decide whether they should press for a leadership contest and i can tell you their leader, jacob rees—mogg, has announced that he has submitted a letter calling for a leadership contest. that will be seen by many asa contest. that will be seen by many as a green light to the brexiteers to press for a contest to topple mrs may. now, idescribed to press for a contest to topple mrs may. now, i described the prime minister rotherham bit of a tough one earlier, apologies for that rather language, but mrs may's demise has been predicted many times before and she's always managed to battle through. maybe she'll manage again, but she is facing an almighty challenge, not just to again, but she is facing an almighty challenge, notjust to her brexit deal, but perhaps even to her survival as prime minister. thank you very much, norman smith with the latest. let's go back to then in the studio. it's time for the latest weather forecast and chris fawkes has got that for us this afternoon. it's a mixed picture this afternoon, some areas have rain, some areas clouding of the south but in glorious sunshine

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

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 we're in the party at the deal that theresa may is proposing this week. i think thatis may is proposing this week. i think that is quite interesting because it actually takes us into a whole different territory. if the tory party intends on its own self—destruction, if labour vote is against the bill when it comes to the commons, which they say they are actually going to. we are then stuck with no deal. then you would have to say what

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

|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

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

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.

, 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

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

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

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

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

the key thing is not whatjacob rees—mogg is doing, it's actually with the dup are doing, the dup are a p0p up with the dup are doing, the dup are a pop up for that, they say that the agreement is over unless she is replaced with a new leader. that is a significant point here because they can try to oust all they like, but the dup use polling there's supported that we don't have a functioning government and that shirley is the moment where she would have to seek that from a significant element. let's look at the mail because there saying have they lost the plot, they're suggesting here that it's either this deal, no deal or no brexit, how can it be no brexit? is, if, if the deal gets voted out by the comments, then we are heading towards no deal territory. and it's thought by some that there is no way parliament would allow britain to crush out without a deal. how do they stop it? they can't stop it effectively but what they can do is vote to see the problem it wants a no deal does not wa nt problem it wants a no deal does not want in no deal, and if they vote over while political pre

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

. —— and the jacob rees—mogg. 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

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

her own leadership position is also under threat, leading brexiteerjacob rees—mogg submits a letter of no confidence in the prime minister and says he expects there will be a vote on herfuture by her own mps. good evening from westminster on what has been the most dramatic of days as the prime minister fights for herfuture. in days as the prime minister fights for her future. in the last few moments, theresa may has vowed to fight on for a draft brexit agreement, insisting it delivers what people voted for and is in the national interest. today began with a raft of resignations as four ministers in total, two cabinet ministers in total, two cabinet ministers among them, the brexit secretary himself dominic raab, followed within the hour by work and pensions secretary esther mcvey. theresa may then spent three hours on veith defending the draft brexit withdrawal agreement with the eu amid criticism from mps on all sides. and then more drama outside as the leading eurosceptic mpjacob rees—mogg announced he was submitting a letter of no confidence in the prime minister's leadership, say

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

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,

there was this thing that mr rees—mogg said, it wasn't a coup. it looked an awful lot like a coup against mrs may. he put his letter of no confidence last week with a great flourish and he urged other tory mps to do so. unfortunately, it's somewhat backfired and they didn't get the numbers they hoped on friday, or even yesterday, and now we've passed a third day where they still don't have the numbers and during this press conference , have the numbers and during this press conference, the head of the arj said this is not a bit dad's army? he said i've always admired captain mainwaring, which many people wouldn't have thought he was admired and a good leader of his command —— captain mainwaring —— erg. and anna soubry, the big tory remainer, she said it was more similarto remainer, she said it was more similar to private pike, remainer, she said it was more similarto private pike, stupid boys! he said it wasn't a coup because a coup is by definition unconstitutional, they're because a coup is by definition unconstitutional, they‘ re usi

rees—mogg, the leader of the eurosceptics had this to saym rees—mogg, the leader of the eurosceptics had this to say. it is very ha rd eurosceptics had this to say. it is very hard to find anybody who wishes to see theresa may remain leader of the party at the next general election. although while he was able to put together a press conference to put together a press conference to talk about customs, he's not so far been able to get together support to oust the pm. if you can't persuade 47 of your colleagues to write letters in the way that you have to try to concede the prime minister, why should the public think that you got the first idea of how to organise brexit? actually what we are seeing from the government is a deliberate decision not to deliver a proper brexit. as for letters, patience is a virtue and virtue is a grace, etc, we shall see whether letters come in due time. five days, though, since they created a frenzy by calling for a vote of no—confidence. is the brexiteers power now in doubt? you have a reputation of being a fearsome organiser. with respect, do you feel

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

, 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 conservative

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

the leading brexiteerjacob rees—mogg submits a letter of no confidence in the prime minister and says he expects there'll be a vote on her future. here in brussels... michel barnier says the deal is fair and balanced and lays the ground for an ambitious new partnership. but the german chancellor warns against any changes to the plan at this late stage. translation: we now have a document on the table that britain and the eu 27 have agreed to. so for me, there is no question at the moment whether we negotiate further. good evening. welcome to westminster. theresa may has insisted that she will see brexit through and that she has set out the right course for the country. it's been a day of intense political pressure since the draft agreement was published yesterday with four ministers resigning. let's have a look back at how we got to this point... yesterday the uk and the eu presented its draft agrement for britain's withdrawal — which included provisions for a transition period and ‘backstop‘ while a trade deal is negotiated. in response, brexit secretary dominic raab quit this

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

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. —�

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 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

. not have been aimed at her fellow brexiteer, jacob rees-mogg. can we have a debate about the importance of british food and drink, because instead of perennial these, wouldn't it be better if the infamous five group had something like somerset cider, cheddar cheese, and jacobs crackers? i sincerely hope the honourable gentleman is not referring to the overt somerset when he makes his comments about jacobs. i wonder. that is it for thursday in parliament. thank you for watching. ido parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope that you have —— adjuvant to you will be jointly on friday for the week in parliament. —— joining me. goodbye to now. hello there. for many places, thursday started on a very cold note. some spots got almost down to —7 degrees. but for friday morning, not as cold, because there's a lot more cloud around. it will be often cloudy for the day ahead. showers for some, but not all. the satellite picture shows quite a lot of cloud. this cloud across the north—east is thick, low cloud, producing the odd spot of rain a

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

conservative mp jacob conservative mpjacob rees—mogg can attract a crowd. of reporters, that is. he and his colleagues in the brexiteer european research group have not managed, yet, at least, to muster up a big enough bunch of tory mps to force a vote of confidence in the prime minister, despite suggesting it was imminent. reporter: are you disappointed in your colleagues? of course i am not disappointed in my colleagues. i have always said that the er g does not have a collective view, people must make their minds up themselves. and people will do what they think is right at the time they think it is right at the time they think it is right. mr rees-mogg was chairing an event including businessmen and the brexit secretary before last, david davis, among others, setting out its alternatives to the government's plan. meanwhile, the cabinet was gathering up the road. the less time they met the government started self combusting shortly afterwards. —— the last time they met. and this morning we saw they met. and this morning we saw the smile of newby, the prime minister's third

i think it is very bad timing byjacob rees—mogg and the old double—breasted rebel has been found out. just a thought. if nothing else, you are right about the clarity, and a lot of people are very frustrated and angry watching what is going on, but one thing that seems to emerge as some degree of respect for theresa may for her dogged determination. do you go along with that? ijust wanted kevin to go at first. i can see why some people think that, but kelly clarkson was wrong when she said what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. the prime minister is getting a lot weaker as with you think of her as an individual, there are people'sjobs think of her as an individual, there are people's jobs and think of her as an individual, there are people'sjobs and security think of her as an individual, there are people's jobs and security and the livelihood of the country at sta ke the livelihood of the country at stake and that mess that he has negotiated with the 27 other countries, having to give a lot of what she didn't believe in, will leave people poorer, britain less secure, leave people

michael gove was going to resign... jakub prismall stood up -- rees mogg, stood up. whether this is the fact are there any viable office? is there support for anyone else? that is the other reason. nobody else really has to support the takeover rom theresa may. nobody else really has to support the takeover rom theresa maym nobody else really has to support the takeover rom theresa may. it is also whether they have a different plan. or even if there is a different plan at all. in december this draft brexit bill will go to mps and if mps do not vote it through, we go back to square one in a situation where we are not sure if the eu will negotiate with us again. brexit is still a massive mass... you are staying with your line. this article says that she has faced down the eurosceptics as the rebels fall short. this story continues, she continues to defy her critics and face down those who feel she is not doing a good job of getting us out of europe. the theresa may to get to this point, to have a deal with all the trouble she has had, it is a miracle. this could be an

some suggestion there byjacob rees mogg supply partners. some suggestion there by jacob rees mogg that movement could come after the crucial commons vote on mrs may's deal, expected in december. as for the man who is meant to receive the letters, sir graham brady, he did not sound like a man poised to announce an imminent leadership challenge as he arrived for work this morning. good morning. a lot of traffic in south london. what are we to make of it all? i am joined by crispin blunt, who has been highly critical of theresa may's brexit strategy. i mean, do you think your collea g u es strategy. i mean, do you think your colleagues made a basic error in pushing for a leadership challenge? i think perhaps it is a little bit too personal and the erg is putting itself in the frame in the way that itself in the frame in the way that it has may not have been wise, however, this is a collective decision by the conservative party, so we decision by the conservative party, so we need to take the personalities out of it. if there are 48 members of

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

deal and in the sunday times they have this cartoon with various brexiteer backbenchers, jacob rees—mogg leading, saying, "what we want?" and then nothing. and then, "and now!" does that sum up and then, "and now!" does that sum up in and then, "and now!" does that sum upina and then, "and now!" does that sum up in a sense people scratching their heads and saying what are the alternatives to this deal. it neatly sums up alternatives to this deal. it neatly sums up a alternatives to this deal. it neatly sums up a lot of the debate around brexit. lots of people want very different things and so putting together a cogent and coherent alternative plan is very difficult because a lot of people want to have free trade in its purest form. 0thers free trade in its purest form. others want a protection system. 0ther others want a protection system. other people want more control of immigration and other people were willing to let that was a little bit. this idea that there isn't a lot of credible alternative plan sitting there for the taking i think isa sitting there for the taking i think is a b

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

first, the distinctive figure ofjacob rees—mogg has become increasingly familiar to viewers of bbc news. at a news conference he held on tuesday, with fellow members of the european research group, he was asked this question by newsnight‘s political editor. you admonished me last week for saying you are staging a coup against theresa may. it's certainly not succeeded. doesn't it have more of a sort of dad's army feel about it? i've always admired captain mainwaring. amid much mocking of the erg online, that analogy with the classic bbc series was picked up by several of the next day's newspapers. the bbc‘s political assistant editor norman smith used it again on thurday‘s news at one. it's not going to win over the hard brexiteers, the dad's army brigade. there may be enough in this t get some of those middle ground brexiteers on board to back the government. chris 0ldershaw had this reaction. but if the prospect of a leadership challenge were being ridiculed by some, it was certainly being treated as headline news by the bbc from last weekend on. the comments pile more pressure o

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

the leading brexiteerjacob rees—mogg submits a letter of no confidence in the prime minister and says he expects there'll be a vote on her future. here in brussels... michel barnier says the deal is fair and balanced and lays the ground for an ambitious new partnership. but the german chancellor warns against any changes to the plan at this late stage. translation: we now have a document on the table that britain and the eu 27 have agreed to. so for me there is no question at the moment whether we negotiate further. good evening and welcome to westminster. theresa may has insisted that she will see brexit through and that she has set out the right course for the country. it's been a day of intense political pressure since the draft agreement was published yesterday with four ministers resigning. let's have a look back at how we got to this point... yesterday the uk and the eu presented its draft agrement for britain's withdrawal, which included provisions for a transition period and ‘backstop‘ while a trade deal is negotiated. in response, brexit secretary dominic raab quit this m

integrity of the european single market but that's where the problem is if you have somebody like rees mogg as the next prime minister he's certainly not going to care much for what reason may has negotiated earlier and then of course the scenario of no deal bragg's and so a crash in this case becomes pretty likely. our correspondent max housman and barbara basal again thank you both. now let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world a top saudi prosecutor is recommending the death penalty for five people charged in connection with the murder of jamal khashoggi the journalist was killed last month after he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul. lawmakers in sri lanka's parliament have exchanged blows leaving one m.p. hospitalized it is the latest escalation of the political turmoil that has left the country without a prime minister a cabinet the fighting started but the prime minister claimed the speaker had no with the order to remove him from office. the european court of human rights has ruled against russia in a case brought by opposition activists the lexan o

don't know the author of this or if somebodyjust scribbled it or how well it is, but it is jacob 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

jacob rees—mogg has been saying it is about the policy is not the person, but if cabinet have now backed that, that is less likely than that any policy shift is going to happen, they may feel the only thing to do is to launch a challenge against her. but it doesn't launch straight into a leadership context. you end up with this vote of confidence, which she only needs to win by one vote. clearly if 100 mps voted against her, that would be a problem. but if she were to get through, lots of tory mps would be thinking, this is the moment to do this. she has worked and got this deal, and the least you do is put it toa deal, and the least you do is put it to a vote in the house of commons, and that is the most democratic thing to do. and what is the alternative? what happens then? who ta kes alternative? what happens then? who takes over? what kind of deal do they think they can get after all these months and hours of negotiations, can they does come in a last minute and rip it all up and start again, and that seem particularly practical at this time. but you saw their liam fox, someone who h

confidence, after leading euroscepticjacob rees 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 go

suppose, the likes of borisjohnson brexiteers i suppose, the likes of boris johnson and jacob 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

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