At this months short, but eventful, parliamentary session, in a special edition of the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to a special programme looking at the dramatic last days of an extraordinary session of parliament. Coming up, and peas force a change in the law aiming to stop a no deal brexit. What unites us is a conviction that there is no mandate for no deal, and that the consequences for the economy and for our country would be highly damaging. Boris johnson tries and fails twice to call an early general election. If you really want to delay brexit beyond october 31, which is what you seem to want to do, then vote for an election and let the people decide the Prime Minister is running away from scrutiny. Running away from scrutiny with his brother and his shouting. Blather. And a defiant speaker announces he is standing down. Blather. And a defiant speaker announces he is standing downli have sought to increase the relative authority of this legislature for which i will make absolutely no apology to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Historic, unprecedented and quite, quite extraordinary. How else to describe five days in parliament unlike anything in living memory . Five days which saw the governments lose every voted put to the commons, and hes force through a bill ministers didnt want, and the surprise resignation of the commons speaker. Mps force through stop borisjohnson speaker. Mps force through stop Boris Johnson became prime speaker. Mps force through stop borisjohnson became Prime Minister just before pa rliaments borisjohnson became Prime Minister just before parliaments summer break in july, so just before parliaments summer break injuly, so it wasnt until september mps got the chance to put him, his government and his policies to the test. From the first day back it was clear he was in for a torrid time. For many mps number one priority was to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal on its scheduled exit date, october 31. They asked the speaker for an emergency debate and vote, which if they won, would allow them to take over the commons timetable, creating space to debate a law ruling out no deal. Opposition and some Government Mps stood to show they backed their request. Conservatives set out the case. The governments intention or willingness to lead the country into a no deal exit is a threat to our country. The Prime Minister is much in the position of someone standing on one side of the canyon, shouting to people on the other side of the ca nyon to people on the other side of the canyon that if they do not do as he wishes, he will throw himself into the abyss. That is not a credible negotiating strategy. And it is also not a responsible strategy, given but the rest of us are to be dragged over the edge with the minister. Order mps back the demand that they should be able to take over the commons timetable, Boris Johnson losing his first commons vote by a clear majority. The ayes to the right, 328, the noes to the left, 301. The governments reaction to that was swift and brutal. 21 rebel conservatives were thrown out of the party. Former chancellor is Philip Hammond and Kenneth Clarke were gone, hammond and Kenneth Clarke were o hammond and Kenneth Clarke were gone, as was Winston Churchills grandson, sir nicholas soames. 0ne conservative, philip lee, had already crossed the floor, publicly defecting, walking to sit with the lib dems. The loss of those mps left borisjohnson lib dems. The loss of those mps left Boris Johnson without a majority. While the commons timetable takeover meant mps could debate a bill demanding the Prime Minister asked for a brexit extension until the end of january unless a deal was for a brexit extension until the end ofjanuary unless a deal was signed or no deal accepted by parliament by 0ctober or no deal accepted by parliament by october 19. Or no deal accepted by parliament by 0ctober19. In effect, shutting off no deal. 0ne 0ctober19. In effect, shutting off no deal. One of those thrown out of the party said he was proud but slightly bemused to now be an independent. The imposition of my party may have sought to. And it may have curtailed my future. But it will not rob me of what i believe, andi will not rob me of what i believe, and i will walk out of here looking up and i will walk out of here looking up at the sky, not down at my shoes. Applause. Anotherformer tory rejected claims that backing the bill was playing intojeremy corbyns hands. I would sooner boil my head than hand power to the leader of the opposition. The purpose of this bill is to instruct this government and this administration how to conduct the uks future arrangements with the European Union. It is not an attempt to remove this government. It is certainly not an attempt to hand power to the leader of the opposition. The bill had been put forward by a senior labour mp, who said it had cross party support. What unites us is a conviction that there is no mandate for no deal, and that the consequences for the economy and for our country would be highly damaging. The best way to stop any damage at all is to revoke article 50. I have written an amendment to that and. It needs one signature, but of the Prime Minister. And this nightmare is over in that length of time. A lib dem who took a seat from the tories in a summer by election in brecon and russia made her first summer by election in brecon and russia made herfirst speech. Currently, if farmers in brecon and radnorshire exports to the eu, export tariffs are, well, let me have a thing. They are zero. A no deal brexit would mean 40 of ta riffs no deal brexit would mean 40 of tariffs go on welsh land exports. This would risk putting farmers in my constituency and right across wales out of business. The brexit secretary explained his objections to the bill. There is no incentive on the eu to move, because the bill gives the eu complete control of the outcome of these talks. Those on the other side of the negotiation do not wa nt other side of the negotiation do not want the uk to leave. They dont wa nt want the uk to leave. They dont want to lose the 12 of the financial contribution to the eu budget but the United Kingdom pays comedy £1 billion a month but this extension will cause, and therefore, in short, there will be no incentive for the eu to move stop he said the bill would lead to purgatory and delay. But mps did agree, voting by 329 300 for it to delay. But mps did agree, voting by 329 300 for it to clear its first commons hurdle, defeat number two for the government. Didnt agree. The legislation later passed all its commons stages and went off to the house of lords, where we will catch up house of lords, where we will catch up with it injust a moment. Boris johnson has repeatedly said he wants to leave the eu on october 31 come what may, and would mps having passed that bill blocking no deal, he came to the commons to ask for an early general election, arguing it was time for the people to have their say. In my view, and the view of this government, there must now be an election on tuesday the 15th of october, and i invite the right honourable gentleman to respond to decide which of us goes as Prime Minister to that crucial counsel on thursday october 17. Minister to that crucial counsel on thursday 0ctober17. I dont want an election. The public dont want an election. The public dont want an election. The public dont want an election. The country doesnt want an election. But this house has left no other option than letting the public decide who they want as Prime Minister and i commend this motion to the house. The offer of the election today is a bit like the offer of an apple to snow white and the wicked queen. Because what he is offering is not an apple or even an election, but the poison of a no deal. The truth, mr speaker, is that this motion from the Prime Minister is about playing a disingenuous game, but is unworthy of his office. Mr speaker, we will not be party to the Prime Ministers games. We will not allow the Prime Minister to use games. We will not allow the Prime Ministerto use an games. We will not allow the Prime Minister to use an election to force a no deal brexit through the back door. Simply put, the snp cannot support this motion tonight, because we do not trust the Prime Minister. We could have a general election. And i say to the Prime Minister, such an election should be held in a responsible, calm and orderly way, not with the rate of crashing out of the European Union with no deal, either during the campaign or in the immediate aftermath. So if he wants an election, extend article 50 for the purposes of having a general election, and bring it on. Boris for borisjohnsons election motion to pass, two thirds of mps had to vote for it, but he didnt get enough support. They ayes to the right, 298. The noes to the left, 56. So the ayes have it, but the house will be aware that emotion has obtained the majority required under the fixed term parliaments arced 2011 stop unlocked. Act 2011. Defeat number three. The Prime Minister made a statement and mocked the labour leaderfor minister made a statement and mocked the labour leader for failing to back the election. 48 hours ago he was leading the chat when arced of stop the coup, let the people vote. Leading the chants. Now he is saying, stop the election, stop the people from voting. I can only speculate as to the reasons behind his hesitation. The obvious conclusion is, i am afraid, but he does not think he will win. Boris johnson. Down the corridor, it was lpeers turn to get their teeth into the bill ruling out no deal. Peers. Even in the normally serene house of lords they were guerrilla tactics and bad tempered exchanges as peers who backed brexit tried to stop the bill even being discussed. They put down dozens of changes or amendments to a motion limiting the time for debate on the bill in the lords. The cunning plan being to keep peers voting for so long that the no deal bill itself would never get to the wicket. There were threats of all night sittings, and keeping peers in the chamberfor days on end. But eventually a late night truce was reached, and on thursday, after a few hours of sleep, peers moved on the bill itself. Parliament has, i regret to say, sort to what the implementation of the decision of the british people. Under this bill is but the latest instalment of that said sade endeavour. Sad. Latest instalment of that said sade endeavour. Sad. My lords, this is actually a simple and quite straightforward bill. But that doesnt make it unimportant. Because what it seeks to prevent, a no deal crush out on the simply of the Prime Minister, does have major implications. It is taking back control for parliament in action, rather than in control for parliament in action, ratherthan in empty control for parliament in action, rather than in empty rhetoric. She has talked about the coalition of people who have grouped together to propose this bill, which essentially delays brexit for a minimum of three months, can she tell us, please, what the coalition of people intend to do with those three months . The coalition is perfectly open about the fact they have coalesced on a specific, narrow purpose, to prevent massive harm to the people of this country. Beyond that, they will be further discussion about how to proceed. The only way, if we leave the Customs Union and the single market, of solving the problem in ireland, is to have a boarded down the irish sea undercuts ireland off. Is that what the conservative and Unionist Party wishes to do . That stage of the game reveals the sort of manichaean approach, the only way. There are in fact controls that are already in place on animals, livestock, down the irish sea. When it came to the vote, peers back to the bill without a formal division. A fourth defeat for borisjohnson. The legislation passed through all its remaining stages in the lords the next day, clearing the way for it to become law at the start of the following week. To top it all off, there was another blow for Boris Johnson, when this man, his younger brotherjo, announced he was quitting as a minister and mp, saying he was torn between family loyalty a nd saying he was torn between family loyalty and the national interest. Mps returned on monday for their last sitting day before a controversial five week suspension or proroguement of parliament. It was an expectant house that gathered for a day of political argy bargy, but first came a surprise announcement from the speaker, john bercow. I would like to make a personal statement to the house. 0ut of the 2017 election, i promised my wife and children but it would be my last. That it. This is a pledge that i intend to keep. If mps voted later that night for an early general election, he would stand down then. If not, he would go on until october 31, which as well as being halloween, is the day the uk is currently scheduled to leave the European Union. John bercows ten yea rs European Union. John bercows ten years in the chair have been controversial. 0nce years in the chair have been controversial. Once a conservative, he has faced fierce criticism from brexit supporters who have questioned his impartiality. He has also been at the centre of bullying allegations, which he robustly denies. Throughout my time as a speaker, i have sought to increase the relative authority of this legislature, for which i will make absolutely no apology to anyone anywhere, at any time. To deploy a, perhaps, dangerous phrase, i have also sought to be the backbenchers backstop. He said he couldnt have done it without colleagues, friends, and family. And, above all, my wife sally, and our three children, 0liver, freddie, and jemima. Applause. There were tributes from all sides. In your role as speaker, youve totally change the way in which thejob has been done. Youve reached out to people across the whole country, you visited schools, you visited factories, you visited officers, youve talk to people about the role of parliament and democracy. It is the case that this evening eye shall vote, with many of my colleagues, for an early general election. I hope you wont take that personally, mr speaker, because they have no wish to prematurely truncate your time have no wish to prematurely truncate yourtime and have no wish to prematurely truncate your time and energy. Because it is the case, however controversial the role of a backstop has been in other areas, your role as a backbenchers backstop has been appreciated by those across the south. John bercow paid a tribute to visit own to the speakers who he said he had appointed despite opposition from bigots. They had met rose, they didnt like her, they couldnt form a view, they had a stupid, dimwitted, atavistic, racist, and rancid opposition to the reverend rose. I was right, they were wrong, the house loves her. Applause john bercow insisting he was right all along. Those tributes tojohn bercow lasted well over an hour. That was to business. 0ne bercow lasted well over an hour. That was to business. One of the conservatives thrown out of the party move to force the government to release internal communications on the controversial decision to suspend or Prorogue Parliament for five weeks. Ministers insisted is to allow for a new queens speech setting up the government s plans for the next year stop opponents reckon the unusually long suspension isa reckon the unusually long suspension is a cynical move to keep mps away from westminster in the run up to brexit stop Dominic Grieve demanded to see all the communications between ministers and special advisor s. Between ministers and special advisor s. We have seen documents that show that although on the 23rd of august of this year number 10 downing street and the Prime Minister denied considering the idea of proroguing at all, in fact, internal government documents reveal that this matter was under consideration some ten days before. He said a remarkable memo has shown the Prime Minister was happy with that and thought the ideas of mp sitting in september are necessary and contemptible. It is also rather noteworthy that when we found what was under the reduction it turned out he condemned mr David Camerons belief in having a september sitting as being a girlie swat which i suppose was meant to be contrasted with his manly idleness. But the government did have supporters. With his manly idleness. But the government did have supportersm is important as Civil Servants have space and safe space to speak truth to power. And id think that by his actions today he is damaging the Civil Services ability to communicate and discuss freely matters with ministers. Does he not see the damage he is doing . One mp worried the government wouldnt release the information regardless of the commons vote. The daily meyler just reporting right of the commons vote. The daily meylerjust reporting right now, quote, downing street is not in any move to bow to dominic reids demands. Under no circumstances will number 10 staff comply with the demands, regardless of any votes in parliament. Labour reckon there were two key questions. Why now . Why parade now at such a crucial time . What is wrong with november . Well, we know the outcome of the negotiations and have a decision. So why now and wi fi weeks . Negotiations and have a decision. So why now and wifi weeks . The snp spokesperson revealed what her sources had told her. And wifi weeks . What has been going on is that key figures in number 10 and the government have been communicating about the real reasons for prorogation, not through the official channels of government e mails or government memos, but using personal e mails, whatsapp, and vodafone s, which are usually used by people who are involved in a criminal enterprise in order to avoid being traced burner phones. It is unprecedented, it takes a coach and horses through our Data Protection legislation, it is questionable in right of the article eight rates that individuals have under the eight rates that individuals have underthe echr, and it would, for the first time, say that no, no, that this house of commons, by simple majority vote, can say that any individuals medications should be rendered transparent. Do members realise what they are doing . Communications. When it came to the documents on the no deal contingency plan, known as operation yellowhammer, it was approved by 311 votes to 302. Defeat number five. As the day drew to a close and with his hands increasingly died, Boris Johnson came to the commons again to ask mps to vote for a general election. Just before 11 oclock at night, in an increasingly rowdy chamber, he sat at his arguments, using the labour leader of running scared tide. Using the labour leader of running scared tide. Why are they conniving to delay brexit in defiance of the referendum costing the country next to £250 million a week for the privilege, £250 million a week for the privilege of delay, enough to upgrade more than five hospitals and train 4000 new nurses . The only possible explanation is that they fear that we will win it, mr speaker. I will benat that they fear that we will win it, mr speaker. Iwill benat im grateful, thank you so much i will be net. At one point the heckling got so loud in his complaint that could not here. Boris johnson move the microphone closer to him. He insisted he would try to get a deal but would not ask for another delay if you really want to delay brexit beyond 0ctober another delay if you really want to delay brexit beyond october the 3ist, delay brexit beyond october the 31st, which is what you seem to want to do, then vote for an election and let the people decide, let the people decide if they want to delay or not. The Prime Minister is running away from scrutiny, running away. Running away from scrutiny with his blather and his shouting. Once the threat of a no deal brexit is removed from the table the snp will act. And we urge others to act to bring down the tories, oust this Prime Minister, and let the people have their say. Once we are safe in the knowledge that we are not leaving the European Union on halloween, the days of this government will be over. The lib dem leader confirmed that her party, if they won the match and they would hold the uk on leaving the eu. They won the match and they would hold the uk on leaving the eum they won the match and they would hold the uk on leaving the eu. In a general election way we will stand to secure a liberal democrat majority, such a liberal democrat majority, such a liberal democrat majority government would indeed revoke article 50. But it wasnt just the Prime Minister who was under attack. A former labour mp it out atjeremy corbyn, saying he knew he would lose the election for knost because of the vast majority of decent labour mps lose the election. Not because. But because of as election. Not because. But because ofasa election. Not because. But because of as a lifelong eurosceptic leaving a party of remainers he has been caught out trying to have it both ways on brexit time and time again. Is firing stages continued until well after midnight, when the vote was finally called. The ayes to the right, 293, the noes to the left, 46. The ayes the ayes have it. Labour had abstained. Meaning Boris Johnson once again failed to get the two thirds of mpc needed. Defeat number six two thirds of mpc needed. Defeat numbersix mps two thirds of mpc needed. Defeat number six mps he needed. Two thirds of mpc needed. Defeat number six mps he needed. This government will not delay brexit any further. We will not allow the emphatic verdict of the referendum to be slowly suffocated by further drift and paralysis. And while the opposition run from their duty to a nswer to opposition run from their duty to answer to those who put us here, they cannot hide forever. This government is a disgrace and the way the Prime Minister operates as a disgrace. Jeremy corbyn. After that vote and are well past 1am, parliament began the ceremony of prorogation, is shutting westminsters doors five weeks. The senior official, black rod, right to ask mps to come along to the lords for the ceremony, it is normally a formality. Not this time. Desire the presence of this honourable house. No. No black rod was drowned out in all of the hullabaloo. Sides were being held up saying silenced. There was a slight scuffle as some mps tried to take control the speaker did eventually leave the chamber tojoin speaker did eventually leave the chamber to join the ceremony and the lord, but only after he made it clear that for many people he called this an active executive he had. The traditional procession left the chamber to cries of shame on you from the opposition benches. Chanting shame on you prorogation finally complete, an extraordinary session of parliament ended. Finishing on a present defeats, opposition rs, and the resignation of the commons speaker. For now, from me, melissa mccarthy, goodbye. Hello there. The kind of weather you should expect this weekend depends very much upon where you are going to be spending it. The further south you are you can expect plenty of sunshine, it will be dry and it will turn warmer. The further north you are across the uk, there will be some outbreaks of rain at times, not all the time, it will feel a bit cooler and it will be windy, particularly across the far north of scotland. Because low pressure will be trying to muscle its way in here, quite a deep area of low pressure with a set of frontal systems, down towards the south though, High Pressure will hold on, giving a lot of dry weather. Underneath that high, quite a cool start to saturday morning in fact one of two spots in the countryside hovering around two or three degrees. Further north and west, Northern Ireland and scotland not so chilly to start the day, because more of a breeze will be blowing, we will see more cloud, some outbreaks of rain, particularly across the far north of scotland where it will be very windy through the day. Further south across england and wales, once any early mist has cleared, you can expect a lot of sunshine and those temperatures not doing badly at all for this time of year, 23 24 in the south east, 16 19 for scotland and Northern Ireland, which is still not bad by any stretch. In to saturday night, some pretty windy weather across the far north, in fact for shetland we could see gusts of 60 70 mph, maybe a touch stronger than that, outbreaks a touch stronger than that, of rain pushing southwards. Outbreaks of rain pushing southwards. To the south of that, light winds and clear skies, generally not quite such a chilly start on sunday morning. Sundays weather will be dominated by this frontal system. This front will be wriggling around across this central swathes of the british isles. Uncertainty about where they will ta ke uncertainty about where they will take the weather front and where the rain will be, but we will see splashes of rain at times for Northern Ireland, perhaps fringing into southern parts of scotland, across northern england, maybe into the north midlands and north wales. To the south of that weather front, sunday will be a pretty warm day, the warmest day of the weekend, 2526. To the the warmest day of the weekend, 25 26. To the north of the weather front inks will be very cool and fresh, 14 15 degrees. As we go on into the start of next week the frontal system will slide as we southwards. All of us will get into some cool air. There could be the 0jo at times in the north and east. But some dry weather and some sunshine as well. Welcome to bbc news im maryam moshiri. Our top stories borisjohnson says hes cautiously optimistic a brexit deal can be struck, as he prepares for talks with the European Commission president. 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