Boris johnson has won the u. K. s bricks and general election having roundly defeated the Opposition Labor Party you have to go back to the 1980 s. To get a conservative majority this big the Labor Party Leader Jeremy Colvin has now said he will step down so what does all that mean for the brics it and can Boris Johnson Prime Minister deliver on his promise to get rexs done this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the special inside story coming to you today from westminster here in Central London Boris Johnson knew he had to win and win big and win big he did the Labor Party Led by Jeremy Corbyn only had to get enough seats to form some sort of loose coalition with the Scottish Nationalist Party up in edinburgh they didnt even get close to managing that so Jeremy Colvin has now said he will go hell probably hang around however until april but Boris Johnson says he can deliver on bracks at that process in theory can and should he says kick off straight away with bricks it beginning t
Be held before long but mps will also consider amendments, which could include votes for 16 to 18 year olds. Its 5pm. Were live at westminster where the house of commons is inching its way towards a decision on holding a general election before christmas. Mps are debating a bill presented by borisjohnson, which is meant to clear all its commons stages today, but its already looking to be a less than straightforward process. Theres disagreement on the date, the 12th of december proposed by the government, is being challenged by the opposition. But labour, after much internal debate, is now backing the calls for an election. Jeremy corbyn said that the ruling out of a no deal brexit had dealt with labours main concern. The Scottish National party and the liberal democrats want a 9th of december poll but theres talk of a possible compromise around the 11th december. There are extra demands for giving votes to 16 and 17 year olds, and allowing eu nationals resident in the uk to vote in a g
At the end of the month. The home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. Walking out former conservative leadership contender rory stewart resigns from the party and plans to stand for mayor of london coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with olly foster. Encouraging progress for andy murray. He was quite chipper today, he says hes been playing his best tennis yet on the singles comeback trail. Thats despite a quarterfinal defeat in china today. And theres been a big win for south africa over italy at the Rugby World Cup. Thanks olly and helen has all the weather. Wet conditions set to continue. U nfortu nately, yes, unfortunately, yes, thats right, martin, as storm lorenzo is approaching quite rapidly, we look for the next significant rainmaker coming up. I will have the details just before the bottom of the hour. Hello, this is afternoon live, im martine croxall. A damning report has strongly criticised the metropolitan police for
Constitution are being dismissed like that and i think having a written constitution is the protection we need and it is long standing liberal democrat policy for a good reason. Jo, thank you. There are any questions arising out of that in the current political situation that we are and in terms of brexit and the constitution generally. Lets have a look around. Hands up as high as you can. The gentleman on the far right of the hall, with his hand up in a blue shirt. Can we have a microphone over there . Stand up, sir. Thank you very much indeed. Stirling and clackmannanshire and a question for jo, ive devised something i learned oii jo, ive devised something i learned on the football terraces that i think we should all say now and again. Jo, jo, superjo, superjo swinson. The question is, as a scottish mp, following in the footsteps of others, do you think you could explain federalism to the english once and for all . Controversial waters im going to invite one more question. The young
Diana did the same. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. One of the Prime Ministers most Senior Advisers has said he is not surprised that some voters are angry with mps over brexit. Dominic cummings said the only way to solve the issue of abuse would be if mps respected the result of the eu referendum. And he said if mps say we dont want to respect that vote, what do you expect to happen . The angry tenor of debate over brexit has caused more than 100 bishops to warn against further entrenching our divisions. Theyve called for respect on all sides, in the debate on britains withdrawal from the eu. Boris johnson has defended the language he used in wednesdays commons debate, after he described one mps safety concerns as humbug. But the prime minster insists he deplores any threats to anybody, particularly female mps. Speaking at a book launch in london last night, mr cummings dismissed suggestions the government was under pressure over brexit, saying he was enjoying it. 0ur Poli