There can be honourable disagreements and i have had disagreements and i have had disagreements with each and every one of them. All of them. That has led to many votes in this house which havent always been entered into with the certainty of the outcome more effectively, but both sides have always done so safe in the knowledge that this parliament is sovereign. That this parliament can act as an effective block on any abuse of power. Therefore today i am urging allmps abuse of power. Therefore today i am urging all mps from all sides to stand up for what is right, to stand up stand up for what is right, to stand upfor stand up for what is right, to stand up for what you believe in and support this cross party move. |i thank my right honourable friend. Does my right honourable friend agree that if we are to trust the Prime Minister that a deal is on site, he would do all he could to show evidence of the progress he has made in negotiations over the summer and publish the government pro
By pressure from downing street. We have to act now to make sure that there is an insurance policy against a no deal crash out on the 31st october. It comes as conservative mp philip lee defects to the libdems, leaving the government with no working majority. Well just ahead of an expected welljust ahead of an expected vote in the commons which could see mps to control of commons business, phillip lee crossed the floor to sit with the liberal democrats losing the working majority for the conservative government. Phillip lee crossed the floor to sit with the liberal democrats as the Prime Minister was addressing the house. The labour leader, jeremy corbyn, said mrjohson was losing friends at home and failing to win them in europe. Well, a little earlier my colleague huw edwards, asked philip lee whos crossed the floor to join the liberal democrats why he felt compelled to leave his party. Ive been a member of this conservative party for 27 years. But over recent months ive increasingly
Against no deal. Its just been announced the house of commons will vote again on holding a general election on monday. Ill have the latest from westminster as the Prime Ministers travails get personal. And the other main stories this lunchtime. Urgent help desperately needed for over 70,000 people in the bahamas, after Hurricane Dorian devastates their homes. The biggest slavery gang ever to be prosecuted in the uk they held hundreds captive under threat of death. And Australias Steve Smith leads the charge in the second day of the fourth test at old trafford. And coming up on bbc news. Rafa nadal is the hot favourite to win the final tennis major of the year the us open. And with it, a 19th grand slam title. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one live from westminster. The tensions at the heart of government have been laid bare after borisjohnsons brother, jo, quit the government and announced hes stepping down as a conservative mp. He says hes been torn between family loya
A no deal brexit goes through parliament. Away from politics Hurricane Dorian is expected to bring a deadly storm surge to the us east coast, after causing devastation and at least 20 deaths in the bahamas. The story of how Police Brought down the biggest human slave gang thats ever been caught in the uk. And coming up, scientists start to chip away at the mystery, of why one in 10 people is left handed. Boris johnson will speak directly to the public today, setting out what downing street is describing as the vital choice that faces our country. Thats after mrjohnson suffered his fourth defeat in as many votes in the commons as mps looked to set to keep him in office, but without his working majority. There were two votes last night. First up was the brexit delay bill thats aimed at forcing the pm to ask for an extension beyond the 31 october brexit deadline if a deal has not been agreed with the eu. Opposition mps and tory rebels ensured it passed by 327 votes to 299. Then, as if eve
Russia so in a way there was a lot of sever ties from the west let me remind you that. You know there are attempts to call for boys quarter of the world cup in russia the european leaders send them merican leaders didnt come they try to stop the so called negotiators socalled investigations. Into the way we go on this world cup or just like theyre trying to stop them with qatar but in fact if you look at the history or or world cups i think it was a matter of justice that countries such as russia such as qatar such as african countries like south africa these countries did not get world cups for decades let me remind you that for many years europe especially the u. K. Lechon america and to a certain extent the United States dominated you know their trend thats more walled cops then all the other countries and i think it was a very important trend change in the trend when 1st south africa then russia and now qatar hosting these games and 1000000000 viewers you know there is a bond 10000