just stop boris johnson's breaks it plans is easier than stopping boris johnson himself and so that's what's going to be the focus next. well you mentioned a vote of confidence if that happens if it gets to that point there's a vote of confidence in parliament regarding boris johnson you think you'd win it i think there's a chance he would win it because the difficulty is is many conservatives who are unhappy with boris johnson dislike the leader of the opposition jeremy colvin even more than they dislike boris johnson in 2 month's time the crazy that members of parliament of the conservatives don't want boris johnson's key policy his new deal breaks it but they would still soon to have him and then jeremy called in as prime minister and that's why legislative efforts to stop their deal breaks it are a clever option than trying to go for a vote of no confidence vote because everyone understands that the lives of it to stop never do breaks it is much more likely to succeed than a vote of no confidence and so that's the game is going to be played out particularly in the next week then t

johnson i think actually probably if anything we do says the chances that boris johnson would get a deal from the european union john thanks so much consulted and campaigner john works. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today decepticon tech has accepted the nomination of italy's president as prime minister designate he will try to put together a new coalition of the populist 5 star movement and the center left democrats the 2 parties aim to avoid new elections that the far right lead by beenie would likely mean. brazilian president shall you both narrow has signed into creepy banning fires or lamp clear this comes after a growing international outcry over the worst fires in the amazon basin in years the e.u. has warned free trade deal depends on action to tackle the blazes. president trump has canceled a planned trip to poland as a hurricane heading for florida has increased in strength as events of the state are preparing for hurricane dorian a category 2 storm expected to reach wind speeds of up to 165 kilometers an hour when it makes landfall at

oh, i must boris johnson become is at the core of all this. oh, i must borisjohnson become stevejobs in magic some technological solution, it is not going to happen. we are getting close now and there is still that theory that says at some point between now and maybe mid—october, there will be a little bit of give on this. and they will rebalance back. remember. a research group that hard—line brexit, david never voted for the deal three only borisjohnson who said never voted for the deal three only boris johnson who said i never voted for the deal three only borisjohnson who said i cannot support your deal. that is where we are in agreement on. if some sort of new deal was agreed on between boris johnson. allow me to proffer this. that is the kind of rhetoric that is not helping. brussels does not know whether or not it will get to parliament another does boris johnson. when the language has been so johnson. when the language has been so harsh, boris johnson johnson. when the language has been so harsh, borisjohnson isjust that said, will

we take you live there but no other even before boris johnson arrived in paris a month in the course of some very strong wasn't said very squarely if there is no did brag that boris johnson discredited blame for that yes and he's said that's when you know when it comes down to boris johnson but it was very strong yesterday in front of the press when when he spoke to them saying we will not be the ones who are blamed for a no deal bret's that we've done everything we can in good faith we worked on a deal with the previous british government under to raise the may we struck a deal and now they don't like it we know that it's been rejected within the bush parliament through. the times to reason may the former prime minister have to step down in response to that so it will not be basically saying he will not be pushed around by a johnson over this issue but it all plays very well for johnson because if it doesn't work out if he doesn't get anything then he can say he's tried his best and it is the french the french fault the germans for brussels for don't forget there has been a long his

what has boris johnson got from this at this stage. so people that. could kill the. very strong that they will leave the u.k. leaving the such 1st of october but also that he is prepared to negotiate in some way as long as the box office for me and that is the problem that we keep coming back to the irish boxer. forest watching thank you so much for your insights you are not going to do company over the last hour or so for us watching the state of the. list just a reminder of our top story this story british prime minister boris johnson in belgrade for talks with german chancellor and. press the chancellor to help in bringing go shoot a breakfast deal to get you to scrap blocks current process before the hall porter in files before sitting down to the game but the facts don't have to go to the chancellor said that he would speak with one voice on the question of the. house if you know. where i come from or that you just go just like this chinese for good measure where i am reminds me of home. after decades of living in germany china has floated as one of the things i

absolutely the problem the problem with boris johnson well one of the many problems with boris johnson is that he's actually not as popular as the conservative party thinks he is the reason that the conservatives elected boris johnson was that they thought he was a winner so they overlooked his many kind of gaffes and verbal and verbal sort of a journalistic errors and offensive remarks over the last few months alone the last 2 years and he suddenly became the number one candidate because they thought he could win but that was actually very outdated notion because the only time he's really won was in london and that is the food bricks it london is london now thinks very little of boris johnson because of his role in in brics it and of course scotland as he said was very opposed to brics that wales is now much more remain that it was in 2016 and as you say there is huge concern about a no deal bricks in there in the rural areas of wales because the farming industry and in northern ireland people are talking about the break up of the good friday agreement which would be a direct result o

s new prime minister boris johnson closer than he's ever been to 2 things britain crashing out. the european union and boris johnson out of a job as prime minister today johnson announced that he will suspend parliament for 5 weeks beginning in mid september ending just 2 weeks before breaks it begins on october 31st his request today was approved by the queen and wets westminster there was more anger than approval opposition lawmakers and even conservatives accusing johnson of acting like a dictator showing disregard for parliament especially a parliament that wants to stop a new deal writes it time is running out for parliament and it could also run out for boris johnson's new hold on power as i said on the steps of st we're not going to wait until october the 31st before getting on with all plans to take this country forward and this is a new government with a very exciting agenda we need a new that just that we've got to be bringing forward new and important bills that's why be a going to have a queen's speech and we're going to do it on the 14th he is trying to prevent parl

johnson to suspend or paroch parliament next week so how boris johnson of course sees it he sees it very much in somewhat procedural terms as a way of making sure that m.p.'s are out of the way not in the equation anymore to make sure that the british government can pass much needed legislation when it comes to the humdrum day to day stuff of running the country things like roads education health care and so on and so forth but these people and those opposed to leaving the e.u. without a deal strongly disagree with that standpoint point believing very much that boris johnson wants to keep leaving the e.u. without a deal on the table until the dying moments just before the 31st which remains of course in legislation when the u.k. still will leave the european union according to m.p.'s their lives both in 2 including hillary ban the prominent opposition labor m.p. who is the chair of the cross party committee on leave in the european union they intend when m.p.'s return to palma next week to challenge the position for a much in the same way that they challenge to reason may and her vi

johnson british prime minister the german chancellor angela merkel boris johnson is in berlin meeting with the chancellor to discuss residence trying to get some changes to the deal that was done by his previous as a series of me here with me in the studio is that abuser breaks into alex forrest white saying there has been much talk alex about. a brave new world for you carried out once or breaks it is with america amongst those countries saying that's right yes we are likely to do a deal with the u.k. or the us president or don't trump is a big fun record he's a big fan of backs an almost takes responsibility for it happening saying that he's always been in favor of it and of course part of the reason for that is that he really dislikes the european union and he wants to use a man he likes a good deal he feels that it's all about america 1st and america doesn't need these rivals like the e.u. and the block the single market bloc that is so very much in favor of the u.k. and brics in particular no deal breck's it promising the best deal ever with a year with the u.k. as soon as brics

absolutely the problem the problem with boris johnson well one of the many problems with boris johnson is that he's actually not as popular as the conservative party thinks he is the reason that the conservatives elected boris johnson was that they thought that he was a winner so they overlooked his many kind of gaffes and bull and verbal sort of a journalistic errors and offensive remarks over the last few months alone the last few years and he suddenly became the number one candidate because they thought he could win but that was actually very outdated notion because the only time he's really won was in london and that was before bracks it london is london now thinks very little of boris johnson because of his role in in brics it and of course scotland as he said it was very opposed to brics that wales is now much more remain that it was in 2016 and as you say there is huge concern about a no deal breck's in there in the rural areas of wales because the farming industry and in northern ireland people are talking about the break up of the good friday agreement which would be a direct

boris johnson has a lwa ys unprecedented. boris johnson has always been very clear, he has never ruled out prorogue parliament and he has said politicians do not get to choose what public votes they support. he is talking about the referendum, not votes passed by mps. let me remind you of what the dup is saying about this. they have been in partnership with the government and a confidence and supply agreement. arlene foster says this has been the longest parliamentary session since the union of england and scotland in 1707 and we welcome the decision to hold a queen's speech marking the new session of parliament where the government will set out its new domestic, legislative agenda. she says as outlined in the confidence and supply agreement of 2017, the terms of that agreement will also be reviewed in advance of the new session. this is very crucial for borisjohnson as he has that majority of just one. borisjohnson as he has that majority ofjust one. and she says, in the meantime, we will continually work with the prime mini

absolutely the problem the problem of course johnson well one of the many problems with boris johnson is that he's actually not as popular as the conservative party thinks he is the reason that the conservatives elected boris johnson was that they thought that he was a winner so they overlooked his many kind of gaffes and verbal and verbal or sort of a journalistic errors and offensive remarks over the last few months alone the last years and he suddenly became the number one candidate because they thought that he could win but that was actually very outdated notion because the only time he's really won was in london and that is the food bricks it london is london now thinks very little of boris johnson because of his role and embrace it and of course scotland as he said was very opposed to price that wales is now much more remain that it was in 2016 and as you say there is huge concern about a no deal bricks in there in the rural areas of wales because the farming industry and in northern ireland people are talking about the break up of the good friday agreement which would be a dire

also coming up boris johnson's parliamentary shutdown gets the royal seal of approval johnson asked the queen to suspend parliament i'm told just a few weeks before britain is set to leave the e.u. she has now given her go ahead traumatically cutting the time for the opposition to block a mill deal gregg said and up for 2 weeks a seat in the 0 emissions sailboat teenage climate activists question timber has entered in waters off of new york city where she will attend the u.n. climate something. i'm sarah kelly welcome to the program we begin in rome where there has been a breakthrough in attempts to form a new government. and 5 star movement and the center left democratic party have agreed on a coalition deal which includes reappointing just as prime minister conti is an independent ally of the 5 to. our movement he now needs a nand aid from the president to form a government the coalition won't shut out the far right you know mattel's salvini who triggered this crisis by withdrawing his likud party from government earlier this month. in good days standing by with the latest in rome for

boris johnson was elected on a mandate by conservative members and when conservative members were polled by a yugo polling company they said they would accept the break up of the union and even the breakup of the conservative party to ensure that breaks it happens his mandate is to ensure whatever whatever costs the breaks it happens that said if he is the last prime minister of the union he will be fully aware that he'll get on the history as the leader of the of the u.k. that led to its lead to its disbanding and that was the way very heavily and that's why you see him go to scotland wales and northern ireland this week it's very likely that we'll have another poll on on on on independence in scotland saying the conservative party have 13 m.p.'s in scotland and essentially with the election of course johnson they ran off those 13 seats. and it's also possible actually and this was something that they wouldn't realise before the referendum that the breaking point that the thread that i'm on which all unravels could actually be ireland and the possibility of a board a poll in ireland eve

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle prime minister boris johnson did you ever think you would say that it seems we live in a world where anything can happen now after all who would have thought briggs it would destroy the premiership up to resume the breaks that process do the same to boris johnson. talking bojo and brags that i'm joined by my guest we jasper in london he is a former deputy mayor of london in lancaster we have no. arnett is a senior lecturer in politics at lancaster university and in plymouth we crossed the james tweedy he is a journalist and commentator on world affairs all right gentlemen gentlemen cross roles in effect i mean you can jump in in any time you want and i always appreciate it and i also know it's weltering in the u.k. so well everybody don't get hyperventilated here because i don't want anybody to faint ok let me go to james 1st in there in plymouth james ok we have a new prime minister a figure that most people know some very much like some obviously don't and he's larger than life ok that's all nice and fine that'

s don't come together next week boris johnson in his tracks then i think history is the key you keep democracy. also coming up a 16 year old climate activist just sailed across the atlantic and docked in new york harbor on a mission to stop climate change and she didn't leave a single carbon footprint but it is saying that 60 will have to trust the atlantic ocean to make a stand and 2 and. this of course is not something that i want everyone to do. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around. in the world well we begin the day with the u.k.'s new prime minister boris johnson closer than he's ever been to 2 things britain crashing out of the european union and boris johnson out of a job as prime minister today johnson announced that he will suspend parliament for 5 weeks beginning in mid september ending just 2 weeks before breaks it begins on october 31st his request today was approved by the queen and wets westminster there was more anger than approval opposition lawmakers and even conservatives accusing johnson of acting like a dictator showing disregard for parlia

that was what boris johnson wanted. he interjected a lot. you heard him just before, when president trump was praising him, thanking president trump. and saying that president trump was on message. it is a tight race for boris johnson. there is no doubt about it. if president trump is too effusive about him, that will count for boris johnson back home. and this particular president, it would not be looked upon favorably. but perhaps boris johnson may be overstepping the line in president trump's eyes. we have yet to find out about that. when president trump was asked that question, having not faced any criticism from any of the other leaders here, about his trade war with china. president trump's answer is here. and you hear boris johnson saying, actually, there was. >> our country is doing really well. we have horrible trade deals. i'm straight thiening them out. the biggest one is china. >> i congratulate the president on everything the american economy is achieving. but in a sheep-like view on our trade war on the whole. >> we think that

boris johnson wanting to scrap the irish backstop. that is the key sticking point in the withdrawal agreement at the moment. notla merkel saying we will throw ireland under a bus, they will remain a member of the eu, there is no way we can renegotiate the backstop agreement. we did here from her office earlier saying she wants to discuss how to have the most frictionless brexit possible with boris johnson. given the sides they are coming from, the corners in which they are coming from, it seems that will be difficult to achieve. we: we should -- david: should be hearing from angela merkel and boris johnson in about half an hour and a news conference. what kind of negotiating power does he have whether it is angela merkel or emmanuel macron? parliament seems to be saying we will not give you the power to leave the eu without a deal. is a very difficult negotiating position. boris johnson has said that he -- the u.k. will leave the european union on october 31 do or die. he has made it clear we will leave on that date. he said he wants

boris johnson appear. —— as soon as angela merkel and boris johnson appear. —— as soon as angela merkel. one thing we are hearing from jeremy corbyn in the last few moments, he has invited the leaders of other political parties and senior lawmakers to discuss old tactics to prevent a no—deal brexit. that meeting will take place on august the 27th. an invitation from jeremy corbyn, leader of the opposition, two other political parties and senior lawmakers to attend a meeting on august the 27th to prevent a no—deal brexit. another breaking story related to ryanair, they have lost their high court bid to stop the pilot strike. that is correct. the pilot strike is due to go ahead from midnight tonight. they have been fighting in the high court, ryanair, to been fighting in the high court, rya nair, to block been fighting in the high court, ryanair, to block the pilots in the uk from taking part in the fight —— in the strike. they won a case in dublin today to stop irish pilots taking part in the strike so it will only be its uk pilots who are taking pa rt only be its uk pilots who a

so boris johnson minister was in the early 19th century. so borisjohnson will not allow them to become a prime minister, and instead call a general election, taking place after the sist election, taking place after the 31st of october and we will leave the eu without a deal first. and a deal, nicola, is that proceeding is a possibility? is there any chance you can see of thejohnson administration and doing a deal with the eu? or the eu doing a deal with britain? my thoughts since boris johnson came to power were the idea that the theresa may deal is the deal, effectively. there is very little that can change, because the backstop, or something which does the same thing as the backstop, has to be in place, and my theory was that he would come back with an addendum or or something in his kind of boris way, would manage to say, this is new. but as you say, he has not shown any indication of reaching out as he would need to do in order to get the political world to accept that minor change. instead, he is going hell for leather for a that minor

boris johnson has been donald trump's man. been cheering him on to be prime minister, he share his antipathy towards the european union and his desire to see brexit done. nhit was anpful intervention in addition to mr. politics and t likely to lead to much of anything beyond that. think i'll trump has concerns about germany corbyn becoming prime minister, because the two of them would not be like-minded on many things. laura: speaking of jeremy corbyn and the opposition t brexit in parliament, is there a chance that they respond' boris johnsos move and get their act together to oppose him meaningfully? amanda: i think that will be difficult. jeremy cbyn convene a meeting with the leader of the other opposition parties in parliament and suggested they shoed have this v of no-confidence and he could had a national unity government with the expectation of asking you for an extension. the other opposition parties were not prepared to back jeremy corbyn as the leader of this. there was some suggestion that ybthey should look at kev

what is boris johnson doing here? reporter: it is actually to suspend parliament. what forrest griffin is doing is he is actively limiting the time in which mp -- what boris johnson is doing is limiting the me in which mp's coming back from recess next week, can pass legislation to stop a no deal, to order the prime minister, in ask fornce july 24, to an extension from the european union, if indeed the 27 other e.u. countries were minded to grant an extension period they have only said they would do that in exceptional circumstances such as another referendum or a general election . boris johnson confirmed on camera about an hour ago that his plan was to suspend after the queen's speech on october 14. we need to point out that the particular british tradition that was going to be carried out again this year -- there are annual party conferences of parties such as the sitting party, a conservative party, the labor party, the liberal could play athey part in all of this. element was already going to be , theed in its time to stop do or die parliamentary pledge boris

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boris johnson is putting boris johnson first, the country first. boris johnson is putting borisjohnson first, and putting borisjohnson first, and putting himself into number ten as prime minister. he will do whatever it takes to stay there, being fully aware that he may well do a pact with nigel farage and the brexit party, i think getting very likely for a general election in the autumn. i think the by—election is a test of concept, and i am excited that we might be able to get significantly more seats across england and wales in the general election. do you think it will be a success , election. do you think it will be a success, won't it get rather messy politically? it is called being grown up. politically? it is called being grown up. that is normally not what people expect to do, they put themselves first, but i have always been a great believer in cross—party work, getting the right people around the table who can make anything possible. to be honest the thought of boris johnson anything possible. to be honest the thought of borisjohnson

new confirmation from boris johnson which was not to do with the backstop but to do with e.u. citizens living in the u.k. where he said that yes again. e.u. nationals would be protected so this comes off the back of the government the british government suggesting a few days ago that freedom of movement would stop immediately if there was a new deal bracks on the 31st of october many europeans living in the u.k. very concerned about that what would that mean for the status so he has now confirmed that those either nationals will be protected so that was new everything else well actually no not really nothing was new we know that boris johnson does not like the irish acts stop he has already written a letter to donald tusk the president of the european council saying that has to go and he is always talking about alternative arrangements he was asked what those alternative arrangements would be and yet again he couldn't really answer there was no detail americal was conciliatory and very keen she said to make sure that that is a smooth a bright sunny doesn't want us to be a a no

boris johnson says he is going to change that. there is going to be and immediate cash boost, £850 million to upgrade hospitals and he promises he is going to tackle the injustices of social care, which every prime minister has shoved into the long grass, despite the excellent report shelved by david cameron. there are many hospitals that need repair. there is criticism doesn't go far enough. what about recruitment, staffing? one of the other things as we are so staffing? one of the other things as we are so reliant on so many people from a board to come and start hospitals —— abroad, you can build and repairas many hospitals —— abroad, you can build and repair as many hospitals as you like but empty buildings aren't any good to patients. you probably do need £6 billion to upgrade the hospital's given the austerity we are suffering. i think this is only one tenth of the money boris honest one tenth of the money boris honest on his boss. if he was really putting his money where his mouth was, that should be not 1.8 billio

so boris johnson does not it is a workable alternative. so borisjohnson does not come up with a real alternative to the back backstop which is? when it comes to for example, the technical alternatives using modern technology, using trust trade systems and the eu says that is not enough to keep the border at free of checks and free of infrastructure. so they say that if you do not have this workable alternative, something thatis this workable alternative, something that is not workable right now, they would be exposing the single market, it would mean abandoning the member stated it would mean risking the northern ireland peace process as well as the eu losing face and that means something, notjust about losing face and the united kingdom, it means losing face and it comes to drying redlines, when looking at trade deals with other countries around the world. so why would they sign up to that? so they're sticking to their line, yes we will get rid of the back backstop ba cksto p if backstop if you can come up with an operable solution and th

this is what boris johnson told about red isn't it? this is what borisjohnson told the press on the plane on the way to biarritz. he went through this loan slightly comic rant about all these regulations that stop us... considerable barriers. that stop selling things the united states, and how he's going to take it all up with donald trump. and between them they are going to sort it all out, which, i believe it when i see it, because the whole point about trade negotiations is that they take absolutely ages. you have got to argue for every line through both houses of congress. that is part of the problem. it isn'tjust a deal done by borisjohnson the problem. it isn'tjust a deal done by boris johnson and the problem. it isn'tjust a deal done by borisjohnson and donald trump overa done by borisjohnson and donald trump over a small glass of... welcome of course, donald trump doesn't drink. there has been something of a bromance between them and the papers are suggesting that came to an end with a fractious phone call on friday night. the

johnson but also jeremy was on offer, notjust from boris johnson but alsojeremy corbyn. clearly they were helped here by the fa ct clearly they were helped here by the fact that other parties on the remain side of the argument decided not to put up candidates, but it looks as though they could be picking up, as we saw in the european elections, votes from the conservatives but perhaps also votes from labour supporters? they are picking up some votes from the conservatives, nine or 10% of those who voted conservative in 2017 had voted for the liberal democrats. at the end of the day, but is not the conservatives' principal problem, that has been the loss of votes to the brexit party. the lib dems are gaining more from labour than the conservatives, because there are far more remain voters who have previously voted for the labour party and it is to remain as that the lib dems are primarily appealing. but notice the use of the language by jane dodds, appealing. but notice the use of the language byjane dodds, the new mp of brecon, of the lib dems being the rural voice. if t

deal that was agreed with boris johnson's predecessor and the e.u. should not be reopened that is what stands that on no alternatives to the backstop he's talking about if there was a no deal breaks it will be of britain's own making and that whatever happened deal or no deal the u.k. would still have to pay for this divorce which is billions of pounds and there is not that much time left we're talking about october 31st how do things look now how likely is a no deal breaker that looking at this point well i still think it is highly likely that there will be a new deal breaks it putting aside what's going on between the e.u. and the u.k. that's just look at the domestic front boris johnson has a majority of just one so he has a tiny tiny majority ots feel. tonnages those people who are trying to prevent a new deal bricks it's united there's talk of a no confidence vote in him by the labor leader jeremy corbyn he's talking about setting up a unity government which would then head into an election the problem is he's seen as a divisive figure many othe

you could have done the snap poll on boris johnson's go. you could have done the snap poll on borisjohnson‘s moved to suspend parliament, took us through what you found. at the announcement this morning without into field with a snap poll trying to work out what the public thought boris johnson's announcement. the results are staggering to stop 47% say they don't think boris johnson staggering to stop 47% say they don't think borisjohnson pulls my decision this morning was acceptable. compared to around half that number who say it was. can you tell us what the question was because people might say how is this worded? was because people might say how is this worded ? was it because people might say how is this worded? was it fair? it is quite complicated. we have a team of people who try their hardest to make sure the wording on this is as fair as we can possibly get it. i can't remember the exact wording but we we re remember the exact wording but we were basically asking the public whether they thought it was a cce pta ble whether they t

brags it how can what boris johnson avoid the fate of may go ahead james well though i think the tories have seen the rising on the wall about brits thanks to the. party and their. success in the recent elections so the tory policy a very very good party is going to. vote. because that's where they get most of it's. as when they got rid of the moment now or is johnson he's not entirely trustworthy on. about. injuring with the political polarization that. you would drool agreement and the political their liberation doesn't really mean anything it's the road remember that's legally binding and that's what the problem is. his election he's been elected to. the un. and to say that stories from electoral. ok let me go to lee here but lee when a good guess really the biggest problem in dealing with brags that at least when it comes to parliament is that both parties were divided on the issue within each party here can boris johnson unite the tories because if he can do that he might be able to poach from people across the aisle as it were here it really gets down to how he manages the party i

imagine if i suspended parliament like boris johnson? it imagine if i suspended parliament like borisjohnson? it is totally undera like borisjohnson? it is totally under a trustworthy and they are preparing themselves for managing public expectations by saying, if there is a no—deal brexit, that's your own fault. i think he aches for a deal. because every route you contemplate from his perspective is full of little landmines. that is true, whoever you reflect on in this current drama allsop there is one route through for him. if he were to get a deal and brittany leaves october 31 come on november the 1st of the transitional arrangements kick in. nothing much will have changed, to quote theresa may... there is no transitional arrangement ona there is no transitional arrangement on a no—deal brexit. there is no transitional arrangement on a no-deal brexit. no, if he gets a deal there would be and he could start and say that we have left, the pound is soaring because nothing would have changed for two years at least. and then call an e

after boris johnson moved to suspend parliament, a controversial decision that affects the ability of opponents to block a no deal brexit. politicians are calling it a constitutional coup. this is how it will play out. the queen has approved boris johnson's request to suspend parliament, so that will happen sometime between september 9 and 12th. it is normal for a new government to close parliament for a short time in the run-up to the queen's speech on october 14, a speech that sets out plans for the coming year. the prime minister once parliament to shut earlier than normal. they will be out of action for five weeks, the longest suspension since 1945. that limits the amount of time and these have to block a no deal brexit or issue a vote of no-confidence in the government. the u.k. is due to leave the eu 17 days later. idea aboutemains an the british parliament taking back control of the agenda, having its own laws and making its own rules. what to make of the decision by the new prime minister to block it from sitting at all for a five-week time at the most crucial moment in the pr

the danger for boris johnson is being anti—democratic. the danger for borisjohnson is that this move could galvanise those mps into supporting moves to use parliament in one way or another to stop no—deal brexit and actually make his life harder rather than easier. this is high stakes poker and it is impossible now to know who holds the best hand. tom, thank you very much. tom, thank you very much. our royal correspondentjonny dymond is at buckingham palace. is there a concern that this puts the queen at the heart of the whole brexit dispute? if you ask the question, you have given the answer to some degree. suddenly the queen has been placed in a political situation which she and the institution are not used to. does she have a difficult political decision to make? that is a different question. we do not have written, legally binding constitution, our constitution is based on precedent. although the length of this progression would be extraordinary and it comes at an astonishingly constitutionally charged time, there is clear precedent

boris johnson is being well boris he's being bold as brass and he wants breakfast come what may rather. what you do when parliament won't play ball you suspend it he needed her majesty's permission to do that which he thought we don't get a week into october the 31st before getting on with our plans to take this country forward we are going to have a queen's speech and we're going to do it on october the 14th and we've got to move ahead with a new program but why don't the lawmakers a quick refresher if you've been avoiding the news because you just can't take the b. word anymore for a number 1010 and to resume a husqvarna getting away from it all hiking in the swiss alps spent 3 years trying to deliver correct said after the referendum something we are definitely clear on bricks it means bricks it bricks it needs frex it wrecks it means bricks it and we're going to make a success of it but parliament had other ideas perpetually shouting had out even what have her key points had her reaching for her water then she found that brussels wasn't very happy about how to bit adhere to old bli

s only have a matter of days next week to coalesce around a single idea boris johnson believes that he's delivering the will of the people the results of the referendum but parliamentarian say that they represent the real will of the people they will fight this to the end. well one of the most outspoken against the action that was taken by boris johnson to suspend parliament has been the parliamentary speaker john bercow his comments on wednesday have been called unconstitutional by some other senior members of the parliament but he was reacting as i say to boris johnson's plan to suspend parliament he said in a statement that this move represents a constitutional outrage the statement went on to say shutting down parliament would be an offense against the democratic process in the rights of parliamentarians as the people's elected representatives. and the role of the speaker there for looks as though it's going to be pretty critical in the coming weeks and so we can mettle to bobby friedman who's a barrister who has written the biography of john bercow the current speaker of the house t

nownuel macron is preparing to greet boris johnson. in the meantime, let's go to our guest, john, a p professor of politics at t the universrsity n the u.k.. thank you for your time. i must start by warning you we might have to cut this interview short when boris johnson arrives, we are expecting macron and johnson to address the media . i apologize in advance for that. what is boris johnson hoping to achieve on this visit? is it about looking to -- looking good to a domestic audience by making french -- the french look intransigent? convey thating to -- if suchvernment deal cannot be reached and try to underline the opinion that the u.k. has that the termination. secondly, he is clearly trying to see if there is some room to maneuver. claire: i am sorry, i am going to have to leave it there. for this first visit to france after becoming prime minister, we have had telephone conversations in the past, notably after becoming prime minister and i am delighted to have the opportunity today to have lengthier discussions. the relationship b

news live from berlin and britain's prime minister boris johnson takes a dramatic step on the road to brags that he says he has asked the queen to shut down parliament until just a few weeks before britain is set to leave the e.u. critics are calling the plan outrageous and a dark day for democracy also coming up the clock is ticking to ease italy's political turmoil political parties must reach an agreement today on forming a new coalition government or the country will face fresh elections and polls saying that is likely to put western europe's 1st far right government in power and . they are a lot of the models live over there on their highway. teenage activist brothers prepares to arrive in new york after scaling across the atlantic for the u.n. climate summit we'll look at how her trip is covered on social media. and we'll explain why this author and other animals are at risk of becoming extinct because among other things social media. this is news i'm sumi so much it's being called an explosive announcement to british prime minister boris johnson says his government will shut do

johnson's opponents. has caused a massive reaction, fury among boris johnson's opponentsm has. the government is going to continue to say this is normal, that it has the right to introduce its new policies. 0n the face of it, thatis new policies. 0n the face of it, that is absolutely true but doing it now, doing it for five weeks, that is absolutely true but doing it now, doing it forfive weeks, in that is absolutely true but doing it now, doing it for five weeks, in the run—up for the brexit run—up is different. this is not a normal situation and doing this now has caused huge controversy, almost like nothing we have seen over the brexit process over the last three years. borisjohnson will continue to argue he is doing this for the simple reason he wants to curtail debate in parliament on a brexit because he is worried he will lose key votes. tonight among anti—no deal mps, they will continue to force his hand and turn up on tuesday when mps return to westminster and try the best to force a piece of legislation through that would stop boris johnson leaving the european u

boris johnson is meeting with angela merkel. he is trying to convince the german chancellor to reopen negotiations over britain's withdrawal from the eu. he is demanding the eu scrap the so-called irish backstop, the plan to include a hard border with ireland. johnson and merkel have excess optimism that britain can reach a negotiated deal to leave the eu, but johnson has insisted that britain will depart, deal or no deal, on october 31. reporter: "no brexit," protesters shout, as british prime minister boris johnson arrives in berlin. for the first time since he took office a month ago, he met with german chancellor angela merkel. his goal, to reopen negotiations on brexit. prime min. johnson: we in the u.k. want a deal. we seek a deal. i believe we can get one. we can do it. [speaking g german] i believe is the phrase. [laughter] prime min. johnson: but clearly we cannot accept the current withdrawal agreement. reporter: johnson wants to scrap the backstop, a clause to prevent the return of c checks f ththe irish border. the e

boris johnson is putting boris johnson first and that is referendum. boris johnson is putting borisjohnson first and that is all he will ever do and getting himself in to numberten he will ever do and getting himself in to number ten as the prime minister but because we are overt he would do whatever he takes to stay there being fully aware that he may well do a natural pact with the brexit party and nigel farage. there could be a general election in the autumn and everybody wants to do in these european elections stomach i think the brecon and radnorshire by—election is to test a concept and iam hoping by—election is to test a concept and i am hoping that there will be more of this coming up in a general election. you think it will be a success ? wa nt to election. you think it will be a success? want to get rather messy politically queasy it is called being grown—up, isn‘t it? politically queasy it is called being grown-up, isn't it? that is normally what people do. i have been a believer in cross—party working. the right people at the tabl