quentin blake was the first. child has just left. it low it. quentin blake was the first. child hasjust left. it is low it. quentin blake was the first. child has just left. it is a two—year term, and you come in with an idea of how you want to change things or shake things up. what do you want to put on the agenda? she has come in with a giant to—do list, she says. one of the things she wa nts to she says. one of the things she wants to see is all primary schools having a library and a librarian and a good choice of books, classic and new. then the right child can have a right book at the right time. it is a worthy thing, but quite expensive. the other thing she wants to do which is not expensive at all is to encourage creativity in children, the joy of writing. i spoke to her about it and she put it very well. 15 minutes every friday for a kid to have a special book where they can write whatever they want. no rules, no marking, just fun, and getting lots of parents, grandparents and ca re rs lots of parents, grandparents and carers writing to me saying my kid used to

jonathan blake, bbc news. a bbc investigation has found evidence of police forces in some european union countries detaining refugees and migrants who've reached the continent, then expelling them to prevent asylum claims. an officer in the croatian police says the expulsions are being carried out under official orders. the bbc has also seen evidence that police forces, particularly in croatia, are subjecting refugees to violence and stealing money from them. damian grammaticas has travelled to both sides of the border. they've fled wars, bloodshed and oppression in their own lands. now, just beyond the eu's frontiers, they're forced to camp out amid bosnia's war graves. asylum seekers who've become victims of new violence, this time meted out by the eu countries they thought would protect them. who did this? "croatian police," they tell me, "using batons, fists, boots." they catch refugees who cross the eu's frontier... assault them while in custody, then illegally expel them from eu territory. mustafa is jus

jonathan blake, thank you. let's look at some of the day's other top stories now. 12 israelis arrested and accused of raping a british teenager in cyprus have been released from custody. it comes after their accuser was herself arrested by police, on suspicion of making a "false rape claim". in moscow police using batons have arrested more than a thousand people at a rally, in one of the biggest crackdowns on opposition activists in years. and the country's most prominent opposition figure, alexei navalny, has been taken from jail to hospital, after allegedly suffering an allergic reaction. however his spokesperson says he's never suffered allergic reactions before. police in northern ireland have confirmed that a loud bang heard in craigavon on friday night was meant to lure officers into the path of a booby trap. an explosive device was found next to a bus stop, set up to look like a mortar, which had already been fired. democrats in the united states have again accused president trump of racism, after he cri

jonathan blake. police in hong kong have fired tear gas at an unauthorised protest involving thousands of demonstrators. the march was in response to attacks on pro—democracy activists by armed masked men last week. protests began seven weeks ago against a planned extradition law. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonnell was there. this violent day of street clashes has finally come to an end. the protesters were here in their thousands, tens of thousands, at the height, they have finally been pushed by riot police, block by block towards the train station and they have left. behind me, i am sure you can see that the riot police are resting, sitting down, after a full day of battles with hardline protesters, throwing bricks and other projectiles at them. they have responded by firing rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray, and itjust shows yet again that these protests are escalating in terms of the level of violence. a few weeks ago, we saw the odd projectile being thrown at the police, but today

jonathan blake, bbc news. as we just heard, the chancellor is expected to announce more funding for a possible no—deal brexit. katy austin is at the treasury for us tonight. any idea how much is being set aside? well, the government had already allocated more than £4 billion towards brexit planning. now we expect the chancellor, sajid javid, to announce a further billion, specifically towards no deal plans. the cbi, a large business group, has long been warning that it thinks are no deal would be a disasterfor warning that it thinks are no deal would be a disaster for its warning that it thinks are no deal would be a disasterfor its members. tonight it has published a very long list of plans that it thinks could help ease some potential problems. it is trying to be constructive here, suggesting things that the government, the eu and businesses could do. they range from a large—scale awareness could do. they range from a la rge—scale awareness campaign could do. they range from a large—scale awareness

danny, thank you. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westmister. is boris johnson in campaign mode already? it feels a bit like it, reeta, 20,000 extra police officers the kind of bombproof political promised that a prime minister might want to make just before heading that a prime minister might want to makejust before heading into edge election campaign. it will play well with his party and potential conservative voters, and something even his opponents will struggle to criticise beyond saying that it only makes up, if at all, for conservative cuts to be police service over the last few years. and all of that talk about domestic policy, which i think we will hear more from boris johnson policy, which i think we will hear more from borisjohnson in the coming days and weeks, is only adding to the feeling that many here at westminster have that we are heading for a general election sooner heading for a general election sooner perhaps rather than later. meanwhile, the business of government goes on, appointing ministers is not going entirely accordin

that was jonathan blake. democrats in the united states have renewed accusations of racism against president trump, after he criticised an african—american congressman. the president accused elijah cummings, who's the head of a powerful committee —— of trying to hurt innocent people while doing nothing for his baltimore district —— which mr trump branded a "rodent—infested mess". mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. speaking a little earlier our washington correspondent chris buckler said president trump rarely lets criticism of him go unanswered. president trump had clearly been fuming by some of the recent comments by elisha cummings, at a congressional hearing, he attacked the secretary from homeland security at one stage about the facilities at the us border, asking kevin at one stage, that would he be prepared to have his child sit in faeces, and not be able to take a shower? and president trump has hit back with a stream of tw

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. this ministerial resignation today, and the others that we now are probably going to come, are they a sign of the difficulty of the new leader will have in bringing his party together? the temptation for tea m party together? the temptation for teamjohnson party together? the temptation for team johnson will be to dismiss sir alan's resignation as sour grapes from someone who was going to be sacked anyway. he has never made any attempt to hide his disdain for borisjohnson. at attempt to hide his disdain for boris johnson. at the attempt to hide his disdain for borisjohnson. at the foreign office, he used to describe himself as boris johnson's office, he used to describe himself as borisjohnson‘s poop scooper because of the messy cleaned up behind him. there is a sense that we are seeing bigger names like philip hammond and david gauke signalling they are ready to join the backbench opposition to no deal. when you get big

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. and we can talk tojonathan blake in westminster now. i'm sure we will be hearing from alan duncan in more detail later on. what is clear that whoever is going to become prime minister is going to have a battle of the backbenchers? yes, there has been a lot of talk about unity during this leadership contest, that whoever wins, the party should fall in line behind him. frankly, idon't party should fall in line behind him. frankly, i don't think there is much chance of that happening. we are starting to see signals that if borisjohnson does win will face a tough task to keep his own party line. backbenchers have made life very difficult for theresa may, those who are staunchly opposed to eight no—deal brexit under any circumstances, are set, i think, to make life difficult for boris johnson. sir alan duncan will be one of those, he did not mention boris johnson back nine in his resignation letter. he has made it clear that he has no fan of brexit at all, calling ita has no fan of brexit at all, calling it a dark cloud. also describing hi

jonathan blake, thank you very much. police in northern ireland say an explosive device found in craigavon in county armagh, was a booby trap designed to kill police officers. images have been released of the device, found next to a bus stop, after reports of a loud bang at around midnight on friday. officers say they believed the incident was staged to lure police into the area. police blamed dissident republicans for what they described as a cowardly and evil act of terrorism. roads and rail lines have been closed in north—west england because of flooding, after half a months worth of rain fell in 2a hours. cars have been left stranded on roads in stockport, and sections of the m60 motorway in greater manchester were temporarily shut following heavy rain. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain across parts of the midlands, the north west of england, northern ireland and south—west scotland until midnight tonight. the headlines on bbc news. it is 14 minutes past five. riot police in hong kong cl

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. we can speak now to the conservative mp for north east hampshire and boris johnson supporter raniljayawardena. he is in the house of commons now. thank you forjoining us. well, the day before the result is announced, we have a ministerial resignation from someone who has never been a fan of boris johnson from someone who has never been a fan of borisjohnson but it still does speak to the fact that mr johnson is a divisive figure. how is he going to go about uniting the party if of course he winds? well, in your question, you almost a nswered in your question, you almost answered your point in saying that clearly personalities don't often... sometimes don't get on but really what we have to remember here is that boris is setting out a vision tonight and not just that boris is setting out a vision tonight and notjust a party but the country as a whole and the way to do thatis country as a whole and the way to do that is to deliver brexit on the 315t that is to deliver brexit on the 31st

jonathan blake, bbc news. in a moment we'll speak to our assistant political editor norman smith in westminster, but first to glasgow and our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. borisjohnson is boris johnson is making borisjohnson is making funding pledges. borisjohnson borisjohnson is making funding pledges. boris johnson has borisjohnson is making funding pledges. borisjohnson has various meetings in scotland. what kind of reception is he going to get there? i think it's unlikely we will see borisjohnson walking the streets and meeting members of the public. never say never, given boris johnson's personality, but it does feel very unlikely at this point. but we think we will see meetings with the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, and scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon. both of those meetings are likely to be pretty tricky. nicola sturgeon has said in the past that she has profound concerns about boris johnson's she has profound concerns about borisjohnson‘s premiership she has pr

with me is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the challenge is making it happen and where does he think he can do this where other administrations failed? people have to take his word for it but it is a commitment and pledge to him to find this one part ofa pledge to him to find this one part of a bigger overall project to improve railings to the south and north of england and in between cities in the north of england at but the details of how much it will cost and where that money will come friendly do not know at this stage and downing street say that the plan will be fleshed out in the autumn but this is the kind of promised at this stage and downing street say that the plan will be fleshed out in the autumn but this is the kind of promise that boycejohnson wants and dominated by his do or die pledge to deliver brexit by the end of 0ctober, it may with or without a deal and it is clearly has time and number ten wants to put the focus on bread and butter issues eye—catching he hopes vote winning pledges like the 20,000 extra

here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. days into thejob, borisjohnson is on the road again. after visiting manchester and birmingham last week, the prime minister is going to scotland, where he will announce £300 million worth of funding for local communities, and argue for a renewal of ties that bind the united kingdom as it prepares for a future outside the —— of the european union. yesterday michael gove, the minister in charge of preparing for an ideal brexit, said that was now the government's number one priority. —— a no deal brexit. the government will chair a new twice—weekly meeting of senior government figures to oversee the uk's exit. it is part of a new approach to government hopes will send a clear message about its promise to deliver brexit by the end of october, with or without a deal. it comes as the business group be cbi issues a new warning that neither the uk nor the eu is ready for a no deal brexit. —— the cbi. the uk government is saying it will put a lot of time and energy and effort in

jonathan blake, thank you for that update on the situation regarding sheffield hallam. the headlines on bbc news. prime minister boris johnson pledges to fund a new high—speed rail route between manchester and leeds. president trump praises borisjohnson and says talks on what he calls a very substantial us—uk trade deal are under way. the mp for sheffield hallam, jared 0 mara, says he is to resign as a member of parliament to deal with personal issues. police in hong kong have fired tear gas at an unauthorised protest involving thousands of demonstrators. the march was in response to attacks on pro—democracy activists by armed masked men last week. protests began seven weeks ago against a planned extradition law. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonnell is there. it has obviously got more intense, the activity, and how would you describe the mood? right now, this violent day of street clashes has come to an end. the protesters were here and there are thousands, tens of thousands, at the height, they have finally been pushed by riot police, block by block towards

and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — grace blakely and owen bennett. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with nick miller. hello. after a few days of showers and thunderstorms things are settling down a just—in—time for the weekend. certainly during thursday there were some big downpours around in places, newcastle got clobbered with some particularly heavy thunderstorms around eastern scotland. that is from this area of low pressure which is now moving away. here is the area of high pressure which will settle things down just—in—time pressure which will settle things downjust—in—time for pressure which will settle things down just—in—time for the weekend. but low pressure is still close enough during friday to be the source of some instability in the atmosphere and some further showers oi’ atmosphere and some further showers or indeed thunderstorms breaking out. it will take some time but i think particularly through eastern scotla nd think particularly through eastern scotland and northern a

our political correspondent jonathan blake explained more about what michael gove has started to plan for a no deal brexit. i think he has outlined every possible eventuality in broad terms of leaving without a deal. as he says in the piece for the sunday times, everything from pet passports to travelling to europe. the implications will be far—reaching, whether you see them as potentially negative or otherwise, from everything to do with how we trade with eu countries to how we travel from the uk to the european union and back and forth. it's not surprising that he has repeated borisjohnson's pledge to take the uk out of the eu by october the 31st. as he puts it, no ifs, no buts, no more delay. what i think is new and potentially interesting is the fact that he is talking about no—deal as the government's number one priority and preparing for that outcome, even if it isn't the government's desired outcome. and also, the fact that they are working on the assumption that it will happen. that is a clear step—change, i think, with theresa may's administration, where she always said

earlier, i spoke to jonathan blake in westminster about the likelihood of a no deal brexit, given the mixed messages given out by michael gove and borisjohnson. given the mixed messages given out by michael gove and boris johnsonlj think by michael gove and boris johnson.” think it is part of the same strategy. they may appear to be slightly at odds but when you look at the overall picture, one thing thatis at the overall picture, one thing that is distant is that any government minister you ask will say they do not want a no deal brexit and both michael gove in the sunday times yesterday and boris johnson today say it is their aim and intention to get a new brexit deal. that they are both clear that the withdrawal agreement negotiated by theresa may must go, particularly the back stop part of it and a new agreement must be reached. if that is not the case, however, the government is working on the assumption that it will not happen and that they must prepare for a no deal brexit. so was borisjohnson said today that it is not his assumption there will be a no deal brexit, he said th

let's talk to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who's at westminster. so the business begins. already they are announcements. officially the first day of the summer holidays for mps but boris johnson first day of the summer holidays for mps but borisjohnson is clearly keen to give the impression that he is getting cracking on delivering one of the key promises of the leadership campaign, to recruit 20,000 extra police officers. he will give more details about that later. it has been a welcome by police chief across the uk although there is a concern about whether they can be trained in time and it is worth saying that, even with those 20,000 extra officers, it only goes some way to the cuts made sense 2010. nevertheless —— sent. with saying that things are not going his way even in this early stage of his premiership. the prominent brexiteer steve baker turned down a job in government last night, saying he regret he could not repeat his experience of powerlessness as a junior minister. more ministerial announcements from boris johnson throughout the

let's get more from our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who's in westminster. we are going to have to wait. i suppose the question is, can you tell us? you can't at this point. the final votes are being cast and they will be counted overnight and will have the result tomorrow. boris johnson very much the frontrunner in the race and most people at westminster expecting him to be a minister come wednesday but we will get the official announcement tomorrow morning. it is of course the question of exit and when and how it will be delivered that has dominated this contest and it's going right to the wire. boris johnson writing in the telegraph, likening it to landing on the moon. saying that it people could use handknitted computer code to safely arrive on the moon and come back again, then we can use and solve the problem of frictionless trade at the northern ireland border. there are warnings from two former labour prime minister ‘s, tony blair is saying there is no prospect of a deal with the eu without the backstop so it's either a general election, no deal br

our political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster for us. very striking comments from philip hammond to a german and strength to our french newspaper. yes, philip hammond spoke to that german and french at ag cheap —— at a g7 summit early this week. he was very clear that he would do anything in its power to stop a future prime ministers suspending parliament in order to facilitate a new deal brexit. that is something of course that boris johnson brexit. that is something of course that borisjohnson has refused to rule out, while his opponent in the conservative party leadership contest has said that it would be unacceptable contest has said that it would be u na cce pta ble to contest has said that it would be unacceptable to do. asked whether he would vote against a future conservative government, in a vote of no confidence, to ensure that parliament could not be suspended in order to for a new deal brexit to go through, he said he would not exclude anything, for the moment. he said that he would do anything in his power to ensure that

after a blistering third leg from richard kilty, it was left to mitchell blake to bring the team home in a time of 37.6 seconds. australia are on the brink of retaining the women's ashes as the final day of the test match continues in taunton. england declared earlier today on 275 for eight, 145 behind. australia are currently 230 for seven as they stretch their lead and take time away from england's attempts to force a win. if it ends a draw then australia will have retained the ashes with three t20 matches still to play. that's all the sport for now. you can keep up with the latest from the open and all today's sports news on the bbc sport website. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. bye— bye. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases, mark kermode. hello. hi. mixed bag this week. we have tell it to the bees, which is a new british drama. we have the lion king. is it live—action or animation? and varda by agnes — a film maker looks back on her life and career. let's start with tell it to the bees, wh

with me is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. just on this announcement, from the prime minister, we have heard it before from joyce was born when he was chancellor. what is it this time that gives this downing street confidence that this can be built and act as a catalyst? —— from george osborne. it comes down to whether you believe them or not because this is part of the bigger ambition to improve railings in the north of england and the north and south and this is between manchester and leeds and one for 85 mile or so section of that which boris johnson has committed to delivering and committed to funding. so who knows what will happen in the months and yea rs what will happen in the months and years ahead that this is a thing downing street would say part of the biggerfocus on downing street would say part of the bigger focus on producing downing street would say part of the biggerfocus on producing economic investment and towns across the uk, not just investment and towns across the uk, notjust in the north of england at

i've been speaking to our political correspondent, jonathan blake about why borisjohnson is confident that a high—speed rail route in the north can be delivered. it comes down to whether you believe him or not frankly because as you say it is part of a bigger ambition to improve railings in the north of england and between the north and the south and this is the link between liverpool, excuse me between manchester and leeds, one 35 mile section or a sale which boris johnson is committed to delivering and funding so who knows what will happen in the months and years ahead but this is what downing street would say is a bigger focus on boosting economic investment in towns across the uk, and notjust in the north of england but that is pa rt the north of england but that is part of let borisjohnson had to say with the billion pounds town find which will go to transport and other things to reinvigorate areas which the prime minister today described as having been left behind and people living and then feeling a certain helplessness about their prospects. i guess we should not lose sight

jonathan blake, bbc news. in a moment we'll speak to our assistant political editor norman smith in westminster but first to glasgow and our political correspondent nick eardley. borisjohnson is boris johnson is making borisjohnson is making these funding pledges and he has various meetings with political leaders in scotland. what kind of reception do you anticipate him getting from them? i think there could be quite a few heated discussions for the new prime minister today. the first one that will be difficult is with scotla nd that will be difficult is with scotland to's first minister, nicola sturgeon. not a surprise she does not deal with —— agree with boris johnson when it comes to brexit. she thinks the no deal would be catastrophic for the economy and she has promised to do whatever she can to avoid it, potentially putting independence back on the agenda. you would normally expect a new tory leader to have a better reception in the scottish party up here but the relationship between the scottish and

irish backstop — the most contentious element of the divorce deal. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. welcome, one day in and we are already seeing signs of not quite division but unrest, how would you categorise it? this is one ministerial appointment that did not go the way boris johnson wanted. it is a significant one, steve baker is influential among conservative eurosceptics, a senior member of the european research group which was a thorn in the side of theresa may's premiership, voting consistently in large numbers against her deal with brussels. he clearly feels, in his tweet, were he to return to the brexit department, he used to be a minister there, he would feel a powerlessness because of the real work, the real planning for a no—deal brexit is being driven now by the cabinet office and michael gove, and number10, and boris johnson himself. it is an example of someone who might be you would consider a naturalfit for a someone who might be you would consider a natural fit for a boris johnson government not accepting the job they were given, and a sign ev

our political correspondent jonathan blake joins us now from westminster... basically borisjohnson basically boris johnson is basically borisjohnson is saying to the eu, let's do a new deal, we want to solve this and take the backstop out and do business, but he is also saying if he did not go that, i will walk away. the uk will lead at the end of october, nay. that is really concerning lots of people in scotla nd concerning lots of people in scotland not least at nicola sturgeon who lives in that building behind me. her argument sturgeon who lives in that building behind me. herargument this afternoon was she now thinks he is taking the uk almost inevitably on a quest to know deal because the eu would renegotiate and he said that ha rd would renegotiate and he said that hard deadline on the 31st of october. now, you may say she's his political opponents that she will say that fairpoint but it's interesting as well, there is a real concern in the scottish conservative party and about mrjohnson‘s strategy. that tory scottish leader has made it clear she will

our political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. are these signs of an early rift in the new government? it isn't a rift in his government but it is an example of things not quite going boris johnson's way. example of things not quite going borisjohnson's way. steve baker is someone who i think would rather have inside the tent than out of it. he isa have inside the tent than out of it. he is a prominent member of the european research group, that eurosceptic group of tory mps who made life so difficult for theresa may when she was trying to get her deal through parliament. but he was clearly annoyed by not being offered a more senior role, and that is probably why he turned it down, along with as he said in his tweet last night a frustration that he did not want to feel the powerlessness of being a junior minister at the department for exiting the european union when, in his eyes, the real work to prepare for an ideal brexit is being driven by the cabinet office and number ten downing st. so a sign perhaps that someone who might fe

he is about to do another ministerial shuffle of the junior ranks, and you're going to be blake steve baker, who is described himself as a brexit hard man, and otherteams described himself as a brexit hard man, and other teams joining described himself as a brexit hard man, and other teamsjoining the ministerial ranks. he is bringing into government some of the most committed hard brexiteers out there. the hard core of theresa may's cabinet, they were not over her deal. chris, you were a former speech writer for theresa may. deal. chris, you were a former speech writerfor theresa may. was that clearly mistake, did not get any cabinet on board? she did not ta ke any cabinet on board? she did not take the view... compromise... it is funny that people say theresa may did not cover my eyes and bring people on board, but actually what you're saying as she did, she was a lwa ys you're saying as she did, she was always 20 balance —— trying to balance the faction of the conservative party. borisjohnson ta kes a conservative party. borisjohnson takes a different view. he says, that cover m

here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. days into thejob, borisjohnson is on the road again. after visiting manchester and birmingham last week, the prime minister is going to scotla nd the prime minister is going to scotland where he will announce £300 million worth of funding for local communities and argue for a renewal of ties that bind the united kingdom as it prepares for a future outside the eu. yesterday, michael gove, the minister in charge of preparing for a no—deal brexit said that was now the government's number one priority. the prime minister wheelchair a new twice—weekly meeting of senior government figures to oversee the uk's accent. it is pa rt to oversee the uk's accent. it is part of a new approach the government hopes will send a clear message about its promise to deliver brexit by the end of october without a deal. it comes as the business group the cbi issues a new warning that neither the uk nor the eu is ready for a no—deal brexit. that neither the uk nor the eu is ready for a no-deal brexit.

i don't want a glut of people coming rushing in. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. i don't know if you heard my guest but the worry is about a good headline submerging difficulties of actually implementing this? clearly logistical challenges people have raised about how practical it is to recruit such a large number of police officers in a relatively short space of time over the next three years but i don't think those concerns will play too heavily on boris johnson's concerns will play too heavily on borisjohnson's mind. concerns will play too heavily on boris johnson's mind. this concerns will play too heavily on borisjohnson's mind. this is a bombproof political promise to make, it will play well with his own party and potentially attract a wavering potential conservative party voters and it is something even his political opponents will find difficult to criticise him over, apart from saying itjust difficult to criticise him over, apart from saying it just about makes up for the cuts to the police service over the last few years under the conservatives. it is t

and after 9:00am, author melanie blake will be here. her book the thunder girls has been translated into more than 30 languages, and now it is about to hit the stage, starring only women over the age of 50. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. president trump has criticised britain's ambassador in washington after e—mails were leaked in which he called the white house dysfunctional and inept. mr trump said sir kim darroch had not served the uk well. the foreign office is investigating the source of the leak. on a visit to the us capital, the international trade secretary, liam fox, has called the release of the e—mails unethical and unpatriotic. america is a force for good in the world. our defence and security relationship, particularly with relationship, particularly with relation to intelligence, is the most important global relationship that we have. to maliciously undermine it is unprofessional, unethical, and unpatriotic. more than 160,000 people have petitioned the government to introduce tou

let's get more from our political correspondent jonathan blake. she is in the final days of her premiership, what can we expect to say? well, this is part of a continued effort by the prime minister to frame her legacy and, as you said, the final days of her time in office. your tour this will be a speech about the state of politics here in the uk and abroad but beyond that we know very little about what the prime minister is actually going to say. i think we can expect some broad themes about the rise of populism here in the uk, europe, perhaps in united states as well, and also the lack of compromise and increased polarisation in politics around the world. those are themes which have beset theresa may's premiership to a large extent with her failure premiership to a large extent with herfailure to reach premiership to a large extent with her failure to reach a compromise premiership to a large extent with herfailure to reach a compromise in parliament over brexit and get her deal over the line. it may be a chance for theresa may to get something