The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has called on borisjohnson to ditch his Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union and form an alliance with his party in the upcoming general election. Speaking at his campaign launch, he said hed field a candidate in every seat in britain, if the Prime Minister didnt drop his brexit plans, which he described as a sell out. Today, mrjohnson said in an interview with the bbc that doing deals with other parties would putJeremy Corbyn into number10. More on that shortly, but first, heresjohn pienaar. The biggest grin in politics, but whats he got to smile about . Nigel farages party is trailing in the polls, but still grabbing tory votes. So his ultimatum to borisjohnson today drop your deal, leave the brexit party to fight labour in many leave voting areas or well take on tories across the country. There are around about 150 seats in this country that are labour held constituencies that the conservative party have never, ever won in their
At demonstrators marching in defiance of a police ban. And now on bbc news, simon mccoy reports from the cornish port of penzance as part of a special bbc series exploring the challenges and opportunities facing britains coastal towns. Hello, i am simon mccoy, here in penzance as part of a special bbc series looking at the challenges and opportunities facing britains coastal towns. New analysis from bbc news has shown that two thirds of coastal parliamentary constituencies have seen a real terms fall in wages since 2010. That means the average worker here in a seaside town like this is earning £1600 a year less than someone working inland. John kay has been to meet three generations of one family here in penzance to see what that means in practice. Just a mile from the beach, the treneere estate, one of the poorest parts of britain. The coram family wanted to show us how they get by. We survive, day by day. Dad mike is a full time security guard, and earns £18,000 per year. He is pai
Weve got to figure out ways to put ourselves in the best place possible to perform. And at 11 30pm, we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, journalist and broadcaster Yasmin Alibhai brown and the political commentator and former conservative staffer jo anne nadler. Stay with us for that. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has called on borisjohnson to ditch his Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union and form an alliance with his party in the upcoming general election. Speaking at his campaign launch, he said he would field a candidate in every seat in britain if the Prime Minister didnt drop his brexit plans, which he described as a sell out. Today, mrjohnson said in an interview with the bbc that doing deals with other parties would putJeremy Corbyn into number ten. More on that shortly, but first, here is john pienaar. The biggest grin in politics, but what has he got to smile about . Nigel farages party is trailing in the polls, but stil
We are very peaceful. We are not hippies. We do not smell of hemp. We would love mrjohnson to come and talk to us. And the teenagers being taught life saving skills to deal with the consequences of knife crime. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The german chancellor Angela Merkel has told the Prime Minister that a brexit deal is overwhelmingly unlikely, in a phone call between the two leaders this morning. Quoting a source in downing street, our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg says that mrs merkel suggested that a deal would never be possible unless Northern Ireland stayed in a Customs Union. The Prime Minister stressed to mrs merkel that in his view, the uk has made a reasonable offer, but there seemed to be no real desire on the eu side for negotiation. The source said that the eus demand on Northern Ireland would make a deal essentially impossible. the source also said that talks in brussels are close to breaking down, despite the fact that the uk has moved a long way. t
Quite heavy, accompanied by gusty winds as well, all because we have low pressure sitting to the north of the uk at the moment. Closest to that, it is shower after shower running into the Western Highlands of scotland, just big rain totals over the next few days as the showers keep on coming. They are rather more scattered elsewhere, turning into lines, and this line you can pick out here is moving down to the east and south east of england this afternoon. Scattered showers and sunshine elsewhere in england and wales, more showers in Northern Ireland this afternoon compared with what we have seen so far today and most showers in scotla nd far today and most showers in scotland in the west. It is here we are seeing the strongest winds, gusting and squally winds with the showers, but temperatures around the mid teens. Some of us, 17 or perhaps 18 celsius mid teens. Some of us, 17 or perhaps i8 celsius in the warmer parts of the east and south east of england. Now, into tonight, most of t