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BBCNEWS The Papers July 14, 2024

The atlantic and pick up on two tropical systems. Hurricane dorian, thatis tropical systems. Hurricane dorian, that is the forecast track along the eastern seaboard and Tropical Storm gabriel, more out into the mid atlantic. Gabriel, more out into the mid atla ntic. If we gabriel, more out into the mid atlantic. If we move things through to tuesday we can pick up roughly where there. The low the re m na nts of roughly where there. The low the remnants of dorian, this little load the remnants of gabriel. We get some wet around the middle of the week from what is left of dorian and a speu from what is left of dorian and a spell of rain on thursday from gabriel. But still that area of High Pressure is seeking to the south west of the uk. Dry across the southern half, whether across Northern Areas but still in the cooler side as we head into next weekend. Hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. We will be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First the headlines the Prime Ministers brotherjo johnson resigns from the government and will stand down as an mp because he is torn between family loyalty and national interest. Boris johnson acknowledged that they had disagreed over the eu. Hes been a fantastic minister for science and for the universities, and i think that, you know, we certainly havent seen eye to eye for a long time about the uk and the European Union. You should be in brussels, negotiating. On a visit to yorkshire today, the Prime Minister repeated his call for an election, and said he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for another extension to brexit. 70,000 people need urgent help in the bahamas, where Hurricane Dorian has cut across the islands. After a teenager dies following surgery at great 0rmond street, a coroner criticises the hospitals aftercare. And double trouble for england, as Australias Steve Smith scores 211 in the fourth ashes test. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are westminster editor of the daily record Torcuil Crichton and deputy Political Editor of the daily express sam lister. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in, with fallout and reaction to the resignation of borisjohnsons brotherjo johnson making most of the front pages. The guardian calls jo johnsons resignation an extraordinary blow which sent shockwaves through the conservative party. Jo johnson blames unresolvable tensions for his decision to quit. According to the metro, the Prime Minister begged his younger brother to stay on during a late night phone call. The independent reports on the backlash the Prime Minister has faced following a speech about police recruitment, with mrjohnson accused of politicising the police force. The Prime Ministers plans for a general election fade, says the times, as labour and the snp agree to block any poll until the Prime Minister has secured an extension to the brexit deadline with the eu. And the daily express has borisjohnsons declaration that he would rather be dead in a ditch than delay brexit. The Daily Telegraph says three senior labour ministers are plotting to delay a general election until november. And first day at school. The daily mail has a picture of a smiling Princess Charlotte with her older brother, prince george, as shejoins her sibling at lower school. The duke of cambridge told reporters his daughter was very excited. Those are the front pages. We are going to start off, and really there is only one story. It isjojohnson, and we are starting off with the guardian. I quit. What a week it has beenin guardian. I quit. What a week it has been in politics, talk of the day from hell for Boris Johnson. 0vernight he had to surrender in the lords 0vernight he had to surrender in the lords and see this bill that would extend brexit and extend article 50 go through. He then tried to launch what he wanted to be a general Election Campaign. The general Election Campaign. The general Election Campaign. The general Election Campaign has been denied to him bya Election Campaign has been denied to him by a vote in the commons, which he lost. He was humiliated in that vote, and then today his brother walks out, just as he is getting ready to tour the company and try to p9p up ready to tour the company and try to pep up the vote. What has done more damage . Jo johnson has really done it. We know they have had long standing differences about brexit for quite some time. We know that, that is not new. But the fact that, that is not new. But the fact that he chose today to do this, he knows the impact it will have. He could have been much more helpful to the Prime Minister, his brother, by doing it perhaps when an election is finally called. He could have quietly said i am standing down, i think it is the right time to go into Something Else, but he didnt. He made a point of coming out today and it is over, i am walking out despite the Prime Minister begging la st despite the Prime Minister begging last night to stay. The timing most awfulfor his brother, but he must have struggled, as the tory party has been rent asunder by this brutal sacking of 21 rebels by a cabinet thatis sacking of 21 rebels by a cabinet that is full of serial rebels who voted the deal down, Theresa Mays Brexit deal down. I think when people see Philip Hammond and nicholas somes, churchills grandson, going under the wheels of this government, they are thinking i cant live with it nicholas soames. Should jo have had such a senior role, having known that they stood on different sides of the Brexit Debate . Yes. Well, he is a remainer, he quit over the second referendum, but he has been loyal to his brother, his brother invited him to the post. It would have been embarrassing at the time if he turned it down, i guess. He stuck with it, he is a well regarded minister, he has served in three governments. Hejust gets minister, he has served in three governments. He just gets on with thejob, almost governments. He just gets on with the job, almost submarine like. Governments. He just gets on with thejob, almost submarine like. He is not showy, unlike his brother. And labours line from this morning, even boriss own family dont trust him, which echoes the snp line from last week when Ruth Davidson resigned, although it seems a long time ago. If Ruth Davidson doesnt trust Boris Johnson, time ago. If Ruth Davidson doesnt trust borisjohnson, why time ago. If Ruth Davidson doesnt trust Boris Johnson, why should time ago. If Ruth Davidson doesnt trust borisjohnson, why should you . Labour just echoing trust borisjohnson, why should you . Labourjust echoing that line today. The lines keep coming for labour. They have their own issues with the miliband brothers, it seems small fry in comparison with this. Again, it always comes out, if you are prepared as a family to fall out like this, it raises questions in voters mines. Obviously Rachel Johnson has jumped in voters mines. Obviously Rachel Johnson hasjumped in on the act as well voters minds. We know that she is a big remaineras well voters minds. We know that she is a big remainer as well. Well voters minds. We know that she is a big remaineras well. She says borisjohnson is the only one who thinks brexit is a good idea, so there are deep divisions in that family. We are staying with boris, but lets bring it back to brexit and come away from the family. We heard you say just and come away from the family. We heard you sayjust now he has had a day from hell. So today he said i would rather be dead in a ditch than delay brexit. That was the lifeline he was thrown today. Jojohnson resigned, boris appeared in West Yorkshire in front of these serried ra nks yorkshire in front of these serried ra n ks of yorkshire in front of these serried ranks of Police Cadets. He kept them waiting for an hour, to the degree that one of them fainted behind him and live television, which is incredible. He was grilled about his brother repeatedly, but one question was thrown at him, would you go to brussels if the law compel you to do it, if this act going through parliament compels you to go to brussels and ask for an extension. He said no, i would brussels and ask for an extension. He said no, iwould rather brussels and ask for an extension. He said no, i would rather be dead ina ditch. He said no, i would rather be dead in a ditch. He showed defiance, strength, the macho, strong man image he wants to take around the country for this election, which inevitably will happen at some stage. That is the kind of image he wa nts to stage. That is the kind of image he wants to project. But he looks very frayed at the edges today, very kind of taken apart either by the events of taken apart either by the events of this morning, when his brother resigned, or Something Else we still dont know about. But clearly for an hour today in yorkshire the Prime Minister was Fire Fighting something, putting some fire out somewhere, because he kept these people waiting for an hour, and when he appeared, he made a complete mess of it. He did start off talking about portion. He started making a gag, and the borisjohnson persona, the stick, relies on him making a joke and people reacting from that joke and people reacting from that joke until the whole room loves him schtick. But you cant do this in front of people who cant really act, Police Officers standing at attention, and it showed in the commons this week. You could get off with a joke and stuff like that, but when an mp wearing a turban stands up when an mp wearing a turban stands up and called him a racist, he didnt have an answer. He didnt have an answer. So he cant do the shtick something so serious. How do you see his position . His next big vote is possibly monday. How is Boris Johnsons vote is possibly monday. How is borisjohnsons position looking at the moment . Well, we are in an almighty mess at the moment, because parliament is essentially failing. There is absolute deadlock, complete stalemate, and when that happens in parliament, the only option is an election. Mps cant agree on anything, but they also wont agree to go to an election. So what are we left with . We just in this kind of weird limbo. And it is crazy that Opposition Mps would block an election, but that looks like what they are going to do on monday. They are going to vote down, again, a second time, even thoutheremy corbyn said this week he would back an election if the no deal legislation goes through, which it is going to do tomorrow. We will get onto that, but very quickly, lets turn to the independent, because this is an unofficial kickoff of an Election Campaign, this image at the Training Centre in wakefield. What did you make of that performance, and that image . Such a powerful, stark image . Obviously this was supposed to be the election launch, and it wasnt. But you know, he specifically chose this police backdrop because yesterday the government had a Spending Review in which it announced a significant amount of money for police and the home office, the biggest increase in spending for at least 50 years. £750 million extra for the police, an immediate recruitment drive to get 2000 in by march and then. Sorry, 2000 in by march and then. Sorry, 2000 quickly in the first year, these 20,000 extra Police Officers that Boris Johnson these 20,000 extra Police Officers that borisjohnson has promised. So it is more money than has been put into the service for quite some time, and that is why he chose this backdrop. Obviously you can see it is quite unusual to have a Prime Minister in front of rows of Police Officers like that. But it was specific extra funding for the police, so i dont think it is com pletely police, so i dont think it is completely out of order to go and do Something Like that. And the conservatives have strategies, they have a focus group this, they know people want to hear about government getting on with things, they have focus grouped this. But he floundered badly on his brexit message, and the Police Cadets who had to wait in the blazing sunshine foran hour had to wait in the blazing sunshine for an hour floundered in front of the cameras. One of them fainted. What did you make of the huge backlash online to bringing police into politics . Certainly after that image came up of him presenting himself as a strong and a police cadet fainting in the background, Yvette Cooper was out very quickly, the chair of the select committee was out, the Police Commissioner was out, the Police Commissionerjumped in. You would expect labour people to. Public sector workers, journalists often battling to get to these events. And the options open forJeremy Corbyn. These events. And the options open for Jeremy Corbyn. Well, these events. And the options open forJeremy Corbyn. Well, you know, Jeremy Corbyn has called for an election for two years. Even on monday he said in all circumstances he backed election. By tuesday, it has to be pegged to this no deal legislation. By thursday, the legislation. By thursday, the legislation is going through tomorrow. Actually, now we might not back it when that goes through. So every day we are getting a different position from Jeremy Corbyn on an election. He has a strong message, vote labour, just hold on. And there are tensions within labour, and these are kind of drawn out in this telegraph story about whether to go early or late, whether to grant Boris Johnsons wish and early or late, whether to grant borisjohnsons wish and have an election, becauseJeremy Corbyn and his ilk still think they can smash johnson, and the other side of the shadow cabinet, the starmers and the mcdonnell, saying let him go beyond 31 october, and then they are dead. And all the attention is on the snp, on whether they grant him his wish and go early. Because in an election in scotland, they are quite co mforta ble in scotland, they are quite comfortable with that. Jeremy corbyn is then confident that once you have delayed rex that he has a better chance of winning the election but what about the threat of the brexit party . I think that is a threat to labour and the tories. Borisjohnson needs some way a threat to labour and the tories. Boris johnson needs some way of neutralising the party otherwise he will get a hammering. But labour in the north and the midlands, brexit party are in there as well. But there seems to be a large section of there seems to be a large section of the labour party who are almost pulling away from being the traditional labour hartland is. That is all over. Its now about london and left wing voters, not the northern working class ones. And left wing voters, not the northern workingclass ones. And thats what the 2016 referendum showed. And there was a split between provincial and metropolitan england. You are following all the remainer s but if you go into the midlands it changes. Depending on how the votes go it would mean installing Jeremy Corbyn as a temporary. On monday, the government will come up again with a fixed Term Parliament act and we need two thirds of mps to vote for parliament to be dissolved. Labour could abstain, the snp and the lib dems could abstain. There is an option of putting on a single line bill through to get rid of fixed Term Parliament at but labour could amend that. It could get messy. The Prime Minister could resign, i guess. Hold a vote of confidence in himself. And his options are limited. Labour s himself. And his options are limited. Labours might himself. And his options are limited. Labour s might have better options. We could be in a strange scenario where we have a Prime Minister trying to lose a confidence vote and in opposition voting to provide confidence in the Prime Minister. I think you have summed up brexit effortlessly there. It will be interesting to see what comes out over the weekend in the build up to monday. Le

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