i believe that point is now. will you be prime minister tomorrow? of course. more westminster hostility from senior mps this afternoon, but through it all the prime minister insists he s here to stay. frankly, mr speaker, the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when he has being handed a colossal mandate is to keep going and that s what i m going to do. tonight at the end appears night for borisjohnson, it feels like a question of when, not if he will go. political turmoil in westminster and we will have the latest in a fast moving story. on here, what voters think about all. also tonight. a ukranian mother picks through the remnants of her beloved son s life our special report on russian atrocities and a war crimes investigation. the lionesses training at old trafford. in less than two hours, they ll be on the pitch for real. the women s euros get under way today. stay with us. stay with us for our continuing coverage of the news from our correspondence arou
yet. in downing street, with a pretty big crowd of protesters who have gathered outside the gates, chris is still with me. this note of defiance, that has come through loud and clear tonight from downing street, at one stage today people were talking fairly confidently about the prime minister actually going? about the prime minister actually auoin ? ~ about the prime minister actually oiiin ? . ., , about the prime minister actually oiiin?. ., ~ ., going? when i was talking to george on the six o clock going? when i was talking to george on the six o clock news, going? when i was talking to george on the six o clock news, i going? when i was talking to george on the six o clock news, i was - on the six o clock news, i was anticipating there was a possibility, nothing more than that, that within a couple of hours there might have been a lectern just behind us with the prime minister preparing to come out and offer his resignation. that was a view articulated by plenty o
the prime minister who has been put on notice. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street. so how did the liberal democrats deliver such a huge political upset in north shropshire and how much can we read into the result? 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been out speaking to voters in the constituency. as the sun came up, north shropshire awoke to a new political landscape. liberal democrats, 17,957. cheering and applause. this solid tory turf had been shaken. by mid morning, the lib dems victor had arrived to much fanfare. they threw everything at this, pitching themselves as the challengers, which paid off and as they celebrated, onlookers contemplated what had happened and why. i am not a big fan of borisjohnson. he has disappointed all of us. not everyone was thrilled that the conservatives had lost. it is very sad when you think that they have held it for 200 years. i
from their constituencies. stamford in lincolnshire is rock solid tory turf. long standing members of the conservative association were as one. if he wants to be remembered as a good prime minister then i think he has to consider, is it the time now to resign. i think it would be better if he just resigned, rather than waiting for a vote of confidence. i think he would get a lot more respect. a lot of the long serving membersl in the association have very vocally said that it s time for him to go. scotland s tory leader has already said the same. his call for borisjohnson to resign caused something of a party row. jacob rees mogg, as anyone, is entitled to their opinions. i don t happen to agree with them. jacob rees mogg had called him a lightweight and questioned his loyalty, and now he s suggested lockdown rules might have been too tough at the time of the downing street gathering asking today. whether all those regulations were
the cabinet have shown theirsupport, including the chancellor, though from him it was quieter. mr speaker, i want to apologise. for many, yesterday s apologyjust didn t cut it. the mood among tories is dim. some critics are keeping their counsel for now, waiting perhaps to hear from their constituencies. stamford in lincolnshire is rock solid tory turf. long standing members of the conservative association were as one. if he wants to be remembered as a good prime minister then i think he has to consider, is it the time now to resign. i think it would be better if he just resigned, rather than waiting for a vote of confidence. i think he would get a lot more respect. a lot of the long serving - members in the association have very vocally said that it s time for him to go. - scotland s tory leader has already said the same. his call for borisjohnson to resign caused something of a party row. jacob rees mogg, as anyone, is entitled to their opinions. i don t happen to agree with them. ja