Now on bbc news, Stephen Sackur speaks to independent mp heidi allen on hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im Stephen Sackur. Brexit is stress testing britains political and constitutional conventions to the very limit. With Prime Minister borisjohnson apparently intent on ignoring the will of parliament and exiting the eu at the end of october, the eye of the brexit storm is fast approaching. My guest is mp heidi allen, who quit the conservative party in early 2019 and co founded a new pro remain centrist party, but that bid to break the political mould failed. What does her experience tell us about the clarity and coherence of brexits opponents . Heidi allen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You quit the conservative party seven months ago. You clearly wanted to change the dynamic of the Brexit Debate in the united kingdom. Seven months on, are you ready to say you failed . To be honest, i mean, brexit was the catalyst that drew us together, those of us thatjumped at the same time from bo
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Coins in a field in somerset. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. So what do you make of borisjohnson suspending parliament . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about we will be getting plenty of political reaction to the breaking news, which could have a Significant Impact on what happens in regards to brexit and whether it means the government can take the uk out of the eu without a deal on the 31st october. We can speak to snp leader. In fact, october. We can speak to snp leader. Infact, we october. We can speak to snp leader. In fact, we are going to speak to joe cherry, the leader. In fact, we are going to speak tojoe cherry, the leader of the snp shortly for her reaction. First, all of the news. That developing story is the top news so that developing story is the top news so far today. The government is expected to Prorogue Parliament for five weeks, shortly after mps returned to work in Early September before holding the next queens sp
Doesnt jeopardise our economy. How are the main parties going to win you over, who are as divided over brexit as politicans on all sides are . And will the parties who want to stop brexit find a way to Work Together . Also. On this programme yesterday, one senior conservative mp didnt hold back when describing the Prime Ministers downing street advisor, Dominic Cummings. An unelected, foul mouthed oaf, throwing his weight around. Its completely unacceptable. Well talk to a man who shared an office with him, and says he thrives on creating enemies and fighting them. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. From westminster, again. Are you ready for a general election . Will you vote . It would be the third general election in four years. Lets know this morning. Send us a message on twitter. Many guests to talk to this morning and plenty of voters as well, we would love to hear from you wherever you are in the country and we will feed your comments into our conve
The governments decision. What he is doing is he is suspending parliament when it should be sitting because he is determined to do something for which he has no mandate at all. Sterling has fallen in response to the announcement. It lost around a cent against both the us dollar and the euro, due to increased fears of a no deal brexit. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The queen is to be asked by the government to suspend Parliament Days after mps return to work, and a matter of weeks before the brexit deadline. Parliament will return from recess on the 3rd of september, and could be prorogued or suspended only a week later, on the 10th. Thats expected to make way for Boris Johnsons new administration to hold a queens speech laying out the governments future plans on m october. But it means mps are unlikely to have time to pass any laws that could stop the Prime Minister taking the uk out of the eu without a deal on 31 october. John bercow give his reaction in the last few min