push the is the ability to push the conservatives and the parliamentary agenda without winning seats. we have to back to you, huw. the time is six o'clock, and a very good morning to you. we've been on airforjust about eight hours, but we are fresh and fizzing with energy to bring you this morning's news, which is that borisjohnson has won this general election for the conservatives and is heading for a majority of 78, a very big majority indeed and the biggest since margaret thatcher's majority in 1987, the third victory that she scored. 50 this is where we are right now. let's take a look at the seat numbers on broadcasting housein the seat numbers on broadcasting house in central london, and here we have the projected end result, which will be the conservatives on 365 and borisjohnson, a will be the conservatives on 365 and boris johnson, a hefty will be the conservatives on 365 and borisjohnson, a hefty gain for him.

labour on 203 with some significant losses from 2017. the snp performing strongly in scotland on 48. the lib dems on 11, a relatively poor performance by then, alluding their leader, jo swinson, plaid cymru projected to end the night on 4. so, a very good morning to you, and you are watching election 2019. and here at new broadcasting house in central london, we are going to have this morning's headlines. we say a very good morning to louise minchin. thanks, huw, good morning. with more than 600 seats declared, the conservatives have won the general election, with their biggest majority since 1987. labour meanwhile has had its worst performance in three decades. labour leaderjeremy corbyn said he was disappointed and wouldn't lead his party into any future general election.

it was a poor night too for the liberal democrats, whose leaderjo swinson lost her seat. jessica parker's report contains flash photography. he knows it. the conservatives have w011 he knows it. the conservatives have won a working majority, in an election boris johnson won a working majority, in an election borisjohnson described as historic. this gives us now the chance to respect the democratic will of the british people, to change this country for the better and to unleash the potential of the entire people of this country. they are delighted. the tories making those into labour heartlands that voted leave. i would like to thank boris... cheering because... i would say that i'm going to be on that train on monday, i'm going to london, we're going to get brexit

done. his party on course for a major defeat. jeremy corbyn acknowledged a disappointing result. i want to also make it clear that i will not lead the party in any future general election campaign. i will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result. glum faces here. grimsby, scunthorpe, sedgefield, stoke, don valley, among labour's losses. there were two fronts i was fighting on, one front was the fact that so many of my vote rs was the fact that so many of my voters could not and did not want to supportjeremy voters could not and did not want to support jeremy corbyn to be prime minister. but the second front was the labour pa rty's minister. but the second front was the labour party's position on brexit that we had moved to a position of being more like a remain party. and a huge blow for the lib dems. their leader, jo swinson, narrowly losing her seat. for

millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay, and people are looking for hopefuls white arriving at conservative headquarters, they might be in the party mood. boris johnson wanted to drive his agenda through. the door is now open. jessica parker, bbc news. as we saw, the snp tookjo swinson's seat, they have 49 seats with one result to declare. the snp also ran on securing a result to declare. the snp also ran on securing a new result to declare. the snp also ran on securing a new vote on scottish independence from the uk, something which they will push for in the coming parliament. you know, i don't pretend that every single person who voted snp yesterday will necessarily support independence. but there has been a strong endorsement in this election of scotland having a choice

over our future, of not having to put up with a conservative government that we didn't vote for, and not having to accept life as a nation outside the european union. so that independence referendum, that was very much at the heart of the snp‘s campaign, there is a renewed, refreshed, strength and mandate for that. it's been a bad night for the democratic unionist party in northern ireland. deputy leader nigel dodds lost his belfast north seat to sinn fein'sjohn finucane. it also lost belfast south to the nationalist sdlp. the alliance party has won a seat at westminster, taking north down. and the sdlp took the seat of foyle from sinn fein. all a0 seats in wales have now been declared and the conservatives have made significant gains. they took six seats from labour, including bridgend in the south and four in the northeast — wrexham, delyn, the vale of clywd and clywd south. plaid cymru held onto all four of their seats.

the only good news for the green party came from brighton. the pa rty‘s party came from brighton. the party's only sitting mp and former leader caroline lucas comfortably held onto her brighton pavilion seat. she has held that position ever since becoming the country's first green mp in the 2010 election. you might have seen earlier that borisjohnson took his dog with him to the polling station. here is dilyn being cuddled by mrjohnson's partner carrie symonds just before the declaration in uxbridge. looks like he's dealing with all the attention pretty well. there slots more from bbc news online and on your mobile — where you can look up the results in your constituency. use our interactive map to search for any seat across the uk 7 on our website, or the bbc news app. back to huw in a moment, but first the weather with matt taylor. good morning. thank you, louise. it isa

good morning. thank you, louise. it is a story of sunshine and showers across many parts of the country, some of you wetter than others. we certainly start that way across eastern scotland, and across northern ireland and towards the south—east, rain on and off throughout the day. a few brighter spells in between, sunshine either side but a windy day across the south, and temperature staying on the cool side, even with some sunshine in the north, and the strong winds remain for all as we head into the new day. now back to election 2019. a very good morning. it is seven minutes past six, and we are in a position to tell you that the conservatives have won this general election, and won it handsomely for them, with a majority probably in them, with a majority probably in the region of 78 or 80 seats. it is a remarkable victory for boris

johnson and the conservatives. this is where we are right now. there are eight results still to come. but borisjohnson eight results still to come. but boris johnson and the eight results still to come. but borisjohnson and the conservatives on 358 seats, way past the 326 finishing line, and then the labour party on 203, way behind. it's the worst result for the labour party, going way back beyond even michael foot‘s poor result back in 1983. so a dreadful result for them, by their own admission. with me in the studio, i've beenjoined by andrew marr and by vicki young, our chief political correspondent. we will ta ke political correspondent. we will take stock on where we are right 110w. take stock on where we are right now. andrew, you were in uxbridge earlier, you saw the prime minister. your sense of where we are now today. politics has changed, eve ryo ne today. politics has changed, everyone is saying that. underline for us to what extent it has changed. this is a really big turning point for the country last night. we have a period again of a

single dominant leader in westminster. we haven't had that for a very long time, going back to the coalition before that. and we have quite significantly a very dominant leader in scotland as well. trouble ahead there. boris johnson leader in scotland as well. trouble ahead there. borisjohnson can now get us out of the eu on his deadline of the end of january, get us out of the eu on his deadline of the end ofjanuary, on his terms. he has a very, very difficult year and possibly more of negotiations for all the terms of trade, but nonetheless, we are leaving the eu, thatis nonetheless, we are leaving the eu, that is a big moment, and the labour agenda of tax—and—spend and more nationalisation, a more generous social programme, all that is now for a parallel universe. it may never happen. lots of talk about what kind of prime minister boris johnson will now become. do you expect this to change? do you expect him to be distancing himself from some elements of the party that he was having to be nice to before? this is really interesting. lots of conservative mps and ministers who have been looking at him for a long

time trying to work out who is the real borisjohnson, time trying to work out who is the real boris johnson, and time trying to work out who is the real borisjohnson, and there is a group of people who think that the real borisjohnson group of people who think that the real boris johnson is group of people who think that the real borisjohnson is going to tack to the centre, because he has got the majority he always wanted, and his instincts will be as in london for healing and bringing people together, and you don't do that by privatising the nhs, you do that by more public spending and perhaps even by doing a slightly softer brexit than many of his hardline er jeep brexit than many of his hardline er jeep brexiteers would hope for. against that there are those who say that he has become a tougher person, he won't forgive easily, and there are the two borisjohnsons jostling are the two borisjohnsons jostling a number10. it will are the two borisjohnsons jostling a number 10. it will become fairly clear quite soon as laura was saying earlier which one is going to emerge. but i thought even his short speech at the declaration in uxbridge where he rebranded the conservative party, just as tony blair turned labour into new labour, he now talks not of the conservative party but of the one nation conservative party, and this new

government. these were the images earlier when he arrived at the counter in uxbridge knowing already that he was going to be returned to power, but this time with a proper majority, and something he can do something with. and i will bring vicki young in at this point before wejoined vicki young in at this point before we joined reeta for vicki young in at this point before wejoined reeta for some vicki young in at this point before we joined reeta for some of the big results of the night, we will bring you up—to—date on those, but welcome, vicki, it is good to have you with us. from your point of view, we have discussed some of the conservative issues therewith with andrew and what kind of prime minister borisjohnson andrew and what kind of prime minister boris johnson becomes. andrew and what kind of prime minister borisjohnson becomes. what about labour? what about their search for a new leader? jeremy corbyn suggesting that he'd like to hang around for a bit to oversee this process of reflection and mapping a future for the party. is that credible? there are lots in the party who will not want him to do that. when you look at some of these results, the one in bassetlaw is the one that stood out for lots of people. this is notjust the conservative taking those seats, it

is winning them by a mile, conservative taking those seats, it is winning them bya mile, and conservative taking those seats, it is winning them by a mile, and that is winning them by a mile, and that is the difference. the question now is the difference. the question now is does the conservative party change? it is now going to be representing areas in the country that in some cases it has never represented, but also what does that due to labour? how do they reconnect and what is to play? we have heard all throughout the evening people in the labour shadow cabinet saying it is all about brexit. a lot of this was about brexit. places i went to in south yorkshire, they were voting for boris and they did say for boris, not for the conservatives, because they wanted brexit done. who knows whether they will. but labour is now going to have a fight over the soul of the party. was it mr corbyn? so many candidates said to me on the doorstep it was coming up completely and prompted about jeremy corbyn and how people felt theyjust couldn't vote for him. people who had voted labour all their lives. so it was a mixture of those two. it allowed some labour people to say i'm going to vote for the conservatives because i want to get brexit done. there was no doubt the

agenda wasn't chiming.|j brexit done. there was no doubt the agenda wasn't chiming. i agree with every word of that, and i spoke to john mcdonnell earlier on his count was also in uxbridge, and i got the strong impression from him that later on today they will be a joint announcement byjohn mcdonnell and jeremy corbyn. i think that they are both going to go. not necessarily immediately, they don't want a sense of panic at the party falling apart, but they are going to go and go quite quickly and go together. interesting. let's pause for a second, because if you are just joining us here at the bbc election centre, it is 6.13 in the morning. the conservatives have won the general election with a hefty majority of 80 seats, that is our current calculation, just eight results to come in. and if you've not been watching overnight and you had a nice kit, let me tell you you've missed quite a few dramatic and earth—shattering you've missed quite a few dramatic and ea rth—shattering results, really. if it comes to labour territory, former traditional rich, strong labour territory switching

into conservative hands. that has been the story of the night. reeta is with us to take us through some of those conservative gains, and to let us know really where some of the most spectacular changes happen. reeta? spectacular is the word, huw. and there are too many names to fit onto there are too many names to fit onto the touch screen, but we have selected some of the most startling for you. names like sedgefield, tony blair's old seat which he once held with a majority of 25,000. that is 110w conservative. with a majority of 25,000. that is now conservative. great grimsby, which has been laybutt since the war, that is now conservative. bassetlaw, this has some of the most startling figures in it, sol bassetlaw, this has some of the most startling figures in it, so i want to go into some of the detail. the new conservative mp for bassetlaw is brendan clarke—smith, taking 55% of the share of the vote. what is so extraordinary is this, labour's vote plummeting through the floor. they

lost 25% share of the vote compared to 2017, and if i show you the swing from labour to conservative, look at that, an 18% swing. i think that is probably the biggest swing that we have seen during the night. just to go back to that list, then. leigh also going conservative, this was andy burnham was my old seat, a swing of 13% to the conservatives, and blyth valley, a swing from labour to conservative of 10%. going further south, peterborough, that has gone conservative as well, and in london, two seats that the conservatives have narrowly won macro, kensington from labour, and ca rs halton macro, kensington from labour, and carshalton from the liberal democrats. and what all the seats have in common is that apart from kensington, they are all brexit voting seats, and that tells you, huw, everything that you need to

know. rita taking us through those particular gains. president trump has been saying some things about this result. he has been very busy on twitter saying earlier on that this was a big win for boris and now he says this. well, characteristically understated bit of social media from the president. we have eight results to 90. president. we have eight results to go, 6112 in. iwant to president. we have eight results to go, 6112 in. i want to go down to cornwall, martyn oates is there, our political editor in the south—west of england. we have a delay in one of england. we have a delay in one of them, tell us about that. the st

ives result, the candidate, this is often late, the idea this time as they get around that by bringing the ballot boxes from the isles of scilly here to count in the islands. however the ballot boxes still need to be shifted to the principal island, st mary's, and the weather has proved a big obstacle, i can hear the storms battering this leisure centre. the hope was they could get a royal naval aircraft from raf culdrose into the atlantic to the scilly isles to move those boxes to st mary's but we've been told that won't be possible so it looks as if, despite the best plans, we will be back to a traditional late afternoon result here for st ives. what about the region itself, martin? just wondering what you can tell us about the contest there overnight given the traditional lib

dem — conservative battle ground, what has happened there? st ives is the last hope for the lib dems. it is the most marginal seat, and they failed to take it byjust 312 votes last time. the mp, long—standing lib dem mp who lost in 2015, stood in subsequent elections. he has now got a significant personal following but if we look at what has happened across the rest of the region, other seats traditional lib dem strongholds like north devon, north cornwall, which were marginal seats coming into this election, we have seen coming into this election, we have seen the tories increased their majorities massively. so, it is looking pretty grim, really, for the lib dems across the region. very good for the tories. the two labour mps in the region have held onto their seats but otherwise it is very much a big night for the tories here. and the lib dems will be hoping that st ives will buck the

trend. however, as i said, it is a lwa ys trend. however, as i said, it is always the last seats to count so they were hoping that in 2015 as well. just as a final point, can you shed some light on the debate we've been having in the studio as to the corbyn effect, the brexit effect, can you separate them and tell us what people are saying about them on the doorstep? some very interesting accounts, really, from both labour and the conservatives in this neck of the woods. the camborne and redruth seat, i was told by both labour and the conservatives that the topsy—turvy nature of the selection was borne out here. so, in the urban areas, the poor areas, the big extremes of wealth and poverty here, areas which traditionally supported labour the conservatives are getting a warm welcome and in some of the much more affluent middle—class areas on this occasion

the conservatives would previously have counted on their support, labour was getting the warm welcome. it is very much a microcosm of the result in the country as a whole and, in the same way as nationally, it is very much in the conservatives favour. good to talk to you, martyn oates. vicki, a quick word on that. i went to cornwall and the south—west and what has happened there as well as everywhere else, they remain vote splitting. people unsure who to vote for in order to register an anti brexit vote because labour had done quite well before and this is the problem for the lib dems, they were coming from such a low base, they did so badly in 2015 and 2017, they were trying to come from third place in a lot of places and it hasn't proved possible. we are talking about the south—west of england. early on, we were talking about the very different picture in scotla nd about the very different picture in scotland where the snp have had a strong night. they have gained 13

seas. you look at the state of the parties in scotland, the snp on a8, the conservatives on six, they have dropped seven seats in scotland. the lib dems on four, and the labour party on one, having lost six but, of course, jo swinson lost her seat in east dunbartonshire. that is the state of the parties in scotland. let's stay with that scottish theme andjoin let's stay with that scottish theme and join andrew. let's go straight to glasgow, former leader of the labour party because your dugdalejoins us. back to the future for you. you had one mp in 2015 and you're back to one mp in 2015 and you're back to one mp in 2015 and you're back to one mp denied. it almost seems like there is no future for scottish labour. it doesn't look very bright this morning. in 2017 we had 27% share of the vote, we added six onto that dismal result from 2015 but all that dismal result from 2015 but all that progress has gone backwards. we are on about 90% of the vote with

one mp. that one mp being ian murray who stands out as being very pro—uk and very pro—eu, which is something labour wasn't able to offer most of the electorate in scotland. why does it leave the union tonight when we have had a scotland and england vote in such different ways? a party in scotla nd in such different ways? a party in scotland sweeping the board that wa nts a scotland sweeping the board that wants a second independence referendum, and a government now in london with a large majority that has said you're not going to get it. there is no doubting the fact the snp have had a sensational night to make, far better than they expected. they were hoping for the low a05 and they are touching nearly 50 seats denied. what does that mean in terms of scotland's constitutional future? most scots will wake up and see the demand for a second independence referendum will never have been higher but the likelihood of that second referendum happening is much reduced because borisjohnson,

co mforta ble reduced because borisjohnson, comfortable majority, has no real reason to agree to a second independence referendum and it is interesting the first words out of nicola sturgeon's words were to say to borisjohnson nicola sturgeon's words were to say to boris johnson i nicola sturgeon's words were to say to borisjohnson i will respect your mandate, which means brexit is now a done deal, if you respect mine and give me the second independence referendum. as johnson will give me the second independence referendum. asjohnson will have to have a quick and to that. is it dangerous for the union now, to be in this position, we know that power resides with london when it comes to a referendum, that is the westminster parliament, but is it dangerous, given the snp is so rampant to deny them that second referendum? it rampant to deny them that second referendum ? it could rampant to deny them that second referendum? it could be that the arguments for independence now are actually tougher than they were in 201a. actually tougher than they were in 2014. that's probably right. if you accept the last referendum was lost on the fundamental questions on economy and the currency in particular. they still remain unresolved. when people are living

off caffeine now and sleep deprived, it can feel quite threatening. stop speaking about me! in the cold light of day, the dominance of constitutional politics suits the snp and the conservatives. nicola sturgeon will advance her argument for a section 30 order, boris johnson will say no to it. each will be serving their own core vote, their own base and on it goes. 0k, because your dugdale, it has been a long night, thank you very much. it has been a long night, andrew! but you're still looking pretty fresh on it, to be fair. it is the drugs! given all the elections you have covered in various capacities over the years, let's have your readout of where we are at the end of this night. i think this election is incredibly significant because what we are witnessing, what we have witnessed, is basically the passing of power from one establishment to another. the centre—left and centre—right, which have dominated this country for decades, john major, tony blair, gordon brown,

michael heseltine, and all the other politicians associated with them, it is over, they are gone now. brexit is over, they are gone now. brexit is happening. and the conservative party that now has this majority is very different from the previous conservative party. it is less metropolitan. it is less southern. it is less bourgeois. it is now more working class, more northern, more provincial, more small towns and cities. so, that is a new establishment coming in and you'll hear all sorts of different accents, and labour might have lost mr corbyn albert corbyn is still thinks it has a grip on that party. that is a different establishment as well so we move into a new power structure in this country and as i look at elections, until tonight, there have been to make transformative elections in modern times. one was 19a5, the attlee government. the other was 1979, the arrival of margaret thatcher. we can now add a

third to it which is the election of 2019. great having you with us, andrew, and we will see you later on. andrew neil has been with us throughout the night. the other andrew, on the scottish theme, we've been discussing that, what did that say to you? it is interesting and i agree with kezia dugdale, the demand for a second independence referendum is very high but the problem are new. if you think it through, by the time the snp gets that second referendum, we will almost certainly have left the eu. so scottish voters are being asked for what you might call the double out of stock out of the european market and out of the british market at the same time. that is a big ask. tickly when you realise that getting back into the eu later on is difficult. the currency reasons, board reasons and reasons of the scottish economy. a lot of problems ahead for the snp, even lot of problems ahead for the snp, evenif lot of problems ahead for the snp, even if i don't mention the

politically difficult trial coming up politically difficult trial coming up of alex salmond in the new year. nicola sturgeon is in a slightly wea ker nicola sturgeon is in a slightly weaker position than she appears to be but as i say she is as dominant, at least as dominant, possibly more dominant, in scottish politics, as borisjohnson is south of the border. she had a very clear strategy for what to do if there was a hung parliament and she was dealing withjeremy corbyn. she knew what to askjeremy corbyn and thought she would get it but boris johnson is harder because she doesn't have much leveraged now. he is determined to stop that referendum. what does she do? does she go for semi—illegal referendum ora she go for semi—illegal referendum or a referendum without the oversight of westminster? the only electric, the snp, are a law—abiding, middle party and i think it would be hard for her to do it. i don't think she could do it so i don't see what her options are if borisjohnson i don't see what her options are if boris johnson simply says i don't see what her options are if borisjohnson simply says no. fascinating. andrew, we'll talk to you ina fascinating. andrew, we'll talk to you in a while. the map is changing and the map has changed overnight.

let'sjoin sophie again and the map has changed overnight. let's join sophie again outside. we are still waiting for some of the results to come in, just a few black hexagons that need filling in but the really extraordinary thing about this map and how it has changed is the difference between the south and south—east of england. i am walking around the capital now, the 73 london mp5. it hasn't changed that much. some seats, like kensington, which have gone to the tories, richmond park that have gone to the lib dems, but it is when you come up, past wales come into the north—east of wales, for example, all these seeds i'm walking along have all gone blue, they were labour strongholds last night they turned some of them for the first time. the labour red wall we were talking about at the start of the night, there is still a wall there, there is still a line straight across england but it is much thinner than it was before and we also now have a conservative wall as well. i can

literally walk across the whole of the north—west and north—east of england and all the seats coming down the coast, they've all gone blue. and scotland as well. like it did in 2015, it has mostly gone yellow. a big night as well in northern ireland. i've got to voters with me here. this was to tone. sinn fein, dup when we started the night. it is now very different picture, sinn fein, very good evening for them particular in north belfast. yes, they managed to take out the head of the dup and the head of the parliament in north belfast. a bit ofa parliament in north belfast. a bit of a crush for the dup there. across the border, they've held all their seats, and it was a brexit vote. it was brexit that pushed us over the line. what about the dup? a very poor night, three seats lost, so now unionists are in the minority so it

isa unionists are in the minority so it is a poor night for unionism. how much difference will it make to politics? significant. a lot of heads and chins down after what has taken place. thank you both very much forjoining me and let's go to oursnp much forjoining me and let's go to our snp voter much forjoining me and let's go to oursnp voter in much forjoining me and let's go to our snp voter in scotland. this was like 2015, almost all yellow. it is a pretty impressive result for the snp. it shows exact what scotland wants, which is effectively to keep the tories out. but with all the blue down there? but with all the blue down there? but a lot of stuff is devolved. the important thing is the snp can do for me even with the tory majority, keep education, keep health care, keep education, keep health care, keep everything as they have been doing. so! keep everything as they have been doing. so i think that will be strengthened by this. thank you very much for talking to us. as you can see, really good idea now with our map of hexagons you can see where the power balance really lies.

indeed, sophie. the time is 6:30am. there are seven results to come in this general election of 2019. there are this general election of 2019. there a re 6a3 this general election of 2019. there are 6a3 in, and if we look at our projection on the palace of westminster, these are the actual scores, the actual numbers of seats a5 scores, the actual numbers of seats as things stand. we had boris johnson on 359, 326 was the winning line, but he is on 359, and labour way back on 203. as i say, there are just seven seats to come, and we are projecting a conservative majority of 80 seats in this new house of commons. you are watching election 2019. hello. this is bbc news. the

conservatives have won the general election with their biggest majority since 1987. labour meanwhile has had its worst performance in three decades. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said he wouldn't lead his party into any future general election. it was a poor night too for the liberal democrats, whose leader, jo swinson, lost her seat. jessica parker's report contains flash photography. he knows it. the conservatives have won a working majority, in an election borisjohnson described as historic. this gives us now the chance to respect the democratic will of the british people, to change this country for the better and to unleash the potential of the entire people of this country. they are delighted. the tories making those inroads into labour heartlands that voted leave. i would like to thank boris...

cheering. because... i would say that i'm going to be on that train on monday, i'm going to london, we're going to get brexit done. his party on course for a major defeat. jeremy corbyn acknowledged a disappointing result. i want to also make it clear that i will not lead the party in any future general election campaign. i will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result. glum faces here. bolsover, grimsby, scu nthorpe, sedgefield, stoke, don valley, among labour's losses. there were two fronts i was fighting on, one front was the fact that so many of my voters could not and did not want to support jeremy corbyn to be prime minister. but the second front was the labour party's position on brexit that we had moved

to a position of being more like a remain party. and a huge blow for the lib dems. their leader, jo swinson, narrowly losing her seat. for millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay, and people are looking for hope. arriving at conservative headquarters, they might be in the party mood. boris johnson wanted to drive his agenda through. the door is now open. jessica parker, bbc news. police and the military in new zealand have airlifted six bodies from white island in the bay of plenty. recovery teams set off from the nearby airbase in the small

hours of friday morning to search for those still left on the island. it was a high risk operation, with scientists warning of a more than 50% chance of another eruption. the environment that those staff encountered was unpredictable, challenging, and those staff showed absolute courage. in order to ensure that those six people were returned to their loved ones. in the end, six bodies were recovered and ta ken in the end, six bodies were recovered and taken to the new zealand naval ship the hms wellington. divers and aerial search teams were sent back to look for two more people who remain missing. dozens of tourists were on the private island when the volcano erupted, sending a thick plume of smoke and ash into the air. as the operation to recover those remaining

bodies took place, a blessing was held out at sea to remember the 16 who lost their lives. rich preston, bbc news. in other news today, the us house judiciary committee has adjourned a marathon hearing in washington without voting on two articles of impeachment against president trump. the acrimonious meeting of the committee ran late into the night. chairmanjerry committee ran late into the night. chairman jerry nadler said that members should search their consciences before the committee meets again on friday. president trump has reportedly approved a trade deal in principle with china. under the agreement, the us would suspend tariffs on $160 billion of chinese goods. in return, china promises to buy more agricultural products from the us. lots more of course on the election on the bbc news, online, on your mobile as well, where you could look up mobile as well, where you could look up the results in your constituency. now back to election 2019.

are very good morning. it is 6.36, welcome to the bbc election centre, where, after a very long night of dramatic results, the political landscape has changed significantly, and there is a conservative government returning to power, but this time with a majority, we think of 80 seats, there are just five results to come in, and there have been big changes overnight. a big performance by the snp in scotland, where they have made some significant gains, but the biggest gains of all by the conservatives, notably in lots of those areas held by labourfor so notably in lots of those areas held by labour for so many years. notably in lots of those areas held by labourfor so many years. quite notably in lots of those areas held by labour for so many years. quite a few of them in wales, certainly in north—east wales. so let's take a look at those now and see what has been going on overnight. reeta is in our result centre, and will tell us a little more about the state of the

parties in wales and of what has happened. all of the results are now in from wales, all a0 of the seats declared, and labour has come top of the table, as it has done in the past 26 elections since the first world war, labour has always got the highest number of seats and the highest vote share, and you will see from this table that the same thing has happened tonight. but within that big framework, there has been a lot of change, and let me show you some of change, and let me show you some of those seats that have in fact changed hands. this is what i was after. seats like wrexham in north wales. that has been labourfor a long time, since 1935. except for one brief period, when there was a majority, a labour majority ofjust under 2000. that has gone conservative. clywd south, boris

johnson contested this seat in 1997. he lost by about 1a,000 votes. now the seat has gone conservative, they have a majority of 1200. bridgend in south wales, that has also gone conservative. in its ynys mon, anglesey, that was a seat that applied, had fancied their chances in, but it has gone conservative, and so have the veil of clay —— the conservatives making real gains in what have been traditional labour heartlands. reeta, thank you very much for taking us through some of those remarkable results. let's go

straight to cardiff, and my colleague sian lloyd has been keeping an eye on the events across wales and the national counting centre. good morning, sian, bore da. how do you measure some of these chains that have taken place overnight? what would you pick out for us? bore da, huw. we are virtually the last people still standing here, because all the counts here have finished and we have all the results. as we two were saying, those north—east seats are very symbolic. we were talking about them just before midnight, when we were discussing the exit poll. some of those seats have been conservative in the past, the vale of clwyd, and wrexham does stand out because it has never had a conservative mp.

reeta also mentioned ynys mon, and it is worth pointing out that that has been a three—way marginal for quite some time, and actually it was held by the conservatives back in the 19805. that was keith best. so only now we have the only labour seatin only now we have the only labour seat in north wales in deeside, where there had been lacklustre. but again, it is a lever voting area, and those seats were marginal. some of them on very tight margins. we spoke about gower earlier as well, and labourdid spoke about gower earlier as well, and labour did manage to hold onto it and they are absolutely delighted about that. great disappointment here from welsh labour, and questions are being asked. did they make theircampaign questions are being asked. did they make their campaign distinctive enough from the uk campaign? jeremy corbyn was campaigning here, but the first minister, mark drakeford, said that he also bore some of the

responsibility. i spoke to paul davies, the leader of the welsh conservatives. they are absolutely delighted this evening. they put some of their success down to the boris effect, they said, but also they were being told on the doorstep that people didn't really understand what labour were saying about brexit, that their message simply wasn't clear enough. they say their challenge now for the conservatives is to hold onto those voters in future elections, and of course the next election that we have here in wales is in 2021, which is the welsh assembly elections, so will this result translate into more gains for the conservatives then? we will have to wait and see. indeed, sian, thank you very much. good to talk to you, sian lloyd in cardiff with some thoughts on the changing picture in wales overnight. it is just changing picture in wales overnight. it isju5t gone changing picture in wales overnight. it is just gone 20 to seven in the morning. we are going to have a quick word with ben wright who is outside conservative party headquarters in london. are we

expecting some appearance by the prime minister, or something happening shortly? we are, huw. he is currently in tory party hq, he has been there for an hour or so, and he arrived here to cheers of course from tory party staff. he addressed them in the room just over there to my left and told them that there to my left and told them that there had been a political earthquake, that the party had won a stonking majority. they chanted his name. he said that he would be governing as a one nation tory prime minister, and he would now be addressing all the issues that new voters, new to the conservatives, have demanded. i'm told he is still watching the results, and he will probably leave in the next 20 minutes, half an hour, and go somewhere else. thank you, ben wright at conservative hq. it is 6:a3am. if you arejustjoining us,

there are just 6:a3am. if you arejustjoining us, there arejust a 6:a3am. if you arejustjoining us, there are just a few results to go, five to go in this election, and we have got 6a5 in, so we are almost donein have got 6a5 in, so we are almost done in terms of results, and we are looking at a conservative majority of 80. the lib dem leader, jo swinson, who lost her seat in east dunbartonshire, as i understand it, vicki, is no longer leader of the party either? she has resigned, that was inevitable, you can't be the leader of the party if you are no longer in parliament. ed davey and the deputy leader of the party will be joint leaders while they have an election, but who is left standing? at the moment they are actually one down on a disastrous result last time around, so unless they wince and ives and andrew george wins that, they will be going backwards, because cheltenham has come in as a conservative hold, which was their other hope. a disappointing night for the liberal democrats, they thought this was a one—off chance for them to break through because of

brexit, and it just for them to break through because of brexit, and itjust hasn't happened for them. and llanelli, the voters that she gone up a%, but it is the way the system works. they have increased their vote, but they lost their deposits all over the country la st their deposits all over the country last time round, went to third places in lots of places where they should have been challenging, making it difficult for them, so they have moved into second in lots of places, if you are looking at the long term, but who is going to lead them? there isa very but who is going to lead them? there is a very small field. i'd say two things. let's acknowledge jo swinson i'd say two things. let's acknowledgejo swinson made a very graceful and rather brave resignation speech. it must have been an awful moment for her but she was generous and we should acknowledge that. the second thing is it isn't just acknowledge that. the second thing is it isn'tjust the lib dems, that whole centrist melt of british politics has lost almost every

plausible leader. all the laid deed to make labour centrist leaders have left. alan johnson to make labour centrist leaders have left. alanjohnson was being very strident but he left politics to write books. david miliband has gone off to run a charity in new york. all those people that have left to join the smaller parties, luciano burge failed this morning, chuka umunna, all those people who are meant to be the centre of this great group of centrists, centre—left forces in british politics, they have all vanished. that means there is going to be a big reshaping not just in the labour party but to the centre and left of it as well. i've no idea what is going to happen but it's going to be fascinating. no idea what is going to happen but it's going to be fascinatingm no idea what is going to happen but it's going to be fascinating. it is. the reshaping is something jeremy can talk to us about as well. of course it starts in the commons! this is what this is all about this reshaping and it starts on the government benches with what is still technically a projection but we're still technically a projection but we' re pretty still technically a projection but we're pretty sure this is how it'll

end up. the conservatives on 36a seats with just five more to declare. of course they had to get across the winning line and they did that and some. if you look back at the last election, and at 2010 and even the last election, and at 2010 and even 2015, which was a small majority of a dozen seats, we have not seen a clear result like this since back to the mid—20005. this is a real difference on what we are used to in the uk where we have had indeterminate results. for labour, a terrible story. let's have a look at where we think they will end up. we think they will be above 200, so we think they will be above 200, so we think it is 203, still below 209 in the disastrous 1983 election. for the disastrous 1983 election. for the snp, a fantastic night, bouncing backin the snp, a fantastic night, bouncing back in scotland with a8. and the liberal democrats actually in reverse. plaid cymru with four steel

and the greens, caroline lucas, with one and the others, mainly northern ireland, 18. extraordinary. and it leaves us we think with a 78 seat majority for the conservatives, with all but the last few to be counted. so, a very clear result and a brilliant night for boris johnson. jeremy, thank you very much. jeremy with the latest pitch in the house of commons because we're almost at the end of run of results and this democratic process is almost com plete democratic process is almost complete for this general election of 2019, just a few results to go. what is the result, then, in terms of the financial markets? we were talking about the level of the pound sterling early on. faisal islam was talking to us but simonjack is in the city of london. tell us what is going on. thank you. i am here at the berkeley trading floor, a few

hardy souls here all night keeping their eye on political developments. let me show you what happened to the value of the pound against the dollar on the release of that exit poll. i can show that graphic now and you can see there is a very sharpjump and you can see there is a very sharp jump indeed from and you can see there is a very sharpjump indeed from $132 and you can see there is a very sharp jump indeed from $132 35. and you can see there is a very sharpjump indeed from $132 35. in financial exchange terms, that is a fairy big move indeed. the financial bookies had already installed boris a5 bookies had already installed boris as the favourite but didn't perhaps expect him to romp home in the style he did. i am with a currency trader here, specialising with sterling, he's been here all night. looking at that, a very significant move in the value of the pound, what does it tell us? it tells us the market has interpreted this as clarity for the political backdrop. over the last few years we've seen a lot of uncertainty and this takes some of the uncertainty away. we have had a 2.596 the uncertainty away. we have had a 25% move and making new highs over

the last three years as sterling breaks higher. the market and the current investor base, that is more comfortable with potential backdrop. it strips out a level of uncertainty, you have a functioning government with a functioning majority. but you've then also got a government which is intent on delivering brexit by the end of next year. some people think that is difficult. is this it for the move in the pound? will they start focusing on that now?|j in the pound? will they start focusing on that now? i don't think this is itjust yet. that's definitely where the focus will be and the talk is going to be about brexit now, obviously, and the potential of the transition, as well as the potential of a scottish referendum, but i think that is a lot further down the line, sort of 2021. there will be a shift in the focus to brexit now but i think, you know, there has been... people have been shying away from the uk because of the political uncertainty.

exactly so clarity gives investors more confidence. you could see a continuation of flows into sterling andi continuation of flows into sterling and i think actually the lack of volatility we've seen after the move, the exit poll was pretty large, and you saw that move in sterling, as you alluded to. it has held onto those gains. exactly so that lack of volatility, we have seena that lack of volatility, we have seen a lot of volatile moves in sterling in recent years and actually it's holding on so far. the reason we ca re actually it's holding on so far. the reason we care about the value of the pound, what does it tells us? it tells us about the level of confidence in the uk economy, how favourably international investors see the uk and their economic prospects? i so. yes. and how attractive we are as an investable country. it'll be interesting to see whether uk markets open up as well. ian, thank you. you saw that big move ian, thank you. you saw that big move there, a surprisingly large

majority, the financial bookies had already backed boris to win but the margin of his victory has taken some by surprise. financial markets being what they are will find something else to worry about and i think the focus will shift to what is the negotiating posture be, can he get a deal done by 2020 or an entirely new thing to worry about. simon jack with the latest for us in the city of london. you can see the strap on the screen talking about northern ireland and the sdlp gaining foil and belfast south. so, let's take a look at the picture in northern ireland which has changed overnight. and let'sjoin rita in our counting room again. tell us what is happening to the state of the parties in northern ireland. this is the scoreboard as it stands. 17 of 18 seats declared, and as you can see there have been losses for the dup and gains for the sdlp and the alliance party. what this means is

this is possible that by the end of the selection that nationalist mp5 will outnumber unionist mp5 in westminster for the first time. let me show you some of those seats that have changed hands. so, belfast north, this is a gain for sinn fein, a seed they've been chasing for a long time. and they have taken this seat from nigel dodds, the dup‘s a leader in westminster, he is out. that is a sinn fein gain. north down, this is a surprise gain for the cross—party alliance party. they have taken this seat from lady sylvia herman, who was standing down as an independent. this was a seat targeted heavily by the db by the fa ct targeted heavily by the db by the fact the alliance party came through and one that. —— by the dup but in fa ct and one that. —— by the dup but in fact the alliance party came through. the sdlp have taken belfast

south from the dup, and also foyle from sinn fein. and these are both... these means there will now bea remain both... these means there will now be a remain voice from northern ireland in westminster. the sdlp, a remain supporting party. and this could mean a change in the complexion in the commons of the sort of representation that you are getting from northern ireland. it'll be interesting, really, given that borisjohnson, with be interesting, really, given that boris johnson, with his be interesting, really, given that borisjohnson, with his brexit strategy, and the negotiations he is going to have to do, he is going to have to face a different sort of pressure in the commons, given these two sdlp gains. that interesting, rita, thank you. andrew, i suppose we should pick up and ask what does that change picture mean? when we think of the fact there has been no stormont assembly in action in northern ireland for over three yea rs northern ireland for over three years now, northern ireland for over three years now, and this balance has now changed significantly, nigel dodds

losing his seat, what does it tell us? it is a moment. if you have tears to shed, consider shedding them for the dup. it isn'tjust they've lost two seats, which isn't a large number, nor even that the balance has tilted towards the nationalists in northern irish seats. if you think about it, the dup i5 seats. if you think about it, the dup is in a position where boris johnson's withdrawal agreement, what of the prime minister says, does involve customs declarations from goods running from northern ireland to great britain and vice versa. that has infuriated part of the dup with the government here but it has also made northern irish business very angry. that has weakened the dup's very angry. that has weakened the dup‘s position. finally, they've lost their leveraged in terms of the numbers in the house of commons because the toys don't need to turn to them. they might even ask for their money back! the dup are in a wea ker their money back! the dup are in a weaker position and the entire constitutional balance of power between northern ireland and great britain has changed, a tooth which has slightly become wiggly. nothing

dramatic but it is a real moment. what can the dup do, if anything, if they want to get some changes to that withdrawal agreement? sammy wilson was telling us, oh, you know, there is room to negotiate and put pressure on and, ultimately, it is the conservative and unionist party, as they were saying earlier, but are using their leveraged has gone totally? not totally but it is much, much less than it was because they depend on the conservatives are remembering they are the conservative and unionist party and wanting to aldermen. they could also stop to talk to dublin about the future. that would be unthinkable and that would mean all sorts of things. we are beginning to see because of the withdrawal agreement at least for the next four years and irish economy which is a united irish economy which is a united irish economy which is a united irish economy more or less inside the eu rules while the rest of us are outside. that is something entirely new and people in northern ireland, like people everywhere else, can they look at business and

prosperity, they look at where their best interests lie. this isn't good for unionism as a political cause. when we look at the sdlp and the alliance party making gains, again, thatis alliance party making gains, again, that is to do with business, principally, in many areas, saying you may well have backed unionists in the past but we don't like the uncertainty, we don't like the 5ta nce uncertainty, we don't like the stance you've been taking, it isn't helpful. the extra costs, the forms, the bureaucracy, they don't like any of that, and the sdlp and the alliance party are nationalist parties who will take their seats in westminster, unlike sinn fein. that is interesting and, again, that will bea is interesting and, again, that will be a different kind of texture to the new house of commons where we have been so used to turning to the dup repeatedly in the past two years to see what they think, where they willjump, to see what they think, where they will jump, how they will support to see what they think, where they willjump, how they will support or not the government, that is all gone. really irritated the nationalists in northern ireland

because we were seeing it through the prism of the house of commons, as we do so often, and that was the dup dominating. there is an issue, too, that withdrawal bill, if that is put through the house of commons bya is put through the house of commons by a conservative party mainly representing england and wales then thatis representing england and wales then that is putting pressure on the union. we have the snp dominant in scotland and presumably a second referendum being rejected by boris johnson against their will, and this bill and johnson against their will, and this billand an johnson against their will, and this bill and an agreement affecting everybody in northern ireland, including businesses, that being put through the house of commons against the wishes of people in northern ireland, it is incredibly unpopular with everyone there. so how united is the united in the uk? we shall see. talking of which the picture in scotla nd see. talking of which the picture in scotland has changed, let's have a look at the state of the parties in scotland. it is nearly 7am, the state of the parties in scotland is looking like this. the snp 13 gains on a8 seats, the conservatives

losing seven seats in scotland, unlike all the gains they've made elsewhere. the lib dems on four, losing jo swinson. labour back to one seat in scotland, losing six. lorna gordon is in edinburgh. what would you pick out as the moment of the night in scotland? well, jo swinson losing her seat in east dunbartonshire has to be one of the moments of the night. this has been a very impressive results for the snp, nicola sturgeon and leader of the snp in fact called it an exceptional result. she said this sends a message to borisjohnson that scotland doesn't want boris johnson, doesn't want to leave the eu, and once scotland's future in scotland's hands. she says it is a strong endorsement for a renewed, refreshed and strengthened mandate to offer scotland a choice of an alternative future. the challenge with that, as we've been hearing, is

the fact boris johnson has with that, as we've been hearing, is the fact borisjohnson has said he doesn't want to give what is called a section 30 order. he sees the scottish referendum held in 201a as a once in a generation event. nonetheless, nicola sturgeon has said she will ask for permission to hold a second referendum before christmas, so we expect her to make that formal request for a section 30 order within the next few days. with a view to holding a referendum perhaps in the second half of next year. so, boris johnson perhaps in the second half of next year. so, borisjohnson might have a clear mandate now, according to nicola sturgeon, to take england out of the eu, but she says he must accept she has a mandate to give scotla nd accept she has a mandate to give scotland a chance for an alternative future. thank you very much again, lorna gordon when some of the thoughts on the picture in scotland, the rapidly changing picture in scotland overnight. look at this scene in

central london. this is where we are expecting the prime minister to emerge. look at that little motto there, the people's government, andrew, what do you make of that? we don't like the people use like that, it isa don't like the people use like that, it is a bit french, or possibly russian. we have a parliamentary democracy, and the people are represented by all sorts of other people. well, anyway, that is the theme, the people's government, and this is where we are expecting the prime minister to appear, possibly in the next few minutes, we simply don't know, but he will make that first speech. after the count, he made a few remarks at the count in uxbridge, and he talked about wanting to govern as a one nation conservative. will he offer a more

precise definition of that, not least because of the changing picture across the uk, not least in scotla nd picture across the uk, not least in scotland where there was a different picture to the rest of the uk? it will be interesting to see the tone that he strikes, what he says about brexit and the pace of change, the kind of domestic priorities that he is going to chase. he did mention a few things earlier on in terms of more police officers and hospitals, more police officers and hospitals, more gps and nurses and all the rest of it. he will probably underline those again. but this, andrew, really, is his opportunity at seven o'clock in the morning, having just really won this very big majority in historical terms, this is his chance to strike a tone for the government that he will lead for the next few yea rs, that he will lead for the next few years, and this is the scene just outside downing street where i suspect that the cavalcade will make its way fairly shortly. here it comes. out of downing street onto

whitehall and past the cenotaph and down to the queen elizabeth conference centre just opposite westminster abbey. on the way, what you expect? i think the key word that you use there, huw, is tone. he has won this huge majority, comparatively speaking, from lots of areas of the country which once voted labour. a lot of hurt and disappointed people, a lot of them worried about things like child poverty and the closure of sure start centres, and libraries and so on. is he going to reach out and address those people as well as those who voted for him? is he going to talk about more than that singular brexit promise? is he going to start to flesh out what being a one nation conservative means? it is a very warm one nation conservative means? it is a very warm and cuddly phrase, and very often it doesn't mean very much. so we want to hear some details. but the fact that we don't know, because the manifesto was so thin, it was all about brexit, pretty much. there was no detail in

there. he had promised changes to social care, that issue which has just been left unresolved for a numberof just been left unresolved for a number of years by all sorts of governments. is he going to use this majority, a substantial majority, to push this kind of thing through or not? how is he going to use the majority, what will he do with power? is he going to be open and encouraging people in, or will he be triumphalist in breast—beating, i did itand triumphalist in breast—beating, i did it and that's that? that will be interesting. we have 647 results in, just three to go. i'm just wondering at this point, vicki, you have some intelligence that one of those might ta ke intelligence that one of those might take a while. we are hearing from the people down in cornwall, the constituency of st ives which includes the isles of scilly, there has been a storm and they cannot get the ballot boxes even back onto the main island of st marys to get it back to the mainland. and there is talk this might not be delayed not just until later today but possibly until monday, which would be pretty

astonishing. we are not sitting here until monday! you can do it! i remember one count back in south wales, in carmarthen, i think it was october 7a, no, february wales, in carmarthen, i think it was october7a, no, february 7a, when the results basically didn't come until late on friday afternoon. we thought that was a long wait. so st ives, that will put that into shade. that was a majority of three, one of those exciting counts. we haven't got to the point where it could end up got to the point where it could end up being a recount. there was no broadcaster in the country whose bladder could stand it. some would give it a go, i think! so, this is the image. if you arejustjoining us here on the bbc, bbc news and on bbc one, it is 7:05am, and boris johnson's conservatives have won a very decisive victory in this general election, and they are heading for a majority of 80 seats.

we arejust heading for a majority of 80 seats. we are just expecting another three results then, but so far the conservatives have gained a7 seats in this general election. labour have lost a whopping 59 seats. the snp have gained 13. the lib dems are down one, a very poor performance and they have lost their leader in this election, and the alliance party of northern ireland have gained a seat, and the picture in northern ireland, we were describing earlier. this is the scene at the queen elizabeth conference centre. we are staying with this because we are expecting the prime minister to appear at are expecting the prime minister to appearatany are expecting the prime minister to appear at any moment. that could be two or three minutes or more, but we are expecting him to appear, and that will be the first major statement by boris johnson following his re—election as prime minister. he made a few remarks at the count asi he made a few remarks at the count as i said earlier in uxbridge, but this will be the considered statement which will set the tone for his premiership from now on. as

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

or is ita is it a massive endorsement of him, or is it a huge vote for brexit, or is ita or is it a huge vote for brexit, or is it a rejection ofjeremy corbyn and his policies krasner i think thatis and his policies krasner i think that is part of the point here, that it isa that is part of the point here, that it is a combination probably of all of those things, but it does mean that the people against boris johnson, the numbers against income are still there. there will be people watching this today appalled at what has happened. they cannot envisage him as their prime minister, they don't want him as their prime minister, but the people who are against him splintered across a number of different parties and it has allowed him to win big. above all, is it not also a rejection of parliamentary paralysis and a lack of certainty? it is not just the money markets. a lot of people look to british politics over the last few years, endless arguments, and they just the last few years, endless arguments, and theyjust had enough. they hated it. and even those people who voted remain, that was what was striking when i talk to them, a lot of them were saying, we have had it. we do need to move on now. three and a half years, we can't carry on, people running businesses just wanted a decisive result. and that

is what has happened. some of the statistics and totting up the figures for parties who are either in favour of a second referendum or not, just to pick up the point about how divided people are. a majority, if you count up all of the parties that supported the principle of holding a referendum, well then over 50% of the votes were cast for those parties. so a majority, if you want to look at it that way, a majority who voted in this election voted for parties who backed a form of second referendum, so that will be an argument, i suppose, referendum, so that will be an argument, isuppose, that referendum, so that will be an argument, i suppose, that some people will put forward. but a very difficult context, isn't it, andrew, we have a house of commons, governed by the majority of 80. this isn't and argue that we are going to hear for borisjohnson. and argue that we are going to hear for boris johnson. expect you are right. they couldn't work together in parliament, that was the point. they couldn't agree, and the same thing has happened in this election.

we saw labour and the liberal democrats fighting it out and lots of seats across the country were actually if they had had some kind of alliance, they would have been able to oppose the conservatives. just pause for a second, sorry, vicki. as soon as i do this, the prime minister will turn up and then i will be wrong. it is now ten past seven. what i would like to do is ask reeta to take us through some of the seats, the big named seats that have changed hands overnight, because if you're justjoining have changed hands overnight, because if you'rejustjoining us here at 7:10am, we can look at those. there is applause happening, sol those. there is applause happening, so i wonder whether he is on his way. it's michael gove! fancy that. may be he has seized power! what is he going to say? cheering friends, today we celebrate a victory. a victory for the british

people. cheering our fellow citizens reminded ourfellow citizens reminded us our fellow citizens reminded us why this is such a wonderful country. because they comprehensively rejected jeremy corbyn's politics of division, extremism and anti—semitism. cheering and they voted in record numbers for a prime minister dedicated to restoring trust in our democracy by getting brexit done. so, this new government says thank you to the british people. we will strive every day to live up to the

confidence that you have shown in us. but i also want to say something toa us. but i also want to say something to a very special few british people, ourjewish friends and neighbours. you have had to live in fearfor months now, concerned neighbours. you have had to live in fear for months now, concerned that we would have a prime minister who trafficked in anti—jewish rhetoric and embraced anti jewish terrorist. you should never have to live in fear again. cheering i also want to thank so many of the people who worked so hard to make this victory possible. i want to thank the members of the conservative party, the activist supporters, candidates, friends and family who worked so hard, who gave so much in order to deliver this

victory. but i also want to thank someone else. i want to thank those people who stepped outside their tribes and their traditions to speak the truth. i want to thank those people who said, jeremy corbyn was unfit to be our prime minister, and borisjohnson was the right person to lead our country. applause labour politicians like ian austin, john woodcock, ivan lewis and geisel stuart showed amazing courage. they are the best of us in so many ways, and i'm delighted that they recognise that borisjohnson was the right person to lead this country. our victory is their victory. our victory was built on the votes

of those who originally supported leave, and wanted that vote to be honoured. but it was also built on the votes of those who chose remain, but who believe above all that democratic votes must be respected. they recognise that democracy is precious, and they wanted a pm who could restore trust, and that prime minister is boris johnson. thanks to boris johnson, thanks to borisjohnson, there are conservatives representing people across this country, from banff in the far north—east to budleigh salterton in the south—west. and thanks to boris's leadership, we have conservative mp5, talented young conservative mp5, who have served in the nhs and on the front line of public services, who are now the new mp5. in bishop auckland,

blyth valley, bolsover, bassetlaw, carshalton, north west durhamcheering and so many others. under boris's leadership, we are truly a party for the whole nation. just think about it. next year, both the durham miners gala and the notting hill carnival will take place in seats represented by conservative mp5! crowd goes wild. we will govern as we campaigned as a one nation party, determined to bring economic and social justice to the determined to bring economic and socialjustice to the overlooked van is an undervalued community who need our government. as the prime star has pointed out educational ability

is equally spread but opportunity isn't which is why we will level up funding. the nhs is one of the most precious institutions created in this country and at last it'll receive the funding it deserves so it is there when everyone needs it. we also know that economic productivity isn't equally spread across this country and we will invest in infrastructure, the skills and opportunities that communities in the north and midlands need in order to ensure that across this country we are firing on all cylinders, truly an opportunity nation for all. cheering and applause. cheering and applause. cheering and applause. applause that one nation vision, that vision that one night, was articulated from the moment he arrived on the steps of downing street by our prime

minister. he said then we shouldn't listen to the snakes and sceptics, the gloom stirs, he said that britain could be revived, that the opportunity that brexit provided to bring our nation together and to unleash our nation's potential was a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. the british people have seize that opportunity, they place their trust in us, and that is thanks to the leadership of our prime minister, boris... johnson! cheering and applause. before we welcomed the prime minister to the stage, we have a video. well, that was michael gove, and they are running a video of

celebrating the campaign but i am just wondering, we were talking earlier about tone and a kind of message we are expecting, andrew, what did you make of that? interesting he talked about infrastructure in those parts of the country infrastructure in those parts of the cou ntry left infrastructure in those parts of the country left out. one thing we know from borisjohnson country left out. one thing we know from boris johnson is country left out. one thing we know from borisjohnson is he likes building things, he likes commissioning big things, and we will see a big infrastructure programme for the north and the political establishment, put it that way, how much of england in particular has been left behind, all of those east coast towns, parts of the west midlands which haven't had the west midlands which haven't had the attention they have deserved over the attention they have deserved over the ten years, since the financial crash, since 2008, i'd imagine that kind of investment is going to be a big part of this government and if they put in the investment, if they think about those seats, some of which they've won those seats, some of which they've won the first time, the country could come together again. watching michael gove and thinking how times change, think back when he pulled

the rug out from under boris johnson, saying he didn't think borisjohnson was the johnson, saying he didn't think boris johnson was the right person to be prime minister and it strikes me this is why the conservatives are here today because they are pretty ruthless when it comes to their leaders, either getting rid of them if they don't like them or bringing in people who can win for them. i've spoken to numerous mps who didn't wa nt spoken to numerous mps who didn't want borisjohnson, spoken to numerous mps who didn't want boris johnson, had spoken to numerous mps who didn't want borisjohnson, had reservations but actually thought, do know, are you think you can win for us therefore i'm prepared to put my reservations to one side because he can reach parts of the country other leaders can't which has proven to be true. for a lot of conservatives, including very senior ones, going for borisjohnson including very senior ones, going for boris johnson not that long including very senior ones, going for borisjohnson not that long ago was a huge risk. he has taken big risks, not least holding this election when he did but they've taken a big risk in him and that may be why the element of love and going on. talking about love in, let's talk about the front pages. we have some of them already and if the prime minister emerges we will go back there straightaway but let's

look at these front pages. the daily mail. rejoice! an echo of one of mrs thatcher's words at the end of the falklands campaign. the thumping win, he's got that now. the daily express, yet another boris supporting publication. "the british lion roars for boris and brexit". the mirror says it is nightmare before christmas according to the mirror, borisjohnson before christmas according to the mirror, boris johnson heading before christmas according to the mirror, borisjohnson heading for a huge majority, 80 wee thing. there are two seats yet to come in. —— 80, we think. the sun. fancy that for a play on words. a tory landslide and corbyn is on his bike, says the sun. and the scotsman, johnson's election gamble pays off. we can all agree with that, as andrew has told us,

thatis with that, as andrew has told us, that is the headline. we will have a look at other papers late on but all of them reflecting the fact it is a thumping great win for borisjohnson in this election. it is 7:20am, we have two results yet to come and borisjohnson looking have two results yet to come and boris johnson looking to have two results yet to come and borisjohnson looking to return as prime minister with a majority of 80 seats in this house of commons, the last time the majorities had a majority anything like this was when margaret thatcher was re—elected in 1987 with a majority of 100 seat so it isn't since then, since a long time, since the tories came back with a majority like this. thinking back to those thatcher years, one thing we know as margaret thatcher had a very clear agenda. the prime minister is there. good morning, my friends, we did it. we have pulled it off. we broke the deadlock, we

smash the roadblock. in this glorious, glorious pre—breakfast moment before a new dawn rises on a day! i want to pay good tribute to collea g u es day! i want to pay good tribute to colleagues who have lost their seats through no fault of their own in the election just gone by. through no fault of their own in the electionjust gone by. of through no fault of their own in the election just gone by. of course through no fault of their own in the electionjust gone by. of course i wa nt to electionjust gone by. of course i want to congratulate absolutely everybody involved in securing the biggest conserved majority since the 19805! biggest conserved majority since the 1980s! literally... literally... as i look 1980s! literally... literally... as ilook around... 1980s! literally... literally... as i look around... literally... before many of you were born! with this mandate and this majority, we will at last be able to do what? get brexit done! getting brexit done is now brexit done! getting brexit done is now the irrefutable, irresistible, and arguable decision of the british

people. and with this election we put down threats of a second referendum. cheering and applause. and i say respectfully... i say respectfully to our stentorian friend in the blue 12 star hat... laughter. that's it, time to put a sock in the megaphone! and give everybody some peace! i have a message to all those who voted for us yesterday, especially those who voted for us conservatives, one nation conservatives, one nation conservatives, for the first time. you may only have lent us your vote, you may not think of yourself as a natural tory. as i said 11 years ago to the people of london when i was

elected, in what was thought of as a labour city, your hand may have quivered over the ballot paper as before you put your cross in the conservative box. and you may intend to return to labour next time around. and if that is the case, i am humbled that you've put your trust in me, and you've put your trust in me, and you've put your trust in me, and you've put your trust in us. and i and we will never ta ke trust in us. and i and we will never take your support for granted. cheering and applause. i will make it my mission to at night and day to work flat out improving your right for voting for me this time and only support in the future and i say to you in this election your voice has been heard

and about time, too. because we, politicians, have squandered the last three years, 3.5 years, in squabbles about brexit. we've been arguing aboutarguing! squabbles about brexit. we've been arguing about arguing! and about the tone of our arguments! i will put an end to all that nonsense and we will get brexit done on time by the 31st of january, no ifs, get brexit done on time by the 31st ofjanuary, no ifs, no buts, no maybes, leaving the eu as one united kingdom, taking back control of our laws, borders, money, ourtrade and immigration system, delivering on the democratic mandate of the people. and at the same time we will increase our investment in the nhs, the health service that represents the health service that represents the very best of our country with a single, beautiful idea that, whoever we are, rich, poor, young, old, the

nhs is there for us when we are sick, and every day that service performs miracles. and that is why the nhs is this one nation conservative government's top priority. and we will deliver 50,000 more nurses and 50 million more gp surgery appointments and a00,000 hospitals. —— a0 new hospitals. and all the other priorities that you, the people of this country voted for. record spending on schools, and australian style points system. 20,000 new police. colossal new investment in infrastructure and science, using our technological advantages to make this country the

clea nest, advantages to make this country the cleanest, greenest on earth with the most far—reaching environmental programme and you the people of this country programme and you the people of this cou ntry voted programme and you the people of this country voted to be slaughtered —— carbon neutral in this election, to be carbon neutral by 2050 and we will do it. you also voted to be corbyn neutral by christmas, by the way. and we will do that, too. cheering and applause. you voted for all of these things and it is now this government, this people's government, it is our solemn duty to deliver on each and every one of those commitments, and it isa every one of those commitments, and it is a great and heavy responsibility, a sacred trust for me, for every newly elected conservative mp, for everyone in this room and everyone in this party, and i repeat in winning this election we have won votes and the trust of people who have never voted conservative before. and people who have always voted for other parties.

those people want change. we cannot and must not — must not — let them down. and, in delivering change, we must change, too. we must recognise the incredible reality that we now speak as a one nation conservative party literally for everyone from working to workington, from kensington to clwyd south. from surrey heath to sedgefield. from wimbledon to wolverhampton. and, as the nation hands us this historic mandate, we must rise to the challenge and to the level of expectations. and parliament must change so that we, in parliament, are working for you, the british people, and that is what we will now do, isn't it? cheering and applause.

let's go out and get on with it. let's go out and get on with it. let's ignite this country, let's spread opportunity to every corner of the uk with superb education, superb infrastructure, and technology. let's get brexit done. but, first, my friends, let's get brea kfast but, first, my friends, let's get breakfast done, too. cheering and applause. cheering and applause. cheering and applause. applause thank you all very much, thank you, thank you! classic borisjohnson... thank you! classic boris johnson. .. a triumphant victory for him and that reflected in the enthusiasm and exuberance of the statement of the prime minister, looking at a hefty majority in the new house of commons, and outlining a great torrent of a speech what he intends torrent of a speech what he intends to do so we were talking about tone earlier, we were talking about content, earlier, we were talking about co nte nt, we earlier, we were talking about content, we were talking about intentions and political direction. what do you make of it, andrew? apart from the obvious point we need

severe curbs of alliteration, who knows, people make their own minds up, a lot of boris sceptics and also borrows allergics will think at that and they are beginning to hear what they are hoping for, the more generous, open aspect of boris johnson because the biggest single question in british politics this morning is who is borisjohnson politically? one very close friend of his, very active conservative who knows him well says, do you know, he's much more michael heseltine than he is margaret thatcher, and that sounded to me more heseltine than thatcher and if that is an indication of where he's going to 90. indication of where he's going to go, then there will be the centre ground listening to him and a little bit more enthusiastic. and there will be conservative mp5 who backed him in the last parliament who will be saying, hang ona parliament who will be saying, hang on a second, that's not the boris johnson we backed, the big spending all the rest of it, so it is not

entirely straightforward. that speech is much more the speech he would have made as london mayor, and his point about people's cans quivering over the ballot paper, he knows because that is what happened in london when he was london mayor, so he's used to the situation in that sense, but in terms of tensions ahead, i think it would have been worse with a smaller majority. i think the fact that the majority of so huge gives him a lot of leeway. if you think about those on the right of the party, they were on the same side when it came to brexit, but actually you could say boris johnson is someone who talked about an amnesty for illegal immigrants, not many people in the er g an amnesty for illegal immigrants, not many people in the er 6 would have done that. and brexit broke all of those old allegiances. the real michael heseltine would not agree with what i have just said because he so disagreed with borisjohnson about brexit, that is a fissure which ran straight through the conservative family. but now he is visibly audibly reaching over to the other side. it is 7:31am, and you are watching

our coverage of the general election. you're watching election 2019. good morning. the conservatives have won the general election, with their biggest majority since 1987. labour, meanwhile, has had its worst performance in three decades. labour leaderjeremy corbyn said he was disappointed and wouldn't lead his party into any future general election. it was a poor night too for the liberal democrats, whose leaderjo swinson lost her seat. jessica parker's report contains flash photography. he knows it. the conservatives have won a working majority. in an election borisjohnson described as historic. it gives us now, in this new government, the chance to respect the democratic will of the british people,

to change this country for the better, and to unleash the potential of the entire people of this country. they are delighted, the tories making those inroads into labour heartlands that voted leave. i would like to thank boris. because... cheering. i would say, i'm going to be on that train on monday, i'm going to london, we are going to get brexit done. for his party, a major defeat. jeremy corbyn acknowledged a disappointing result. i want to also make it clear that i will not lead the party in any future general election. i will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now

of reflection, on this result. glum faces here. bolsover, grimsby, sedgefield, darlington and don valley among labour's losses. there were two fronts i was fighting on, one front was the fact that so many of my voters could not and did not want to support jeremy corbyn to be prime minister. but the second front was the labour party's position on brexit, that we had moved to a position of being more like a stop brexit remain party. and a huge blow for the lib dems, their leaderjo swinson narrowly losing her seat. she will no longer lead the party. for millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay, and people are looking for hope. arriving at conservative headquarters, they might be in the party mood. boris johnson wanted to drive his agenda through. the door is now open.

jessica parker, bbc news. as we saw, the snp took jo swinson's seat. they've won a9 out of 59 constituencies in scotland. nicola sturgeon's party backed a second referendum on eu membership during theircampaign. the snp also ran on securing a new vote on scottish independence from the uk, something which they will push for in the coming parliament. you know, i don't pretend that every single person who voted snp yesterday will necessarily support independence. but there has been a strong endorsement in this election of scotland having a choice over our future, of not having to put up with a conservative government that we didn't vote for, and not having to accept life as a nation outside the european union. so that independence referendum, that was very much at the heart of the snp‘s campaign, there is a renewed, refreshed, strength and mandate for that.

in northern ireland, nationalist mp5 outnumber unionists for the first time. the democratic unionist party suffered significant defeats. deputy leader nigel dodds lost his belfast north seat to sinn fein'sjohn finucane. it also lost belfast south to the nationalist sdlp. the nationalist sdlp won a landslide,. all a0 seats in wales have now been declared, and the conservatives have made significant gains. they took six seats from labour, including bridgend in the south and four in the northeast — wrexham, delyn, the vale of clywd and clywd south. plaid cymru held onto all four of their seats. the only good news for the green party came from brighton, the pa rty‘s party came from brighton, the party's only sitting mp and leader caroline lucas comfortably held onto her brighton pavilion seat. she has held the position since becoming the country's first green mp in the

election. and there's lots more from bbc news online and on your mobile — where you can look up the results in your constituency. use our interactive map to search for any seat across the uk on our website, or the bbc news app. back to huw in a moment, but first the weather with matt taylor. back now huw. good morning. you are welcome to the bbc‘s election centre, you are watching election 2019 and it is 7:37am. we are reflecting on the result of a remarkable general election which has produced a big conservative majority in the house of commons. boris johnson conservative majority in the house of commons. borisjohnson will be staying in number 10 as prime minister, but this time he is not going to have to struggle with a hung parliament and looking for support elsewhere. he has all the support elsewhere. he has all the support he needs on his own benches.

363 seats so far, just two results to come in. 203 to labour, a very bad night forjeremy corbyn's party and he has already said he won't be leading the party into any other elections. and that is where we stand. we have had some remarkable results overnight, but principally we have been looking at lots of conservative gains in seats which we re conservative gains in seats which were traditionally labour, and in scotland, we have seen some remarkable results too for the scottish national party and we have had a party leader injo swinson for the lib dems losing her seat. so lots of things to catch up on as we reflect on what has happened, the political landscape has completely changed overnight. so let'sjoin reeta in our results centre, and she will take us through some of the dramatic results that we have been looking at, and those seats that have been changing hands. reeta. yes, a change to map indeed, and these are some of the names that have contributed to the dramatic

change. with some of these constituencies, peoplejoke that change. with some of these constituencies, people joke that you didn't count labour votes in the past, you weighed them. workington man became an emblem of the conservative campaign this time round, ina conservative campaign this time round, in a way that worcester woman ora round, in a way that worcester woman or a mondeo man were for the labour campaigns in the past. it worked, and workington has gone conservative. darlington and bishop auckland, both in county durham, both of them labour heartlands, or previous labour heartlands. they are both now conservative. and redcar, borisjohnson quipped both now conservative. and redcar, boris johnson quipped during both now conservative. and redcar, borisjohnson quipped during the night that that was now bluecar. and he had a point, 26 yearjacob young is now theirmp, he had a point, 26 yearjacob young is now their mp, they got a6% of the vote, but what i want to show you was the change in the vote, labour's vote going through the floor, losing

18 points, and the conservatives on 13, brexit party also 17. that represents a swing of labour to conservative of 15%. we have seen this sort of swing in seats like that throughout the night. just to show you some of the other names. blyth valley and burnley also being taken by the conservatives from labour. the snp have also had a good night, coming quite close to matching their score in 2015, which was the high point for the snp. they have taken seats from the conservatives, labour and the liberal democrats. aberdeen south they took from the conservatives, but the big dramatic gain of the night for them was surely dunbartonshire east, the seat ofjo swinson, the liberal democrat leader, and look how amy callaghan got that victory, with a majority of just 1a9. but it means that she is

now just 1a9. but it means that she is now sitting in the house of commons as the dunbartonshire east mp, and notjo swinson. reeta, many thanks. reeta taking us through some of the changes there. earlier on we saw borisjohnson at the rally for conservative supporters. look at this. with his partner, arriving at downing street. the christmas tree there on the left, because of course we are so close to christmas, this is the first december election since 1923, and the prime minister now safely inside downing street, this time as the prime minister of a government with a majority, and a big majority, in the house of commons. and that's because of course labour has suffered many losses. the lib dems too did not make the gains that they we re too did not make the gains that they were expecting lots of those conservative seats, especially in the south and the south—west of england, so let's talk to baroness brinton, who is now co—leader, isn't

that right, of the liberal democrats because jo swinson that right, of the liberal democrats becausejo swinson has lost her seat? that is right, i am interim co—leader with ed davey, the deputy leader, until the next leader is elected. understood. and understandably it has been a very disappointing night for you as a party, not just to disappointing night for you as a party, notjust to lose your leader in east dunbartonshire, but also not to make the games that you were expecting elsewhere. could you talk us through your thoughts this morning because my i know it is quite early, but your thoughts on why it didn't work out?|j quite early, but your thoughts on why it didn't work out? i think clearly it was a disappointing night because jo swinson's clearly it was a disappointing night becausejo swinson's campaign had been very positive, offering a brighterfuture, been very positive, offering a brighter future, saying to been very positive, offering a brighterfuture, saying to people, if you want brexit to go away, there isa if you want brexit to go away, there is a way to do that, by stopping brexit, and unfortunately, the voices of nationalism and populism, both north and south of the border, beat both her in her seat but also nationally as well. but i think there are a couple of nuggets of

gold. our share of the vote went up 50%, over a.1%, from 2017, and we have got some good new mp5 in the house in our group as well, so i think all is not lost, and every single one of our mp5 will continue to fight for our place, if not in europe, to make sure we get the best deal possible, because we know that it is the best thing for our economy, for the nhs, especially with the workforce, and for us as a society as well. and we will have a tea m society as well. and we will have a team that are able to do that, and thatis team that are able to do that, and that is good news. obviously i take your point about the share of the vote, it is up a.2% as you rightly say, but you are on 11 mp5, which is actually one fewer than in 2017, so on that score, and if you think about your potential influence in the house of commons, that is a pretty dreadful outcome for you. the irony is our vote has gone up over1 million votes, and yet we have gone down one seat, and that i'm afraid

as you will know for all the minor parties is one of the problems of the first past the post system. where minor parties are treated really badly by that. obviously the conservatives have won a majority, but for us, it is frustrating that we have had a significant increase in the vote across the country, remain are saying they want us to help stop brexit, and unfortunately, that didn't materialise into the seats we wanted. there has been quite a bit of criticism as you know full well of what some people consider to be the rather brutal policy put forward by the party of just rather brutal policy put forward by the party ofjust revoking article 50 and just going for it in that sense, which some people thought was profoundly anti—democratic. how damaging do you think that was in hindsight, although i know that you we re hindsight, although i know that you were behind the policy and you supported the lead ats' stance on this, but how damaging was that on the doorstep? i think part of our

frustration was that the full phrase was to revoke article 50 if we have a majority government, and clearly we didn't. we have consistently since the day after the referendum argued that there should be a people's vote. it is absolutely fair and square in our manifesto that thatis and square in our manifesto that that is our preferred choice if we didn't have a mandate from the people in the general election, and thatis people in the general election, and that is what we were fighting for. which is why it was frankly the easier way to actually stop brexit would have been a people's vote, but we won't offer that, mainly because labour just continue we won't offer that, mainly because labourjust continue to sit on the fence. we had 17 amendments in the last year in the house of commons asking for a people's vote, and every time, they voted against or abstained. so we were stymied by am afraid labour's position, as indeed i think everybody, labour will be feeling very sore today. the public didn't understand which side they we re didn't understand which side they were on. they were very worried aboutjeremy were on. they were very worried about jeremy corbyn and anti—semitism, and i'm afraid that i think coloured views, as we have heard from viewers over the night

who said their hands were hovering over who said their hands were hovering over the ballot paper. the problem is that borisjohnson's get brexit done is going to be undone as next year proceeds, because the one thing that we know and mp5 of all parties new in the last parliament is that it won't be done in just over a month. it's going to take years to sort out. and i think the many, many people who think that they voted for borisjohnson to get this sorted quickly are going to be disappointed and disappointed very quickly. where'd you go from here is a party? the party's board meets on saturday and! the party's board meets on saturday and i expect we will have a new leader at some point in the spring because we have a process to go through and until the board has met, i won't know the timetable but i would have thought probably sometime in march. and about the job, the very important job, of in march. and about the job, the very importantjob, of reviving morale among party workers who would have been working extremely hard in

this campaign, only to see a very disappointing result? it is difficult sometimes to get teams back together when they've been through this kind of bruising experience. i am in absolute awe of our members, supporters and volunteers. i've had loads of m essa g es volunteers. i've had loads of messages and other colleagues have. the one thing we know as liberals in the first past the post system is you face disappointment because the system isn't fair and people feel their vote doesn't count. our members and supporters, i am sure they will rally around in exactly they will rally around in exactly the way they've done in the past when we have hit problems. 2015, for example, when we had a surge in membership and an absolute commitment to fighting liberalism and making sure the voice of liberalism was heard in the country. we will continue with that because we know there is a very large number of people who wanted us to remain in the eu because they liked our vision ofan the eu because they liked our vision of an internationalist, open and tolera nt of an internationalist, open and tolerant society. i think that is

our clarion call to make sure people, whether they are supporters of the lib dems or thinking about us, we'll come and join us to make sure there will be a voice that happens over the next four years. very good of you to join us and thank you for responding to us this morning at 7:50am. so, the story of the night. if you're waking up, at 7:a8am, you're waking up to the fact there is a conservative government with a big majority of 80 seats that is going to be in power now for the next few years and we have already heard from michael gove and from borisjohnson, who heard from michael gove and from boris johnson, who has heard from michael gove and from borisjohnson, who has promised big investment, lots of infrastructure spending, and getting on with brexit, that is the kind of summary of the themes we have had from the prime minister this morning who won his seat in uxbridge several hours ago. so, for the story of the night and for the story of downing street, let'sjoinjeremy vine.

here we are in our virtual downing street, the same street where we saw theresa may in 2017 failed to get to the line that would have put her through the door with an overall majority. boris johnson through the door with an overall majority. borisjohnson has not failed, that is for sure. let's remind you how it all began. the very first result was a sign of what was coming. 1132 pm, it was. blyth valley, the first seat, blyth valley, the first seat, blyth valley, that had had a mate big labour majority, red since 1935! how could that go blue? it did. even on those two labour seats you can see, sunderland, newcastle, signs of an increased tory vote that will have shivered labour's timbers. time wound on. 2am, let's see what we knew by then. numerically, roughly neck and neck. we only had the exit poll, we can't be sure what is happening but there is another sign ofa

happening but there is another sign of a colossal change coming because lee comes in, ten miles from manchester, 9500 majority, labour since 1922, and it goes to the conservatives as well. if you look at the labour column, they have gained putney, a protective effect for the red seeds in london, but the ones they are winning our winning back, seats like jarrow, they can't win an election with their really safe seats, heartland seats. we saw the tories striking into labour's heartland so we go to 3m now and now the conservatives in the number starting to take the lead with 9a seats, at 3am wolverhampton south west, that was fairly marginal, a very easy gain on the night for the conservatives but just very easy gain on the night for the conservatives butjust near wolverhampton on the blue redcar, a 1596 wolverhampton on the blue redcar, a 15% swing gives it to boris johnson's party. in the red seats, they are all holds. you can't win an

election by taking your safest seats back, you need to do better. we go to thorium. now the numbers come in, the results stream in and we start to see the power of this conservative performance. aam, three crucial seats, lincoln, again, rother valley, great grimsby, 19a5 great grimsby had been labour since and the conservatives took it. on the labour side, they got enfield in london because of that protective effect in london. bedford was a good result for them because that was marginaland result for them because that was marginal and they saved it but it wasn't enough, not nearly enough. wright, a:30am, now we are just glued to these results, they are streaming and now. let's have a look at the conservatives who now com plete at the conservatives who now complete the trio of stoke seats, taking stoke south at the last general election, now they have north and stoke central. the whole

of stoke coloured blue. morley, ed balls old seat, still blue, staying with the conservatives. very hard to beat at this point in labour know it. we move on now to 5am. see what happens is, suddenly, the conservatives go for the line. let's a look. of all the seats, it is bolsover, right on the line. also, the home of the beast of bolsover, dennis skinner, in his 805, about to return as father of the house, knocked out of his seat by the conservatives. you can imagine how furious he will be an labour left a long way behind. i will complete the line because they didn'tjust get the majority here, they went beyond it. they have headroom, they can govern, they can have their own squabbles and still govern because they've got plenty enough mp5 to do what they want. look at these seats, wantage, somerton, safe

conservatives. keighley, ca rshalton, henley, the seed borisjohnson is to have, yeovil is clearly blue now gone from the lib dems, chipping barnet under threat but they saved it. all these results very good. hendon they could have lost but they took it. colne valley. cheltenham. battle with the lib dems the conservatives won. then devon west, horsham, and they did it, they got well beyond the line and have a look at labour and how far back they are with their 203 seats, the story of the night ending with labour yes, taking sheffield, hallam which they could have lost again to the lib dems, and taking the important seat of batley & spen but 203, a terrible result. they are left looking at this decisive victory, the illustration is so powerful because you see the conservatives have done what they needed to do and much

more. and the door of number ten is now more. and the door of number ten is now the door to mrjohnson's home for probably the next five years. indeed, journey, thanks very much. jeremy vine with the road to downing street. jeremy reflecting on the very poor labour performance. and maybe we should reflect as well on the fact there has been pretty strongly worded reaction to what has gone on overnight from within the labour party. not surprising given the scale of the defeat but this is from ruth smead, defeated in stoke—on—trent. she was very much at the centre of some of the anti—semitism problems in the party. she says, "we are a labour city and area, this is devastating, seismic, the end. for me this is about whether the labour party has any right to exist, whether we have anything left to say". that is devastating. and from jess phillips, a list of quotes from the night, she says, "this is not a time for easy answers, as much as i wish it was, i

wish there were some silver bird but i also wish i was a size ten". i think it is often impertinent for unelected journalists to give advice but if i was going to give any advice, it is the labour party needs to take its time, not rush into another great frenzy like he was going to be the next leader, not have factual squabbles but to really think about this, test the various leaders around the country, plenty of time, test them, get the right result and if it takes a few months, so be it. let's go to inverness where ian blackford of the snp has been patiently waiting. it good did make as good a view to dryness. you've made significant gains, the snp, let's have your perspective on the scottish political landscape this morning. it is a very different landscape from the one you've been discussing south of the border, huw. we've this election convincingly taken we've this election convincingly ta ke n a5% we've this election convincingly ta ken a5% of we've this election convincingly taken a5% of the vote, increased our

representation dramatically overnight. the conservatives have lost more than half of their seats and this election in scotland was as much as anything else about our right to choose our own future, that is what we asked people to support us on that basis and the conservatives were saying vote for them to stop a second independence referendum. they've got their answer. we've no desire to be taken out of europe against our will. i regret the fact people elsewhere in the uk might want to do that but we we re the uk might want to do that but we were told, as you know, huw, in our referendum in 201a, if we stayed in the uk, we were to lead it, our voices would be respected and, crucially, we would remain eu citizens so, we despair with what borisjohnson is trying to do to us and! borisjohnson is trying to do to us and i would say to him he has to reflect democracy and he has to respect the fact the scottish government has a mandate for a referendum on independence. we are now referendum on independence. we are now legislating for that in the scottish parliament and boris johnson has to do the right thing and recognise the people of scotland have that right to have a referendum

on which has been strongly reinforced with the election result this morning here in scotland.|j reinforced with the election result this morning here in scotland. i was noticing some comments on social media about your candidate in kirkcaldy, neil hanley, who is facing disciplinary action because of remarks he made. will he take the snp whip? what is your attitude to that? he was suspended quite rightly when it came to light he had made anti—semitic comments. he has been suspended from the party, he will not be taking the snp whip. he is elected as an independent member of parliament. neal is not part of our number. is that likely to change? he has to go through a disciplinary process. he hasn't been elected as an snp mp. that was taken from him. he stood as an independent candidate westminster which is the state he will have. does it surprise if you are selected given the controversy around him? that is up to the voters

in his constituency. i am delighted in the other seats we've stood that we've had a fantastic result winning a7 of the 58 seats which is what we are celebrating this morning.|j a7 of the 58 seats which is what we are celebrating this morning. i will put the point i put the first minister earlier which is that, yes, you have done well, getting these gains, you will be a significant presence in westminster but unlike in the last parliament in this parliament you're up against a government with a majority of 80 and no matter how effective you campaign, no matter how loudly you make your case, you frankly cannot do much there, given the maths. at the end of the day, we are the third force in parliament and we will make sure to make our voices heard. i'd say to the government in london, recognise there are administrations in edinburgh, in cardiff and i hope in belfast as well and there has to be respected, we have to recognise, i think, be respected, we have to recognise, ithink, in be respected, we have to recognise, i think, in a sense, hue, we have a constitutional crisis because we live in a very different place from the rest of the united kingdom. i regret the fact people in the rest

of the uk seem to want to support brexit. that is their choice. also, our views must be respected as well and we cannot dragged out of the eu against our will. borisjohnson has two i think show a generosity of spirit and recognise the snp, whether in government in edinburgh or the snp force in westminster, have a very different proposition, and the fact scotland has voted in a different way must be respected, and the way we respect that is by passing over that power for our referendum to be held in scotland, which is the right thing to do so let's make sure we can get through this ina let's make sure we can get through this in a way that is satisfactory to all sides. ian, thanks very much for joining to all sides. ian, thanks very much forjoining us and for waiting to talk to us. we will see you back in westminster soon, i suppose. certainly will! ian blackford, the westminster leader of the snp. our thanks to him. let's take a look outside the building at broadcasting house. it is light already. the time

is just house. it is light already. the time isju5t coming house. it is light already. the time is just coming up to house. it is light already. the time isju5t coming up to 8am. we can see there the projected figures for the result of this contest, which is the tories will end up on 365, labour on 203. the snp on a8, and the lib dems on 11. withjo 203. the snp on a8, and the lib dems on 11. with jo swinson 203. the snp on a8, and the lib dems on 11. withjo swinson having lost her seat. plaid cymru on four, and then the others, brexit party or nothing and the greens on one, and the others on 18. this week and head back into the new trim. the prime minister says he will work night and the prime minister says he will work nightand did the prime minister says he will work

night and did to repay the trust of voters after the conservatives were confirmed as the winners of the general election by a large majority. the labour party has lost swathes of its traditional heartlands and suffered its worst performance since the end of the second world war. there is some flash photography injessica parker's report. the conservatives have won a majority. we will at last be able to get brexit done. this election means that getting brexit done as the irrefutable evidence double unarguable decision of the british people. the toadies making those inroads into labour heartlands that

voted leave —— the tories.|j inroads into labour heartlands that voted leave -- the tories. i would like to thank boris because i would say i am going to be on that train on monday going to london and we are going to get brexit done. for his party, a major defeat. jeremy corbyn acknowledged a disappointing result. i want to make it clear that i will not make the party in any future general election campaign. i will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process of reflection on this result. glum faces here. don valley among labour's losses.|j this result. glum faces here. don valley among labour's losses. i was fighting on two fronts. one was the fa ct fighting on two fronts. one was the fact so many of my voters could not and did not want to supportjeremy

corbyn to be prime minister but the second front was the labour party's position on brexit that we moved to a position of being more like a stop brexit remain party. and a huge blow for the lib dems. jo swinson has lost her seat and will no longer lead the party. for millions of people in our country these results will bring dredd and disney and people are looking for hope. at conservative headquarters they were in the party mood. borisjohnson wa nted in the party mood. borisjohnson wanted to drive his agenda through and the door is open. donald trump has congratulated borisjohnson on his "great win," as he put it. in a tweet, the us president also said: "britain and the united states

will now be free to strike a massive new trade deal after brexit. this deal has the potential to be far bigger and more lucrative than any deal that could be made with the eu. celebrate boris!" said donald trump. police and the military in new zealand have airlifted six bodies from white island in the bay of plenty where a volcano erupted on monday killing 16 people. a mission is ongoing to recover two more bodies, which have yet to be found. eight people have been confirmed dead. 20 remain in intensive care. the us housejudiciary committee has adjourned a marathon hearing in washington — without voting on two articles of impeachment against president trump. the acrimonious meeting of the committee ran late into the night, and chairmanjerry nadler said — in closing the session — that members should search

their consciences before the committee meets again on friday. president trump has reportedly approved a trade deal in principle with china. under the agreement, the us would suspend tariffs on $160 billion of chinese goods. those tariffs that were due to come into effect on sunday. in return, china promises to buy more agricultural products from the us. but there's been no official statement yet, and there's no written agreeement. there slots more on the election online — where you can look up the results in every constituency. use our interactive map to search for any seat across the uk — on our website, or the bbc news app. if you will stay dry and reasonably sunny but elsewhere grab the umbrella once again. persistent rain across parts of eastern scotland and

went through northern ireland. we will start to see the cloud break—up through the day. some of the driest places to be and across southern counties they will be some sunshine but the windiest place with winds of 60 mph and game was continuing today. still in single figures. outbreaks of rain going to continue across some areas. clear skies and between leading to a touch of frost and it is cold and blustery this weekend. welcome back to the bbc election

centre and if you are justjoining us and you are catching up with the news the news is that borisjohnson has achieved a remarkable win in this general election. there are just two results to come in. we have had 6a8 and at the end of this marathon results we have... when the results came in we are expecting borisjohnson to have a majority of 80 in the house of commons which is a very different picture to the hung parliament which ended several weeks ago. this is going to be a conservative majority and a majority big enough for borisjohnson to do pretty much what he likes in legislative terms. he has said this morning he will press ahead with brexit and press ahead with ambitious infrastructure and other projects. we sell clips in the news

bulletin. what i would like to do is to recap on some of the notable gains for the conservatives overnight because there have been many and lots of them in traditional labour areas especially labour areas where there was a big leave vote in 2016 so that is where the conservatives have made a lot of games and made some rather spectacular results. with that in mind, light as ask regard to take us through some of those results. there have been some staggering results in a host of seats. we are suing a few of them on the touch—screen. sedgefield, tony blair had a majority of 25,000 once. labour no longer has it. it is a

conservative seat. great glen spey has been labour since the war. it has been labour since the war. it has become conservative. let me show you some of the figures. the new conservative mp has won that seat on a 55% share of the vote overnight in great grimsby. the conservatives up 13. the brexit party app seven. that isa 13. the brexit party app seven. that is a swing of 15 points, massive. we have seen that sort of swing and several seats. going back to conservative gains, they have gained west bromwich east and durham north west bromwich east and durham north west so they have unseated a rising star in the labour party and some

had thought she might be the one to succeed tom watson as the deputy leader. she is out and that is a conservative seat. ashfield, the labourmp conservative seat. ashfield, the labour mp was standing down and her former office manager defected to the conservatives and stood for that seat and it is his seat. in bolsover dennis skinner has been unseated and bolsover has become conservative. add to that derby north where chris williamson who had been expelled from labour because of anti—semitism accusations, he has been unseated, thatis accusations, he has been unseated, that is conservative, and stoke—on—trent central is a conservative seat. what is interesting is the analysis shows that based on the turnover, which is

around 67%, a8% of them voted for brexit supporting parties and that is the point that we will hear repeated in the weeks and months to come from opponents of brexit, that it was a8%, less than half of the turnout who voted for brexit supporting parties. thank you for taking us through that. what is the response in brussels to all of this? we have heard the prime minister saying he is going to push on with the brexit process. this is the eu council president. i would like to congratulate borisjohnson on his victory.

there are several messages within those sentences. a true level playing field. that is going to be boris johnson's latest playing field. that is going to be borisjohnson's latest dilemma over the next year because the more he wa nts to the next year because the more he wants to divert from eu standards and tax rates and practices the more they will demand in return and it will be a series of payoffs one after the other and the question is does he divert and risk a car company here and parts of the fishing industry here and he is seeing you do not divert. let us go to downing street. we have heard from the prime minister this morning at that rally at the queen elizabeth centre. what do you make of the state of play this morning? not least given the fact that boris johnson has set out quite a lot of the programme he wants to press on with. and he needs to, because

through this election the offer from the conservative party, beyond getting brexit done by the end of january next year, was rather thin. it was a rather sparse manifesto sketching out promises around hospitals and nurses, talking about broad generalities but lacking specifics, and that was deliberate. a stripped back manifesto avoiding anything that would hold boris johnson hostage. wanted to keep it entirely focused on the central brexit message so he has a job to do fleshing out a programme for government to give people a sense of what his priorities are going to be beyond getting britain out of the eu beyond getting britain out of the eu beyond the end of january. all the way through the campaign boris johnson was asked again and again what sort of trade—offs might you do in the next stage of the brexit negotiations? would you rule out leaving at the end of the transition without any deal? these are

questions he avoided again and again and he is going to have to provide a nswe rs. and he is going to have to provide answers. are you expecting to see the prime minister again in downing street to make a statement later? will there be a visit to the palace? we are not sure. i do not get a sense there's going to be a downing street statement although there may be rated on the day after boris johnson has had some rest and regroup. we do not know about going to the palace. at the moment he is absorbing these final results aren't working out the sort of tone he is going to take over the next few days. this has been so divisive. there are going to be a huge number of people clinging on in the hope there might somehow be a hung parliament or another referendum. it borisjohnson going parliament or another referendum. it boris johnson going to parliament or another referendum. it borisjohnson going to bridge the animosity that runs through the electorate? he will be thinking

about all of that but he will be revelling in theirs. this is a triumph for him. the biggest majority for 30 years. we have spent a lot of time in the first—half of this year reporting from downing street on the total chaos within the government. it felt like a tory party collapsing at some point particularly when they were trying to get the deal through. and here they are at the end of the year with a thumping majority. there will need to be some kind of reshuffle because people are seeing the big reshuffle may not be until after christmas but zac goldsmith will have to be replaced because he is out and nicky morgan has retired and there is no official secretary of state for wales so there are jobs to be filled

right away. there certainly are, although remember this is a relatively new team that boris johnson put in place when he first went to downing street in the summer and it is hard to tell who he favours and who he does not. people like the health secretary have been very visible so he will be confident of staying in hisjob or moving on toa of staying in hisjob or moving on to a bigger one in whitehall, but what was interesting was the campaign was so focused on boris johnson. the vast majority of the government cabinet were not seen at all. we will see if borisjohnson uses this new mandate, this five year term that he can look forward to, with confidence, to rebuild his tea m to, with confidence, to rebuild his team at this early stage. thank you. we can go to westminster. there will be plenty to talk about. what is

going on? at 9am all of the election coverage will move to the heart of westminster and other election studio where you can carry on with much of the analysis and reaction to what will still be a breaking story for the rest of the day but right now we are for the rest of the day but right now we arejoined for the rest of the day but right now we are joined by the conservative party chairman. what are you expecting anything of this size? we did polling and modelling like the stuff that is in the public domain and we campaigned hard and we hoped, but i don't think anyone was really expecting the result to be quite this way, although we were picking up hints. i was visiting dozens of constituencies in the midlands and the north and there was real anger about labour. we heard jitters on the day. it is only human to be nervous. we were very keen

that this was a really important election. we made that clear. you always get a little bit nervous at the 11th hour but our candidates put ona the 11th hour but our candidates put on a huge amount of work, as did the team that i look after, and then the end we got a result which vindicated the message we were putting a cross, which was that the british people wanted brexit done. where does it go from here? we get straight to work. this is going to be a very busy prelude to christmas. a whole load of new mps will come to westminster. they will get sworn in. that takes time. but very quickly next week we will be starting the process to get the withdrawal agreement bill through the house. so the withdrawal bill will go through next week? we

will start the process and make sure that all the legislative stages are donein that all the legislative stages are done in time for the 3ist of january. explain what happens now before christmas, will it go through the commons and the lords?” before christmas, will it go through the commons and the lords? i cannot give cast—iron guarantees of the precise timetable. there was an urgency to the prime minister when we heard him an hour ago. we will present this as soon as the members of parliament are sworn in and we will get the queen's speech through and then we will be straight into getting the withdrawal agreement bill through the house of commons. do you expect to be working on saturday? quite possibly. it could bea saturday? quite possibly. it could be a full 60 week right up until the end. i don't know for definite but the prime minister is absolutely clear we made a commitment, we will

honour that commitment, because parliament has got to get back into the habit of listening to and responding to the voice of the british people. we know there is a plan. we don't yet know what this brexit looks like. it may be radically altered as a result of where geographically you one like —— won where geographically you one like —— won last night. there may be different perceptions of what a good exit deal looks like. are you shifting your perception? the prime minister made it clear it wasn't about separating and dividing, it was about unifying. i am really pleased that we got electoral support in places like workington and redcar as well as places like wimbledon and kensington. what does that due to the shape of brexit? do we have to be more aligned with

europe because you are going to be worried about manufacturing heartlands? will it still follow broadly canada plus? no, what this is about is, through all of these negotiations, being aware that the government works on behalf of the whole of the uk. that might present us with some challenges but as we have seen the prime minister is well capable of embracing challenges, as he did when he reopened the withdrawal agreement and to cut the backstop. it is going to be a brexit that works for the whole of the uk. there have been two election overnight. there has been what happened in england and wales and scotland, a totally different story, which you do not control. you cannot control the narrative of scotland's

independence and the snp. the people of scotland voted in 2014 in what was billed as a once in a generation referendum and the snp are very keen to talk about the referendum. they might do more than talk about it. they might press on whatever you say. the message came across to me that a lot of people in scotland would much rather the snp government focused on things we already control like the nhs and education, which are slipping backwards in scotland, rather than distracting by talking about a referendum. the last time we talked was after the first debate and the fact check changing on twitter. when you reflect back on the form, the style, the feel of this campaign, yes, you have won, are you proud of the way in which it happened? on that particular issue,

i really do not believe that the result is that we have been seeing overnight were significantly influenced by changing the twitter feed. or on editing videos or letting your prime minister talk to the press. this result was twofold. both to do with trust. the first is that the labour party promised in 2017 they would deliver brexit and spent two and a half years not doing so and people were angry about that. and the other really big lie was the labour party is suggesting a conservative government would sell off the nhs and when i spoke to people from cornwall to the top of the country they didn't buy that. they knew that was not true. best result is a reflection of those two issues. we will be hearing the

labour side of the story shortly. we have been talking about the changing landscape, the changing map of the uk. it is looking very different. the colours have moved around. we were talking to sophie and she was explaining how the tiles we re and she was explaining how the tiles were moving around. let us see where they settle. we have just one they settle. we havejust one more they settle. we have just one more trial to lay and that is st ives in cornwall. things have changed dramatically across a lot of the uk. not so much across a lot of the uk. not so much across the south of england. this is london. i am walking around the edges because these mp5 distort our map but very much dominated by labour mp5. if map but very much dominated by labourmps. ifi map but very much dominated by labour mp5. if i show you the map as

it was last night when we started, the 2017 election colours on the right of your screen, and the 2019 election results, you can see how dramatically things have changed in the north of england, north—east wales, right across scotland, and it is that labour red wall that has not so much been breached completely but there are huge cracks and it has been shrunk dramatically. there is a big conservative path above it right across from one coast to the other of england and the story really started in north—east wales in seats like wrexham, that have been held by labour since 1935, and have gone conservative for the first time. they voted very heavily to leave the eu. other seats like the blue heart and a red circle, that is tom

watson, the former deputy leader of the labour party. big surprises in greater manchester, a 9500 labour majority which was overturned by the conservatives who took that for the first time. this was something i could not do last night. walk right across north—east england along conservative seats. wakefield was held since 1932 and was taken by the conservatives. the story in scotland, it has gone almost com pletely scotland, it has gone almost completely yellow again as the snp have taken all of these seats and some of the big casualties of the night, jo swinson, the leader of the liberal democrats, who lost her dumbartonshire east seat, disastrous for her. dennis skinner, bolsover, he had been a labour mp there since 1970. his seat conservative. further

down the seat of beaconsfield, the former attorney general dominic grieve, who led the backbench rebellion against brexit, was kicked out of the conservative party, he stood as an independent but has lost his seat which stayed to the conservatives. zac goldsmith has lost his seat to the liberal democrats. our map showing very clearly, particularly across northern england, that labour wall that was so solid last night, all of these cracks, and it has been shrunk so dramatically as the conservatives eat into the labour heartlands. you have been there for hours. i am wondering as you have seen the patterns changing what for you was the significant point of the evening when you saw the pattern? wasn't the

red wall showing those cracks? what was the moment when you thought we we re was the moment when you thought we were at significant change? wrexham, north—east wales, this area was dominated by red tiles when we came on airlast dominated by red tiles when we came on air last night and they are all blue now. and it isju5t the on air last night and they are all blue now. and it is just the way the small has shrunk, the blue holes that have opened up, the way the conservatives have narrowed that labour dominance conservatives have narrowed that labourdominance in conservatives have narrowed that labour dominance in these heartlands and squeezed them so dramatically. the of england largely unchanged and again scotland going completely yellow. it has happened again. this pa rt yellow. it has happened again. this part of the united kingdom where we have seen such big changes. ca rd card illustrating this in such a vivid way. mentioning the labour red

wall full of cracks after the evening zest events. let us join in boxing what are you picking up their —— ian watson. we have heard from momentum and labour figures representing different traditions within the party, what are they saying? quite a contrast with the public state m e nts quite a contrast with the public statements from boris johnson. jeremy corbyn came through the back door at labour headquarters, and left not saying much under the cover of darkness. quite a lot has been said behind the scenes. first, it was a body blow to those around jeremy corbyn. durham, it had been a hope that a new generation of labour mp would be the standard bearer for

the left wing in the party. one reason he is calling for this process of reflection and showing no signs of living swiftly after the worst defeat since michael foot in 1983, i5 worst defeat since michael foot in 1983, is in part people around him are regrouping to think who else can build up from that wing of the party asa build up from that wing of the party as a potential leadership candidate, possibly, rebecca long—bailey. there had been talk of laura pidcock going for deputy leader. but now she may go for the leadership, they had thought, blown out of the water by this terrible result. there is a battle of narratives, people close to the leadership saying it is down to brexit. people who want to replace jeremy saying it is down to brexit. people who want to replacejeremy corbyn and move the party further away from

the left will argue his leadership was not just central to the left will argue his leadership was notjust central to it, but to the politics as well which has to change. we are hearing people think ofa change. we are hearing people think of a long process of reflection would be unsustainable. they want to parade those who have lost to tell the story. others are saying they don't wantjeremy corbyn to stay on until the may local elections. those closer to him want him to stay longer. i am told that it is most likely if he can he would wish to stay on for a few months more. i think that position will come under sustained pressure. then at that stage, there were are some who want to move the party in a different

direction, throwing their hats in the ring, such as keir starmer and jess phillips. thank you for your thoughts. the latest reaction and thoughts from within the labour party. we are now ina within the labour party. we are now in a position where we have one result to go, let us look at the seats gained by borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn at this stage, with just one seat to declare in st ives. borisjohnson on 364. labour on 203. borisjohnson on 364. labour on 203. borisjohnson on 364. labour on 203. borisjohnson looking borisjohnson on 364. labour on 203. boris johnson looking at the majority of 80 in this new parliament. you are watching bbc election 2019. good morning. the prime minister boris johnson says he will work "night and day"

to repay the trust of voters after the conservatives were confirmed as the winners of the general election by a large majority. the labour party has lost swathes of its traditional heartlands and has suffered its worst performance since before the second world war. mrjohnson says he will get brexit done by the end of january next year. there is some flash photography injessica parker's report. he knows it. the conservatives have won a decisive majority. earlier at his constituency count, and later to a rally. with this mandate and majority, we will at last be able to do what? get brexit done! you have been paying attention. because this election means getting brexit done is now the irrefutable, irresistible, unarguable decision of the british people. they are delighted.

the tories making those inroads into labour heartlands that voted leave. i would like to thank boris because... cheering i would say that i'm going to be on that train on monday, i'm going to london, we are going to get brexit done. for his party, a major defeat. jeremy corbyn acknowledged a disappointing result. i want to also make it clear that i will not lead the party in any future general election campaign. i will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result. glum faces here. bolsover, burnley, sedgefield, stoke and don valley amongst labour losses. there were two fronts i was fighting on. one front was the fact that so many of my voters could not

and did not want to support jeremy corbyn to be prime minister. but the second front was the labour party's position on brexit, that we'd moved to a position of being more like a "stop brexit remain party". you lost your seat, ms swinson! a huge blow for the liberal democrats, jo swinson lost her seat and will no longer lead the party. for millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay, and people are looking for hope. earlier at conservative headquarters, they were in the party mood. boris johnson wanted to drive his agenda through, and the door is now open. jessica parker, bbc news. as we saw, the snp took jo swinson's seat. they've won a9 out of 59 constituencies in scotland. nicola sturgeon's party backed

a second referendum on eu membership during their campaign. the snp also ran on securing a new vote on scottish independence from the uk, something which they will push for in the coming parliament. you know, i don't pretend that every single person who voted snp yesterday will necessarily support independence. but there has been a strong endorsement in this election of scotland having a choice over our future, of not having to put up with a conservative government that we didn't vote for, and not having to accept life as a nation outside the european union. so that independence referendum, that was very much at the heart of the snp's campaign, there is a renewed, refreshed, strengthened mandate for that. in northern ireland, nationalist mp5 outnumber unionists for the first time. the democratic unionist party suffered significant defeats. the dup's deputy leader nigel dodds lost his seat to the sinn fein candidate john finucane. the dup also lost south belfast. the nationalist sdlp won a landslide

there and also in foyle — meaning it returns to parliament after losing all its seats last time. all a0 seats in wales have now been declared and the conservatives have made significant gains. they took six seats from labour, including bridgend in the south, and four in the north east — wrexham, delyn, the vale of clywd and clywd south. plaid cymru held on to all four of their seats. donald trump has congratulated borisjohnson on his " great win", as he put it. in a tweet, the us president also said: "britain and the united states will now be free to strike a massive new trade deal after brexit. and there slots more from bbc news online and on your mobile — where you can look up the results in your constituency. now, back to huw.

good morning. we are at the bbc and hetton centre where we have been since 9:55 p m last night. we are still full of energy. what i would like to do is to askjeremy to look through the results for us and put them into the house of commons so we know what it will look like when it gathers again. it is so dramatically different. we had been so used to hung parliaments and thin majorities and coalition governments, the idea the commons is very tight and we are not used to this, the decisive win for a single party. the conservatives who may yet go party. the conservatives who may yet 9° up party. the conservatives who may yet goupa party. the conservatives who may yet go up a seat. 326 is the minimum you need for an overall majority, they

have gone through it and how. they have gone through it and how. they have humbled the opposition. a terrible result on the other side for labour. it looked for a while through the night as if labour might not even reach 200. they have done that but they haven't even reached 209 in 1983, widely regarded the biggest disaster in modern times for labour. this is worse, they will feel powerless in the commons. not the case for the snp in scotland, they have done brilliantly, almost back to their strongest. a real presence in the chamber when it reconvenes. the liberal democrats have had a bad night. 11 is a crisis for them. the dup in northern ireland have been reversed, two seats down. sinn fein as they were.

plaid cymru on four seats. stl sdlp on two seats. and just moving on, the alliance party in northern ireland with one seat. quite a bit of reconfiguring in northern ireland. and one green party member. scotla nd ireland. and one green party member. scotland hugely powerful snp performance, and real questions for where the labour party goes after jeremy corbyn. the conservatives took this gamble under boris johnson, could he do but theresa may failed to do? he could, and how. seat majority. for labour, they only have one seat in scotland and have fallen below 20% of the vote there. this is remarkable and made for a dramatic night. remarkable indeed. taking us through the look of the new house of

commons, so dramatically different to the last one principally because of the huge labour losses overnight, most of those going to the conservatives. let us join most of those going to the conservatives. let usjoin emily in westminster. westminster. we willjoin the labour chair in newcastle. why isn't jeremy we willjoin the labour chair in newcastle. why isn'tjeremy coming going straightaway, do you understand that? the situation with the election, it is certainly more or less happened in the last ten hours, whatjeremy said ina in the last ten hours, whatjeremy said in a matter of hours is he will not be standing as the leader of the labour party at the next election. what he said was we need a period of reflection and we need to look at the disastrous results. it is quite right, it is so disappointing what has happened bearing in mind the fantastic has happened bearing in mind the fa ntastic ma nifesto has happened bearing in mind the fantastic manifesto we have had, the

way people have embraced probably what has been the best document the labour party has produced. we will let the dust settle and look at how we go forward as a party in the next few days or so. just explain what the reflection is. after ed miliband's defeat, he said i take absolute and total responsibility for our defeat. we haven't had that from labour, we haven't had that from labour, we have had different excuses. is there any acceptance of responsibility in the labour leadership? the labour leadership. it is only ten hours since the election results began at 10pm. only if you hours ago. it doesn't take ten hours... it feels like ten days, i haven't had any sleep. we will discuss everything, as a democratic party would expect to do, and look at what happened last night, what needs to

be done, put a plan forward, and we will discuss it with all the stakeholders including their membership. we are a democratic organisation and take the party forward. let me ask you on a personal level, do you accept thatjeremy corbyn, his personality and his policies, where the roadblock here? listen, i have visited many constituencies in the past five weeks, probably 60 constituencies, knocked on doors, spoken to people. the issue on the doorstep wasn't even the issue on the doorstep wasn't even brexit although this has proven to bea even brexit although this has proven to be a rerun of the 2016 referendum. and at least that is what has happened here. what people we re what has happened here. what people were more interested in, the national health service, more interested in education, standard of living. are you saying labour couldn't deliver on that on the doorstep either? we are where we are with the

results so something has gone wrong. do you think this was as a result of jeremy corbyn, was he the roadblock, or you chose the wrong things to emphasise? if you have a look at the 2017 ma nifesto, if you have a look at the 2017 manifesto, at the factjeremy was the leader of the party in 2017, we had the biggest swing in votes in 2017 since 19a5. maybe that is because mp5 had signed off on article 50 which had secured brexit... in 2017 we said we would accept the result in the 2016 referendum. here in 2019, hang on. we are saying we have the same sort of radical ma nifesto, have the same sort of radical manifesto, jeremy corbyn as the leader. the only difference is we now leader. the only difference is we now accept and we have published the fa ct we now accept and we have published the fact we want a second referendum, thatis fact we want a second referendum, that is the only difference. the fa ct we went that is the only difference. the fact we went for a second referendum

isa fact we went for a second referendum is a real issue within the labour party. it is about lack of trust. people feel disengaged. in terms of ideology, nothing has changed. thank you for your time. i will be back at 9am with plenty of analysis. thank you. it is 8:45am. we will be ending this segment of our coverage at 9am. what i would really like to do now is to say a very big thank you and offer congratulations to this gentleman, professor sirjohn curtice, and his team. on the exit poll and the outcome, absolutely on the nail again. many congratulations from all of us for the hard work you have put in and forgetting it right once again. are you thinking at this point that this is the kind of

transformed landscape that we were expecting maybe 2a hours ago? oh, yes, the truth is this is precisely the kind of outcome to which most of the opinion polls were pointing. on average, they had double—digit leads throughout this campaign and in the event we ended up campaign and in the event we ended up with a 12 point conservative lead. they were also showing that the conservatives were stronger amongst leave voters than they had beenin amongst leave voters than they had been in 2017, and a lot stronger among livin' voters in 2015, and conversely they were losing ground amongst remain voters. that gets clearly reflected in the geography of this with —— results. the conservatives fell back in the pro—remain parts, but rose by six points compared with two years ago amongst the most pro—leave. the truth is, it was all there, the

evidence was there in the polling in terms of the broad level of support for the party, the lead it had ever labour, and the fact that it was going to be very clearly reflected in people's views are bad brexit. of course, what was inevitably due in the campaign was we were constantly emphasising the potential because we knew it did not matter whether conservatives got 350 or 370, but if the vote were to fall, it could result in a different outcome for brexit. apologies for the fact a lot of the commentary focused disproportionately on the potential downside risk that in the end was not realised. it reflected the fact it was whether or not those downside risks would be realised. we discovered in the end we took the

polls, and there really wasn't any significant change in the ten point lead. this will go down as an election where the campaign did not make much of a difference in contrast to its predecessor two yea rs contrast to its predecessor two years ago. congratulations once again, good to work with you as ever. andrew, thoughts at the end of this programme, something you touched on earlier, the kind of role social media has played in this campaign. we have reflected it now and again. what is your thought? it is incumbent on us to think about what we got wrong, what we need to listen to harder in future. john curtice is someone we need to listen to hard all the time. but beyond that, i was struck over the last few days, hovering over social media and twitter and facebook, how well

labour seem to be doing. their propaganda was funnier, brighter, younger, more passionate, more full of exuberance than the conservatives. and yet the old—fashioned dreary, conservatives. and yet the old —fashioned dreary, stodgy, conservatives. and yet the old—fashioned dreary, stodgy, old media and the mood in the country was completely different. it is unconstitutional to finish these conversations without quoting the prime minister's dishevelled svengali dominic cummings. he said this morning, mp5 need to reflect, the media needs to reflect, they need to realise the conversations they have in london are! million miles away from reality. in a sense, this is another lesson, the latest stage in a long—standing and repeated provincial revolt against the metropolis and metropolitan values. fascinating thought. and your thoughts as we head into a day of coverage, what will you be looking for in terms of the reactions today, the signals from downing street?

it is about getting ready for a majority government which none of us are used to, and which borisjohnson wants to govern, and the change in the conservative party in parliament. mps representing areas they have never represented before as conservatives, will that change the policies they bring in? and we will be leaving the eu almost certainly at the end ofjanuary. as for labour, the blame game is under way. some tory mps, labour mps have been defeated. talking about the labour party not having a right to exist. that battle will be huge. our thanks. jeremy, thank you very much for all of the illustrations overnight, the energy and analysis. what was the moment for you? what do you make of the pattern we have ended up with? i would go right back to 11:32pm,

the exit poll from john curtice, we have that fear, is this going to be the actual result? then blyth valley came in, and 8000 majority. we discovered that had gone blue. and everything rolled from there. i was trying to think, is there any comfort for labour in the whole night? the only one is they took putney. that is in its own way a sign of how bad it is for labour. one further thought. the next speaker isn't going to be very famous which will change things. we won't have night after night of action in parliament. what a night and a different kind of result from our extraordinary democratic system —— for our extraordinary democratic system. once again, let as go straight over

to our results centre. a final thought and the moment of the night? there were several moments of the night, building on whatjeremy was saying, it was seeing all those red seats turn blue, names like sedgefield, tony blair's old seat, great grimsby, seats like bassetlaw where you saw an 18% swing from labour to the conservatives, the labour to the conservatives, the labour vote dropping by 25%, these we re very labour vote dropping by 25%, these were very startling. a whole host of names. we shouldn't forget the fact the liberal democrats had a really quite miserable night, seeing east dunbartonshire being lost byjo swinson, certainly quite a moment. thank you. i should say again there is an army of people notjust here but up and down the country who have helped this broadcast, our thanks to eve ryo ne helped this broadcast, our thanks to everyone in the bbc team over the

last 11 hours. a remarkable night, and now a conservative majority government. thanks for watching, and goodbye. good evening for the fourth time in a space of five years, the future of the united kingdom is uncertain. the question tonight is whether any party ca n the question tonight is whether any party can get 326 seats or more and send their leader through that door. who will declare first? last time it was newcastle but we have found out their neighbours in blyth valley have been practising in secret. are you ready? yes! our exit poll is suggesting that there will be a conservative majority. it is a dramatic poll. borisjohnson who a year ago was on the backbenches, may have redrawn the backbenches, may have redrawn the map. the exit poll has borisjohnson going straight through the 326.

if this is anywhere near right you have reduced your worst result since 1935. that is right. if this exit poll is right, we are looking at the best result for the conservatives since margaret thatcher in 1987. another general election, another failure to win a single seat. but we have used our influence which is the important thing. this so—called safe labour seat may not be. 17,000... cheering the thought of blyth valley going tory, unfortunately, myjaw is on the floor. in leave areas, working class seats, the labour party seems to be in serious trouble. this could build a new conservative majority across britain for another generation. we are on the cusp of something historic. although the votes have not yet been fully counted in your constituency, you think you have lost?

yes. jeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell had been the dominant figures in your party for several yea rs now figures in your party for several years now and have spearheaded this election campaign, but is it time for them to go? yes. jeremy corbyn's leadership is over. it is not an issue whether he has gone, it is when he is gone. if you look at what the exit poll is pitching for scotland as a whole, could that mean the snp when the liberal democrat leaders seat? scottish national party, 23,775. cheering scotland and the rest of the uk are moving in totally different directions. borisjohnson may different directions. boris johnson may be different directions. borisjohnson may be taking over a very divided map. talking of swing, why don't we join jeremy with a graphic illustration of what is going on.

it is dramatic because it is right above 7%. it is not jeremy above 7%. it is notjeremy corbyn, it is brexit and ignoring democracy. this is notjust a defeat forjeremy corbyn but the politics he represents. jeremy corbyn is a far more decent, progressive and effective person than many of his cheap and tawdry critics. when you think about auckland, you really realise what is going on here. the labour vote is falling by twice as much in the most working—class areas compared to the least working—class areas. sinn fein'sjohn finucane may have unseated the db leader in westminster nigel dodds. if that proves to be correct, that will be a huge blow for the dup. labour party, 22,718. cheering while there has been talked throughout this red wall crumbling in the midlands and the north, there is this red wall here in the south

as well. you started saying 368 seats, we are now saying 357. i will not lead the party in any future general election campaign. i will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result, and on the policy is that the party will ta ke the policy is that the party will take going forward. and i will lead the party during that period. i want to thank the people of this country for turning out to vote in a december election that we did not wa nt to december election that we did not want to go but which i think has turned out to be a historic election. president trump has tweeted, it looks like boris johnson president trump has tweeted, it looks like borisjohnson is going to win big in the uk. it is good the white house has finally caught up with the bbc poll.

i declare amy kalgan is elected to serve in the united kingdom parliament. the party leader of the liberal democrats jo swinson the party leader of the liberal democratsjo swinson has lost her seat. for millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay, and people are looking for hope. nick fletcher is duly elected as the memberof nick fletcher is duly elected as the member of parliament for the don ballyka n member of parliament for the don ballykan village and c. what is your plan? to have a cup of tea, actually. i had tea, actually. ihada tea, actually. i had a mandate to offer scotland the choice of an alternative future. what has he done right that you did wrong? lam very wrong? i am very pleased at the majority boris has achieved. we have bolsover. dennis skinner zest seat, he leaves the commons and his seat was the one that got them over the line. let us get brexit done but first, my

friends, let's get breakfast done. thank you all!

good morning. you join us live at westminster, where the conservatives have won their biggest majority since 1987. boris johnson's gamble to hold a december election has paid off — with a majority of 78. the prime minister says it gives him a mandate to "get brexit done".