Seriously so i think thats an issue. Met Office Weather warnings for most of the uk today, with thunderstorms likely to bring more flash flooding and travel disruption. The premier League Season gets under way tonight as european champions liverpool take on promoted norwich city at anfield. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Our top story the chancellor sajid javid has said its a challenging time for world economies as new figures revealed the uk economy shrank in the Second Quarter of this year. The gdp figures show a 0. 2 decline between april and june, the worst performance of the uk economy since 2012. It follows a 0. 5 growth the previous quarter, which was largely put down to manufacturers stockpiling before the missed brexit deadline on march 31st. Even the usually Strong Services sector, showed just 0. 1 growth in todays figures, which have led to fears of a uk recession. Lets get more from our correspondent katy austin, katy what do the figures tell us . It had been expected that growth would be flat so is it a point to percent contraction is worse than expected and it comes after a rise for the first three months of the year of for the first three months of the yearof 0. 5 , a for the first three months of the year of 0. 5 , a lot of it due to stockpiling ahead of the original brexit date which boosted the economic output figures. It seems that has not been sustained, the ons things those have been unwound and we have seen a fall in manufacturing and construction production and the Services Sector dead drop slightly but it was much weaker than we have seen and the asked few weeks. Other economies are also struggling but it does not technically mean the uk is into recession, that is thought to be when there are two consecutive quarters of contraction. It does suggest there are weaknesses at the moment and the economy and the cbi has described the contraction as concerning. I have a statement from the chancellor sajid javid who emphasised that is charging across the Global Economy and said the government is determined to provide certainty on brexit which is why we are certainty on brexit which is why we a re clearly certainty on brexit which is why we are clearly a living on october 31 so are clearly a living on october 31 so he is suggesting that brexit being on that date would relieve some of the uncertainty that looks like has been dragging on the economy and areas such as Business Investment which the figures show have also been very strong. Not very strong. Not very strong. With me to discuss this more is ben zaranko from the institute for fiscal studies. Have these figures surprised . dont think we are hugely surprised, there are been signs for some time, there are been signs for some time, the uncertainty around brexit has been weighing on businesses and we are not shocked by the figures although it is worse than expected. When you break them down, manufacturing and other elements, what stands out . The figures are not positive across the board and is particularly worrying for the chancellor because yesterday he announced he will announce spending settle m e nts announced he will announce spending settlements for partners in september before he has updated figures for the economy and at the output for the uk continues to worsen a challenging backdrop without to make spending commitments, he stopped about extra money for schools and the police and nhs and that will mean he makes pics commitments without knowing what the economy will look like daniel im. Down the line. What about the global picture . The chancellor points to the fact there are signs of a slowdown globally and that is correct but we think the uk is suffering particularly badly due to the uncertainty surrounding brexit. A challenge not just the uncertainty surrounding brexit. A challenge notjust for businesses and services and people worrying about their pay packet and what the business may look like. Warnings about a recession, that wouldnt happen until another period of negative growth but doesnt possibly point in that direction . It does but he will have to be until next quarter but we know the risks of a no deal departure from the eu would exacerbate troubles for the uk economy and one scenario was modelled when the economy would enter recession and case of no deal so the chance and primers that may have a headache. Cue the chancellor and Prime Minister. Jeremy corbyn has urged britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister if he tries to force through a no deal brexit during a general Election Campaign. There has been speculation that borisjohnson could call an election at the start of november if he loses a vote of no confidence in parliament. The labour leader has written to the cabinet secretary saying such a move would be an anti democratic abuse of power. Earlier i spoke to the shadow transport secretary Andy Mcdonald who accused mrjohnson of being reckless with the economy. I think it brings into very sharp focus the very unstable territory were entering into. Because if borisjohnson is going to carry through this threat then were into a very difficult constitutional area, this is unprecedented. It is entirely anti democratic to seek to bind an Incoming Administration by an Outgoing Administration once a general election is called, has never been contemplated before, but itjust demonstrates how reckless Boris Johnson is being with our economy. And of course a crash out of the European Union without a deal isnt going to impact upon him or Dominic Cummings orjacob rees mogg. It will impact upon working people, those on low and middle incomes. Theyre the ones who are going to suffer. Lets cross now to the conservative mp andrew bridgen who joins me from leicester. Response to the suggestion that if this were to happen it would be undemocratic. For me what is undemocratic. For me what is undemocratic and unconstitutional is the fact that our parliament overwhelmingly voted for a referendum to give the british people the choice of whether we remained on left the eu, they decided on the referendum by 1. 3 million votes that they wanted to leave and we have a parliament that is blocking that. That is undemocratic and unconstitutional. They didnt want to leave with no deal though. It was made very clear by David Cameron that we would be leaving on wto terms every do not get a deal. What we have now and those are determined to what the democratic will of the people and stop brexit, we have a Prime Minister who is determined to leave the eu and he knows what he has to do, he knows the political currency has to play at home and with the eu and is determined to play them. We have a Prime Minister with a caddis to play those political cards and those who watched with what brexit do not like it. Is breakdown what Jeremy Corbyn is saying because he had affairs to the election per delegate and switched its policy decisions in which a new government make ticket different view should be postponed to after the election. Clearly a Labour Government to take a different view from the current government so that is the point there. The eu have made it clear, we talk about this living with a deal, they are talking about the withdrawal treaty which was negotiated by theresa may and filed in Parliament Three times and not going to go forward. What Boris Johnson has said by saying we have a general election if you force the government to fall it will be after we have left, it is played political masterstro ke we have left, it is played political masterstroke because for those who seek to thwart brexit having a six week general Election Campaign ended on up to 31st of october means they are guaranteed it will be a no deal brexit. They are guaranteed it will be a nodeal brexit. The point i am making is what is in this letter about this guidance, ethic government is different in its view from the current one, that is in theory something that should guide theory something that should guide the way the system is operated. But parliament should always take its guide from the people, they voted to leave over three years ago, that has not been delivered. If the new government and i believe that Boris Johnson would win another majority ethic get out of the eu, and deliver on our promise, an incoming Labour Government could forbid static campaign to have a referendum to join the eu and a western good luck with that but i will be opposing it was. How constitutionally complicated do you fear this is going to get . The fixed Term Parliament act obligates things, there are grey areas i have no doubt that those two wish to thwart democracy will resort to the courts, it has happened many times and im sure it will happen again but ultimately borisjohnson as the Prime Minister and is determined to get us out of the eu, that is the mandate he has a jjuuss in the conservative Party Support in the polls increasing very rapidly to get us polls increasing very rapidly to get us out of the eu and flushing out labour position that they are actually a domain party who have totally went to the London Metropolitan elite and ignored 5 million labour voters any medals at the north wanted to leave. We are Training Like true colours though. We are Training Like true colours though. The constitutional expert professor Vernon Bogdanor is here. Guide us through very are never that could take a while. This letter and what it says, what is your take on it . Jeremy corbyns position is that during the election period no new policies should be implemented, that is the convention. The argument against it is that brexit even a no deal brexit is not a new policy for this reason but in 2017 parliament voted by a majority of nearly 400 for the withdrawal acts to leave the eu which has been rejected by the parliament negotiated. The eu says no other day was possible and therefore logically if you want to leave the eu you have to leave without a deal. Parliament has had two years to alter its mind from 2017, it has not yet done so so you cannot see that leaving without a deal as a new policy, it is implementing a decision of parliament to years ago. The iter is addressed to sir mark, that he have the power to act upon it on the way Jeremy Corbyn would like to . M the power to act upon it on the way Jeremy Corbyn would like to . If a new policy was introduced during the period, mark could advise this was inappropriate. I do not think you can do more than that, he is the top Civil Servant, not the policeman. Im glad weve established that. I am reading what you are writing any newspapers, how common is what Boris Johnson and in our various elements to this, how that the queen could be dragged in, the possibility and we are down the wine of some sort of extension of parliament make up changed. Help us through how the commons would work. In theory the house of commons could take over the order paper. At present the Standing Orders give the government precedents on legislation and that could be altered. It was an april by Yvette Cooper and oliver littman that require theresa may to extend the brexit states. That could be done again to prevent a no deal brexit. It is not an easy thing to do because it means carrying legislation through against the wishes of the government both in the commons and house of lords. He would get a lot of filibusters by brexiteers but it is not very easy. You refer to the possibility of a Southern Parliament legislating respectively with the agreement of the eu to extend the next date and deemed that britain had not left the eu on october 31 even though by then it would have done. Suppose we had a november a, sorry we had an november a parliament returned which was against a no deal brexit or even a remain parliament. Parliament is sovereign, it can do what it likes. It has legislated retrospective in the past for example in the war crimes act of 1991, punishing nazi war terminals. Criminals. What it can do with the agreement of the eu is passed legislation retrospectively extending the next state and deeming that britain had not in fact left the European Union after all. Element can do what it likes. It is unlikely but legally possible to add the eu would have to agree because i do nothing they want agree because i do nothing they want ano agree because i do nothing they want a no deal any more than Boris Johnson does. You may argue this whole process is poetically a negotiating tactic that Boris Johnson thinks if only we are determined to leave work and what may on october 31 then the European Union will alternate stance and say 0k union will alternate stance and say ok we are prepared to amend the deal agreed with theresa may. All this may be a very skilful political game. I mentioned the queen, how could she become involved . M game. I mentioned the queen, how could she become involved . It is very unlikely she would get involved and it is thejob of very unlikely she would get involved and it is the job of politicians to ensure that she does not. The task of politicians is to sort things out and then the palace will endorse whatever they sort out. That has happened for example with hung parliaments, in 2010, 1974, politicians sorted it out and the palace this endorsed the addition. I do not think the queen will or should be involved. Always good to see you, i suspect we will see each other again in the coming weeks. Thank you. News coming in from the court, a man and woman have pleaded guilty to a total of seven charges after a picture of sala in a mortuary appeared on social media. He died injanuary when his plane crashed in the English Channel. His body was found in february taken to bournemouth for a postmortem. A4090 dont and a 62 year old pleaded guilty to charges and will return for sentencing in september. The headlines on bbc news. The uk economy shrank 0. 2 between april and june, its worst performance in seven years, according to figures out this morning. Jeremy corbyn calls on britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister from forcing through a no deal brexit if there were a snap general Election Campaign. A man charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer is due to appear before magistrates in london. Muhammed rodwan is 56 and from luton. Jeremy corbyn calls on britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister from forcing through a no deal brexit if there were a snap general Election Campaign. A man charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer is due to appear before magistrates in london. Muhammed rodwan is 56 and from luton. A man charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer is due to appear before magistrates in london. Muhammed rodwan is 56 and from luton. The premier League Returns tonight, liverpool get under way against norwich at anfield. The Manchester United manager has defended the summer united manager has defended the summer transfer policy, despite losing rob lukaku to enter milan he says cs delighted. And the former wasps winger scored a sensational 65 ya rd wasps winger scored a sensational 65 yard touchdown on his debut last night. He quit rugby union in october to pursue his dream of playing in the nfl. More at half past 11. The met office has issued yellow weather warnings for most of the uk today, with a band of heavy rain and thunderstorms likely to bring flash flooding and travel disruption. With winds forecast to reach 60 miles per hour, a number of festivals have been called off or scaled back, as keith doyle reports. It might be the height of summer, but what the met office is calling unseasonal weather is set to hit nearly all of the uk. West lothian and scotland already got a taste of it, with heavy rain causing localised flooding that halted almost all traffic in places. Separate weather warnings for wind, then for rain, will cover most of the uk over the weekend. High winds will hit the south west and south wales later today. Heavy rain, along with strong winds, are forecast for almost everywhere on saturday. That forecast caused the cancellation of the boardmasters festival in newquay. Police and organises felt the summer storm was too big a risk for the 50,000 people due to attend. Most of them were expected to be camping. A hot air Balloon Festival was also hit. And this is the site of the houghton dance Music Festival in norfolk. Despite the nice weather in these pictures, heavy rain and high winds forecast for saturday led organisers to cancel it. Drivers have been warne