do that. it's not there yet, but certainly there are mutterings, and i think that would partly because, having urged cabinet members, eurosceptic cabinet members in there, to walk away from the steel rather than back it, they might feel that that isn't happening and so they have to take things into their own hands. the rumour mill seems quite rife. i notice that theresa may has now become the fifth shortest pr

alike this analysis of theresa may, there is a picture of jacob rees mogg and compares him and his colleagues to a group of pirates staging a mutiny but failing to deliver the fatal blow. that only seems to have been the case. you wonder what is happening behind the scenes. they came out in full force and he delivered his letter to the committee who oversees the leadership of the tory party with great flourish but he has not had the backing of others he expected. it is all somewhat underwhelming. there was a lot of thought that this would become something much bigger but, no, the support is not there right now. and i think people are concerned. if they got rid of theresa may what would happen? who would come in next? and could they do any better? she argues not. now city am, their headline apple at the core of the global tech rout. markets have been falling substantially over the last few days. wall street, as far as the gains made so far this year, they have all been wiped out. that happened yesterday. the dowjones lost 500 points overnight, 400 the day before. there are many causes of conce

jacob rees—mogg said today should be a moment of excitement for the leave campaign. i have to say that coming here from the us it feels like anything but. it feels like a country caught up in chaos, in depression. we heard it there. voters are fed up with the whole process. and that is because number ten have negotiated such an appalling agreement. i have read the whole agreement. i have read the whole agreement and unbelievably it is worse than staying in the eu. we would be constraining the whole of our country in a straitjacket for decades to come because we have agreed to pay billions and billions of pounds to someone. they control the audience and we have to do exactly what they say. would they let us out of the straitjacket? they wouldn't. it is a disgrace. jacob is right. we should be really excited about this. right, 0k. thank you forjoining us and giving us your thoughts. at the heart of today's turmoil is the draft withdrawal agreement that was published last night. that agreement is about how the uk leaves the eu — not about any permanent future relation

leading eurosceptic mp, jacob rees—mogg, submitted a letter of no—confidence in theresa may's leadership saying her draft brexit deal ‘had turned out to be worse than expected'. theresa may then held a press conference, where she said she would see brexit through. she said "leadership is about making the right decisions, not taking the easy decisions", adding her brexit deal would deliver on what people voted for. our political editor laura kuenssberg now reports on today's turmoil at westminster. on 0 n exa ctly on exactly the spot where theresa may took on the job of prime minister... the march of the brexiteer is trying to walk her to the exit. and this is it, trying to force theresa may from office which could be the beginning of the end. what we need as a leader who will say to the european union that it is impossible to divide up the united kingdom. it is impossible to agree toa kingdom. it is impossible to agree to a situation where we have a perpetual customs union. it is impossible to pay £39 billion of taxpayers money for a few promises. what do you say to some of our viewer

i want to get your thoughts on the leadership challenge, let's listen to jacob rees—mogg who has put a letter forward to the 1922 committee, this is what he said outside the house of commons. what we need isa the house of commons. what we need is a leader who will say to the european union, it is impossible to divide the united kingdom, it is impossible to agree to a situation where we have a perpetual customs union, it is impossible to pay £39 billion of taxpayers' money for a few promises which is meant to be 39 billion for and implementation of a deal, and it is impossible for us to allow the continuing jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. the problem is that the negotiations have given away on all the key points. jacob rees-mogg says the problem is that it has given away, as he was saying before, the money and all the leverage at the outset, any withdrawal agreement. the problem that the brexiteer never a nswer problem that the brexiteer never answer is this — just as the prime minister khan split northern ireland from the union, so an irish taoiseach could never put

rees—mogg comparing it to the way blair would try to sell it, it is a pretty sophisticated roll—out of here's our plan and why you should back it. the prime minister makes a speech, they talk about having the prime minister japan supported in a tweet which seems a bit of target! got all of this would build up to a vote in parliament and the final pictures, put your individual feelings aside, back the country at this crucial historic moment and support the plan. this could well be the way they would like to sell the plan and try and get a vote before christmas, but who knows? the brexit store is all over the map today. some people say a deal has been done, some people say it will never be done. before the seller deal, they have got to make a deal, and how far down the road you think they are? nobody can say for sure. theresa may isn't impossible position. she is fighting a war on three fronts. she's trying to strike a deal with brussels, trying to strike a deal with those who want to sell her deal. we have seen this very story, the three fronts, there seems to be peace none of those

no confidence, after leading eurosceptic jacob rees mogg announced he had. leading brexiteer and environment secretary michael gove said he will not resign. late this afternoon stephen berkley and amber rudd joined the cabinet as brexit and work and pensions secretary. we have been discussing where this last week has left the prime minister and the brexit process. the strain of brexit is beginning to tear apart the fabric of westminster. the governing party does not want its leader to be prime minister but does not have any idea about anyone that can do a better job. a significant minority of the governing party do not like the deal and want to tear it down, and the labour party see they are going to fall against it. it is an historic week. jim callaghan for example managed to negotiate a bailout from the imf and spending cuts with no minister resigning, we are now in a porous state of politics. by the end of this process nearly every tory mp could be... like the labour front bench. given that suit berkley has been moved up... people are googling. his face i

rees—mogg. he has always been on that side. so ina way he has always been on that side. so in a way these comments are no surprise but they are unhealthy for what theresa may is trying to do at the moment. in the city of london, what we been through the last couple of weeks, what's the feeling with regards to that decision in december? i think it's interesting when we look at yesterday that sterling didn't move tall. we would have expected some move with the deal agreed in europe over the weekend and there wasn't much movement. it went up a little over the course of the day. i think it shows this deal has a long way to go. all right, sophie, thank you so much. let's stay with the president. us president donald trump says he is likely to go ahead with an increase on tariffs currently imposed on chinese goods at the start of 2019. let's go to our asia business hub, where rico hizon has been following the story. lovely to see you,. sally! this is what the wall streetjournal is reporting about what

rees—mogg, boris johnson, irreconcilable —— irreconcilables, jacob rees—mogg, borisjohnson, he says we should just about despite a no deal. which would be very damaging. how trapped is she, theresa may? is the fact that the brexit has split into two helpful for her? well she has a plan and she can stick with it, it seems even her cabinet, people who stayed there, michael gove and penny mordant comedy seem to be treating her plan, it is the plan that she cannot speak its name. they are meant to be infusing the nation about this! the dup, you can discount ten votes from them. labourare allover dup, you can discount ten votes from them. labour are all over the dup, you can discount ten votes from them. labourare all overthe place and what they want to do. who will vote for it? there weren‘t many people standing up to speed for the other day. not to start off with. she was on her feet for three hours yesterday and towards the end of that time there were more and more conservatives, people like stephen berkley that you‘d never really heard of. the quiet mainstream majority of the con

the prominent brexiteer, jacob rees—mogg has already urged ministers to reject a deal. if what we have heard is true this fails to meet the conservative party ma nifesto fails to meet the conservative party manifesto and fails to meet many commitments the prime minister made. if goalkeepers in the customs union and de facto the single market. this is the vassal state, a failure of the government negotiating position and afailure the government negotiating position and a failure to deliver on brexit and a failure to deliver on brexit and potentially dividing up the european union. the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer said labour would not back a deal which did not meet the party's tests. given the shambolic nature of negotiations this is not likely to be at good deal for the country. we've made it clear on a number of occasions if it does not meet our tests we will not be voting for it. do stay with us — we'll be bringing you all the latest on tonight's developments on that agreed brexit text and the political reaction to it. in a moment it will be time for spo

rees—mogg, that fanfare from jacob rees—mogg, that there haven‘t been these letters going in order get them over the line. all i can tell you at the moment is that iain duncan smith, a leading brexiteer, former party leader, and owen paterson, former northern ireland secretary, and david tribble have gone into number ten to see the prime minister, they hope, in order to speak to her about what they think the solution would be as an alternative to this thorny problem of the irish backstop, trying to stop the need for border checks between northern ireland and ireland in the event of note trade deal, no suitable trade deal being ready, so they have gone in their armed with some documents, bringing along with them some technical experts who they say can explain what an alternative might be. now, the question is if she doesn‘t accept that... and it may well be something they have talked about before, but if she doesn‘t, what do they decide to do? teamed doug smith, asa they decide to do? teamed doug smith, as a former leader himself, will be part of him slightly synthetic to the prime

last week, quite a few conservative mps, including jacob rees—mogg, or sounding rather confident they would cross the threshold of 48 names in order to press for the vote of no—confidence. but so far, no word of that number from the man in charge of the actual mechanism. that is so graham brady of the 1922 committee. they have not reached that number yet. let's talk to somebody who knows the system inside out. joining us from westminster is the former conservative chief whip, andrew mitchell. thank you for coming in. good afternoon. are you surprised the magic 48 has not been reached? no one knows what the number is. sir graham brady is a model of discretion that he would not tell anyone. nobody knows. if you are asking me if there is deep turbulence in the conservative party, deep turbulence in british politics of this european deal, it would be facile of me not to say there is. would you expect the 48 to be reached? i have absolutely no idea. graham brady will keep that very close to his chest. but what i will say is this. every member of parliament now needs to read this deal and

with a vote of no—confidence and what jacob rees—mogg did, hasn't materialised. we reported it as best we could with the knowledge we had and the expertise and insight we had about what was going on in westminster. this is an issue viewers are concerned about with the bbc‘s political coverage. they feel bbc news gets excited to the personalities and to speculate about personalities instead of concentrating on informing the audience about what the policies are. and on brexit, it matters more than ever. that is why we've taken a lot of steps. we asked ourselves that question every day in terms of before we hear the argument of the row that may be going on, and on brexit, it matters more than ever. that is why we've taken a lot of steps. we asked ourselves that question every day in terms of before we hear the argument of the row that may be going on, are we explaining what they are talking about? the last couple of weeks that has been at the four, it's really hard. otherwise the coverage makes no sense. occasionally, we are covering what is going on in westminste

rees—mogg. .. and they have said jacob rees—mogg... is on the doorstep... not the moggy. i liked that the policeman immediately went back into position, as if this is hisjob! my dog loves me unconditionally and ex presses dog loves me unconditionally and expresses its... my cats never expressed any kind of emotion, and i kind of like the cats! i have two. the independent quality. in our howl the cat feels —— i know how that cat fields. —— feels. whether it has been cloudy and wait for you, on this tuesday, or whether you have been lucky enough to have sunny spells, you could not escape the wind. sleet into the hills, a moment of blue sky in cornwall again, that brisk and chilly wind, stays with most of us overnight, further showers, outbreaks of rain, sleet and hill snow, wettest through parts of north—west england, the pennines, into eastern scotland. clear spells, some spots close to freezing for a touch of frost, most of us three to 5 degrees, mist or fog patches possible as well. into tomorrow, bulk of the cloudy wet weat

i mean, we had this rather portentous statement from jacob rees—mogg, when he declaimed in the house of commons that this is a prime minister who says one thing and does another. should i write my letter saying i have no confidence? but that gets to it — not just him, but for example the democratic unionists, think they were sold a lie. politically, i think essentially what has been done is inherently deceitful, that if you like a secret or not—so—secret negotiating strategy has obviously been run for at least a year, and people in number ten downing street who said that some of the things which are crucial elements of the deal would never, ever be anywhere near the deal are now saying they're in the deal, but there's only a small percentage chance of it ever happening, so talking primarily about the backstop. so the politicians, david davis and dominic raab, were not running the negotiations. the negotiations were run — and if this has been the case, which it is, i would rather she was more honest and straightforward about it. if she said, look, on one hand, here are the bre

we had a rather portend this statement from jacob rees—mogg when he declared in the house of commons that this is a prime minister who says one thing and does another. but that gets to it, notjust him but for example the democratic unionists think they were sold all i —— sold a lie. politically i think essentially what has been done is inherently deceitful, that if you like a secret or not so secret negotiating strategy has been run for at least a year and people in strategy has been run for at least a yearand people in numberten downing street who said some of the things which are crucial elements of the deal would never, ever be anywhere near the deal are now saying they are in the deal but there is only a small percentage chance of it ever happening... talking about the backstop. the politicians, david davis and dominic raab, were not running the negotiations. the negotiations were run, and if this is the case and it isi run, and if this is the case and it is i would rather she was more straightforward about it, if she said on one hand here and the brexiteers who i think ahmad

one of the other interesting things is that moves by jacob rees—mogg, that impromptu press c0 nfe re nce , jacob rees—mogg, that impromptu press conference, has provoked a backlash, who are beginning to get their act together. until now they have pretty much said nothing, just left it to the brexiteers to make the running. i was struck by the number of former remainders and moderates basically saying bright, battle now on. what theresa may needsis battle now on. what theresa may needs is for friends, battle now on. what theresa may needs is forfriends, for allies on the backbenches. she can‘tjust rely ona the backbenches. she can‘tjust rely on a few luba loyalists in the cabinet. james brokenshire, we heard again this morning, we can have a listen to him again, just saying mrs maher is determined to carry on. she is staying, getting on with the job. she will follow thisjob through as prime minister. that is what we need to do to support her. and, yes, i believe that she has the confidence of my party in taking that forward on doing that job and why we need to be focused on the

one of the leaders of the brexit campaign, jacob rees—mogg, told me that project fear had got even worse and was now turning into project hysteria. in fact, he launched a pretty personal attack on the bank of england governor, mark carney, as well, saying that he is a second—rate canadian failed politician. i wouldn't expect this would suddenly turn the numbers in theresa may's favour. she's also worried that, on the other hand, those that want a closer relationship with the european union than the one she's proposing, are going to say, "well, actually, according to some of these analyses, if you stay in the european union the economy will be better off." nick eardley for us there. two people died in sydney when the heaviest rainfall fell in the city and in queensland, thousands have been evacuated from areas around rockhampton as unprecedented conditions push bush fires into regional communities. georgina smyth is the story. it's hot, dry and windy. the perfect conditions for a bushfire. this is queensland's coastline. the flames are out of control and the smoke is so are out of contr

rees mogg and others, they describe the deal that has been done by theresa may as a form of capitulation, a form of surrender. they use this word "vassalage" to indicate that the eu will retain power and control over many aspects of britain's economy and britain's life, with britain having no say in the future at the eu table. can you, as a pole — and of course, the poles have their own scepticism about elements of the eu — can you understand the concern that is in britain today? we have been responding, i have also personally invested a lot of my time in this process to make the process really as friendly as possible as a process, of separation of two sides that have had times in the past and would like also to have a very deep, close relationship in the future, i think we have to maintaine this spirit, but also what we could hear and i would say in particular from the british politicians very often, the comments which were very far from the reality which have even been ignoring the way the european union functions and is structured, there have been a lot of intention also, which i

jacob rees—mogg in particular, getting both barrels from the daily mail. he will not be sending them a christmas card this year. it is interesting. they see broadly that the deal book prime minister has come up with is pretty much the best the uk is going to get. and we need to move on, in many ways. it echoes a lot of uncertainty, that the businesses are talking about. with the wall streetjournal, they talk about the best bad brexit deal. i was reading the financial times on the way in, their line is this is a dealfor the way in, their line is this is a deal for nobody. therefore the way in, their line is this is a dealfor nobody. therefore it the way in, their line is this is a deal for nobody. therefore it should be scrapped. i'm just interested, two big financial papers taking a different approach. absolutely, this is the wall street journal. a different approach. absolutely, this is the wall streetjournal. a us business view of the deal. we are obsessed here. it is interesting to see how countries outside look at it. the wall street journal are thinki