we all stood on a labour manifesto as labour candidates in 2017, we were elected as labour candidates, and i think my collea g u es candidates, and i think my colleagues who have left today should do the decent thing and put themselves forward to their constituents again for election in a by—election to see whether or not they are re—elected as independents because they were elected as labour mps. what do you think your leader should do to make sure that others don't follow their example out of the door? i think that we need to be much stronger on anti—semitism within the party. we need to get rid of anti—semites from the labour party. we are reflecting what is happening across the world in terms of more right—wing and nasty politics and populism and so we have to practice what we preach and i would askjeremy to practice what we preach and i would ask jeremy personally to practice what we preach and i would askjeremy personally to make a speech on this about what he is doing so that people can't accuse him anymore of being silent. he needs to come out and say, "i absolutely

i spoke to a lot of labour mps over the weekend and lots of labour mps labour mps over the weekend and lots of labourmps are labour mps over the weekend and lots of labour mps are distraught about what is going on but they feel very isolated from the leadership as well. i would try and show a bit of love and draw people in. owen jones, doctor viewers watching this would be really concerned. certainly from the twitter traffic we have had —— a lot of viewers. they accuse people of leaving being a blairite traitors isa of leaving being a blairite traitors is a quote. but where does this leave the public at a time of, it's fairto leave the public at a time of, it's fair to say, national crisis with impending brexit. what would you say tojeremy impending brexit. what would you say to jeremy corbyn? impending brexit. what would you say tojeremy corbyn? does he just let them go? is this acceptable? of course. i think labour should be warm and reach out. at the end of the day, they've made a decision to leave. as i've said before, if you look atjeremy leave. as i've said before, if you loo

labour leader? well i just want to say this, victoria, . .. this labour leader? well i just want to say this, victoria,... this is labour leader? well i just want to say this, victoria, . .. this is what it comes down to. it's going to be between labour or the conservatives at the next election, so do you want at the next election, so do you want a labour government or a conservative government? that is exactly the question that every labourmp exactly the question that every labour mp has. what is your answer? my labour mp has. what is your answer? my answer is the reason i left the labour party today is because i could never tell anybody that jeremy corbyn is fit to be prime minster. he's not fit to lead the labour party and not fit to be prime minister. i very much hope is not the choice and i cannot imagine it would be the choice. but if it is... this is three years away. not necessarily. i'm thinking it will be three years away and there is no easy a nswer to three years away and there is no easy answer to the question. all i know is, i have to tell people th

a labour government. would you vote for chuka umunna as an independent candidate? i would vote for a labour candidate. the face hello, what did you think when you saw this unfolding? i think it is incredibly sad that a jewish woman feel she can be a member of a national party any longer, but it gave me hope because maybe this is the push the labour party needs. while it is not a moment to celebrate, it could be a force for good. in terms of labour isa force for good. in terms of labour is a false, is it weakened by losing these mps? if there was a snap election, what with the implications be? these are seven fantastic candidates, particularly luciana. she campaigned tirelessly for mental health and has been crucial in the fight against anti—semitism, but as ajewish fight against anti—semitism, but as a jewish woman it is not her responsibility to fight her own battle, we do not expect ethnic minorities to do that, we need the party to do that. it is a loss on the front of national and domestic politic

unfortunately, labour. i always back labour but i feel the current leader, i like him, but he's a bit weak, in my opinion. for some, the last labour split in the 19805 is a fond memory. well, i'm conservative and i'm hoping this sham with labour will make a bit of a mess and support the conservative, from my point of view. you're hoping it splits the labour vote? i hope it splits the labour vote, yes. the reaction among labour volunteers here was much as you'd expect. we're disappointed, but were not surprised. it's apt that gavin is one of the seven dwarves who've resigned today, because he's a political minnow. we look forward to him calling a by—election, where he will be annihilated by the official labour party candidate and consigned to the dustbin of history, where he belongs. i think there will be some sympathy. some people sort of feel like the party's going backwards rather than forwards. i don't personally feel that myself. but i think there will be sympathy for him. today's breakaway was always

those traditional labour voters who share their view that the labour party has changed out of all recognition under jeremy corbyn. secondly, they will have to move quickly. today, in many ways, was the easy part. the press conference, the big announcement. now they have to build and very, very rapidly. and the risk, of course, is like seven stones being dropped into water, theyjust go plow dropped into water, theyjust go plop, and a sink without trace. their hope has to be that the ripples they create may yet cause a wave at westminster. norman, many thanks. norman smith there in westminster. the london schoolgirl who joined the islamic state group in syria, but now wants to come home, has apologised to the british public. but speaking to the bbc, shamima begum equated terrorist attacks in the uk with coalition action in syria. the 19—year—old gave birth to a boy at the weekend. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. shamima begum, who left her home in east london aged 15 to join the islamic state group, explaining today what it was that inspired her to go. was it because

many labour mps were just not happy that although it has been officially labour party policy for some time to support a further referendum on britain's membership with the eu that he hasn't really shown much sign that he was personally willing to get through that and make it happen, that is why it is significant. we have seen for the first time jeremy corbyn setting out in black—and—white how and when he will come to support publicly and actively tried to make happen another public vote on britain's membership of the european union. he has been answering questions for the la st two has been answering questions for the last two hours in front of labour mps ina last two hours in front of labour mps in a committee room on the floor above us here in the house of commons, and sustained questioning over specifically what the wording of the question would be. this is not an automatic move. 0n of the question would be. this is not an automatic move. on wednesday, labour would put down an amendment when parliament votes to try to get mps across the house to support their version of a brexi

the labour party has a policy and the great majority of labour members and the referendum voted against brexit and the overwhelming majority of labour party members themselves are against brexit so what is needed and i'm afraid the situation is veryjeremy corbyn to read and when he needs to do is read decisively against rough democratic senate and for the referendum but the larger breakaway, substantially turned on whether it labour is complicit and brexit because it is now overwhelmingly a pro—european party and did not want to see a tori brexit. and we have a hold series of bad economic stories related one way or another. the business that went out of business two days ago, and if labour were to be complicit in brexit, what you see todayis be complicit in brexit, what you see today is just the beginning. if labour stops brexit, then i think at that point people will say it may be the party system is working after all. does not, after all you are not traditionally a labour man but when and because of tony blair and the period of politics in the 90s. this brexit crisis still has some

that members have already left labour and they said although they were elected as candidates, as themselves, and they show no sign of doing it. it will be interesting to see come the next general election whenever that is, how these mps fair especially like john ryan whenever that is, how these mps fair especially likejohn ryan where there is not a clear majority. and there is not a clear majority. and there is not a clear majority. and there is speculation about who else and speculation about conservatives, is there any other movement this evening? beyond speculation here at westminster, that some conservatives could join the ranks of the independent group, nobody is confirming anything, it does within the group as it is at the moment wa nt to the group as it is at the moment want to focus on their latest addition to their number and joan ryan and we have to wait and see. certainly they will need if they are to become a significant presence in themselves at parliament and have any influence or change the political landscape, they will need if not many more resignations from the labour part

they now have tory and labour. does that change their prospects in anyway?” labour. does that change their prospects in anyway? i suppose it is too early to say. this is uncharted territory for this generation. we don't know. perhaps it says to jeremy corbyn and the labour leadership that they have to decide whether they want to be a small rump thatis whether they want to be a small rump that is never going to be elected or they want to be a party of government. if they want to be a party of government they have to include the joan ryan is, the chuka umunna is, got to include all of the labour mps who have now left. your own position, will you stay or go? todayis own position, will you stay or go? today is my birthday, i am 59, it marks the 43rd year of my labour party membership. i love being in the party, serving my constituents, i want the party, serving my constituents, iwant go the party, serving my constituents, i want go without a fight. but it is up i want go without a fight. but it is up to i want go without a fight. but it is y i want go without a fight. bu

and that is what only labour will deliver. thank you very much for inviting me to your conference today. applause i think we have some time for questions, so as we did before, if you would like to put your hand up and state your name and affiliation. before we do that i would like to thank you in behalf of the manufacturing sector and make uk. you have listened to our concerns. it is great to see you being supported by angela and gordon because skills is another one issue for the sector and i think we enjoyed dotted out and we look forward to continuing that relationship going forward. thank you for the tool box you gave me. it is frequently used to make repairs! let's start over here. mr corbin, you are here discussing business and the economy and brexit. yesterday seven mps, as you said, resigned from the party saying you are anti—business, wrong and brexit. they also say you tolerate anti—semitism. what you say to those mps who are now saying they are now considering following them out of the party and the larger number

tories, it is like labour can go one step further each timelj tories, it is like labour can go one step further each time. i think that this is the best stories seen so far in the sunday papers, and the problem for labour is that they have not quite worked out how to deal with this. do they go hard on them and save select another mp, stand for it seemed flip—flop a bit on this week, you've seenjohn mcdonnell try to sort of put out the sort of, some olive branch to them, as you've seen the tom watson. then you have a harder left saying right, thatis you have a harder left saying right, that is it, you are done. and so how do they, whether they go? had to say iwe do they, whether they go? had to say i we have any before with corbyn, he has got too much of a stranglehold on the membership. —— i have to said. ithink on the membership. —— i have to said. i think the only way he's going to go is with having a few fails atan going to go is with having a few fails at an election. the observer is saying it is all too late. there is saying it is all too late. there is an quite senior fi

in a statement, the labour party said:. while the mainjewish community groups don't believe labour has done enough, one smaller group ofjewish labour supporters thinks the party's general secretary is trying. under jennie formby, the party are starting to implement fair and just processes , starting to implement fair and just processes, it is dealing with a tiny minority of cases that are justified. it is getting rid of those cases which are not. but some mps have written tojeremy corbyn tonight, questioning the figures. the abuse is just vile, tonight, questioning the figures. the abuse isjust vile, and to think that that has only led to 12 expulsions beggars belief, and just convinces people like me that the labour party has yet to take this issue seriously. labour admits there has been hard evidence of anti—semitism but the party is hoping this will show it is tackling it. lucy manning, bbc news. a man questioned in connection with the disappearance of the student libby squire has appeared in court accused of unrelated

can you give assurance that you won't follow suit and leave labour? absolutely, i have been labour? absolutely, i have been labour through and through. i've been a labour party member for nearly a0 years, i'm not going anywhere and under our electoral system, the idea that in one fell swoop we are going to rebrand and reorganise our british politics, i'm afraid our electoral system is a real barrier to this and one of the things i think we should reflect on, whichever party we support when this brexit crisis is resolved, is whether our first past the post electoral system serves our politics well. i don't think it does but it's a big barrier to the success of another party but for all sorts of reasons, i'm labour, i'm not going anywhere and labour has always been anywhere and labour has always been a vehicle in our country for progressive change and that remains the case. ben bradshaw, thanks very much forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news: japanese car—maker, honda, is expected to announce its swindon plant is to close, putting 3,500 jobs at risk. seven labour mps quit the par

they think it could be something where labour could be something where labour could set itself apart from the conservatives, on brexit, and something they feel would either provide legitimacy to a brexit deal reached by a government or potentially see the uk stake in the eu. the of 0k potentially see the uk stake in the eu. the of ok but isn't that many labour voters and constituencies voted in favour on leaving the eu. this is a significant move because we now have a timeline, a sequence of events in which it could be labour's dominance policy on brexit. they will put forward at deal, including permanent membership of a customs union. that will likely fail and next week or the week after, when theresa may brics a revised version of her deal, there will be an unmanned and perhaps sponsored directly by ebi labour frontbench which asks for another referendum. —— directly by the labour front branch. presumably, the choice on any ballot that labour suggests is the government's deal versus remainer? they have not decided that. the decision, in terms of what the question will be, has n

do you want to change the labour party? do you want to bea change the labour party? do you want to be a presence on the back? or do you want to create a third force in british politics? i want to give the public a proper choice. i think for too long it has felt as though the public have to choose between jeremy corbyn and euro phobia. i think the vast majority of the public want decent, mainstream values, whether thatis decent, mainstream values, whether that is fair play, opportunity for all, people taking responsibility. orare all, people taking responsibility. or are looking at some of the big long—term challenges like climate change or an ageing society. we haven't talked about those things for a long time because the main parties have been captured by the sort of extremes on the fringes. that suggests you want to form a new centrist party. well, one step at a time. it has been a big decision to actually leave the labour party for me. i've set out my reasons for that. we have set out our values, the group of us that made this particular decision, but my own per

labour mps want remain, a lot of labour younger voters are dismayed by jeremy corbyn's support for leave. so you are saying... jeremy corbyn would be happy to see brexit happen on march the 29th as long as the tories owned it? yes. there is not a but about it. in a parliamentary democracy the point is to try to get elected. yes, but it would be great if you had a coherent policies behind that election. labour have things i would criticise them on, for example they are not making the case for immigration. we are not getting into wider policy. the arguments they are making... they need to make the case for immigration. that is at the heart of the debate. i don't think it's too late for that. they need to explain it to me and the country, why their policies coherent. remain at last the referendum but it was a narrow result, so you have to find a compromised brexit that can try to really unite the country. for example, a permanent customs union and regulatory alignment as much as possible with the single market. they may well end up in a situation thatis they may well end up in a situation t

what do we see from his labour party? hamas and hezbolla, friends. israel and the united states enemies, hatton a hero, churchill, a villain. attlee and bevin would be spinning in their graves, that is what the right honourable gentleman has done to once proud labour party. we will never let him do it to our country! theresa may. but the cracks and splits of the two main parties were not over. on friday after mps have returned from their constituencies, ian austin announced that he'd resigned from labour too, ian austin announced that he'd resigned from labour too, saying he was going to stand with the victims of racism and not the people responsible for or tolerating it. and it was anti—semitism that led mps like luciana borges. she said she'd seen obfuscation, smears in action and denial of the issue. when it was debated in the chamber on wednesday, a shadow minister made an emotional apology to jewish people on behalf of his party. how can it be that we are struggling so badly to eradicate anti—semitism from our own membership? i want on behal

they are both labour heartlands. hull voted 70% for leave. the reality facing labour is most of its voters are members who voted remained but it cannot win another election unless it wins over voters. there are lots of ironies. for ages, the labour left was accused of wanting protest and principle of apparel. now they are dead set on winning a general election. i was going to say to you, some of them are coming out of the last few days and saying, this is not about party unity, electoral politics, it is about national interest. the rate of the crisis that has enveloped britain as conservative rule and the only way of addressing the injustices and division in the country that led to brexit is to have a set of policies that will address it and you can only do that with the labour government. the truth is, there are so many myths in the media about the reality, for example, even of parliamentary arithmetic. if labour backed a second referendum, what would happen as various members of the shadow cabinet would resign, leave seats and they made a p

the tories and the labour party are imploding. the home secretary's praised by his own mps for stripping is runaway shamima begum of her british citizenship. but opposition mps condemn the move. in removing british citizenship, the home secretary is essentially saying she's somebody else's problem. we hear from the clerk of the commons as he says farewell after more than a0 years of westminster and makes a prediction for a forthcoming report on bullying. there will be stories, which will reflect badly both on individual members who will not be named, but on the fact that this sort of behaviour has, in the past, taken place. and mps call for a complete ban on eating cats and dogs. amazingly, it is still legal to personally slaughter your dog or cat and privately consume its meat here in the uk. but first, it was a case of going...going...gone. in the parliamentary week, 11 mps — eight labour and three conservatives quit their parties and formed what they are calling the independent group, quickly nicknamed tig. it was the biggest

there is something bigger going on in the labour party. the labor party isn't without internal conflict as we saw without internal conflict as we saw with the defections last week. this is actually the labour party trying to reconnect with some of the voices. you had to remember as well, there were some very important amendments being voted upon tomorrow and the labour party has its own amendment bear with is the customs union and closer allegiance to the singer of —— single market. labor party wa nts singer of —— single market. labor party wants to make sure it has consensus and you can party wants to make sure it has consensus and you can see party wants to make sure it has consensus and you can see it as a result of that. and what i have been reading in the financial times and elsewhere, most seem to be agreed that this is a promise that labour is thinking it may never had to deliver, a second referendum. it is more about the internal politics within the opposition party and trying to prevent anyone else from leaving. exactly. i

the reason that i am labour, is because i believe that the labour party is still the best vehicle to change those power structures. i believe ordinary families can be heard and be served by our politics. the issues that people have raised this morning, thatis people have raised this morning, that is for them, but i wish we could stay focused on the issue ahead of us, which is brexit. we need to stop the pie minister running down the clock, and doing significant damage to our country. and yet, we have the party minister, . .. and yet, we have the party minister,... you are still standing under that banner, of a party led by someone who seems reluctant to do what plenty of your members want to adjust to campaign for another referendum. well, there was a whole platter of issues. when it comes to brexit, i was part of a group that came together, and we decided our policy. the thing that we have got to do now is stick to it, stay unified with our policy, which is either find unified with our policy, which is eitherfind a unified with our policy, which is either find a deal that we can vot

i have decided to leave the labour party. i have written to my constituents this morning to tell them that and i‘ve told the labour party that i have left as well. it is the most difficult decision i have ever had to take. , but i‘ve taken it have ever had to take. , but i‘ve ta ken it because have ever had to take. , but i‘ve taken it because i become ashamed of the labour party, if i am honest. i grew up listening to my dad, who was a refugee from the holocaust, teaching me about the evils of hatred and prejudice, and one of the main reasons ijoined the labour party as a teenager, here in dudley, more than 35 years ago, was to fight racism and i could never have believed that i would be leaving the labour party because of racism as well. ian austin mp speaking on bbc wmin well. ian austin mp speaking on bbc wm in the well. ian austin mp speaking on bbc w m in the last few minutes, confirming that he has left the labour party, becoming the ninth mp to do so this week. well, it has been a week of political splintering

and also there is a labour brexiteer back shift, as well. that is right. it is like a pincer movement. let's move away from brexit and we can have a look at the daily mirror. rather optimistic looking photograph. hottest february day ever. someone in the water. i don't know where that was taken. probably i beazer. —— i beazer. my concern about these jolly photographs, it ignores the extremely serious climate change implications. we were talking about our children, my three children have become vegetarian because of climate change reasons. you are as well? i'm not, but i respect people who are for that reason, because the amount of methane cattle emits, but my youngest son said, hurray, the hottest day of the year, but they we re hottest day of the year, but they were being ironic, because the planet is hotting up. there was the story about polar bears searching for food. there is story about polar bears searching forfood. there is a massive damage being wrought on the planet and celebrating a hot day in february is not going to help. i would like a man

firstly, labour. let's not ignore the fact there are several labour mps who have said publicly and more saying privately that they are unhappy, too, flirting with the idea that potentially they could end up following their nine collea g u es could end up following their nine colleagues and leaving the party at some stage of the next few days and weeks. jeremy corbyn will try and stop that. there are some of his allies that think maybe it's best to get rid of them because they are not on the same page as the leadership but there is that sense that there are potentially more labour resignations to come. on the other hand, the prime minister is getting warnings from her backbenchers, too, from a normally loyal group of conservatives who have backed her brexit plan so far, saying that if any reworked deal does not look like getting through parliament, then some of them will end up rebelling, too. potentially up to 30 or a0 conservative mps getting behind plans to try and take a no deal of the table and po

many labour mps ta ke the labour side. many labour mps take the view they want to hang in see whether mr corbyn pivots to support another referendum and in all probability we will get a vote in the not too distant future because there are signs that labour backbenchers will table amendments ona backbenchers will table amendments on a referendum, so it mr corbyn backs those i suspect he probably gets around the threat, but if he doesn't then potentially other labour mps may decide we will go too. but much will depend on this new group themselves, whether they can demonstrate they are making headway and can set up a credible organisation with credible policies, with funding and a clear set of policies and a game plan. nothing a tt ra cts policies and a game plan. nothing attracts people like success. if, on the other hand, they have had their one—day announcement and then not much happens, that will be much less attractive. it is a hugejump, as was acknowledged by one of the gang of seven, and coffee, who highlighted what

some of those labour mps, ex labour mps support. some of those labour mps, ex labourmps are support. some of those labour mps, ex labour mps are now in a group with x conservative mps who voted for cut after cut in the coalition government since 2010. they are real political rivals. the only thing that unites them is brexit and the reality again of brexit is they will not be a people‘s vote in the next month before we leave the eu in march so what are they standing actually for? are they going to continue with, many on ed miliband has micro—shadow cabinet, it is not clear what they stand for. let me ask sonia, what is going to be the overwhelming theme of this new group? is it going to be about brexit or is it going to be about economics which in the end when it comes to a general election is what people vote on, grace? this is a trojan horse, they are using the brexit issue is a veil to cover up what is essentially an incredibly regressive economic agenda. you have said these people are political rivals, they are not, most of t

of anti—semitism in the labour party. tom watson told the bbc‘s andrew marr that there was a "crisis for the soul" of the party, fearing more mps might follow the nine who resigned this week. of course jeremy of coursejeremy needs to understand that if we are going to be in number 10, he needs to change the labour party and there are things we need to do. firstly, we have to eradicate anti—semitism, anti—jewish racism in all its forms. this week i have had 50 complaints of anti—semitism from my party colleagues which i shared with jeremy and for us my party colleagues which i shared withjeremy and for us to address that now, i think he needs to take a personal late on examining those cases and if necessary, recommending to our nec what has to be done. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent jonathan blake — who started by reflected on the labour resignations this week. it has been interesting to see those different responses since those labour mps resigned at the beginning of last week. jeremy corbyn has

this morning he shared his despair at the state of labour with jess his despair at the state of labour withjess phillips. his despair at the state of labour with jess phillips. probably thinking that i should have been doing this for months for a long time, i watched doing this for months for a long time, iwatched luciano doing this for months for a long time, i watched luciano bridger on monday and i thought, in the end, you have got to stand with her. do you have got to stand with her. do you think moore will go? as well? i do not know. i haven't talked to other people about this. ian austin has decided not to join the new independent group of mps. they are bound together by opposition to brea ks bound together by opposition to breaks that while mr austin supports the prime minister ‘s deal. before entering parliament he was an adviser to gordon brown, he has never been close to thejeremy corbyn wing of the party and accused mr corbyn of creating a culture of extremism and intolerance. a labour party spokesman expressed this regret about his decision and said he should resign his s

, rather than the labour members, a lost of labour members, particularly in traditional labour seats, perhaps sees that were traditionally working—class, had one particular industry that employed lots of people in that area, that town. —— lot. they will see winston churchill isa lot. they will see winston churchill is a british icon. they might acknowledge the issues that we just spoken about, but they will avril see him as a hero, perhaps the greatest british hero. a loss of labour voters will think otherwise. it is rare to find an issue that so precisely addresses that split. it was the 2017 general election, it was the 2017 general election, it was those kinds of patriotic labour voters that theresa may was trying to peel away from the labor party. the lesson of that is that they might have felt a bit comfortable and unsure aboutjeremy corbyn in downing street and john mcdonnell in 11 downing street, but they ultimately, where it matters, held firm and voted labour. and they probably will do again whenever the next election is. ok. the front page of the mirror. your paper, th

it is not for me to keep the labour party together, that is the job of the elected leader of the labour party, jeremy corbyn, and that is what he must do. to fulfil the promise. which is i'm going to take account... compliant with the spirit of labour's governance policy which is if we can't exhaust the avenues to get a general election, let's move to what the people's vote and we would be campaigning to keep the current deal as a member of the european union and transform and change our country from within. thank you very much. i'm going to bring any vice chairman of the conservative party just to bring any vice chairman of the conservative partyjust to get bring any vice chairman of the conservative party just to get some government reaction to that defeat. what does that tell us? it shows that theresa may cannot be confident ofa that theresa may cannot be confident of a majority in the house of commons for the way that she wants to go with brexit. i think what we learnt from the vote this evening is not very much, actually. the more significant vote is where the votes we had last mon

but that is not surprising from this labour party. what do we see from his labour party? hamas, his other friends? israel and the united states, enemies. hatton, a hero. churchill, a villain. atley and bevan will be spinning in their graves. that is what the gentleman has done to a once proud labour party. we will never let him do it to our country! elsewhere in the session there was praise for the home secretary, sajid javid, from conservative mps over his decision to stip shamima begum of her british citizenship. the teenagerfled london to join islamic state in syria when she was 15. government sources said it was possible to revoke her uk nationality as she was eligible for citizenship elsewhere. her family have said they plan to challenge the government's decision. ms begum gave birth to a son at the weekend and now wants to return to the uk. the home secretary is to be congratulated for his swift and decisive action in removing british citizenship from shamima begum. but the fact remains that of the 900 british nationals who have gone to support daesh, fighting again

, the gang of four and the split and the problems it caused for labour and helped keep labour in opposition for an exceedingly long time. and there will be a lot of discontent from within, even those who are antagonistic about the jeremy corbyn project, the dangers ofa jeremy corbyn project, the dangers of a breakaway, because of what damage it would do to the party. so ithink... i damage it would do to the party. so i think... i can understand why people might be mulling the option of potentially leaving. i'm wondering if they will actually cross that great rubicon and make the plunge. i'm not sure they will. joe? it provides an opportunity for dissenting voices in the labour party to talk about how they don't like labour's position on venezuela, on brexit, on anti—semitism. but there has been a lot of talk about a new centre party. the question i am interested in is are we just looking at labourmps, or interested in is are we just looking at labour mps, or could there actually be a case for some conservative mps, who find they have more in common with the likes of angela smith and lucia

he also said labour was moving in the direction of supporting a second eu refendum. the prime minister has told a gathering of grassroots conservative party activists that she won't allow the result of the brexit referendum to be frustrated, after three cabinet ministers warned brexit may have to be delayed. the deputy labour leader's warning came after a difficult week for the party, as our political correspondent jonathan blake explained to me a little earlier. quite an extraordinary interview really on the andrew marr programme this morning, at the end of a torrid week for labour, when nine mps have quit the party and many of them on the issue of anti—semitism, explaining that in their view jeremy corbyn has not done enough to tackle that problem within the party. and in the wake of those resignations it was very interesting to hear slightly different responses from seniorfigures in the party, whilejeremy corbyn only really spoke briefly about it, saying he regretted the resignations and was disappointed in those mps and called on them to stand for by—election

the labour coalition. ultimately, willthis responses to this within the labour coalition. ultimately, will this be an issue at the next general election? it right goes back to the very early david cameron comment on jeremy corbyn. my mother would say to you, put a shirt on, do your tie up to you, put a shirt on, do your tie up and sing the national anthem. this is that these as to what david cameron was getting at. finally, briefly. can we go to the telegraph? mouldyjam. briefly. can we go to the telegraph? mouldy jam. this is an issue that got a nation talking. theresa may's admission to her cabinet yesterday that she scraped the mould of the top of the jam before she spread on her toes. gait has divided the country apparently. i do it. henry was saying, i keep myjam in the fridge so it has never gone mouldy. i have never seen mould onjam. my favourite thing about this story is two years ago, to reason me to donald trump is chart ofjam as a present. i wonder what he did with it. -- a present. i wonder wha

this week the labour leader heads to brussels for eu talks. canjeremy corbyn help break the deadlock or will his own side fracture while he's away? owen, you start. the big dilemma for labour, i call it the hackney and hull problem. they are both labour heartlands. hackney voted 80% remaind, hull voted 70% for leave. the reality facing labour is most of its voters are members who voted remain but it cannot win another election unless it wins over leave voters. there are lots of ironies. for ages, the labour left was accused of wanting protest and principle over power. now they are deadset on winning a general election. i was going to say to you, some of them are coming out over the last few days and saying, this is not about party unity, electoral politics, it's about national interest. their view is that the root of the crisis that has enveloped britain is conservative rule and the only way of addressing the injustices and division in the country that led to brexit is to have a set of policies that will address it and you can only do that wit

to say, stand out of the way, because one of these new labour 01’ way, because one of these new labour or tories want to stand in that seat instead. so, building up from the grassroots, a new party is very difficult. i think, for the time being, we should really think about this as a brexit phenomenon, rather than some great new idea. they haven't any money for vital, they haven't any money for vital, they haven't got any particular ideas, they haven't got a leader. i can't see any new ideas coming out of this. we can see a number of reasons why they're upset with their own parties. there is no doubt, heidi allen made a very good speech when she said how appalled she had been what the tories had been shot down to the benefit system. people whose lives have been destroyed by the universal credit benefit. she has a lwa ys universal credit benefit. she has always had her hat in the right place. nevertheless, she has also voted through all these budgets and austerity measures which were originally set in place by george osborne. i wonder whether they can all sit down and agree on what thei

for the labour party —— for a small number of labour mps. they have been deeply disheartened by what they see as mr corbyn plus my failure to grapple with this problem of anti—semitism. as i say, a solidifying of these rumours and this discontent with the expectation that a few, four, five, half a dozen, maybe, labour mps would resign the whip, to use the westminster language, and sit as independents. we are already seeing the action from the within the labour party, real fury, the action from the within the labour party, realfury, that the action from the within the labour party, real fury, that this kind of thing to chip away at the potential in for there might be unelectable at the next general election. the fear no doubt being articulated from within the labour party after a ny articulated from within the labour party after any announcement this morning is that these kind of brea kaways make it morning is that these kind of breakaways make it easierfor the conservatives to win general elections, because those on the left will be defini

i joined labour to dad, a holocaust refugee telling me about... ijoined labour to defy racism. i can't believe i'm having to leave because of racism also. jeremy corbyn prides himself as a peace campaigner. do you think anti—semitism is rife? peace campaigner. do you think anti—semitism is rife ?|j peace campaigner. do you think anti-semitism is rife? i think there's been a culture of extremism that's been allowed to develop. i thinkjeremy corbyn has not taken it seriously enough. i think he's refused to get to grips with this. i was suggesting he might be anti—semitic himself? is not possible for me to look into his heart and see how it truly how he truly thinks? when you've got the rabbi the leader of thejewish community saying... i know he said and things which are anti—semitic in east london, talking aboutjewish people not understanding irony, english irony as if they are somehow separate from the rest of us. i think he has said and done things which are completely unacceptable andi which are completely unacceptable and i think he isjust unable to deal with these th

this isa labour labour party who feel that way? this is a labour party which has changed beyond recognition and you have to make a decision. it is notjust the politics, it is whether you can feel a moral integrity to go along with things that you can no longer justify or accept. and i have come to my own breaking point, i cannot do that any longer. do you accept that by leaving, because of the way our political system works, that makes a tory government more likely at the next election? people feel politically homeless and they are asking and begging for an alternative. it seemed none of them knew quite what to say at the end. not yet a political party with a leader or a manifesto, they‘ re not yet a political party with a leader or a manifesto, they're long held private fears now very public, but how many others might follow them and leave him? good morning, how nice to see well this morning. good morning and goodbye. no party wa nts to good morning and goodbye. no party wants to say farewell to some of its support. i am disappo

this was a direct challenge to the labour leader from his own deputy. at a rally yesterday, jeremy corbyn said anti—semitism in any form was unacceptable. his allies say action is being taken, although admit it could be faster. i want us to be the best political party in dealing with issues like anti—semitism and racism and i want us to be able to, with clean hands, get out there and tackle it within our wider community. labour is wrestling with divisive issues, its leader under pressure to determine its direction. alex forsyth, bbc news. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: green book has been named best picture at this year's 0scars. 0livia colman and rami malek won the awards for best actress and actor. venezuelan soldiers who defected to colombia tell the bbc they're worried about the safety of theirfamilies. president donald trump says there's been substantial progress in negotiations with beijing as he delays further trade tariffs. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the w

on anti—semitism, he urged the labour leader to personally intervene. the test for us, the test for him as a leader, is to eradicate anti—semitism. it is not other labour party members that will be the judge of that, it's the britishjewish community, and i think he understands now that if he is ever to be prime minister, he needs to rebuild that trust. tom watson said jeremy corbyn had to take a personal lead and make changes to the labour party if he wanted to get into downing street. this was a direct challenge to the labour leader from his own deputy. at a rally yesterday, jeremy corbyn said anti—semitism in any form was unacceptable. his allies say action is being taken, although admit it could be faster. i want us to be the best political party in dealing with issues like anti—semitism and racism and i want us to be able to, with clean hands, get out there and tackle it within our wider community. labour is wrestling with divisive issues, its leader under pressure to determine its direction. alex forsyth, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sus

this was a direct challenge to the labour leader from his own deputy. at a rally yesterday, jeremy corbyn said anti—semitism in any form was unacceptable. his allies say action is being taken, although admit it could be faster. i want us to be the best political party in dealing with issues like anti—semitism and racism and i want us to be able to, with clean hands, get out there and tackle it within our wider community. labour is wrestling with divisive issues, its leader under pressure to determine its direction. alex forsyth, bbc news. pope francis has pledged an end to cover—ups of child abuse in the catholic church, saying that victims would now be the priority. he was speaking at the end of a four day conference aimed at tackling abuse, after a series of scandals. 0ur religion editor martin bashir reports from rome. mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. words of repentance by bishops on the last morning of this four—day summit. they've heard presentations on responsibility, accountability and transparency, and there is no doubting the ch

the labour mp chris williamson has been suspended by the party after suggesting that labour had been "too apologetic" over allegations of anti—semitism among party members. he had apologised for the comments and said he planned to clear his name. he now faces an internal investigation. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, has this report, which does contain some flash photography. they don't come more loyal to labour's leader than chris williamson, or closer politically, or today much more embarrassing to a party accused of tolerating anti—semitism, after a video came to light of the mp hitting back. the party that has done more to stand up to racism it was the kind of outburst cited by critics, like the mps who quit labour last week with anti—semitism among their complaints. enough is enough. even so, hours of pressure passed before the mp was finally suspended. their former colleague had already apologised in a statement. "our movement can never be too apologetic about racism within our ranks", he'd said, but tonight he defended himself. obviously, if i upset anybody, i

labour says there isa of those issues. labour says there is a basis for discussion but wants the government to move further.m looks like there could be some progress, but also, you know, she has to guarantee a permanent customs union, and it is not obvious that she is prepared to go down that line yet. but let's see how things progress. there is not a sudden outbreak of agreement yet. there are still real differences, not least on the idea ofjoining a customs union. jeremy corbyn isn't about to sign on the dotted line and back the prime minister's planet. but theresa may needs as many votes as she can get and this might provide some cover for labour mps to get onside. we estimate it is some by between 40—60 who are actively looking for ways to support this at the moment. and obviously, if the labour party were to whip for that, then she would find the majority that she needs. so the work to find consensus continues but remember, there isn't long left. our assistant political editor, norman smithm, is at westminster. how

the labour mp chris williamson has been suspended by the party, after suggesting that labour had been "too apologetic" over allegations of anti—semitism among party members. he apologised for the comments and said he plans to clear his name. he now faces an internal investigation. our deputy political editor john pienaar has this report, and it does contain some flash photography. they don't come more loyal to labour's leader than chris williamson, or closer politically, or today, much more embarrassing to a party accused of tolerating anti—semitism, after a video came to light of the mp hitting back. the party that has done more to stand up to racism is now being demonised as a racist, negative party! and i've got to say, i think our party's response has been partly responsible for that — because, in my opinion, we've talked far too much, we've given too much ramble, been too apologetic. applause it was the kind of outburst cited by critics, like the mps who quit labour last week with anti—semitism among their complaints. enough is enough. even so, hours of pressure passed be

'5 position on venezuela, labour'5 position on venezuela, labour'5 edition on anti—semitism and mapping probably most importantly, labour'5 position on brexit. they are very keen, it is 5ugge5ted, brexit. they are very keen, it is suggested, to do something about that. whether anything actually happens whether there is a breakaway, whether there is much held in this remains to be seen. you buy this, martin? will someone take the plunge? i don't know whether they will be brave enough to take it. you have to ask, what is it within the labour party that currently exists that is the final straw that breaks the camel's back? there have been an awful lot of issues which you would have thought, and has seen people threatening posture and complain, nobody has actually lost the whip, they have done if a different reasons, nothing to do with these issues which whitlock about in terms of eccentric, a centre party. the lessons of history, people leave major parties to june lessons of history, people leave major parties tojune —— join the centre parties disappear out of politics rather swiftly.