Is told to stick to his report as democrats get ready to ask him why he didnt press charges against President Trump. And you know what they say about mad dogs and englishmen. Ill be helping christian brave the mini heatwave sweeping europe and the uk with a few pointers from the animal world. Hello and welcome im Christian Fraser in westminster and jane obrien is in washington. Borisjohnson will be confirmed tomorrow, the 55th person to serve as british Prime Minister. And fitting for a programme with a title like ours he has exactly 100 days until brexit on october 31st to find a deal. Mrjohnson declared that his mission was to take britain out of the eu by that date come what may and re unite the country. Right through the race borisjohnson was the frontrunner and it was no different in the final ballot with conservative members he beatjeremy hunt comfortably mrjohnsons share of the vote was 66 . Now he promises he will put his maximum energy into his new role as britains Prime Minister. We are going to unite this amazing country and we are going to take it forward. I thank you all very much for the incredible honour you have just done me. I will work flat out from now on with my team that i will build, i hope, in the next few days, to repay your confidence but in the meantime, campaign is over and the work begins. Thank you all very much. Applause joining me now is the conservative mp Kit Malthouse, who backed borisjohnson in his leadership bid. I want to talk about the numbers because with a similar problem that theresa may had come up with the majority with the dup, it was for, it is now down to three, it could be down to two after the special election in wales. That means the new chief whip, confirmed as Marks Spencer has a crucial role. Mark is a great appointment, i have known him sincel a great appointment, i have known him since i came into the house a couple of years ago. He is well respected across the house, he knows how it works and he has been part of the whips operation that has dealt with difficult maths so i think he isa with difficult maths so i think he is a good appointment. Does matter in situation this who you put in that position . Would you say that is the crucial appointment . It is one of the four, in my view, crucial appointment and it is critical to building a government because while the media will naturally focus on cabinet there are 60 or 70 ministers below who need to be slotted into place and the knowledge that mark will have built up in the whips office will allow him to do that. It is an important First Step Towards building a government. The winter blockbuster was the malthouse compromise, this was your deal that was supposed to bridge the divisions. Do you acknowledge that parts of that rejected by the European Union might see the light of day again . The structure of the compromise which was the two deal structure, a plan a and a plan b seem structure, a plan a and a plan b seem to have formed the android operating system for eve ryones brexit plan and it is what the winner, boris has said he wants to do. He wants to craft the deal but in the event there is a deal that the eu declines, that there would be ano the eu declines, that there would be a no deal deal and by offering those two to the European Union and getting them to choose which one they want. Fundamentally, for me, that has to be one of the steps we ta ke that has to be one of the steps we take so the eu has some decisions to make as well. We find ourselves at an impasse. Theresa mays deal would not passed the house and the eu refused to change it. That means that deal is dead so we need a new deal which we know will pass the house and we offer to the eu. If they decline it they are effectively choosing no deal for both of us and we need to prepare for that because we need to prepare for that because we know they are. That means going back into the picture as alternative arrangements. There has been an alternative arrangements road show going to europe over the past couple of months, what has been the reaction . The alternative Arrangements Commission has been led and has been taking it very seriously with conferences in london, bringing together trade experts around the world. This is the alternative arrangements to the border problem. And Northern Ireland, how do you find different ways to handle the issue in ireland to avoid any kind of hard infrastructure . Nobody to avoid any kind of hard infrastructure . Nobody has to avoid any kind of hard infrastructure . Nobody has shot any holes in this thing, it has been a success holes in this thing, it has been a success around europe holes in this thing, it has been a success around europe so holes in this thing, it has been a success around europe so their work putting this thing together may prove pivotal. It gives us a coherent sensible option to how we might handle the problem of the irish border. 0k, might handle the problem of the irish border. Ok, that is a good starter for ten. Irish border. Ok, that is a good starterfor ten. Thank irish border. Ok, that is a good starter for ten. Thank you very much indeed for being with us here in westminster. The formation of Boris Johnsons government will take place in his first 2a hours or so. Mark spencer the Current Deputy leader of the house of commons will be given the crucialjob of chief whip. We wait to see what the shape of the new cabinet will be, but we know a few of the people, that will not be in the new government. Justice secretary david gauke tweeted his congratulations and said hed be returning to the backbenches tomorrow. Same for rory stewart the secretary of state for International Development also saying hell be on the back benches. Lets check in with lucy frazer whos the solicitor general. Shejoins us from our westminster studio. Are you resigning or are you staying ina are you resigning or are you staying in a phone call . I am not resigning, i backed borisjohnson and i am pleased he has become our new Prime Minister. But you were a remainer . I was, yes. I understand a transition tea m was, yes. I understand a Transition Team has been working in the background on what this cabinet will look like. What would you like to see . Do you want to see two wings of the party brought into the cabinet oi the party brought into the cabinet or would you prefer it to be a brexit cabinet so there are no excuses . Those are questions for borisjohnson, above excuses . Those are questions for Boris Johnson, above my excuses . Those are questions for borisjohnson, above my pay grade, but i think it is important Boris Johnson unites the party. I think were starting do that. A cabinet and a government more broadly that represents all wings would, im sure, find favour with the whole party. Theresa may tried and failed to unite the cabinet. Why do you think borisjohnson to unite the cabinet. Why do you think Boris Johnson might to unite the cabinet. Why do you think borisjohnson might have a better chance . What does he bring to the party . Is his personality going to be enough . Personality alone is not enough but it is a key feature. Boris is a huge character, extremely optimistic, humour goes a long way but he is more than that. He was a lever and that is important. Both in terms of our negotiation with the eu but to bring the trust and confidence of those people who voted to leave in our party on our benches. I think they will trust borisjohnson perhaps benches. I think they will trust Boris Johnson perhaps a benches. I think they will trust borisjohnson perhaps a little more than theresa may. Is it really a goodidea than theresa may. Is it really a good idea to stick to a no deal Brexit Strategy if push comes to shove on october the 31st . Boris has been clear about his strategy. He said he does not want to leave without a deal. He wants to prepare in case we have to leave without a deal but that is not his priority and not what he wants. What he wants is to go back to the eu, negotiate a better deal and put that to parliament. You will have heard Kit Malthouse saying the eu has choices to make as well. We saw a tweet from Michel Barnier saying a Withdrawal Agreement was agreed with britain, not with the british Prime Minister and he looks forward to working with borisjohnson to ratify it. Not sound like they are willing to reopen legal text. I was not surprised by it because if i was on the other side, i would take a hard line. Of course that is the sort of tweet that will come out of the eu but that is not to say there will not be something in due course. It is going to be difficult and of course, there is no certainty but i would not take that as the starting point. Ok, thank you very much. How does it work tomorrow incidentally. Do you get a phone call or what happens . Do you stand by the phone and see if you are still solicitor general tomorrow . You get a phone call. We look forward to hearing the news. Thank you very much. Lets get the thoughts of lord heseltine former conservative deputy Prime Minister whojoins me now. Where do you think this goes because alan duncan wanted to encourage a vote of confidence even before he got in the door of number 210 but it seems likely that one of his backbenchers will call that in september . Then what . He may win because people do not want a general election and if you look at the polling position there is no point in having an election because we will get another Hung Parliament and there is no way the conservatives could win an election orJeremy Corbyn. We have got a division in the country all hovering around 25 points in the opinion polls. I think in answerto your points in the opinion polls. I think in answer to your question we are in for a period of considerable instability and uncertainty. The problem with that is industry has stopped investing, industrialists are sitting on their hands, overseas investors are saying, what the hell are we supposed to do . It is the uncertainty around the country. Are you surprised, given he was such an overwhelming favourites that he boxed himself in so tightly . Do or die by the 31st of october . Boxed himself in so tightly . Do or die by the 31st of 0ctober . |j boxed himself in so tightly . Do or die by the 31st of october . I think he had a problem and he has got such a depth of feeling within the conservative party on the eurosceptic wing that any hesitation on his part would have made them worry and doubt. So he has fed the sharks which is a dangerous thing to do. Who is his master because the feeling is it is the erg that is tightly policing what he does . Does he have any wiggle room or if he steps away is that when the problem starts . Steps away is that when the problem starts . Of course it is. We will see this with the reshuffle. What he should do is balance the party, to have wings of the party fairly representing parts of the country, ethnics and ladies, a proper essentialist approach. That is how you win. Unfortunately he is in hock toa you win. Unfortunately he is in hock to a narrow part of the conservative party and he either pays them of which will alienate the Centre Grounds and you will see more of them tomorrow, i suspect there will be resignations of significant numbers of people from the government because they will not have anything to do with this hard rate eurosceptic agenda. His problems get worse. Avon the other hand he was to balance the books he will have exactly the alternative problems with right wing. Very interesting, thank you very much indeed. Brexit is top of borisjohnsons agenda and hes promised britain will leave the European Union by the 31st of october do or die so how are those in brussels reacting to his victory . Today the eus chief brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tweeted this we look forward to working constructively with Prime Minister borisjohnson when he takes office, to facilitate the ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement and achieve an orderly brexit. We are ready also to rework the agreed declaration on a new partnership in line with European Council guidelines. So how different will brexit negotiations be under borisjohnson . 0ur correspondent damien grammaticus is in brussels. The thing that changes this time is the very real prospect of no deal and that according to Michel Barnier was not brought up at any point in the negotiations over the last three yea rs. The negotiations over the last three years. No, and for brexiteers in the uk they say, that is why theresa may didnt get the concessions she could have done because it wasnt tough enough here and the eu wasnt told the uk was prepared to walk away. Michel barnier said very clearly he expects the ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, that means the current deal. That means the eu is not seeing room at the minute for significant changes in what Boris Johnson was promising in his campaign, beating the sharks as you just heard, is not on the agenda for the eu at the minute. What they are talking about is possibly changing the future relationship. That is the eu line throughout and the eu has stuck to that. I think the crucial question will be, what does Boris Johnson do now . Does he come here seeking to rework the deal on the table, looking for some sort of constructive engagement. The eu might try to help him like they did with theresa may even though that failed, but if he comes saying he is prepared for no deal and have to strike down everything they had done, i think the eu will take in much deeper at that point. What about his winning personality in inverted commerce. So much has been made about him bringing a new tone. We re made about him bringing a new tone. Were that actually make a difference . Were that actually make a difference . It were that actually make a difference . It is a good question, i think in this town they have different memories and a different view of borisjohnson. Different memories and a different view of Boris Johnson. They have memories of him as a journalist who they believe was one of the first to start writing stories that were critical of the eu in the uk but not necessarily, they believe, true then this his leadership of the Reef Campaign and his recent election campaign, in which many believe he played fast and loose with the honest truth. We had a whole blog post written by a senior figure in the commission, published today, lithuanian commissioner in which he said there was a virtuoso type of politics where anything was allowed, incorrect statements, unrealistic promises, ignoring economic rationales and he was writing that, he said, because he wanted to warn that was a path that could lead to serious disappointment and harm economically for ordinary people. There is a real concern here about that kind of borisjohnson, they believe they have encountered before and they are concerned about whether they will encounter again. They want a negotiating partner if they are going to make concessions, a partner that will get them through parliament and work with them to achieve. Give us a brief last thought on your idea that it was borisjohnson thought on your idea that it was Boris Johnson that thought on your idea that it was borisjohnson that have to make choices. Kit malthouse said they have a choice to make because faced with no deal, it will be damaging for the United Kingdom potentially but potentially very damaging for the European Union. You are right but the eus view is clear. The uk has a choice to make, more than the eu. They might have a choice to make about how they shake things to help borisjohnson but about how they shake things to help Boris Johnson but equally it about how they shake things to help borisjohnson but equally it is the uks borisjohnson but equally it is the uks choice. Did they go down the route of no deal or except. The German Commission said, threats to meet with no deal are harmful and will come back like a boomerang. The election of a hardline brexiteers has increased the danger of a no deal and the eu should stick to its position. German business backing german politicians and eu are not wanting to give on that. Thank you very much. Just one line to bring you. It is confirmed david frost would beat the european chair, taking over from 0llie would beat the european chair, taking overfrom 0llie robbins. Yes in history with borisjohnson, he was special adviser. He knows brussels extremely well and the interesting anecdote to his take on the brexit deal as he is open to a deal and he is open to the alternative arrangements that we spoke about with Kit Malthouse. Some interesting first appointments from the seam to be Prime Minister. Stick to the script. 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