yesterday. we did not get it yesterday. do we think it will happen this morning, today? we think it will happen happen this morning, today? we think it will happen today, happen this morning, today? we think it will happen today, i happen this morning, today? we think it will happen today, i am happen this morning, today? we think it will happen today, i am not - it will happen today, i am not certain if it will be this morning. by certain if it will be this morning. by close of play we will have seen the written evidence. borisjohnson sent it into the committee yesterday afternoon, about 2:30pm. they have been going over it with a fine tooth comb, retracting some of it because they say they want to protect the identity of some of those who are involved in the process. this has been quite a big row over process actually. there is a frustration among borisjohnson s team this stuff was not published last night. also a row brewing between boris johnson and the committee about whet
something that rishi sunak wants, it is a pitch he is making to unionist politicians, to get back around the table, but at the moment he cannot be sure that it is going to happen. likewise he cannot be certain that some of his own mps will not oppose what he has agreed. there are a small number who have not yet said how they feel, they want to go through it with a fine tooth comb to make sure there are no what they call surprises. there are questions on how this could work in practice, particularly the so called stormont brake. it is not clear when the government would be prepared to use that or whether it is a nuclear option kept on the back pocket in case things get bad. that is a question some dup politicians have been asking. however i think that if you had told the prime minister at the weekend that he would get the
this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is. china has condemned the us government s decision to order all its agencies to delete the social media app tiktok because of security concerns. the british prime minister visits northern ireland spelling out the benefits as he sees them of the new trading arrangements with the eu. let s get more on that now. because rishi sunak is now back in westminster, trying to encourage his backbench conservative mps also called the 1922 committee to vote for his deal. and we know that the eurosceptic conservative group, called the european research group, are meeting to discuss their own response. let s talk about this with rob watson our uk political correspondent. they re going to get all their lawyers to get through this with the fine tooth comb they could take a couple weeks. i fine tooth comb they could take a couple weeks- fine tooth comb they could take a couple weeks. i think you ve got it all there, one c
what businesses make of the deal tonight is really only one part of the picture here because northern ireland has been without a government for a year, so the big political question here is, is there enoughin political question here is, is there enough in this deal to persuade the dup to go back into stormont? there were clearly parts of the prime minister s announcement today that the design to help the dup present this as a win. he was saying there is no more bordering the irish sea, that problems with getting things like sausages or parcels over the irish they have been resolved. but saying that, already tonight we have seen a few dup mps coming out saying their initial reaction is they are still sceptical. they don t know if this deal goes far enough. but the dup leader sirjeffrey donaldson hasn t beenjumping to dup leader sirjeffrey donaldson hasn t been jumping to any quick conclusions. he says the party is still going through the detail with a fine tooth comb. but the longer the
ireland, and the deal he has come up with, he will argue, means fewer checks with, he will argue, means fewer checks for with, he will argue, means fewer checks for goods travelling across the r50 checks for goods travelling across the rsc. there will also be an argument the rsc. there will also be an argument this gives the people of northern argument this gives the people of northern ireland are far greater say in the northern ireland are far greater say in the rules northern ireland are far greater say in the rules that apply there. however. in the rules that apply there. however, as we ve been discussing all day, however, as we ve been discussing all day, the however, as we ve been discussing all day, the dabble with this thing is always all day, the dabble with this thing is always in the detail. the dup have is always in the detail. the dup have made clear they won t give their have made clear they won t give their verdict into they ve gone through their verd