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Britain has already lost a lot of power in Brussels, Romano Prodi says, and claims all European countries now operate under a Germany umbrella.

Mr Prodi says the announcement of an in/out referendum so early was also a bad idea. He says that because of the delay by the time the referendum is carried out, Britain will have lost further policy levers in Brussels.

He  warns that Europe is very divided at the moment and says the result is that the UK may struggle to reach agreement with the other EU members.

Mr Prodi says Europe is paralysed, making treaty changes almost impossible. He adds that member states have long memories and feel the UK already has achieved much in the way of concessions, such as the rebate.

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Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron has put out a press release, setting out his stall in the party's leadership contest and claiming the backing of some senior Lib Dem figures.

"On Monday the leaders of the Welsh and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Kirsty Williams AM and Willie Rennie MSP, urged Tim to stand, describing him as 'a committed liberal, a brilliant communicator, an outstanding campaigner and an inspirational leader'," it reads.

"Tim has also gained pubic support from former party leader David Steel, Mark Williams MP, John Pugh MP, Greg Mulholland MP, Lord Taylor of Goss Moor and [former MP] Duncan Hames."

Fellow Lib Dem MP Norman Lamb has also announced a bid for the leadership.

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Norman Smith says he has been told that the previously reported version of Nigel Farage's "unresignation" was "not what happened".

It was reported that Mr Farage was to remain as UKIP leader after the party rejected his resignation.

However, Norman says he has been told that UKIP MEP Suzanne Evans was asked to "sign a bit of paper" to say she would become an interim leader "to keep the leadership seat warm over the summer" until Farage could come back.

She refused to sign this but Mr Farage then "intimidated" UKIP's national executive, who then decided to back him, Norman adds.

Staying on was always Mr Farage's "gameplan", he says.

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Godfrey Bloom, the former UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and Humber who left the party, has told the Victoria Derbyshire programme it's time for Nigel Farage to move over as leader. He said Mr Farage was "tired and stressed".

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Mr Prodi says the EU hasn't become too big following expansion and says that he believes Europe will have a unified armed forces and single foreign policy in 20 years' time.

He says that has to be the direction in which Europe is headed.

He warns Europe is losing influence in the world partly as a result of the financial crisis but also because of the failure to move ahead with ever closer union.

"We are physically losing day by day weight in the world," Mr Prodi says. "Either we dissolve Europe or we press ahead."

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Romano Prodi, former Italian prime minister and president of the European Commission, tells BBC Radio 5 Live: "The current migration problem cannot be regulated without regulating Libya. It will require an international effort from the West and Russia." He suggests the various sides need to be "obliged to negotiate” by “a specific effort of the Great Powers”.

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Existing plans to hand more powers to Scotland do not meet "the spirit or the substance" of the cross-party agreement on devolution, according to MSPs from all the main political parties in Scotland.

Holyrood's Devolution Committee, which includes Conservative and Lib Dem MSPs, has unanimously decided that the draft Scotland Bill falls short of the Smith Commission's ambitions.

The Scotland Office, now led by Tory David Mundell following Lib Dem Alistair Carmichael's ejection from government in the election, has pledged to hold a full parliamentary discussion "where differing views can be heard".

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"A civil war is erupting in UKIP around the leadership of Nigel Farage," says BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith.

He tells Victoria Derbyshire he has spoken to "a very senior figure in UKIP" who believes Mr Farage could not remain leader without a contest, given the party's election performance.

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Today asked earlier whether Labour's social media presence was one of the reasons why the party lost. Did the party activists convince themselves they were winning on Twitter and Facebook, in contrast to the reality on the ground?

Professor Helen Margetts of the Oxford Internet Institute said Labour "tried to reach out to a mass of people on social media" but did not do as well at this as the Conservatives or the SNP.

The Conservatives, meanwhile, had a "silent campaign" targeting advertising on Facebook, she added.

Just in case anyone (ie, journalists) wanted to know. Seems keen to chat.

A Scottish Parliament committee is expected to raise serious concerns about the UK government's draft legislation to deliver further devolution, reports BBC Scotland's Glenn Campbell.

The Smith Commission was set up to consider more powers after the independence referendum. The last UK government promised to deliver its recommendations and the new government is committed to legislation.

The cross-party committee report is expected to find that these proposals do not live up to the spirit of the Smith agreement and require revision.

Yesterday, SNP leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made a statement in the Scottish Parliament on the outcome of the UK election, saying that her party's position was that the Smith Commission's proposals did not go far enough.

A Scotland Office spokesman said: "The UK government is committed to delivering more devolved powers through the package outlined by the cross-party Smith Commission."

For the BBC it was a record breaker, particularly when it comes to people reading about the election on their mobile phones (12.8m) and tablet computers (4.9m).

Steve Herrmann, BBC Digital executive editor, says the figures show the changes in the ways we're all consuming news. There's more here.