week to say the prime minister would not be on the andrew marr show until he committed to the andrew neil interview. but after friday's knife attack on london bridge, the corporation withdrew that ultimatum, arguing it was now in the public interest for him to appear. here are the thoughts of maria jeffrey. i am dismayed and disgusted by the way that the tories have played the bbc. why was boris johnson allowed the oxygen of publicity for his election campaign on the andrew marshall, a u—turn given the bbc ban after he had declined to have his policies and behaviour scrutinised by andrew neil? a process that the other party leaders had been through. but if the suggestion was that borisjohnson would have an easy time on the andrew marshall, that turned out to be ——time on the andrew marr show, that turned out to be far from the case. in a often acrimonious conversation, the presenter pressed the prime minister on the circumstances under which the london bridge attacker had been released from prison. under the conservatives he was let out. under the conservatives... this was a co

but if the suggestion was that borisjohnson would have an easy time on the andrew marr show, that turned out to be far from the case. in a often acrimonious conversation, the presenter pressed the prime minister on the circumstances under which the london bridge attacker had been released from prison. there was no question. under the conservatives, he was let out. under the conservatives... this was a conservative decision. you have been in power for ten years! because of changes to the law that were brought in by the labour party. that i voted against. you have been in power for ten years and have done nothing about it! jeremy corbyn voted in favour of it. voted in favour of early automatic release. for ten years, you have done nothing about it. you cannot retrospectively change... for ten years, you have done nothing about it. dave mann was one of the thousands of viewers to reject the interview and recorded his reaction on video. —— to object to the interview. i am a huge admirer of andrew marr and watch his programme most sundays, but i was appalled at the way he interviewed bori

week to say the prime minister would not be on the andrew marr show until he committed to the andrew neil interview. but after friday's knife attack on london bridge, the corporation withdrew that ultimatum, arguing it was now in the public interest for him to appear. here are the thoughts of maria jeffrey. i am dismayed and disgusted by the way that the tories have played the bbc. why was boris johnson allowed the oxygen of publicity for his election campaign on the andrew marr show, a u—turn, given the bbc ban after he had declined to have his policies and behaviour scrutinised by andrew neil? a process that the other party leaders had been through. but if the suggestion was that borisjohnson would have an easy time on the andrew marr show, that turned out to be far from the case. in a often acrimonious conversation, the presenter pressed the prime minister on the circumstances under which the london bridge attacker had been released from prison. there was no question. under the conservatives, he was let out. under the conservatives... this was a conservative decision. you have b

he will be on the andrew marr show. because of what has happened the focus will be on security and we understand he will be talking about longer sentencing. the conservatives have talked in the past about longer sentencing but a renewed focus on that. one thing we are going to hear is this pledge that people who commit serious terrorist offences would have to serve a minimum of commit serious terrorist offences would have to serve a minimum 01:14 yea rs. would have to serve a minimum 01:14 years. he is also going to talk about ending the automatic release system where people who commit offences a re system where people who commit offences are automatically released after serving half of

and in a sense, was it difficult for boris johnson because he was on the defensive because andrew marr was critiquing the conservative government's records?” think this is part of the problem. when you have an election campaign going on and you are also prime minister, it is very difficult because you've got decisions to make and it country delete and you've also got a campaign to have. there is... you have to be partisan. you also have to be prime minister...m is also very telling that for all parties, they have all focused heavily their narratives, what they say, their answers, this was not in the script... this is the sort of stuff you cannot plan for. with that situation come in the flooding is, there was a lot of concern boris johnson had not been soon enough to go and to speak to people, and when he did, he got a rough ride. on this one, he was there very quickly and he was dealing with the situation as a prime minister should. however, evenin a prime minister should. however, even in his first response, he talked about police numbers, which was part of the concern that came ve

andrew marr index bridge. we are waiting for our first yglimpse of jer corbyn command his season islington. my colleague nick robinson is there. ur thoughts on what is expected and the exit poll itself. nick: no sign cf mbyn in islington. in a sense it ins quite revethat his aides did not want to tell us where ld be watching this result. two years ago i was outside his house in islington. not a word from the corbyn camp. you can imagine why, because they now have to think what do they do. how quickly does mr. corbyn qu it/ it he will have to do no one battle has been won. the one boris johnson will be able to take whether you like or loathe the idea, take britain out of the eu. who controls british politics? he will and the tories will. there is a newate beginning already, a battle over the future of the left battle over the future leadership of the labour party. it began on the program hn mcdonnell claiming that this was nothing to do with the sort of policies they had, perishhthe tho or the leadership of the

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, mr mcdonnell said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn, insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid". our political correspondent nick eardley reports. thejeremy corbyn era is coming to an end. but what will that mean for labour? how much does the party need to change after its disastrous election? this morning, mr corbyn said he took his share of responsibility. his right—hand man went further. it's on me, it's on me, let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster, so i apologise. i apologise to all those wonderful labour mps who have lost their seats who worked so hard. i apologise to all our campaigners. but that apology only goes so far. the outgoing leadership say they made mistakes but they blame brexit, believe they were demonised by the media, and insist their radical policy agenda was popular. if there was one criticism, this is a self—criticism, it is not having a narrative that convinced people about how this all fitte

nicola sturgeon has also been dying to the andrew marr show. the key policy they are focusing on todayis the key policy they are focusing on today is rebalancing the economy and infrastructure, investing more in infrastructure, investing more in infrastructure and other parts of the country outside of london, so investing in things like railway electrification, charging points for electric cars. jo swinson has had a problem in terms of the fallout of the liberal democrats revoked policy. this is the idea that they would reverse article 50 and reverse brags that if they were to form a government. that is a toll stretch to see the liberal democrats forming a government, and they can see that now, as well. the alternative position for them is if they were to go into some kind of arrangement with another party, that their focus would be getting another referendum. jo swinson has come under criticism for that of revoke. our position as you want to remain in the european union and some people might think thatis union and some people might think that

the prime minister has been speaking today to andrew marr, and there is coverage of this in the newspapers. what is he proposing? he has confirmed that 7a people, their licence conditions will be reviewed asa licence conditions will be reviewed as a result of this. the prime minister is also talking about toughening up sentencing, and specifically hear he has been talking about symptomatic early release, and there has been some dispute between which government is responsible for letting people out earlier, with the prime minister putting the blame on labour and labour and others coming back and saying that it is rules at the conservatives put in place, and borisjohnson was challenged today on andrew marr about why the conservative government did not change rules sooner. and he was making it very clear that he sees himself as being a prime minister of a new government, distancing himself somewhat from the actions of the previous administration, and it was very much an exercise in deflection, with the prime minister refusing to apologise for various things. we are going to bring in tougher s

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, he said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn — insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid, every day". here's our politics correspondent tony bonsignore. three days awn, labour is still trying to work out what went so catastrophically wrong. i'm just sorry that we let people down. in the observer today jeremy corbyn offers an apology. but the labour leader remains convinced that the campaign wasn't a total failure. he says... from the shadow chancellor is this morning, a fuller apology. let me make it clear. it is on me. let's ta ke make it clear. it is on me. let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster. but again i believe that the core message was a good one, and other factors were also to blame. the core message was a good one, and other factors were also to blameli think it was brexit that did it. we we re think it was brexit that did it. we were on the horns of a dilemma, we couldn't move either way and we try to compromise

yesterday on the andrew marr programme, there was a very bad—tempered interview with borisjohnson. let's have a listen to this bit of it. was out because he was on automatic early release. when the judges reviewed his sentence in 2012, they had no option but to comply with the law that labour brought in in 2008, which meant that, effectively... you say labour. you've been in power... effectively that he was out, they had to comply with the law as it stood, and he was out in eight years. and this was a guy, don't forget, thatjudge wilkie said was a very serious jihadi. and that's why... i've been in office for 120 days... your party's been in power for ten years. so obviously, that was talking about why usman khan was on the streets at all and not in prison. i listened to that interview. i was none the wiser about what happened when or why. john, just talk us through, what was your takeaway from it? well, if we take that fairly short clip, it was rich in political content. we had boris johnson, first of all, zeroing in on the fact that the terrorist, this london bridge terrorist, ha

her name has been talked about a lot of the past but she was on andrew marr today saying this is the first time she is not going to rule it out and there has been talk of rebecca long bailey whojohn mcdonnell has mentioned he will probably be the favourite candidate of some of the people who have been leading the labour party in the recent yea rs. leading the labour party in the recent years. also talk ofjess phillips. i think it is less likely that cooper and emily thornbury are going to be people that go for it but they names are in the mix. keir starmer is the only man but i don't know if richard burgin will go for it given he is also from the similar wing as rebecca long bailey. a lot of people have talked about it saying it needs to be a woman who will be the next leader that people need to remember that mps will back there candidates that they want to back and you need to get a certain percentage of the support from the plp and they will go to members was not whoever gets that spot will get on the ballot paper and really it will be for members to decide because it is a one memb

the bbc's andrew marr is keeinng an eye on for us. this could be one big night for boris johnson. andrew: it certainly could. we talk about e labour party already. let's talk about the tories. iis true and it is only an exit poll that the red wall has fallen, that changes the nature of the conservative party in parliament quite dratically. lots and lots and lots of new tory mps wse constituents depend on public services like high public spending, that wiur change the nof the tories in parliament. it will give boris johnson, as laura was saying, a lot more freedom of maneuver. if you want to extend the transition period, he will be able to do so. endless trade-offs nexte year about it deal and he will be able to give more than he was intendingro to. itbly means slightly softer brexit than many of the heart brexiteers hoped for. nigel farage will be feeling cross. the eog will be feeling cross. but boris johnson will be freed to show us what the real boris johnson politically is. that is really important. huw: just on the bigger picture, with the historic viewpnt, and given that you

s andrew marr show where he was getting a bit of a bit of a grilling on what went wrong in this case with was one car a prisoner who was technically serving a 16 year sentence but under the u.k. or the english justice system had being released from prison at the half way point of his sentence after after 8 years he was let out a prison in december 2018 and of course as we know what went on to kill 2 people on the streets of london on friday now this in the end point of an election campaign 2 weeks to go until december the 12th when britain goes to vote to go to the polls is obviously a combustible issue and it's a it's a problem i think for the conservative government for boris johnson what he is trying to do with them i'm what he was trying to do on the andrew marr show is say that this is not the fault of the conservatives that they had to let this guy out. legislation that was brought in in 2008 by the previous labor ministration and your mother was pressing him hold on a 2nd you guys the conservative party have been in power for 10 years if this was so terrible then why did you n

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, he said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn, insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid". here's our political correspondent tony bonsignore. three days on and labour is still trying to work out what went so catastrophically wrong. i'm just sorry that we've let some people down. in today's 0bserver, jeremy corbyn offered an apology. but the labour leader remains convinced that the campaign wasn't a total failure. i'm proud, he says, that on austerity, on corporate power, on inequality and on the climate emergency, we have won the argument and rewritten the terms of political debate. from the shadow chancellor this morning, a fuller apology. let me make it clear that it is on me, it is on me, let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster. but again, a belief that the core message was a good one. and other factors were also to blame. i think it was brexit that did it. we were in this dilemma, we couldn't move either way or if we did

john mcdonnell try to avoid that when interviewed by andrew marr, he said i own this, i ta ke andrew marr, he said i own this, i take the blame, i think that is him partly trying to ensure that the wider shadow cabinet, of which rebecca long—bailey is one, are not tainted by the defeat. labour cannot afford to have somebody as divisive within the party as jeremy afford to have somebody as divisive within the party asjeremy corbyn was, and then you had to look at popularity amongst the general public? it is a truism that divided parties do not win elections, it was true at this election that the conservatives were family united than labour, so i think there will bea than labour, so i think there will be a premium on the next leader unifying the party, and i think you have the chance of winning an election they need to be more popular thanjeremy election they need to be more popular than jeremy corbyn in election they need to be more popular thanjeremy corbyn in the country. in the shorter term, providing an effective opposition to the prime minister's plans, or maybe not? that leade

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, he said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn — insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid". here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. thejeremy corbyn era is coming to an end. but what will that mean for labour? how much does the party need to change after its disastrous election? this morning, mr corbyn said he took his share of responsibility. his right—hand man went further. it's on me, it's on me, let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster, so i apologise. i apologise to all those wonderful labour mps who have lost their seats who worked so hard. i apologise to all our campaigners. but that apology only goes so far. the outgoing leadership say they made mistakes but they blame brexit, believe they were demonised by the media, and insist their radical policy agenda was popular. if there was one criticism, this is a self—criticism, it is not having a narrative that convinced people about how this all fitted togeth

andrew marr show earlier on today. i think this whole system of automatic early release which was brought in by labor it was under and it was under that system half the tenure of that i've only been in office for other projects so i. was one of the terms as well as wearing body has been perfect one of the reasons we're having this election is because we have a queen's speech that was blocked by parliament amongst other things not least breaks it and we need to get it done so that we can move forward i think it's ridiculous i think it's repulsive that individuals as dangerous as this man should be allowed out after serving only 8 years and that's he why we are going to change the law. so if it is a stretch to say that there's been a car being out early was labor's fault is flat out wrong to say that parliament blocked stories johnson's queen's speech there said they didn't know it was one of the few votes that boris johnson's actually won in parliament in his time as prime minister. and the leader of the opposition has

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, he said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn — insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid, every day".

well, you can watch the full interview of borisjohnson on the andrew marr show this morning over on the bbc iplayer. with me now is our home affairs correspondent sarah corker. sarah, we have had various condition updates. we now know a little bit more about the other victim who died. what has been the latest at this stage? as you say, more details are now emerging about those who are killed and injured on friday's event. it is about to say that we have started to get a better picture of what actually happened. the attack started inside the hall, at this event which was being run by cambridge university. usman khan was invited to that event, he knew many of those who were there and he came armed with knives and a big suicide vest. he turned on those trying to rehabilitate him. he killed the course leaderjack merritt amit now know that the woman he killed as a former cambridge university student, she is yet to be formally identified. he also entered three others, including a university staff member. here is what the vice chancellor said earlier. on behalf of the university of cambridge i

she‘s off to read the news on the andrew marr programe. but stay with me on the bbc news channel for that interview between prince harry and gareth thomas. here‘s sarah with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning. i promised you frost this morning and the weather watchers have been out already, this is the picture near edinburgh, sharp frost. some mist and fog around first thing this morning as well but for most places, as we go through the day, the frost and fog were clear and we are expecting blue skies and sunshine. not dry com pletely skies and sunshine. not dry completely everywhere but we have all got the cold air. high pressure building and keeping things mostly dry. a few rogue showers particularly in eastern england. east anglia towards parts of lincolnshire, east yorkshire. also, northern ireland and the northern highlands and scotland as well. those are the areas likely to see passing showers particularly around the coast. further inland, it should stay dry. morning mist and fog clearing away lifting to low cloud. th

labour's shadow finance minister, john mcdonnell, has been speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr about his party's dismal performance, which saw them lose 59 seats. mr mcdonnell says he takes personal responsibility for the result. it is on me. let take it on the chin. i own this disaster so i apologise. i apologise to all those wonderful labour mps who lost their sense, i apologise to all the campaigners but most of all i apologise to those people that desperately need a labour government. if anyone is to blame, it is me. it's 20 years since vladimir putin came to power, first as prime minister, and then as president of russia. in that time, he's built a system of power which revolves around him, resulting in all major decisions being taken by the kremlin. that's why many russians feel they have to go directly to him to solve their problems, sometimes with remarkable success, as steve rosenberg reports from eastern siberia. russian rulers are like siberian winters, they go on and on. joseph stalin's icy grip spanned a quarter of a century. brezhnev ruled 18 years. for vladimir putin, it's

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, he said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn, insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid". here's our political correspondent tony bonsignore. three days on and labour is still trying to work out what went so catastrophically wrong. i'm just sorry that we've let some people down. in today's observer, jeremy corbyn gave an apology. we have suffered a heavy defeat and i take my responsibility for it. but the labour leader remains convinced that the campaign wasn't a total failure. i'm proud, he says, that on austerity, on corporate power, on inequality and on the climate emergency, we have won the argument and rewritten the terms of political debate. from the shadow chancellor this morning, a fuller apology. let me make it clear that it is on me, it is on me, let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster. but again, a belief that the core message was a good one. and other factors were also to blame. i think it was brexit that did it.

labour's shadow finance minister, john mcdonnel has been speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr about his party's dismal performance — which saw them lose 59 seats. mr mcdonnell says he takes personal responsibility for the result. it's on me, let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster so i apologise. i apologise, i apologise to all those wonderful labour mps who have lost their seats, who worked so hard. i apologise to all the campaigners. but most of all, i apologise to those people who desperately need a labour government. and, yes, if anyone is to blame, it is me, full stop. much more on the election result on oui’ much more on the election result on our website. let's turn to the philippines where the high profile trial of an online magazine editor for ‘cyber libel‘ is set to resume in the next half an hour. maria ressa, from the rappler site, is a prominent critic of president duterte. she's facing eleven charges in all. she says it's just a politically motivated attack aimed at shutting her website down. howard johnson is monitoring the case from outside the court in ma

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr — he said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn — insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid". here's our political correspondent tony bonsignore. three days on and labour is still trying to work out what went so catastrophically wrong. i'm just sorry that we've let some people down. in today's observer, jeremy corbyn offered an apology. but the labour leader remains convinced that the campaign wasn't a total failure. from the shadow chancellor this morning, a fuller apology. let me make it clear that it is on me, it is on me, let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster. but again, a belief that the core message was a good one. and other factors were also to blame. i think it was brexit that did it. we were in this dilemma, we couldn't move either way or if we did and we tried to compromise, it didn't work. that is the first thing. the second, we have to recognise that, look, the media did a number onjeremy forfour years solid, eve

andrew marr talking tojohn mcdonnell there. our political correspondent tony bonsignore told me that despite mr corbyn's apology — the labour leader insisted the party had got some things right. there is not much apologising going on to be frank. he says that labour won the argument when it comes to climate change and austerity and the economy. he says the manifesto was popular but labour were hit by brexit. he also attacked the media as well for the ferocious attacks on him personally. supporters about what comes you can read this as a rallying cry to corbyn supporters about what comes next, about the future direction of the party. what he has had to say today hasn't gone down well in some quarters. jess phillips today, who will throw her hat into the ring to become labour leader, we think, says that too many in the party are obsessed with the party rather than winning power. then another figure today, lisa nandy, very popular in some parts of the party, she has also written an article where she says that labour has lost tou

and borisjohnson was challenged today on andrew marr about why the conservative government did not change rules sooner. and he was making it very clear that he sees himself as being a prime minister of a new government, distancing himself somewhat from the actions of the previous administration, and it was very much an exercise in deflection, with the prime minister refusing to apologise for various things. we are going to bring in tougher sentences for serious sexual and viola nt offenders, that is what we are going to do. let's talk about your record... i absolutely deplore the fact that this man was out on the streets. i think it is absolutely repulsive, and we are going to take... that repulsive thing happened under the conservatives. it was conservative legislation and a conservative regime. would you like to apologise to people? i would respectfully repeat to you that his release was necessary under the law because of the automatic early release scheme under which he was sentenced, and that was brought in by labour with the support ofjeremy corbyn and the rest of the labour party. e

nicola sturgeon outlined her position on the andrew marr show. labour, in order to get the queen's speech and a budget through, if they are in a minority position, need the support of another party. and if scotland votes for the snp, in a hung parliament, giving scotland enormous leverage, then i will exercise that, firstly, in line with scotland's interests. but also we are talking here about an independence referendum. i want to make sure there is a real end to austerity, and a real end to the welfare cuts that have caused so much misery. we will put forward progressive policies that i think are good for people across the uk. throughout the election we've been travelling around the country to hear from voters. and tomorrow the last stop on our election roadtrip sees us roll into the sidings in crewe. historically a railway town at the heart of the uk's train travel infastructure. we'll hear from voters there about what matters to them in this election. lets take a look at some of other main stories this hour on bbc news tens of thousands of pro

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, mr mcdonnell said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn, insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid". 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. thejeremy corbyn era is coming to an end. but what will that mean for labour? how much does the party need to change after its disastrous election? this morning, mr corbyn said he took his share of responsibility. his right—hand man went further. it's on me, it's on me, let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster, so i apologise. i apologise to all those wonderful labour mps who have lost their seats who worked so hard. i apologise to all our campaigners. but that apology only goes so far. the outgoing leadership say they made mistakes but they blame brexit, believe they were demonised by the media, and insist their radical policy agenda was popular. if there was one criticism, this is a self—criticism, it is not having a narrative that convinced people about how this all fitte

nicola sturgeon outlined her position on the andrew marr show. labour, in order to get a queen's speech and a budget through, if they are in a minority position, need the support of another party. if scotland votes for the snp, in a hung parliament, giving scotland enormous leverage, then i will exercise that, firstly, in line with scotland's interests, but also, you know, we are talking here about an independence referendum. i want to make sure there's a real end to austerity, an end to the welfare cuts that have caused so much misery. we'll put forward progressive policies that i think are good for people across the uk. throughout the election we've been travelling around the country to hear from voters. and tomorrow, the last stop on our election roadtrip sees us roll into the sidings in crewe — historically a railway town at the heart of the uk's train travel infastructure. we'll hear from voters there about what matters to them in this election. a man has been arrested after a video posted on social media showed a supporter making racist g

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, said he "owns this disaster" — and that he regretted the party wasn't able to articulate its message more effectively. but he also blamed brexit, and the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn — insisting that he'd been demonised. tonight, labour suggested that the process to elect a new leader could begin onjanuary 7th, as nick eardley reports. thejeremy corbyn era is coming to an end, but what will that mean for the labour party? how much does it need to change after its disastrous election result? this morning, mr corbyn said he took his responsibility. his right—hand man went further. it's on me. let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster. so i apologise. i apologise to all those wonderful labour mps who've lost their seats who worked so hard. i apologise to all our campaigners. but that apology only goes so far. the outgoing leadership say they made mistakes, but they blame brexit, believe they were demonised by the media and insist on their radical policy agenda was popular. if there was one criticism, and thi

borisjohnson told the bbc‘s andrew marr that automatic early release of criminals would end. (tx he was sentenced under labour's system that allowed him to be released automatically having served only eight years and when the judges reviewed his case in 2012 they determined that he could come out effectively after only eight years. your government got rid of vip —— ipps and it was said that they will be tougher conditions on release. that did not happen. what i have said since coming to office in the last three or four months is i think this whole system of automatic early release, which was brought in under labour... you have been in power for ten years. i have only been in office a short time. one of the reasons we are having this election is we have a queen's speech which was blocked by parliament and we need to get brexit done so we can move forward. it is ridiculous and repulsive but individuals as dangerous as this man should be allowed out after serving only eight yea rs allowed out after serving only eight years and that is why we are going to change the law. we a

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, he said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn, insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid". here's our political correspondent. three days on and labour is still trying to work out what went so catastrophically wrong. i'm just sorry that we've let some people down. in today's observer, jeremy corbyn offered an apology. we have suffered a heavy defeat and i take my responsibility for it. but the labour leader remains convinced that the campaign wasn't a total failure. i'm proud, he says, that on austerity, on corporate power, on inequality and on the climate emergency, we have won the argument and rewritten the terms of political debate. from the shadow chancellor this morning, a fuller apology. let me make it clear that it is on me, it is on me, let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster. but again, a belief that the core message was a good one. and other factors were also to blame. i think it was brexit that did it. we were in th

he will be on the andrew marr show. because of what has happened the focus will be on security and we understand he will be talking about longer sentencing. the conservatives have talked in the past about longer sentencing but a renewed focus on that. one thing we are going to hear is this pledge that people who commit serious terrorist offences would have to serve a minimum of commit serious terrorist offences would have to serve a minimum 01:14 yea rs. would have to serve a minimum 01:14 years. he is also going to talk about ending the automatic release system where people who commit offences a re system where people who commit offences are automatically released after serving half of their sentence, and some of them a little later than that. in terms of labour they are focusing on this sojeremy corbyn giving a speech later in york focusing on security and he is going to be talking about the funding aspect, saying you cannot expect to keep people safe on the cheap, drawing attention to the past few yea rs of drawing a

john mcdonnell they are talking to andrew mark this morning. ——andrew marr. our political correspondent tony bonsignore told me that despite mr corbyn's apology — the labour leader insisted the party had got some things right. there is not much apologising going on. he said that labour won the argument when it comes to climate change and austerity. he says the ma nifesto change and austerity. he says the manifesto was popular but labour we re manifesto was popular but labour were hit hard by brexit. he also attacked the media as well for the ferocious attacks on him personally. you can read this as a rallying cry to corbynite supporters to what comes next, about the future direction of the party. what he has had to say today hasn't gone down well in some quarters. jess phillips today, who will throw her hat into today, who will throw her hat into to become labour leader, we think, says that too many people are obsessed with the party rather than winning power. then anotherfigure today, lisa nandy, very popular in some parts of the party, she has also writte

where he'll be doing an interview with andrew marr, whoever it might be, and... put aside his line of argument, he comes across as a soft kind of chap in his tone and his demeanour. i want to know the size ofjohn mcdonnell's kettle because every single interview, it's like, "come and have a cup of tea!" i mean, i'd just say to them, come and have a cup of tea! and so i've got this image in my head ofjohn mcdonnelljust sitting there meeting sort of media magnates, or perhaps it's the chief rabbi, or perhaps it's the head of unscrupulous companies, or whatever it is, and he'sjust saying, come and have a cup of tea! let's have a cup of tea! he's also got a very fetching pair of curtains. when he does those interviews on sunday morning from home, he's got... the jumper ones? yeah. oh, and the lawyers say, please say borisjohnson has said he will do this morning at some point before the election. let's continue our geographical tour around britain and the battle grounds. although, i mean, all tours are geographical, aren't they? yeah. yeah, we're going to go to the no

marr show. what do you make of that 0bserver write up of the contenders? interesting. it is most likely a woman. keir starmer is talked about very highly by a lot of people, but i think he will either go for deputy leader or pull himself out entirely. it is most likely to be rebecca long—bailey or angela rayner. likely lisa nandy will run. any moderates who do run will be trying to say corbyn as has failed and jeremy corbyn failed. the problem has changed so much in the last ten years that all of the young people who were out door knocking and gave up so much of their time will not want... they were very happy with the manifesto and they will not want to return to a period where they weren't party members and they felt that blair and brown had abandoned so many young people and working class communities. who do you think the tories would most fear out of that selection, there is and riders? the tories would find it most tricky dealing with a jess phillips type character or keir starmer, someon

marr programme on b.b.c. earlier on today was trying to make the case that this is not the fault of the conservatives despite the fact that the conservatives have been in power for the best part of 10 years the roots of this goes back to the labor governments of tony blair and gordon brown and he was saying that the courts had no option but to release those men con early because of legislation passed in 2008 now that is not strictly true there are various ways in which the particulars of who's been caught on the case appeal and sentencing have filtered into legislation passed by numerous different governments including the conservatives conservative governments of the last 10 years but he obviously feels boris johnson that in the last stages of this campaign he has to show that this is not something that conservatives are responsible for and that they can still be viewed as the party of law and order where the voters will buy that or not is a matter that will have to wait until december the 12th to find out h

week to say the prime minister would not be on the andrew marr show until he committed to the andrew neil interview. but after friday's knife attack on london bridge, the corporation withdrew that ultimatum, arguing that it was now in the public interest for him to appear. here are the thoughts of maria jeffrey. i am dismayed and disgusted by the way the tories have played the bbc. why was boris johnson allowed the oxygen of publicity for his election campaign on the andrew marr show — a u—turn, given the bbc ban after he'd declined to have his policies and behaviour scrutinised by andrew neil — a process that the other party leaders had been through. but if the suggestion was that borisjohnson would have an easy time on the andrew marr show, that turned out to be far from the case. in a often acrimonious conversation, the presenter pressed the prime minister on the circumstances under which the london bridge attacker usman khan had been released from prison. there was no question.... under the conservatives, he was let out. no. under the conservatives... because — because...

marr used, was u nfettered, think the word andrew marr used, was unfettered, the ability to work u nfettered unfettered, the ability to work unfettered as leader of the conservative party, which of course theresa may did not have. what about share of the vote? let me show you where we are at. if you look at the share of the vote in great vision, we have the three parties contesting the election across the country. a5% conservative is a historically high figure. it is a very impressive figure. it is a very impressive figure when you consider that even in1979, figure when you consider that even in 1979, when mrs thatcher won her first election, she wasn't quite at a5% . first election, she wasn't quite at a5%. in fact, you've got to go back to 1970 to see the conservatives performing that well. 33% for labour, but losing votes by the thousand in all the most critical areas. that's the problem with their performance tonight. and the lib dems bumping along. i've got to say with the lib dems, 12%. if you had 1296 with the lib dems, 12%. if you had 12% of the mp5 you would have 70 mps. obviously t

speaking to andrew marr in the aftermath he laid the blame on brexit. the bulk of our members campaign through maine, those 70% of what the polls showed but the bulk of labour mps, like me, represent the leave seats. so in the horns of a dilemma, if you campaign to remain, who would confuse leave members. if you campaign slowly for leave, we would lose remainers. either way. others point the figner atjeremy corbyn. and there's evidence for this. polling from opinium on the day of the election showed the main reason people gave for not voting labour was, the leadership. and for previous labour voters, who defected to the conservatives, a5% said that was their main reason, with just 31% blaming labour's brexit stance. what of the candidates who contested seats for labour — and lost? natalie fleet stood in the seat of ashfield in the east midlands — and was beaten by the conservatives. here's her analysis. people did bring upjeremy corbyn, they did bring up brexit, especially in areas where there were 70% leap year. especially in areas where there were

and here he is speaking to andrew marr on the bbc yesterday. i think this whole system of automatic early release which was brought in by labour, it was under that system. 0nly been in office... the leader of the conservative party has been in powerfor ten years. the leader of the conservative party has been in power for ten years. the reason. . . has been in power for ten years. the reason... 0ne has been in power for ten years. the reason. . . one reason has been in power for ten years. the reason... one reason we are having the selection, we need to get brexit done so that we can move forward. i think it is ridiculous, i think it is repulsive that individuals as dangerous as this man should be allowed out after serving only eight yea rs allowed out after serving only eight years and that is why we are going to change the law. a few things to correct, parliament didn't block the plan, it had... the prime minister said first of all, the queen's speech was actually passed by parliament in october. given this was a rare parliamentary victory for

marr, this was awful. another tweet says ten years of tory cuts decimated public services including criminal justice. decimated public services including criminaljustice. the tory manifesto doesn't touch any of these issues, courts sitting empty etc. no plan, no clue, ijust blame the labour party. julie says i vote with my heart, no tactics for me in this election. another of your e—mails saying how can you ask if this will influence anyone ‘s boats, the same rhetoric of the time, politicians talk, it's revealed these people we re talk, it's revealed these people were known to the authorities, it's laughable. lisa says it's definitely the volt of politicians and lawmakers, this country is far too soft, what is the difference if the terrorist was kept in prison for the ums? it would have done the same, bring deterrence in to help keep about such a vile crimes. wherever you are in the countryjoin us this morning, send us an e—mail, message us on morning, send us an e—mail, message us on twitter using

andrew marr in uxbridge, thank you. at this moment we should remind ourselves, we've had three results in an there are we've had three results in an there a re 647 we've had three results in an there are 647 to go. laura's right, it is very early in the race, but we've had one dramatic result certainly from blyth valley, but two interesting results from sunderland and newcastle. how do they fit into the exit poll prediction? are they in—line? the man who can tell us thatis in—line? the man who can tell us that is the man who's got his fingers all over the brexit poll, professor sirjohn curtice. our first chat of the nice del matt knight, you've been hard at work with your team, i know —— of the night. tell us about the results of lithe valley and whether they fit into your exit poll pattern? -- blyth valley. the exit poll forecast that the conservatives would win blyth valley with a 15 point drop in the labour vote and we had a 15 point drop in the labour vote and the tories narrowly won blyth valley. equally th

the andrew marr show is here on bbc one this morning at 9:00am. andrewjoins us now and can tell us what is coming up. countdown to the general election, no doubt. it certainly is. do you wa nt to no doubt. it certainly is. do you want to know what that election result is? so do i. i won‘t quite be able to tell you but we do have sir john curtice, the polling and election guru with me. nicola sturgeon, the leader of the snp, john mcdonnell, the chatter of chancellor, and the power behind the labour throne, many people think, —— the shadow chancellor. and the justice secretary, brandon lewis, who knows all about how the tory party campaign is going. so lots of insights, i hope, at nine a.m.. coming up in the next half—hour: we will be getting all the reaction from the boxing world after anthonyjoshua reclaimed his heavyweight world titles. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello. this is breakfast with babita sharma and rogerjohnson. good morning. here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news. anthonyjoshua is heavyweight champ

as a prime minister who has a big majority in the house of commons and who, as andrew marr was telling us earlier, is now a very powerful figure. huw, could wejust earlier, is now a very powerful figure. huw, could we just dwell a little bit more on that phrase the people's government, because if it means a government for all the people, that is unexceptional and warm people, that is unexceptional and warm and welcoming, but but the problem with it is, if it is the people's government and you disagree with that about something, are you disagreeing with the people? does that make you an enemy of the people? it is a phrase that is loaded in different ways. they haven't had much time i imagine to sort this all out, but it rings slightly oddly in my ears. yes, and the will of the people has been one of the big phrases of brexit. and if you are against the people, what does that make you? enemy of the people, i suppose? there you go. a lot of this is about whether this election result, huge win for boris johnson and the conservatives, but is ita johnson and the conservatives, but is it a ma

. >> the bbc's andrew marr is picking things up for us. this could be one very big night for boris johnson. >> it certainly kid. talk about the labour party but let's talk about the tories because if it's true and he's only an exit poll but if it's true that the red wall has fallen then that changes the nature of the conservative party quite dramatically. lots and lots of new tory mps who constituents depend on public services like high public spending that will change the nature of the tories in program prince going to give boris johnson as laura was thing a lot more freedom to maneuver. if he wants to extend the transition. maaco be able to do so and in those trade-offs next year he will be able to give more than he was intending to. probably it's frankly a slightly softer brexit. nigel farage are going to be feeling cross and boris johnson is going to be freed so he can show us the real boris johnson politically and that's really important. >> given you've been commentating of these things for some yes this would involve the majority ac