the conservative party are known for their fast—moving conservative party are known for theirfast—moving nature conservative party are known for their fast—moving nature of wendy sends weakness. regicide is one of the things the party is known for. already, people are talking about who the content designed to replace theresa may. borisjohnson, david davis, amber rudd, a lot of people looking to be the next prime minister. lucy fisher, thanks very much forjoining us. much more from an unexpectedly busy westminster. we'll pause now to catch up with the weather prospects whenever you are in the country. let's get all the details. the low pressure is driving the weather system across the uk. there is some rain to be had below that. lovely sunny and warm afternoon in the south—eastern corner. a scattering of showers creeps into scotland and northern ireland later on. temperatures doing well. the rain does start to drift further east this evening and overnight but the rain becomes light and patchy. a scattering of showers in scotland and northern ireland. temperatures no lower than about 1

the conservatives for 100 years. now labour. something their success stems from videos on social media which had tens of millions of views and shares. a lot of young people as well don't really read all the newspapers that were kind of doing their smear campaign against jeremy corbyn, so i think people underestimated how effective sharing stories and photographs was. university fees and for people going back, it is over a fresh and you see someone who will stick to his word. what do you think about his image and the campaign varane?” what do you think about his image and the campaign varane? i think he did well, he did turn up to the debates and tirade didn't —— he ran. i think people were quite interested in his antiestablishment rhetoric and people sat on the backbenches and people sat on the backbenches and fighting for the small people, the little man, for 30 years. insiders at labour hq said this result was absolutely a victory for jeremy corbyn. they say the interviews voters, especially the young, by off

to all political conservatives. that is horrifying. as a tory supporter, how do you feel about this? as i said, i can‘t... i can‘t. i hope the murder mystery might be easier to solve. ahead lies a journey into brexit negotiations few would have imagined. theresa may says nothing will derail them. really interesting hearing people's voices. very much what we are trying to reflect. coffee has just arrived. 0ur eagle eyed fillip spotted earlier that lou has a blanket around her legs, because there is a d raft. as you can see we d raft. as you can see we are d raft. as you can see we are at westminster this morning, a special programme reflecting and looking ahead to what lies ahead in terms of theresa may‘s administration. tell us what is important you. we will try to get some of those questions answered. stay with us. the headlines are coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. coming up before 8:00, philip will have the weather. we are here in westminster, discussing the fallout

conservatives didn't. apart from the principles which i thought worked really well, the opening 10 pages, the rest was negative. jon: it stopped being a one issue election. the market has to deal with it. one row through, we blew through stocks, markets have to figure out what is going on now. if you do get a proper, parliament, you will see 1.27 and a parliament. we expect underperforming swaps tomorrow, if this poll is accurate. jon: the emphasis is on the word if right now. jordan rochester, great research on this. and phillip blon, he will be sticking with us. coming up on the programming, 2015 proved crucial to the overall election result. affectht the anti-brexit us this time around? from london on bloomberg tv and radio, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ the united kingdom appears to be headed for a hung parliament. according to exit polls, they fall short of a majority, with only 314 seats, down from 330. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn and his 266, up from6 -- 229. jon: the market has to adjust and it reacts lo

are conservatives who have those concerns. . . are you conservatives who have those concerns... are you saying the maths is the maths and you will have to deal with the fact you are talking to people whose ideas you don't like? says the last election, theresa may and david cameron were operating on a slim majority anyway. the dup supported them in all kinds of votes that you or i would not be talking about on tv and it didn't worry tory backbenchers then what the dup position was. and northern ireland generally doesn't seem to bother this tory party very much at all. nobody here talks about the fa ct all. nobody here talks about the fact the assembly has collapsed several months ago. they haven't been able to put humpty dumpty back together again. that seems to be of no concern to the prime minister before or since the election. she didn't even visit northern ireland to help out with that issue. a final thought about timescale because it's not on anyone's side, is it?|j suspect it won't be a coalition. we already know that. it will be eight confidence and supply arrangement,

the conservatives, 13,000 761. 24% for the conservatives. the switch from mustang, labour goes up three, the liberal democrats down five, the swing from liberal democrat to labour, 4%. certainly a long speech being made! he may be coming to the end. i hope the defeated nick clegg will be the next to speak. i think it's worth hanging on for that. voters tell pollsters they want politicians to put nation before party. nick clegg did that massively after the 2010 election. it looks as if voters don't reward politicians who put nation before party. ladies and gentleman, i'd like to invite nick clegg to say a few words. thank you. thank you very much for... applause thank you very much for this opportunity to say a few words and i'd like to start by congratulating jared on his spectacular victory stop its been the greatest privilege of my political life to represent this wonderful constituency sheffield hallam for the last 12 years, and! sheffield hallam for the last 12 years, and i wishjared o'mara all the best of luck in representing the famili

they voted for more conservatives are voted for more conservatives are voted in record numbers for conservatives. we have a big gap between ourselves and the labour party. so at that point it's the ball to move on, will form a government, and start the process of being in government. she called this election in order to get a stronger hand she felt she needed. the suggestion now is that a hard brexit is off the table. do you believe that there should now be more of a consensual approach, perhaps with some of the other parties, about how to deal with one of the great questions of our time, leaving the european union? i have been on record to say whether she had a majority of 90, 120, 640, that we should always stretch beyond our comfort them. we should always stretch to other parties. but i don't recognise the idea of hard or soft brexit. i think we test that we have got to have is can we leave the european union without causing damage either to ourselves, or sue our partners. and i think that is perfectly possible. -- or to our partners. should she leave out the liberal democrats or labour?|j pa

douglas ross, scottish conservative and unionist... seeing the snp‘s westminster leader, angus robertson, unseated, was one of the night's more dramatic moments. significant tory gains across scotland, 12 new seats, have helped keep theresa may in downing street tonight, and they are convinced it was their promise to block another referendum that created those victories. nobody, not me, not anyone, is expecting the snp to give up on independence. that is what it believes, and it is a perfectly honourable position to take. but what people do expect is that right now the snp gives scotland a break. simply put, scotland has had its fill. scottish labour are also claiming victory of a sort. now with seven mps, up from just one, they are back from the brink of extinction, saved by a corbyn surge, despite the scottish leadership‘s opposition to him. the success of our results is a combined message of being a pro—union party, talking up the benefits of the united kingdom but also showing how we can do things differently, how to reject a

he described conservative tax plans as "in chaos" today. we cannot go on underfunding public services and allowing inequality to grow with young people unable to achieve the best they can. ariana grande makes a surprise visit to fans injured in the terror attack at her gig last week ahead of her benefit concert tomorrow evening. at least ten people have been reported killed following explosions at a funeral in the afghan capital kabul. —— at least six —— six people have been reported killed. hope for ovarian cancer patients as a new drug shows promising results, shrinking tumours. and at 3:30pm, a look at how social media can impact the general election. that's click, coming up in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has insisted that conservative party policy on income tax has not changed. one of her senior cabinet colleagues had suggested that the tax would not go up even for higher earners. the tory manifesto does not include a promise on income tax, but in a newspaper interview the defence secretary,

and ross, conservative voter. it was a disappointing national result but locally a lot of constituencies, we had a massive increase in the conservative vote, in don valley, my constituency, a 64% increase in voter turnout, 9000 more votes going to the conservatives so in an area where people are taken for granted it is a labour constituency, now it is very winnable in the next election for the conservative party if we play out the conservative party if we play our cards right. next election, that could be any time soon! hopefully not any time soon, i need a rest! i think we all need a rest. what do you think of this tie—up with the dup? i'm not optimistic about a tie—up with the dup, i hope a strong government can produce a brexit that people voted for to keep the economy stable, reinforce enthusiastic and from businesses in the uk economy. i'm reallyjust hoping we don't get into any economic problems as a result of it. it is fair to say despite your political differences, you are all agreed it is good news is

politics within the conservative, here and the eu? are present now? politics within the conservative, here and the 5mm are present now? politics within the conservative, here and the eu? it is difficult to see how she survives very long on the national stage after such an appalling election result and campaign where she was front and centre. for northern ireland, the conservatives have long had a position that they are openly pro—union and they don't have the neutral position of labour. that has not been an impediment in the past to get a deal. the deal in belfast is between the dup and sinn fein are not the referee in the middle. if they can agree a deal that will ultimately be what gets power—sharing back. every single one of the dup's 28 mlas are out of a job so they have a vested interest in getting that show back on the road. very good to have your thoughts. political editor of the newsletter, and sam mcbride. it is a hugely complicated issue for theresa may and politicians here in northern ireland. it seems at the moment tha

and i know you voted conservative, and you're very much conservative, and you're very much conservative, anju? yes. what do you think about the picture looking ahead, talks with the dup? i'm not massively positive about that. but i just we can get a strong leadership to lead us through brexit and towards prosperity, because i don't think labour would have given us that. i think the voters have said, labour is not what we want, however a massive tory landslide is not what we want, either. we have to look at the election and say, where do people go wrong, what do the people want, and try and address that. which i think theresa may didn't, she was very absent. when you arrived early on, you looked fairly fed up. yeah, i thought that when she called the election, i was surprised, and i thought, yes, she's going to win this landslide. i thought, she has got this in the bag. and it has gone so badly wrong for her. unbelievable. i am gone this morning, i'm afraid. but you say to me that you've just got to get on with it? you've got to. like isaid in get on with it? you've got to. like i said i

the conservatives in scotla nd brexit. the conservatives in scotland campaigned to remain within the eu. ruth davidson has previously said the uk should have the largest amount of access to the single market possible. so, there's going to be an area there where she will be able to flex muscles. she had a good result here, the best result conservatives have had in scotland since 1983. and she has got some clout. she is definitely part of the reason why theresa may is still in downing street this morning. let's talk about the other aspects of the deal with the dup as well. senior sinn fein leaders say they're concerned that a deal between the dup and the conservatives could put the northern ireland peace process at risk. power sharing in stormont broke down in january, and nationalists say they expect the british government to remain neutral in efforts to revive it. this current arrangement may well prove to be reckless, but we will have to wait and see. we have argued for some considerable time that the british government h

theresa may has insisted that conservative party policy on income tax has not changed. one of her senior cabinet colleagues had suggested that the tax would not go up even for higher earners. the tory manifesto does not include a promise on income tax, but in a newspaper interview the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, said the only way people could be sure of not paying more tax was to vote conservative. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the last push to win over undecided voters and shore up support among the tory base. theresa may forced to clarify the conservative's tax policy this morning after senior cabinet members suggested income tax rises would be off the table. 0ur position on tax hasn't changed. we've set that out in the manifesto. what people will know when they go to vote on thursday is that it is the conservative party that always has been, is and always will be, a low tax party and it is our firm intention to reduce taxes for ordinary working families. her manifesto only ruled out increasing vat, claiming the conservatives' intention

i think this is the conservatives? i think this is the end of another quite bad week for the conservatives and their campaign. the first signs of misfire came at the manifesto launch, launching it at the social care policy which other parties have been naming the dementia packs. throughout the week a series of criticisms for the prime minister, for not turning up for the last tv debate and sending amber rudd instead —— the dementia segment. this will be seen at conservative party headquarters i think as another knot. but so many twists and turns in this election campaign. how much, anne, could this be seen as a minor distraction? the conservatives we re well minor distraction? the conservatives were well ahead and thought this would not get to a serious enough matter to be sent to the crown prosecution service in the first place. they could be found innocent in the end and he has put up a strong defence themselves today, mr mackinlay, but it is another problem, another thing you would probably rather not have aroun

that appeared to go further than what was in the conservative party manifesto which spokein conservative party manifesto which spoke in language a firm intentions and pledged not to increase vat but there was no unequivocal pledge not to raise income tax. theresa may did not reflect michael fallon‘s language when invited to. she spoke of the firm intention to reduce tax rate for ordinary working families but nothing for higher earners or whether they would freeze and contacts across the board. i think there is a tension between the party between the prime minister not wanting to box herself in. the government had to perform a pretty embarrassing u—turn over increases to national insurance earlier in the year when the previous manifesto said there would be none. theresa may will have that firmly in her mind. with five days to go, on the other hand, they are keen to appeal to the traditional conservative base and those they are worried will not be bothered to vote, by giving clear promises —— but giving clear promises —— but giving clear promises is tricky. an interesting remar

there are no other allies for the conservative party, so allies for the conservative party, so if she does not get the support of the ten dup mps here in westminster, frankly, she won't get the queen's speech through and we will be looking at the nightmare spectre of another election next few months. there has to be a confidence and supply arrangement reached with the dup. because they are the only supplier, that must mean that the price tag will be higher. how high do you think the price tag will be? the dup want to reward their own community and northern ireland more generally with infrastructure projects, which is easy to do. the government can give more money to northern ireland. the on that, there are more controversial areas, because the dup want to continue their veto on same—sex marriage, which the dup has blocked five times in northern ireland assembly debates. the assembly is currently semi—suspended, but there is a return to devolution, the dup will wa nt to return to devolution, the dup will want to consolidate that. for social conservatives, there is the continuing is

these are conservatively held. suggesting it could be going to the labor side, good the tide turned from here? -- could the tide turned from here -- turn from here? herve: let's not forget they start from a low base, the labour party. it is completely astounding expectations because jeremy corbyn was chided as being ineluctable -- uncollectible. -- unelectable. but at the end of the day, both parties, it looks likely neither will have a majority. that is a structural issue for britain as it enters the negotiations. yvonne: thank you so much. i also want to thank our editor john, ♪ yvonne: uncertainty in the u.k., exit polls suggest a hung parliament with theresa may falling short of a majority. seeseen: the speculation sterling plunging the most sense january and raising doubt about upcoming negotiations with the eu. >> and if the polls prove correct, the u.k. could be without a full functioning government just days before brexit talks are due to start.. >> questions already being asked about the future of the pr

theresa may has insisted that conservative party policy on income tax has not changed. one of her senior cabinet colleagues had suggested that the tax would not go up, even for higher earners. the tory manifesto does not include a promise on income tax, but in a newspaper interview the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, said the only way people could be sure of not paying more tax was to vote conservative. meanwhile, the labour leader jeremy corbyn has accused the conservatives of being in chaos over their tax plans. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the last push to win over undecided voters and shore up support among the tory base. theresa may forced to clarify the conservatives' tax policy this morning after senior cabinet members suggested income tax rises would be off the table. our position on tax hasn't changed. we've set it out in the manifesto. what people will know when they go to vote on thursday is that it's the conservative party that always has been and is and always will be a low tax party, and it's ourfirm intention to reduce taxes fo

well, the conservatives came first. no doubt about that. have a look at the percentages here. 44% to theresa may. but it'sjeremy corbyn‘s 41% that is remarkable. a close second, it is thought many, many young voters pouring in to support labour. the liberal democrats bumping along on 8%, although they are focusing their vote better this time, winning some more seats. the greens on two, one seat for them, and ukip on 2% is a big part of this story. their vote has crashed since the last general election. look at that, down ii%. it was thought it would go straight to the conservatives, but it surely didn't. labour benefited as well. let's go to our house of commons, because that is where all of the action happens now. so with one seat still to count, the conservatives have 318 mps. crucially, they don't pass this line, 326 is the number of mps required to have a so—called overall majority. where this party can outvote all of the other mps put together. they cannot do that. let's see the opposition benches... labour improved by about 30 sea

after the conservative lost majority in parliament. cheryl: and uk stocks actually get this opened sharply higher on hope that is the weaker sterling, the british pound is going to mean a bigger british import. that could be good for economy. ftse up 61 points right now. lauren: gaining throughout the show. here in the u.s. after crossing record territory nasdaq record high of the year, futures are still higher, nasdaq futures up 6, dow futures up 38, everybody up for the week. cheryl: the markets here at home got some support after it appears that president trump was vindicated yesterday in the testimony of former fbi director james comey, now trump's lawyer is set to file a barrage of lawsuits. lauren: there's this. uber ceo travis is in hot water this time because of an e-mail he sent to employees about sex rules. you will not believe the story. cheryl: yeah, we are going to hold off on the comments on that one for sure. good morning, everybody. it is 5:31 a.m. here in new york. it's friday june 9th, good morning. i'm cheryl casone.

the conservatives and dupi understanding between the conservatives and dup. i hope the result of the elections will have no major impact on the negotiations. we are desperately waiting for. the government i'll lead will put fairness and opportunity at the heart of everything we do. so that we will fulfil the promise of brexit together and over the next five years build a country in which no one and no community is left behind. theresa may vows to stay on as prime minister despite a disastrous night at the polls which saw the conservatives lose their majority. the uk now has a hung parliament. she arrived back here in downing street after going to see the queen. she said she would stay on as certainty is what the country needs most. i have just been to see her majesty, the queen. i will now form a government, a government to provide certainty and lead britain forward at this critical time for our country. the snap general election has for the conservatives — they've lost 12 seats — labour has gained 29. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has confounded expecta

you are a conservative voter. i think he is playing the whole brexit thing gets down played and if we are looking at jeremy corbyn to get the swell of popular vote then why wouldn't he? anyone else on borisjohnson?” agree as a conservative voter that in fact, borisjohnson, hejokes around and all this, but we mustn't dismiss him as an extremely clever politician and very experienced politician and very experienced politician and very experienced politician and therefore, as we say, ifjeremy politician and therefore, as we say, if jeremy corbyn politician and therefore, as we say, ifjeremy corbyn could have so many votes, i cannot see why boris johnson can't. ok. let me ask both of you about the scottish conservative leader, ruth davidson and her influence on theresa may when it comes to brexit. just outline for our audience the differences between ruth davidson's approach to brexit and theresa may's and why ruth davidson has this approach? she is a centrist politician. she is the sort of person who would appeal a

government has taken away the conservative government has ta ken away and the conservative government has taken away and no one can deny the inspiration that he has put into crowds like this, but the big challenge for him is to project his m essa 9 es challenge for him is to project his messages beyond the people who come to his rallies to convince the wider electorate that he is a credible leader and that his policies are affordable and can be delivered. we can now speak to our political correspondent, who is following the prime minister across the country on the last day of the election campaign. we have got off a plane that the prime minister took from norwich and we are in the east midlands as her whistle—stop tour of england continues. there is a different atmosphere in the tory camp than the labourcamp. atmosphere in the tory camp than the labour camp. there isn't the same carnival of campaigning colour with theresa may. the events tend to be smallerment they are rallies where a couple of hundred tory activists come and wave their placards. it doesn't have the same atmosphere,

ideological for so many conservative mps. we saw cameron two years ago achieving a working majority, and then proceeding not because of popular demand, but because of pressure from his own party to having that referendum which pushed him out of office. now theresa may repeating exactly the same cycle. >> is it right in your opinion that theresa may goes and thinks about her position now or that she actually tries to form a government with the backing of the dup and just carries on, but significantly worse position than she was in yesterday? >> i think it is possible she may try to soldier on for a while, but i think it is pretty inconceivable to imagine that she can be the british leader in the brexit negotiations because she simply won't be credible as representing a stable majority in the uk. >> who would be credible then? a tory or would it be somebody at the head of the minority government, possibly led by jeremy corbyn or another? >> i think a parliamentary arithmetic suggests the conservatives have to form the governmen

how far for many conservative mps about how faers for many conservative mps about how far mrs may is really far —— willing to adapt, listen and repackaged her leadership. whether she will stand by them or let them go because many tory mps take the view that if she hunkered down with them it will be business as usual and it will not bind the party together and makes her prospects of survival even shorter. and what does all of that mean for brexit talks? they are imminent. we heard that over and over again doing the campaign. there are two camps who want to get on with brexit and a great fear is that if the talks are put on hold then it is used as a device to unlock the whole brexit process overview is to go through it. the view of the nonhybrid brexit supporters, is let us nonhybrid brexit supporters, is let us take another look at this. those who support remain see this as an opportunity to take off the table the idea of no deal. so there will bea the idea of no deal. so there will be a tussle about the tory approach to brexit albeit the talks will begin next monday. i think that

every conservative, scottish, conservative, welsh, english, we believe they should stick to the mandate they were voted upon. the saturday was described as not having changed. the political relative has. roughly —— the political reality has. after this electoral humiliation they may feel emboldened to try to water down brexit plans for theresa may but the two prime minister is trapped because the other half of her parliamentary party also livid about the election result will be furious if there is any compromise. one pro—eu tory grandee was scathing. brexit is a cancer gnawing at the heart of the conservative party, and there is talk of changing leader, it may well come to that, but it is not about changing just the leader but the policy. there is no appetite or mandate in parliament to try to stop brexit, like the tories labour has committed to leaving the eu. but how is the question? let us be clear, we are respecting the decision of the referendum, we are democrats, we are respecting the result. others say it is time to get the whole apartment behind the strategy. there should

. >> in yesterday's elects, britain's ruling conservative party lost 13 seats in house of commons, forcing prime minister teresa may to partner with a minority party. for more, we talked to the "new york times" london bureau chief. >> joined live on the phone with steven erlanger, the londonh us. bureau cheap for "the new york k times." tell us what happened overnight? >> what happen overnight? is that brittons voted and saide they didn't like teresa may as much as she hoped they would. they voted in large numbers, and they decided that her campaign for a new mandate three years early, was not something they wanted to give her. and they also in large part, a lot of young people turned out n for jeremy corbyn, a man thief left who ran a very optimistic campaign, criticized the conservatives on austerity questions, policeman, socialma welfare, didn't explain what is going to get paid for, but in general, the problem of teresa may was that the more people heard her the less they seemed to like her. >> was part of this based on the snap election was called in expectations among the conservativ

. >> in yesterday's election, britain's conservative party lost 13 seats in the house of commons. forcing theresa may to partner with the minority party. we talked with the london bureau chief. >> we are joined to live with stephen, thank you for being with us. >> it's good to be here. tell us what happened overnight. >> what happened overnight isnis that britain's voted and decided they did not like theresa may as much as she hoped they would.ed they voted in large numbers and they decided that her campaign for a new mandate three years early was not something they wanted to give her. they also for the large part a lot of young people turned outmi for jeremy corbin, man of the left who ran an optimistic campaign, criticize thehe criti conservatives on questions and on productions and policeman and social welfare, to not really po explain how things were going to get paid for. but in general the problem foree tresa me is the more people heard her the less they seem to like her. >> part of this based on the election was called an expectation among the conservative party that jeremy

so what is the conservative manifesto saying on tax? in the last election, david cameron promised not to increase income tax, national insurance or vat. but in the 2017 manifesto, only the pledge on vat remains. although promising to raise the level at which people pay the standard and higher rates of tax would also amount to a reduction. if theresa may is returned to number ten downing st, she has the prospect of tough brexit talks, but her manifesto doesn‘t box her in on income tax. there is no pledge not to increase it. but colleagues are talking about tax today because they‘re trying to refocus attention in this campaign on what would happen if a labour chancellor came to number 11 downing st. but labour said they have nothing to hide on tax. they claim a policy of making the better off and big business pay more is popular and it is the conservatives who lack clarity. i think there is complete chaos going on at the top of the government. what labour are offering is no tax rises or national insurance rises or vat rises 95% of the

in the polls, the conservatives could pick upa the polls, the conservatives could pick up a number of seats there. that is another concern on that front. they are the biggest party with 56 of the 59 seats. the conservatives and rallying the troops in edinburgh, saying if you are againstan troops in edinburgh, saying if you are against an independence referendum, then they are the only party who can be trusted with that. labour came to glasgow, we saw them at eight o'clock this morning, jeremy corbyn on the 84th of his rallies. doing quite a few more since then. aping his perceived popularity in the polls would bring a bounce scotland. they only have one seat. the liberal democrats campaigning on the cornerstone policies. staunchly against the second independence referendum. they wa nt second independence referendum. they want a referendum after the brexit deal. so much to choose for voters tomorrow. what will be key, and all the politicians are campaigning for is to get the vote out. i will go straight to mark devonport in belfast was fair to say this contest is happening against the

homes might go conservative supporters, fearing their family homes might go to conservative supporters, fearing theirfamily homes might go to pay ca re theirfamily homes might go to pay care bills theirfamily homes might go to pay ca re bills after theirfamily homes might go to pay care bills after they had gone. that forced a u—turn, a u—turn she unconvincingly tried to deny. nothing has changed. nothing has changed. we are offering a long—term solution for the sustainability of social care for the future. but no one really believed it. are you embarrassed by this u—turn, prime minister? tory poll rating suffered. furious tories blamed her advisers, and theresa may's way of relying on them, fiona hill and and theresa may's way of relying on them, fiona hilland nick timoney, who is said to have come up with the vote loser of a planned. will he last? through the campaign, tv and radio appearances were dominated by a handful of trust administers, one in particular, who was sent to debate when her boss said no. theresa may may not be here but i hope to make a good fist of it. toda

conservatives. which is probably why it kathy griffin thought it was okay to do that in the first place. we will have a much more on this effort to call out the double standard and attacks against me and boycotts against me and attempt to silence conservative conservatives. fighting back against these efforts to silence conservative voices -- they will be here to explain that they are just getting started. i will give you a preview of what's coming in the weeks ahead. but first, let me show you a couple examples of what i am talking about. nbc is supposed to be a news organization. nbc news. with tom brokaw and brian williams, et cetera. right? well, nbc's rachel maddow, one of the worst offenders when it comes to pushing -- as a matter of fact, she is a champion of pushing unhinged, bizarre conspiracy theories. here's her back in 2010 explaining away anthony weiner's graphic, lewd tweet. making excuses for little anthony. >> if he was prank, how would that work? how could a person do that, what wou

he was barely conservative but not as conservative as reagan. [train horn] >> he pursues nixon's policies, continues dÉtente, his fiscal policies, to the bench. this creates an opening for conservative challenger 76 and some looked at it but reagan was the only one who was serious about it but the reality is carter beats ford via narrow margin. >> ford gets 240 a left oral votes. he carries ohio. >> ohio, carter carries ohio 1976 by 6000 votes out of 3 million cast. the headquarters in ohio, a lot of suspicion that the teamsters wouldn't do that. >> mayor daley wouldn't do it either. >> the fact that ford came so close would indicate a shift. but reagan definitely in his wilderness. >> he immediately creates a political organization citizens for the republic to advance his conservatism it helps candidates running for office. he embarks, restarts his radio career doing 5 minute radio commentaries five days a week and recorded them at the corner of hollywood and fine in los angeles, records 5-minute commentaries that go out to hundreds of radio s

i should have voted conservative! crikey! i'm a socialist at heart, it sticks in your craw to vote conservative. margaret, a retired nhs cleaner, hadn't voted tory before either. it's better the devil we know and we should give theresa may a chance, she hasn't had a chance yet. lifelong labour supporter and i can't believe that mansfield has gone to conservative after all these years. i can't believe it, i can't. it's a miners' town so i'm surprised. last night's winner, ben bradley, is 27 and thinks he'll be the second youngest mp in parliament. he believes brexit won it. mansfield is changing, demographics are changing and locally people have been crying out for a change. defeated for labour, sir alan meale predicts the party will win the seat back. anybody who gets a job like that will be in for one term, i suspect we will have another very soon. in mansfield many people say it feels like a new political era. let's leave you with some of the enduring sights and sounds of the past 2a hours as the voters of britain refused t

conservative victory. 0ver overwhelming conservative victory. over the course of the campaign, the gap has narrowed. all the dots are individual polls. the line shows how they have been moving. in the last few weeks, labour has risen dramatically, but still below the tories. yougov has tried to use its data to forecast the likely result in every seat, which has led to the most eye—catching prediction of all —a most eye—catching prediction of all — a hung parliament. that is out of kilter with pretty much every other forecasts. the thing is, though, which method will be the most accurate? someone is likely to look pretty smart and others will end up with egg on their faces once we know the result on the 9th ofjune. chris morris reporting. in northern ireland, next week's vote will be the fourth time voters have gone to the fourth time voters have gone to the polls in 13 months. how much does identity affect the vote? chris butler reports. to understand politics and how people vote in northern irelan

conservatives, he said, tend instinctively towards conservation. that instinct was tested in his own constituency. he said the eu's strict laws protecting places like this had forced up the cost of housing, so those laws should be relaxed. environmentalists oppose his appointment. this is a really concerning appointment for young people. michael gove tried to take climate change out of the national curriculum for schools. we know young people are really concerned about the environment. if this is an attempt to engage with the youth vote, it is a bad start. it was over climate change mr gove most enraged environmentalists, notjust by 20 y bit off the geography curriculum, notjust by 20 wiping it off the geography curriculum, but by trying to prevent a colleague from attending climate change talks. he has voted against amendments to reduce emissions. clean air strategy. it is a tremendous opportunity to do a job at the heart of government which will ensure we enhance one of our greatest assets, our countryside. i want to do everything i can to make s

it is deeply conservative. and as we have seen with what ruth davidson is saying in scotland is they are socially conservative, there will be issues around marriage equality, abortion as well. but if you put those to one side for a moment, because they are the ones making the headlines, the single most important thing for the dup is the maintenance of the union with britain. they are brexiteer 's, but they want a soft border because a lot of their trade, particularly in food and agriculture, that kind of thing, goes north and south across the border. so they are in this strange position where they are strong brexiteer is, but they want the open border. there is one thing to remember about them as well. there was a suggestion of having a special status for northern ireland, which sinn fein actually pushed quite strongly. the british government have ruled that out. the irish government certainly haven't argued for it either. it is unlikely to happen. but the reason the dup will put this on their list of asks, the

that was nigel farage‘s point, that labour and the conservatives were backing brexit. is that how you read the vote on thursday night? no. i think theresa may and people like nigel farage worked very hard to make this election about brexit. what this election was really about for people was hope versus fear. it was about what kind of country do we want to live in. do we want to live in a country which is cruel, lacks compassion, lets us get to a situation where nurses are dependent on food banks? or do we want to be a compassionate country at home and abroad? that was the message that won the day. it was a message that we would invest in each other, in our nhs, in our education system, and our future. so not about brexit at all? theresa may phrased it about brexit. it was a wholly unnecessary election because there was nothing in the commons and lords that was going to stop publishing brexit and through. simon, last time we asked after the brexit bogut by where a quantity of left behind people that have been ignored and we had to take them seriously. who do you think b

it is deeply conservative. and as we have seen with what ruth davidson is saying in scotland's is they are socially conservative, there will be issues around marriage equality, abortion as well. but if you put those to one side for a moment, as well. but if you put those to one side fora moment, because as well. but if you put those to one side for a moment, because they are the ones making the headlines, the single most important thing for the dup is the maintenance of the union with britain. they are brexiteer 's, but they want a soft border because a lot of their trade, particularly in food and agriculture, that kind of thing, goes north and south across the border. so they are in this strange position where they are strong brexiteer is, but they want the open border. there is one thing to rememberabout them the open border. there is one thing to remember about them as well. there was a suggestion of having a special status for northern ireland, which sinn fein actually pushed quite strongly. the british gov

when the conservatives did that deal with the conservatives did that deal with the lib dems, not only was it a formal coalition, which offer greater stability, they sat on a majority between the two of them but of around 50. the difference now is that you add together the conservatives and dup and the majority is still absolutely tiny, which means a very, very small number of conservative mps — pretty much the number you could fit in a big taxi — are sufficient to hold the prime minister to ransom at any point they choose to. thank you robert, chris. let's gone out our correspondent gareth gordon in belfast and we will be back to downing street as soon as there is any movement because they will be coming out and speaking, we hope. tell us first of all what the reaction there is going to be to this deal. that very much depends what is that deal. if itjust money alone, one can seems that the parties will ultimately welcome a deal. who is going to turn their nose but lots of money for education, and infrastructure, if thatis education, and infrastructure, if that is all it is? if the

to all conservatives. as a tory supporter, how do you feel about what is going to be around the corner? i can't, ijust can't. you hope the murder mystery might be easier to solve! ahead lies a journey into brexit negotiations few could imagine. theresa may says nothing will derail them. really interesting hearing some of those conversations going on across the country. let's introduce you to two mps this morning. ed vaizey, conservative, for didcot and?l sarahjones, conservative, for didcot and?l sarah jones, croydon conservative, for didcot and?l sarahjones, croydon south. good morning to you both. you will be less only a face to people, as well as making the link, we were speaking to gavin barwell, whom you beat in this election. i did, yes. it was quite an extraordinary turnaround. explain to people first of all the scale of what happened in your constituency? well, i fought the election in 2015, and we lost by 165 votes. this time, i won byjust over 5500 votes. and it has been an extraordinary election

so what would it take for the conservatives to turn this seat blue? in 2015 gisela stuart got 18,500 votes compared to the conservatives' 15,500, she 18,500 votes compared to the conservatives'15,500, she doubled her majority but it still narrowed, just under 3000 in it. edgbaston‘s four wards are diverse, harborne and edgbaston are fairly affluent, by the green and quinton less so, big employers include the hospital and university. ukip are not standing but where the 10% of the vote goes will be crucial. history is likely to repeat itself, though, in the proud tradition of edgbaston returning a woman, dating back to edith pitt and gill might. it will bea edith pitt and gill might. it will be a defining victory, but for who? kathryn stanczyszyn, midlands today, edgbaston. there are three other candidates standing in birmingham edgbaston, and here's a full list. tonight sees the last of the bbc‘s special question time programmes featuring the party leaders. tim farron and nicola sturgen are in the hot seat, before a studio audience in edinburgh. it

this is the conservative party of theresa may. they basically are on the move possibly to win this very important snap election that theresa may called. again, theresa may, may retain power. we're going to take it to ashley webster in london with the latest. we've got former fbi director james comey unloading another bombshell today, saying he was worried that former obama attorney general loretta lynch was working as basically on behalf of hillary clinton's presidential campaign. we're going to have more on that next. don't go away. think again. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships to grow the businesses of tomorrow today. learn more at esd.ny.gov abreak through your allergies.? try new flonase sensimist allergy relief instead of allergy pills. it's more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist experience you'll barely feel. using unique mistpro technology, new flonas

so it's not a big surprise, especially when you have a conservative party that's not conservative by american standards. so the results ought not to be a surprise to anyone who sees that the conservative government there has tried to cater to labor issues by spending more government money and it didn't work out for them. charles: it's early and we'll probably hear something from president trump soon. what do you think this means for american politics as the republicans in washington, d.c. can't seem to get their act together. we don't have any major legislative wins. a lot of bills have gone through and executive orders have gone through. we won't talk much about polls since the polls were wrong. but you get a sense, all of a sudden this major movement is fizzling out around the world, and you have to be concerned by the happening here. >> the first thing i would remember is this is based on exit polling. let's wait and see the results come in. it's different in america. here in america we vote with our wallets. we want to see jobs and the economy. look at the markets in europe react

the conservatives are eight short. in fact, the number is usually a bit less than this because sinn fein don't take their seats and the speaker doesn't vote. nonetheless, the conservatives can have a go at it because they have the most seats in parliament. and that's what theresa may's doing right now. she's taking initiative. she went off to see the queen just after lunchtime today because she thinks she can form a government. what she has to ensure is that by the time they come to the queen's speech, there's a majority of mps in parliament that will support her platform. or to put it another way, she has to ensure there is a majority of mps that aren't going to vote against it. so let's take a look at the numbers. what i'm going to do is i'm going to build a left—leaning alliance. not a coalition, but parties on the left that might supportjeremy corbyn. there is 261 for labour. we put in the snp, the liberal democrats. let's put in plaid cymru, and also the one green mp. and you'll see that they're short of the mag

but i think the big picture is the conservative party, and i'm a conservative, i voted conservative. i wanted the conservatives to do well, but the conservatives made a pitch essentially for the white working class who had previously been labor supporters but may have voted for brexit. in reaching for those voters, a, failed to get them, and b, put off metropolitan small l liberal minded voters who previously supported us, and the consequence was, as you say, a political gamble that spectacularly misfired. >> what happens now that she has allied herself with a small right-wing party that is socially very reactionary and sort of runs against the entire 15-year project of modernizing the conservative party that you and david cameron engaged in? this is a party that a conservative columnist today called homophobic, creationist, you know, will that tar the conservatives' image? >> you're right to say that the british conservative party and this doesn't always translate across the atlantic, but the british conservative party has been very socially liberal. for example, we introduced gay m

voted conservative, i am a member of the conservative party, i voted remain, ifelt the conservative party, i voted remain, i felt that in this election you had two stark choices. a relatively hard brexit with theresa may or fancy politics withjeremy corbyn. i found there was no credible middle ground which is where a lot of the populists would go. so i agree that brexit is the main thing we need to look at at the moment. ifelt main thing we need to look at at the moment. i felt that a boat for theresa may would get that sorted so we could afterwards concentrate on things the country needs sorting out. you an activist. have you guys wa nt to out. you an activist. have you guys want to politics recently because sometimes people say, perhaps u nfa i rly sometimes people say, perhaps unfairly that young people are not fundamentally engaged, is that changing? i never used to watch the news or really get involved with politics, to be honest but recently i've realised that the lack of knowledge of politics, what is going on, and even the language of politics, it creates a negative stigma in the

won 10 seats and obviously has done some kind of deal with the conservatives. it is not clear what that deal is. it sounds like an agreement to support the conservatives on ates of confidence so that minority tory government can stay in power. we don't know in exchange for what, what the price has been for that party. and theresa may is going to have trouble. she went to the polls to get a increased authority and mandates. she lost authority and lost the mandate. as confident that she says now that lifting out the next five years, that's not clear it will happen. host: with is that leave her, her position -- where does that leave her, her position as leader of the conservative party, and jeremy corbyn, the leader of labour party? guest: elites or where she was -- it leaves her where she was, the head of a government, but a minority government that will be shaky because it relies on the support of an ally party with its own interests and a party that also favored brexit. they want to be very careful that brexit does not mean a new hard border in ireland and will

people of that age just a bit baffled, why they would vote conservative. then again you have the young jeremy corbyn fans. they only have to pay £1 to join the party and he is galvanising them. they think that money grows on trees! ifjeremy corbyn is offering or peddling hope, that is what use is all about, hope. or peddling hope, that is what use is allabout, hope. but or peddling hope, that is what use is all about, hope. but i think it is all about, hope. but i think it is astonishing that the tories went out of their way to is not alienate but certainly sow seeds of doubt amongst their coffee —— their core voters. if that was their attempt to say we know that young people should not be paying the fuel allowance for rich pensioners, they did not do that in a good way. of course the a nswer that in a good way. of course the answer is you want a strong economy and entrepreneurial stuff, but nothing about aspiration. and the lib dems, you know, and the snp... well the lib dems had their ma nifesto well the lib dems had their manifesto launch in a disc