:00:00. > :00:00.Another day of drama as the ramifications of last week's
:00:00. > :00:26.Leave vote continue to sink in here and in Brussels.
:00:27. > :00:32.David Cameron meets EU leaders in Brussels -
:00:33. > :00:36.they tell him if you're leaving, then get on with it.
:00:37. > :00:38.Nicola Sturgeon goes there tomorrow to explore all Scotland's
:00:39. > :00:43.Could there be a way forward with Gibraltar?
:00:44. > :00:47.And it all gets a whole lot more awkward for Jeremy Corbyn
:00:48. > :01:11.as he loses a vote of no confidence by his MPs.
:01:12. > :01:15.The First Minister will meet European Parliament President Martin
:01:16. > :01:22.Schulz tomorrow. She started exploring opportunities for a place
:01:23. > :01:28.for Scotland in the EU. They were also claims Miss Sturgeon was trying
:01:29. > :01:34.to steer the country towards a second independence referendum.
:01:35. > :01:42.Extraordinary times often call for exploring measures. The Presiding
:01:43. > :01:47.Officer said he was ready to recall Parliament from its summer holidays
:01:48. > :01:50.if required. This was the first chance we have had to come together
:01:51. > :01:54.since the monumental events of last week. The consequences of the
:01:55. > :01:58.European referendum for Scotland are complex and will take some time to
:01:59. > :02:02.fully emerge. I determine the parliament will play a full role in
:02:03. > :02:06.the process. Then the First Minister rose to her feet to express
:02:07. > :02:11.disappointment and concern at the vote for Britain to leave the EU
:02:12. > :02:14.despite Scotland's majority view to remain and she said that while a
:02:15. > :02:19.second independence referendum wasn't currently her number one
:02:20. > :02:23.option, it was still on the table. Based on the very clear result in
:02:24. > :02:26.Scotland, if we were to be removed from the year, it would be against
:02:27. > :02:31.the will of our people. That would be democratically unacceptable. It
:02:32. > :02:36.is for that reason I have said everything must be on the table to
:02:37. > :02:39.protect our place in Europe including a second independence
:02:40. > :02:43.referendum and to ensure that the option of holding a referendum
:02:44. > :02:48.within the time frame of UK negotiations on leaving DEQ is
:02:49. > :02:51.viable, we will prepare the legislation now. But the
:02:52. > :02:55.Conservatives' Ruth Davidson said the First Minister had an ulterior
:02:56. > :03:00.motive. Within hours of the vote becoming clear, the Scottish
:03:01. > :03:03.Government had pushed questions of independence front and centre. I
:03:04. > :03:07.cannot ignore the First Minister's announcement that she had already
:03:08. > :03:09.instructed Government officials to start drawing up necessary
:03:10. > :03:14.legislation for a second independence referendum. The Labour
:03:15. > :03:19.leader turned hot anger back towards Ruth Davidson. Anger at a party that
:03:20. > :03:28.forced this EU referendum on a country that did not want it only to
:03:29. > :03:33.resolve an eagle contest in the Tory party -- ego. Willie Rennie was
:03:34. > :03:37.equally scathing about the Conservatives. The economic chaos
:03:38. > :03:43.means the Tories can never again claim to be the defenders of the
:03:44. > :03:46.economy and after the surge in the support for independence at the
:03:47. > :03:52.weekend, nor can the Tories claimed to be the defenders of the union.
:03:53. > :03:55.Patrick Harvie from the Greens argued the result of the last
:03:56. > :04:00.independence referendum had now been superseded and gave his backing to
:04:01. > :04:04.another one. People who voted in 2014 did so on a false prospectus, a
:04:05. > :04:08.false promise that their membership of the European Union would be
:04:09. > :04:17.protected in those circumstances and it has not been. Despite today's
:04:18. > :04:22.exchanges on independence, MSP is ultimately voted by a majority to
:04:23. > :04:25.mandate the First Minister two, as they put it, protect Scotland's
:04:26. > :04:29.relationship with the European Union. Nicola Sturgeon will travel
:04:30. > :04:33.to Brussels tomorrow to begin the process of seeking a solution but if
:04:34. > :04:36.none are found, Scotland may well have to get ready for another
:04:37. > :04:47.referendum, this time on whether Scotland should leave the UK.
:04:48. > :04:57.Model Frazier and Lewis McDonald and Richard Lochhead join me now.
:04:58. > :05:01.Richard, the First Minister is off to Brussels tomorrow. It is clear
:05:02. > :05:04.from the standing ovation there was some warmth for Scotland's position
:05:05. > :05:10.there but realistically, what can she achieve? As Parliament gave a
:05:11. > :05:16.mandate to the First Minister to do, she is going to speak up for
:05:17. > :05:18.Scotland because after last week's monumental result, the situation was
:05:19. > :05:22.Scotland voted to stay in Europe because it is important to our
:05:23. > :05:28.country's future, the rest of UK deported to leave and we face an
:05:29. > :05:35.anxious time ahead. It is encouraging to see the opposition
:05:36. > :05:37.party rallying around to say that Scotland has two act and give a
:05:38. > :05:43.mandate to the Scottish Government to find a route to maintain a
:05:44. > :05:46.relationship with Europe because that is the democratic will of the
:05:47. > :05:49.Scottish people. We have to look at all the options at this stage, which
:05:50. > :05:54.was discussed in Parliament today, and we have been speaking to other
:05:55. > :06:00.parts of the UK than 40 to stay in Europe like Gibraltar and Northern
:06:01. > :06:03.Ireland -- voted to stay in Europe, and we want to continue that
:06:04. > :06:07.dialogue and explore all options because the outcome that most
:06:08. > :06:10.political parties want to see reflecting the will of the Scottish
:06:11. > :06:16.people is to retain the relationship of Europe. It's the kind of country
:06:17. > :06:20.we want to be. Lewis McDonald, you supported the First Minister in her
:06:21. > :06:26.quest for a mandate to pursue talks. How far will you support call? What
:06:27. > :06:29.we asked the First Minister to do as a parliament was to explore all the
:06:30. > :06:33.options and to find out whether there was a route that would allow
:06:34. > :06:39.Scotland to maintain his relationship with DEQ and their
:06:40. > :06:42.place in the single market -- the EU. I think that is a clear
:06:43. > :06:48.direction that she will take for and report back to Parliament. If she
:06:49. > :06:52.comes back having explored all the options and says that nothing short
:06:53. > :06:55.of independence will keep Scotland within the year, would you then
:06:56. > :06:59.support a second independence referendum? Labour's position has
:07:00. > :07:04.never been to support that but what we don't want is to explore what
:07:05. > :07:09.options there might be and clearly we need to take into consideration
:07:10. > :07:12.what the report back from her explanation is, but it would be a
:07:13. > :07:17.mistake and the First Minister was very clear in her contribution in
:07:18. > :07:21.the parliament that it would be a mistake to say this was a ruse to
:07:22. > :07:23.set up an independence referendum. She was very clear that she was
:07:24. > :07:33.genuinely seeking other possible ways forward and we encourage her to
:07:34. > :07:36.do that. Murdo Frazier, do you accept it would be democratically
:07:37. > :07:39.unacceptable for Scotland to be taken out of the EU against its
:07:40. > :07:45.will? What the vote last Thursday was about was whether the United
:07:46. > :07:49.Kingdom should remain part of the EU or not. The people of Scotland were
:07:50. > :07:57.voting on that proposition, not a proposition about Scotland alone.
:07:58. > :08:01.I've been diligent with e-mails from constituents who voted Remain in the
:08:02. > :08:06.vote last Thursday who are outraged that Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP are
:08:07. > :08:10.somehow taking that vote to remain as a mandate for a second
:08:11. > :08:13.independence referendum because they are making the position very clear
:08:14. > :08:18.that they are supporters of the United Kingdom. They voted for the
:08:19. > :08:24.UK to domain in the EU. They are like me disappointed in the outcome
:08:25. > :08:27.of that referendum but they don't believe that gives the SNP in
:08:28. > :08:31.mandate to pursue a second independence referendum. These
:08:32. > :08:36.negotiations ended up, we all agree on Ruth Davidson made this clear
:08:37. > :08:39.today, we want to deal with the EU, we want to keep access to the single
:08:40. > :08:42.market for British businesses and Scottish businesses if at all
:08:43. > :08:50.possible but that needs to be agreed on a UK wide basis. So even if the
:08:51. > :08:54.First Minister comes back with an assurance that Scotland could remain
:08:55. > :09:01.in the EU if it was to vote for independence, you would stick with
:09:02. > :09:04.the rest of the UK out of Europe? There is no mandate for another
:09:05. > :09:08.independence referendum. We've just been through two very divisive and
:09:09. > :09:14.better referendum campaigns, one last week on an ownership of the EU,
:09:15. > :09:17.won two years ago on Scotland's place in the union. The last thing
:09:18. > :09:22.the people of Scotland need is another bit of and divisive
:09:23. > :09:25.referendum. At a time when we are seeing instability in the economy
:09:26. > :09:28.and political and civility in the UK, we don't need to add to that
:09:29. > :09:34.instability with yet another referendum. Richard Lochhead, there
:09:35. > :09:39.is no mandate for a second independence referendum. Murdo seems
:09:40. > :09:42.to be ignoring the result of the referendum in Scotland were
:09:43. > :09:47.overwhelmingly people in this country voted to stay in Europe and
:09:48. > :09:49.Murdo is a member of Scotland's national parliament because we had a
:09:50. > :09:52.nation with our own national Parliament and people looking to a
:09:53. > :09:55.national parliament to show leadership and we are certainly
:09:56. > :09:57.getting no leadership from the UK parties in London, particularly the
:09:58. > :10:01.Conservatives got us into this mess in the first place. The people of
:10:02. > :10:08.Scotland want a national parliament and MSPs to get Scotland out of this
:10:09. > :10:12.mess that the conservative Government put us into in the first
:10:13. > :10:14.place. That's why we have a national parliament, to discuss questions and
:10:15. > :10:19.represent the Scottish national interest and in any one's book, I
:10:20. > :10:23.think a number of people agreed in Scotland, this is such a big issue,
:10:24. > :10:25.it is a material change in circumstances and we have always
:10:26. > :10:33.said it was to be another referendum in the future and it under the --
:10:34. > :10:38.turned out to be the only option for staying, given the vote in Scotland.
:10:39. > :10:42.Before we go, I would like to ask you about the Labour Party. Kezia
:10:43. > :10:46.Dugdale says it is difficult for Jeremy Corbyn to continue as Labour
:10:47. > :10:51.leader. You think it is time for him to resign? That difficulty is
:10:52. > :10:55.obvious. I think you will sleep on it. It is a difficult position for
:10:56. > :11:02.anyone to leave their party of their own immediate colleagues do not have
:11:03. > :11:07.confidence on them -- in them. We have been talking about the position
:11:08. > :11:10.with Brexit. One other possible outcome is a general election across
:11:11. > :11:14.the UK. Clearly a Labour would want to be in a position to challenge the
:11:15. > :11:18.Tories because it is the Tories who have created this mess, the Tories
:11:19. > :11:23.are responsible for it. They need to be challenged. That, I think, is
:11:24. > :11:25.presently Labour's job and I think Jeremy Corbyn and everybody else
:11:26. > :11:41.will have to think seriously about how best we can do that.
:11:42. > :11:49.It has emerged that Gibraltar has entered into talks with Scotland to
:11:50. > :11:52.discuss staying part of the EU. The territory's Chief Minister says he
:11:53. > :11:56.is speaking to Nicola Sturgeon about the potential options for both
:11:57. > :12:01.countries. The territory backed Remain with the mass of 95% mandate.
:12:02. > :12:03.He shot well ago I spoke to Alan trench who is an academic on
:12:04. > :12:14.devolution. Is this wishful thinking or could
:12:15. > :12:20.Scotland, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar negotiate together to stay
:12:21. > :12:25.in the EU? Am afraid it is. The European Union is first and foremost
:12:26. > :12:29.a union of member states and they are part of the European Union
:12:30. > :12:33.because they are part of the states. I cannot think of a single case
:12:34. > :12:37.where it would be possible to be part of something that is not a
:12:38. > :12:41.member state but is somehow in the European Union. You can do things
:12:42. > :12:51.the other way round. There are cases such as the Faroe Islands where they
:12:52. > :12:54.are part of a member state but the European Union law does not in whole
:12:55. > :12:57.or part apply there. The idea that you cannot dim but the member state
:12:58. > :13:01.is not a member state is really, really strange. Do you think there
:13:02. > :13:06.is another way that Scotland could remain in the EU without being a
:13:07. > :13:11.full member state? One possibility is the sort of deal that is
:13:12. > :13:16.currently being talked about, the Norway type deal to remain in the
:13:17. > :13:19.European Economic Area but not to be part of the European Union. Scotland
:13:20. > :13:23.would have most of the advantages of being part of European Union but
:13:24. > :13:28.would not have any entitlement to participate in the seedings at the
:13:29. > :13:32.Council of ministers, send members to the European Parliament and so
:13:33. > :13:37.on. Otherwise, I cannot see any way at all. Either Scotland is a part of
:13:38. > :13:43.the UK in which it may not be part of the European Union, or it can, by
:13:44. > :13:49.becoming independent, remain part of the EU, but severing links with
:13:50. > :13:55.other parts of the United Kingdom. This situation is unprecedented. We
:13:56. > :13:59.saw earlier today a standing ovation for the SNP in Brussels. Might there
:14:00. > :14:04.be a willingness to take in new approach given the circumstances? I
:14:05. > :14:09.am doubtful about that. In any case, that is a case of innovative
:14:10. > :14:13.constitutional thinking that I don't think the EU is capable of, zero I
:14:14. > :14:20.think there is much willingness to go down that route, and given all
:14:21. > :14:25.that is going on at the moment. The EU has many other urgent matters to
:14:26. > :14:34.deal with as well. This is a huge convocation, for the union and
:14:35. > :14:40.leaders to deal with at this time. Do you think all roads lead back to
:14:41. > :14:44.a second independence referendum? I think so. There might be an option
:14:45. > :14:51.for Gibraltar. The Chief Minister may not thank U for pointing it out.
:14:52. > :14:59.That is co-sovereignty through Spain and being part of Spain rather than
:15:00. > :15:03.the UK. We heard that an independent Scotland could stay in the EU
:15:04. > :15:07.without having to go to the back of the queue for other countries
:15:08. > :15:12.looking to join, how do you think that will go down with countries
:15:13. > :15:19.like Spain? That is an interesting position. Spain may feel very uneasy
:15:20. > :15:23.about that, particularly if Mariano Rajoy remains the Prime Minister and
:15:24. > :15:32.is determined to do all he can to prevent Catalan become independent.
:15:33. > :15:39.Scotland has several advantages, as it always has, including at the time
:15:40. > :15:44.of the referendum in 2014, it satisfies something already because
:15:45. > :15:49.the UK is in the state and it is in compliance with European law, in the
:15:50. > :15:54.aspects of how Scotland works. It would be in a very ready position to
:15:55. > :15:58.negotiate, the question is whether it has to make a formal application
:15:59. > :16:03.or count as a member state which is leaving. As you say, these are
:16:04. > :16:08.unprecedented circumstances, no one quite knows what the procedures are,
:16:09. > :16:13.and how all remember states and the complexities of politics will work.
:16:14. > :16:16.Briefly, what about the UK's position now? Boris Johnson says
:16:17. > :16:22.there will continue to be free trade and access to the single market, how
:16:23. > :16:30.likely is that in your view? We will see. I suspect it is much more
:16:31. > :16:33.difficult than Boris Johnson wants to give the impression that it is.
:16:34. > :16:35.If that is the goal, I think he might have run the Leave campaign
:16:36. > :16:43.differently. A lot of hard work about the nature of the EU and those
:16:44. > :16:44.roads will not be forgotten by other member states. Alan Trench, thank
:16:45. > :17:05.you. David Cameron has given a press
:17:06. > :17:10.conference in Brussels. He said Britain would not turn its back on
:17:11. > :17:16.Europe and he hoped the closest possible relationship could be
:17:17. > :17:20.negotiated outside the EU. Meanwhile, in the EU parliament
:17:21. > :17:31.earlier today, Ukip leader and Leave campaigner Nigel Farage was booed
:17:32. > :17:35.and the SNP MSP made an impassioned plea on behalf of Scotland.
:17:36. > :17:40.Coming together to work out how best to part. As David Cameron arrived in
:17:41. > :17:45.Brussels for Brexit talks with European leaders, the European
:17:46. > :17:48.Parliament was debating the UK's decision to withdraw, with one
:17:49. > :17:54.Scottish representative highlighting the remain vote in Scotland and
:17:55. > :18:00.appealing to any use to help to maintain Scotland's EU links. There
:18:01. > :18:04.are a lot of things to be negotiated. We need cool heads and
:18:05. > :18:12.warm hearts, but please remember this, Scotland did not let you down.
:18:13. > :18:24.Please, I beg you, do not let Scotland down now! And outside the
:18:25. > :18:28.chamber, this former Belgian Prime Minister who is meeting Nicola
:18:29. > :18:33.Sturgeon tomorrow, backed continuing EU membership for Scotland, if it
:18:34. > :18:37.votes for independence. If they decide to be independent, they
:18:38. > :18:41.decide to be independent. If you want them to stay in the European
:18:42. > :18:47.Union, they can stay in the European Union, it is their decision. Stay in
:18:48. > :18:51.without having to join a queue to get in? Yes, they are in for the
:18:52. > :19:03.moment said it is no problem on that side. But this analyst who is now
:19:04. > :19:06.advising the Scottish Government on Brexit thinks some EU member states
:19:07. > :19:06.would be nervous about Scottish independence.
:19:07. > :19:11.It is especially a country like Spain with a secessionist movement
:19:12. > :19:15.with Catalonia and the Basque country and also other countries
:19:16. > :19:19.around Europe where you have regions which at least have a tendency
:19:20. > :19:25.towards secession, for example Belgian. The First Minister has made
:19:26. > :19:29.clear she is prepared to explore all options to protect Scotland's
:19:30. > :19:33.relationship with the European Union, including independence. She
:19:34. > :19:38.is seeking direct talks with the governments and institutions of the
:19:39. > :19:41.EU, and they will begin here in Brussels tomorrow, when Nicola
:19:42. > :19:44.Sturgeon comes to the parliament to meet its president Martin Schultz,
:19:45. > :19:56.among others. Glen Campbell there.
:19:57. > :19:59.Tara Palmeri is a reporter for Politico Europe and she joins me
:20:00. > :20:10.What did he have to say? He said he had a lot of regret at this final
:20:11. > :20:15.European Council, which I think is code for he basically had to say he
:20:16. > :20:20.was sorry to all of these Prime Ministers four first of all putting
:20:21. > :20:26.them through an extremely torturous night, months of having to walk on
:20:27. > :20:32.eggshells and to finally come back with a vote of no-confidence in the
:20:33. > :20:38.EU, I guess you would say. It was kind of a sombre moment. At the end,
:20:39. > :20:45.he answered the question saying that. The reason the UK people voted
:20:46. > :20:49.to leave the EU is because of migration from Europe. So, he did
:20:50. > :20:56.cave his thoughts, his feeling of why they voted to leave. I
:20:57. > :20:59.understand from some reports, he was actually calling for reforms on
:21:00. > :21:06.freedom of movement in Europe. I wonder how will that go down that?
:21:07. > :21:11.It is kind of hard to ask for change after you have already left, right?
:21:12. > :21:16.So we will see how that goes down. The truth is, your scepticism is
:21:17. > :21:20.growing all over the EU, and if they want to contain this contagion of
:21:21. > :21:26.anti-EU feelings, they need to take these concerns into account. We have
:21:27. > :21:29.heard a lot of tough talking today in Brussels, perhaps more
:21:30. > :21:32.specifically from the German Chancellor, our attitudes likely to
:21:33. > :21:40.soften over the coming weeks and months? I think they are going to
:21:41. > :21:44.soften. I think a lot of people were very emotional from the results,
:21:45. > :21:48.especially those who are red realists and believe in the European
:21:49. > :21:54.project, and see it almost as the United States of Europe. Those
:21:55. > :22:02.people were especially crushed. It was like losing a state. So, that
:22:03. > :22:07.group, yes, they may have used that emotion of sadness and diverted it
:22:08. > :22:13.into a vengeful feelings to defuse any sort of contagion of your
:22:14. > :22:18.scepticism moving around Europe. What we have right now is a really
:22:19. > :22:25.fragile political situation in France. One of the core founders of
:22:26. > :22:30.the EU, where the National Front is polling at 28% higher than the
:22:31. > :22:35.current sitting president, Francois Hollande. They are also asking for
:22:36. > :22:42.an EU referendum on membership. This is obviously going to be an issue
:22:43. > :22:46.throughout Europe. They are calling for a referendum in the Netherlands
:22:47. > :22:50.and the Czech Republic. I am sure this will be the topic of
:22:51. > :22:57.conversation for months and years to come, unless there is serious talk
:22:58. > :23:00.about how to change the EU. Scotland's First Minister arrives
:23:01. > :23:05.tomorrow. We saw a standing ovation for an SNP MEP today in the chamber,
:23:06. > :23:08.do you get a sense there is widespread support for trying to
:23:09. > :23:16.find a way to keep Scotland within the EU, even if the rest of the UK
:23:17. > :23:23.leaves? I am not sure that that is a priority right now. I do think they
:23:24. > :23:27.are genuinely thinking about how to defuse the political uncertainty
:23:28. > :23:33.right now in the UK. Scotland throws in a whole new factor and frankly,
:23:34. > :23:37.even more uncertainty. I'm sure that obviously, the idea that Scotland
:23:38. > :23:42.has solidarity with the EU helps their cause, shows that the European
:23:43. > :23:47.project is important and useful and they want to be a part of it and
:23:48. > :23:52.they don't want to leave, but at the same time, I think right now the
:23:53. > :23:58.focus is on triggering article 50, trying to quell the uncertainty
:23:59. > :24:05.throughout Europe, and I guess perhaps looking to Scotland. I think
:24:06. > :24:06.it would be... I am afraid there we will have to leave it. Thank you
:24:07. > :24:13.very much in Brussels. Labour MPs have backed a motion
:24:14. > :24:15.of no confidence in their party leader Jeremy Corbyn by 172
:24:16. > :24:17.votes to 40. It's thought a challenge
:24:18. > :24:20.to his leadership could emerge Meanwhile, the Conservatives have
:24:21. > :24:22.announced that their leadership contest has been put back
:24:23. > :24:25.until September 9th. To tell us more about all of this
:24:26. > :24:39.here's our Westminster correspondent Hello, Nick, it is all happening
:24:40. > :24:45.down there. As the days go by, as days go, it could not be much worse
:24:46. > :24:49.for Jeremy Corbyn, could it? No, I did think there is any doubt now
:24:50. > :24:54.that there is a war for the heart and the future of the Labour Party
:24:55. > :24:57.taking place at Westminster. Jeremy Corbyn is standing firm tonight.
:24:58. > :25:02.There is no sign that he's going anywhere, despite the fact that 80%
:25:03. > :25:07.of the Parliamentary Labour Party said earlier today, they no longer
:25:08. > :25:11.have any confidence in him. One of the voices questioning just how he
:25:12. > :25:17.could continue, how he could stay on in the job with so little support in
:25:18. > :25:24.parliament was Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale. Here is what
:25:25. > :25:29.she told BBC Scotland earlier. I am leading the Scottish Labour Party.
:25:30. > :25:33.We went through a similar process and had a similar mandate. I have
:25:34. > :25:38.72% of the party in Scotland behind me. If I had lost 80% of my
:25:39. > :25:41.parliamentary colleagues I simply could not do my job and I think it
:25:42. > :25:47.will be very difficult for Jeremy Corbyn to continue. Mr Corbyn points
:25:48. > :25:51.that he still thinks he has substantial support within the
:25:52. > :25:55.membership of the Labour Party. He says that he will not betray those
:25:56. > :25:59.who elected him by standing down. But a sign of just how difficult it
:26:00. > :26:05.could be for him to remain in the role comes in the Scottish context.
:26:06. > :26:15.In the question over who will replace Iain Murray as the shadow
:26:16. > :26:20.Scottish Secretary. I have been told none of the peers would prepare to
:26:21. > :26:25.take the job while Jeremy Corbyn is still the leader. He has won
:26:26. > :26:31.Scottish MP. There are a number of roles where Jeremy Corbyn cannot
:26:32. > :26:35.find people to fill Shadow Cabinet positions at the moment. The SNP are
:26:36. > :26:40.saying that is not good enough. They won that role filled as soon as
:26:41. > :26:43.possible. I fully expect there will be a leadership contest now. Labour
:26:44. > :26:48.MPs are taking soundings tonight about who might want to stand
:26:49. > :26:52.against Jeremy Corbyn, who might be the best person to defeat him. The
:26:53. > :26:57.two names which keep coming up today are Tom Watson, the deputy leader of
:26:58. > :27:04.the Labour Party, and Angela Eagle, who until yesterday was the shadow
:27:05. > :27:06.Business Minister. Of course, the leadership election all eyes are on
:27:07. > :27:14.at the moment is for the Conservative Party. Where is the
:27:15. > :27:19.smart money going? Tomorrow, the nominations open. I think we will.
:27:20. > :27:22.To see some of the focus shifts from Labour to the Conservatives. The
:27:23. > :27:27.next Conservative leader, the person who will be the Prime Minister.
:27:28. > :27:32.Boris Johnson is the favourite. He is the person everyone Westminster
:27:33. > :27:36.expects to stand with the backing of Michael Gove. But there is some
:27:37. > :27:42.momentum building I think for a stop Boris candidate. The person who has
:27:43. > :27:46.been mentioned has been Theresa May. She supported remaining in the EU,
:27:47. > :27:52.but she was not particularly vocal about that so she might be somebody
:27:53. > :27:58.who Conservative MPs on the Brexit side are bit more happy about. Some
:27:59. > :28:02.other sides in the frame tonight, Liam Fox, the former Defence
:28:03. > :28:07.Secretary, a Scot of course. We expect him to put his name forward
:28:08. > :28:12.tomorrow. Also Stephen Crabb, the Internet is born minister is
:28:13. > :28:17.expected to stand with Sajid Javid as his number two -- the Inverness
:28:18. > :28:23.born minister. We will get more details tomorrow. Thank you, Nick.
:28:24. > :28:28.That is it for tonight. Thanks for watching. I will be back tomorrow
:28:29. > :28:29.night at the usual time. Join me then if you can. Until then,
:28:30. > :28:58.goodbye. And did I mention
:28:59. > :29:01.he wrote some books, too?