Summary

  • Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have been on Sky News, with former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr

  • Mrs May warns party rivals that replacing her won't make Brexit negotiations easier or "change the parliamentary arithmetic"

  • Labour leader Mr Corbyn says a further referendum is "an option for the future but not an option for today"

  • Publication of the draft withdrawal agreement led to the resignations of two senior ministers and several junior ministers and aides

  1. May: Next seven days 'critical'published at 10:02 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    Sky News

    Mrs May said the next seven days were "going to be critical", and said she would be travelling back to Brussels to talk to figures including Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president.

    She told Sophy Ridge: "I will be going back to Brussels.

    "The negotiating teams are working as we speak and obviously which day I go back to Brussels... will partly be about how those negotiations go.

    "I will be going back to Brussels, I will be in touch with other leaders as well, because the summit next week - and it is next week - this special European Council, will be among the European leaders."

  2. May: Abuse does not distract mepublished at 09:59 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    Sky News

    Now on to the personal. Sophy Ridge raises the name-calling and abuse targeted at Mrs May.

    Mrs May says: "All of us in politics have responsibility to talk about things responsibly.

    "It doesn't distract me. Politics is a tough business and I've been in it for a long time.

    "I've been through some tough times in the past. What are we here for? Who are we here for? That's what we must put first and foremost. That's what drives me."

  3. May: 48 letter threshold not reached - 'as far as I know'published at 09:54 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    Sky News

    Asked why the withdrawal agreement is 585 pages long and the document on the future relationship with the EU is only seven pages long, Mrs May says she can't sign up to that detailed legal text on the future relationship until the UK has left the EU.

    She's then asked about the backstop on the Ireland issue, which her former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab struggled with. She stresses it's "an insurance policy".

    "There's an assumption that this is the only option on the table - and it's not."

    She says we can choose whether to have that backstop or extend the implementation period.

    Presenter Sophy Ridge says this deal won't get through Parliament.

    Mrs May says: "MPs will have to look at the deal and think: this is about delivering on Brexit.

    "It's about ensuring we deliver what people in this country voted on."

    She says she doesn't believe Graham Brady - chairman of the 1922 committee - has received the 48 letters needed to trigger a confidence vote in her leadership.

    "As far as I know, no - it has not," she says.

  4. May says she did not think about giving uppublished at 09:42 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    Sky News

    Theresa May is now up on Sky News.

    Giving the week she's had, has she considered giving up?

    "No I haven't. Of course it's been a tough week. These negotiations have been difficult from the start.

    "But this is not about me, it's about what's in the national interest," she says.

    Cabinet ministers have been saying changes need to be made to the draft withdrawal agreement. Mrs May says there is more negotiation taking place.

    The focus this week will be on the future relationship, she says.

    She adds that MPs want more detail on that - "that's what we are working on this week".

  5. ERG publishes its case against May's dealpublished at 09:30 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    In a document entitled: Your Right to Know,, external the pro-Brexit European Research Group outlines its case against the draft withdrawal agreement "in plain English".

    It says the deal would leave the UK "half in and half out" of the EU.

    "This will mean that we will become a ‘vassal state’ many of whose laws will have been created abroad and over which we have no influence.

    "This is completely against the spirit of the 2017 referendum in which 17.4 million UK citizens voted to leave the European Union."

  6. Corbyn asked whether he is a Euroscepticpublished at 09:23 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    Sky News

    Mr Corbyn insists Labour could get the same benefits on trade on the customs union as EU membership brings.

    "It's in the EU's interests to have good relationship with the countries around the EU," he tells Sky News.

    Asked whether he is a Eurosceptic, he says: "I would describe myself as a socialist who wants to see social justice."

  7. Corbyn: Referendum 'not an option for today'published at 09:14 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    Sky News

    Asked whether Brexit can be stopped, Jeremy Corbyn says: "We could not stop it because we don't have the votes in Parliament to do so."

    Sky News presenter Sophy Ridge then asked whether he would like to see another referendum.

    "It's an option for the future but not an option for today," he said.

    He said he voted Remain in the 2016 referendum but if there were to be another, he said: "I don't know how I would vote - what the options would be at that time."

  8. Are hints to come on likelihood of leadership challenge?published at 09:10 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    The only man who knows how many letters calling for a confidence vote in Theresa May have been submitted is on the radio this morning.

    We know about 24 have gone in - well short of the 48 required to trigger a vote. Here is the list in full.

    But are there more we don't know about or have some since been retracted?

    Sir Graham, chairman of the 1922 Committee, is well-known to be tight-lipped on the numbers but might he offer a hint?

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  9. Corbyn: Deal is 'one-way agreement'published at 09:08 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

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    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells Sky News the draft withdrawal agreement does not meet Labour's tests.

    He highlights the issue of Northern Ireland, saying the deal is not acceptable and would create a border down the Irish Sea.

    He added that the deal meant the UK has "no say".

    "It's a one-way agreement. It's quite risky.

    He said the government should go back to the EU and renegotiate "rapidly".

    Asked whether he had read the agreement, he replied: "I've read a lot of it."

  10. May: No alternative to my dealpublished at 09:01 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    Theresa MayImage source, AFP

    Theresa May has been reaching out to the Sun on Sunday readers, , externalinsisting her deal is the only deal that would work.

    "There is no alternative plan on the table. There is no different approach that we could agree with the EU," she told them.

    She said if MPs rejected the deal which they are expected to vote on next month, they would "simply take us back to square one".

    "It would mean more division, more uncertainty and a failure to deliver on the vote of the British people."

  11. Baker to publish seven-page summary of dealpublished at 08:53 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    We're expecting Conservative MP Steve Baker to publish a document shortly, whittling down the 585-page draft withdrawal agreement into seven pages.

    Brexiteer Tory MP Mark Francois said yesterday it was being made publicly available because everyone should read it.

  12. Guide to Brexit: What happens next?published at 08:48 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    We've done our best to answer some of the biggest questions around Brexit:

    • What's been agreed?
    • Will Theresa May stay?
    • What happens next?

    Read our guide to where we're at here.

  13. Raab: Political will and resolve was missingpublished at 08:41 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    Dominic RaabImage source, PA

    Dominic Raab - who resigned as Brexit Secretary on Thursday - has been speaking to the Sunday Times, external about what he thinks went wrong with the Brexit negotiations.

    He criticised the way the UK has dealt with Brussels, saying there had been a lack of resolve and now believes Britain should walk away from negotiations rather than being bullied.

    He also warned against looking "like we're afraid of our own shadow".

    "I think there is one thing that is missing and that is political will and resolve," he told the paper. "I am not sure that message has ever landed."

  14. May and Raab face TV grillingpublished at 08:30 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    It will be a busy morning on the TV sofas with former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab appearing on the BBC's Andrew Marr show from 10:00 GMT, alongside shadow attorney general Baroness Shami Chakrabarti and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

    Over on Sky, Sophy Ridge will be speaking to Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at 09:00 GMT.

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  15. Paper review: Tory rebels make movepublished at 08:26 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2018

    It's no surprise to see Brexit dominating the Sunday papers. "Plot to oust May nears tipping point," declares the headline in the Sunday Telegraph., external

    It reports that Conservative MPs Zac Goldsmith and Bill Cash are the latest to submit letters of no confidence in the prime minister, bringing the known total to 25 - 48 are required to trigger a vote.

    The Sunday Times, external says seven leading Tories are actively preparing leadership campaigns.

    It leads with an interview with one of them - Dominic Raab - whose message to Theresa May is "stand up to the bullies" in Brussels.

    In what the paper says is "a thinly veiled pitch for her job", Mr Raab, who resigned as Brexit secretary on Thursday, says Britain would not look like it was "frightened of its own shadow" if he were running negotiations.

    However, Mr Raab's insistence that he was "hoodwinked" over late changes made to the draft agreement, are given short shrift in the Mail on Sunday., external

    The paper quotes a senior government source as saying the claim was "dishonest" and Mr Raab "knew exactly what was coming" but was "unwilling to take any responsibility".

    The Sunday Times, external reports that a team of army planners have started drawing up emergency measures for deploying troops in the event of any chaos caused by a no-deal Brexit.

    Citing a "well-placed army source", the paper says about 20 officers based in Hampshire are drawing up plans on how to keep order, ease traffic and deliver medicines.

  16. Sunday's front pagespublished at 22:29 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2018

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  17. Sunday Express: 'Tory rebels make their move'published at 22:18 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2018

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  18. 'Tory MPs warn hardliners they may abandon Brexit'published at 22:17 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2018

    Independent front pageImage source, The Independent
  19. Sunday Times: 'Stand up to Brussels bullies'published at 22:07 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2018

    The Sunday Times has an interview with former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab.

    Sunday Times front pageImage source, Sunday Times
  20. Mail on Sunday front pagepublished at 22:04 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2018

    Mail on Sunday front pageImage source, Mail on Sunday