this had been labour for decades, labour since 1935. well, it has tonight gone conservative, and sarah atherton is the first female conservative mp in wales ever. she has done it with 45% share of the vote as compared to labour's 39%. and again, i want to show you the way in which the vote share has changed since 2017, and it is the same story is in peterbrough. the conservatives up a little bit, but they have been given the seat by the drop in the labour vote share. labour down by 10%, and that has allowed sarah atherton, as i said, to become the first female conservative mp in wales. discreetly you well, i never thought in all this time i'd see wrexham of all places turning conservative but that's what this night is about, parts of wales and across the uk, apart from scotland, are looking at gaining some areas which have been solidly labour for decades and decades. we have resulted from northern ireland which i'd like to go to

the labour party? what you need is somebody the public look at and think, i can see them as prime minister. now, where they come from is less important. lisa mandy was talking yesterday. —— nandy. she was talking yesterday. —— nandy. she was talking yesterday. —— nandy. she was talking in the north, that may be in the end, what the country wa nts be in the end, what the country wants is a labour party that has leader, team, policies and we're not about people who spend the times is obsessing about politics, but people look at them and think, i can imagine you at number 10 butjeremy, iam imagine you at number 10 butjeremy, i am sorry, but they did not. let's look at the travails of left politics. in the us, a form of nationalism and populism propels trump possibly to a second wind. borisjohnson has what trump possibly to a second wind. boris johnson has what floor. trump possibly to a second wind. borisjohnson has what floor. across europe, left of centre progressive are struggling to connec

2.2% from labour to the tories. labour hold, a rare bit of good news for labour tonight. let's talk about the position in sheffield because one of the sheffield seat, sheffield hallam where nick clegg used to be the mp. harry, tell us what happened. it was a dramatic end to what has been a significant day here and i have to say that the result was a very good one for the labour party. they needed it. olivia blake won this and disappointing for laura gordon from the liberal democrats, about 800 votes that separated the two of them and you are right in saying this was the nick clegg constituency up to a couple of years ago and thenjarrod o'mara took over. he had his problems as well so the liberal democrats were hoping they would have an opportunity to reclaim the seat that they feel is there is but it was a determined campaign and olivia blake has won this by over 800 votes and is absolutely delighted by that result. harry, many thanks. the latest in sheffield hallam, a labour hold and a bit of good news there. lord faulkner, charlie faulkner, a former cabinet minister and

we will reach out to labour voters and labourmps and we will reach out to labour voters and labour mps and labour activists that we have completely lost. isn't that we have completely lost. isn't that what has to happen now?|j that we have completely lost. isn't that what has to happen now? i am a big admirer of ed miliband. when i was first elected in 2015i sent him a text saying i hope he would stay on as leader. i hope there will be a rid time of reflection now. jeremy has said he will stand down in the new year. it's right now that we have a period of reflection. we need to analyse the fact the distribution of votes was clearly a disaster for labour but we still got more votes than we did when we have won elections previously, so we need to have a cold, hard headed and objective analysis of what went wrong. if we rush to judgment we could get it wrong. do you want to offer an apology and so you are sorry? offer an apology and so you are i offer an apology and so you are sorry? i am deeply sorry and the labour party takes full responsibility for the fact we are not in government. th

my dad voted labour, me mum. those days are long gone. the labour party then in its day, was great. things have changed now. but what has changed? what's different this time? i think it's all around brexit, yeah. people have voted to leave, but jeremy corbyn wanted to hold another referendum. until last night, blyth was a brick in labour redwall, a block of supposedly safe seats, stretching for miles across the country. but not any more. we head under the tyne to sedgefield. this was tony blair's house, when he was the local mp. in the days of new labour, he had a majority of 20,000 here. now, all changed. this constituency went conservative. never. i don't believe it. we meet care worker andrea at the end of her night shift. she stuck with labour, and thought others would in this old mining community. how big a shift is this? that sedgefield is now conservative. it's unbelievable. it's just totally 100% mad. it's the biggest change i've everseen in my life. are you going to change the colour of your car? no. but derek has changed the way he votes. a retired pit worker, he's been la

if you have the labour party, today's labour party, basically going around saying that new labour was some kind of aberration, that tony blair is a sort of swearword within the party, that we neglected the heartlands, where did we put the biggest investment in schools and hospitals? why did we do sure start? why did we do the minimal wage? why did we look after some of these former industrial communities in the way that we did...? why didn't you invest in the infrastructure of the north? why didn't you develop the railways, the road links...? sure, more we could have done. much more. much more, however, the idea that it was neglected compared with london and the south—east — and let me say something else... hang on, you are now making a speech. this is an interview not a speech, and we need to move it on, because where labour is today, and we both agree it is in crisis, is labour has phenomenal support amongst the 18—24, with young people — it far outstrips the conservative party, even in a disastrous defeat — it still has a major support in metropolitan areas, particularly

the new labour mpfor all be looking for. the new labour mp for putney. i'm joined by the political strategist john mcternan, who was tony blair's political secretary. who is going to replace, and who should replacejeremy corbyn, in your view? in my view, jess phillips, somebody who has not been associated with the current leadership around jeremy corbyn or the leadership around ed miliband. they have had their time and they've lost, we have now lost three elections in a row, four, if you catch 2010. i think it needs to be a new voice, a new face with new ideas, because we will need a lot of ideas, because we will need a lot of ideas in a post brexit britain. everybody is obsessed with brexit. housing challenge, social care for older people, pensions, there are all kinds of issues around us, climate change. we need new progressive ideas and a new person to be the figurehead. would jess phillips get through the party is constituted? don't the left have all the leaders, her plus the membership? that's a good question, and the member should have control of t

what were they saying when you were knocking on labour doors in labour areas? well, the overwhelming message was that the values of this labour party strayed a long way from working towns in the north and midlands. the labour party over the last few years has become a party for cities and students, and that was felt very acutely here. a ten minute drive away to the south of the constituency is the pit village of shirebrook, where, in september, we spoke to retired miner and staunch labour man, trevor toon. it was clear then that the party could be in trouble here. why are so many traditional labour supporters thinking of either voting for farage or borisjohnson? it's immigration. top and bottom on it, it's immigration. hiya, trev. nice to see you again. how you are you feeling after thursday? yeah? come on in. trev voted labour and still believes in the corbyn project. devastated. yeah? come on in. trev voted labour and still believes in the corbyn project. last time i was here, you didn't think enough people round here, former miners etc, would switch over to

labour on 203. borisjohnson on 364. labour on 203. borisjohnson on 364. labour on 203. borisjohnson looking borisjohnson on 364. labour on 203. boris johnson looking at the majority of 80 in this new parliament. you are watching bbc election 2019. good morning. the prime minister boris johnson says he will work "night and day" to repay the trust of voters after the conservatives were confirmed as the winners of the general election by a large majority. the labour party has lost swathes of its traditional heartlands and has suffered its worst performance since before the second world war. mrjohnson says he will get brexit done by the end of january next year. there is some flash photography injessica parker's report. he knows it. the conservatives have won a decisive majority. earlier at his constituency count, and later to a rally. with this mandate and majority, we will at last be able to do what? get brexit done! you have been paying attention. because this election means getting brexit done is now the irrefutable, irresistible, unarguable decision of the british peop

this is a likely labour hold. labour still getting half of the vote. look at the share of the vote again the conservatives and the brexit party picking up where labour have lost. 11% fm labour to conservative. looking at the actual result to seth if the exit poll matche actual result. in a remain seat and the leaves o the, accordinge exit poll, we are seeing this from labour conservative, which will call into real question jeremy corbyn's carefully calibrated position of neutrality on huw: many thanks. back with reeta and a short while. we are hoping for a declaration with minutes. you're giving a short i on northeast england and newcastle as well. ile you are watching us, you can get more detail on the exit poll, the way, on your mobile devices. bbc news h a seat-by-seat forecast. select a constituency see what the data suggests using the website or the bbc app it is a very useful thing for you to do for any seat you are interested iwh you will se the exit poll data ipulled have a look if you get aa chance because it i treasure trove of information. w

within labour. this one quite extraordinary. 2005 sedgefield, the seat of tony blair, a majority of 18,000 with tony blair, after nine yea rs of 18,000 with tony blair, after nine years of labour opposition conservatives have taken it with a majority of 4500. an extraordinary picture we are going to be looking out across the country for the conservatives and we are going to look at scotland because the picture is very different in scotland. a very good night for the snp and that is going to bring up those questions about the union. yes, we will get onto that. with me is the tory minister helen whately. what that tells us is that you are going to be governing in the areas where there is heavy dependence or has been heavy dependence on public services. you are the party of the working class now and when you look at workington, the swathes of red thatis at workington, the swathes of red that is your mandate, you have to deliver something really important for those people. you are absolutely right. thou

labour's hurt won't heal quickly. remainers and leavers blaming each other, or the leader for pleasing no one. centrists raged at devoted corbyn followers for turning off traditional supporters. corbyn was a disaster on the doorstep. everyone knew that he couldn't lead the working class out of a paper bag. the party's splitting ahead of a new year leadership contest. those who embraced politics the corbyn way, and blame brexit for defeat, and those who say labour and its leader got it wrong. i feel sorry for all those constituents up and down the country in all four corners of this country. they need a labour government, and they've been badly let down by the labour party, and we've delivered a hard right conservative government with the most conservative prime minister in history, and i think we should all reflect on that. unfortunately, our labour heartlands, working—class heart lands in the north and the midlands, they voted leave. they, undoubtedly, felt that labour had let them down. so who could join the race

this is a likely labour hold. labour still getting half of the vote. look at the share of the vote down by 15%. again the conservatives and the brexit party picking up where labourave lost. 11% from labour to conservative. looking at the actual result to see if the exit poll matches the actual result. in a remain seat and the leaves the, according to the exit poll, we are seeing this from labour conservative, which will call into real question' jeremy cor's carefully calibrated position of neutrality on brexit. huw: many thanks. back with reeta and a short while. were hoping for a declaration within minutes. you're giving a short northeast england and newcastle as well. while you are watching us, you caitget more detail on the poll, by the way, on your mobile devices. bbc news has a seat-by-seat forecast. sect a constituency to see what the data suggests using the website the bbc app. it is a very useful thing for you to do for s at you are interested in. you will see what the exit poll data ipulled have afook you get a chance because it is a treasure

it's run by a welsh labour government and we've had a labour government and we've had a labour assembly member before. services have deteriorated and gone down, people can see that when they look out their windows. that's why i think they want change when they come to the conservative party. my role would be to try and influence and scrutinise the nhs as a social worker and a nurse. i have the skills to do that. in terms of the doorstep when you were campaigning, what were people saying to you? were you surprised at the fact labour did not take the seat? i wasn't, actually. from the thursday we were getting a positive response from the wards where we would not ordinarily have had that support and what they we re have had that support and what they were clearly saying is that they wa nt were clearly saying is that they want brexit delivered, 59% of wrexham voted to leave, it was not delivered. and secondly they wanted the democratic will of the people upheld. when you say they wanted brexit done, what are they expecting will improve in their daily lives as a result? they want to be able

labour's vote dropping sharply. but both the main parties losing share of the vote in the strongly remain seats. but again, it's the difference between the two performances that's important here. the conservatives performed less badly than labour and, therefore, were able to pick up seats. well, you can find much more detail on all of this — including your own results in your own constituency — all on the bbc news website. in northern ireland, there's been political change too. nationalist mps, whose political goal is a united ireland, outnumber unionist mps for the first time. the big result of the night was the defeat of nigel dodds, the democratic unionist leader at westminster. but both the dup and sinn fein saw their vote significantly reduced, after three years of failure to restore power sharing at the northern ireland assembly. emma vardy‘s report on the result in northern ireland contains some flash photography. applause a major player leaving the stage. nigel dodds, so influential for the dup at west

a big collapse in the labour voce. and you see the swing, 10% -- labour voce. and you see the swing, 10% —— vote share. a lot of thinking to do for labour. christian fraser. labour's major defeat has already started major soul searching, but where does the labour party go from here. earlier, i spoke to labour peer lord falconer, friend of tony blair, and former cabinet minister. i asked him whetherjeremy corbyn had to take personal responsibility for the defeat. i think that he does. he has to take responsibility for what's happened. he says that he absolutely gave his all to it, and they completely accept that, but it has been an absolute catastrophe. both for the labour party and the country, because the country has completely repudiated the proposition that labour was making to them in this election. is it clear to you why? yes, i think we did not connect with large swathes of the country. we lost almost all of the traditional conservative labour marginals and, what's more, we lost in very many parts of the country, and your film just then referred to wa

a brick breaking a window of sunderland's labour hq. iain duncan smith's campaign building targeted. another death threat against labour's ruth smead. a tory candidate alleging he was assaulted. swastikas on an snp leaflet and a tory candidate confronting a voter alleged to have abused his campaigners. now, sod off! don't shout at young females who work for me. new figures seen by the bbc show online abuse has been rising throughout the campaign. in the first week, researchers found nearly 18,000 abusive replies to candidates. that's kept coming up and, in total, over the first month of the election, the team found candidates received nearly 93,000 abusive tweets. the escalation was mostly aimed at conservative candidates. police chiefs have been getting daily reports from across the country, after they issued advice to all candidates to protect themselves and not to canvass alone. luke pollard in plymouth has had to remove homophobic abuse from his campaign office for the first time. do you think the level of abuse directed at candidat

he bent on labour levers and many thought those people were more labour than they we re people were more labour than they were leave and they were wrong. did he bent on them or did labourjust get them wrong? a combination of both. i think something like a quarter of those labour levers did go tory so that did happen as well asjeremy corbyn's go tory so that did happen as well as jeremy corbyn's unpopularity. there is a clear collision between working—class people voting tory. it is not just working—class people voting tory. it is notjust that leavis voted tory it is not just is notjust that leavis voted tory it is notjust about brexit. it was a lot about those people turning against the labour party for reasons other than brexit. the labour party have yet to talk about the reasons and there is still disagreement. we will come to that in a moment. on the sunday times, a revolution, he is already talking about his plans for the country but closer to home. a prettyjuicy story. he is planning to sack up to a third of his cabinet. he is going to put the focus rather than being good media

from the labour movement, the equality and human rights movement condition. this did come out first thing this morning, the daily telegraph has chosen to give this so much prominence. how many months, was it years ago when these allegations of anti—semitism in the labour party were being made? and how has the leadership, the leaders office prepared, or not prepared, to deal with it in this election campaign? for some of us, thatis election campaign? for some of us, that is quite extraordinary and i'm speaking of it only this morning to a very senior figure from new labour, but very much the left wing of the old, new labour movement because it was known many years ago. he was astonished at how this election campaign from the labour party point of view has not been prepared for and things like this have been allowed, you might argue to run amok in a labour sympathetic paper. is there anything new in here, where the allegations come from i suppose. so that is the deeply damaging thing and here is in the last six days of the campaign. labour they are saying the

i think labour have been very complacent in areas like this. for me, they were given a clear message at the beginning, that we wanted out. and, because they've been messing around, we've again now given another clear message. we don't like corbyn and it's that one person who's ruined it. we need to kick corbyn out, and then we'll be all right. but make no mistake, labour is farfrom dead here. how are you feeling about what's ahead, sofina? sofina moved to leigh three years ago from dudley, where she was a labour councillor. but she agrees with boris johnson in two regards. many labour votes here have simply been gifted to him on loan. and now is the time for healing. we can all live together regardless of our political aspirations. i really pray and hope that borisjohnson does live up to his promises because i know jeremy corbyn definitely would. i'm joined by georgina wright from the institute for government, a nonpartisan think—tank. i want to mention the financial times, which has this story of a delayed transitional deadline, as pressure

labour voters, those heartland labour voters, those heartland labour voters, those heartland labour voters, who took a punt on borisjohnson to get brexit done, to use his mantra. for the first time, we heard to reach out to those who didn't vote for him, who didn't want to be prime minister, those who wa nted to be prime minister, those who wanted to remain in the eu, and that will be a difficultjob for him to bridge, but he has got time. he has time to think about this. so, to some extent, he can push towards that end of january date to take the uk out of the eu, as he pledged, no ifs, no buts. and then we will see what sort of government he does actually put forward. he will do a much bigger reshuffle then and no doubt he will shape it in the way he would like to take a domestic agenda forward , would like to take a domestic agenda forward, too. the only thing i would say is the clock will start ticking again, the famous eu clock, on the trade talks, as soon as the eu and uk part. then they have to get this trade deal, and again there could be a hard enter that at the end of next year if

for labour it will be very different. their mps will be sore, disappointed and looking for a new leader one of those tipped to run declined to declare her interest this morning. we don't, we should have a period of mourning, we need to have a chance to stop and think, 0k? i've got nothing else to say. jeremy corbyn wants to mind the shop until a new leader is elected, leading through the reflection period but his critics reject that idea. i don't think you can have the proper, deep reflection that we need to have under the leadership of a person who thinks that the programme is all right, that he worked really hard, and that the only thing that was wrong was that the media didn't like him, and that the brexit message was wrong. these are happier times for the snp leader, here amongst her winners. 48 mps were elected on the scottish nationalist ticket, a mandate, says nicola sturgeon, for a second scottish independence referendum. this is a watershed election. it couldn't really be clearer now that the majority in scotland

for labour it will be very different. their mps will be sore, disappointed and looking for a new leader. one of those tipped to run declined to declare her interest this morning. we don't, we should have a period of mourning, we need to have a chance to stop and think, 0k? i've got nothing else to say. jeremy corbyn wants to mind the shop until a new leader is elected, leading through the reflection period but his critics reject that idea. i don't think you can have the proper, deep reflection that we need to have under the leadership of a person who thinks that the programme is all right, that he worked really hard, and that the only thing that was wrong was wrong was that the media didn't like him, and that the brexit message was wrong. these are happier times for the snp leader, here amongst her winners. 48 mps were elected on the scottish nationalist ticket — a mandate, says nicola sturgeon, for a second scottish independence referendum. this is a watershed election. it couldn't really be clearer now that the majori

they have moved into these labour strongholds, like wakefield, another labour seat that had been in labour hands since 1932 and it is now blue. and take a look at scotland. almost completely snp yellow and that has taken some casualties with it, like the leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson. but when you look back across our map, with all the constituencies at the same size, you see just how dramatically it has changed. sophie ralph with with the national picture. —— sophie raworth with the national picture. it was a good night for the snp, taking 48 of the 59 seats in scotland, with labour and the tories suffering defeats. the country's first minister, nicola sturgeon, said she now has a fresh mandate for another referendum on scottish independence. alexandra mackenzie has more details. her report contains some flash photography. yes! cheering for the snp, it is a win beyond their own expectation. in glasgow, nicola sturgeon saw a clean sweep, with her party winning all seven seats. scotland's first minister was delighted the snp took the east dunbartonshire seat from the liber

in birkenhead, he also has left the labour party. this is following the long—running row over anti—semitism and he claims that there's a left—wing campaign within the party that didn't want him there any more. so it will be interesting to see because i think people will have voted, could have voted for him for 40 years. are they going to stick with him or are they going to choose another party? you were saying a second ago, claire, about the whole business about new labour faces coming up, and obviously the battles you get within local parties about who their candidate is and the role of the national party. is it too simplistic to say it becomes a battle about how left wing a potential labour candidate or range of candidates could be? and how local they are? it's a bit of both, i think. i mean, i think this has been absolutely fascinating. because we've always had, with the labour party, these accusations of parachuting someone in — and that, in the past, when stephen twigg and luciana berger were selected in 2010, it was tha

and you have the local labour party leader, welsh labour. good afternoon. good afternoon, even. jeremy corbyn came here this morning and went to one of the target seats in the vale of glamorgan where he met the welsh first minister and has given a speech in swansea to around 1000 people and this is his first visit to wales during this election campaign andi visit to wales during this election campaign and i will turn to the first minister of wales, mark dra keford. first minister of wales, mark drakeford. your speech first minister of wales, mark dra keford. your speech reduced first minister of wales, mark drakeford. your speech reduced some members to tears. pundits and opinion polls suggest that labour is struggling in wales somewhat. could you have done withjeremy corbyn coming to visit a bit sooner rather than a few days before the election? it is fantastic to have jeremy here in the final weekend but it does not ta ke in the final weekend but it does not take a general election to bring jeremy corbyn to wales. he was here in the summerand jeremy corbyn to wales. he was her

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 together. the battle for the labour leadership is likely to be bruising, because there are vastly different interpretations of what went wrong. some want a leader who will continue with mr corbyn‘s message, butjust find a better way of selling it. others want a leader who will

for labour it will be very different. their mps will be sore, disappointed and looking for a new leader. one of those tipped to run declined to declare her interest this morning. we don't, we should have a period of mourning, we need to have a chance to stop and think, 0k? i've got nothing else to say. jeremy corbyn wants to mind the shop until a new leader is elected, leading through the reflection period but his critics reject that idea. i don't think you can have the proper, deep reflection that we need to have under the leadership of a person who thinks that the programme is all right, that he worked really hard, and that the only thing that was wrong was that the media didn't like him, and that the brexit message was wrong. these are happier times for the snp leader, here amongst her winners. 48 mps were elected on the scottish nationalist ticket, a mandate, says nicola sturgeon, for a second scottish independence referendum. this was a watershed election. it couldn't really be clearer now that the majority in scotla

is it uk labour or welsh labour? welsh labour took the reins last time, this time it seems more ofa last time, this time it seems more of a central plan but as i say the first time for a labour leader to be here. he has come here to back the welsh labour government but also to say that labour is the party that is pushing for small business success in wales. they have been meeting other small businesses across wales, also here in swansea. his supporters here today were also met with a group from the brexit party and there was some toing and froing here just earlier before we arrived between both sets of supporters. it got quite rowdy but has died down now. in the next half an hour the labour leader will appear here but at the moment this snaking queue here is going down so slowly i'm not sure there will be enough room inside for everyone. very interesting to see those people queueing up to get in. tell us, was there much interest in last night's debate from what you could see? and what is your sense of how labour feel

and, iain is with me now. would never go tory. mean, the labour party reall' still i mean, the labour party really still digesting thursday's body blow? absolutely. the numbered us easily won, it was the lowest since 1935, so there are mps questioning whyjeremy corbyn is still there as leader of the labour party, why he hasn't resigned. the argument made by margaret hodge there is that if you have a period of reflection, if you have a period of reflection, if you are not willing to reflect, then perhaps you need to step aside. i think that pressure will continue to grow from mps over the next few days, especially those who favour a quicker contest. others are happy to have a period of reflection, they wa nt have a period of reflection, they want him gone before the may council elections, certainly, he will have a few months to take a look at some of the big issues that labour has to address. i think we will see a battle over the reasons for it labour‘s's defeat. before we even get to the new candidates of leadership and debris to leadership, they will want to be able to say that the

there are other new labour mps, they might not be gains, but they are new labour mps. we are already supporting each other, meeting up this afternoon, what's stay together. it is not as ifi what's stay together. it is not as iflam what's stay together. it is not as if i am the only newbie on the labour side. has been in a training meeting with a lot of conservatives, all cheering, not a great experience, i must say. getting to the meat of the problem, we were talking a moment ago about the difficulties for your party, somewhat itself apart this morning. you do have a job in parliament holding the government to account, how can you do that in these circumstances? we have to stay focused on that, and remember all the conversations we have just been having on the dosh were people who need it to look at the benefit system. there are things that we can do in opposition that can change the lives of people, i don't want to wait for five years and then say, right, now we can have a change. and wa nt right, now we can have a change. and want to be making a change along the wave

but under survival of the labour party. but undeer survival of the labour party. but under mr corbyn, it has travelled so far away from electability, that if it carries arm on that trajectory, thenit it carries arm on that trajectory, then it will never be returned to government and it will be replaced by another force, another party, he doesn't identify you as the alternatives to the conservatives. so his analysis is a pretty dark one. either the party because back from the corbyn agenda or it is over. this is a moment in the labour party's history. it is not like any election defeat labour has ever had. this is a moment when it has got to re—engineer aggressive social democratic politics, and it can lead to that or over time, it will be replaced. because there is too much political energy that is not conservative. in a question and a nswer conservative. in a question and answer session, he was asked how he would characterise the current period of reflection in the labour party and he said his fear was it was like everyone are sitting around ina was like everyo

leadership of the labour party. unfortunately, our labour heartlands, working—class heartlands in the north and the midlands that voted leave, they undoubtedly felt that labour had let them down. so who could join the race to lead labour? there is rebecca long—bailey, but does she want the job? angela rayner‘s been mentioned, perhaps as deputy leader though. kier starmer‘a a centre ground pro—european, which could put some off. emily thornberry is a strong performer and looks ambitious. then lisa nandy, young, left—leaning, looks like another contender. and jess phillips, outspoken, combative, may be the wild card of the contest. jeremy corbyn‘s heading for a quieter life — to his admirers, a heroic loser, to critics, the man who consigned labour to a fourth term out of office. they will all be fighting over labour's future before jeremy corbyn‘s even out of sight. john pienaar, bbc news. as the scottish national party swept to victory across scotland, taking 48 out of 59 seats, the future of the u

do you want to be labour leader? i am in a period of mourning and we need a chance to stop and think. i have nothing else to say. nicola sturgeon has welcomed the snp‘s new mps in dundee following what she described as a "watershed" general election. just a few hours after discussing a second independence referendum with the prime minister, the snp leader met for a photo call and celebrations with her 48 successful candidates. my my plan is the one i put before the scottish people on thursday and got an endorsement and a mandate for, so i will continue with that. the tories probably haven't yet come to terms with what happened on thursday first they were rejected in scotland. they put the issue of opposition to an independence referendum on the ballot paper, and they lost vote share, more than 50% of their seats. it was a catastrophic defeat for the tories. i think the danger for them catastrophic defeat for the tories. i think the dangerfor them is, the longer they trying to do that, the more contempt they show fo

so, where, if no longer here, are labour's heartlands now? manchester is one surviving labour stronghold. this is prosperous metropolitan england. here, the labour vote held up, among the young, the college educated, the socially liberal, middle—class professionals, working in the health service and schools. when i saw the exit polls, my heart just sank. junaid alvi is 27, an accountant, and a labour party member. i think that idea that we can be that far left has been destroyed for a generation, probably. we tried, and we failed. labour has been complacent. and they took the working class communities for granted for too long. and now it's been clear that those communities are happy to vote for the conservatives. so they need to appeal to those heartlands once again. we've lost by so many that it's clear that labour can't just appeal to the middle class and the liberal elite, as it were. in scotland, this is the party of the old labour heartlands now. snp supporters in glasgow north—east, celebrating taking every seat in a city that was o

and the only way to elect a labour government is to vote labour. and when labour wins, scotland wins. mr leonard, thank you. the person who got the honour of telling last and getting the last word is jackson carlaw. honour of telling last and getting the last word is jackson carlawm looks like it will still be chucking it down for many of us over the next 48 hours, but don't let that stop you getting out to date. on friday, do you wantjeremy corbyn in number ten with nicola sturgeon pulling the strings and a divisive second independence referendum? if your a nswer independence referendum? if your answer is no, the only party with the strength to stand up for you is the strength to stand up for you is the scottish conservatives. i am asking you to lend us your fate on thursday. say no to a second independence referendum. tell her again. vote conservative if thursday. thank you to all of our panel for what has been a rousing debate, even if we didn't get the a nswer to debate, even if we didn't get the answer to absolutely everything, and at least th

labour has plans for reform. the conservatives, liberal democrats offer guiding principles and cross—party talks. but after more than 20 years of talking, experts say more discussions are not an adequate a nswer to discussions are not an adequate answer to the pressures families face right now. and the difficulties in children's social care, with more children needing protection and councils struggling to cope, are even less on the agenda. both are issues that a new government will have to tackle. there is a significant choice at this election. a larger, more powerful state with an investment blitz is labour's offer, tax and spend at the highest sustained levels in british peacetime history all raised, they say, from businesses and the richest 596. say, from businesses and the richest 5%. with a majority, labour promises to ta ke 5%. with a majority, labour promises to take into public ownership various services. but that raises questions not just about the scale of government but the skill of ministers in runn

labour's. .. if the websites being put up above labour's... if the manifesto and labour's... if the manifesto and labour themselves don't scare the conservatives, why were fake websites set up and google paid so that their results would come higher on google than labour's actual manifesto? i am afraid short answer to that question is, i haven't foggiest idea. but as far as i understand it, as far as i understand it, as far as i understand it, as far as i understand it, what happens is that there is an awful lot of activity on there is an awful lot of activity on the internet to try and promote news of one kind of another. what i can tell you is that if you want to look at our manifesto, it is there online, it is a great manifesto, it will take this country forward and it will enable us to get brexit done and move on. that is what we want to do. similarline... and move on. that is what we want to do. similar line... well, i mean... i have heard about that and obviously, i think that a lot of this i

when it comes to labour, except brexit, extinguish anti—semitism from the labour party. and then produce a ma nifesto labour party. and then produce a manifesto that appeals to the public, not to party members. when you say just except public, not to party members. when you sayjust except brexit, and don't rerun the whole thing, but a lot of people in this country, you guys lot of people in this country, you guys won lot of people in this country, you guys won by a very narrow margin. there are a lot of people in this country who are not... it is four victories, it is the referendum, 2017, european elections, it is last night. in the same way that your side never ever quite accepted the result from the 1970s and kept questing for this moment, you can't just like well the desire in ardent europeans as well. and you've got a problem north of the border with scotland, were scotland is a majority remain country talking about the will of the people. if nicola sturgeon gets another clean sweep at the scottish parliamentary elections on a mandate that they wa nt elections on a

labour voter, labour voter, labour voter. yeah, yeah, definitely. and now that has all changed. yeah. and you have woken up to a conservative mp, west brom west. yes. how does that feel? that feels 0k actually. i think it's great, it's what the country needs. a conservative mp in this area? yeah, because jeremy corbyn is a puppet. and that's the end of it. and that's the issue for you? yeah, every time. it's about time london listened to the rest of the country. they are listening now. they are now. at last. and for many this demand to be heard has been a three yearjourney. here, nearly seven out of ten who voted in the 2016 referendum wanted to leave the eu. take philip, a welder since he left school. how do you feel today? happy. hopefully, brexit can finally get done. he feels this election result is a turning point. i believe that borisjohnson is going to sort it out, and by the 31st of january we will be leaving the eu. we've turned a corner, we have more certainty, hopefully more certainty in the marketplace. ijust think it's the right thing for the uk. now, a new contract

the whistle—blowers of the labour party right now. the whistle— blowers are of the labour party right now. the whistle—blowers are demonstrating the truest of values and it should be commended for their bravery. i am proud to have worked with and alongside them. we are in a position where the gmb union representing most labour party staff is writing to the general secretary in the strongest terms to state any intimidation and victimisation of whistle—blowers intimidation and victimisation of whistle— blowers who could intimidation and victimisation of whistle—blowers who could be identified in this document will not be tolerated and the union will stand up for its members. it is regrettable this document is in the public domain. it does however contain important disclosures about how deep the rot inside the labour party goes and all ican ask inside the labour party goes and all i can ask is you read it and come to your own conclusions. i cannot tell your own conclusions. i cannot tell you how sad i am... it may be that news

it was a labour idea. but in terms of campaigners, trying to pressure the government, we will see a lot from younger people but also from these campaign groups. the daily mirror, gift of life from nhs superhero. a heartwarming story, and nhs worker saved the life of a dying toddler after donating a kidney to her. they are quite light —— quite rightly branding her a superhero. the nhs becoming a huge battleground during the election, it was front and centre, traditionally a labour issue, you heard about or isjohnson talking about how the tories can own it going forward but clearly the top of the voters' mines and priorities, it is great to see a story like this —— minds. it is great to see a story like this -- minds. she heard about it on social media, didn't she? when people are looking for donors or particular organs all you need a match in terms of blood type. i think this is nice because also because it is inherently political, it is something after a very intense general election that is just a

be concerned about the labour party's who might be concerned about the labour pa rty‘s position who might be concerned about the labour party's position on that. important to note that the conservative party used to be a remainer and he has said that he is backing brexit and borisjohnson's deal. that is a key issue certainly this part. all of the candidates are on the website if you want to check them out. look at the options. the keyissues them out. look at the options. the key issues are what here? drug crime, knife crime have been higher here than the national average. crime is a big issue here. knife crime, in the past year, it seems to be dipping in croydon. as in lots of parts of london, knife crime is a huge issue and won the local candidates have been talking about. people want to know what the parties will do. and also housing, this part of london has seen massive development. near east croydon station there had been lots of new developments, new people moving in. the demographics are very interesting. close to the transport hubs you have younger people moving m, hubs you h

now most of the switching would go, you know, from lib dems to labour or labour to the lib dems. i think what has happened is that since brexit has sort of slightly disappeared from the brexit party and the conservatives have replaced it with a much harder line on brexit, brexit backing people will have gone to the conservatives. lib dem supporters are probably facing quite a challenge, where they have a labourmp quite a challenge, where they have a labour mp but there is a tory coming up labour mp but there is a tory coming up in second place. but, in the end, you are asking people to cast their very, very precious vote, to lend a vote, if you like, to another party. and given the unpopularity of the two main leaders, jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson, is very two main leaders, jeremy corbyn and boris johnson, is very difficult for people to make that. we are going to stay on the front page of the independent, nigel. already questions about who will be the next labour leader. this is asked by their columnist. all this really comes from john mcdonnell to announce that if they don't

notwithstanding the fa ct labour leader. notwithstanding the fact he has plenty of die—hard supporters in the labour party as well. it puts that seed of doubt right back at the front of voters' mines. that said, a lot of people have already voted, may be particularly because this is a winter election, a lot of people have already cast their vote by post and there are a lot of factors in this campaign that are hard to get to. they are in the undergrowth, if you like, either particular issues in individual constituencies or campaigns happening online perhaps not affiliated to any of the big political parties. but when it comes to the polling, which we should a lwa ys to the polling, which we should always treat very carefully, there isa always treat very carefully, there is a clear and distinct pattern. another major poll tonight suggested the tories are far out in front, but not secure, not at all sure of actually being able to get a majority in government. and that is why with all this uncertainty, for the hours that are l

then you have people in labour strongholds, traditionally labour supporters, who perhaps want brexit to happen, they think about voting for the conservatives for the first time in their lives all the brexit party. you have blurred lines which makes it really difficult to work out which way things are going to go. as well as looking at the result of the last election, as political journalists we are looking at how people voted in the european elections, what is happening in terms of polling locally and the referendum. all these things come into play when we look at which way a marginal seat could go. susanna, thank you. we are waiting to hearjo swinson speak. she is in sheffield today, we are awaiting that. 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. let's go over to sheffield, jo swinson is arrivi

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 written an article that labour has lost touch with the day—to—day worries of voters. she has also spoken to the bbc in the last half—an—hour or so and this is what she said when asked if she was considering standing as leader. well, the honest answer is that i'm seriously thinking about it. the reason i'm thinking about it is because we've just had the most shattering defeat, where you really felt in towns like mine t

forget it was only in 2016 that labour mps by a huge margin voted no confidence in jeremy corbyn labour mps by a huge margin voted no confidence injeremy corbyn in labour mps by a huge margin voted no confidence in jeremy corbyn in the la st confidence in jeremy corbyn in the last few months, watching the convulsions going on as labour mps attempted to justify the man they clearly don't trust or support yet are still campaigning to get into number10. earlier in are still campaigning to get into number 10. earlier in the week we had a piece in the telegraph about how very small number proportion of labour leaflets actually feature jeremy corbyn in any way, shape or form so it's highly consistent with a wide swathe of opinion. jonathan is one of the few people who survived the shadow cabinet and has done so by being loyal tojeremy corbyn until now. he was advising those who decided to challenge jeremy corbyn that it was the wrong time to do it. what should the moderates in the labour party have done? some are standing as liberal democrats, it will be interesting to see if any of them when

the leadership debates in labour. for borisjohnson to get leadership debates in labour. for boris johnson to get a draw and get out of it without a game changing moment of virality of the kind that katie talked about, unless it turns out that the file moment knocks the tories of course, this little boy being treated on the floor of the hospital, i think that moment when he was in the arena of maximum danger, when his campaign didn't fall apart, just probably the most significant event. competing narratives, brexit and the nhs essentially on the park of the labour party. seems as of brexit has won out. this week it is the nhs that has one, the final week of the campaign. ithink that has one, the final week of the campaign. i think there is a question about that and whether it is too late, but it is interesting, the toys wanted to spend the final days of the campaign doubling down on brexit. 0n days of the campaign doubling down on brexit. on monday, which is now being dubbed miserable monday for the conservatives, one of their worst days. lots of stories about children be