Good morning. A group of mps, including some rebel conservatives who were expelled from the party, are preparing legal action if borisjohnson refuses to agree to a parliamentary bill which would require him to ask for a further delay to brexit. The Prime Minister has said he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for the eu for another delay, beyond the october 31 deadline. Our Political Correspondent matt cole told me why the government is trying find a way to stop another extension to the article 50 process. The law that is being worked on by the commons and passed by the house of lords this week is waiting for royal assent on monday when it is locked into the statute book. At that point, theoretically Boris Johnson, if he does not have a brexit deal signed off by october the 19th will write to them and say he would like an extension, potentially to the 31st of january, three months beyond the current deadline. He said he would rather be deadline. He said he would rather be deadin
The home secretary, priti patel, will meet her french counterpart in paris today, to discuss ways to deal with the rise in illegal migrant crossings to the uk by boat. At least 25 people have been killed in a firebomb attack on a nightclub in mexico. Several more are seriously hurt. And the survival of Bolton Wanderers has been secured after Football Ventures limited completed its takeover of the club. The League One Club had been facing liquidation. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The government has insisted that mps will have time to debate the uks departure from the European Union despite plans to suspend parliament for five weeks into october. Yesterday, the queen approved the Prime Ministers request to close parliament until 14th october less than three weeks before the uk is due to leave the eu. But the move has sparked protests around the country a legal challenge is underway and a petition against proroging parliament has attracted more than one million signatur
Here on bbc news. Good morning. A group of mps, including some rebel conservatives who were expelled from the party, are preparing legal action if borisjohnson refuses to agree to a parliamentary bill which would require him to ask for a further delay to brexit. The Prime Minister has said he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for the eu for another delay, beyond the october 31 deadline. With me is our political correspondent, matt cole. Just to explain where we are, Boris Johnson looks like he is going to be compelled to ask for a delay but it isnt clear whether there is any loophole out of that . Yes, some people wonder whether he is spending the weekend trying to think his way out of a box in position, as many see him. The law being worked on by the house of commons and passed by the house of commons and passed by the house of lords may be locked into the statute book, by that point, borisjohnson, into the statute book, by that point, Boris Johnson, theoretically, if he does n
Virgin galactics plans to put tourists into space. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. A group of mps, including some rebel conservatives who were expelled from the party, are preparing legal action if borisjohnson refuses to agree to a parliamentary bill which would require him to ask for a further delay to brexit. The Prime Minister has said he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for the eu for another delay, beyond the october 31 deadline. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn speaking this morning said the government had a duty to comply with the will of parliament. We are not taking legal action as a party but we are aware of the action is being discussed and prepared for. The shadow attorney general was attached to the case discussed in court this week but it is an interesting question you asked. The court is making a decision to make a Prime Minister abiding by the law made by the parliament of which he isa made by the parliament of which he is a member. The
Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello and welcome to monday in parliament. Coming up, a former cabinet minister accuses the government of failing to find out the truth about what the British Intelligence services knew about the treatment of detainees abroad after 9 11. It is years and years of putting this into the long grass in the hope that it would eventually go away. Peers express outrage over the possibility that parliament could be suspended to get a no deal brexit passed. The fact my lords that in a parliamentary democracy, we have to contemplate such a possibility is truly lamentable. And, on the subject of Childhood Obesity, one peer thinks very much outside the box. Why dont we give the poorest among us a waitrose. A waitrose lunch and dinner and subsidise it and stop having to pay further upline in the nhs . But first, the commentss longest serving mp, the conservative ken clarke, has called for a full inquiry into the role of the British Intelligence