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Rolling coverage of the day’s political news, including the row over the UK ambassador’s leaked memos and latest on Tory leadership contest Corbyn says Labour would back remain in referendum on Tory Brexit Bercow blocks vote on amendment intended to stop next PM proroguing parliament for no-deal 1.47pm BST Theresa May faces a full-blown diplomatic standoff with the US after Donald Trump condemned Britain’s “stupid” ambassador to Washington over leaked memos critical of the White House, as Downing Street insisted Sir Kim Darroch had its full support, my colleague Peter Walker reports. The escalating crisis began after a Sunday newspaper printed extracts of confidential memos in which Darroch labelled Trump’s administration “inept” and “dysfunctional”. The US president announced on Monday that he would no longer deal with the ambassador. In a fresh volley of tweets on Tuesday morning, Trump again condemned Darroch, and renewed his criticism of the prime minister over her Brexit negotiations, which he had praised on his state visit to the UK just over a month ago. Here is Peter’s story. Related: Trump calls May foolish as diplomatic row escalates The wacky Ambassador that the U.K. foisted upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy. He should speak to his country, and Prime Minister May, about their failed Brexit negotiation, and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was… …handled. I told @theresa_may how to do that deal, but she went her own foolish way-was unable to get it done. A disaster! I don’t know the Ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool. Tell him the USA now has the best Economy & Military anywhere in the World, by far… ….and they are both only getting bigger, better and stronger…..Thank you, Mr. President! 1.41pm BST Ireland will not be providing options for dealing with animals and agrifood as they cross the Irish border in its no-deal contingency plans to be published later today. It will say, instead, that more talks are needed on the issue with the European Commission. 1.38pm BST Nigel Dodds, the DUP leader at Westminster, is speaking in the debate now. He says it is wrong that this bill, which is about allowing the suspension of the Northern Ireland assembly to continue, has been hijacked for other purposes. 1.24pm BST Maria Miller, the Conservative chair of the women and equalities committee, is speaking in the debate now. She says she was equalities minister when same-sex marriage was introduced. She says the law was not extended to Northern Ireland because the government wanted to respect the devolution settlement. She says she will not decide how she is going to vote tonight until she has heard the government make its case. She says her heart is telling her to vote for the McGinn amendment. But her head needs to be convinced, because of the concerns about the need to respect the principle of devolution. 1.20pm BST In the Commons Conor McGinn says the House of Commons failed people in Northern Ireland by not decriminalising homosexuality in Northern Ireland when it was decriminalised in England. And he says it has failed them by not extending same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland. He ends his speech by saying tonight MPs must no longer let it down. 1.15pm BST We have already posted reaction to today’s announcement from Jeremy Corbyn about Labour’s latest shift on Brexit from the Liberal Democrats (see 12.03pm). Here is some more reaction. Jeremy Corbyn’s public insistence that the next Conservative prime minister put any Brexit proposal to a final say referendum, where we will all have the chance to stay in the EU, is a positive step forward for Labour. It is an outrage that Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt believe this decision can be confined to the 0.25% of the population who are Conservative members. It must be for the people to decide our future and give their explicit consent for a specific form of Brexit in a people’s vote. But one email to Labour members and a press release do not make a campaign. Labour has the chance to speak up for its values and to channel the growing anger in the country about the negation of democracy that is being imposed on us all. Our voters and our members will not tolerate further confusion or foot-dragging. Instead, we now need to join together with all those from across the political spectrum who have long since been demanding that the people get the final say on Brexit. Corbyn has confirmed that if you vote Labour, you’ll get Brexit. His commitment to campaign against Brexit only if the Conservatives are in government simply isn’t good enough. Brexit - whether a Labour Brexit or a Conservative Brexit - will cost people’s jobs, put businesses in jeopardy, and diminish Britain in the eyes of our neighbours. Corbyn’s refusal to be honest about that fact is a deep betrayal of the people Labour used to represent. This is undoubtedly a step in the right direction, but Labour can’t believe that both their own deal and remaining are best for Britain. It’s decision time for the Labour leadership. If they don’t settle on campaigning to stop Brexit then they will be letting down the vast majority of their membership, voters and the country. Today’s move is significant and a big victory for the grassroots of the Labour party. We now need Labour to throw its huge weight behind the campaign to stop Brexit. Only a radical politics which promises fundamental change, more equality and public investment can beat Brexit - not status quo centrism. Good though today’s news is, Labour still needs to clearly commit to opposing Brexit, and to unequivocally defending free movement and transforming Europe. Ultimately, policy must be made by members, not in backrooms. We will continue to campaign from the grassroots up, and we are mobilising another huge wave of motions for conference in September. 1.05pm BST MPs are now starting their debate on the Northern Ireland bill. The Labour MP Conor McGinn starts. His amendment, new clause 1 (NC1), says, if the power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland is not restored by 21 October, the UK parliament should legislate to allow same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. 12.49pm BST John Bercow, the Speaker, is now making a statement about the Northern Ireland bill. He says last night his office received a call from a “tabloid scribbler” who had heard the Speaker would not be chairing the proceedings this afternoon. He says kindness and generosity of spirit prevent him from naming the individual. But he says it is a long-established convention that the Speaker does not chair proceedings for a committee of the whole house (ie, when the committee stage of a bill is being considered by all MPs, not just a committee of about 20 of them - as is happening this afternoon.). He says this is a rule going back to the 17th century. He says he hopes the “chappie has now got the point”. 12.37pm BST Good Afternoon. I’m Andrew Sparrow, taking over from Sarah Marsh, who has been writing the blog this morning. Quite soon MPs will start the second and final day’s debate on the Northern Ireland (executive formation) bill. Selections of Amdts for #northernIrelandBill. @ConorMcGinn NC1 on equal marriage selected, NC14 from Grieve on recall from prorogation is not selected. pic.twitter.com/eu1kQC7TdQ 12.06pm BST The Guardian’s Gaby Hinsliff has written about Corbyn’s backing of a second referendum. She writes: Is Labour really the party of remain, or leave? The official answer for a good three years has been both, which increasingly means in the eyes of many voters it is neither convincingly. The paradox of this week’s otherwise seismic shift in Labour Brexit positioning is that once the dust settles, essentially that’s still true. Jeremy Corbyn does seem finally to have been cornered into a second referendum on Brexit, with trade union leaders unanimously agreeing this week that if a Conservative government brings any sort of deal (or a firm date for leaving with no deal) before parliament, Labour should demand a referendum on it and campaign to remain. Related: Labour is finally backing a second referendum. Is it too little, too late? | Gaby Hinsliff 12.03pm BST The Liberal Democrats who, to Labour’s cost, made so many gains in the European elections in May, say Labour’s new position on a second referendum does not make it a remain party. The Lib Dem Brexit spokesperson Tom Brake said: Labour are still a party of Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn can pretend all he likes that the Labour party are finally moving towards backing the Liberal Democrat policy of a People’s Vote, but it is clear it is still his intention to negotiate a damaging Brexit deal if he gets the keys to number ten. Labour must start being transparent with the British people. Any Brexit deal, whoever it is negotiated by, will damage our country. It will mean job losses, problems for our NHS, and more time wasted on not tackling the biggest issues facing the UK. 11.57am BST Protests have taken place outside Labour headquarters as a disputes panel of the party’s national executive meets on Tuesday to discuss whether to reinstate Chris Williamson. Williamson, the MP for Derby North, had been suspended for suggesting the party was “too apologetic” about antisemitism complaints. But he was last week let back into the party with a reprimand by a three-person disciplinary panel, prompting a fierce reaction. outside Labour HQ pic.twitter.com/OSkV2rhoKv 11.49am BST The Guardian’s political editor Heather Stewart reports on party’s decision to campaign to stay in EU rather than back no deal or Tory deal in people’s vote. Related: Corbyn says Labour would back remain in Brexit referendum 11.40am BST Labour have announced their Brexit position in a letter from Jeremy Corbyn to party members. He says: Dear member, I am proud to lead the Labour Party – the greatest political party and social movement in this country. 11.37am BST Jeremy Corbyn has said that the next prime minister should put their Brexit deal to a vote, and if that happened the Labour party would campaign for remain. Whoever becomes the new Prime Minister should put their deal, or No Deal, back to the people in a public vote. In those circumstances, Labour would campaign for Remain against either No Deal or a Tory deal that does not protect the economy and jobs. No clarity by Mr Corbyn on what Labour’s position would be in the event of a general election Yet another fudge, where the Labour leadership keep open the door to standing on a pro-Brexit platform in a General Election or supporting it in government. The @LibDems are the only party that can get into govt which is 100% committed to stopping Brexit. https://t.co/2jjqQnIA0f Jeremy Corbyn’s letter is noticeably silent on what Labour would do if it was able to negotiate its own Brexit deal after winning a snap election. Unlear whether they would campaign for Remain or Leave in those circumstances. 11.27am BST The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg said: It’s progress of a sort as Corbyn explicit that he’d support staying in the EU in that hypothetical scenario, but he doesn’t sign up to the manifesto demand which would have gone further. For those pushing Remain it’s progress of a sort as Corbyn explicit that he’d support staying in the EU in that hypothetical scenario, but he doesn’t sign up to the manifesto demand which would have gone further… 11.22am BST Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that the Labour party will campaign for remain in a referendum “against no deal or a Tory deal”. On Tuesday morning, the leader of the Labour party, convened a meeting of the party’s shadow cabinet to agree a settled Brexit position. BREAKING: Jeremy Corbyn announces Labour’s Brexit position. Says new PM “should have the confidence to put their deal, or No Deal, back to the people in a public vote” - and Labour would then campaign for Remain, “against either No Deal or a Tory deal”. But nothing in the lengthy email from JC to members about Labour’s position at/after a general election - only that Labour wants one. 11.10am BST Sir David warned: The problem you’re opening now is a very serious one, if the world climate change goes on it is going to be facing huge problems with immigration. Large parts of Africa are going to be even less inhabitable than they are now, and there will be major upsets in the balance between our national boundaries. 11.09am BST Channel 4’s chief executive Alex Mahon has said that the broadcaster does not make reality TV or observational programmes merely because they are cheap and “fill schedules”. Speaking before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee inquiry into reality TV, Mahon said there is a “huge public appetite” for programmes that show “different groups of people doing things in society”. Damian Collins, chairman of the DCMS, suggested that such programmes involving members of the public are “quite cheap to make” and that they take up more space in the TV schedule than they did 20 years ago. Mahon said: “It is important that as public service broadcasters we tell challenging stories about life in Britain today and give insight into that, yes, it’s not necessarily cheaper to do than doing other things. “There are some genres of non-scripted programming that are cheap, sometimes quizzes if you make them in bulk, and there are some genres that are very expensive, which are in the multiple hundreds of thousands of pounds per episode to make because they are very complex to construct. “If you take a programme like One Born Every Minute… a life-affirming show and incredibly entertaining for audiences. It’s certainly not cheap to make because of the way we make it, construct it, the way we film it and work with contributors on it. “So I would refute the suggestion that we are doing that to fill schedules with ‘cheap things’; we are doing those programmes often to create insight into society.” 11.02am BST Sir David Attenborough said the UK’s record on tackling climate change “is pretty good”. But he added: “Who started the problem? This country. It was the industrial revolution which started here, and what was the industrial revolution, it was based on burning coal. As it was us who started the problems, and if we are now taking a lead in solving the problem that only the right and responsible thing to do.” On the 2050 target he said: “My only hope is we don’t backslide. “It’s a tough target. It’s not an easy statement to have made, it’s going to cost money. “It’s not just piety, anybody can express pious views, its a practical commitment, and I hope to goodness we can achieve that.” 10.58am BST Sir David said the voices of “disbelief” on climate change should not be stamped out and it was important that they should be heard in public. But he said: I’m sorry there are people who are in power internationally, notably of course the US, but also Australia, which is extraordinary because Australia is having to deal with some of the most extreme manifestations of climate change, and these voices are already heard … One hopes the electorate will respond to that. 10.46am BST Jeremy Hunt’s campaign says it can “run up a big win” in Scotland after the foreign secretary’s strong performance at last Friday’s hustings in Perth and a snap poll of Scottish councillors suggesting that two-thirds were backing him against Boris Johnson. The Guardian has reported previously on fears amongst Scottish Conservatives that a Johnson premiership could boost support for independence: now Hunt’s campaign has released snapshot figures showing that, out of a survey of more than 100 Tory councillors, 60 were backing Hunt as opposed to 36 supporting Johnson. A campaign source said: “The vast majority of Scottish Conservative MSPs are backing Jeremy and it looks like the same picture across the wider party. We are hopeful of running up a big win for Jeremy north of the border.” Hunt certainly came across as more definitive on the union at Friday’s event. He said he would not give Holyrood permission to hold a second independence referendum, but warned that the party must “prepare” for another poll given the possibility of a Corbyn government allowing one in exchange for SNP support at Westminster. Johnson underlined his passion for the union but refused to answer definitely on the question of a s30 order. But it’s worth remembering that the Scottish government has made ample capital out of the fact that Scotland voted one way on the EU referendum while the rest of the UK voted another. If Hunt does benefit from a Scottish surge, and wins in Scotland whilst Johnson triumphs in England, one can only wonder how that may be similarly weaponised in months to come. 10.38am BST Quizzed on whether the UK’s new legal “net zero” target for 2050 was sufficient or whether calls from campaigners for a 2025 goal was realistic, Sir David said: “you can’t be radical enough in deal with issues at the moment.” “The question is what is practically possible, and how can we take the electorate with us in dealing with these problems. “Dealing with problems means we’ve got to change our lifestyle.” “The electorate of tomorrow are already making their voices very clear, that’s a source of great comfort.” And he said: “I’m OK for the next decade, all of us are OK, we won’t face the problems that are coming. “The problems of the next 20 to 30 years are great problems that are going to cause great social unrest and cause great changes in what we eat and how we live.” 10.30am BST On the issue of plastic, Sir David said: “I’ve been going on about plastics for 20 years. Anybody who swims know that, or anyone who travels can see, the horrors of what plastic pollution can do. 10.25am BST Sir David Attenborough is in parliament talking about climate change. He said the most vivid example he has seen of the changing climate was revisiting the Great Barrier Reef and seeing how it had bleached because of rising temperatures. He told Parliament’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee that when visiting the Australian landmark in the 1950s he had “the extraordinary experience of diving on the reef and suddenly seeing this multitude of fantastic beautiful forms of life.” But of returning 10 years ago, he said: “Instead of multitudes of wonderful forms of life I was struck by how it was bleached white because of the rising temperatures and increasing acidity of the seas”. When he started out in natural history, Sir David did not talk about climate change, because “we didn’t know, I didn’t believe we could change the climate, or worse the changes we were going to inflict were irreversible, which they are if we go on as we are.” And he said: “I’m not by nature a propagandist”, but added “if you become aware of what is happening you don’t have any alternative”. 10.02am BST Ireland’s deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney is to warn the Irish cabinet this morning over the “dire” consequences of no deal in Ireland and for the all-Ireland economy. On Tuesday, he will deliver three reports to a special cabinet meeting with the principle paper running to more than 100 pages. Related: Irish ministers meet to discuss ‘dire’ outcomes of no-deal Brexit Related: Northern Ireland faces prospect of no-deal Brexit ‘milk lake’ 9.42am BST Environment secretary Michael Gove has said that Britain cannot “offshore” responsibilities for food standards in any future trade deals including agreement with the US which chlorinates its chicken before sale. He said animal welfare standards of British farming had to be “protected” to guarantee consumer trust in what they eat. “What we cannot have is an approach towards trade that tries to offshore our responsibilities and undermine high standards that British farmers produce,” he told the National Farmers’ Union summer party in Westminster on Monday evening. 9.35am BST William Hague has urged Boris Johnson to rule out suspending parliament in a no-deal Brexit scenario. The former Conservative party leader said Johnson must avoid suspending Parliament in order to try to get a no-deal Brexit through if he becomes prime minister. Lord Hague said the frontrunner in the battle for Downing Street should use a head-to-head TV debate with rival Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday to make clear he would not use a parliamentary “manoeuvre” in this way. The call came as former attorney general Dominic Grieve has tabled an amendment to the Northern Ireland Bill - intended to keep government in the province running in the absence of the devolved institutions - requiring Parliament to come back to the issue in October. The move is designed to try to ensure the next prime minister cannot push through a no deal on October 31, the current EU deadline for agreeing on a deal, simply by suspending - or “proroguing” - Parliament. Commons Speaker John Bercow is expected to announce on Tuesday whether he has selected the amendment for debate, giving MPs the chance to vote on it. Johnson, who has said he will take Britain out of the EU by the end of October “do or die”, warned such tactics risked playing into the hands of Jeremy Corbyn and Labour. Lord Hague, who backs Mr Hunt in the Tory leadership race, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It is very important that Parliament is able to give its opinion.” 9.27am BST Proroguing the House of Commons to achieve a no-deal Brexit would be “the end of parliamentary democracy” in the UK, Dominic Grieve has said in defending his move to seek to remove the option. 9.09am BST Catch up on the latest Guardian political stories of the day: Related: Donald Trump: we will no longer deal with the British ambassador Related: Can Kim Darroch continue as ambassador to US after Trump leak? Related: Who could be prosecuted over leaked diplomatic emails? Related: Abolish Eton: Labour groups aim to strip elite schools of privileges Related: Unions agree Labour should back remain in referendum on Tory deal 9.05am BST Whoever is behind the leak of sensitive diplomatic messages was intent on sabotaging the British ambassador to the US in order for them to be replaced by someone “more congenial”, a person who formerly held the role has claimed. Sir Christopher Meyer said there was a “possible range of villains” who could be responsible for the leaking of memos in which Sir Kim Darroch described the US administration under Donald Trump as “inept”. Sir Christopher told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Here there is a possible range of villains who come into the frame. But it was clearly somebody who set out, deliberately, to sabotage Sir Kim’s ambassadorship, to make his position untenable, and to have him replaced by somebody more congenial to the leaker.” There has been fierce criticism of the mystery leaker from government ministers. The person or people behind it should “regret the moment for the rest of their life”, Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan said, while defence minister Tobias Ellwood suggested the leaker put “self-interest above country”. A formal leak investigation has been launched by the Foreign Office, and in the Commons there were calls for a police investigation amid widespread anger at the diplomatic fall-out. Foreign Secretary and Conservative Party leadership contender Jeremy Hunt said “all avenues of inquiry” would be explored to find out how it happened. Hunt told The Sun: “Of course it would be massively concerning if it was the act of a foreign, hostile state. “I’ve seen no evidence that that’s the case, but we’ll look at the leak inquiry very carefully.” 9.01am BST William Hague, the former leader of the Conservative party, has said that leadership hopefuls Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson should rule out dissolving parliament to get through a no-deal Brexit. Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Hague said: “He should rule it out. For a Conservative government to go ahead with a no-deal Brexit, in defiance of the pleas of business and farming organisations, and increasing the risks to the union of the United Kingdom, and defying any attempts to have a vote in Parliament, would be an extraordinary combination of things to do, so yes I do think Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt should rule that out.” He supported former attorney general, Dominic Grieve, bringing the amendment against prorogation:“I think it’s very important that parliament is able to give its opinion. It ought to be unthinkable that we could leave the EU by a manoeuvre, by a procedural ruse of some kind.” 8.44am BST Trump has criticised the UK ambassador, following a leak in which he described the US president as “inept” and “dysfunctional”. But this morning, people have come out in defence of Sir Kim Darroch, the UK’s ambassador to Washington. Tory former foreign secretary Lord William Hague told the BBC: “You can’t change an ambassador at the demand of a host country. 8.38am BST TheHouse of Commons sits from 11.30am with an hour of justice questions. It could be one of the last times the secretary of state for Justice, David Gauke, appears in this role, after the Tory MP said he will quit the cabinet if Johnson becomes prime minister. He made this announcement as he would want to fight a no-deal Brexit. If he was to leave by the end of the month it would mean that the government would need to appoint their seventh justice secretary in just seven years. 8.30am BST A Labour group is campaigning to abolish Eton, and other elite private schools in England. Activists are aiming to capitalise on Boris Johnson’s likely election as Conservative leader and are circulating a motion for the party’s conference in September that would commit a Labour government to stripping fee-paying schools of their privileges and integrating them into the state system. 8.25am BST MPs prepare to vote on the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill at 7pm this evening. Much attention is on the speaker John Bercow who will announce at mid-morning which amendments have been selected for votes, and there are three which could have a seismic impact. 8.10am BST A former British ambassador to the US has branded president Donald Trump “insecure” over the diplomatic war of words raging between London and Washington DC. Referring to Trump’s declaration he would no longer deal with the UK’s ambassador Sir Kim Darroch, previous occupant of the post Sir Christopher Meyer told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It just shows President Trump’s sensitivity. “His insecurity, which Sir Kim himself bore witness to.” Referring to whoever leaked diplomatic cables from Sir Kim, Sir Christopher said: “Here there is a possible range of villains who come into the frame. “But, it was clearly somebody who set out, deliberately, to sabotage Sir Kim’s ambassadorship, to make his position untenable, and to have him replaced by somebody more congenial to the leaker.” 8.07am BST Exactly a year ago today Boris Johnson quit as foreign secretary in protest at Theresa May’s Brexit plan. One year on, and the former mayor is making a play to be prime minister. The final two Tory leadership hopefuls – Jeremy Hunt and Johnson – will go head to head on a live TV debate this evening. Millions of viewers will tune in to ITV1 at 8 pm as they battle it out before a live audience in Salford, Greater Manchester. 8.00am BST Welcome to the live blog, where we will be running through the political news of the day. On Tuesday, the main story is US president Donald Trump’s scathing attack on Theresa May and the British ambassador to Washington, Kim Darroch. The diplomat’s frank assessments of Trump as “inept” and “dysfunctional” were leaked to the Mail on Sunday, prompting the president to launch a tirade against Darroch. Continue reading…
