Both EU and Brexit supporters gathered in front to of the UK Parliament on Tuesday to have their voice heard.

Alan Wager, Research Associate for UK in a Changing Europe, told The Associated Press that the Brexit uncertainty and an increased chance of a no-deal are the two factors that most effect the price of sterling and lower the price of sterling.

In early trading, London's FTSE 100 was off 3 points at 7,258 as the pound fell to its lowest level since 1985, excluding a brief crash it suffered in 2016.

A consultant neurologist David Nicholl criticised that a no-deal Brexit is the biggest risk to the health service in its existence.

London - 3 September 2019

1. People with flags and banners in front of UK Parliament

2. Various of EU supporters, UPSOUND (English): "Stop the coup"

3. Various of Brexit supporters with signs, UPSOUND (English): "Brexit, now"

4. Set up shot of Research Associate for UK in a Changing Europe, Alan Wager

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Wager, Research Associate for UK in a Changing Europe:

"Across the House of Commons there are MPs from all parties, there's a big majority against a no-deal Brexit. But the government, (UK Prime Minister) Boris Johnson, is strongly in favour come what may of leaving the European Union on the 31st October. So the only route open to these MPs is to create legislation, to create laws, to make Boris Johnson go and seek an extension. That's why you get a group of 15 or so Conservative MPs and with all the other opposition parties in the House of Commons to try and create a majority to ensure that Boris Johnson is boxed into a corner and has to try and get an extension to try and stop a no-deal Brexit. So that's the big prize for these MPs all against a no-deal Brexit who want to thwart Boris Johnson."

6. Cutaway

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Wager, Research Associate for UK in a Changing Europe:

"So the key option for Boris Johnson to try and stop himself from having to seek this extension is to call a general election. But unfortunately that's not in the gift of Boris Johnson - that's in the gift of the Labour Party. And the Labour Party and the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats and the SNP want guarantees that there will not be an election after the 31st October and they argue that Boris Johnson isn't going to honour that guarantee. So that means the big get out of jail free card - the general election - that he hopes to call isn't as easy as it seems for Boris Johnson. So actually all the options available to Boris Johnson are narrowing. He's finding himself boxed in here by the Labour Party and by these Conservative rebels."

8. Cutaway

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Wager, Research Associate for UK in a Changing Europe:

"The two factors that most effect the price of sterling and lower the price of sterling is Brexit uncertainty and an increased chance of a no-deal Brexit. And what we are seeing is massive uncertainty but also a government and an executive that is really clear that they want a no-deal Brexit. And both of those things combined are what is causing so much damage and uncertainty to sterling at the moment."

10 . Set up shot of consultant neurologist, David Nicholl:

11. SOUNDBITE (English) David Nicholl, consultant neurologist:

"So I asked him (referring to Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg) one question, which was, if you support a no-deal Brexit what do you think the mortality rate is going to be? And that is the question that needs to be asking. All this 'there's a few bumps in the road,' we need to know what the bumps are how many there are, how big they are. How we can mitigate them and frankly how many people are going to be harmed by them and these bumps are real patients who are at risk. This is just insane because we are a nation at peace yet we are needing to think about almost military levels of contingency planning. It's bonkers."

12. Cutaway of EU supporters with sign, reading (English) "Put country before party. Stop no-deal"

13. SOUNDBITE (English) David Nicholl, consultant neurologist:

"I honestly think a no-deal Brexit is the biggest risk to the health service in its existence. We're talking about drugs, but then there is staffing - 14 per cent of my specialty, neurology, is from the European Union. I've been advertising a job for the last six months we haven't had any applicants from the UK or indeed the EU at all. So that means patients are waiting longer. The research, the impact on the research, EU grants that normally...I mean Britain is a world leader in research, but now people aren't being able to apply for EU grants because who wants - they kind of want to the UK to know what the hell they are doing."

14. Cutaway

15. SOUNDBITE (English) David Nicholl, consultant neurologist:

"And the absolutely jaw dropping bit of the whole Sunday Times story this week is that the Royal College of physicians have not been approached for an update of "Yellowhammer" (the contingency planning for no deal) since March. So literally my own government over here is winging it. I just can't believe this. This is one of the greatest countries in the world and they are winging it on their pharmaceutical policy for... it's just beggars belief."

16. Man dressed in an Eton uniform with Johnson's head on, denoting a fake bomb in front of parliament

Summer recess is over, and Britain's parliament reconvenes on Tuesday to face a momentous decision about whether to intervene to try to prevent a possible "no-deal" exit from the European Union.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has taken steps to suspend parliament during part of the period before the October 31st Brexit deadline, giving legislators little time to try to rush through legislation designed to prevent a disorderly departure.

They face a formidable challenge.

Johnson is also getting tough with members of his Conservative Party who oppose his Brexit plans.

The so-called "rebels", including Phillip Hammond, David Gauke, Rory Stewart and Dominic Grieve, were being warned on Monday they will be suspended from the party if they take part in efforts led by opposition parties in parliament meant to block a departure from the European Union without a deal.

Johnson called a meeting of his cabinet on Monday to develop a response to the opposition-led manoeuvre amid speculation he will call an election soon if he loses the vote in the House of Commons.

Joelle Grogan, a senior lecturer in Constitutional and European Union Law, said for a general election to be called early there must be motion brought by the government and two thirds of the House of Commons must vote in favour of it.

"If Boris Johnson isn't able to secure two thirds of the House of Commons there won't be an early general election," Grogan explained.

But Grogan added that a potential vote of no confidence would begin a two-week period in which either an alternative government will try and be formed or Boris Johnson's government will try and regain confidence of the house.

"If after that two-week period there is no alternative government and there's no confidence found for Boris Johnson's government, then there will be a general election triggered automatically."

Labour Party officials are expected to seek an "emergency debate" so that an extension to the Brexit deadline can be discussed in the House of Commons.

The plan is to introduce binding legislation that, if passed, would force the prime minister to seek an extension to the October 31st deadline even though he has said he is determined to leave the EU on that date regardless of whether there is a deal with the bloc's nations.

The role of House of Commons Speaker John Bercow will be important in determining when and how any debate unfolds.

The speaker plays an impartial role in the British system, although Bercow last week criticized Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for longer than usual before the Brexit deadline as a "constitutional outrage."

He has been an outspoken advocate for parliament playing an active role in setting Brexit policy.

This is not usually a fast process.

A bill introduced in the House of Commons, the lower chamber of parliament, gets two "readings" - one with a debate - before it goes to a committee stage, during which every clause is discussed and amendments can be made.

It then goes back to the House of Commons for more debate and possibly more amendments, which can be made by any legislator, and then is voted on at the end of a "third reading."

If the bill is supported, it goes to the upper House of Lords for a similar series of phases, with differing rules about when amendments can be offered.

Parliament's website makes clear this process can be very slow, and is subject to filibuster tactics: "All suggested amendments have to be considered, if a member wishes, and members can discuss an issue for as long as they want."

If the Lords have made amendments to the bill, it is then sent back to the Commons for further consideration.

If the Lords haven't made changes, the bill is sent to Queen Elizabeth II for "royal assent" and becomes law.

The queen's approval is seen as a formality and doesn't have to be given in person.

Johnson's backers in parliament can slow the legislative process down with amendments and with filibustering speeches that can go on for hours, in effect "playing out the clock" during the period before Parliament is suspended, which can begin as early as September 9.

Parliament is set to reconvene shortly before the Brexit deadline, but those opposed to a "no-deal" departure say any legislation should be passed this week.

Parliament normally doesn't sit on Fridays or on weekends, but that could be changed given the current time pressure.

The prime minister also has stopped short of formally committing the government to abiding by parliament's wishes if legislation is passed.

Cabinet Minister Michael Gove, who is playing a key role in Brexit preparations, said the government would wait and see what, if any, legislation is passed before deciding its response.

As things stand, Britain will leave the EU on October 31 unless it seeks an extension and the other 27 EU nations approve.

If parliament instructs the government to request an extension but is ignored, it would set off a constitutional clash of major proportions.

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London - 2 September 2019

1. Various of the Houses of Parliament

2. Middlesex University London

3. Middlesex University London sign

4. Joelle Grogan, Senior lecturer at the Middlesex University walking

5. Grogan walking

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Joelle Grogan, Senior Lecturer in Constitutional and European Union Law :

"This is probably going to be the most momentous week in parliamentary history if not, British constitutional history, at least since the referendum. So the parliament is going to come back, after summer recess, it's going to be the first day in which they'll have the possibility to legislate to either avoid a no-deal Brexit, or to stop their own suspension through prorogation. Now, remember they only have a couple of days between coming back, being up to debate and legislate, and then being prorogued, or suspended where the whole session ends. Another reason is that's is a very, very big week is that at least three cases in Edinburgh, Belfast and London are coming to be heard. These cases will decide whether or not parliament is going to be prorogued."

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Chantilly - 18 July 2019

7. Phillip Hammond, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, walking in Jeu de Paume hotel where G7 meeting was taking place

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Phillip Hammond, former Chancellor of the Exchequer:

(reacting to journalist's question on the Office for Budget Responsibility fiscal risk report)

"I greatly fear the impact on our economy and our public finances of the kind of no-deal Brexit that is realistically being discussed now."

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London - 23 July 2019

9. Various of former UK Justice Secretary David Gauke arriving at 10 Downing Street for former PM Theresa May's last cabinet meeting

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London - 11 June 2019

10. Various of former Conservative leadership contender Rory Steward launching leadership campaign

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Rory Steward, former Conservative leadership contender:

"I do not believe in promising what we cannot deliver. And I do not believe in pretending that you're going to get some new deal out of Europe before 31 October. I don't believe in pretending that there is something called no-deal that you're going to be able to drive through parliament."

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London - 11 January 2019

12. Former UK attorney general and pro-EU Conservative MP Dominic Grieve walking onto stage to give speech

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dominic Grieve, pro-EU Conservative MP

"Parliamentarians do have some duties and one of them is to prevent people committing national suicide. A no-deal Brexit does that, and cannot address the issues that we have."

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London - 2 September 2019

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Joelle Grogan, Senior Lecturer in Constitutional and European Union Law:

"The government cannot ignore an act of parliament. For government to ignore an act of parliament this would be illegal. This would be a violation of the rule of law in the UK. However, and we might see this, the government might advise the Queen not to give assent to the law. Now legally that's possible because the Queen does give royal assent to bills to become law upon the advice of government. But this would turn in a very important question which is one of confidence. The Queen must have confidence that the prime minister has the confidence of the House of Commons to actually make those big decisions in terms of advice."

15. Cutaway

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Joelle Grogan, Senior Lecturer in Constitutional and European Union Law:

"For a general election to be called early, there must be motion brought by the government and two thirds of the House of Commons must vote in favour of it. If Boris Johnson isn't able to secure two thirds of the House of Commons there won't be an early general election. Now, the 31st of October is a key date because that is set in stone. The only way in which that date, and that's the date at which the UK would withdraw from the European Union currently on no-deal Brexit terms, is if the UK parliament directs the UK government to go to the European Council on the 17th and 18th of October and to request a further extension. Now the important qualification about that, is there must be unanimity. Every single other member state must vote unanimously in favour of an extension, or well, it's the 31st of October at which point there'll be a no-deal Brexit."

11. People entering University

12. SOUNDBITE (English), Joelle Grogan, Senior Lecturer in Constitutional and European Union Law:

"Last week I would have said impossible, but we're in impossible and unprecedented times. What I would say is in order to call a general election he must have that two thirds majority to support it. Alternatively, we might see a vote of no confidence. Now if there's a vote of no confidence that will begin a two-week period in which either an alternative government will try and be formed or Boris Johnson's government will try and regain confidence of the house. If after that two-week period there is no alternative government and there's no confidence found for Boris Johnson's government, then there will be a general election triggered automatically. Now the minimum amount of time for a general election is five weeks. However, Boris Johnson as the incumbent Prime Minister would have the power to decide that date. We could see a general election appearing just before or even just after the point of withdrawal."

13. Various of the Houses of Parliament

14. Various of sign reading (English) "Brexit Now"

A yellow anti-Brexit bus departed from the UK's Palace of Westminster on Friday for a week-long tour ending in Brussels next Thursday, for the start of the European summit on the divorce deal.

The crowd-funded "Bollocks to Brexit" bus will firstly tour the UK, visiting the constituencies of Prime Minister Theresa May and former UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

As part of the display Friday, protester Drew Galdron impersonated the former foreign secretary, pretending to be arrested while being taken on to the yellow bus.

Johnson was originally behind the well-publicised red Brexit bus that promised an extra 350 million pounds (4.47 million US dollars) a week for the National Health Service.

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London - 7 December 2018

1. Bus reading (English): "Bollocks to Brexit - it's not a done deal" driving past UK parliament building

2. UK flag

3. Various of anti-Brexit protesters with banners standing outside bus

4. Parliament

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Madeleina Kay, protest organiser:

"We are British. It is raining, we will protest come rain come shine, because we must say bollocks to Brexit."

6. Bus reading (English): "There is no Brexit Dividend

7. Kay talking

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Madeleina Kay, protest organiser:

"We want to engage people that are currently apathetic or a bit bored by the whole Brexit debate. A lot of people when it comes on the TV they just want to turn off the news because it's doing their head in. We want to be a bit more fun. We want to be a bit engaging. We want to provoke a debate with them and say, is this actually what we want. And if it's not, you need to write to your MP and you need to demand a final say on Brexit."

9. People with banners outside bus

10. Badges reading (English): "End the chaos" and "#BinBrexit"

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Drew Galdron, impersonator of former UK Home Secretary Boris Johnson:

"There is definitely no mandate for Brexit because "Vote Leave" have been found to have broken the law. So we shouldn't be going ahead with this. Of course (UK Prime Minister) Theresa May's deal is going to be voted down because it's a bad deal but we're not looking for no deal, we're looking for no Brexit."

12. Cameraman

13. Various of Galdron pretending to be arrested while acting as Johnson, being taken to bus

14. Paolo Arrigo, businessman and organiser of bus

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Paolo Arrigo, businessman and organiser of bus:

"I'm really worried. I import vegetable seeds from Italy. I import products from Italy. And I'm worried that there's gonna be tariffs that there's gonna be delays already after the advisory referendum. I saw the exchange rate go up and that has impacted my business and businesses all across the UK. I was going to buy a van. I haven't bought that van. I was going to invest in the new catalogue. I haven't done that, I've waited. I don't want to print a catalogue in case I have to put my prices up. So I haven't recruited either."

16. People with banners

17. Man with beanie reading (English): "Bollocks to Brexit"

18. Parliament

19. Bus departing

The "hard Brexit"-supporting European Research Group on Wednesday published its plan for solving one of the thorniest outstanding issues - the border between the UK's Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland, when Britain leaves the Union.

Britain and the EU both say there must be no customs posts or other infrastructure along the currently invisible frontier, but they have not agreed on how that can happen once the UK leaves the bloc's tariff-free customs union.

"If we can provide a border that is as good as the existing EU borders then that answers that question to a reasonable person test. And that is what is, I think, new about this paper," the leading Brexitier and the Chairman of the European Research Group, Jacob Rees-Mogg said.

The pro-Brexit group said customs officials could check goods bound for export to the Republic of Ireland before the border.

"This is looking at the exemption in Rotterdam where, although the EU regulation says the veterinary checks must be immediately at the border they're actually 12 miles away in Rotterdam. Just  looking at EU precedents, EU law, EU agreements on equivalence with Canada and working through that to provide an answer that is valid under EU law, rather than a wish list from us," Rees-Mogg said.

Critics say the EU has already rejected similar proposals as inadequate to protect the open border, a cornerstone of Northern Ireland's peace process.

Leading Brexit-supporting lawmakers insisted Wednesday that they aren't about to topple Prime Minister Theresa May, despite strong opposition to her plan for taking Britain out of the European Union.

A faction of May's Conservative Party opposes her proposal to keep the UK aligned to EU rules after Brexit in return for free trade in goods.

They say that would keep Britain tethered to the bloc and unable to strike new trade deals around the world.

Several dozen rebel lawmakers have discussed attempting to trigger a no-confidence vote in May in hope of replacing her with a strongly pro-Brexit politician such as former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, a fierce critic of May's Brexit blueprint.

Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, but divorce talks have foundered amid Conservative divisions over how close a relationship to seek with the bloc.

Hopes are fading that Britain and the European Union can strike a deal at an EU summit in October as originally planned, but there are growing expectations that the EU is planning another meeting for November.

EU leaders have issued encouraging statements recently, saying a deal is possible in the next two months if both sides are realistic.

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London - 12 September 2018

1. Wide of Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative Member of Parliament and Chairman of pro-Brexit European Research Group (ERG)

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative MP and Chairman of pro-Brexit European Research Group (ERG)

"We have set ourselves the question of answering it from the EU's point of view. I went to the meeting with the Brexit select committee to meet Mr Barnier last week and it was quite clear that his concern was maintaining the integrity of the single market and if we can provide a border that is as good as the existing EU borders then that answers that question to a reasonable person test. And that is what is, I think, new about this paper."

3. Cutaway wide of Rees-Mogg at lectern UPSOUND (Reporter): "And, how far are you prepared to push the prime minister if she will not budge and adopt your ideas."

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative MP and Chairman of pro-Brexit European Research Group (ERG)

"I think the answer on the first part is that there is an iron focus in this paper on answering the EU's problem not doing what we've done before and saying how we would like to do it. We're saying this is the problem you have outlined as the EU and this is how it can be solved from your point of view. So, we've turned the question round. Mostly people have been saying what would the UK like. We're not doing that. This isn't a wish list. This is looking at the exemption in Rotterdam where, although the EU regulation says the veterinary checks must be immediately at the border they're actually 12 miles away in Rotterdam. Just looking at EU precedent, EU law, EU agreements on equivalence with Canada and working through that to provide an answer that is valid under EU law rather than a wish list from us. On how far we wish to push the prime minister, who shall, who would like to answer that. Maria, would you like to?" ++SHOT CONTINUES++

5. Cutaway, camera pans to Former Brexit Secretary David Davis, who quit the government in July over differences with May

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative MP and Chairman of pro-Brexit European Research Group (ERG):

"I have long said and repeated again and again that I think the policy needs to be changed but I'm supporting the person. Theresa May has enormous virtues, she is a fantastically dutiful prime minister and she has my support. I just want her to change one item of policy."

++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++

Pro- and anti-Brexit demonstrators crowded the streets around Parliament on Wednesday as Britain bid farewell to outgoing leader Theresa May and prepared to welcome Boris Johnson as the country's next prime minister.

A double-decker red bus circulated around London with a giant photo of Johnson, reading: #WeAreWatchingYouBoris.

Two giant banners were stretched out in Parliament Square, demanding a people's vote on Brexit.

"Put it to the people," one read in large capital letters which could be read from the skies.

"We think that the final decision on Brexit should be given to everyone," said Kirsty O'Brien, one of the organizers.

Other demonstrators used humour to send their message.

Dressed as a clown and wearing a Johnson mask, one man mocked the incoming prime minister's strategy and famous positivity.

But Brexiteers were equally visible and held large red signs reminding Johnson of the referendum voting results.

Those in favour of Brexit held signs reading "believe in Britain" and "we voted leave."  

Pro-Brexit protester Elena Dobson said it was "ridiculous" Brexit had taken this long.

"He better do what he said he would do which is to take us out of the EU on the 31st of October come what may," she said.

London - 24 July 2019

1. Various of a bus passing by with a Daily Mirror avert picturing Boris Johnson reading (English): "#WeAreWatchingYouBoris, Johnson impersonator on top

2. Wide of demonstrator wearing clown costume and Boris Johnson mask UPSOUND (English): "The King is dead, long live the clown."

3. Tilt down from clown to sign mocking Johnson's positivity

4. Various of People's Vote campaign group banner being stretched out in Parliament Square

5. Demonstrators waving to media helicopter filming

6. Helicopter

7. Demonstrators as seen from below banner

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirsty O'Brien, People's Vote campaign group:

"We think that the final decision on Brexit should be given to everyone via people's vote. So today, on the day that Boris Johnson becomes prime minister we are demanding to be heard and asking for a people's vote."

8. Various of pro-Brexit demonstrators protesting in front of Parliament

9. Various of Elena Dobson, pro-Brexit demonstrator

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Elena Dobson, teacher and pro-Brexit demonstrator:

"He better do what he said he would do which is to take us out of the EU on the 31st of October come what may. We did vote for this more than three years ago now. It's ridiculous that it has gone on this long. So, I just want him to honour the commitment that was made."

11. Pro-Brexit demonstrators chanting UPSOUND (English): "We love you Boris"

The leader of the UK's Brexit party said on Tuesday that if they come out on top in this week's European elections, they would demand to have places on the European Union negotiating team.

Nigel Farage addressed a full crowd during a rally in London, saying that the Brexit Party "must be part of the process" to make sure Britain departs from the bloc on its October 31 deadline.  

He said since the party's recent launch they had given millions and millions of frustrated people optimism and belief in Britain and the democratic process.

"I think that this is now about far more than leaving the European Union. This is now about a bigger, more fundamental question of democracy."

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday offered UK lawmakers the chance to vote on whether to hold a new referendum on the country's membership in the European Union - but only if they back her thrice-rejected Brexit agreement.

May made the offer as part of a desperate attempt to persuade Parliament to back a divorce deal that will allow the UK make an orderly, if delayed, departure from the EU.

"If we win, if we win big on Thursday we will kill off any prospect of Parliament forcing a second referendum upon us because they know they would lose," said Farage.

The former UKIP leader called May the "worst prime minister in the history of the nation," and said toppling her would be a "nice bonus" of winning in this week's elections.

He added that a big Brexit win "may get rid of (Labour leader) Jeremy Corbyn as well."

"Buy one, get one free, how about that."

Britain voted for Brexit in June 2016 and was due to leave the EU on March 29, but the bloc has extended the deadline until October 31 amid the UK's political impasse.

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London - 21 May 2019

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London - 21 May 2019

1. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage greeting crowd

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Farage, Brexit Party leader:

"We've managed in five and a half weeks not just to frighten the establishment, oh no they're not frightened. They're absolutely terrified."

++BLACK FRAMES++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Farage, Brexit Party leader:

"But perhaps, most important of all, what we've managed to do in those five and a half weeks since we launched in that factory in Coventry is we've managed to give millions and millions of people in this country who were frustrated, upset, angry, on the point of saying they may never engage with the democratic process again, so sick to death were they of the shenanigans in Westminster and you know what we've given them in the Brexit Party? We've given them hope, optimism and belief in this country and in the democratic process."

++BLACK FRAMES++

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Farage, Brexit Party leader:

"Well I think this is now about far more than leaving the European Union. This is now about a bigger, more fundamental question of democracy."

++BLACK FRAMES++

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Farage, Brexit Party leader:

"If we win, if we win big on Thursday we will kill off any prospect of Parliament forcing a second referendum upon us because they know they would lose. If we vote for the Brexit party and we win on Thursday, we demand, given that democratic mandate, that people out of this team, people who've got competence, people who've been in business, people who do deals for a living unlike the career politicians on our front benches and we demand that we are part of that negotiating team to make sure that we do leave the European Union on the 31st of October. We must be part of that process."

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Farage, Brexit Party leader:

"If we win well, if we win big on Thursday, there are a couple of really nice little bonuses that'll be attached. The first is we will quickly get rid of the worst, most duplicitous, and I still disagree with (UK Brexit Party member) Ann Widdecombe, she's (Theresa May) not the worst prime minister since Anthony Eden, she's (Theresa May) the worst prime minister in the history of our nation. She'll be gone. And you never know, you never know, given the way we are smashing the Labour vote in Wales, and in the Midlands, and in the North of England, you never know, a big Brexit win may get rid of (UK Labour Leader) Jeremy Corbyn as well, how about that. What a deal, what a deal, buy one, get one free, how about that."

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Nigel Farage's Brexit Party on Tuesday unveiled its plan to win over Labour voters in next month's European Parliament elections.

Addressing supporters in London, Farage said the party would be campaigning in "predominantly Labour areas" including south Wales, the Midlands and the north of England.

Farage said "61 percent of Labour MPs represent Brexit constituencies".

Britain was supposed to have left the European Union before the European elections, which take place in late May in every EU nation.

But with Britain's parliament still deadlocked over whether to approve the government's divorce deal with the bloc, EU leaders have postponed the Brexit deadline until 31 October.

Winning candidates from Britain will only get to serve as long as their country remains in the EU.

Britain's ruling Conservatives and the opposition Labour party are unenthusiastic about running in the European Parliament election, where they are likely to be punished by disgruntled voters.

But pro-Brexit and pro-EU parties are eager to run in a contest seen by many as a way to express their strongly divergent views on the EU.

Farage, who formerly led the UK Independence Party and has sat in the European Parliament since 1999, was instrumental in helping the Leave side win Britain's 2016 referendum on EU membership.

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London - 23 April 2019

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1. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage arrives at news conference

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Farage, Brexit Party leader:

"We got going Friday week back. We already have 67,000 registered supporters paying their £25 pounds (35 US dollars) each. So we've got good numbers coming to us and we've got the beginnings of a financial foundation that we're going to need for this great battle that lies ahead of us."

3. Wide of news conference

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Farage, Brexit Party leader:

"I will, as the leader of the party, be spending most of my time in south Wales, in the Midlands, and in the north of England, in predominantly Labour areas. You see, 61 percent of Labour MPs represent Brexit constituencies. Of the 25 most marginal seats the Labour party holds, 20 of them are Leave constituencies. Of the 45 seats in England and Wales that Labour absolutely have to win to form a majority, 40 of them are Brexit constituencies. There are five million people out there that voted (Labour party leader) Jeremy Corbyn, that voted for Brexit as well. And that's going to be our task. I think we'll go on squeezing the Conservative vote. I think we'll go on squeezing the UKIP vote down to virtually nothing, but I think a big target for this party is to say 'look, Brexit is not about left or right, it's about right or wrong'. Brexit is about us being a fully functioning democratic nation, a normal country, and we are going to go after that Labour vote in a very big way."

5. Farage taking his seat

Reactions were mixed among leave and remain protesters after Britain's Parliament voted Thursday to seek a delay of the country's departure from the European Union - a move that will likely avert a chaotic withdrawal on the scheduled exit date of March 29.

Hundreds of protesters were seen demonstrating outside London's Parliament on Thursday, with pro-Brexit supporters carrying placards reading "Leave means leave" and anti-Brexit campaigners holding up EU flags.

Remain supporter Val Astles told the Associated Press that delaying the EU departure was "good news," adding "we needed a delay."  

Another anti-Brexit supporter, Peter Beagan, said he thinks the UK needs a much longer extension, stressing that he did not think Prime Minister Theresa May's deal would ever be approved in Parliament.

Members of the UK Indpendence Party, UKIP, were present to voice their opposition against a delayed departure.

Before the vote took place, UKIP leader Gerrard Batten said, "if Parliament now votes to ask for an extension to Article 50, then that will be the basic betrayal of the referendum and the British people who voted to leave."

He added, "What they (the governemnt) will do is they will ask for an extension to Article 50 on the basis that this can be extended indefinitely so eventually the whole referendum can be overturned."

Footage from after Thursday's vote showed one UKIP member swearing at remain campaigners, and police at the scene working to maintain calm.

With Brexit due in 15 days and no divorce deal yet approved, the House of Commons voted 413-202 to ask the bloc to put off Britain's exit until at least June 30.

The official result was initially announced as 412-202, but was later amended to 413 in the official voting list.

Power to approve or reject the extension lies with the EU, which has signaled that it will only allow a delay if Britain either approves a divorce deal or makes a fundamental shift in its approach to Brexit.

++CLIENTS NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS EXPLETIVES - PLEASE CHECK AGAINST THE STANDARDS OF YOUR ORGANISATION ++

London - 14 March 2019

1. Tilt down of UK Parliament building and protesters

2. UKIP supporters demonstrating

3. UKIP supporter with umbrella

4. Close of umbrella

5. Close of man wearing cap with text reading (English) "Make Britain Great Again"

6. Various of UKIP leader Gerrard Batten

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrard Batten, leader of UKIP (commenting before Thursday's Parliament vote on a potential delayed Brexit departure):

"I was quite surprised that the margin was so narrow last night (referring to Parliament vote on whether to reject no-deal Brexit, taking place on Wednesday) - only four votes. If Parliament now votes to ask for an extension to Article 50, then that will be the basic betrayal of the referendum and the British people who voted to leave."

8. Various of UKIP placards

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrard Batten, leader of UKIP: (commenting before Thursday's Parliament vote on a potential delayed Brexit departure):

"What they (the UK government) will do is they will ask for an extension to Article 50 on the basis that this can be extended indefinitely so eventually the whole referendum can be overturned. And my task is to organise UKIP so that we turf those people out of Westminster and we get new MPs in, who actually are patriotic and believe in their own country."

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10. Protesters outside Parliament

11. Tension between leave and remain protesters ++CLIENTS NOTE: INCLUDES SWEARING DURING TENSION BETWEEN REMAIN AND LEAVE PROTESTERS++

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Niall McCrae, pro-Brexit protester:

"My view is that the 29th of June is problematic, as long as that, because that would mean we would have to be competing in the EU, the European Parliament elections. That's what I think. Because I was thinking the delay might be to the end of May but end of June is going to give the government a lot of problems."

13. EU and UKIP flags

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Niall McCrae, pro-Brexit protester:

"We're still left with arch-remainers threatening to stop Brexit altogether by, for example, saying that, demanding that we revoke Article 50."

15. Leave and remain protesters

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Val Astles, anti-Brexit protester:

"Yeah, that's good news (that MPs on Thursday voted by a majority to seek a delay to the EU departure); we needed a delay. It's just how we use it and also as well whether the EU lets us have the delay and how long it's for."

17. EU flag

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Beagan, anti-Brexit protester:

"I think we need a much longer extension than that to achieve anything really apart from endless goes at (UK Prime Minister) Theresa May's deal, that I don't think will ever pass, and if it did it would be please no one in this country. It would be a disaster."

19. Pro-Brexit protester chanting UPSOUND (English) "Shame on You" toward car leaving

20. Police clearing area

21. Police and protesters

'DOGS DINNER' ANTI-BREXIT PROTEST AT UK PARLIAMENT

With "porky pies" and Eton Mess on the menu, dozens of dogs dressed in EU colours shared "a dog's dinner" in London on Sunday (10 MARCH 2019), outside the UK Parliament, in protest over Brexit.

Billed as the "world's biggest dog's dinner", the event was organised by Wooferendum, a campaign group supporting calls for a second referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.

Among other speakers was Femi Oluwale, the spokesperson Our Future Our Choice, who said most people who voted for Brexit will feel betrayed as what they were promised in campaigns promoting Brexit will not materialise.

Another anti-Brexit advocate, Jason Hunter, called the public vote on the withdrawal in 2016 "a 'fraudorendum', calling on the House of Commons not to honour its results.

On Tuesday, British lawmakers will yet again vote on the prime minister's Brexit deal.

London, 10 March 2019

1. Wide of dogs and owners at dining table set up in park near the UK Parliament

2. Can with dog food and label reading (English): "Brexit dog's dinner"

3. Man feeding dogs from plate

4. Brexit dog's dinner menu displayed

5. Various of dogs dressed in EU colours

5. Dogs dressed in EU colours by photo of Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP and pro Brexit campaigner

6. UK flag

7. Dogs and mask of UK Prime Minister Theresa May on a stick and dog peeing on it

8. Mask of UK Prime Minister Theresa May on a stick

9. Daniel Elkan, founder of Wooferendum on the stage

10. Various of people watching

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Elkan, founder of Wooferendum:

"So today we've staged the biggest ever dog's dinner. And that's because in Parliament at the moment things are a dog's dinner. It's just a shambles. You know, half the country didn't want Brexit in the first place. And now we're having it forced on the people. Theresa May is trying to threaten no deal or her deal. It's not democratic. Why shouldn't people have another say? So the dogs have been here barking out having that dog's dinner. And we want to send a message to the politicians that this is not good enough. We need a people's vote."

12. Tilt up from dog to anti-Brexit campaigners dancing

13. Femi Oluwale, spokesperson Our Future Our Choice, speaking

14. Dog wrapped in EU flag

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Femi Oluwale, spokesperson Our Future Our Choice:

"One of the common factors is that among those vote for Brexit is that they live in areas that have had very little investment from Westminster, who the political class is thoroughly left behind. They voted for things to get better because the political class needed a good kicking. And this Brexit is only going to make them poor. If you look at areas like Sunderland, that has thirty five thousand jobs in Sunderland rely on a Nissan factory, that sends 70 per cent of its cars to mainland Europe. Those jobs go. It's simple. It doesn't make sense for that factory to stay there if it is cheaper to manufacture on the continent. So if Brexit is going to do that then he will the vote for Brexit because they saw it as their final chance that their last hope of things getting better - that is a complete betrayal and a tragedy that we should all be extremely angry at."

16. Jason Hunter, anti-Brexit campaigner and one of the trio 3 blokes in a pub, speaking

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Hunter, anti-Brexit campaigner and one of the trip 3 blokes in a pub:

"The Electoral Commission have successfully prosecuted all of the major campaign groups. We've had significant foreign influence, significant foreign money coming into the referendum campaigns. The Leave leadership has sat in parliamentary select committees, admitted that they lied to people.  That's not democracy in the 21st century. That's a 'fraudorendum'. And the results should not be respected by anybody in the House of Commons behind me."

18. Various of UK parliament and flag

With "porky pies" and Eton Mess on the menu, dozens of dogs dressed in EU colours shared "a dog's dinner" in London on Sunday, outside the UK Parliament, in protest over Brexit.

Billed as the "world's biggest dog's dinner", the event was organised by Wooferendum, a campaign group supporting calls for a second referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.

Among other speakers was Femi Oluwale, the spokesperson Our Future Our Choice, who said most people who voted for Brexit will feel betrayed as what they were promised in campaigns promoting Brexit will not materialise.

Another anti-Brexit advocate, Jason Hunter, called the public vote on the withdrawal in 2016 "a 'fraudorendum', calling on the House of Commons not to honour its results.

On Tuesday, British lawmakers will yet again vote on the prime minister's Brexit deal.

London - 10 March 2019

1. Wide of dogs and owners at dining table set up in park near the UK Parliament

2. Can with dog food and label reading (English): "Brexit dog's dinner"

3. Man feeding dogs from plate

4. Brexit dog's dinner menu displayed

5. Various of dogs dressed in EU colours

5. Dogs dressed in EU colours by photo of Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP and pro Brexit campaigner

6. UK flag

7. Dogs and mask of UK Prime Minister Theresa May on a stick and dog peeing on it

8. Mask of UK Prime Minister Theresa May on a stick

9. Daniel Elkan, founder of Wooferendum on the stage

10. Various of people watching

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Elkan, founder of Wooferendum:

"So today we've staged the biggest ever dog's dinner. And that's because in Parliament at the moment things are a dog's dinner. It's just a shambles. You know, half the country didn't want Brexit in the first place. And now we're having it forced on the people. Theresa May is trying to threaten no deal or her deal. It's not democratic. Why shouldn't people have another say? So the dogs have been here barking out having that dog's dinner. And we want to send a message to the politicians that this is not good enough. We need a people's vote."

12. Tilt up from dog to anti-Brexit campaigners dancing

13. Femi Oluwale, spokesperson Our Future Our Choice, speaking

14. Dog wrapped in EU flag

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Femi Oluwale, spokesperson Our Future Our Choice:

"One of the common factors is that among those vote for Brexit is that they live in areas that have had very little investment from Westminster, who the political class is thoroughly left behind. They voted for things to get better because the political class needed a good kicking. And this Brexit is only going to make them poor. If you look at areas like Sunderland, that has thirty five thousand jobs in Sunderland rely on a Nissan factory, that sends 70 per cent of its cars to mainland Europe. Those jobs go. It's simple. It doesn't make sense for that factory to stay there if it is cheaper to manufacture on the continent. So if Brexit is going to do that then he will the vote for Brexit because they saw it as their final chance that their last hope of things getting better - that is a complete betrayal and a tragedy that we should all be extremely angry at."

16. Jason Hunter, anti-Brexit campaigner and one of the trio 3 blokes in a pub, speaking

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Hunter, anti-Brexit campaigner and one of the trip 3 blokes in a pub:

"The Electoral Commission have successfully prosecuted all of the major campaign groups. We've had significant foreign influence, significant foreign money coming into the referendum campaigns. The Leave leadership has sat in parliamentary select committees, admitted that they lied to people. That's not democracy in the 21st century. That's a 'fraudorendum'. And the results should not be respected by anybody in the House of Commons behind me."

18. Various of UK parliament and flag

The deputy leader of the UK's opposition Labour Party said on Wednesday that when Parliament resumes in October it must focus on securing a public vote on Brexit before a general election.

Tom Watson warned a snap general election before the end of the year "could fail to solve Brexit chaos."

"The only way to break the Brexit deadlock once and for all is a public vote in a referendum," Watson said.

He said he and many others respected the result of the 2016 referendum "for a very long time".

"That years-old plebiscite is no longer a valid basis on which to take such a momentous decision about the future of the United Kingdom," he said.

He said Labour must campaign unequivocally to remain in the European Union.

"I don't believe there is such thing as a good Brexit deal," he said.

This puts him at odds with the stance of the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn who pledged to hold a second referendum on leaving the EU if his Labour Party wins the next general election with a "credible" leave option and the chance to remain both on the ballot paper.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain must leave the EU at the end of October, with or without a divorce deal smoothing out post-Brexit trade.

++CLIENTS PLEASE USE THIS VERSION WHICH ADDS SOUNDBITES IN SHOTS 6. AND 7.++

UK POOL

London - 11 September 2019

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Watson, UK Labour Party deputy leader:

"Once Parliament is returned from the five week prorogation on which we unbelievably now find ourselves in, our first priority must be to prevent a disastrous no-deal Brexit. The reasons why are almost literally too numerous to list."

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Watson, UK Labour Party deputy leader:

"Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings are determined to drive the nation off the cliff of no-deal and they failed to prepare for it. People will suffer in pain and distress who shouldn't have to because of medicine shortages. People may die who don't have to. Every relevant professional organisation has said so. Once we've stopped a disastrous no- deal Brexit, our next priority should be a confirmatory public vote on where Britain goes from here."

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Watson, UK Labour Party deputy leader:

"I and many others respected the result of the 2016 referendum for a very long time. But there eventually comes a point, and we are very far past it now, when circumstances are so changed, when so much new information has emerged, when so many people now feel differently, there comes a point when you have to say 'actually, no'. That years-old plebiscite is no longer a valid basis on which to take such a momentous decision about the future of the United Kingdom. The only proper way to proceed in such circumstances is to consult the people again in a referendum with a credible option to leave and remain on the ballot paper as Labour have committed to do. Why are Boris Johnson's Tory factions so terrified of that? If there is still a majority for Brexit, what do they have to fear?"

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Watson, UK Labour Party deputy leader:

"So let's deal with Brexit in a referendum where every person can have their say and then come together and fight an election on Labour's positive social agenda on our own terms, not on Boris Johnson's Brexit 'do or die'."

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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Watson, UK Labour Party deputy leader:

"Boris Johnson has already conceded that the Brexit crisis can only be solved by the British people, but the only way to break the Brexit deadlock once and for all is a public vote in a referendum. A general election could fail to solve Brexit chaos."

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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Watson, UK Labour Party deputy leader:

"We should unambiguously and unequivocally back remain. We should back remain not for electoral or tactical reasons but because it is a right thing to do for the country at this time of greatest crisis since the Second World War."

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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Watson, UK Labour Party deputy leader:

"I don't believe there is such thing as a good Brexit deal, which is why I think we should advocate for remain. It is what the overwhelming majority of the Labour Party members, MPs and Trade Unionists believe too."

++BLACK FRAMES++

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Watson, UK Labour Party deputy leader:

"I can't see much doubt that Boris Johnson is the most disgraceful Conservative politician of his generation, worse than Margaret Thatcher, I would say in the scale of damage he's trying to do to the country; his naked contempt for democratic institutions not just the EU but the UK Parliament, the British constitution, the Conservative Party. He's trying to trash them all."

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer attacked the option of a "no deal" Brexit during an address at a CBI business group dinner in London on Tuesday.

Philip Hammond stressed that to advocate for a no deal Brexit was to "highjack" the result of the first referendum and "knowingly to inflict damage on our economy and our living standards."

Earlier in the day British Prime Minister Theresa May offered UK lawmakers the chance to vote on whether to hold a new referendum on the country's membership in the European Union - but only if they back her thrice-rejected Brexit agreement.

May made the offer as part of a desperate attempt to persuade Parliament to back a divorce deal that will allow the UK make an orderly, if delayed, departure from the EU.

Speaking at the address later that evening, Hammond said that May's latest offering was a "great step forward," and that "the immediate priority must of course be delivering a solution to the Brexit impasse."

"I will continue to fight in the face of this polarisation for a negotiated Brexit, an outcome that respects the British people's decision to leave, while recognising that there is no mandate for a no deal exit, and that we have an absolute obligation to protect Britain's jobs, businesses and future prosperity," he said.

Britain voted for Brexit in June 2016 and was due to leave the EU on March 29, but the bloc has extended the deadline until Oct. 31 amid the U.K.'s political impasse.

UK POOL

London - 21 May 2019

1. Wide of CBI business group annual dinner

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Phillip Hammond, British Chancellor of the Exchequer:

"So to advocate 'no deal' is to highjack the result of the referendum. And in doing so knowingly to inflict damage on our economy and our living standards. Because all the preparation in the world will not avoid the consequences of no deal. So I will continue to fight in the face of this polarisation for a negotiated Brexit, an outcome that respects the British people's decision to leave, while recognising that there is no mandate for a no deal exit, and that we have an absolute obligation to protect Britain's jobs, businesses and future prosperity."

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Phillip Hammond, British Chancellor of the Exchequer:

"There is a real risk of a new prime minister abandoning the search for a deal and shifting towards seeking a damaging no deal exit as a matter of policy in order to protect an ideological position which ignores the reality of Britain's economic interests and the value of our precious union."

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Phillip Hammond, British Chancellor of the Exchequer:

"The immediate priority must of course be delivering a solution to the Brexit impasse. And we've made a great step forward today. We need to do this because of the government's and parliament's seeming inability to deliver, is undermining confidence in our political system. And because continued uncertainty is now having a real and damaging impact on our economy."

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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Phillip Hammond, British Chancellor of the Exchequer:

"The threat of no deal as policy should unite all those who reject it as reckless and dangerous."

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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Phillip Hammond, British Chancellor of the Exchequer:

"Britain needs a Brexit that feels like a compromise. A Brexit that delights no one. One that everybody, or nearly everybody can live with. And in a parliamentary democracy, which this country is, the only sustainable Brexit solution is one that can command a majority in Parliament."

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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Phillip Hammond, British Chancellor of the Exchequer:

"Beyond Brexit we can and must and will challenge head-on the anti-market, anti-business ideology of the left, with its false promises and easy answers, and promote instead a clear plan to build on the strengths of the British economy as we tackle the challenges and harness the opportunities of the future."

8. Zoom-out of Hammond leaving stage

In a major concession, British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday offered lawmakers the chance to vote on whether to hold a new referendum on the country's membership in the European Union - but only if it backs her thrice-rejected Brexit agreement.

May made the offer as part of attempts to persuade Parliament to back a divorce agreement that will allow the U.K. to leave the EU in an orderly fashion.

She plans to ask the House of Commons to vote in early June on a withdrawal agreement bill, in what she called a "last chance" to seal a Brexit deal.

In a speech Tuesday, May said the bill would include "a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum and this must take place before the Withdrawal Agreement can be ratified."

"I do not believe that this is a route that we should take … but I recognise the genuine and sincere strength of feeling" on the issue, she said.

But the referendum will only happen if Parliament backs the bill and it becomes law, something that still seems unlikely.

Britain was due to leave the EU on March 29, but the bloc extended the deadline until Oct. 31 amid the political impasse.

Talks on securing a compromise between May's Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party broke down last week.

May says she will try again the week of June 3 by asking lawmakers to vote on a withdrawal agreement bill implementing the departure terms.

She has tried to secure backing from lawmakers with promises to maintain high standards on as workers' rights and environmental protections _ issues that are priorities for the left-of-center Labour Party.

She also said lawmakers would get to decide how close a trade relationship to seek with the EU after Brexit, in a concession to Labour's demands for a customs union.

UK POOL

London - 21 May 2019

1. Theresa May, British Prime Minister, stepping on stage

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Theresa May, British Prime Minister:

"I took the difficult decision to try to reach a cross-party deal on Brexit. Many MPs on both sides were unsettled by this, but I believe it was the right thing to do. We engaged in six weeks of serious talks with the Opposition offering to compromise, but in the end those talks were not enough for Labour to reach an agreement with us. But I do not think that means we should give up. The House of Commons voted to trigger Article 50 and the majority of MPs say they want to deliver the result of the referendum. So I think we need to help them find a way and I believe there is now one last chance to do that. I've listened to concerns from across the political spectrum, I've done all I can to address them and today I'm making a serious offer to MPs across Parliament: a new Brexit deal. As part of that deal, I will continue to make the case for the Conservative Party to be united behind a policy that can deliver Brexit. Nine out of 10 Conservative MPs have already given the Withdrawal Agreement their backing and I want to reach out to every single one of my colleagues to make the very best offer I can to them."

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Theresa May, British Prime Minister:

"We came together around an amendment from Sir Graham Brady and this gave rise to the work on alternative arrangements to the backstop. Although it's not possible for those to replace the backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement, we can start the work now to ensure they are a viable alternative. So as part of the new Brexit deal we will place the government under a legal obligation to seek to conclude alternative arrangements by December 2020, so that we can avoid any need for the backstop coming into force. I've also listened to Unionist concerns about the backstop, so the new Brexit deal goes further to address these. It will commit that should the backstop come into force, the government will ensure that Great Britain will stay aligned with Northern Ireland. We will prohibit the proposal that a future government could split Northern Ireland off from the UK's customs territory, and we will deliver on commitments to Northern Ireland in the December 2017 joint report in full. We will implement Paragraph 50 of the joint report in law. The Northern Ireland assembly and executive will have to give their consent on a cross community basis for new regulations which are added to the backstop. And we will work with our confidence and supply partners on how these commitments should be entrenched in law."

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Theresa May, British Prime Minister:

"This new Brexit deal contains significant further changes to protect the economic and constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom and deliver Brexit. It is a bespoke solution that answers the unique concerns of all parts of the community in Northern Ireland. But the reality is that after three attempts to secure a parliamentary agreement we will not leave the European Union unless we have a deal that can command wider cross-party support. And that is why I sat down with the Opposition. I've been serious about listening to views across the house throughout this process. That's why when two Labour MPs, Lisa Nandy and Gareth Snell, put forward their proposals to give Parliament a bigger say in the next phase of the negotiations, I listened to them. So the new Brexit deal will set out in law that the House of Commons will approve the UK's objectives for the negotiations on our future relationship with the EU and they will approve the treaties governing that relationship before the government signs them."

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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Theresa May, British Prime Minister:

"Labour are both sceptical of our ability to negotiate that and don't believe an independent trade policy is in the national interest. They would prefer a comprehensive customs union with a UK say in EU trade policy, but with the EU negotiating on our behalf. If we're going to pass the Withdrawal Agreement Bill and deliver Brexit we must resolve this difference. As part of the cross-party discussions, the government offered a compromise option of a temporary customs union on goods only, including UK say in relevant EU trade policy, and an ability to change the arrangement so a future government could move it in its preferred direction. We were not able to agree this as part of our cross-party talks. So it is right that Parliament should have the opportunity to resolve this during the passage of the bill and decide between the government's proposal and a compromise option. And so the government will commit in law to let Parliament decide this issue and to reflect the outcome of this process in legislation."

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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Theresa May, British Prime Minister:

"I've also listened carefully to those who've been arguing for a second referendum. I've made my own view on this clear on many times. I do not believe this is a route that we should take because I think we should be implementing the result of the first referendum, not asking the British people to vote in a second one. But I recognise the genuine and sincere strength of feeling across the House on this important issue. The government will therefore include in the Withdrawal Agreement Bill at introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum and this must take place before the withdrawal agreement can be ratified. And if the House of Commons were to vote for a referendum it would be requiring the government to make provisions for such a referendum, including legislation if it wanted to ratify the withdrawal agreement. So to those MPs who want a second referendum to confirm the deal, you need a deal and therefore a withdrawal agreement bill to make it happen. So let it have its second reading and then make your case to Parliament."

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European Union nationals living in Britain weren't allowed to vote in the EU referendum three years ago, but they'll get their chance to pass judgment on Brexit next week when the UK takes part in elections for the European Parliament.

The result of next week's election won't directly affect Brexit. But it will be interpreted as a test of public sentiment - almost a mini-referendum - and could sway politicians to take a harder or softer course as Britain heads for the exit door.

That makes this the most high-profile European election in Britain in years - but it shouldn't be happening. The U.K. was due to have left the EU by now.

Instead, British politicians are deadlocked over departure terms and Brexit has been postponed from March 29 until Oct. 31 while they try to sort out the mess. So Britain is taking part, and the contest here is dominated by candidates promising either to speed up Brexit or throw it into reverse gear.

Pro-European parties are eager to attract votes from EU citizens, who can vote in European polls though not in U.K. national elections.

That's why a former finance minister of Poland could be found recently standing outside a suburban London subway station, thrusting anti-Brexit leaflets at tired commuters. Jan Vincent-Rostowski, a London-born economist who served in a center-right Polish government between 2007 and 2013, is a candidate for the newly former pro-EU party Change UK.

"I thought that was something I could bring to the campaign, being both a British citizen - a Londoner born and bred - but also a Polish citizen who has done his bit in politics elsewhere," Vincent-Rostowski said.

Chipper and polite - "Can I give you a leaflet madam?" - he got a reasonably warm reception in suburban Ealing, a diverse London district that voted 60% for remaining in the European Union. Several Poles recognized him, stopping to chat or film him on their phones.

Hedwig Hegtermans has lived in Britain for two decades, but she didn't have a vote when the country decided in 2016 to leave the European Union. She's determined to have her say on Brexit now.

An election for the European Parliament being held this month in all 28 EU member states - including the not-yet-departed U.K. - is giving Hegtermans - a Dutch citizen and member of The 3 Million, a lobby group for EU citizens in Britain - and other Europeans in Britain the chance to pass judgment on the Brexit decision that left their lives in limbo.

Like other non-U.K. EU nationals, she was not eligible to vote in Britain's EU membership referendum three years ago - and like them she saw her automatic right to live and work in Britain whipped away by the Brexit decision. (The British government says all 3 million EU citizens in Britain can stay, but they have to apply for "settled status" through a somewhat glitch-prone new registration process).

"We did not have a vote in the referendum, we could not voice anything while we were the people who will be affected the most," Hegtermans said.

She said the May 23 election to fill the U.K.'s 73 seats in the 751-seat EU legislature "is one way for us to let our voices (be) heard."

But this is a heated and bad-tempered election. Both of Britain's main parties - the governing Conservative and opposition Labour - are bracing for a hammering as voters frustrated by the Brexit impasse turn to parties promising either a definitive break with the EU or a chance to remain in the bloc.

Thousands of Brexiteers across the country are flocking to rallies for the new Brexit Party led by former U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, who accuses the government of betraying Brexit and wants Britain to walk away from the bloc even if there is no divorce deal to smooth the way.

Among pro-Europeans, Change UK is competing for votes with the centrist Liberal Democrats and environmentalist Greens. All support holding a new referendum that would include the option of remaining in the EU.

EU elections in Britain generally have a low turnout. At the last EU election in 2014, it was 35%.

EU citizens also must navigate a U.K. voter-registration process that requires them to fill out a form declaring that they do not plan to also vote in their home country.

The deadline for registration passed on May 7. It's likely some Europeans will show up at polling stations only to be turned away.

Others may stay away out of a common U.K. malaise: Brexhaustion.

Europeans in London expressed a mix of enthusiasm and resignation at the prospect of an election that - three years after the vote to leave the EU - is dominated by Brexit.

"As a Polish citizen, I would love Britain to stay in the European Union," said 32-year-old Kate Staron. "So definitely I will vote and try to make some difference. .. I encourage everyone else to go and vote as every vote is important."

Marcel Wojtyniak, a 25-year-old data analyst also from Poland, wasn't so sure.

"I think there's a lot of exhaustion on the subject," he said.

"I'm personally against it, I don't think there will be much benefit in it. I don't really get involved with that discussion that much any more because it feels like it is pretty much over."

London - 14 May, 2019

1. Jan Vincent-Rostowski, Change UK candidate for London and former Polish finance minister, handing out leaflets for the EU election UPSOUND (English):  

Vincent-Rostowski: "Vote Change UK."

Pedestrian: "I have one of these already."

Vincent-Rostowski: "That's okay. You've already got one? Oh, that's fine. Thank you very much. Can I give you a leaflet, madam, to vote stop Brexit and Vote Change UK? Thank you."

2. Another canvasser handing out leaflets

3. Various of Vincent-Rostowski handing out leaflets

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Vincent-Rostowski, Change UK candidate for London and former Polish finance minister:

"To stop Brexit, to stop Brexit because Brexit is an extremely bad idea. Since the referendum it's been proved to be an even worse idea than we knew it to be then. It's been redefined by the Brexiteers as something completely different from what people voted for or certainly completely different than a majority would have voted for, in other words it's been redefined as a no-deal Brexit. And of course on top of that the world has changed. Donald Trump has been elected, the idea of going out into a free trade global world, globalised world is something that just about might have made sense in June of 2016. it certainly doesn't make sense after the 7th November 2016."

5. Cutaway of Change UK sign

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Vincent-Rostowski, Change UK candidate for London and former Polish finance minister:

"We're definitely appealing to them (EU citizens living in the UK) and one of the reasons why I'm standing, I thought that was something I could bring to the campaign as being both a British citizen, a Londoner born and bred but also a Polish citizen who has done his bit in politics elsewhere."

7. Set up of Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London

8. Close up of poll

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London:

"Well, I think at this election we're going to see the two main parties' support bleed away to minor parties, if they can be called minor parties. The Brexit party will get a lot of Conservative voters, the Lib Dems look like they are going to pick up quite a lot of former Labour voters. Those two parties - the Brexit party and the Lib Dems - will probably be the big winners, and the Conservative party and Labour will be really having to look at themselves in the mirror and say 'what are we going to do about this?'."

10. Cutaway

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London:

"And I think obviously if European citizens mobilise sufficiently then that's going to be good for the Remain parties, particularly the Liberal Democrats."

12. People walking in street

13. Set up of Hedwig Hegtermans, member of The 3 Million, a lobby group for EU citizens in Britain

14. Cutaway of badges

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Hedwig Hegtermans, member of The 3 Million lobby group:

"So it may be the very last time that EU citizens can vote here.  And I also think a lot of EU citizens now opted to vote for a UK candidate. I myself as an example, I always voted for a Dutch candidate, but now I will be voting for a UK candidate."  

(Question: "Why did you make that decision?")

"I made that decision because I felt because of Brexit first of all we did not have a vote in the referendum, we could not voice anything, and we will be the people who will be affected the most, so this is one way for us to let our voices heard is by voting for a pro-EU country (means candidate) and a pro Remain (country)."

16. Various of people in street

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Kate Staron, embassy worker from Poland:  

"I'm concerned about my future and everybody else's future and I see Brexit as something bad. But again it is what it is and we need to hope for the best. So definitely I will vote and try to make some difference, at least by this, by voting, so I encourage everyone else to go and vote, as every vote is important."

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcel Wojtyniak, data analyst from Poland:  

"I'm personally against it, I don't think there will be much benefit in it. I don't really get involved with that discussion that much any more because it feels like it is pretty much over.  It's, as I said before, it feels like once in a while someone revives the whole subject, and says what if we cancel Brexit because of this or that. I don't really see that happening as the government stated several times that they are not interested in that happening or entertaining the idea, so I kind of treat it as a done deal and I try to move on."

19. Campaigner for Change UK handing out leaflets

Britain's Parliament voted Thursday to seek a delay of the country's departure from the European Union, a move that will likely avert a chaotic withdrawal on the scheduled exit date of March 29.

With Brexit due in 15 days and no divorce deal yet approved, the House of Commons voted to ask the bloc to postpone Britain's exit until at least June 30.

Power to approve or reject the extension lies with the EU, whose officials have said they will only allow a delay if Britain either approves a divorce deal or makes a fundamental shift in its approach to Brexit.

In a historic irony, almost three years after Britain voted to leave the EU, its future is now in the bloc's hands.

By law, Britain will leave the EU on March 29, with or without a deal, unless it cancels Brexit or secures a delay.

While the Parliament vote gives Prime Minister Theresa May some breathing space, it was still humbling for a leader who has spent two years telling Britons they were leaving the bloc on that date.

Lawmakers have twice rejected her EU divorce deal - and also ruled out leaving the EU without an agreement.

Withdrawing without a deal could mean major disruptions for businesses and people in the UK and the 27 remaining countries.

But there was some good news for May, as lawmakers rejected an attempt to strip her of control over Brexit.

They defeated by the narrowest of margins an opposition attempt to let Parliament choose an alternative to May's rejected divorce deal and force the government to negotiate it with the EU.

The House of Commons defeated the idea by just two votes, 314-312, leaving May least temporarily in charge of the Brexit agenda.

Lawmakers also voted to rule out the idea of holding a second Brexit referendum - at least for now.

By a decisive 334-85 vote, they defeated a motion that called for another vote by the public on whether to stay in the EU or leave.

Campaigners for a new referendum are divided over whether the time is right to push for a second Brexit vote.

The vote didn't prevent lawmakers from trying again later to get Parliament's support for another referendum.

Postponing Brexit gives May some respite, amid a crisis that has shredded her authority and obliterated her control of a fractious Conservative minority government.

On Wednesday, a dozen government ministers abstained rather than support May's bid to keep a no-deal Brexit as an option, while another voted against, and resigned.

Despite the rebuffs and the political chaos, May has signalled she will try a third time to get backing for her agreement next week.

She is seeking to win over opponents in her own party and its Northern Irish political ally, the Democratic Unionist Party.

Alan Wager, a researcher at the U.K. in a Changing Europe think tank, said May faced a struggle to overturn a 149-vote margin of defeat in Parliament this week.

"It's still really difficult to see how the numbers stack up for Theresa May, but she's giving it one more go", he said.

If the delay is approved next week, May hopes to use it to enact legislation needed for Britain's departure.

She has warned Brexit supporters who oppose her deal that if no withdrawal agreement is passed in the coming days, the only option will be to seek a long extension that could mean Brexit never happens.

London - 14 March 2019

++DUSK SHOTS++

1. Various of activists watching House of Commons Brexit vote on their mobile phones

2. Wide of man holding placard reading (English) "To Delay is to Betray"

3. Close of placard

++NIGHT SHOTS++

4. Wide exterior of UK Parliament

5. Wide set-up shot of political analyst Dr Alan Wager

6. Wide of media encampment on College Green across from Parliament

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"So what we now know for near-certain is that Britain won't be leaving on this day the 29th of March that everyone expected Britain to be leaving the European Union. There's going to be an extension to the process at least probably to the 30th of June. And that depends - how long the extension lasts will depend on whether MPs pass (Prime Minister) Theresa May's deal or reject it another time. So that's the big debate going on in the UK here."

8. Various of parliament

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"So MPs will be voting again on Theresa May's deal and it won't have changed at all. The whole (EU) Withdrawal Agreement, the whole future declaration will be exactly the same. The only difference will be time, MPs will now know what they can't do and what they can do. They'll know that the pressure is on. They have no other alternative but-  apart from a long extension to pass this deal. So the main problem Theresa May's had is a whole load of her MPs that were very pro-Brexit that said this version of Brexit wasn't hard enough, wasn't Brexit enough. They're now going to be faced with a very clear choice of her deal or a very very long extension and potentially Brexit being kicked into the long grass and that's the choice now facing a whole load of MPs in this place."

10. Close-up of Parliament

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"So, as a result of the votes tonight Theresa May will be very happy. It sets up a very clear choice for her. The other alternative tonight was for there to be an attempt by the legislature, the House of Commons to take control of Brexit, to take back control from the Executive. And that's not happened tonight by two votes, the legislature were unable to say let's try and vote on different options to Theresa May's deal, we don't like her deal but we might like something else. They haven't done that. The choices now remain is:  Theresa May's deal or big question mark."

12. Cutaway

13.SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"Well, tonight the idea of a second referendum was roundly rejected because MPs are so worried about the fact that, about trying to overturn this referendum result from 2016. And a lot of the people that are campaigning for a referendum said let's not do it now. They think that the only chance of getting a referendum is when all other options have gone off the table and have died, then MPs might reach for the second vote."

14. Onlookers outside parliament

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"Another element that Theresa May will be saying is if you don't pass my deal we're going to have to fight these European elections and a lot of MPs particularly in her Conservative party are worried about fighting these European elections because they're worried about one man, (UK politician and leading Brexiteer) Nigel Farage coming back into those European elections and cutting their vote in half. So, all those pro-Brexit people in the country would vote for a proper Brexit party if Brexit is delayed and that's the big issue for a lot of Conservative MPs is this fear of a pro-Brexit party coming and taking all their votes."

16. 'Vote UKIP' sign

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"If Theresa May's vote fails I think it is likely the European Union are going to suggest a pretty long extension. (European Council President) Donald Tusk has come out and said OK guys if you if you don't have a deal we're going to give you a long, long extension of Article 50 to sort this out so that's become clear in the last few days. The EU 27 would all have to agree and they are not all united. But because they're not united they'll take the lead from Donald Tusk who's saying a longer extension is the only way forward if Britain doesn't have a deal."

18. Various of  EU and UK flags

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said it would be "incredibly dangerous" for Britain to leave the European Union without clarity on the future relationship with Europe.

"After you leave you are going to carry on with the same debate over the future relationship and by then you will have left, you'll have no bargaining power and no right of return. You're then locked into it." Blair said at a panel discussion hosted by the Edelman PR firm.  

Blair said a second referendum was the only way to bring closure to the national divide over Brexit.

Blair said there was a crisis of trust in the political class with politicians being branded elitist for defending a second referendum and added they should stand up against simplistic and populist view points.

Asked if another ballot could bring about violence, Blair said there should be a firm line against it, stressing he would take people seriously if they stood in an election and won, not because "they're putting bricks through shop windows."

"And you need politicians are strong enough to stand up and say this," he underlined.

Blair said British Prime Minister Theresa May's "strongest card" was to take Britain out of the EU but "the problem is her deal doesn't turn the corner. You're going to be in the same stretch of road after March 2019 because you haven't resolved the future relationship."

A second referendum should offer a choice between a hard Brexit and an option to remain in the EU, he said, adding "you've got to have the fight. You've got to agree on both sides. Doesn't matter what the result is however narrow, that's it, end of it."

He said the business community also needed to spell out the real economic consequences of crashing out of the bloc.

Britain's parliament was set to vote on competing Brexit plans Tuesday, with May desperately seeking a mandate from lawmakers to help secure concessions from the European Union.

Legislators were delivering verdicts on proposals that have been submitted by both pro-Brexit and pro-EU legislators since Parliament rejected May's divorce deal with the bloc two weeks ago, leaving Britain lurching toward a cliff-edge "no-deal" departure on March 29.

May insists her agreement can still win Parliament's backing, if it is tweaked to alleviate concerns about a contentious Irish border provision. EU leaders are adamant that the measure can't be renegotiated, whatever British lawmakers decide.

UK POOL

London - 29 January 2019

1. Wide of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair with moderator

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister:

"You know when people say to me it will just be highly divisive, you've got to take that very seriously. On the other hand I think we are divided. There's no point in pretending that we're not. And I think there's also a huge risk, and this is my fear at the moment, is that we leave without having decided our future relationship with Europe - which by the way we were promised we would be able to know that before we left - and then the public thinks 'we've left now, that's closure, so I'm not going to hear about Brexit again'. And this time next year they're still hearing about it because we haven't decided the future relationship before we left. And one of the things that's very difficult, very, very difficult, is that there's a huge gap right now between the feelings of people in parliament and the public. The public thinks, 'what are these guys talking about, we should just get on and do it'. And the MPs are doing in fact what they should do in a parliamentary democracy. They're studying the detail. And when they're studying the detail they're saying 'you know what, this is not sensible.' And it's in particular not sensible to leave before you have some clarity over the future relationship. Is it a soft Brexit or a hard Brexit? Now the reason why at present the government doesn't want to resolve that question is that the cabinet itself is fundamentally divided. But it's incredibly dangerous for the country to leave Europe with the cabinet unresolved as to the future relationship, because then after you leave you are just going to carry on with the same debate over the future relationship. And by then you'll have left, you'll have no bargaining power and no right of return as it were. You're then locked into it."

3. Cutaway

4. Moderator asking question: (English) This worry about Brexit spilling over into violence on the streets, do you share that view?

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister:

"I mean, let these guys go to stand in an election. If they win then take them seriously. But why should you take them seriously because they're putting bricks through shop windows? It's ridiculous. And you need politicians strong enough to stand up and say this. If someone's going to threaten violence if you go back and ask them again. I actually think there's another reason by the way. I think a second referendum in the end is the only way to go for this reason. But the truth of the matter is, it's the only way to bring closure. Theresa May's strongest card at the moment is get this thing over and done with. Turn the corner. That's her strongest card. The problem is her deal doesn't turn the corner. You're going to be in the same stretch of road after March 2019 because you haven't resolved the future relationship. And that's the problem. So if you want to bring closure you've got to have a referendum with a specific - and I think effectively it will be a hard Brexit versus Remain, and you've got to have the fight. You've got to agree on both sides. Doesn't matter what the result is however narrow, that's it, end of it."

5. Cutaway

6. Moderator asking question

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister:

"So you'll end in a situation where if we get clarity, which is what we should have before we leave, it'll be clarity around a hard Brexit or a soft Brexit, the hard Brexit being a free trade type of agreement like Canada, soft Brexit being like Norway. Now at that point business has got to educate people as to what those choices mean, because obviously if you stay in the single market and stay in the customs union then the economic damage is much less. But frankly I think the British people will say in those circumstances 'well why on earth are we leaving then?' Because we've left the decision-making room but we're still abiding by the decisions. If we go for a hard Brexit which I think is much more likely if we leave on these terms, I think is much more likely that after March 2019 the Brexiteers take a grip on the Conservative Party and really roll them towards a hard leave, and frankly a hard leave is what the British public that voted Brexit are much more inclined to go for. At that point it will be really important for the business to say okay, but here's the choice. Now I hope that all of that happens before we leave, because if it happens after we leave I think people are going to be really quite upset when they realise what's going on. But if it happens before we leave, yes at that point it can be really important for the business just to spell out, 'these are the consequences.'

8. Blair standing up for applause, Blair leaving

Supporters of Brexit and remain have been celebrating the defeat of Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit bill.

But they were hoping for different outcomes: Brexiteers believed it to be a step closer to a no deal Brexit while Remainers hoped that it would lead to a second referendum.

May's deal was rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in history.

MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal which had set out the terms of Brtitains' exit from the EU on March 29.

London - 15 January 2019

++NIGHT SHOTS++

1. Various of pro-EU supporters chanting and singing

2. Set up of Steve Bray, EU supporter:

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Bray, EU supporter:

"It's another nail in the lid of the coffin of Brexit.  We're not leaving the European Union.  And what is Plan B going to be."

4. Protest

5. Set up of Polly Ernest, EU supporter

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Polly Ernest, EU supporter:

"Well I feel as if this is the end of the beginning.  IT's all I an say it's a really strange feeling.  I know we have an extraordinary process ahead but we have hope again we have hope, with hope we can win this and build and we can bring the country back together if we find the right way to do it."

7. Various of pro-Brexit supporters

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Alex (no surname given), Brexit supporter:

"It was a truly tragic disaster and I'm really glad it's been voted down.  But I am concerned about the reasons it was voted down and I'm concerned that a lot of remain MPs would have voted it down because they now want to push for a peoples' vote."

9. Set up of Lynn Smith, from Bexley

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynn Smith, Brexit supporter:

"I think Theresa May has to go and she has to be replaced by someone fully committed to Brexit.  She was a remainer at heart and I think that's been the trouble."

11. Various of parliament

12. Set up of political analyst Anand Menon, from UK in a Changing Europe

13. Cutaway of hands

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Anand Menon, political analyst from UK in a Changing Europe:

"In context it's the biggest defeat a government has suffered in parliament.  You know history is being made week after week in the Brexit saga government being held in contempt, to the scale of this defeat and yet the Prime Minister remains in Downing Street and she seems content with bringing something back to parliament to vote on again."

15. Cutaway

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Anand Menon, political analyst from UK in a Changing Europe:

"The thing about Theresa May is that nothing seems to phase her.  She just keeps on going.  And yes these are remarkable and unique times. Brexit is a unique issue.  Any other Prime Minister facing this kind of defeat I think they would have stood down.  But I think Theresa May whether driven by a sense of duty or sheer doggedness keeps going and tonight it was absolutely startling.  She looses by an enormous margin.  She turns round to the house of commons and says well look you might as well have defeated my deal but you lot can't agree on anything else so I'm going to make some phone calls to some people and I'm going to come back and I'm not going anywhere and if she wins that vote of confidence tomorrow then her position is relatively secure."

17. Various of media

18. Set up of Alistair Campbell, advisor to the People's Vote campaign

19. SOUNDBITE (English) Alistair Campbell, advisor to the People's Vote campaign:

"This is utterly unprecedented. To have a prime minister defeated so spectacularly on what is the central piece of her programme and to behave as though nothing has really changed is sort of beyond belief so I don't know what happen next."

20. Set up of Vince Cable, leader of the Liberal Democrat Party

21. SOUNDBITE (English) Vince Cable, leader of the Liberal Democrat Party:

"Well it was shattering, it was far bigger defeat than anybody including the prime minister herself expected. The main significance of it is this is the beginning of the end of Brexit."

22. Various of exteriors of parliament

LEADIN:

British food and drink producers are feeling the strains of Brexit at The International Food and Drink Event (IFE) in London.

The UK government announced today (Monday 20 March) that it will trigger Article 50 on March 29, which will formally begin the Brexit process.

With the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the negotiations, many producers are considering expansion into new markets, particularly the United States.

STORYLINE:

Things are sizzling in London at IFE, the UK's largest food and drink trade show, with more than 29,000 visitors expected to attend.

The show brings together over 1,350 food producers from around the world - like this beefsteak from Poland.

Or these kebabs from Turkey...

Giant onions from Spain...

Or how about a mouthful of Chinese seaweed salad?

But by far the largest contingent at the event is from the UK, which is acting as the show's partner country for the first time.

This year's show features more than 700 British food and drink producers and gives them a shop window for the international buyers in attendance.

But uncertainty over Brexit is overshadowing the event, with Article 50 expected to be triggered on March 29.

Many exhibitors are small to mid scale food and drink producers who are concerned about how a break from the European Union will impact their growing businesses.

For those north of the border in Scotland, the situation is particularly uncertain, with calls from the Scottish National Party for a second vote on independence.

Callum MacInnes is a cheese maker and founder of Island Smokery on the far northerly Orkney Islands.

He's been producing smoked cheeses and butters for a high-end market for over ten years; his products can be found at hotels including the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

MacInnes produces 40 tonnes of cheese every year and is currently moving to a larger factory to grow his business, but now he has to contend with more instability.

"It (Brexit and a second Scottish vote on independence) is alarming because we've no idea. Basically it's just more turmoil," he says.

"I mean, you have turmoil in a political situation, when people are uncertain, people don't spend, they always wait to see.

"So between another referendum and Brexit we're really between a rock and a hard place at the minute because nobody knows how it's going to pan out."

But MacInnes tries to remain positive about the political situation in Scotland and sees the benefit of new trade with the US.

With the fall in value of the pound against the dollar he has discovered his high-end cheeses and butters are suddenly much more affordable for Americans looking to invest in high-quality food.

He's just shipped his first export to the US after a positive trade event saw orders flooding in.

"It was specialist for a long time, it was maybe too expensive for the man on the street but because of the way the pound and the dollar has gone, it's now accessible to everyone," he says.

Just down the road in Orkney is one of the newest producers at the show; Kirkjuvagr gin has only been available since last August.

The company started in February, but by the time the first bottle rolled off the production line the Brexit vote had already been decided.

For Stephen Kemp, the director of Orkney Distilling Ltd., it spells trouble for his young company.

"I think Brexit doesn't necessarily spell a lot that's good right now, not for us, not out on the periphery of Britain in the north," he says.

"We very much rely on the British market and also being able to use Britain as a springboard to go to other markets round the world."

Kemp has many advantages basing his gin company in Orkney - for example, the Angelica root (one of the key botanicals used to flavour gin) grows naturally on the Scottish island.

But despite the positive reactions he's getting for his gin, Kemp says there could be difficulties ahead if the impact of Brexit on small businesses like his is not taken into consideration in the negotiations.

"It's sad to think that small producers like us will be penalised because there's been no indication how the support mechanism might work for the industries and for young companies like us," he says.

Welsh producers like the Celtic Pie Co. are also exhibiting at the show.

Like the Scots, many are also finding the prospect of Brexit negotiations a bit too salty.

Jessica Lea-Wilson is with Halen Mon Sea Salt co. from Anglesey, an island off the north coast of Wales.

Halen Mon has been hand harvesting high-end salt products from the waters around the island for the last 21 years.

A 100g packet of Anglesey sea-salt starts from around 4 British pounds (approx. $5 USD) and is called a finishing salt, added at the end of a dish rather than as a cooking ingredient.

The largest market for the Welsh company is in Spain, so a retreat from the EU is of real concern - particularly because it could mean losing its EU protected designation of origin status.

This could mean salt producers in other parts of the world could use the Anglesey name to promote their own salts.

"The protected designation of origin, this little symbol here, protected food names like Champagne or Parma ham or Melton Mowbray pork pies, this legislation is in place to protect our brands, make sure that they're not imitated and we're not quite sure what's going to happen when we leave the EU when it comes to that and that's really important to our business," says Lea-Wilson.

"So we're trying to highlight that and bring it to the government's attention."

Like many British producers at IFE, Lea-Wilson is already looking to new markets and also like many British producers she sees the US as a key growth area.

"We already have a growing market in the US and we're trying to see it as a positive thing that it might grow and that might be an opportunity for us, especially in terms of currency rates at the moment it's quite an attractive option for a lot of US buyers," she says.

Exhibitors are feeling the uncertainty, but remaining positive about the future.

Show director Soraya Gadelrab thinks there's a lot to be confident about in the British food industry.

"At the moment trading conditions are uncertain for some people and I think a big international trade show like this gives the UK suppliers an opportunity to say; 'Here we are, we're open for business.' But on top of that it shows new markets who perhaps haven't done a lot of imports from the UK previously, that we have such a plethora of on trend products to come and look at, but also it gives those buyers an opportunity to meet the suppliers face-to-face, talk to them and start talking to them about real genuine business," she says.

London attracts top chefs from around the world, who come to cook in the capital.

Peruvian chef Robert Ortiz from Lima restaurant in London is demonstrating his skills at the show.

Here he puts together a tiradito dish with raw scallops and spicy Peruvian yellow chillies.

IFE runs from 19-22 March at London's ExCel exhibition centre.

London, UK - 19 March 2017

1. Close of Polish beef steak frying on grill

2. Mid of chef speaking with show visitors

3. Close of steak being turned

4. Mid of chef serving visitors steak

5. Close of cooked steak

6. Wide of Turkish kebab

7. Close of kebab being shaved

8. Close of kebab cooking

9. Close of giant Spanish onion being placed on top of can

10. Various of Palestinian stand with dates

11. Close of bowl of seaweed salad from China

12. Various of man eating seaweed salad

13. Low shot of Callum MacInnes cutting Orkney smoked cheese

14. Close of cheese being cut

15. Close of Scottish flag of St Andrew

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Callum MacInnes, Founder of Island Smokery:

"It (Brexit and a second Scottish vote on independence) is alarming because we've no idea. Basically it's just more turmoil. I mean, you have turmoil in a political situation, when people are uncertain, people don't spend, they always wait to see. So between another referendum and Brexit we're really between a rock and a hard place at the minute because nobody knows how it's going to pan out."

17. Mid of MacInnes taking cheese from fridge

18. Close of smoked cheese being cut

19. Mid of MacInnes cutting cheese

20. SOUNDBITE (English) Callum MacInnes, Founder of Island Smokery:

"It was specialist for a long time, it was maybe too expensive for the man on the street but because of the way the pound and the dollar has gone, it's now accessible to everyone."

21. Close tilt down of Kirkjuvagr gin from Orkney, Scotland

22. Mid of Stephen Kemp of Kirkjuvagr talking with visitors

23. Close tilt up of show visitor sampling gin

24. Close of tap filling glass with gin

25. Various of Stephen Kemp drinking gin

26. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Kemp, Director of Orkney Distilling Ltd.:

"I think Brexit doesn't necessarily spell a lot that's good right now, not for us, not out on the periphery of Britain in the north. We very much rely on the British market, we rely also on being able to use Britain as a springboard to go to other markets round the world."

27. Close of jar containing Angelica root - a key ingredient in gin

28. Close of Angelica in hand

29. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Kemp, Director of Orkney Distilling Ltd.:

"It's sad to think that small producers like us I think will be penalised because there's been no indication of how the support mechanism might work for the industries and for young companies like us."

30. Mid pan right of sign reading: (Welsh/English) "Cymru/Wales"

31. Various of chef at the Celtic Pie Co. slicing steak and ale pie

32. Wide of Jessica Lea-Wilson from Halen Mon Anglesey Sea Salt co.

33. Close of Lea-Wilson

34. Close of bowl of sea salt

35. Mid of Lea-Wilson pouring salt into her hand

36. Close of salt in her hand

37. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Lea-Wilson, Brand Manager, Halen Mon Anglesey Sea Salt co.:

"The protected designation of origin, this little symbol here, protected food names like Champagne or Parma ham or Melton Mowbray pork pies, this legislation is in place to protect our brands, make sure that they're not imitated and we're not quite sure what's going to happen when we leave the EU when it comes to that and that's really important to our business. So we're trying to highlight that and bring it to the government's attention."

38. Extreme close of salt crystals in hand

39. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Lea-Wilson, Brand Manager, Halen Mon Anglesey Sea Salt co.:

"We already have a growing market in the US and we're trying to see it as a positive thing that it might grow and that might be an opportunity for us, especially in terms of currency rates at the moment it's quite an attractive option for a lot of US buyers."

40. Various setup shots of event director Soraya Gadelrab speaking to exhibitor

41. SOUNDBITE (English) Soraya Gadelrab, Show Director, the International Food and Drink Event:

"At the moment trading conditions are uncertain for some people and I think a big international trade show like this gives the UK suppliers an opportunity to say; 'Here we are, we're open for business.' But on top of that it shows new markets who perhaps haven't done a lot of imports from the UK previously, that we have such a plethora of on trend products to come and look at, but also it gives those buyers an opportunity to meet the suppliers face-to-face, talk to them and start talking about real genuine business."

42. Various of Robert Ortiz, chef from Lima restaurant in London, demonstrating Peruvian cooking onstage

LEADIN:

British food and drink producers are feeling the strains of Brexit at The International Food and Drink Event (IFE) in London.

The UK government announced today (Monday 20 March) that it will trigger Article 50 on March 29, which will formally begin the Brexit process.

With the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the negotiations, many producers are considering expansion into new markets, particularly the United States.

STORYLINE:

Things are sizzling in London at IFE, the UK's largest food and drink trade show, with more than 29,000 visitors expected to attend.

The show brings together over 1,350 food producers from around the world - like this beefsteak from Poland.

Or these kebabs from Turkey...

Giant onions from Spain...

Or how about a mouthful of Chinese seaweed salad?

But by far the largest contingent at the event is from the UK, which is acting as the show's partner country for the first time.

This year's show features more than 700 British food and drink producers and gives them a shop window for the international buyers in attendance.

But uncertainty over Brexit is overshadowing the event, with Article 50 expected to be triggered on March 29.

Many exhibitors are small to mid scale food and drink producers who are concerned about how a break from the European Union will impact their growing businesses.

For those north of the border in Scotland, the situation is particularly uncertain, with calls from the Scottish National Party for a second vote on independence.

Callum MacInnes is a cheese maker and founder of Island Smokery on the far northerly Orkney Islands.

He's been producing smoked cheeses and butters for a high-end market for over ten years; his products can be found at hotels including the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

MacInnes produces 40 tonnes of cheese every year and is currently moving to a larger factory to grow his business, but now he has to contend with more instability.

"It (Brexit and a second Scottish vote on independence) is alarming because we've no idea. Basically it's just more turmoil," he says.

"I mean, you have turmoil in a political situation, when people are uncertain, people don't spend, they always wait to see.

"So between another referendum and Brexit we're really between a rock and a hard place at the minute because nobody knows how it's going to pan out."

But MacInnes tries to remain positive about the political situation in Scotland and sees the benefit of new trade with the US.

With the fall in value of the pound against the dollar he has discovered his high-end cheeses and butters are suddenly much more affordable for Americans looking to invest in high-quality food.

He's just shipped his first export to the US after a positive trade event saw orders flooding in.

"It was specialist for a long time, it was maybe too expensive for the man on the street but because of the way the pound and the dollar has gone, it's now accessible to everyone," he says.

Just down the road in Orkney is one of the newest producers at the show; Kirkjuvagr gin has only been available since last August.

The company started in February, but by the time the first bottle rolled off the production line the Brexit vote had already been decided.

For Stephen Kemp, the director of Orkney Distilling Ltd., it spells trouble for his young company.

"I think Brexit doesn't necessarily spell a lot that's good right now, not for us, not out on the periphery of Britain in the north," he says.

"We very much rely on the British market and also being able to use Britain as a springboard to go to other markets round the world."

Kemp has many advantages basing his gin company in Orkney - for example, the Angelica root (one of the key botanicals used to flavour gin) grows naturally on the Scottish island.

But despite the positive reactions he's getting for his gin, Kemp says there could be difficulties ahead if the impact of Brexit on small businesses like his is not taken into consideration in the negotiations.

"It's sad to think that small producers like us will be penalised because there's been no indication how the support mechanism might work for the industries and for young companies like us," he says.

Welsh producers like the Celtic Pie Co. are also exhibiting at the show.

Like the Scots, many are also finding the prospect of Brexit negotiations a bit too salty.

Jessica Lea-Wilson is with Halen Mon Sea Salt co. from Anglesey, an island off the north coast of Wales.

Halen Mon has been hand harvesting high-end salt products from the waters around the island for the last 21 years.

A 100g packet of Anglesey sea-salt starts from around 4 British pounds (approx. $5 USD) and is called a finishing salt, added at the end of a dish rather than as a cooking ingredient.

The largest market for the Welsh company is in Spain, so a retreat from the EU is of real concern - particularly because it could mean losing its EU protected designation of origin status.

This could mean salt producers in other parts of the world could use the Anglesey name to promote their own salts.

"The protected designation of origin, this little symbol here, protected food names like Champagne or Parma ham or Melton Mowbray pork pies, this legislation is in place to protect our brands, make sure that they're not imitated and we're not quite sure what's going to happen when we leave the EU when it comes to that and that's really important to our business," says Lea-Wilson.

"So we're trying to highlight that and bring it to the government's attention."

Like many British producers at IFE, Lea-Wilson is already looking to new markets and also like many British producers she sees the US as a key growth area.

"We already have a growing market in the US and we're trying to see it as a positive thing that it might grow and that might be an opportunity for us, especially in terms of currency rates at the moment it's quite an attractive option for a lot of US buyers," she says.

Exhibitors are feeling the uncertainty, but remaining positive about the future.

Show director Soraya Gadelrab thinks there's a lot to be confident about in the British food industry.

"At the moment trading conditions are uncertain for some people and I think a big international trade show like this gives the UK suppliers an opportunity to say; 'Here we are, we're open for business.' But on top of that it shows new markets who perhaps haven't done a lot of imports from the UK previously, that we have such a plethora of on trend products to come and look at, but also it gives those buyers an opportunity to meet the suppliers face-to-face, talk to them and start talking to them about real genuine business," she says.

London attracts top chefs from around the world, who come to cook in the capital.

Peruvian chef Robert Ortiz from Lima restaurant in London is demonstrating his skills at the show.

Here he puts together a tiradito dish with raw scallops and spicy Peruvian yellow chillies.

IFE runs from 19-22 March at London's ExCel exhibition centre.

London, UK - 19 March 2017

1. Close of Polish beef steak frying on grill

2. Mid of chef speaking with show visitors

3. Close of steak being turned

4. Mid of chef serving visitors steak

5. Close of cooked steak

6. Wide of Turkish kebab

7. Close of kebab being shaved

8. Close of kebab cooking

9. Close of giant Spanish onion being placed on top of can

10. Various of Palestinian stand with dates

11. Close of bowl of seaweed salad from China

12. Various of man eating seaweed salad

13. Low shot of Callum MacInnes cutting Orkney smoked cheese

14. Close of cheese being cut

15. Close of Scottish flag of St Andrew

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Callum MacInnes, Founder of Island Smokery:

"It (Brexit and a second Scottish vote on independence) is alarming because we've no idea. Basically it's just more turmoil. I mean, you have turmoil in a political situation, when people are uncertain, people don't spend, they always wait to see. So between another referendum and Brexit we're really between a rock and a hard place at the minute because nobody knows how it's going to pan out."

17. Mid of MacInnes taking cheese from fridge

18. Close of smoked cheese being cut

19. Mid of MacInnes cutting cheese

20. SOUNDBITE (English) Callum MacInnes, Founder of Island Smokery:

"It was specialist for a long time, it was maybe too expensive for the man on the street but because of the way the pound and the dollar has gone, it's now accessible to everyone."

21. Close tilt down of Kirkjuvagr gin from Orkney, Scotland

22. Mid of Stephen Kemp of Kirkjuvagr talking with visitors

23. Close tilt up of show visitor sampling gin

24. Close of tap filling glass with gin

25. Various of Stephen Kemp drinking gin

26. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Kemp, Director of Orkney Distilling Ltd.:

"I think Brexit doesn't necessarily spell a lot that's good right now, not for us, not out on the periphery of Britain in the north. We very much rely on the British market, we rely also on being able to use Britain as a springboard to go to other markets round the world."

27. Close of jar containing Angelica root - a key ingredient in gin

28. Close of Angelica in hand

29. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Kemp, Director of Orkney Distilling Ltd.:

"It's sad to think that small producers like us I think will be penalised because there's been no indication of how the support mechanism might work for the industries and for young companies like us."

30. Mid pan right of sign reading: (Welsh/English) "Cymru/Wales"

31. Various of chef at the Celtic Pie Co. slicing steak and ale pie

32. Wide of Jessica Lea-Wilson from Halen Mon Anglesey Sea Salt co.

33. Close of Lea-Wilson

34. Close of bowl of sea salt

35. Mid of Lea-Wilson pouring salt into her hand

36. Close of salt in her hand

37. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Lea-Wilson, Brand Manager, Halen Mon Anglesey Sea Salt co.:

"The protected designation of origin, this little symbol here, protected food names like Champagne or Parma ham or Melton Mowbray pork pies, this legislation is in place to protect our brands, make sure that they're not imitated and we're not quite sure what's going to happen when we leave the EU when it comes to that and that's really important to our business. So we're trying to highlight that and bring it to the government's attention."

38. Extreme close of salt crystals in hand

39. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Lea-Wilson, Brand Manager, Halen Mon Anglesey Sea Salt co.:

"We already have a growing market in the US and we're trying to see it as a positive thing that it might grow and that might be an opportunity for us, especially in terms of currency rates at the moment it's quite an attractive option for a lot of US buyers."

40. Various setup shots of event director Soraya Gadelrab speaking to exhibitor

41. SOUNDBITE (English) Soraya Gadelrab, Show Director, the International Food and Drink Event:

"At the moment trading conditions are uncertain for some people and I think a big international trade show like this gives the UK suppliers an opportunity to say; 'Here we are, we're open for business.' But on top of that it shows new markets who perhaps haven't done a lot of imports from the UK previously, that we have such a plethora of on trend products to come and look at, but also it gives those buyers an opportunity to meet the suppliers face-to-face, talk to them and start talking about real genuine business."

42. Various of Robert Ortiz, chef from Lima restaurant in London, demonstrating Peruvian cooking onstage