08:23

Good morning. I’m taking over now.

Ken Clarke, the father of the Commons and veteran Conservative pro-European, is being interviewed on the Today programme by Nick Robinson.

Q: Should Theresa May listen to John Major and David Cameron, and consult more with other parties about Brexit?

Yes, says Clarke. He says May cannot just negotiate with the DUP.

Both major parties are “hopelessly split” on this issue.

He says it would restore confidence in politics if this parliament can show that it can act in the national interest.

Q: Daniel Finkelstein in his Times column today says there is not majority for any Brexit option in the Commons.

Clarke says there must be a majority for something.

He says the Tory/Lib Dem coalition showed that parties can cooperate on issues like this.

Some MPs would like to rise above “short-term tribal arguments”, he says.