good morning — welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and mega munchetty. our headlines today. nigel farage is making plans for brussels. the brexit party claims an overwhelming victory taking the lions share of the vote across the uk in the european elections. if we don't leave on october the sist, if we don't leave on october the 31st, then the scores you've seen for the brexit party today will be repeated in a general election and we are getting ready for it. the conservatives suffer their worst performance since 1832 — pushed into fifth place, while labour are punished for a lack of clarity over brexit.

the comeback kids — a surge of support for the liberal democrats which claim second spot and a victorious night for the greens making significant gains. in sport, lewis hamilton describes his victory in monaco as the hardest one yet. as he dedicates his season to triple world champion niki lauda who died on monday. good morning, we've got rain slipping south across the northern half of the country but for most today, it's a day of sunshine and showers, the driest conditions the further south you travel and it's going to feel cooler. more than 15 minutes. it's monday 27th may. our top story. labour and the conservatives have paid the price for their indecision over brexit, suffering huge losses in the european elections. the newly formed brexit party took a 32% share of the vote, and the pro—eu

liberal democrats finished above the conservative party for the first time ever. let's take a look at the results. nigel farage‘s brexit party, formed just six weeks ago, was the runaway winner, gaining 28 seats. at the opposite end of the brexit divide it was also a good day for the liberal democrats which now has 15 meps. looking at each party's share of the votes makes it clearjust how bad a night it was for the conservatives. they received less than 10%. their worst performance in an election since 1832. looking at the change in numbers from the last eu election you can see just where some of those brexit party seats came from. they've taken over nearly all of the ukip vote, as well as undoubtedly some of that big 15 per cent loss from the conservatives.

here's our political correspondent nick eardley with a round up of the results so far. and just a warning his report contains some flashing images. a vote that wasn't supposed to take place to a parliament we're supposed to have left, a result which shows the country is still bitterly divided. the big winners, two parties with very different but very clear messages on brexit. nigel farage‘s brexit party topped the poll, with almost a third of the vote. the liberal democrats, with their anti—brexit message, had a big night too, coming second across the uk. for the two parties that normally dominate british politics, it was a disaster. the conservatives were thumped, finishing fifth with less than 10% of the vote. labour were too punished, finishing third with less than 15%. that will spark a heated debate every vote for the liberal democrats isa every vote for the liberal democrats is a boat to stop brexit. for the two parties that normally dominate british politics,

it was a disaster. the conservatives were thumped, finishing fifth with less than 10% of the vote. labour were too punished, finishing third with less than 15%. that will spark a heated debate about whether it should now get fully behind another referendum. people were going to be drawn in a polarised way to the single parties. labour were too punished, finishing third with less than 15%. that will spark a heated debate about whether it should now get fully behind another referendum. we're now going to find ourselves in a position where we will have a tory leadership who will on either a bad deal or no deal at all and i fear it will be no deal and in those circumstances, we must be equally clear. it should be a referendum.

it should be a referendum. the green vote was up too, they beat the conservatives into fourth place. ukip were wiped out, and change uk fail to make their mark. in scotland, the snp were miles ahead, by almost a0%. the party will take three of the six seats there. in wales, the brexit party topped the poll, plaid cymru came second. labour, a party who've dominated welsh politics for a century, finished third. northern ireland counts today. it was a big night for parties who've taken a firm stand on brexit and a bad night for the others. but voters remain split between parties who back leaving the eu as soon as possible and those who want another referendum. our political correspodent tom bartonjoins us now from westminster. tom how has the political landscape changed 7 this was without doubt a terrible night for the two main parties. between them, getting fewer than half the votes they won in 2014.

what voters do want is far from clear. yes, a victory for the brexit party, getting around a third of the vote but those parties which stood ona vote but those parties which stood on a clear remain flat form. they got a larger share of the vote. what does this mean for politics in westminster? until now, labourand the conservatives have each been walking the tightrope of compromise which is clearly gone down badly with voters. for the conservatives, in the midst of a leadership election, candidates are like you to find themselves under osha to toughen up their brexit positions. pressure will grow on the party for labour to line another referendum. both of those are likely to alienate parts of their electorate. nothing about these results provides an easy solution to the dilemmas facing the political parties. tom, thanks very

much. early indications from the european parliamentary elections suggest a fall in support for established centrist parties. there have been gains for those on the left and right, as well as the greens and voter turnout was sharply up on the last elections five years ago. we'll speak to our paris correspondent hugh schofield in a moment but first let's head to brussels where we can speak to our europe correspondent damian grammaticas. we are focused on the uk but what's happened elsewhere? a bit similar if you like. those big centre parties, the conservative centre—right parties in europe in the centre—left socialists suffered badly across europe really. in germany and france, saw their vote share drop quite sharply. that then was

replaced as you were saying by good performances. but the greens who had a very good night in germany, a very strong result, in ireland, in france, the greens returning meps. they will see their block in the parliament go up. the liberals, an important want to mention there because they had, jumping up to probably around 100 meps in this 750 - probably around 100 meps in this 750— seat chamber, largely on the back as well of the performance in france of emmanuel macron, who came injust behind marine le pen. she topped the poll. she will be one seat down on her performance of five yea rs seat down on her performance of five years ago so seat down on her performance of five years ago so a good result, slightly mixed result in the far right wave that many had been predicting or expect in, a strong performance in france, yes. a very strong

performance in italy from the governing party, in italy, they saw others doing quite badly in the netherlands, denmark, slumping in those places. across the board, more fragmenting. parties in the middle slipping. but those green and liberal parties doing well and they may well hold the balance of power here going forward. just a thought for us. it could well be academic as to who has been voted in from the uk, all these brexit meps, the new brexit meps. it may be academic altogether but still a possibility. that they will be sitting there since —— seats in the chamber. that they will be sitting there since -- seats in the chamber. this chamber, the new meps will be back injuly. the uk at the minute is due to leave the eu by the end of october so it may be a few weeks, it

will be in the early sort of. where jobs will be carved up, committee ships, they will be around for that period. their presence is already having an impact on the way. it's partly what is denting the ce ntre—left partly what is denting the centre—left blocks here. that is going to have an impact in feeding through. deciding the top jobs, going to have an impact in feeding through. deciding the topjobs, the topjob the president through. deciding the topjobs, the top job the president of the european commission and the european council president replacement, tomorrow, eu leaders will be here trying to talk through what the options are. it's important because

those two people are who will guide the eu forward. possibly through the completion of the brexit process. we will of course be speaking to parties all across the board this morning. we will be speaking to nigel farage, of course. a huge win for the brexit party overnight. we will speak to him a little later in the programme. a man and a woman charged with murdering two teenage boys at a house in sheffield will appear before magistrates today. the two boys, aged 13 and 14, died following a serious incident at the property on friday. four younger children were taken to hospital but have since been discharged. the number of over—70s in work has more than doubled in a decade, research shows. the study by the jobs website rest less suggests almost half a million are in full or part—time employment.

here's our business correspondent katy austin. getting ready for work, full—time for driver raymond is nearly 70. in future, he'd like to work flexibly but that's not an option where he is. my current workplace, there is no part—time work there so i'm going to have to leave here at the end of the year and get a part—time job elsewhere. the number of people aged 70 and over and work has doubled from about 200 thousand a decade ago to nearly half a million this year, two thirds of those part time. the reasons more people are working later in life include needing the extra income and wanting the social benefits. the government has been keen to encourage businesses to do more to support and encourage older workers, but because they bring experience and because there aren't enough younger workers coming through to replace them. this campaign group says despite many firms now offering more support, barriers remain. not enough

employers are providing things like flexible working for people who have ca re flexible working for people who have care and responsibilities or healthcare problems. they are not providing sufficient access to retraining opportunities and age discrimination in the workforce remains pretty rife. raymond is now using an older jobseekers remains pretty rife. raymond is now using an olderjobseekers website to find a more flexible role. president trump has become the first foreign leader to hold talks with japan‘s new emperor. mrtrump was given a ceremonial welcome at the imperial palace on the third day of his visit. he said relations between the two countries had never been better, and described the meeting as a great honour. uk moths are battling an unfair reputation, according to the wildlife charity butterfly conservation. a poll has revealed almost three—quarters of people have a negative opinion of the species. those asked associated them with eating clothes and thought of them as ugly or scary. the charity is encouraging people to be kinder to the moth which is a key food source for other species.

do you often think about moths? well, it's undoubtedly true that they are seen as a goblin. they are beautiful. of course they are beautiful. of course they are beautiful but they are largely seen as... you think of them as a problem? i'm not sure i think of them as beautiful. it's not right, obviously. save the moths. i'm a little bit scared of them. they do flutter quite a bit. when they flutter quite a bit. when they flutter at your face. i flutter quite a bit. when they flutterat yourface. i remember, for some reason, butterflies are a cce pta ble for some reason, butterflies are acceptable and i have no explanation as to why. we are in the business of stopping all of that today. lewis hamilton has done well. it's been a really emotional weekend over in monaco with the death of niki lauda

oi'i monaco with the death of niki lauda on monday and the tributes we saw in monaco, it was amazing. if you watched the monaco grand prix, both the drivers and the fans all raring the drivers and the fans all raring the word caps we associate with niki lauda. he wore the red after he received those burdens. a tribute to someone received those burdens. a tribute to someone he described this his mental. it was an emotional day in monaco — lewis hamilton said it was his hardest win, and he wanted to to do the job for niki lauda, who died last week. st mirren are still in the scottish premiership, after beating dundee united on penalties in a dramatic play—off. charlton athletic are back in the championship, thanks to a very late winner against sunderland in the league one play—off final at wembley. and britain's katarina johnson—thompson hit new heights in the heptathlon with a personal best and world leading score ahead of this year's

world championships. which is great news for her and she made some interesting comments on friday about feeling that she had imposter syndrome and did not feel like she belonged. hopefully that will boost her confidence. so successful and it feels like that. thank you. we will look at the papers shortly. it is 16 past six, talk to carol and find out what is happening with the weather. the bank holiday has been mixed. it certainly has been in today is no exception. today will feel cooler than it did yesterday. yesterday the top temperature in suffolk was 23 degrees and looking at sunshine and showers. there is also rain in the forecast. courtesy of this weather front. it has produced a lot of rain this weekend across the highlands and aberdeenshire. as it sinks south it will take the rain into northern ireland and make its way to northern england. on the other side of that,

bright spells and sunshine and showers but you will note a northerly wind coming in behind the front and a westerly wind coming in ahead of it so it will not feel as cold in the south as it is in the north. you as well will have higher temperatures. easy today so the shower should not last long but if you catch one it could be heavy and thundery. these are the temperatures. 7—13. behind that weather front. ahead of temperatures. 7—13. behind that weatherfront. ahead of it, 17—19. so down on the values of yesterday. as we had through the evening and overnight, the weather front continues to sink south, continuing to wea ke n continues to sink south, continuing to weaken all the time. it will take some showery outbreaks of rain with it as it does so. by the end of the night, what you find is a ridge of high pressure starts to build in from the south—west so that will kill off a lot of the showers. temperature range from three in the north to ten as we go further south, these temperatures are for towns and cities. in rural areas it will be lower than that. tuesday and

wednesday you can see the weather front continues a slow descent is a wea k feature. front continues a slow descent is a weak feature. high front continues a slow descent is a weakfeature. high pressure coming in from the west and a northerly or north—westerly wind. so we hang onto the cold air behind the weather front, mild air ahead of it. i'd like to draw your attention to this lump ofamber like to draw your attention to this lump of amber here. that is coming our way on the weekend. on tuesday, we most likely areas for the showers are in the east. they are showers so not all of us will catch one but if you do it could be heavy and thundery. towards the west we are looking at something drier and brighter again with a fair bit of sunshine. temperatures 7—17. so we lose that weather front overnight on tuesday. this ridge of high pressure builds in during the course of wednesday, things settled down. but there is a fly in the ointment, it will be wet for some of us. there is a weather front coming. a sunny start for much of the uk on

wednesday morning. the cloud builds in from the west as the weather front approaches it will dragon some rain from the atlantic with and if you are hoping to see some of that in the south—east, the chances are slim that you will. the temperature range 8—17. i pointed out a lump of amberair. that range 8—17. i pointed out a lump of amber air. that looks like it comes our way for the weekend and on saturday parts of the south—east could hit 26 degrees but widely looking at 18—22. if it is chilly for you now it will warm up. amberair?! amber air?! i'm talking about the colour on my chart. our programme this morning is dominated the results that came in in the early hours of this morning and we will bring you up—to—date with the big pick. britain's two main political parties have suffered big losses as the brexit party scored a sweeping victory

in the european parliament elections. the party, which was only launched six weeks ago, secured 30% of the vote. let's speak to our polling expert sirjohn curtice about how the results will shape british politics. that is a leap in itself. i know you have been awake all night and following this closely. i'd like to clear up something. looking at much of the report about how people voted, of those who did vote, which way is it tilting? tilting towards remain orto way is it tilting? tilting towards remain or to brexit because at the moment we report, the bbc reports it is 40.4 descent the vote went to remain and less to brexit. that is a fairsummary of the remain and less to brexit. that is a fair summary of the share of the vote going to parties that were avowedly pro— having a second referendum already avowedly saying that they were willing to accept to leave without a deal. we could quibble about the inclusion of the nationalist parties, particularly in

scotla nd nationalist parties, particularly in scotland where we know from polling evidence that actually despite the party ‘s position it also gathers in the support of around 25% of leave voters north of the border. if you actually want to compare those parties whose stands is either accepting a second referendum or accepting a second referendum or accepting the idea of living without accepting the idea of living without a deal when it ends up with 35 each. to be honest, the crucial thing to understand about the election is that what we have had confirmed is that what we have had confirmed is that this country is, for the most part, still relatively and evenly divided on the issue of brexit but above all and what it really has confirmed is that we are deeply polarised because given the choice between voting for parties but the conservative party says we are trying to have a deal but we have not got there yet. and nigel farage's appeal of let's just leave and if needed leave without a deal. on the remain side, labour position of well, we are trying to bring the

two together and we should respect the result but if we don't like the deal we will have a second referendum. and parties saying let's just have a second referendum no matter what. this is consistent with what we see in the polling for quite some time which is that the two most popular choices in this country about brexit are leaving without a deal or having a second referendum in the hope and expectation that we will get a different result to tick therefore resolving the brexit impasse is not going to be easy because we are a divided and polarised and therefore coming up with an answer for brexit that is going to unite a majority of the country and bring the 52 in the 48% together, frankly that looks even more difficult this morning than it did 24 hours ago. we began this interview by saying we will look at how the shapes uk politics. i think it is fairto how the shapes uk politics. i think it is fair to say that the results

are not a huge surprise but what will be significant now is how the leaders of the conservatives and labour react, being clear about brexit. one thing is a surprise, the idea that the conservative party would get trashed by the brexit party was well and truly given in the polls. probably part of the timing of the prime minister ‘s resignation on friday was in in anticipation of how terrible the results would be and there is no doubt that the conservative party now will have a debate about how do we deliver brexit, how do we deliver brexit by the end of october and do we therefore embrace the possibility of leaving without a deal. the message to the conservative party is that it will be difficult to recover u nless that it will be difficult to recover unless it delivers brexit. equally, on the other side, given the extent to which and this is where the surprise was, we knew the liberal democrats were creeping up but not overtaking the labour party by six

points and it now is very clear that the liberal democrats are now the single most popular amongst remain voters. they have taken the crown away from the labour party and that is bound and we have heard a labour spokesman saying that they are now rethinking their position and the labour party will probably move more firmly towards a second referendum. the effect is on the house of commons itself and it will be more dollarised. labour in conservatives will move further apart from each other and those opposed to brexit will now more firmly saying you know what? we need to fall in behind the idea of a second referendum in order to avoid the risk of leaving without a deal. look forward to more fractures and divided politics because the attempts of the conservative and labour parties to bridge the remain leave divide, i think those efforts are now going to have less emphasis and simply trying to win the vote, retain the votes of the voters that both these parties have lost tonight. always good to

hear your thoughts. we will speak a little later in a couple of hours. the outcome of the european elections has reaffirmed the deep divide between supporters and opponents of the country's planned exit from the european union. so has the brexit debate re—engaged voters? vicky holland has been at a count in manchester to find out. manchester on a bank holiday. the sunshine gives the city a continental field. but sunshine gives the city a continentalfield. but europe sunshine gives the city a continental field. but europe and the european elections was not everybody‘s focus. the european elections was not everybody's focus. to be honest, i don't know why we have an election. is it for brexit? no, to elect our meps. no, i don't mind about the result. i care about brexit but not who is in parliament. i'd didn't vote because we leaving europe, i didn't see the point. it past me by la st didn't see the point. it past me by last time really so i felt i had to do my duty and make sure i voted. i got my point across. in the former

central railway station, the cow got under way. the north—west was previously spit the back split into loyal labour, rural conservative and strong support for you get to know more. i therefore declare that the following candidates have been duly elected to north—west. claire fox, brexit party. this time, the brexit party took the most seats with you get nowhere to be seen. no-one knew we we re get nowhere to be seen. no-one knew we were standing four weeks ago so it has been incredible and i really do think it is partly because the organisation of the brexit party that it organisation of the brexit party thatitis organisation of the brexit party that it is also because people are really angry. conservatives ended up with no meps at all. for those working at grassroots level it is a ha rd result to working at grassroots level it is a hard result to swallow. we got a lot of fla k hard result to swallow. we got a lot of flak on the doorstep in regards to westminster in what is happening there and people wanting to know why we should vote because it is not

democracy any more. many people feel quite disenfranchised with x at the moment. even in the labour islands of manchester, candidates were published punished. a disappointment that we do not have three. we need to re—engage with those who in voted remain and those who voted leave. for the liberal democrats and the greens it was a night to celebrate. i have been a counsellorfor 19 yea rs i have been a counsellorfor 19 years and supported the liberal democrats for most of my life. it is an amazing time. an absolute honour to be elected to represent the region and i am just so pleased that the voters in the north—west have put their faith the voters in the north—west have put theirfaith in the voters in the north—west have put their faith in the green party. here in the north—west line government like in most of the country it is the traditional parties who suffered. the conservatives were completely wiped out here. is the brexit party who had taken three of the seats but the liberal democrats have done better than ever before winning two seats.

with some parties suggesting a general election is the only way to solve a problem of brexit, the two big parties will have to work hard to clean up. we will keep you up—to—date throughout the morning. talking to all the political parties including nigel farage whose party has won 28 seats. time now for the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm geeta pnedse. the liberal democrats were the main winners in the european elections in london, gaining three meps in the region. both the brexit party and labour had two candidates elected, while the green party took the remaining seat. our political editor tim donovan has been at city hall overnight as the results for london came in. look along this row and what don't you see? no conservative mep in london. the party beaten into fifth

place. they did appear at city hall but did not stay long. instead, the night belonged to the liberal democrats. from zero to three meps and claiming this was londoners saying stop exit. we ran on one slogan only, to stop exit. that is what i'm going there to do and i am now confident that after this vote in london i am confident that we are going to do it. so labour was eclipsed in a city it is used to dominating. only two of its four meps survived and they had different ta kes meps survived and they had different takes on how the parties message on another referendum had gone down. takes on how the parties message on another referendum had gone downm was the key and in london we explained that on the doorstep. was the key and in london we explained that on the doorstepm was a fudge. we support people 's vote if this and if that and so on. the greens upped their vote share but stayed with one mep. liberal democrats were clear on their message but it was only a single message. hours was about yes to

europe and noted climate chaos and note austerity. compared to elsewhere, the new brexit party's 18% was modest enough for two meps. people want to shake things up and so do we. we want to change politics for good. is it a flash in the pan? no, it is not. keep an eye on us. people will be doing that but in the capital it was again the remain voice that was loudest. let's take a look at the travel situation now. planned engineering works means the piccadilly line is suspended. the district line also has a part closure. in limehouse, saint pauls way is blocked as police investigate double stabbing. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. a chillier start to the day than we have been used to fresher than

yesterday, what is muggy, fairly breezy, spells of sunshine and it would not be a bank holiday monday without pit of weather in the forecast addict a sunny start to the morning, abby mcleod coming in on the risk of north—westerly wind. a few showers through the afternoon and a top temperature between 16 and 18 celsius. further showers expected this evening, some of them on the sharp side. clear skies overnight will end the night between eight and 10 celsius and there will be more showers tomorrow and it will feel cool before temperatures build again as we had through the week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to naga and charlie. bye for now. this is breakfast. the results are come

of the vote was polarised between strong supporters and opponents of the country's planned exit from the european union. there was only one reason for voting for the brexit party and that is if you wanted brexit. those who said to the politicians at westminster, we meant what we said. the liberal democrats also did well, gaining 15 seats. the outcome of the vote was polarised between those in favour and against the planned exit from the european union. we will get the

latest from wales in just a moment. first let's go to magherafelt in northern ireland and speak to our ireland correspondent, chris page. if you are hankering after a second wave of counting, this is the place to be. northern ireland, hasn't quite started counting its votes. that process will get under way in about1.5 that process will get under way in about 1.5 hours. three meps to be elected here. turn out, we know, is stronger than the rest of the country at 45%, perhaps reflecting the fact that northern ireland will be in the front line of brexit. that order is being part of so much on it. one held by sinn fein who are anti— brexit. those are campaign to

remain on the 2016 referendum but say the result of that should be honoured in the uk should leave the eu. that first seat, much more unpredictable. the ulster unionist party coming under pressure, both of whom very much in favour. the traditional unionist voice who are passionate brexit ears. people will be watching to see what the breakdown and returns are for prior remain parties and also whether unionists hold on to the majority in unionists hold on to the majority in union seats here. arwyn jones is in wales. quite devastating for the labour party. plaid cymru doing better. there is an extent to which the results in wales mirrored what happened at a uk— wide level. getting around third of the vote.

the context of course is labour's vice —like grip on welsh politics over the last century and winning 38 of the last 39 wales— wide votes but coming third last night behind plaid cymru, the first time in the nationalists 90— year history. that's why adam price, plaid cymru's leader, has said the tectonic shift has happened. there were brexit elections, and it's interesting seeing the different take they have. nathan gill, one of the brexit pa rty‘s nathan gill, one of the brexit party's meps, nathan gill, one of the brexit pa rty‘s meps, saying nathan gill, one of the brexit party's meps, saying the results are clear. wales is still brexit country. people voted for the brexit they wanted in 2016 but on the numbers and it's a slightly more nuanced picture because if you add up nuanced picture because if you add up all of the pro— brexit party results, the conservatives, you keep on brexit party ‘s, you get around

353,000 votes and add up all the unambiguously remain parties, the greens, plaid cymru, the liberal democrats. change uk. you get 354,000 votes. that's what you do with the 150,000 labour votes and perhaps it is that ambiguous nurse from the labour party which meant it had such a disappointing evening last night. that tights it is something we will talk about. arwyn jones in cardiff, thank you. the brexit party weren't the only winners — the greens finished above the conservatives for the first time in a national election. the party's deputy leader amelia womackjoins us now from westminster. can you give us your overview, what the greens managed to achieve.- the greens managed to achieve.- the start, we had three meps and now we have seven. we built on our track record of delivering to the european

parliament. whether that is climate change, our pollution, environmental destruction. in regions where we haven't one before. it's on our strength in the council elections and so many people realising the power of voting green. or people wa nted power of voting green. or people wanted someone who had a clear voice on brexit and there was you and the liberal democrats and maybe in the voting booths, people going, you know what? i will go green. it may be that some of the issues you are talking about didn't loom large in that decision. we had such a strong portfolio of policies. we were talking about exit and climate change. notjust talking about exit and climate change. not just here talking about exit and climate change. notjust here in the uk but the whole of europe. what is clear to me is that people want action and not words. that's on issues such as

climate change where we are told we have 11 years to take positive action. where we can work internationally on shared problems isa internationally on shared problems is a clear voice. we were talking about them time and time again. making sure the work that we've done in the south—west, worked at our london meps have been doing for 20 yea rs, london meps have been doing for 20 years , we london meps have been doing for 20 yea rs, we have london meps have been doing for 20 years, we have proven the power of green, with proven what green meps can do and it is that track record as well that has meant so many people have seen the green party as their home in these elections. there has been one major winner and that is the brexit party and nigel farage. what do you make of their success ? farage. what do you make of their success? i fundamentally think the way that vote is split and when you add up the number of clearly remain votes on where we stand on that, we need to be bringing this back to the people with the people ‘s vote, we need to be making sure that now

we've got a deal on the table, the people have the final say but what i also hope is that with so much division in our country, all the parties need to be rallying together to make sure we have a very strong, clear voice against all hate that has emerged in these elections. the uncomfortable truth of course is that notwithstanding the success we've had in these elections, you are not represented in parliament. the brexit party, not at all. you, very little. that is where the decision of what happens next in all the other issues will be made. we've got a formidable force in parliament. caroline lucas does the work of more than one impeded fundamentally, the fact we are building, got more counsellors than we ever have before, we've got people in more places working on this issue and the fact that we are a united voice when it comes to the

eu, anda a united voice when it comes to the eu, and a future in europe, and the remain party, parliament is currently in gridlock and that's why it's the people ‘s vote and bringing this back to the people which is so powerful and when that happens, because i feel like it's the only way out of this mess. our party will be ready to campaign. can i ask one last thing, if i may. if there were to bea last thing, if i may. if there were to be a general election, are you confident that your vote would be replicated? you saw us topping vote shares in places across the country, in bristol and brighton and hove and norwich, the possibilities here are very clear and i think of a general election happens, we will be campaigning strongly in a number of areas but for me, the fact that the 2- areas but for me, the fact that the 2— party system is clearly broken. we saw that in the council elections and the european elections. this is and the european elections. this is a real opportunity to talk about

proportional representation. if you are going to get that representation, i think there is an opportunity but a people's vote must come first because if we have a general election, there will only be a few marginal seats that will make those decisions. that is the only way we can have a clear outcome. and what the people truly want. thank you very much. lots going on in the world of sport. that's what holly is going to be talking about. with had a very busy weekend, primarily in monaco. it was always going to be an emotional affair with the debt of niki lauda oi'i affair with the debt of niki lauda on monday, a lot of the drivers and fans there just paying respect to

his memory. lewis hamilton has said he wanted to dedicate this and do it. he did his fourth win this season. he said it was the hardest win but he wanted to do it, his mercedes mental. lewis hamilton said it was his hardest win but he wanted to do the job for niki lauda, his mercedes mentor, who died last week. tributes were held before the race and hamilton led from start to finish, just managing to hold off red bull's max verstappen for his third victory on monte carlo's famous street circuit. he's now 17 points clear in the championship. that was definitely probably the ha rd est ra ce that was definitely probably the hardest race i think i've had but nonetheless, i really was fighting with the spirit of nikki. nikki has been such an influential person in ourteam, been such an influential person in our team, getting us to where we are soi our team, getting us to where we are so i know he will be looking down andi so i know he will be looking down and i know he will take his hat off

today. st mirren beat championship side dundee united to keep their place in the scottish premiership. the second leg of this play—off final ended 1—1, so it went to penalties, and dundee united missed all theirs, so st mirren avoided relegation. and it was just as dramatic at wembley, where a huge mistake in the charlton defence gave sunderland the lead in the league one play—off final. but charlton equalised and with six seconds of injury time on the clock, patrik bauer scored to give them a 2—1win and take them up into the championship. and today we're looking forward to what's billed as the richest game in football. aston villa and derby county meet at wembley, for a place in the premier league. we'll see later on this morning ifjohanna konta can take her run of good form into the french open. she plays antonia lottner of germany at 10 o'clock and there's commentary on the bbc sport website. roger federer was really impressive in his first match at roland garros for four years, beating lorenzo sonego in straight sets. the 20—time grand slam champion got a very warm reception he said he'd missed

the french crowd. britain's katarina johnson—thompson has laid down a marker for the world athletics championships, which start at the end of september in doha. she set a world leading score and a new personal best in winning the heptathlon at the gotzis hypo—meeting in austria. she extended her overnight lead with the best long jump and made sure of victory with a strong 800m. britain's laura muir had to settle for bronze in the women's elite westminster mile. the race, which starts on the mall and finishes outside buckingham palace, was won by melissa courtney for the second year in a row. england's bronte law has won her first lpga title, the pure silk championship in williamsburg, virginia. she had a share of the lead from day one, and finished two shots clear of the field with a closing round of 67 — a great victory after she lost out in a play—off in san francisco earlier this month.

i believe in hard work and determination and i really stayed so focused out there today and obviously my caddie did a greatjob, keeping me calm and i guess after san fran, it really gave me perspective that i can compete at the top and i came it this week with the top and i came it this week with the sole intention of, you know, getting that one better and, you know, it feels really good. i'm not entirely sure what she was celebrating, what was on her. i'm going to assume it was champagne. it wasn't champagne. what fears do you have? to be honest, i've never had champagne poured over me. you haven't lived. we're not going to do that. carol has the weather for us. a

beautiful start for some of us with lovely sunrises around. this one was sentin lovely sunrises around. this one was sent in by one of our weather watchers. however although we have sunshine to start the day for many it will be a day of sunshine and showers and you will see the difference in the temperature. it will feel cooler than it did yesterday when we reached 23 degrees in suffolk. this weather front is what has produced the rain across the highlands and aberdeenshire. we saw a lot of it over the weekend and it continues to sing south, taking rain eventually to northern england and northern ireland. either side of that, we are looking at sunshine and showers. the showers are hit and miss. you could catch one that could be heavy and thundery. another component behind the front, head of that westerly wind so it will always be that bit milder in the south compared to the north. this is the wind speed so not particularly strong but enough to move the showers along. temperature wise, 17

in the north, 19 towards the south. through the evening and overnight we hang on initially to many showers but by the end of the night a ridge of high pressure is starting to build in from the south—west so things start to improve or to dry up. the other thing you notice is that it will be a cool night, particularly the further north you are, night as cold as head of the weather front sitting roughly here by the end of the night. the odd bit of wintry nurse in the grampians in the highlands. tomorrow here is a wea k the highlands. tomorrow here is a weak weather front sinking south. we still have a northerly component to the weather so still feeling cool and becoming cooler behind that with the front and you can see that indicated by the blue. mild yellow ahead but you can see a big lump of amber here, that is mild condition, warm condition coming away for the weekend. returning to tomorrow we start with some showers, especially in the east and this is what will

happen through the course of the day. once again, not all of us will catch one but if you do we could be heavy and thundery. dry conditions towards the west. temperatures seven in the north, 15 in edinburgh, 17 as we slip down towards the south—east. we say goodbye to our weather front on tuesday and for wednesday this ridge of high pressure builds in because we also have a weather front coming in from the atlantic and that will bring some rain but not everywhere. a sunny start on wednesday, here comes the weather front bringing in that rain from the west. it is unlikely to get as far east as the south—east some more dry weather for you. here of course is where we do especially need some of that rain and temperatures are eight in the north reaching 17 in the south. the amber blob on the chart, that of milder air. by saturday widely across the uk we expect temperatures 18—22. locally around

the london area about 26.|j temperatures 18—22. locally around the london area about 26. i do like those numbers, carol. thank you very much. a slightly different feel to brea kfast much. a slightly different feel to breakfast this morning. it is essentially an election programme. we're bringing you what happened in the elections and we concentrate now on scotland. the snp is on track for its best ever european election results and the first minister nicola sturgeon says it's a strong message that the country has rejected brexit. let's speak now to the snp's leader at westminster, ian blackford. good morning for the snp? good morning and it is a fantastic one for the snp. we have been in government in scotland now for 12 yea rs government in scotland now for 12 years and have delivered our best ever result in the european election. 30% of the vote, the best result of any party in the whole of the united kingdom. so we are delighted with the support that the people of scotland have shown us in these elections. how many meps will you have? there are six covering all

of scotla nd you have? there are six covering all of scotland and we have three of them, rising from two. we are quite pleased about that. we stood on of the mandate of asking the people of scotla nd the mandate of asking the people of scotland to reject brexit. they do not want to be taken out of the eu against our will so a clear message from ourselves and the other remain parties in scotland as well. so we have rejected brexit and in particular we rejected the no deal brexit. looking at this realistically, how much of the snp vote is a protest vote in terms of people being frustrated with the government, with the conservative party in the labour party? we other government in scotland. we have been in power in here since 2007 and warm every of the last few elections. in power in here since 2007 and warm every of the last few electionslj will every of the last few elections.” will rephrase it then. the ones who have been in charge of brexit. will rephrase it then. the ones who have been in charge of brexitm will rephrase it then. the ones who have been in charge of brexit. if i can do it this way. i would contrast the government in edinburgh which is getting on with the dayjob under nicola sturgeon and the chaos we see in westminster. this is not really a zombie parliament and we can look

upon the fact that we're going to be discussing who will the prime minister over the course of the next few months, nothing has happened in this place and i think there is a frustration in scotland. we are making it clear to the conservatives that we will not be dragged out of the eu against our will. we were told that if we stayed in the uk then our rights as eu citizens would be respected and that has been gnawed. and when i look at the poor performance of the labour and conservative parties, particularly the tories because ruth davidson said a vote for the tories would be a vote against the second referendum. that is not work for them and if we end up in the situation where we will get dragged out of europe that westminster has to recognise that the scottish national party has a mandate for a no independence for scotland. what is more important to the snp? a second referendum to stop brexit?

the snp is a party of independence but we will work collectively with others to try and stop brexit because we believe that fundamentally brexit will is enormous harm to our communities. it will cost jobs enormous harm to our communities. it will costjobs up enormous harm to our communities. it will cost jobs up and enormous harm to our communities. it will costjobs up and down the uk. and of course we want to work with others to stop it. we want to see that. i am concerned with what i see in the conservative party where they are trying to our brexit each other. whether you look at boris on the other contenders, there seems to be a growing consensus that they are talking about no deal. fundamentally, we have to stop that risk of crashing out, the enormous impact of economic self—harm that would happen with a no deal brexit. and of course we have an option to revoke article 50 and i should remind everyone who is watching this morning that scottish politicians did vote in the european court of justice and we won that determination. we know parliament can determination. we know parliament ca n revo ke determination. we know parliament can revoke article 50. we will do whatever we can to stop brexit and i

suppose in a sense we have an insurance policy that if the united kingdom will crash out of the eu we can go to the people of scotland, we can go to the people of scotland, we can have an independence referendum and we can secure our future as a european nation. that's the only way you will get a second referendum, isn't it? westminster must respect the fact... independence will happen. what do you mean it will happen? 20 years since the scottish parliament was established and we will send the people scotland lets com plete will send the people scotland lets complete the journey. let's will send the people scotland lets complete thejourney. let's make sure we have the powers of a normal independent nation, one that sees itself at the heart of europe. and we need to do that because we need to deliver assist series of sustainable economic growth. if we don't have freedom of movement we do not have a labour pool that will be essential that make essential to growing the scottish economy. irrespective of brexit, scotland will become an independent country. thank you very much.

it is bank holiday monday so we should go to a car boot sale. we're at a car boot sale in sutton coldfield this morning to get some reaction to the election results from the buyers and sellers there. good morning to you. some decluttering going on herejust outside sutton coldfield, ten miles to the east of deming. the stalls are out and i thought we would get some reaction to the european election. a good result for the brexit party in the west midlands constituency where they picked up three meps. one for labour, one for the damn, greens and one for the conservatives. the big brexit party gains reflected here. happiness is not a destination, it is a way of life. maybe nigel farage is thinking that way this morning. gary, what you think of the results?” that way this morning. gary, what you think of the results? i think it shows we need some change but is it the right change? we need to bring back some political respect to the country. do we need a general election? i don't know but i think it is something we need to think about. good luck with your sales.

take care. let's chat now to brian and sue. they have been doing this for many years. what did you make of the results? i thought it was entirely predictable because the whole exercise was basically a protest vote on all sides both for remainders and levers. nigel farage was predicted to get 34% of the vote andi was predicted to get 34% of the vote and i think that is what he got.” didn't vote. i lost the will. i think much of the country are absolutely fed up. i did not know who to vote for so i did not vote. isa who to vote for so i did not vote. is a female that is sad because people, people fought a long time ago to get the vote for me and this is the first time ever since i was 181 is the first time ever since i was 18 i have not voted because i did not know who to vote for. thank you very much indeed, good luck with your sales. in this part of the world in the referendum in 2016 around 59% of the people voted for leave. there is a gentleman over

here who i know is very pleased with the good result for the brexit party. what did you make of what happened in the european elections? i don't know about the european ones with the british one because that's why labour and conservative have been demolished in these elections, because the people voted three years ago so why haven't the politicians listened in westminster and that is why they got a driving. and that is what happens. even though theresa may has resigned, the conservatives are still in the same mess and they are still in the same mess and they are not listening to what people are saying. i like those shoes. they are just your style. we will be talking to more of the sellers here getting more reaction to these extraordinary results for some of the political parties later on this morning. for

now, the news, travel and whether from wherever you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, the liberal democrats were the main winners in the european elections in london, gaining three meps in the region. both the brexit party and labour had two candidates elected, while the green party took the remaining seat. our political editor tim donovan has been at city hall overnight as the results for london came in. look along this row and what don't you see? no conservative mep in london. the party beaten into fifth place. they did appear at city hall but did not stay long. instead, the night belonged to the liberal democrats. from zero to three meps and claiming this was londoners saying stop exit. we ran on one slogan only, to stop brexit. that is what i'm going there to do and i am now confident that after this vote

in london i am confident that we are going to do it. so labour was eclipsed in a city it is used to dominating. only two of its four meps survived and they had different takes on how the party's message on another referendum had gone down. it was the key in london we explained that on the doorstep. the message was a fudge. we support people's vote if this and if that and so on. the greens upped their vote share but stayed with one mep. liberal democrats were clear on their message but it was only a single message. compared to elsewhere, the new brexit party's ours was about yes to europe and no to climate chaos and no to austerity. compared to elsewhere, the new brexit party's 18% was modest enough for two meps. people want to shake things up and so do we. we want to change politics for good. is it a flash in the pan? no, it is not. keep an eye on us.

people will be doing that but in the capital it was again the remain voice that was loudest. let's take a look at the travel situation now. planned engineering works means the piccadilly line is suspended. the district line also has a part closure. in limehouse, saint pauls way is blocked as police investigate double stabbing. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. a chillier start to the day than we have been used to fresher than yesterday, what is muggy, fairly breezy, spells of sunshine and it would not be a bank holiday monday without a bit of weather in the forecast addict a sunny start to the morning. coming in on the risk of north—westerly wind.

a few showers through the afternoon and a top temperature between 16 and 18 celsius. further showers expected this evening, some of them on the sharp side. clear spells overnight will end the night between eight and 10 celsius and there will be more showers tomorrow and it will feel cool before temperatures build again as we had through the week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to naga and charlie. bye for now. all good morning — welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today. nigel farage's brexit party claims an overwhelming victory taking the lions share of the vote across the uk in the european elections. if we don't believe on october the

sist, if we don't believe on october the 31st, then the scores you've seen for the brexit party today will be repeated in a general election and we are getting ready for it. the conservatives suffer their worst performance since 1832 — pushed into fifth place, while labour are punished for a lack of clarity over brexit. the comeback kids — a surge of support for the liberal democrats which claim second spot — and a victorious night for the greens making significant gains. and we're in sutton coldfield all morning, finding out what the buyers and sellers make of the results. we'll bring you comprehensive coverage of the results throughout the morning and we'll hear from key players from the main parties. in sport, lewis hamilton describes his victory in monaco as the hardest one yet as he dedicates his fourth win this season to triple world champion niki lauda who died on monday. good morning. today, we are looking

at today of bright spells, some sunny spells and also some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery, feeling cooler than yesterday. i will have more in 15 minutes. it's monday 27th may. our top story. labour and the conservatives have paid the price for their indecision over brexit, suffering huge losses in the european elections. the newly formed brexit party took a 32% share of the vote, and the pro—eu liberal democrats finished above the conservative party for the first time ever. let's take a look at the results. nigel farage's brexit party, formed just six weeks ago, was the runaway winner, gaining 28 seats. at the opposite end of the brexit divide it was also a good day for the liberal democrats which now has 15 meps. looking at each party's share of the votes makes it clearjust how bad a night it was for the conservatives. they received less than ten per cent. their worst performance in an election since 1832.

looking at the change in numbers from the last eu election you can see just where some of those brexit party seats came from. they've taken over nearly all of the ukip vote, as well as undoubtedly some of that big 15% loss from the conservatives. let's get a better idea of the brexit party share of the vote looks like across the uk. huge swathes of teal across england and wales. but in scotland the snp looks set to take over from labour as the dominant party there. no results from northern ireland yet. councils there will start counting the votes at 8 o'clock this morning. if you want to follow those results there will be full coverage on the bbc news channel. here's our political correspondent nick eardley. a vote that wasn't supposed to take place to a parliament we're supposed to have left, a result which shows the country

is still bitterly divided. the big winners, two parties with very different but very clear messages on brexit. brexit now! nigel farage's brexit party topped the poll, with almost a third of the vote. the reason, of course, is very obvious. we voted to leave in a referendum. we were supposed to do so on march 29, and we haven't. the liberal democrats, with their anti—brexit message, had a big night too, coming second across the uk. every vote for the liberal democrats is a vote to stop brexit. for the two parties that normally dominate british politics, it was a disaster. the conservatives were thumped, finishing fifth, with less than 10% of the vote. three years ago, the country voted to leave. it's three years on and we haven't left. and inevitably therefore, people were going to be drawn in a polarised way to the

single—issue pro— or anti—brexit parties. labour were too punished, finishing third with less than 15%. that will spark a heated debate about whether it should now get fully behind another referendum. we're now going to find ourselves in a position where we will have a tory leadership who will insist on either a bad deal or no deal at all, and i fear it will be no deal and in those circumstances, we must be equally clear, and it will be a disaster for our country to have no deal. there should be a referendum and we should campaign to remain. the green vote was up too — they beat the conservatives into fourth place. ukip were wiped out, and change uk failed to make their mark. in scotland, the snp were miles ahead, on almost 40%. the party will take three of the six seats there. in wales, the brexit party topped the poll. plaid cymru came second.

labour, a party who've dominated welsh politics for a century, finished third. northern ireland counts today. it was a good night for parties who've taken a firm stand on brexit but voters are still split between parties who back leaving the eu as soon as possible and those who want another referendum and, ultimately, to stay. if you were hoping this would end the brexit debate, you may well be disappointed. nick eardley, bbc news. our political correspodent tom bartonjoins us now from westminster. tom, how has the political landscape changed ? people will be thinking about how this sets us up in the political landscape going forward. labour there is no doubt this was a terrible result for the two main parties, winning fewer than half the votes that they one in 2014. what voters do want, that is far from

clear. yes, there was a victory for the brexit party on there no deal platform, winning more than one third of the vote, but parties that stood on a clear remain platform, the lid dams, the greens, the scottish and welsh nationalists, change uk, they won more votes. what does that mean for politics here in westminster? they have each, in their own way, been walking a line of comp demise on exit and that hasn't gone down well with voters. especially in the midst of a leadership election. there will be pressure on candidates to toughen up their stances on brexit. for labour, pressure will grow on the leadership to line up behind another referendum. for both parties, those changes would risk alienating parts of their electorate. there really isn't anything about these results which provides an easy way out for either of the two main parties.

early indications from the european parliamentary elections suggest a fall in support for established centrist parties. there have been gains for those on the left and right, as well as the greens and voter turnout was sharply up on the last elections five years ago. let's head to brussels and talk to our europe correspondent damian grammaticas. we have concentrated on those results in the uk. tell us more about the bigger picture. that turnout figure is really interesting, being made a lot of here. a big jump, interesting, being made a lot of here. a bigjump, arising interesting, being made a lot of here. a big jump, arising turnout across europe some of the 400 million voters, 200 million it seems did cast their vote. here that's being seen as a sign of people engaging again with european issues and the whole debate around brexit,

nationalists, all those things energising voters. the big parties, the centre—right conservative allied parties, the centre—left, socialists, slipping, particularly in germany and france. the real winners from that seem to have been the greens and the liberals, the greens doing really well in germany, coming second in france, doubling the vote in finland, denmark, ireland. the far right performed very well in italy but not as well as expected elsewhere. yes, they sort of met expectations in france but the far right surge didn't really materialise to its those groups, the greens in the liberals, together with the traditional centre parties who sort of hold the dominant centre ground here. damien, thank you, we will talk to you throughout the morning. later in the programme we'll be speaking to the brexit party leader nigel farage.

a lot of our programme dominated by those results. but other news to bring you this morning — a man and a woman charged with murdering two teenage boys at a house in sheffield, will appear before magistrates today. the two boys, aged 13 and 14, died following a "serious incident" at the property on friday. four younger children were taken to hospital but have since been discharged. the number of over—70s in work has more than doubled in a decade, research shows. the study by the jobs website rest less suggests almost half a million are in full or part—time employment. here's our business correspondent katy austin. getting ready for work, full—time forklift driver raymond is nearly 70. in future, he'd like to work flexibly but that's not an option where he is. my current workplace, there is no part—time work there so i'm going to have to leave here at the end of the year and get a part—time job elsewhere.

the number of people aged 70 and over and work has doubled from about 200,000 a decade ago to nearly half a million this year, two—thirds of those part—time. the reasons more people are working later in life include needing the extra income and wanting the social benefits. the government has been keen to encourage businesses to do more to support and encourage older workers, both because they bring experience and because there aren't enough younger workers coming through to replace them. this campaign group says despite many firms now offering more support, barriers remain. not enough employers are providing things like flexible working for people who have care and responsibilities or healthcare problems. they are not providing sufficient access to retraining opportunities and age discrimination in the workforce remains pretty rife.

raymond is now using an older jobseekers website to find a more flexible role. katy austin, bbc news. president trump has become the first foreign leader to hold talks with japan's new emperor. mrtrump was given a ceremonial welcome at the imperial palace on the third day of his visit. he said relations between the two countries had never been better, and described the meeting as a great honour. uk moths are battling an unfair reputation, according to the wildlife charity butterfly conservation. a poll has revealed almost three—quarters of people have a negative opinion of the species. those asked associated them with eating clothes and thought

of them as ugly or scary. the charity is encouraging people to be kinder to the moth which is a key food source for other species. the liberal democrats were declared back in business this morning after enjoying their best ever result in the eu elections with a second place finish. the party say its success is due to it being the strongest voice of remain. let's speak now to baroness sal brinton, president of the uk liberal democrats. a good morning for the liberal democrats. indeed. when i became president 4.5 years ago, people had written us off and said we couldn't recover. i am so proud of our members. 100,000 members across the country who have worked hard, built—up, helped us with strong message, hundreds of thousands of people who have joined message, hundreds of thousands of people who havejoined our stop brexit campaign which resulted on thursday and millions of people voting for us is the strongest remain party. we got our best ever

european election results and it's really, really encouraging for the future. you say it's encouraging. how does this translate in the future, in the uk political landscape? we came top of the pole and a number of seats we either want to ta ke and a number of seats we either want to take back or to gain at the next general election. oxford, cambridge, st albans, places like that in some quite unexpected places and it also demonstrates the strength that we have in local areas, where we've been building up over the last 4.5, five years. do you think you should have pushed harder to have a bit more cooperation with change uk? have pushed harder to have a bit more cooperation with change uk7m just wasn't possible. change uk registered very late. and under the system, the arrangements are much more complex for any other type of election but we are also clear that with our own revival, we wanted to give people the opportunity to vote for the liberal democrats which they absolutely have done, over 20% of

the votes in the elections that were counted last night. what is realistic? you are practically obliterated in the last election. what next? it's too early to say. what next? it's too early to say. what is the goal? i'm not in the projection game. no, but you have ambitions. we are ambitious to certainly go back to the time when we had 50,60, certainly go back to the time when we had 50, 60,70. certainly go back to the time when we had 50, 60, 70. will it happen next time? who knows? i know this is the first time in 100 years with both conservative and labor party in the same election and we are clearly able to demonstrate that both conservative and labour party did badly because they were absolutely split. couldn't articulate what they wa nted split. couldn't articulate what they wanted on brexit. we've been very clearly other strongest remain party. we had a strong message by vince cable who was clear about that as well and that is what has paid dividends for us. your outgoing leader, vince cable. we will remain

talking to senior politicians as we already do in parliament. rather hope that whoever the new prime minister is, engages with all the parties in parliament because that is also whether as a blockage of the moment. we have a cabinet and a government who are totally, totally split. that's been clearfor ages. but for us as a party, because of that, we believe there has to be a people's vote. people have made it so clear, regardless of where they stand, whether it is remain or leave. they actually want another say because semi— things have become clarified and understood since that referendum. looking at the frontrunners, or those who have put themselves up the leadership of the conservative party, that doesn't seem anyone conservative party, that doesn't seem anyone who is going to be of influence who wants the people ‘s vote or who isn't ruling out no deal, leaving the eu without a deal.

that is interesting because it is not the nature of the conservative party which demonstrates how split there. but this country is absolutely split on this. we gained all the clear remain parties, 40% of the vote on friday night. more than the vote on friday night. more than the brexit party in the uq party combined. we are clear therefore that a people ‘s vote a right thing to move to and the democrats would campaign to stay in the eu because we see the uk as being stronger economically and in environmental and security terms of we are part of the eu. thank you very much for your time with us this morning. it isa it is a politics heavy programme this morning, no escaping that. but right now we need to join the carole kirkwood party. thank you charlie!

good morning we have mixed fortunes this morning. i showed your earlier ofa this morning. i showed your earlier of a beautiful sunrise but as we move north there is much more cloud around and some rain courtesy of a weather front and you can see today weather front and you can see today we are looking at a mix of sunshine and showers and what you will notice is that it will feel cooler than it did yesterday. this is the weather front producing all that cloud in livingston. it also produces heavy rain at the moment across a few borders and will sink a little further south into northern england and northern ireland as we go through the course of the morning. behind it is actually start with showers above 600 metres and in the grampians don't surprise if they are wintry. a northerly flow behind our weather front but ahead of it bringing in rain we are looking at sunshine and showers. the further south, the less likely you are to see showers but there is a bit of a

breeze today it could equally be heavy and thundery if you catch a shower. seven in the north and 19 as we push down towards the south—east. through this evening and overnight the weather front continues its journey sinking southwards as a weakening feature. quite a lot of showers to start the night but by the end of the night many of them will have faded and we will have some clear skies. temperatures tonight are about 3— six in the north, 8—10 further south. these temperatures indicate what you can expect in towns and cities so it will be lower in rural areas to. here is our weather front drifting southwards. northerly wind coming in behind, not that strong but from a cold direction so you can see that rep resented by the blues. ahead of the weather front we still have mild yellow and this is much warmer air coming our way for the weekend as indicated by the amber colour. tuesday morning begins on a dry and

bright note particularly in western and central areas but we do have showers from the get go in the east and will be on and off as we go through the day, rather like today, heavy and thundery. that's if you catch one. we say goodbye to that with a front on tuesday and a ridge of high pressure builds in as we go through the night and into wednesday. we also have a weather front coming our way and that will introduce some rain from the west. we start off on a sunny note for much of the uk on wednesday, the cloud starts to build in the west ahead of the weather front coming in and as the front comes in here is the rain that accompanies it. if you wa nt the rain that accompanies it. if you want rain in the south and east you are unlikely to see it. best we have this week are a couple of showers tomorrow. top temperatures are 17 on wednesday. that amber i pointed out to you, on saturday it is likely between 18 and 22 degrees, locally

around the london area 26. for most it will be dry but there will be fronts skirting the north—west of northern ireland at times bringing some rain. back now to the european elections. these elections have reaffirmed that the divide is deep. so has the brexit debate re—engaged voters? vicky holland has been at a count in manchester to find out. manchester on a bank holiday. the sunshine gives the city a continental feel. but europe and the european elections was not everybody's focus. to be honest, i don't know why we have an election. is it for brexit? no, to elect our meps. no, i don't mind about the result. i care about brexit but not who is in parliament. i didn't vote because we're leaving

europe, i didn't see the point. it past me by last time really so i felt i had to do my duty and make sure i voted. i got my point across. in the former central railway station, the count got under way. the north—west was previously split into loyal labour, rural conservative and strong support for ukip. no more. i therefore declare that the following candidates have been duly elected to north—west. claire fox, brexit party. this time, the brexit party took the most seats with ukip nowhere to be seen. no—one knew we were standing four weeks ago so it has been incredible and i really do think it is partly because the organisation of the brexit party, but it is also because people are really angry. conservatives ended up with no meps at all. for those working at grassroots level it is a hard result to swallow. we got a lot of flak on the doorstep

in regards to westminster in what is happening there and people wanting to know why we should vote because it is not democracy any more. many people feel quite disenfranchised with politics at the moment. even in the labour heartlands of manchester, candidates were punished. a disappointment that we do not have three. we need to re—engage with those who in voted remain and those who voted leave. for the liberal democrats and the greens it was a night to celebrate. i have been a counsellor for 19 years and supported the liberal democrats for most of my life. it is an amazing time. an absolute honour to be elected to represent the region and i am just so pleased that the voters in the north—west have put their faith in the green party. here in the north—west, like most of the country

it is the traditional parties who suffered. the conservatives were completely wiped out here. it's the brexit party who had taken three of the seats but the liberal democrats have done better than ever before winning two seats. with some parties suggesting a general election is the only way to solve a problem of brexit, the two big parties will have to work hard to clean up. it isa it is a bank holiday and people of easy doing what they do on a bank holiday. a car boot sale may be one of those. tim is at one. ten miles to the north—east of birmingham and we are looking for bargains. trying to find something for an office. got my highs on couple of nice butter dishes. do you think of the results? i think it showed the country is still very split. i think there is a very big difference between brexit and the liberal democrats and i

think it is still a dividing decision. do you think things will change? i don't think it will. it is just such polar opposites and i think the government will find it really difficult to find and even ground between the two. thank you very much. an interesting area because the west midlands constituency, the last elections in 2014, since then of course ukip didn't fare too well. what do you make of that? i checked on the phone this morning and i was astonished, pleasa ntly this morning and i was astonished, pleasantly pleased because i was saying to one of your colleagues that i have never voted, be it local or national but i did vote a couple

of years ago for this referendum because i thought i wanted to try and place a vote which could actually have some understanding of where i want to be. so all i want is to be part of europe, to have various forms of protection. whatever that may be, be it borders or control of people coming in and out. has that been brought out in the euro election results? truthfully i can't answer that because i don't follow it. talking to your colleague, nigel farage stood firm for me where the likes of others have come and gone and i am so disappointed in the day after he resigned —— sorry david cameron. nigel farage, whether you like him or not he has stood for it. good luck with your sales as well. we

will talk to more carbon routers as they are known this morning. many opinions here are very interesting and a lot of reaction to what has happened overnight. time now for the news, travel and weather from and weather where you are. from where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm geeta pendse. the liberal democrats were the main winners in the european elections in london, gaining three meps in the region. both the brexit party and labour had two candidates elected, while the green party took the remaining seat. our political editor tim donovan has been at city hall overnight as the results for london came in. look along this row and what don't you see? no conservative mep in london. the party beaten into fifth place. they did appear at city hall but did not stay long. instead, the night belonged to the liberal democrats. from zero to three meps and claiming this was londoners saying stop brexit. we ran on one slogan

only, to stop brexit. that is what i'm going there to do and i am now confident that after this vote in london i am confident that we are going to do it. so labour was eclipsed in a city it is used to dominating. only two of its four meps survived and they had different takes on how the party's message on another referendum had gone down. the confirmatory vote was the key in london we explained that on the doorstep. the message was a fudge. we support people's vote if this and if that and so on. the greens upped their vote share but stayed with one mep. liberal democrats were clear on their message but it was only a single message. ours was about yes to europe and no to climate chaos and no to austerity. compared to elsewhere, the new brexit party's18% was modest enough for two meps. people want to shake things up and so do we. we want to change politics for good. is it a flash in the pan? no, it is not.

keep an eye on us. people will be doing that but in the capital it was again the remain voice that was loudest. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tubes planned engineering works means that the picadilly line is suspended between hammersmith and heathrow. the district line also has a part closure. there's good service on all other lines. in limehouse — st paul's way is blocked in both directions as police investigate a double stabbing. closures a double stabbing. around trafalgar square for the closures around trafalgar square for the ten kilometre run. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. a elizabeth rizzini. chillier start to the day then we have a chillier start to the day then we have been used to lately. the areas cooler and fresher than it was yesterday, not as muggy. fairly breezy with good spells of sunshine and it would not be a bank holiday monday without a bit of wet weather.

a sunny start to the morning, a bit more cloud coming in on a brisk north—westerly wind. a few showers through the afternoon and top temperatures between 16 and 18 celsius. more showers expected this evening, some on the sharp side. clear spells overnight will finish the night between eight and 10 degrees, more showers tomorrow and it will be cooler before temperatures build again as we had through the week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to naga and charlie. bye for now. hello — this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. here's a summary of this morning's news. nigel farage's new brexit party has dealt a huge blow to the conservatives and labour in the european parliamentary elections. the party has won 28 seats out of the 64 declared so far — almost a third of the vote across britain. ann widdecombe is one of its new meps.

tonight of its new meps. reaffirms the vote of 2016 because tonight reaffirms the vote of 2016 because there was only one reason for voting for the brexit party and that was if you wanted a brexit. but ijust thank that was if you wanted a brexit. but i just thank all the voters who voted for us who said to the politicians at westminster, we meant what we said. the conservatives and labour suffered heavy losses. the tories came fifth behind the green party, its worst election result since 1832. but it was a good night for the liberal democrats. the pro—remain party won in london and came second overall, gaining 15 seats in the european parliament. northern ireland and scotland are still to finalise their results. the brexit party has been the major winner in the european parliament elections, securing around a third of the vote. as the results came in, its leader nigel farage said

the party was ready for a general election. he joins us now from our london newsroom. good morning to you, thank you for your time this morning. can you give us your time this morning. can you give us your your time this morning. can you give us your summary your time this morning. can you give us your summary of what your party achieved? well, it was launched six weeks ago in that short space of time, with top the poles and win a national election and when it co mforta bly national election and when it comfortably so we're very pleased we we re comfortably so we're very pleased we were able to do this in a short space of time but i think this shows the real sense of frustration out there. we didn't just the real sense of frustration out there. we didn'tjust vote in a referendum to leave the eu, we voted for political parties in the general election of 2017, both of whom said they deliver. they didn't. march the 29th was embedded in people's minds is the date we left the european union. we didn't, and that is why the brexit party is here. what happens next? we are going on to peterborough where there was a by—election taking place next week and we will spend some time today and we will spend some time today and onwards getting ready to fight a full—scale general election because who's to say that could happen even this year? what do you think the

message this elections sends specifically to the conservative party? they broke their promises and parties that break promises do badly and elections. that is lesson from last night but it's fair to say this applies to labour voters. labour promised to one of the result of the referendum but they are rapidly moving towards a party that wants a second referendum and if you look in south wales particularly, parts of the north of england, you will see the north of england, you will see the brexit party was picking up more support from the labour party there and it was from the conservatives. it isa and it was from the conservatives. it is a straightforward fact you have no representation in parliament. you've only existed for six weeks. this win is an extraordinary turnaround. there is no escape from that. nonetheless, you have no representation in parliament. that remains the case. business will carry on almost regardless. we are the biggest party

in the european parliament coming from the whole of europe and we want to play an active role, take some responsibility. we have got a mandate and we want the government to include us in our negotiating team. we have got to get ready for leaving the european union on october the 31st. there is an awful lot we can do. you are suggesting whoever it is and we are in this extraordinary time when we don't know who the prime minister will be but you think one of the first things that man or woman should do is call nigel farage and say, join us as we is call nigel farage and say, join us as we talk to your. is that what you're saying? you can't afford to wait two months. five months until we are due to leave and it's going to ta ke we are due to leave and it's going to take two months basically for the conservatives to sort out their next leader. that work, so we are ready to leave with a wto clean break brexit, that work needs to be done and we are happy to work in any way we can. have you had any representation from the conservative

party? no, the conservative party are confused and divided and i have no doubt as this leadership battle goes on, they will probably descend into the political equivalent of a civil war. the brexit party is clear on what it stands for and we're going to on from here. it's not for me or even new to say what the conservatives are going to do but the obvious thing for them to do would be to embrace the territory that you have succeeded in and if you'd like to go further towards that area, that firm territory of we will leave, we said we will leave, ina way, will leave, we said we will leave, in a way, your success might drive them to that place. well, i think our success certainly insured the theresa may went as prime minister more quickly than perhaps she might have done but is a party that is so fundamentally divided between leave and remain, is it capable of picking and remain, is it capable of picking

a leader with a very clear path? i'm not sure it is and one of the big m essa g es not sure it is and one of the big messages coming out of last night is that this two—party system which is dominated x for so long, those days may well now be coming to an end. we wa nt to may well now be coming to an end. we want to change politics were good. we are about more than just leaving the european union. the two—party system needs breaking up, we need a fresh approach to politics in our country. what is your view on what appears to be the rising remain vote which, in the same way your party has had success, the lib dems have had spectacular successes as well. what do you make of that? the lib dems have had success. there were three parties out there. three parties with big spending budgets all campaigning to remain. although the greens themselves will tell you their votes were coming on other issues. there is no doubt there are voters out there who want to remain but if you add it all up, what you see is this country is still 52—48 in favour of leaving the european

union, solemn promises were made to the british people, they need to be capped, otherwise what is our democracy worth? another way of analysing some of these results, and you can get bogged down, there is a polarisation happening. the main parties, the conservatives and labour, the people have dismissed in this election to a large degree, they found themselves in very difficult territory so a party like yours with a clear message, a party like the lib dem is all the greens, even though much smaller, clear message. the polarisation in british politics, if anything, message. the polarisation in british politics, ifanything, has message. the polarisation in british politics, if anything, has come out of these results and has strengthened? by polarisation, you mean clarity of position? yes. the liberal democrats are the leading remain party. they want to overturn the result of the referendum. our position is the brexit parties that we wa nt position is the brexit parties that we want a clean break brexit so we

area we want a clean break brexit so we are a genuinely independent country. they are the two positions and frankly, if you try and do a bit of both and try to give us exit in name only, in the end, nobody will be satisfied and i suppose history will say, that is mrs may's legacy. she tried to please everybody, she pleased nobody. brexit is a fork in the road, a big, massive, constitutional decision. six weeks for the brexit party and extraordinary success in this election. if we leave the eu, if that happens, as a schedule at the moment, where then? i going to come and then go again. what's the future? one thing i know for certain is if we've left the labour and conservative parties on their own, there is a zero prospect of us getting a clean brexit. if we can

make it happen quickly, i would be delighted that i do think it is politics is about more than just leaving the european union. does that mean nigel farage says, if we get out, me and my brexit party have done work. the two-party system isn't fit for purpose. the house of lords hasn't become a parody, there isa lords hasn't become a parody, there is a lot of work to be done to brexit to modernise and change the shape of politics. our primary goal is to get this country to be independent. if that doesn't happen and if we don't leave, on the 31st of october, what you will see is the brexit party stunning everybody at the next general election. we are going to get the weather with carol and a few minutes but we need

to talk about the world of sport. we had such a fantastic day yesterday with the monaco grand prix, it's always such a spectacle. this year, it was really emotional. following the death on monday of niki lauda, a lot of people wanting to pay tribute. for lewis hamilton, he said beforehand he would pay tribute to someone he describes his mental. he said he did it for niki lauda. lewis hamilton said it was his hardest win — but he wanted to do the job for niki lauder, his mercedes mentor, who died last week. tributes were held before the race and hamilton led from start to finish, just managing to hold off red bull's max verstappen for his third victory on monte carlo's famous street circuit. he's now 17 points clear in the championship.

that was definitely probably the hardest race i think i've had but nonetheless, i really was fighting with the spirit of niki. niki has been such an influential person in our team, getting us to where we are so i know he will be looking down and i know he will take his hat off today. st mirren beat championship side dundee united to keep their place in the scottish premiership. the second leg of this play—off final ended 1—all, so it went to penalties, and dundee united missed all theirs, so st mirren avoided relegation. and it was just as dramatic at wembley, where a huge mistake in the charlton defence gave sunderland the lead in the league one play—off final. but charlton equalised and with six seconds of injury time on the clock, patrik bauer scored to give them a 2—1win and take them up into the championship. and today we're looking forward to what's billed as the richest game in football. aston villa and derby county meet at wembley, for a place

in the premier league. i believe completely on my team but because of the score they've amassed, and they've been there since last year, they are a strong team, they fancy villa bit. it doesn't matter to us, it's a great challenge. it's a challenge we all have to step up to. try and overcome. there is nothing better than winning a game you are not expected to win. it can feel great. there is a challenge for us. we keep saying momentum, we have a lot of momentum going into the game. the run that we had to the end of the season, the domination we had in the season, the domination we had in the two play—off games. britain's katarina johnson—thompson has laid down a marker for the world athletics championships, which start at the end of september in doha. she set a world leading score and a new personal best in winning the heptathlon at the gotzis hypo—meeting in austria. she extended her overnight lead

with the best long jump and made sure of victory with a strong 800—metres. england's bronte law has won her first lpga title, the pure silk championship in virginia. she had a share of the lead from day one, and finished two shots clear of the field with a closing round of 67 — a great victory after she lost out in a play—off in san francisco earlier this month. i believe in hard work and determination and i really stayed so focused out there today and obviously my caddie did a greatjob, keeping me calm and i guess after san fran, it really gave me perspective that i can compete at the top and i came it this week with the sole intention of, you know, getting that one better and, you know, it feels really good. i love the fact that she doesn't

draw attention to the fact that she is covered in shaving foam. st helens restored their six point cushion at the top of the super league with a comfortable win over castleford on day two of the magic weekend at anfield. saints reached double figures in under20 minutes, and kevin naiqama went over in the second half to seal a comfortable win — 36—16 the final score. and finally, 20 years to the day since manchester united completed their famous treble against bayern munich, the two teams took to the field in a special charity game at old trafford.some familiar faces there — peter schmeichel, paul scholes and david beckham with sir alex ferguson taking charge of the team to commemorate their famous win in barcelona. united won 5—0 — and guess who managed to get on the scoresheet in the first few minutes. the man who scored the winner back in 99, and current united boss, ole gunnar solskjaer. beckham got his goal in the final minute, in front of the stretford end.

they love that, don't they. it would have been so much fun to watch. i once drove around the monaco racetrack. i don't know whether you can do that anymore but years ago, there would have it all set up and i think it was immediately afterwards, you could pretend like you're in the race in your own car. was your car fast car you're driving around? race in your own car. was your car fast car you're driving around ?m was a renault five. you could do the thing where you are the tunnel, you plunged on the front, you could go around the agonisingly slowly. the renault five is like this big. but in that moment in time, living the dream. just living it. i can see you

at monte carlo. health and safety probably means you can't do it anymore. in a renault five stop carol would be on some zippy and smart. i'm thinking lamborghini or porsche, something like that. bye for now. in my dreams! this morning we don't have weather like they have in monte carlo we see this lovely picture shows a fair bit of cloud around with some rain but as we go through the day sunshine and showers will be the day sunshine and showers will be the dominant features of the weather and it will feel cooler than yesterday. the top temperature yesterday. the top temperature yesterday was in suffolk at 23 degrees s. this is the weather front that produces all the cloud in livingston and also some rain. doublethink southwards reaching northern england and northern ireland later. either side of it we currently have a mixture of right spells, sunshine and showers. you

will notice that the wind behind the weather front is coming from a northerly direction but ahead of it it comes from the west so not as cold ahead of it. a brisk wind at the moment across northern england. something to bear in mind but generally it is not that windy, more ofa generally it is not that windy, more of a breeze and what you will find it will help blow the showers along. not all of us catch a shower but if you do it could be heavy and thundery and a temperature range 7-12 to thundery and a temperature range 7—12 to find the weather front up to about 19 ahead of it. through the evening and overnight a weather front continues to sink south, a wea k front continues to sink south, a weak affair turning showery but still some heavy showers on it. there will also still be showers across the north of the country in northern scotland above 600 metres, some flows could be wintry. temperatures ranging from 3—10 and it will be lower than this in rural areas. so we start tomorrow with our weather front continuing its slow descent southwards. it will eventually clear away. not a lot of

breeze but it does come from a chilly direction. as illustrated by the blues on the chart telling us how cold it will be. we hang onto mild airfurther south. this how cold it will be. we hang onto mild air further south. this amber lump is what is coming away for the weekend, something much warmer. tuesday morning begins on a dry note with sunshine but there will be showers across eastern areas, a few incidental parts as well and through the day that continues, not all of us the day that continues, not all of us will catch one but once again it will be heavy and slow—moving if you do. 7— will be heavy and slow—moving if you do. 7- 17 will be heavy and slow—moving if you do. 7— 17 degrees. from tuesday into wednesday we say goodbye to the weather front. a ridge wednesday we say goodbye to the weatherfront. a ridge of high pressure builds in, settle things down to an extent but then we do have another weather front coming in from the west and that will introduce more cloud initially and then some rain after where dry and a sunny start for much of the uk. the cloud builds in from the west through the course of the day, here comes the rain. if you are screaming out for rain in the south and east

it is unlikely that this will reach you. temperature wise, 8—17. if you recall, i mentioned the amber lump in my child earlier on. by saturday it looks at the temperature will start to recover and widely will will look at18— start to recover and widely will will look at 18— 22 degrees. in the south—east locally about 26. not bone dry, there will be some rain but it is likely to be where we have had it through the weekend across the north—west of scotland and possibly into northern ireland as well. thank you very much, carol. we are concentrating on the european election results this morning and spending time looking at what happened here and now we will cast our eye across the rest of europe did turn out is around 50%, the highest in two decades. there've been gains for smaller parties at the expense of the centre—left and centre—right. we can now get

the latest on the results from across europe. let's talk tojenny hill in berlin. the demographic has also interesting. who voted for what? climate change has been an issue there. you are quite right. let me outline the two big stories of the night from germany. firstly, the support leading away from the two big peoples parties here. mrs merkel‘s conservatives and her coalition party the conservative —— socialist democrats. mrs merkel‘s party made significant losses, they are starting to leach support. the social democrats had a terrible time, heading towards political decimation if they continue on this course. the number two stories the success of the green party who now the second biggest party. that is for two reasons, firstly, climate change topped the list of voter concerns in the run—up to the selection. it is a really big issue here in germany and mrs merkel‘s

government is failing to get a proper environmental policy together. they cannotjust agree on what they want to do. secondly, the youth vote. if you look at the breakdown of how people voted you will see that the big established parties are starting to lose their younger voters and are failing to attract new young voters while the greens are attracting considerable support from people under the air of 30. there is much for mrs merkel‘s government to do if they are to clawback any support. quite interesting what is going on there in germany. let's had now to italy. let's talk now to james reynolds in milan. the league party has won. it had a share of national government since last year. this party led by the deputy prime minister had 34% of the vote. it is fascinating. the league party began in northern italy hoping

to break away from the rest of the country. and it changed and decided it wanted to rule the rest of the country. this election shows that it has achieved a dominant position in italian politics and now salvini, the leader of the league, wants a powerful vote in the european parliament. he wants a group of populists but they may only amount to 70 seat, 70. he may be a powerful voice in europe now but he will not bea dominant voice in europe now but he will not be a dominant voice. he needs to find a way to put together a populist party that believes many different things. it is a win for him and it shows a new kind of italy. thank you, james. right, that is germany, italy now to france. let's talk to hugh. what has been happening in france?

another victory for marine le pen and her national rally party, it was the national front. and her national rally party, it was the nationalfront. another victory because 2014 they won the european elections and that was a huge surprise. less of a surprise now because we knew that her party, national rally, was up there neck and neck in the last polls with emmanuel macron's party member. a symbolic defeat for the cron in —— neck and neck with emmanuel macron's party, en marche. a symbolic defeat for macron. the news is not bad for them either, governments in elections midterm elections like this get thrashed. he was not, he nearly won. above all he feels that what this result shows is

that he and his analysis of european politics remain true but there is a split between people like him and the new nationalistic group run by marine le pen. his analysis remains the same. he is there fighting a one—on—one battle with her. the same. he is there fighting a one-on-one battle with her. thank you very much. more coverage from the brexit result itself and we will keep you up—to—date on all the results. interesting what people make of what has happened overnight if they have heard the results. tim muffett is at a car boot sale in sutton coldfield for us this morning finding out what the buyers and sellers there make of the eu election results. west midlands constituency is an interesting one. three brexit meps we re interesting one. three brexit meps were elected, one lib dem, one labour, one can 71 green. the attention among many of the de— clutter is in the bargain hunters here at this car boot sale, ten

miles north—east of birmingham. what did you make of the results?” didn't follow it. i did not know it was on. what about the fact that three brexit meps have been elected? what does that tell us?” three brexit meps have been elected? what does that tell us? i have no idea. i don't follow it, i don't understand it it is all a bit french to me. good luck with selling your stuff. let's chat to paul. i know he was engaged with what was happening. what did you make of it all?” was engaged with what was happening. what did you make of it all? i was surprised that the result was not as high as! surprised that the result was not as high as i thought it would be. it is a reflection of what the british public want and politicians have got to wa ke public want and politicians have got to wake up and i don't know where this idea of a deal came from, people never voted for a deal. but is another way of politicians trying to stall us. a quick chat now to jordan. what did you make of the

results of the european elections?” haven't been keeping up to date, if iam haven't been keeping up to date, if i am honest but i think what we are seeing is a lot of people saying they want to leave because of the current climate in the country. the not worried about the economic effect and i think that is why we are seeing believers speak up rather than remain as. morning we have been talking to people getting their response to what has been going on and a selection of views that have been interesting to hear. it is interesting to hear what they make of the election results. we believe you now with the news, weather and travel where ever are watching brea kfast travel where ever are watching breakfast this morning. ! we leave you now. good morning from bbc london news, i'm geeta pendse. the liberal democrats were the main winners in the european elections in london,

gaining three meps in the region. both the brexit party and labour had two candidates elected, while the green party took the remaining seat. our political editor tim donovan has been at city hall overnight as the results for london came in. look along this row and what don't you see? no conservative mep in london. the party beaten into fifth place. they did appear at city hall but did not stay long. instead, the night belonged to the liberal democrats. from zero to three meps and claiming this was londoners saying stop brexit. we ran on one slogan only, to stop brexit. that is what i'm going there to do and i am now confident that after this vote in london i am confident that we are going to do it. so labour was eclipsed in a city it is used to dominating. only two of its four meps survived and they had different takes on how the party's message on another referendum had gone down. the confirmatory vote was the key

in london we explained that on the doorstep. the message was a fudge. we support people's vote if this and if that and so on. the greens upped their vote share but stayed with one mep. liberal democrats were clear on their message but it was only a single message. ours was about yes to europe and no to climate chaos and no to austerity. compared to elsewhere, the new brexit party's18% was modest enough for two meps. people want to shake things up and so do we. we want to change politics for good. is it a flash in the pan? no, it is not. keep an eye on us. people will be doing that but in the capital it was again the remain voice that was loudest. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tubes planned engineering works means that the picadilly line is suspended between hammersmith and heathrow. the district line also has a part closure.

a has a part closure. new layout at the old street roundabout a new layout at the old street roundabout that has been converted to 2—way traffic over the weekend. closures around trafalgar square for the ten kilometre run. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. a chillier start to the day than we have been used to lately. the air is cooler and fresher than it was yesterday, not as muggy. fairly breezy with good spells of sunshine and it would not be a bank holiday monday without a bit of wet weather. a sunny start to the morning, a bit more cloud coming in on a brisk north—westerly wind. a few showers through the afternoon and top temperatures between 16 and 18 celsius. more showers expected this evening, some on the sharp side. clear spells overnight will finish the night between eight and 10 degrees, more showers tomorrow and it will be cooler before temperatures build again as we head through the week. i'm back with the latest

from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to naga and charlie. bye for now. good morning welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today. nigel farage's brexit party claims an overwhelming victory — taking the lion's share of the vote across the uk in the european elections. our primary goal is to get this country independent and self—governing. if that does not happen and we do not leave on the 3ist happen and we do not leave on the 31st of october, you will see the brexit party stunning everybody at the next general election. the conservatives suffer their worst performance since 1832 — pushed into fifth place, while labour are punished for a lack of clarity over brexit. the comeback kids — a surge of support for

the liberal democrats which claim second spot and a victorious night for the greens making significant gains. iamata i am at a bank holiday car—boot sale in sutton coldfield. we have been judging reaction from some bargain hunters as to what they think of the european election results. it is tantamount to a european election results. it is ta nta mou nt to a protest european election results. it is tantamount to a protest vote on behalf of those who want to remain and those who want to leave. i think everybody is tired of it and they wa nted everybody is tired of it and they wanted to say, we are fed up, do something. it has gone on and on and ido something. it has gone on and on and i do not feel i can trust people any more. everybody seems to be arguing, they don't seem to try to deliver what people voted for. in the next hour, we'll hear from key figures in labour and the conservatives about what was a disappointing night for both parties. in sport, lewis hamilton describes his victory in monaco as the hardest one yet, as he dedicates his fourth win this

season to triple world champion niki lauda who died on monday. good morning, a cloudy start for most and then we are looking at bright spells, sunshine and showers, and feeling cooler than yesterday. more details in 15 minutes. it's monday, 27th may. our top story. labour and the conservatives have paid the price for their indecision over brexit, suffering huge losses in the european elections. the newly formed brexit party took a 32% share of the vote, and the pro—eu liberal democrats finished above the conservative party for the first time ever. let's take a look at the results. nigel farage's brexit party, formed just six weeks ago, was the runaway winner, gaining 28 seats. at the opposite end of the brexit divide it was also a good day for the liberal democrats, which now has 15 meps. looking at each party's share of the votes makes it clear just how bad a night it was for the conservatives.

they received less than 10%. their worst performance in an election since 1832. looking at the change in numbers from the last eu election you can see just where some of those brexit party seats came from. they've taken over nearly all of the ukip vote, as well as undoubtedly some of that big 15% loss from the conservatives. let's get a better idea of what the brexit party share of the vote looks like across the uk. huge swathes of teal representing nigel farage's party across england and wales. in scotland the snp — in yellow — comes out on top. there are no results from northern ireland yet — counting there has just got under way. if you want to follow those results there will be full coverage on the bbc news channel. here's our political correspondent nick eardley with a round up of the results so far. and just a warning his report contains some flashing images.

a vote that wasn't supposed to take place to a parliament we're supposed to have left. a result that shows the country is still bitterly divided. the big winners — two parties with very different but very clear messages on brexit. brexit now! nigel farage's brexit party topped the poll, with almost a third of the vote. the reason, of course, is very obvious. we voted to leave in a referendum. we were supposed to do so on march 29th and we haven't. the liberal democrats, with their anti—brexit message, had a big night, too — coming second across the uk. every vote for the liberal democrats is a vote to stop brexit. for the two parties that normally dominate british politics, it was a disaster. the conservatives were thumped — finishing fifth, with less than 10% of the vote. three years ago, the country voted to leave.

it's three years on and we haven't left. and, inevitably, therefore, people were going to be drawn in a polarised way to the single—issue pro— or anti—brexit parties. labour, too, were punished, finishing third with less than 15%. that will spark a heated debate about whether it should now get fully behind another referendum. we're now going to find ourselves in a position where we will have a tory leadership who will insist on either a bad deal or no deal at all, and i fear it will be no deal and, in those circumstances, we must be equally clear, and it will be a disaster for our country to have no deal. there should be a referendum and we should campaign to remain. the green vote was up, too — they beat the conservatives into fourth place. ukip were wiped out. and change uk failed to make their mark. in scotland, the snp were miles ahead, on almost 40%. the party will take three of the six seats there. in wales, the brexit

party topped the poll. plaid cymru came second. labour, a party who have dominated welsh politics for a century, finished third. northern ireland counts today. it was a good night for parties who have taken a firm stand on brexit, but voters are still split between parties who back leaving the eu as soon as possible and those who want another referendum and, ultimately, to stay. if you were hoping this would end the brexit debate, you may well be disappointed. nick eardley, bbc news. we can pick up on social media reaction. nigel farage tweeted to say that the brexit party's result today could be repeated at a general election if britain does not leave the eu at the end of october, the end date of theresa may's extension agreed back in march. he has said...

former labour spin doctor alistair campbell admitted to turning away from his staunch labour roots to vote for the liberal democrats. iam i am sorry, that was the wrong tweet. that is the nicola sturgeon tweet. that is the nicola sturgeon tweet. she said the snp dominance in scotla nd tweet. she said the snp dominance in scotland shows the country has rejected brexit again. there is alistair campbell. he said this time he voted lib dems. for the first time ever he did not vote for labour and he says... our political correspodent tom bartonjoins us now from westminster. interesting how this will pan out for the future of uk politics, because even though it is eu election is very much reflecting on frustrations in the uk. absolutely,

thatis frustrations in the uk. absolutely, that is right without question. this was a terrible night for the main parties. between them, labourand conservative, they polled half as many conservative, they polled half as ma ny votes conservative, they polled half as many votes as they did in 2014. the big winners were the brexit party. nigel farage saying his party would fight a general election if brexit does not happen. much more change neededin does not happen. much more change needed in british politics. the two party syste m needed in british politics. the two party system is not fit for purpose. there are institutions like the house of lords who have become a parody of themselves. there is a lot of work to do beyond brexit to modernise and change the shape of british politics but our primary goal is to get this country independent and self—governing. if that does not happen and we do not leave on the 31st of october, what you will see is the brexit party stunning everybody at the next general election. what voters thought is far from clear because while the brexit party

did well, parties who stood on a remain platform, the lib dems, change uk, the greens, and others, they got more votes than the brexit party. what does it mean for politics in westminster? up till now labour and conservative have been walking the line of compromise on brexit. it seems clear that voters do not like that. for the tories, in the middle of a leadership election, the middle of a leadership election, the likelihood is it will put pressure on candidates to flag up their brexit credentials to move towards a harder brexit. for labour, it will put pressure on the leadership to move towards backing another referendum. for both parties, those changes risk alienating large parts of their electorate. this election does not give any easy way out of the brexit challenge for the two big parties.

thanks. we will be speaking to the main parties this morning. in a few minutes we'll be speaking to the conservative mp and brexiteer, steve baker about his pa rty‘s poor results. early indications from the european parliamentary elections suggest a fall in support for established centrist parties. there have been gains for those on the left and right, as well as the greens and voter turnout was sharply up on the last elections five years ago. let's head to brussels and talk to our europe correspondent damian grammaticas. we have been concentrating on what has happened here. tell us the picture in europe. some highlights. turnout above 50%, the highest in 20 yea rs, turnout above 50%, the highest in 20 years, 200 million people voted in europe. a sign here they think people are engaging again with european issues and eu level issues

are at stake. voters definitely taking part. the big parties, centre—right, centre—left, the socialists and centre—right conservatives, they saw their shares slip. they used to have more than half of the chamber here and for the first time falling below that but they remain number one and two in they remain number one and two in the parties. the nationalist, populist, far right wave predicted has not quite happened. they did well in italy, but ally is elsewhere not so well. marine le pen in france topped the poll but no momentum there. far right parties in finland, denmark, netherlands, not doing well. not really capitalising and those eurosceptics look like they will remain split into different competing camps in parliament. they will not have a third of seats as predicted by some but they may have a quarter but rivals unable to

cooperate properly. the real winners out of it look a little bit to be the greens who had successes across europe and the liberals on the back of president macron and holding onto almost the same sort of vote share as marine le pen in france. and the liberals in the uk, they may well, in the centre, still hold that centre together. thank you. just worth saying we will speak to the conservative party and labour party in the next 20 minutes. other news to bring you this morning — a man and a woman charged with murdering two teenage boys at a house in sheffield, will appear before magistrates today. the two boys, aged 13 and 14, died following a "serious incident" at the property on friday. four younger children were taken to hospital but have since been discharged. the number of over—70s in work has more than doubled in a decade, research shows. the study by the jobs website rest less

suggests almost half a million are in full or part—time employment. campaigners say businesses still need to do more to support them. not enough employers are providing things like flexible working for people who have caring responsibilities or health care problems. they are not providing sufficient access to retraining opportunities and age discrimination in the workforce remains pretty rough. president trump has become the first foreign leader to hold talks with japan's new emperor. mrtrump was given a ceremonial welcome at the imperial palace on the third day of his visit. he said relations between the two countries had never been better, and described the meeting as a great honour. this morning, the conservative leadership candidate borisjohnson has said the party risks being "dismissed" if it does not deliver brexit. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt, said the party faces an "existential risk" over brexit. let's speak to conservative mp, steve baker. he joins us now from westminster.

do you disagree with either of those comments? i agree with them both. i tweeted we face obliteration if we do not exit the european union and i am afraid we have lost excellent meps, experienced people who did not deserve to lose. they should not have been standing, but i am sorry they lost their seats. are you surprised at the drubbing the conservatives received in the eu elections? it is the worst result we have had in the history of the party and it is a grave time for the party and it is a grave time for the party and our country. i am not surprised it is as bad. you cannot break promises like this and expect to go unpunished. who or what is next for the conservative party in terms of recovering? who will be the new leader to bring votes back? recovering? who will be the new leader to bring votes back7m recovering? who will be the new leader to bring votes back? it has to be somebody who seriously believes in leaving the european union and who has a clear plan to do

it and who is capable of lifting the spirits of the nation. also somebody who will plant the flag and say this is right. compromise where it is possible of course, but at this point, i think we will see debate crystallising between those willing to ta ke crystallising between those willing to take us out, even with no withdrawal agreement and going on wto terms, with those flirting with revoke or indefinite extension. at this point i do not want to name a candidate. it is clear borisjohnson isa candidate. it is clear borisjohnson is a leading candidate followed by dominic raab, but i do not want to support one candidate at this point. are you running? people are pressing i should consider it and my odds shorten to 25—1 on friday so i have to ta ke shorten to 25—1 on friday so i have to take it seriously, but i am conscious we do not want a eurosceptic candidates so i will have to speak to the other two —— a

plethora of eurosceptic candidates. at this point we need to decide what we are about and who the voters are and what we wish the country to become and then deliver it. we are beyond the point at which torque is enough. we have to do less talk and more action and take this country out of the eu and do it at the end of october and certainly everyone will want to unite around that idea. for conservative mps and the dup, we have to stay in power and that means everybody deciding they will rise to the historic challenge that has been laid before them. the burden on their shoulders, which means thinking seriously about what they say in media appearances and not threatening to bring down the government over something which parliament has legislated for and which was until recently government policy. we spoke to the lib dems

this morning. sal brinton said, we have a cabinet and government totally split and parliament is also. nigel farage has said the conservative party will descend into chaos because of brexit. you have not delivered an orderly brexit. why cling onto power? might not go to a general election? the alternative to the conservative party governing this country isjeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell governing the country and that would be a disaster. but you are not doing a very good job of it? if people look at the economy, it? if people look at the economy, it is doing perfectly well. brexit is not. we have had ourfigures revised up in germany's revise down. many things forecast if we voted to leave have not happened. there is no denying this is a major political crisis but the idea it extends to the rest of our society and economy is for the birds. the bank of

england has warned about the impact of brexit and we have heard business leaders warning about the impact of brexit and seeing deals put off so it is affecting the economy, this indecision and lack of ownership of brexit and getting it over the line. being on the treasury select committee i am aware of the para meters committee i am aware of the parameters of debate but where numbers have issued it is a matter of fa ct. numbers have issued it is a matter of fact. as we go through this incredible constitutional change, there is going to be some inconvenience. what we see in this devastating result for the conservative party, losing so many good candidates, is the public want us good candidates, is the public want us to keep our promises and take this country out of the eu and that will require every member of parliament to decide for what they stand and whether they are willing to do what is necessary. steve baker, thank you. away from the eu

elections at the moment. and have a chat with carol. good morning, everybody. these are from our weather watcher in norfolk. a lot of cloud around but breaks in it as you can see here. we also have rain in the forecast and some showers and you will notice today it will feel cooler than yesterday. yesterday in suffolk, we reached 23 degrees. today it is more likely to be 19 as the top temperature. this weather front brought the rain across the north at the weekend. it is sinking south and will get into northern england and northern ireland later. either side, northern england and northern ireland later. eitherside, bright spells and cloud and some showers. also some sunshine. the rain moving south. we have a northerly wind. behind the weather front and a westerly wind in front of it. the

strongest winds in northern england at the moment but enough to blow the showers along and if you catch one it could be heavy or thundery but we will not all see one. in the winter feeling cooler. 7—13 in the north and temperatures in the westerly, 17-19. as and temperatures in the westerly, 17—19. as we head through the evening and overnight, the weather front move south. showers taken with it. there could be the odd heavy burst. we lose a lot of showers in the west. temperatures, three in the north, up to ten in the south. these temperatures indicative of towns and cities and in rural areas it will be lower than this. and above 600 metres in scotland, if you catch a shower, it could be wintry. tomorrow the weather front in the midlands, east anglia and wales. it will push away through the day and we allow a

northerly flow, and that is cool direction as represented by the blue. we have yellow as we pushed down into the south itself. tomorrow, starting cool. a fair bit of sunshine in central and western areas and showers in the east. again, they are showers, so not everybody will catch one but if you do there is potentialfor everybody will catch one but if you do there is potential for it to be heavy and thundery. through tuesday into wednesday, high pressure building across us, settling things for a time. we have a weather front coming in from the west that will introduce rain through the day. starting on a cool note with sunshine. still some showers in the far north of scotland. as the weather front comes in, far north of scotland. as the weatherfront comes in, it far north of scotland. as the weather front comes in, it will introduce cloud and in hot pursuit, followed by rain. if you are

screaming out for rain in the south—east, the likelihood is you will not see it from this. temperatures 8—17. we will chat to you later. it looks like the rain cuts off with a line. it isa cuts off with a line. it is a weather front. it is a weather front. it looks like a straight line. i was going to say, as we head into saturday, it will warm up, widely 18-22 saturday, it will warm up, widely 18—22 and in the south—east, up to 26. so this, if it is too cool, it will not last long. the outcome of the european elections has reaffirmed the deep divide between supporters and opponents of the country's planned exit from the european union. so has the brexit debate re—engaged voters? manchester on a bank holiday. the sunshine gives the city a continental feel. but europe and the european

elections was not everybody's focus. to be honest, i don't know what the an election was for. is it for brexit? no, to elect our meps. no, i don't mind about the result. i care about brexit but not who is in parliament. i didn't vote because we're leaving europe, i didn't see the point. it past me by last time really so i felt i had to do my duty and make sure i voted. and get my point across. in the former central railway station, the count got under way. the north—west was previously split into loyal labour, rural conservative and strong support for ukip. no more. i therefore declare that the following candidates have been duly elected to north—west. claire fox, brexit party. this time, the brexit party took the most seats, with ukip nowhere to be seen.

no—one were aware we were standing four weeks ago so it has been incredible and i really do think it is partly because the organisation of the brexit party, but it is also because people are really angry. conservatives ended up with no meps at all. for those working at grassroots level it is a hard result to swallow. we got a lot of flak on the doorstep in regards to westminster in what is happening there and people wanting to know why they should vote because it is not democracy any more. many people feel disenfranchised with politics at the moment. even in the labour heartlands of manchester, candidates were punished. a disappointment that we do not have three. we need to re—engage with those who voted remain and those who voted leave. for the liberal democrats and the greens it was a night to celebrate. i have been a trafford councillor for 19 years and supported

the liberal democrats for most of my life. it is an amazing time. an absolute honour to be elected to represent the region and i am just so pleased that the voters in the north—west have put their faith in the green party. here in the north—west, like most of the country, it is the traditional parties who suffered. labour and the conservatives. conservatives were completely wiped out here. it's the brexit party who had taken three of the seats but the liberal democrats have done better than ever before winning two seats. with some parties suggesting a general election is the only way to solve a problem of brexit, the two big parties will have to work hard to clean up. shall we go to a car—boot sale? what could be better on the bank holiday monday? picking around stuff and chatting about politics. people

looking mystified, people thinking they would pick up an old dvd and they would pick up an old dvd and they find you asking questions about they find you asking questions about the eu elections. a lot of bargain hunters, getting reaction to the european elections. what did you make of it? i wish we would hurry up and move on and get out of brexit, let us be our own country again. so many things need looking at. homelessness. we do not need to be paying for other countries. good result for the brexit party and you support that. what did you think?” used to be into politics and voting and think it was really important, because you cannot moan about what is going on if you do not vote. since what has happened with the elections and with brexit, we voted for what we wanted, we were passionate about it, and nothing has

happened. it has been over two yea rs. happened. it has been over two years. i will have to interrupted you here. let's look at the news, weather and travel. while the green party took the remaining seat. our political editor tim donovan was at city hall as the results came in. look along this row and what don't you see? there's now no conservative mep in london. the party beaten into fifth place. they did appear at city hall but didn't stay long. instead, the night belonged to the lib dems — from none to three meps, and claiming this was londoners saying "stop brexit". we ran on one slogan only, and that is to stop brexit.

that is what i'm going there to do and i am confident now — after this vote in london i am confident that we are going to do it. so labour was eclipsed in a city it is used to dominating. only two of its four meps survived, and they had different takes on how the party's message on another referendum had gone down. the confirmatory vote was the key and i think in london we explained that on the doorstep. the message was a kind of, you know, fudge — we support a people's vote if that, if this and then if that and so on. the greens upped their vote share but stayed with one mep. the liberal democrats were clear on their message, i suppose, but it was only a singular message. our message was about yes to europe and no to climate chaos, no to austerity. compared to elsewhere, the new brexit party's18% was modest, but enough for two meps. people want to shake it up, we want to do. we want to change politics for good. you've just had your moment — flash in the pan. it's not a flash in the pan. you watch us — we're coming back for the general...

keep an eye on us. people will do that, certainly — but in the capital it was again the remain voice which was loudest. tim donovan, bbc london news. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tubes the piccadilly line is suspended between hammersmith and heathrow and uxbridge due to planned engineering works. there's also a part closure on the district line. on the roads there's a new layout at the old street roundabout which has been converted to two—way traffic over this weekend. and there are closures in place around trafalgar square for the 10k run which starts on the mall at 10.00 and finishes opposite buckingham palace. now the weather with elizabeth ritzini. hello, good morning. it's a chillier start to the day than we have been used to of late. the air is cooler and fresher than it was yesterday, not quite as muggy. fairly breezy with good spells of sunshine and it would not be a bank holiday monday without a bit of wet weather. a sunny start to the morning, a bit more cloud through late morning coming

in on a brisk north—westerly wind. a few showers through the afternoon and top temperatures between 16 and 18 celsius. further showers expected this evening, some on the sharp side. clear spells overnight will end the night between eight and ten degrees. there'll be more showers tomorrow and it will feel cooler before temperatures build again as we head through the week. that's all for now. i'm back with the lunchtime news at1.20pm. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. let's bring you up—to—date with the european elections. let's bring you up—to—date with the european elections. nigel farage's new brexit party has dealt a huge blow to the conservatives and labour in the european parliamentary elections. the party has won 28 seats out of the 64 declared so far, almost a third of the vote across britain.

earlier nigel farage told this programme british politics needs a com plete programme british politics needs a complete overhaul. the 2-party system is not fit for purpose, the institution like the house of lords is frankly a parody of itself. there is frankly a parody of itself. there isa is frankly a parody of itself. there is a lot of things to do to change the shape of british politics but our primary goal is to get this country to be independent and self—governing. if that does not happen and if we do not leave on the 3ist happen and if we do not leave on the 31st of october, then what you will see is the brexit party standing everybody at the next general election. the conservatives and labour suffered heavy losses. the tories came fifth behind the green party, its worst election result since 1832. earlier on breakfast, conservative brexiteer steve baker said his party accepted defeat. we face obliteration if we don't now exit the european union and we have lost some excellent meps, really

experienced people who did not deserve to lose. they should not have been standing but i am very sorry they have their seats. but it was a good night for the liberal democrats. the pro—remain party won in london and came second overall, gaining 15 seats in the european parliament. northern ireland and scotland are still to finalise their results. it was a disappointing night for the pro—remain mps in change uk. launched as the independent group in february, they received just three per cent of the votes. even before the results were announced, the party's leader heidi allen suggested a merger with the liberal democrats could be on the cards. joining us from westminster is change uk mp anna soubry. good morning, thank you for your time. first of all, tell us your reaction as to how your party fared. let's get some facts out there. the turnout was 38% and 600,000 people we re turnout was 38% and 600,000 people were good enough to go out and vote for change uk, a new political party

formed only a few weeks ago. we fielded 69 excellent candidates. my view is that is a fantastic start to our party and for our future and more to come. i have to say this is a shock and i agree with nigel farage, we need to change british politics and british politics at the moment is broken. i take the view that that includes all the main political parties. he is not the answer, but i think the sensible, moderate, centrist policies i believe in, the values and principles of change uk are the future. millions of people in this country feel nobody represents them and that is what we seek to do, to represent them. you are new, you have just been formed, there is another new party on the block, the brexit party, six weeks they have been running, and look at their results. hello, excuse me, the brexit party is not a new party it

is the nigel farage retread. his party was formed about 20 years ago and comes along in different guises. we are 11 members of parliament who came from two political parties and came from two political parties and came together and formed a genuinely new political party with a new approach to doing politics. i am very pleased 600,000 people were very pleased 600,000 people were very good enough to give us our support. if you look at that in terms of the core vote and compare that to the conservatives' 9% and the labour party at 11 or 12%, that is their core vote? there is much hope for our future and i am looking forward to it. does the future involve some kind of link up with the lib dems? they had a spectacular night themselves. are you closer to coming to some kind of an arrangement with them? full credit to the lib dems, they have had a super night. they managed to attract

alistair campbell and michael heseltine to vote for them. it was a repository for many of the people who support the people's vote. people's vote parties pulled at 40% as opposed to the hard brexit parties that pulled at 35%. that is an important statistic as well. if i wa nted an important statistic as well. if i wanted tojoin an important statistic as well. if i wanted to join the lib an important statistic as well. if i wanted tojoin the lib dems, i would have joined them wanted tojoin the lib dems, i would havejoined them in february. my guiding principles remain the same. i left the conservative party because it had shifted and you will see an even further shift to the right and you will see a hard no deal brexiteer when the premiership. is there no deal with the lib dems for the foreseeable future? let me finish my point. i worked with the lib dems when i was in government. i have a lot of respect and admiration for people like jo have a lot of respect and admiration for people likejo swinson and vince cable. we already work with them on a number of issues. we have been

working with them on the people's vote. it was founded by chuka umunna and myself and caroline lucas from the greens. absolutely, i have a lwa ys the greens. absolutely, i have always worked with the lib dems. that is not a problem. if other people want to join the lib dems, good luck to them. i believe british politics is broken and we need to fix it and that is what change uk is all about, that sensible, moderate, progressive, centrist voice finding a home in a political party that has a home in a political party that has a new and fresh look and bases its policies on evidence and not ideology. that is as. some things have not changed remotely as a result of this vote and that is on october the 31st we leave, deal or no deal, according to the law. this does not change anything, does it? you make a good point, which is let's look to the future. you are right. at the moment we are set to

leave the european union on october the 31st and i think there is no debate that the next leader of the conservative party will be somebody who has no qualms at all about taking this country out without a deal. the one thing this country was promised would not happen by the leave campaign who told all manners of falsehoods. they were clear in theircampaign of falsehoods. they were clear in their campaign that we would not leave the european union without a deal. the new leader of the conservative party is set to do that in my opinion and that would be a national emergency. i am very clear that because we have got no time to have the people's but we must revoke article 50 and stop brexit. then we must have that people's vote which i believe increasingly the majority of people in this country now see it as the only way through this impasse. that is one of the big messages from this election. i heard a woman in sutton coldfield saying she was fed

up sutton coldfield saying she was fed up to the back teeth of brexit and felt let down by the main political parties, and she is right to feel that. people are fed up with brexit and they are profoundly disillusioned with the two main parties. but that great division still exists in our country about our future and brexit and the only way to resolve it ultimately is to have a people's vote. if it comes to october and no deal, i have no doubt at all we must revoke. to leave without a deal would be disastrous for our country. those are the views of the current business secretary in the conservative party. anna soubry, thank you very much for your time. anna soubry, thank you very much for your time. all but one of the scottish seats have been declared with the snp on course to increase its number of meps. let's get the latest from our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. good morning. good morning. when the brexit party has dominated elsewhere

it isa brexit party has dominated elsewhere it is a very different story in scotland. the snp's clear, unequivocal message that scotland is for europe seems to have hit home. they have increased their overall share of the vote and are on course for their best ever european elections. they topped 29 of the 31 council areas declared so far. in dundee they were 30 points clear of their nearest rivals. they are on course to up their share of the mep seats from two to the three of the six available. nicola sturgeon, the leader of the snp, has called this an historic victory with scotland rejecting brexit again. the brexit party, which came second across scotland, is on course to secure one mep as are the liberal democrats and the conservatives. the tories had nothing to write home about although their vote held up better here than in the rest of the uk. for labour it was a dismal showing in scotland.

five years ago they came a close second, this time their vote collapsed, they secured less than 10% of the vote. the western isles are still to declare. they do not count on sunday for reasons of religious observance, but the vote is due injust before midday. here in scotland the snp carried the vote and the westminster leader, ian blackford, suggested the result has cemented its case for a second referendum on independence in the event of a no—deal brexit. referendum on independence in the event of a no-deal brexit. lorna gordon, thank you very much. we will take a break from the politics for a moment. it has been a busy weekend and the grand prix was a lwa ys busy weekend and the grand prix was always going to be an emotional affair with the death of niki lauda just a week ago. there was a special tribute and we saw those red caps worn by the drivers and a red helmet worn by the drivers and a red helmet worn by the drivers and a red helmet worn by lewis hamilton. lewis

hamilton said it was going to be his ha rd est hamilton said it was going to be his hardest race, but he did it and he wa nted hardest race, but he did it and he wanted to do the job for niki lauda, his mercedes mentor. hamilton led from start to finish, just managing to hold off red bull's max verstappen for his third victory on monte carlo's famous street circuit. he's now 17 points clear in the championship. that was definitely probably the hardest race i think i've had but nonetheless, i really was fighting with the spirit of niki. niki has been such an influential person in our team, getting us to where we are so i know he will be looking down and i know he will take his hat off today. st mirren beat championship side dundee united to keep their place in the scottish premiership. the second leg of this play—off final ended 1—1, so it went to penalties, and dundee united missed all theirs, so st mirren avoided relegation. and it was just as dramatic at wembley, where a huge mistake in the charlton defence gave

sunderland the lead in the league one play—off final. but charlton equalised and with six seconds of injury time on the clock, patrik bauer scored to give them a 2—1win and take them up into the championship. and today we're looking forward to what's billed as ‘the richest game in football'. aston villa and derby county meet at wembley, for a place in the premier league. we'll see later on this morning ifjohanna konta can take her run of good form into the french open — she plays antonia lottner of germany at ten o'clock and there's commentary on the bbc sport website. roger federer was really impressive in his first match at roland garros for four years, beating lorenzo sonego in straight sets. the 20—time grand slam champion got a very warm reception — he said he'd missed the french crowd. britain's katarina johnson—thompson has laid down a markerfor the world athletics championships, which start at the end

of september in doha. she set a world leading score and a new personal best in winning the heptathlon at the gotzis hypo—meeting in austria. she extended her overnight lead with the best long jump and made sure of victory with a strong 800—metres. england's bronte law has won her first lpga title, the pure silk championship in virginia. she had a share of the lead from day one, and finished two shots clear of the field with a closing round of 67 — a great victory after she lost out in a play—off in san francisco earlier this month. brilliant to see her doing so well. she had been leading right through the entire weekend, so definitely a deserving winner. she is very popular as well. wins the award for the most able to speak whilst having champagne poured all over her. you can see the clip on the bbc website.

we are looking at the results from the eu vote. we are looking at the results from the eu vote. some senior labour figures are this morning calling for an urgent change in the party's brexit policy after "disastrous" eu election results. let's speak to the shadow justice secretary, richard burgon, who's in leeds for us this morning. good morning. what a wake up call for the labour party. yes, i am not on here to pretend it has been anything other than a deeply disappointing night for the labour party in these european union elections. the conservatives got their worst vote for 200 years and we are back disappointingly to around the vote share and we got in the 2009 european union elections. i think the european union election is very different from the next general election but that will come sooner rather than later. you will not dismiss this as having any reflection on how the uk feels about the labour party? of course i am not

going to dismiss it and it is important we listen. it is important discussions take place across the labour party and across the country, but in relation to directly using the eu election to predict the next general election that shows it does not work. in 2014 nigel farage's ukip came top in the eu elections but then only got one member of parliament in the general election the year after. we are in different times. but it hadn't happened, bored and frustrated the electorate in the way it has now, and also we didn't have a labour party which leader had said it would bring the divided country to. he hasn't done that, the labour party hasn't done that. it became a bit a proxy referendum on a much, much lower turnout than the referendum or a general election. and understandably, and quite rightly, people feel quite strongly and obviously there's a great

attraction to the polarised views in this proxy referendum that took place, whether people wanted leave on the basis of a hard no—deal brexit or whether they wanted to remain. i do think a general election will be different, but what we have to make clear is that the threat of a no—deal brexit and all the damage it will cause two jobs and the economy is becoming more likely, so we need a general election or a public vote in order to stop the disastrous no—deal brexit that boris johnson to stop the disastrous no—deal brexit that borisjohnson and other right wings in the conservative party will be pushing more and more. you used the phrase, what we need to make clear. the problem is with the labour party is it hasn't made itself clear on its position when it comes to brexit. tom watson has said labour is rightly calling for a general election but we can't go into one with our current brexit position. you haven't made it clear what you want, when it comes to a people's referendum and what you would do in the case of no deal. we will use any mechanism in order to

stop either a disastrous tory brexit of the kind borisjohnson and others will push, or a disastrous no—deal brexit. every mechanism means either a vote of no confidence in the new prime minister, a general election, or, yes, a public vote. we would support a public vote in order to stop a disastrous no—deal brexit or a bad tory brexit. ifi stop a disastrous no—deal brexit or a bad tory brexit. if i asked if labour is eight remain or leave party, what would you say? we are a party, what would you say? we are a party that wants to bring the party together. i don't think that was a message that was going to work well in the proxy a second referendum, which the eu election turned into. i think ina which the eu election turned into. i think in a general election that will work well. i don't understand, are you a remain or are leave party? we area are you a remain or are leave party? we are a party that will bring the country together. in the last general election we said we accept and respect the outcome of the referendum. at the referendum we campaigned to remain and reform the

european union. in terms of the next general election our policy will be decided as a democratic party in the usual way. but what i can be abundantly clear on now, even before that democratic process of drawing up that democratic process of drawing up the manifesto takes place, is that we will use any mechanism to stop and no—deal brexit or a bad tory brexit, and that includes a public vote. i think all opposition parties need to step up to the plate to the public, where opinion is where really polarising, as these results show, and what we should do about the 2016 referendum. we need to really step up to the plate, across opposition parties, and make clear that they what. .. across opposition parties, and make clear that they what... you are saying what you said earlier. thank you very much. thank you. with uncertainties still surrounding brexit, the european parliament would have been casting a keen eye over last night's uk vote. so how is the eu reacting to a nigel farage victory? and what does it mean for

the traditional parties in the uk? we'll speak to eu analyst jacki davis from brussels in a moment, but first let's go to polling expert sirjohn curtice who's in our london newsroom. you've been up all night and it's been a long time for you. give us your snapchat. what have we learnt from these votes that were cast? we have basically learnt that the uk electorate is deeply polarised over brexit. we have seen the electorate move in favour of parties that either i willing to contemplate no deal, like the brexit party, or parties who want to have another referendum unambiguously, such as the liberal democrats and the greens. two voices roughly equal in size but presenting very different views to the public and what is fascinating about this election is how these two views, which have long looked like the two most popular views in the british public, these

are the views that voters have wa nted are the views that voters have wanted to express. rather than saying we should give the prime minister's deal a chance, or a labour or alternative brexit would be better. these fudge positions are the inability to deliver positions have been widely rejected and instead voters have wanted to express their very clear and very polarised views. the implication for the european union is, if you think the european union is, if you think the uk has got any closer to resolving its brexit impasse as a result of holding the european elections that you insisted the country should hold, the answer is no. probably it has made the impasse more difficult to resolve rather than easier. what are the implications for... i call them the major parties, but this election lens and light up. conservatives and labour, what do they take from this? the conservative party has to work out how it is going to get those lost leave voters back and the key message is that the depth of the rebellion against the conservative,

the support for nigel farage, indicates that the conservatives have to deliver brexit before it can contemplate a general election because too many of these voters will probably carry on voting for nigel farage. and the opinion polls suggest around half of them would in a general election so that means the next tory prime minster faces the difficult task of how to get a deal through the house of commons, that so through the house of commons, that so far the arithmetic has made difficult. in the labour side, so far the arithmetic has made difficult. in the labourside, i think it will open up the debate inside the party about whether or not it needs to shift in favour of a less ambiguous position on brexit because the truth is at the moment, ambiguity it simply means you lose the support of both sides of the debate. good to talk to you. thank you. get some sleep! you have definitely earned it. so what's the mood in brussels today? jacki davis is a leading commentator on eu affairs and joins us from brussels now. good morning. we are fascinated by what is happening here. there a bigger picture across the whole of europe. tell us your thoughts. in

terms of the bigger picture, we have seen a terms of the bigger picture, we have seen a much less dramatic but similar trend in one sense across europe with mainstream traditional parties not doing as well as they have in the past. but the prediction had been a far right populist surge across europe. in fact what happened is much more nuanced. we saw voters leaving those mainstream parties, but going and notjust to far right populist in some countries, but to the greens, the liberals. the pitch across europe is more fragmented. it will be noisier parliament and one of the noisiest elements within that could indeed beat nigel farage. i think sirjohn curtice absolutely right when he says that the message brussels is taking away from what happened in the uk last night was that this doesn't make brexit any easier to solve and indeed probably it harder. a good deal of dismay on both counts, i think, around the corridors of the european parliament and the other eu institutions today. you mentioned nigel fry. in that

chamber, the eu chamber, as and when that happens —— michael you mentioned nigel barrage. he will be backed up by a block might brexit meps. he will be the single party block, national party block that there is. the question is, what does he do? focus all his attention on getting the uk out of the eu? or does he, as he has done in the past, use it to make more noise? he can't really disrupt eu business. pro—european voices still have the big majority. there is a very strong pro—european flavour to this new european parliament. they will be a limit to what he can do but really the concern will be about what this means brexit and for an orderly departure of the uk. thank you very much for your time this morning. good to speak to you. it's been a good day for politics. seven minutes to nine. end of the bank holiday weekend for many. are we all going to the beach? that would be nice!

it's a gorgeous weather watches picture. good morning from cornwall. for many of us it's a cloudy start to the day. some showers around. some heavy and that really sets the scene for today. we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers and it will feel cooler than yesterday. yesterday's top temperature was in suffolk at 23. today's top temperature is more likely to be 19. we have this weather front steadily sinking southwards. it's produced all the rain across northern scotla nd all the rain across northern scotland through the course of the weekend and it will continue to bring its rain through the day, through southern scotland and into northern england and also northern ireland. behind it is a mixture of bright spells, sunny spells and showers, and it's the same mix ahead of it. bright spells, sunny spells, showers. you are showers further south, but if you catch a shower todayit south, but if you catch a shower today it could be heavy and thundery. we have a northerly component to the wind. to the north of this weather front. it's got a

westerly to the south and that, too, has an impact on the temperatures. seven to 13 in the north, but higher further south. this evening and overnight, the weather front continues to push steadily southwards. weakening continues to push steadily southwards. wea kening as continues to push steadily southwards. weakening as it does so into more of a showery band of rain. even so, some of the showers could be heavy. by the end of the night, a lot of us will be dried with some clear skies. temperatures are three in the north to ten in the south but these are temperatures in towns and cities. they will be lower than that in rural areas. above 600 metres in northern scotland, don't be surprised if there is wintry and is in the showers. tomorrow our weather front still very slowly sinking southwards. eventually clearing the near continent. again, still this northerly flow, and you can see how the blues pushed further south. we have yellows ahead of the weather front and behind me, amber coming our way for the weekend when it

warms up. our way for the weekend when it warms up. first thing on tuesday, a chilly start. clear skies in western areas, fair weather cloud bubbling through the day. more showers in the east and some central areas. like today, not all of us will catch one, but if you do it could be heavy and thundery. temperatures are slipping a little bit more. we are looking at seven in the north to 17 in the south. tuesday into wednesday, we have this ridge of high pressure across us, so have this ridge of high pressure across us, so things settle down for across us, so things settle down for a time. it's only a ridge, so we also have a weather front coming in from the west. that will initially introduce thick cloud and some rain. wednesday starts on a chilly but sunny note. cloud built in from the west and here comes the rain! if you wa nt west and here comes the rain! if you want rain in the south and east, it's not likely you will get it from this. temperature —wise, eight in the north to 17 in the south. did you know on saturday it might be 26 in the south? i did, yes. carroll does the weather, did you know that?

that's my way of telling her i'd been listening all morning. its the south—east that is likely to see, as you say, 26. enjoy the rest of your day. let's go to sutton coldfield. many bargain hunters out, many de—clutter is trying to get rid of their stuff. some peasant‘s junk is another‘s treasure as the old saying goes and we are here gauging reaction to the european election results. the west midlands constituency, three brexit party meps. an interesting result. let's have a chat to bob and sally. your brother and sister, you've come here a few times. what did you make of the election result? i thought the election results were on the cards as they turned out, with the protest vote against the conservatives and the labour party. do you think this was a protest vote? i do. yes, i

think that's why the greens and the brexit party and liberal democrats have got most of the votes. when it comes to a general election, that won't be the case, the people will revert back to the two main parties. how about you, sally?” revert back to the two main parties. how about you, sally? i didn't vote, deliberately didn't vote in the european elections because i voted to stay in, but the vote was to leave and, as such, we will leave. i would have thought. it's a democratic... it was a democratic vote and so... as bob said, i think it isa vote and so... as bob said, i think it is a protest vote and really, nigel farage, can't quite see it myself. interesting stuff. thank you very much indeed, enjoy the rest of your browsing this morning. lot of people we've spoken to this morning, a real range of opinions and clearly the main story here in the west midlands and right across the

country is the very good results for the brexit party's three meps elected in the west midlands constituency. tim, thanks so much. that's it from breakfast for today. we will this

you're watching a bbc news election special. the brexit party a clear winner in the poll, liberal democrats taking second place in a tough night for conservatives and labour. the brexit party formed only six weeks ago are the big winners, gaining almost one third of the vote and 28 meps. we have a mandate and want the government to include us in their own negotiating team. we have to get ready for leaving the european union in october the 31st. there is a lot we can do. the liberal democrats campaign to stop brexit and come second with around 20% of the vote. the green party made significant gains, posting their best

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