and either way, can theresa may survive? we were told again and again that the commons would vote on the prime minister's brexit deal tomorrow. we were told the only choice was between her deal and no deal or no brexit. welcome to westminster on a night when theresa may is still in office but not really in power, on a night when this country seems as far as ever from deciding what our future relationship with europe will be. on a night she had to pull that vote or face a humiliating and probably fatal defeat. it is clear that while there is broad support for many of the key aspects of the deal... shouting on one issue... on one issue, the northern ireland backstop, there remains widespread and deep concern. as a result, if we went ahead and held the vote tomorrow the deal would be rejected by a significant margin. speaker: order! we will, therefore, defer the vote scheduled for tomorrow and not proceed to divide the house at this time. the government has lost control of events and is in complete disarray. members call out "h

but such theatrics were the least of theresa may's worries. the prime minister set out to wring more out of the eu, desperate to get something on the northern ireland border that would reassure her own mps. but many of them had clearly had enough. under the rules of the conservative party, if 15% of its mps write letters of no confidence to the chairman of the 1922 committee, the committee of the party's backbenchers, a leadership ballot is triggered. and, after months of speculation, in mid—december the magic number was reached. the chairman of the 1922 committee announced that she had won, to rapturous applause from the supporters in the room, but the numbers were telling. the number of votes cast in favour of having confidence in theresa may was 200, and against was 117. under the rules set out in the constitution of the conservative party, no further confidence vote can take place for at least 12 months. the result meant theresa may can't face another challenge for a year, but opposition to her brexit deal remained insurmountable. so the

and theresa may's backbenchers made their feelings known, theresa may's backbenchers made theirfeelings known, too. theresa may's backbenchers made their feelings known, too. within 48 hours of the statement on friday, i received 300 e—mails, disheartened, dismayed, and telling you that democracy is dead. the work mean exit, it will be the commission where we have no vote originating out where we have no vote originating our business for ever. theresa may reshuffled her cabinet—making dominic rob her secretary and jeremy hunt her foreign secretary. she barely had time to draw breath before the american president arrived for a long—awaited visit, but not the original state visit he had been invited to. perhaps the uk has left the eu, whatever you do is 0k has left the eu, whatever you do is ok with me, that is your decision. he arrived having made critical comments of its amoebas mac chequers plan and supportive noises about borisjohnson. but plan and supportive noises about boris johnson. but there plan and supportive noises about borisjohnson. but there were protests, including t

so it was back to the drawing board for theresa may. the conference season gave all the parties a chance to regroup. labour clarified its position on brexit once again. jeremy corbyn said his party would call for a general election if parliament voted down the deal agreed by the prime minister and the eu, but he added that all options are on the table. but if you can't negotiate that deal, then you need to make way for a party that can and will. divisions emerged, and shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer said he wouldn't rule out another referendum. our options must include campaigning for a public vote, and nobody is ruling out remain as an option. for the conservatives, it was boris johnson's fringe speech that drew the biggest crowds. he criticised the prime minister's brexit plans, and speculation mounted that it was the start of his leadership bid. there is time. this is the moment to chuck chequers. the surprise star of conservative conference was the attorney general, geoffrey cox. we will leave the european union. he boomed

mark drakeford rejected theresa may's brexit deal. mark dra keford has rejected theresa may's brexit deal. mark drakeford has been named as the new leader of welsh labour and is set to become the next first minister of wheels. mr bickford, currently finance secretary, won the leadership election to succeed ca rwyn leadership election to succeed carwyn jones —— leadership election to succeed carwynjones —— mr drake ford. let's have a look at some of the other stories making the political news. conservative mp told mps that at one dinner party he went through, if a guest mentioned the word brexit, they had to drink from as punishment. while i would love back to be a case here i suspect it will not occur. labour peer master osborne, mother of mp kate, joins the lords, bringing the total in the house to 793 and counting. if you were wondering about how to do it the perfect flounce, watch the leader of the house of commons andrea leadsom as she knows exactly what to do. it's something like that. my it's something like that. my ashl

it is theresa may, or the general election. precisely the reason why she might get forced out right now. it is not as if there is a great brexit deal out there. politically arguing as if the u.k. has as much influence in these negotiations as the european union. that is not true. going to beeal is economically worse for the british people and the british economy than the status quo. that is hard for her to sell politically. >> the global significance of it was very clear. they said this was a u.k. and not a global risk. >> guess and no. the u.k. economy takes it on the chin. we are in a moment globally where western liberal democracies are in decline. there leaders have less legitimacy. that theno question brexit moments are significant pieces of that. do you think we are progressing in since the breakthrough dinner between xi jinping and donald trump, if you want to collect that, both sides have shown each other they intend to try to move toward extending the cease-fire, toward more cooperative engagement. the chinese have don

theresa may said he'd served his country with distinction. at least 62 people have died and nearly 600 more have been injured after a tsunami hit the coast of indonesia. it's thought to have been caused by an undersea landslide following eruptions from the krakatoa volcano. the tsunami hit the coast on the sunda strait, which separates the islands of java and sumatra. the country's disaster management agency says hundreds of buildings were damaged and at least 20 people are still missing. a man and woman are still being held in connection with multiple drone sightings that brought gatwick airport to a standstill. police searched a house in the nearby town of crawley yesterday. the disruption lasted for three days, as tens of thousands of passengers had their flights cancelled or delayed. universal credit is leaving too many claimants with children facing a stark choice between turning down jobs or getting into debt, mps have warned. the work and pensions select committee says the way parents have to pay for childcare up front, then claim it b

effectively, whatever theresa may ta kes effectively, whatever theresa may takes back will have the authentic signatures of 27 european leaders. and at the she may have to face up to, if you make a promise, we will keep it. a very small issue, legally binding are assigned document by 27 l. binding are assigned document by 27 l, is that really an awful lot of difference to the brexiteers? so far, it has been. but theresa may has high expectations and i think people are trying to let her down gently while doing as much as they can, not least because it's a two way st, but there's a lot of genuine interest in the outcome for britain, the frustration, they do not want to see britain falling into some political black hole because of this. so the intent is genuine, but as others have said, it is very limited. an thank you very much. theresa may, even though she is coming in, she did not think they would be an immediate breakthrough. we have heard that there might be an emergency summit in january, we have heard that there might be an emergency summit injanuary, just ahead of the boat on her deal to

may infor think you could squeeze theresa may in for another meeting? they have all been very polite today, but i do think that they were very clear, european leaders a couple of weeks ago, that is with it, this was the end of the withdrawal agreement and the negotiations, and she is back again. ido the negotiations, and she is back again. i do not know what they would say if i were in their shoes. i am not sure that tory mps do either, which is why we are on the verge of a no—confidence vote. which is why we are on the verge of a no-confidence vote. is not a bad pun, i suspect we will get a not war, not least possible on the name may. mayhem perhaps? maniac? he's working on them. if you have anymore you want to e—mail as do feel free 01’ you want to e—mail as do feel free or contact us on various other forms of social media. we will be back at 11:30pm with the papers. you can see the front page of online on the bbc news website there for you seven days a week, bbc .co .uk/ papers and if you miss the programme you can watch it all again on the b

theresa may remains of the u.k. prime minister after surviving a no-confidence vote, winning by 200-117, which means she cannot be challenged again for another year. the votes still leaves theresa may with a daunting task of trying to force her much criticized brexit will your parliament. >> whilst i am grateful for the support, a significant number of colleagues did cast a vote against me and i have listened to what they said. following this ballot come that we have to get on with a delivering brexit for the british people and building a better future for this country. aancine: i am joined by labour party member of the u.k. house of lords, and also the former secretary of transport. thank you for joining us. you still think the second referendum is nearly through. what if we get a 51-49 on the other side? who is right? lord adonis: the challenges is resolving a deep crisis. at the moment, theresa may is it negotiating a brexit deal best the fact that she had 117 members of her own parliaments vote against her, most

are you a theresa may supporter? are you a theresa may supporter which mac very much. she is our local mp supporter which mac very much. she is ourlocalmp and supporter which mac very much. she is our local mp and has always supported us, even to the extent she came to our 50th anniversary a couple of years ago and it was great to see. spontaneous applause. the clu b to see. spontaneous applause. the club supports her. you are a conservative voter, what do you make of what is happening this evening with the vote of confidence in her? ifind it confusing. she with the vote of confidence in her? i find it confusing. she appoint a tea m i find it confusing. she appoint a team and the team lets her down. they just go team and the team lets her down. theyjust go on and on, it seems like self interest. i feel sorry for her because she works extremely hard, very dedicated. might not get everything right that there are ways of doing things and i do not think a vote of no—confidence is their way forward. she should still be prime minister? i think so, forward. she should still

caroline: that was theresa may. a question being thrown to the direction of her, can you get your brexit deal through? that's the key question. we are back to where we started as you mentioned, romaine. today was a sideshow. she managed to put off the issue within her own party, but the main issue is now whether the vote she can get through -- both can get through parliament. romaine: she has to try to extract some concessions hoping not to change the document currently in parliament. joe: no one in the eu seems to be inclined for any change to that agreement. caroline: digging in their heels almost. let's get a perspective from a sitting empty right now. walker with us right now live from westminster. thank you for joining us. what do you think the impact is of 117 votes cast against prime minister theresa may in her own party? robin: i think what is striking about this is that it was a more emphatic victory for the prime minister, even than the one when she won the leadership of the policy. i think that shows the

from those talks led theresa may to make a blunt statement the next day. throughout this process, i have treated the eu with nothing but respect. the uk expects the same. a good relationship at the end of this process depends on it. the major sticking point — how to prevent a physical border springing up between northern ireland and the irish republic. more on the tortuous way that developed a little later. but of course, while brexit dominated life at westminster, there were other problems for ministers to deal with. top of that list the new benefit system — universal credit. it combines six working age benefits into one with the aim of making the system simpler and helping people into work. opponents claim it's too inflexible and driving claimants into rent arrears and poverty. two former prime ministers, labour's gordon brown and the conservativejohn major, both warned of dire consequences if the roll—out continued unchanged. and one mp said universal credit was pushing women in his area into prostitution. it is not going as well as we are told in

back to number ten at the end of what theresa may herself described asa what theresa may herself described as a long and challenging day, but it was not quite over yet. mps had voted for or against theresa may as conservative leader, and the result, when it came, nenshi survived. the result of the ballot held this evening is that the parliamentary party does have confidence. in the ends, 200 mps backed theresa may, and 117 voted against her. the prime minister could not ignore the fact that a third of tory mps had voted to re m ove that a third of tory mps had voted to remove her as leader, but she said the result would let her get on with thejob. said the result would let her get on with the job. we now need to get on with the job. we now need to get on with the job of delivering brexit for the british people and building a better future for this country, a brexit that delivers on the boat that people gave, that brings back control of our money, our borders and our laws, that the protects jobs, security and the union, that brings the country back together, rather than entrenching division

all eyes were on the figures dictating theresa may's fate too. i'm really pleased for her because i think she really deserves to be given a chance. i think she's had some real hard press. i'm disappointed. i think she's got us into an awful mess. when members gathered for their christmas dinner before the vote, talk was of how the tory party has handled brexit so far. jim's a long—term conservative supporter. he voted remain but accepts the referendum result. just not what's happened since. for the last two and a half years, they've done nothing but back bite, argue with one another. brexit—backing mick said the prime minister has been part of the problem. i thought she'd be a maggie, a bit stronger, but she ain't. do you think brexit‘s going to happen? i don't know, i don't know. but for sylvia, who supported the tories for almost 60 years, it's time the party rallied around the leadership. it's going to be tough and all we can do is accept what she can achieve for us and make the best of a bad job. in market harborough, the referendum res

time is fast running out for theresa may. the european leaders can offer words of support and clarification but that will not be enough to satisfy the restless

theatrics were the least of theresa may's worries. she was desperate to get something on the northern ireland border. many mps had had enough. party had 15%ve confidence.ng no leadership ballot is triggered. the magic number was reached in december. the numbers were telling. testhe number of those vo cast having favor in theresa may was 200. no favor, 117. no further confidence vote can take place. >> this has been a long and challenging day. >> theresa may have listened to the concerns of those -- had listened to the concerns of those who voted against her. but critics said this was devastating. facecan't meant another challenge for a year. opposition to her brexit deal remained insurmountable. ae went back to brussels for concession. she was caught on camera in a testy exchange with the commission president. to returned to the commons try and say there could be progress on the irish border. had to go further. we never wanted to use this backstop. the prime minister has run down the clock, trying to maneuver parliament in a choice be

last time it was andrea leadsom and theresa may, andrea leadsom and theresa may, andrea leadsom dropped out, it ended up being theresa may, it is back to 2005 when david cameron was elected ona 2005 when david cameron was elected on a membership vote. tell us about what you have been discussing with people today? what are you thinking. to take those who have been supporting theresa may. they are furious about what they would describe as hardline brexiteers in their own party. they would use language which is stronger than that. i detected a certain sense amongst the brexiteers that they may not be able to pull it off and what they do next is not entirely clear. a couple of things. one, the conservative party has a massive problem on its hands. we have said there's so many times on bbc news. to describe the conservative party as divided over judah is like describing bits are hardly desert —— describing the sa ha ra hardly desert —— describing the sahara desert as sandy. this macro —— describing the conservative party as divided over europe is like describing the sahara desert

theresa may is backin christmas market. theresa may is back in downing street tonight after a rapid tour of european capitals, meeting leaders and officials asking for more assurances on her brexit deal. what has been shown to me from those meetings is that there is a shared determination to deal with this issue and address this problem. in other news, the uk coastguard picked up six migrants who claim to be iranian as they cross the english channel. 100 others making the same journey have been detained in the last month. manchester city's manager pep guardiola hailed raheem sterling as an incredible human being for confronting racism following he was abused in city's premier league match in stamford bridge on saturday. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are polly mackenzie, who's the director of the think—tank, demos, and the conservative commentator and journalist, tim montgomerie. well, you won't be surprised by what's dominating the front pages tomorrow, it

expect theresa may to survive tonight, sammy wilson?” expect theresa may to survive tonight, sammy wilson? ithink expect theresa may to survive tonight, sammy wilson? i think that advantage is on her side. she has the huge payroll vote, and she also has the fact that many people do not know who the likely successor will be, so advantages on her side, but who knows about the outcome. seema malhorta? all the reports suggests she may come through, but i think what is clear is well she is in office she is not in power and we have to move on. parliament needs a vote and we have to move forward to break this logjam. i think i know your answer. yes, my answer. a rare moment of agreement actually! all three think vicky will survive. that seems to be the consensus at the moment, but remember it as a private ballot so what mps choose to do when they put their cross one way or the other will be in private, so anything really could still happen. studio: yes, we will know by nine o'clock. norman, thank you —— joanna: yes, we will know by nine

moment of truth theresa may. they're ready to make announcement the british prime minister facing a vote of no confidence, direct challenge from her own members of her own party. results of secret ballot released any second. may needs 159 votes in order to survive. the outcome to rattle a already tense situation from the uk withdrawal from the european union. market closes here at home. stocks are rallying with optimism over china trade. the dow looking up by 169 points as the closing bell set to ring on wall street, off session highs. to wait, we go live to london. >> especially by -- returning officers. charles walker. the result of the ballot held this evening is that the parliamentary party does have confidence. [cheering] [cheers and applause] >> does have confidence

may just win headlines suggesting that theresa may mayjust win that headlines suggesting that theresa may may just win that vote headlines suggesting that theresa may mayjust win that vote of no confidence later this evening. if thatis confidence later this evening. if that is the case, it removes one layer of uncertainty for the markets. sterling is still weakened, and it is very vulnerable. the reason for that is because there is still a huge much of uncertainty about brexit and what brexit we might have. at least if theresa may remains as the prime minister, there is one less thing for the pound and sterling investors to worry about. why do investors worry so much about these goings on? what difference would it make to the pound? of about a sterling investor being an ordinary investor, somebody who is thinking about setting up another factory or shop, or making an investment in a business. all of theseis investment in a business. all of these is this people have to make decisions based on the outlook for the economy, also the cost if they are going to bring in goods from overseas,

that's what theresa may has said she wa nts. that's what theresa may has said she wants. we'll get the political bit tonight and potentially a legal bit injanuary tonight and potentially a legal bit in january next year. the tonight and potentially a legal bit injanuary next year. the problem is, the eu isn't prepared to write anything that's legal that contradicts the withdrawal agreements. they say that is the prime legal text. it sounds a bit complicated and tricksy but it will come down to two things. how far can they go to convince mps and are the mps convinced ? they go to convince mps and are the mps convinced? thank you. let's speak to conservative supporters who have used their money to either back the prime minister or try to stop her eu withdrawal deal. with me is charlie mullins, who runs a plumbing business and wanted theresa may to go, and rami ranger, chairman of an export firm and a big financial backer of theresa may. how big in terms of financial backing? supporting the conservative party is cheaper in the long run because the other lot will cost me more

theresa may has not got anything like a theresa may has not got anything likea game theresa may has not got anything like a game changer she needs to get this through the house of commons. she has not got any kind of guarantee and it was probably ambitious to think she would get one today. but the discussion on that will go on. what i don't think she will go on. what i don't think she will ever get is any kind of legally binding document which goes against the legal language and the withdrawal agreement about the backstop. so yes, some sort of reassurance could be put in legally binding language, but nothing which a lot of brexiteers want, which is getting rid of the backstop in the first place. the other thing we saw in that little spat between the prime minister and jean—claude juncker, the rest of the eu still doesn't know what the uk once. that is notaim doesn't know what the uk once. that is not aim so much at her in particular, but there is growing frustration at the gridlock in westminster. the clock is ticking. no commons vote untiljanuary. what happens next? the government sa

could theresa may take a leaf out of his book? it's always been one of the possibilities open to her. we know that there's all sorts of different factions in parliament at the moment and they completely cross party boundaries at the moment, there's various little groups and factions and so forth who are looking for different deals. and we've been seeing that with the kind of amendments that have been put down in the kind of groupings of mps who are getting together notjust in parliament but also on twitter and elsewhere to try and sort of push their vision of what we could do now. so she's always had a different range of options of people she could go to, some of whom could be labour mps. and thus far she seems to have focused on her core vote which is trying to hold the conservative party together and the all important dup votes to try and get over the line. but, you know, if the reports have all been true in the run—up to last weekend and the expected meaningful vote, there is a core rump of conservative mps who are unlikely t

it's going to be a busy day for theresa may. she'll be setting out concerns to the rest of the 27 eu leaders. thank you, kasia. lets go further afield and hear some views from around the uk. john maguire is in sunderland gauging reaction. we are right by the side of the river wear. shipyards closed down here almost exactly 30 years ago in december 1988. the port of sunderland are still very busy. since then there has been a lot of work to regenerate the area. part of it is the national glass centre. we will take you inside where they are doing glass—blowing demonstrations. these kilns are 1130 degrees. i think they've been making christmas baubles here this morning. if you've ever seen glass being worked on it really is quite mesmerising. twist it round, they call that the gather and it needs a good set of lungs to keep it going. perhaps it's not as hot as it should be but that's a christmas bauble being made. a great tourist attraction for this part of the world. we've also gathered together some students to talk from the uni

theresa may is coming out. said graham brady has confirmed he has received 48 letters from conservative mps so there will be a vote of confidence in my leadership of the conservative party. i will contest the vote with everything i have got. i have been a member of the conservative party for over 40 years and i have served it as an activist, councillor, mp, shadow minister, home secretary and now as prime minister. i stood to be leader because i believe in the conservative vision for a better future. a thriving economy with nowhere and nobody left behind. a stronger society, where everyone can make the most of their talents. always serving the national interest. and at this crucial moment in our history, that means securing a brexit deal that delivers on the results of the eu referendum. taking back control of our borders, laws and money but protecting jobs, security and our precious union as we do so. through good times and bad over the last two years, my passionate belief that such a deal is attainable, that

today at five — theresa may fights to save her brexit deal. she leaves the summit here in brussels still looking for more concessions from the eu. the prime minister admits having ‘robust‘ conversations at the summit — but insists she can still win the assurances she needs to sell the deal at westminster. i reiterated that it is in the interest of the eu as well as the uk to get this over the line. a disorderly brexit would be good for no one. eu leaders say they want to help mrs may get her brexit deal through parliament but won't reopen negotiations on the agreement itself. we have to exclude any kind of reopening of conversations of the agreement, but of course, we will stay here and brussels, and i always as prime minister to make disposal. it's also confirmed that british people won't need a visa to travel to eu countries post—brexit but will need a seven euro permit. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... donald trump's convicted former lawyer speaks out — saying the president directed him to make hush payments to women and

evidently theresa may realise what eve ryo ne evidently theresa may realise what everyone had been saying for days, that she simply could not win that vote scheduled for tuesday on the brexit deal, so it is off at least for now. here is what she said earlier. i have listened very carefully to what is being said in this chamber and out of it... laughter. ..to what is being said in this chamber and out of it by members from all sides. from listening to those views it is clear that while there is broad support for many key aspects of the deal... on one issue, the northern ireland backstop, there remains widespread and deep concern. as a result if we went ahead and held the vote tomorrow, the deal would be rejected by a significant margin. we will therefore defer the vote scheduled for tomorrow and not proceed to divide the house at this time. jeremy corbyn, the leader of the uk's opposition labour party, was first to respond to the prime minister. mr speaker, this is a bad deal for britain, a bad deal for our economy, and a bad deal for our democracy. our country deserves better than this. t

may winning by just 20 and had a range of theresa may winning byjust 20 and then her winning by 105 think it's fair to say no one knows. i did see someone from the tea m knows. i did see someone from the team earlier and they seemed nervous, i think there is nervousness amongst mps on a long—term even if she gets through this tonight at there are dozens and dozens this tonight at there are dozens and d oze ns of this tonight at there are dozens and dozens of her own side willing to vote against her in this scenario, how on earth are they going to get a brexit deal through? not just how on earth are they going to get a brexit deal through? notjust in the meaningful though by how do they get through all the legislation? there's piles that need to get through, and they're very concerned about that. it's clear from the eurosceptics to, that they feel a major problem with theresa may's premiership it's the fa ct theresa may's premiership it's the fact that the dup of course, the parties supporting the conservatives keeping the manpower really, that they are not happy with her and they

would theresa may's deal, which has been rejected in the commons, be on the ballot paper? would leaving the eu be on it? certainly. would leaving without a it? certainly. would leaving without 3110 it? certainly. would leaving without a no deal be on it? maybe that would be an option. it is something even labour supporters of another referendum say should be on the ballot paper. so, it is a very live discussion but nobody is sure, really, how it would play out and what the formulation would be on the paper. thank you very much for that. much more from the political team throughout the evening. also, more reaction from labour as well to jeremy corbyn's call for a referendum on brexit and for a vote of confidence in theresa may. shall we just have a look at the weather for now? the next spell of wet and windy weather is pushing into the west this evening and overnight, gradually spreading eastwards as we had through tomorrow but it'll be a dry and fairly chilly start to the night in the east, further west we have gales and outbreaks of pretty persistent rain. it will be mild

is this a benefit for theresa may? if she wins the confidence vote, she can negotiate with a little more authority with the eu or does this show the divisiveness in the turmoil in the conservative party? ann: i think of what it reveals is the degree of political chaos, but also that i agree that i think she may well win and that may be why the markets and sterling are fairly relaxed about this. do you expect her to win? is it almost impossible to know right now? the market is definitely thinking the prime minister has this one. ann: in the absence of an alternative candidate -- there is no clear alternative to her -- there is no figure that has risen above the others. i think the market is right in saying -- predicting she will win. the question will be, the degree to which she wins, but how many votes and whether or not that strengthens the rebels on the back benches or weakens them. that will be the big issue. tom: give us an update on bank of america, merrill lynch's view on the united kingdom economy. is it a preci

there's people around theresa may talking about this as a possibility. she said it's not going to happen. there are some theresa may allies given that her deal can't get through the commons, they think it will do better and there's a chance it will wind if you took it back to the country. if you compare the... if you're a remainer, you say you'll get control of immigration, that might take you over the line. for the reasons theresa may has said, it would be testing for the tories. let's move off from brexit. from the european council president, donald tusk, just picked this up on the news wires, he is questioning the ethics of the brexiteers, questioning really the best intentions and a hopelessly weak imagination, comparing it to the end of the first world war. really? justified? that will go down well! he's on a trip to germany at the moment, in dortmund, that's what he's saying. you saw at the eu council meeting on friday, hostilities on all sides have got increasingly frosty. use of donald tusk and juncker saying we might have been discourteous to th

theresa may has retreated. listened to cabinet colleagues and advisers urging herto to cabinet colleagues and advisers urging her to delay the vote. why? that is easy. the sign is she was facing a crushing defeat in the commons, the deal could leave her uk locked into eu rules. the dup also hate the idea of northern ireland being tied even closer than mainland britain for the sake of avoiding a hardline border. there are tory remainers who say there is no point leaving the eu only to follow its rules with no say in writing them. now theresa may is off to brussels. what is next? the political perils facing theresa may are still there, still waiting. her cabinet is split and some ministers want openly what they call manage no deal. leave the eu before any trade deals in place but with time to prepare and avoid as much disruption as possible. critics insist leaving with no deal would carry a heavy economic price. others in the cabinet want a softer brexit, the norway solution, with free movement of people, though

may that theresa may had walked through and that she would be happy to be in brussels today how or or did mess. troubles how are they being seen where you are in the context of breck's. you heard the dutch prime minister in that report i just mentioned he said he wasn't admirer of to resign may that might be a little exaggerated for some of the other leaders but they are happy that there is only one person they need to talk to only one prime minister and that they don't have to deal with another prime minister now that will probably take weeks to choose you don't know his position so that would have been definitely a huge problem for the deadline that we are running up against which of course is the twenty ninth of march two thousand and nineteen that's the braggs a date and if they had to deal with a new prime minister would have been very hard to meet that deadline even with the current prime minister it's very tough all right next up and yet again to use some force tonight we'll see how long this one goes max thank you very much. well here's some of the other stories now that are m

of a confidence vote demanded by theresa may's own mps. ballot isult of the that the parliamentary party does have confidence. >> here, here! >> the prime minister won that 200-117, but how did we get to this moment of division? we will be following the path that led to that challenge. theresa may's warning signs of trouble ahead have been there for months. she had no majority in the comments relying on 10 democratic unionists to win votes and her party was fundamentally split between those who passionately wanted to remain in the european union, and those who wanted to leave. even so she had gone on a , promotional trip to africa in august. believing she had a plan. she hoped to sell it to the european union. she sold britain's roadmap for leaving the european union. but the proposal was rebuffed. and the bad tempered fallout from those talks led may to make a blunt statement. theresa may: throughout this process, i have treated the european union with nothing but respect. the u.k. expects the same. a good relationship at the end of this

. >>> sterling extends losses as uk prime minister theresa may's bid to save his brexit deal is shot down by european leaders who declare they are not open to any adjustments. >>> all right. all this morning we've been getting some pmi numbers out of europe we got the come pposite number,d an instant reaction in euro currency, dropping 0.% we dropped through that 1.13 level. this after a spate of very disappointing pmi numbers out of europe that composite number was certainly very much affected by the numbers out of france just a short while ago. there we -- the composite number tipped into contractionary territory below 50 so weak numbers for europe this morning. this is coming off the heels of an ecb yesterday where the interpretation was that mr. draghi was turning more cautious on the growth outlook. no doubt these pmi numbers will not be helping when it comes to that we'll talk about that more later on. >>> and theresa may has arrive ed for the second day of an eu summit leaders have told may the brexit deal is not open for renegotiation. willem is in brussels. the message for t

theresa may and borisjohnson, there was complete disinterest. people said, please, no names, and that included jacob rees—mogg. it was impossible to explain who jacob rees—mogg is to a french audience, and that was supposed to be a bit like our bbc four, it was a bit ambitious as a programme. so there's this fascination because it's notjust that you decided to do this and it shocked us. it's that having done that, there is a feeling in france that, there is a feeling in france that for those who have been watching carefully, that you have been doing this, i'm sorry to say, ina very been doing this, i'm sorry to say, in a very inept way. i have spoken to french people working in brussels and they say the british have fantastic civil servants at the commission in brussels. when we negotiated certain regulation, the french are very statist and the germans turn towards business and patterns. the british bring their experience of markets, the world of finance and free trade. it was very useful to have them to balance so at the end of the day the

jones, former theresa may advisor. good morning to you bothm jones, former theresa may advisor. good morning to you both. it is a harsh headline. do you think it will really happen? we're not saying it is time to go prime minister, we are reporting that she will go before the general election. that is the great concession she throughout the rebels to allow her to stay on. how do you think she has dealt with this vote, it was 117 against 200 for her. some say it is not emphatic enough to show true support within the conservative party for her.” think it leaves both sides entitled to claim victory. that is not really help anybody. tom was talking about that concession, saying she would not want to stand at the next general election. she would not go through. if she had not done that, i think we assume that probably would have won her a couple of dozen votes. if she hadn't done that then the rebels or the people confidence would have been up to 140 or something. she would have been out based on that on that. that decision probably managed to allow her to cling on to a few more we

we saw theresa may on the side. we saw theresa may on the side. we saw theresa may leaving the chamber a moment ago. talk us through the logistics. we'll get the next vote in the next five ten minutes.” think we are still quite some time away. we have ten minutes. and then we get another debate before theresa may eventually gets to start. that's right. then we move on to another debate which is about the business element of what goes on. that really is procedural, apart from we will then get a slightly crucial vote now on dominic grieve cosmic attempt to give parliament more of a say if theresa may's deal is voted down. then we get theresa may opening five days of debate and that will go on a long time because each day has got an allocation of hours. it is eight hours, i think. an allocation of hours. it is eight hours, ithink. we an allocation of hours. it is eight hours, i think. we can do the maths once theresa may has stood up at 7pm. it will be a very late night, simon. and i don't think he can hear me. i said simon. and i don't think he ca

so it was back to the drawing board for theresa may. the conference season gave all the parties a chance to regroup. labour clarified its position on brexit once again. jeremy corbyn said his party would call for a general election if parliament voted down the deal agreed by the prime minister and the eu, but he added that all options are on the table. but if you can't negotiate that deal, then you need to make way for a party that can and will. divisions emerged, and shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer said he wouldn't rule out another referendum. our options must include campaigning for a public vote, and nobody is ruling out remain as an option. for the conservatives, it was boris johnson's fringe speech that drew the biggest crowds. he criticised the prime minister's brexit plans, and speculation mounted that it was the start of his leadership bid. there is time. this is the moment to chuck chequers. the surprise star of conservative conference was the attorney general, geoffrey cox. we will leave the european union. he boomed

that's the good news for theresa may. the bad news though is that one—third of her own members voted against her. let's take a look at the numbers. 317 conservative mps were eligible to vote in this election. 200 voted in favour of the prime minister, 117 voted against her. that's a majority of 83. before the vote, the prime minister had addressed conservative mps and signalled that she was not intending to lead the party into the next general election, which is meant to be in 2022. she insisted that the focus should be on her determination to deliver brexit. we begin our coverage with our political editor laura kuenssberg, and just a warning: laura's report contains flash photography. decision time. survival time. for a prime minister and a party twisted together in a years old fight. applause only the conservatives would do it like this behind those walls. a challenge in the morning, the rebels seen off before it's time for bed. the result of the ballot held this evening is that the parliamentary party does have confi

imean theresa may is going to win tonight. i mean that is based partly on the bbc and others calculations about how many pledges of support have been made by mp, at the moment. and they say the same three things over and over again. number one, they say the same three things over and overagain. number one, this they say the same three things over and over again. number one, this is not theresa may's deal, this is the uk's deal, the uk government, the cabinet has signed up to this last month, so it is not about her personally, number two the deal is the deal this is is the eu's best offer. legally and politically this is as far as they can go when it comes to the brexit deal so a new change of personnel wouldn't necessarily mean there is a belter deal on offer and the third thing they say, is again, the problem is not a personal political one with theresa may and who is in charge, it is the fact that the house of commons parliament, is divided on what it wants from brexit. and if i am honest the attention isn't on the committee