Former Prime Minister tony blair warnsJeremy Corbyn it would be a mistake to go along with a general election until brexit is resolved. He can now play a decisive role in how brexit develops. But he should see an election before brexit is decided for the elephant trap that it is. Hurricane dorian smashes into the bahamas with winds of up to 180 miles an hour, causing massive damage and severe flooding. Parts of it are already underwater. Some areas, you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins. Pictures show the inside the eye of the storm, which is currently only moving at about 5mph, adding to the devastation on the ground. And, as commercial whaling begins again injapan, younger generations say they want to watch whales, not eat them. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The formerjustice minister david gauke has accused the government of trying to purge the tory party of rebels who oppose the leadership on brexit. It comes after downing street warned mps theyll be suspended from the party and unable to stand as conservatives in the next general election if they support attempts to block a no deal brexit. Mps return to Parliament Tomorrow for a critical week at westminster. There are plans for a Cross Party Group to introduce legislation to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. So lets take a look at whats in store for the week ahead. Tomorrow, mps return to the commons after summer recess, where legislation to stop no deal will be introduced by opposition mps. On wednesday the bill will be debated in the commons. At midday, borisjohnson will take to the podium for his first pmqs as Prime Minister. The anti no deal bill could reach the house of lords on thursday if it is passed by mps. Otherwise, the consideration of the bill could spill into monday. If the bill passes all hurdles, it would become law on monday. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster this morning. It sounds like a straightforward plan, norman. How do you see this week unfolding . It week unfolding 7 it is almost impossible to guess, because i think previously, if you had asked me, Philip Hammond might be expelled from the party, is that likely7 be expelled from the party, is that likely . I would have said, be expelled from the party, is that likely7 iwould have said, no, no, no. Now it appears it is quite possible, because borisjohnson has decided to dramatically escalate the sta kes decided to dramatically escalate the stakes here and turn this vote or no deal legislation effectively into a vote of confidence, a point confirmed this morning byjacob rees mogg, the leader of the house, who said the vote was a choice between who runs parliament, borisjohnson oi who runs parliament, borisjohnson orJeremy Corbyn, and to say to people who have been stalwarts of the tory party and risen to the most senior positions in the party, people like former home secretary ken clarke, Philip Hammond, other cabinet ministers, greg clark, david gauke, you defy me, and he will be deselected. You will not be able to stand as tory mps again. And the views of the likes of david gauke is, this is a calculated move to provoke them, if you like, into voting against mrjohnson in order to pave the way for a general election, and also to purge the tory party, to turn it into a very different sort of party. This is what mr gore had to say. I think it is a very unusual approach, to put it mildly. After all, there are many conservative mps who voted against the government line on european matters relatively recently, and they are now serving round the cabinet table, not kicked out of the party. But it is obviously a particularly confrontational approach, and i think design, frankly, to realign the conservative party, to transform the conservative party, to transform the conservative party very much in the conservative party very much in the direction of a brexit party. So, is this all a cunning ploy by one borisjohnson to pave the way for a general election in which he presents himself as the man standing up presents himself as the man standing upfor presents himself as the man standing up for the people and brexit against a remain dominated parliament seeking to undermine the referendum . Well, hold on. Borisjohnson doesnt quite have the power to trigger an election on his own, because of something called the fixed term parliaments acts, which means if he wa nts to parliaments acts, which means if he wants to trigger an early general election, he has to get the approval of two thirds of the house of commons. What does that mean . It means he needs the support of one] corbyn of islington. In other words, he can only do that if labour back him, and there are voices on the labour side who are saying, hang on here, we dont want to help Boris Johnson out by allowing him to hold a general election. That is a trap. That, at least, was the message former Prime Ministers tony blair this morning. In backing away from the idea of himself as a caretaker Prime Minister, Jeremy Corbyn has behaved responsibly, and if he continues to put country first, it will benefit the country and himself. He can now play a decisive role in how brexit develops. But he should see an election before brexit is decided for the elephant trap that it is. After brexit is resolved, an immediate election is right and necessary, and if labour approaches the resolution of brexit with a spirit of strategic cooperation such as it has shown recently, it will emerge with its standing, and even that of its leadership, greatly enhanced. So if the government tries to force an election now, labour should vote against it. So, could lay with what mrjohnson from holding a general election . Well, we know jeremy from holding a general election . Well, we knowJeremy Corbyn has repeatedly called for a general election, almost as soon as he became leader of the opposition, but it is possible they mightjust hold back, which would leave us in the even more extraordinary situation. You think this whole saga cant get any more bizarre, but it can. Because ofJeremy Corbyn was to refuse to back mrjohnson in allowing a general election, that means Boris Johnson would allowing a general election, that means borisjohnson would in effect be trapped in downing street with Jeremy Corbyn banging on the planks of the door, to have a general election. We at times. On a perhaps less contentious note, we learn that borisjohnson has less contentious note, we learn that Boris Johnson has got less contentious note, we learn that borisjohnson has got a dog. Yes a jack russell, who i think came from a rescue home. Little jack russell puppy now. A rescue home. Little jack russell puppy. Now, the thing aboutjack russells, in my experience, as they tend to be a bit nippy. Bit nippy so maybe he could unleash the dog on the likes of Philip Hammond. Maybe that would be more effective than threatening to deselect them. While we are looking at that picture of admittedly a very cute dog, lets just go to what is happening in manchester, norman. Stay with us, because we expect to hear from Jeremy Corbyn shortly. He has just arrived in the audience where he is about to give a speech. He is being introduced at the moment. You were just saying how weird it is that basically the line from labour and others has been that they want to see a referendum or a general election, and now we have sort of had threats on both sides, and both sides almost arguing counterintuitively. What is he expected to say here in salford when he speaks . I expect they will be big, thick clouds of ambiguity. A fug of non commitment. He will not spell out at all what labour is planning to do. That might be in part because he does not want to reveal his hand. Quite understandable. It may also be because labour does not have a clue what it is going to do at the moment. There are some of the labour party who believe they have got to press for a general election, that this is about more than brexit, it is about getting rid of the conservative government and ending austerity. There are others who think, we have got to box clever here. We cant just think, we have got to box clever here. We cantjust go along with what Boris Johnson here. We cantjust go along with what borisjohnson wants. So there are some who suggest that if it comes to a vote on the general election, maybe labour should abstain and just say, well, we are in favour of a general election, but not a no deal general election. So if they abstain, that would deny borisjohnson the clear majority to hold a general election. Every part of this whole saga becomes more and more extraordinary. Who would have thought that Boris Johnson would more extraordinary. Who would have thought that borisjohnson would be taking on the likes of ken clarke, Philip Hammond, and then relying on Jeremy Corbyn to help him trigger a general election . I mean, if this was a trashy political novel, you would think, this is a load of rubbish, not believable. But it really is happening, and itjust shows the extent to which brexit has totally shaken up everything we have become used to with modern british politics, not just in become used to with modern british politics, notjust in terms of splitting the main political parties, but also the way we do politics. Everything has changed. All the norms have been chucked out of the window. And genuinely, i dont think anyone has a very clear grasp on what on earth is going to happen next. 0h, happen next. Oh, gosh. It is going to be an interesting and crazy week. Norman, thank you very much. Lets listening to rebecca long bayley, labour mp, introducing Jeremy Corbyn right now. Ifyou local authority budgets, cuts to nhs and Public Services, you have a city thatis and Public Services, you have a city that is barely able to survive. Sadly, despite all of that, we also face a threat of a no deal brexit that will decimate industry and suck power and wealth further away from us. Power and wealth further away from us. And Boris Johnson power and wealth further away from us. And borisjohnson doesnt want to be stopped, which is why he is shutting down democracy by shutting down parliament. Salford voted leave, but let me be clear the battle to stop no deal is not a struggle between those who voted leave and those who voted remain, it isa leave and those who voted remain, it is a battle to protect our communities against the untold misery that leaving the eu without a deal will cause. So, without further ado, iam really deal will cause. So, without further ado, i am really proud and pleased that we have got our leaderJeremy Corbyn here in salford today, and he is going to outline labours plans to stop a horrific no deal brexit. Welcome, jeremy. Applause becky, thank you very much for that introduction, and thank you for all the work you do as shadow business secretary in developing our industrial strategy, which i will talk about a bit later. You are also a brilliant mp for salford, where today, the shadow cabinet meets, and i have already had a message from Andrew Gwynne saying he likes the idea of coming to shadow Cabinet Meetings by tram from his home, so i think is bidding to meet here every week. And at the shadow Cabinet Meeting which will hear later on today, we will finalise our plans to stop the disaster of no deal ahead of the return to Parliament Tomorrow. That is why i was keen we have the meeting here today to go through all of that, but also to go through all of that, but also to go through our strategy and our offer for the country as a whole. We are just a couple of miles from the site where, 200 years ago last month, the peterloo massacre took place. Working class people demanding democratic representation in parliament. They were met with brutal force and carnage from the authorities, as they were cut down by cavalry men. As shelley pointed out in his wonderful poem, the mask of anarchy. That was part of the price paid, part of the price paid, to win the democratic rights that we all have in this country. We should never forget those that suffered so much that we might live in freedom in the future. Applause local progressive change, democracy was one from below. It wasnt handed down from above. Like all progressive change. So when the Prime Minister, who hasnt won an election and who doesnt have a majority, decrees that parliament will be shut down because he knows his plan for a disastrous no deal doesnt have the votes, we say, this is an attack on democracy which will be resisted. That was the message given loud and clear at protests all around the country at the weekend. I joined a large demonstration in glasgows George Square, and labour mps were unprocessed in many, many other cities all across the country. We re cities all across the country. Were on protests. The people will not allow a phony populist cabal in downing street in hock to the vested interests of the richest to deny them their democratic voice, and now, the government is threatening to just now, the government is threatening tojust ignore now, the government is threatening to just ignore legislation it doesnt like. That is how the elite operates. The rules they set for eve ryo ne operates. The rules they set for everyone else only apply to them when it suits them. Labour will never try to silence parliament, but we dont believe democracy stops there. We want to expand democracy, not restrict it. Democracy is how people won the right to education, the right to health care, decent housing, and, in the post war Labour Government, the welfare state. Labour will push democracy further into the workplace, into the economy, to give people more control over their lives. Today, iwant economy, to give people more control over their lives. Today, i want to talk about how labour would bring about a democratic transformation of our economy, that will bring new life into every nation and region of our country. But first, we face the threat of no deal. This would decimate industry and destroy peoplesjobs in those very same regions. Johnson and his right wing cabinet dont care about the Economic Cost. They and their wealthy donors wont be the ones paying it. The price will be paid by working people in places like sa lfo rd , working people in places like salford, and all around the country. The battle to stop no deal isnt a struggle between those who want to leave the eu and those who want continued membership, as beckyjust said. Its a battle of the many against the few, who are hijacking the referendum result to shift even more power and wealth towards those at the top. As has become ever clearer, a no deal brexit is really a trump deal brexit, leading to a one sided United States trade deal that will put us at the mercy of donald trump and the biggest american corporations. The pally enthusiasm full of britains new Prime Minister only serves to underline that. In johnson, Prime Minister only serves to underline that. Injohnson, trump has found a compliant british leader who will dance to his tune unless we stopjohnsons tory government now. It isa stopjohnsons tory government now. It is a headlong rush into the arms of donald trump. I am not prepared to stand by and allow our Public Services and protections to be handed over to us big business. Applause there can be no doubt about the damage no deal will do to our economy. You dont have to take my word for it. For example, the society of Motor Manufacturers and traders say it will lead to a death bya traders say it will lead to a death by a thousand cuts in the car industry, as new work seeps overseas. So who do you trust on the impact of no deal . The Car Manufacturers themselves, or Boris Johnson and the tories . The food and drink federation says shoppers will notice the shortages of some foods within weeks of no deal. Again, who do you trust . Those who know the Food Industry inside out, or Boris Johnson and the tories . The last timei johnson and the tories . The last time i looked, borisjohnson had never worked in a supermarket. The tuc says no deal will threaten peopleshard won rights at work. So who do you trust . The tuc, an organisation founded in manchester, that exists to look out for workers, or borisjohnson that exists to look out for workers, or Boris Johnson and that exists to look out for workers, or borisjohnson and the tories . The impact will be especially hard on areas like the West Midlands, where so much of our car production is based. Its an industry that depends on no tariffs or friction at the border. Jaguar land rover, for example, can only prepare four days of disruption, because the company uses 25 million separate parts every day. 10,000 people are employed in car production in solihull, 9000 in coventry, 8000 in birmingham. Think of those workers under stress and worry they are going through as they watch the tory government charged towards an outcome that risks destroying their jobs. Towards an outcome that risks destroying theirjobs. Imagine the damage to their communities, to that region, if that happens. It would tear the heart out of the West Midlands. The