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". we did it, we did it, we pulled it off, didn't we?

we pulled it off. we broke the deadlock, we ended the gridlock, we smashed the road block. the prime minister is now inside number 10 — having pledged to earn the support of people who in his words may have "lent" him their vote. an awful night for labour — losing 59 seats — many of them in places the party has held for decades. jeremy corbyn said the results were "very disappointing". 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. borisjohnson pledges to work day and night to retain the support of labour voters who deserted jeremy corbyn as labour suffered its worst defeat since the dark days of

michael foot. jo liberal democrat leader jo swinson has quit — after she loses her own seat to the snp — and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. for millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay and people are looking for hope. a strong result for the snp who now hold 48 seats out of 59 in scotland. nicola sturgeon says it sends a clear message for a second independence referendum. that independence referendum, that was very much at the heart of the snp's campaign — there's a renewed, refreshed, strengthened mandate for that. we will delve deep into these numbers pick out the patterns, and sure your record swings across the country, and we will show you the changing picture in scotland and

northern ireland. our map of where we have made every constituency the same size shows where the balance of power lies. labour's wall has been shrunk dramatically. scotland has gone snp yellow. the result of the election means big change in the house of commons and for the country. the uk will now leave the european union by the end of next month. we'll be speaking to the main parties and will bring you all the events and the reaction from here throughout the day. good morning and welcome to viewers here in the uk on bbc one and the bbc news channel — and around the globe on bbc world news. here at westminster the conservatives have taken control of the house of commons after an overwhelming win in the general election.

the tories have a majority of 78 with just one seat still to declare. the prime minister, borisjohnson, said no one could refute his "stonking mandate" to deliver brexit — and he now plans to push ahead to get the uk to leave the european union at the end of january. jeremy corbyn said labour's result was a "disappointing night" and that he would not fight a future general election. the liberal democrats had a terrible night as the party leader, jo swinson, lost her seat and quit. but the snp did well, coming close to sweeping the board in scotland. let's take a look at the result as they stand at 9am. the conservatives won 364 seats — up a7. labour took 203 — down 59. the snp have 48 mps —

an increase of 13. the liberal democrats only have 11 — down one. the dup eight. and sinn fein — who don't take their seats — seven. this is the vote share in great britain. the conservatives gained 45% of the vote. labour 33%. what are you expecting to happen next? i expect boris johnson will be having his breakfast after what has been an extraordinary night for him. ido been an extraordinary night for him. i do not think he could have believed he could have achieved this scale of victory which is on a par with what margaret thatcher achieved

and with what tony blair achieved, a landmark election victory which represents a moment of change in the history of this country. like margaret thatcher and tony blair borisjohnson has succeeded in reaching out well beyond his call constituency to attract voters who would normally never support his party. when we talk about breaching the so—called red wall, many of these constituencies it is notjust these constituencies it is notjust the fact these have always been labour, they were devastated by the consequences of deindustrialisation, the closure of steel plants, and for many of these communities voting tory was anathema, something they would never ever consider, and yet we have found many of these constituencies people notjust abstaining or going to other parties like the brexit party or the liberal democrats but leaping from labour to

the tories and that is an amazing achievement. what does it mean? borisjohnson hasjust achievement. what does it mean? boris johnson has just won achievement. what does it mean? borisjohnson has just won a two term majority because with the scale of the majority he has got it is ha rd to of the majority he has got it is hard to see in bought by labour or another party can claw—back the receipts so borisjohnson could well be in numberio receipts so borisjohnson could well be in number 10 for the next ten yea rs. be in number 10 for the next ten years. it also means we will find out who boris johnson years. it also means we will find out who borisjohnson is because he has been a very malleable politician who says one thing to one group of people and one thing to another group of people and now he can do what he believes then. many of his supporters who were with him during his days as london mayor believe the true one nation borisjohnson will re—emerge now he has a free hand and others believe he will have much greater freedom when it comes to

negotiating the final brexit deal. at long last we will find out who borisjohnson truly is. at long last we will find out who boris johnson truly is. interesting question. we'll have more analysis of the result in a moment, but firstjonathan blake has the story of the night — a warning there are flashing images in this report. in the dark before dawn, borisjohnson pumps the air in victory, arriving at conservative party headquarters to congratulate staff on a convincing win. he told supporters they had caused a political earthquake. well, we did it, we did it. we pulled it off, didn't we? we pulled it off, we broke the deadlock, we ended the gridlock, we smashed the road block. and after turning once solid labour seats tory blue, he promised not to let voters down. your hand may have quivered over the ballot paper before you put your cross in the conservative box. and you may intend to return

to labour next time round. and if that is the case, i'm humbled that you have put your trust in me and that you have put your trust in us and i and we will never take your support for granted. reporter: are you going to resign, mr corbyn? there's no hiding from the scale of labour's defeat, jeremy corbyn says he won't fight another election as leader, but was he to blame for such a devastating loss? i don't think so, i think on the policy issues we won the argument, but we literally couldn't break through brexit. we tried our best to have a policy of principle, where we bring the country back together again, both remain and leavers, but that obviously proved to be impossible. reporter: have you lost your seat, miss swinson? disaster for the liberal democrats, their leader had lost her seat, her party and its supporters in despair. for millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay

and people are looking for hope. but celebration for the scottish national party, winning seats, helping the leader make her case. i don't pretend that every single person that 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. re—elected, borisjohnson has returned to downing street — his election gamble has given him a new mandate to govern. now we are going to sweep across our newsroom — which as you can see is a hive of activity and over to our election results centre with christian fraser. i have stood in front of that screen. i thought i had seen it all over the last few elections but clearly not, an extraordinary night. we have most of the results in. we

are still waiting for st ives in cornwall which is a conservative lib dem marginal. this is the best result for the conservatives since 1987 and conversely for labour at their worst post—war result, worse than michael foot. the conservative vote share is the best since 1979 although you can see it is only plus 1.296 although you can see it is only plus 1.2% on what happened in 1997. the working class vote for labour has collapsed. the conservative vote share up 11% collapsed. the conservative vote share up11% in collapsed. the conservative vote share up 11% in working—class areas and up 7% in middle class voting areas. it is the brexit election and thatis areas. it is the brexit election and that is what it was. strong leaves seats that voted 70% believe in

2016, conservative seats are up 28. in the areas that voted remain by over 60% not so good for the conservatives or labour. what you see is the march of blue into north—east wales, the west midlands, the north—east, the red wall com pletely the north—east, the red wall completely obliterated on the night. this was the biggest swing of the night in nottinghamshire, a former mining town. look at the swing. 18%. quite extraordinary. another one. dudley north, ian austin urging labour voters to vote conservative, so angry about the anti—semitism within labour. this one quite extraordinary. 2005 sedgefield, the seat of tony blair, a majority of

18,000 with tony blair, after nine yea rs of 18,000 with tony blair, after nine years of labour opposition conservatives have taken it with a majority of 4500. an extraordinary picture we are going to be looking out across the country for the conservatives and we are going to look at scotland because the picture is very different in scotland. a very good night for the snp and that is going to bring up those questions about the union. yes, we will get onto that. with me is the tory minister helen whately. what that tells us is that you are going to be governing in the areas where there is heavy dependence or has been heavy dependence on public services. you are the party of the working class now and when you look at workington, the swathes of red thatis at workington, the swathes of red that is your mandate, you have to deliver something really important for those people. you are absolutely right. thousands if not millions of

people are putting their trust in us, people who have never voted conservative before. it is really important we deliver for them on getting brexit done and on public services and the nhs and education. what changes, because the manifesto had very little that toe does anything other than a slogan about brexit? we do not know about social care, we look at nhs funding and it is not as much as was put in over the labour years, we do not have a lot of detail over education, is any of that going to come to the top of the pile? the manifesto has been clear on our commitment on the nhs, record levels of funding. record for you, not for government. but a huge increase in funding for the nhs, 50,000 more nurses. you are still using the 50,000? yes, because that

is the difference in the number that there would be against what there wouldn't be. we are the party who listened to people. we have listened to people across the country and we are going to make sure they are vote counts. you have been in power for the last ten years with the worst nhs waiting times we have seen in yea rs. at nhs waiting times we have seen in years. at what point do you have to recognise all the things the conservatives were not doing right, that the damage they have done, that austerity has done, and say we have to ta ke austerity has done, and say we have to take responsibility for that as we change what happens next? i found people understood the mess labour left us in back in 2010. you're going back to 2010, not the last decade. people did understand the financial position we were in and they appreciate that the nhs is coping with a huge increase in demand. that is an important point. if you think that labour left you in

a terrible place in 2010, that was after we saw record investment in the nhs you have to choose don't you, either we are going to see record investment in the nhs, and a real approach to social care and a real approach to social care and a real attempt to get waiting times down, or else we are going to carry on blaming labour under blair and brown for the investment in nhs you say caused the damage. which is it? absolutely. now we have got our economy back on track and the deficit now, now we are in a stronger position to invest in public services and put into more into the nhs. we don't know that we have got the economy on track, because we have brexit coming down the track and we know from recent figures that the economy is not growing has fast as it has been, so i don't know what you mean by back on track. we know the uncertainty of the brexit process has been difficult for the economy and businesses and businesses like most

voters wa nt businesses and businesses like most voters want us to get brexit done. that will give greater stability and you saw the pound shooting up when the exit poll came out. you don't come at brexit from the brexiteer stance, you were come at brexit from the brexiteer stance, you were a come at brexit from the brexiteer stance, you were a remainer, you come at brexit from the brexiteer stance, you were a remainer, you are a one—nation conservative, what is the vision that you want your party to have for brexit now? one thing i said, we have to stop talk ing about brexiteers and remainers. we still don't know what brexit looks like, whether it is alignment, whether we will be in competition with europe, closely related to europe, what is your vision for that, is it what the trump promised, the biggest trade deal that will make us forget about

europe. i won't comment on what trump tweeted we have to get the withdrawal deal through so we can leave on 31st january, then we can move on. yes, to ourfuture relationship with europe and health ca re relationship with europe and health care and schools and policing, the things we heard that mat tore people. -- plat tore people. -- matter to people. borisjohnson used the term a new dawn, he will see this as a new start and a new approach. yet we have had a decade of conservative rule. and as norman said, we don't know which boris johnson we are going to get now. no he has to now define himself in a way that he hasn't been able to or had the opportunity to do so until now. the voters have yes, given him a great win and he now has the blue flag flying in areas where we haven't seen it since margaret thatcher was prime minister. how do you keep those blue collar

conservatives? in many cased rather relu cta nt conservatives? in many cased rather reluctant blue collar conservatives happy? look, one nation conservativism sounds good and in a poster and in conservativism sounds good and in a posterand ina conservativism sounds good and in a poster and in a speech, but what does it mean? you can put money into the nhs, but the money that has been discussed is not transforming the service. when it comes to the schools, it is about keeping pace with rising school rolls. and with police, the thousands of police are the numbers that have been cut by the numbers that have been cut by the conservative government. so making these people, these new blue collar conservatives feel they have something new for their vote, lending borisjohnson something new for their vote, lending boris johnson their trust, that won't be easy and we haven't got into brexit. thank you both. we're going to head to scotland in a moment after an extraordinary night for the result. let's show you how

the results played out in scotland. the share of the vote, the snp on 45th, gains of 8%. the conservatives on 25. they have held up their share of the vote. labour took the big losses over night. they're19% down. the liberal democrats made gains in terms of that share, we know they have more of a problem with the first past the post system and that was the system that yielded the loss of their leader's own seat. the greens have stayed the seen and very little movement from the brexit party. scotland's health minister jeane freeman is in glasgow. what does this mean for you plans now for independence? good morning, well it has been a very good night for the snp, but it has been a good night for the people of scotland, who have made it clearfor the 17th

general election in a row that they reject the conservatives. they reject the conservatives. they reject the conservatives. they reject the idea of leaving the european union, they reject brexit. they did by 62% in the european election not that long ago. and so what we will now do, because we pay attention to what people in scotland say, and what they vote, we will now, as our first minister said, make that request, for the section 30 order which would permit a referendum on independence in scotla nd referendum on independence in scotland so, that people in scotland have the right to choose what their future should be. that doesn't necessarily mean that everyone who voted for the snp yesterday were supporters of independence, but what they were supporters was the right for scotland to choose its own future. i'm sure there was a certain sense of triumph among your party and mps last night. there was an

extraordinary reaction from nicola sturgeon at the news thatjo swinson, the liberal democrat leader, had lost her seat, i'm sure nicola sturgeon will see that as a gain, a moment of triumph. i wonder if that seems a particularly seemly reaction from your party leader when you reflect on that this morn something -- this morning. we were pleased with many of the wins we made last night, sorry to lose a very good mp in steven gethins, but our focus, as it very good mp in steven gethins, but ourfocus, as it has very good mp in steven gethins, but our focus, as it has always been very good mp in steven gethins, but ourfocus, as it has always been is on winning the arguments and securing the votes and then getting on with thejob securing the votes and then getting on with the job and already this morning that is where our focus is now. what do we have to do now to respond to the trust that the voters in scotland have continued to place in us, ask for that section 30 order, which boris johnson in us, ask for that section 30 order, which borisjohnson quite frankly, you cannot talk about being

a one nation conservative when one of the nations of united kingdom has so of the nations of united kingdom has so comprehensively said we reject the conservatives. they need to respond to that. how comprehensively are you saying that, if you're not allowed an independence referendum, will you go your own way and have one any way? we need to have a referendum that is legally sound and therefore recognised not only as democratically and legally valid by people in scotland, but also in an international context and really the question is not to us, about what our plan b might be, our plan a was to comprehensively win in this general election, we have done that and to ask on the basis of that for that section 30 order. so our plan a worked. the question is now, to borisjohnson, on what possible

democratic grounds do you believe you can stand as a one nation conservative as you now wants to ascribe yourself to that, what possible ground do you have to say that the people of scotland do not have that democratic right? thank you very much. sophie raworth is surveying a vast map of the entire united kingdom showing the changing political landscape. i think ithink i'm i think i'm right in saying there should be just i think i'm right in saying there should bejust one i think i'm right in saying there should be just one gap i think i'm right in saying there should bejust one gap now? i think i'm right in saying there should be just one gap now? just one, st ives. you can see with each constituency reduced to the same size, you can see where the power lies, not huge changes in the south of england. it is all london, dominated still by labour. but the huge changes are up here, north—east wales, the midlands, the north of england and scotland of course which has almost turned completely yellow. something i couldn't do last night is walk from one coast to the other

along a blue path of conservative seats. that is because the conservatives have really made such big inroads into what were labour strongholds, labour heartlands, like wakefield, which had been held by labour since 1932. now in conservative hands. i'm joined by the professor of european politics at king college and you're from wakefield and understand the change there? regardless of your political affiliation, from you come from that pa rt of affiliation, from you come from that part of the world it is a shock. it speaks to the fact that the political map of the uk is being withdrawn and the basis of support for the support for the parties is being redefined. some of the places like wrexham, these are all leave

voting seats, it is the brexit vote? yes, but we have got to trace it back further. in yorkshire what you see from the end of the blair/brown period is disengagement, then they started to vote ukip and thn you get the referendum, that pushes them to try voting tory. a lot did in 2017. not enough for theresa may to win. but she laid the ground work to push the tories over that 50% or the majority they needed to finally turn these areas blue and they have been red for so long. it is quite stark how the red wall has been, well not breached, but huge cracks in it, this result will mean that brexit probably will happen and happen fast? with is in prime minister even with a majority of one we would have left in january. by

with a majority of one we would have left injanuary. by february with a majority of one we would have left in january. by february we will no longer be a member of european union. i'm going to travel down england and join some of our voters, a labour voter from stoke, england and join some of our voters, a labour voterfrom stoke, which has gone blue. yeah, we are devastated, my friends and family were devastated. labour did push to engage all of the young voters. what went wrong? well, i haven't really met any conservative voters maybe because i stayed in any sphere. met any conservative voters maybe because i stayed in any sphere! liberal democrat voter not a good night for the liberal democrats, you lost your leader, jo swinson. she didn't connect it seems with the population. and i think people had had enough of waiting for brexit. it seems to be the result from tonight. and yes, three and a half years was a long time. 0' so disappointing. but we have got to see what happens next. finally a conservative voter, did you expect this level of

success ? did you expect this level of success? no i thought we were going to struggle to get past the 20 votes that was required. but it seems there is a massive sea change. and steered by the fact that individuals wa nt to steered by the fact that individuals want to get brexit done and they wa nt to want to get brexit done and they want to get brexit done and they want to get it done and they understand that you know good, tight budgeting, finance, investment will be needed in key services, which hopefully we are going to get. thank you all. there you go. 0ur map which just shows exactly what has happened, the story of the night and the real shrinking of red wall, stretching from one coast to the other of great britain. extraordinary pictures, as soon as we get the last vote from st ives you can probably go to bed. with me now is the national coordinator for momentum laura parker,

the former conservative cabinet minister and now independent candidate for london mayor rory stewart. this has been awful hasn't it? yeah it's not been the best night ever. a very disappointing result for labour. i'm hoping that the red wall has temporarily buckled, rather than been smashed. i notice the prime minister said something about labour voters having lent their vote to the conservatives. i believe this was about brexit and i hope we will be able to bring these people back. but it has not been a great night. do you want to apologise to people —— — do you want to apologise for what happened under your leader, because we have had nothing from the labour leadership. when ed miliband lost he saidi leadership. when ed miliband lost he said i take absolute responsibility for that defeat. we have heard nothing. i am certainly very sorry. i feel a nothing. i am certainly very sorry. ifeel a huge nothing. i am certainly very sorry. i feel a huge responsibility nothing. i am certainly very sorry. ifeel a huge responsibility to our activists and in momentum we have

mobilised thousands of people and apart from my concern for the country itself, the thing that is making me sad is that that sense of obligation i feel towards the people who put that you are trust in us. i'm sure we will hear more from party leaders, but it is a disappointing result and we do need, people spoke of a period of reflection and there must be one and we need to understand what is happening. —— normally you would say a period of reflection is what people need but you were warned on such clear language. from people who defected, from voters on the doorstep, from eve ryo ne from voters on the doorstep, from everyone who tried to sell the jeremy corbyn message and couldn't, what part of that kid you not hear? it was said thatjeremy corbyn was a disaster. if you're labour leader

cannot fight, what is it for? the largest increase in labour's vote share two years ago. because mps had signed off on article 50 to deliver brexit at that point and that is not what he was saying on the doorstep. there is no denying we have had a very difficult two years. brexit has sucked the life out of politics. we have wa nted sucked the life out of politics. we have wanted to talk about the nhs and wage stagnation and we have not managed to cut through the brexit noise. the brexit noise everyone was like noise. you could have explained what the brexit position was. he could have decided to show leadership instead of constant ambiguity. you lost 2.5 million voters in two years. how did you do that? i very much hope we will get them back again when brexit gets done if the prime minister manages

to do that. do you accept momentum isai to do that. do you accept momentum is a i don't know how many members he has met but he will find it full of largely young people. we have mobilised thousands of people across the party. labour mps who have come to momentum and have been campaigning, other videos were seen by 17 million viewers. they clearly did not like them. but that is not a cult. maybe it is a bubble. your ta ke cult. maybe it is a bubble. your take as things stand, the moderates who give were supporting, the centre

ground uniformly defeated. absolutely, so the big challenge for british politics is to rebuild that ce ntre british politics is to rebuild that centre ground. what is happening is people are realising that social media and other things means parties attempted to campaign on extremes, the messages are getting simpler. but it works. that is what we have seen. a three word slogan works. it is short manifesto works. why would anyone try to do it more complicated? because it is only by getting back to detail that we can start governing the country properly. it has worked far better than somebody like me predicted probably because my prejudices to try to talk about the complicated details on the ground. i was very sceptical about this. it works right across europe and is working across the united states. a democracy is about reality, getting people back to talking about practical things,

crime on the streets, transport, housing, and how you are going to do this. isn't it interesting that what we have seen overnight as the importance of being affiliated to a party? whether it was mps that left labour or the conservatives, you do not exist without that structure, and you are outside the party you could have remodelled and reshaped. lam running could have remodelled and reshaped. i am running as independent and i believe strongly here in london that there is space for independence, that you want somebody who is not affiliated to a party who can challenge government. these national governments are drawn by these campaigns into more and more polarised positions. in cities around the world is where the change happens because it doesn't have to be so ideological. you can get on and do things quicker. some analysis

now. thank you both for the moment. we are going to look at these scoreboards as things stand. the conservative majority with everyone declared apart from st ives. those dates that we keep coming back to, the biggest majority since margaret thatcher in 1987 and the biggest defeat since the defeat in 1983 they called the longest suicide note in history. i guess this is even longer. the consequence of the different way in which the electoral system operated. labour's share of the vote was 28% and they have managed to secure 33% but the character of labour's vote is so

different and in 1983 labour were insulated from the worst effects of the collapse of support because it did relatively well in strongholds in the north of england and the midlands. this time that is exactly the very kind of place where labour have suffered most so as a result therefore the relative weakness of therefore the relative weakness of the performance has been exaggerated to some degree on the ruthless way in which our system operates. if you lose ground disproportionately in places where you were previously strong you will lose more seats. any thoughts of electoral systems and changes completely out of the window for another generation at least because this has served the conservative party very well. there is little prospect of change happening during the term of this conservative government but we can probably anticipate that this result is going to give a new stimulus to the debate about electoral reform

because the level of support for the conservatives and the two parties in favour of leaving the european union announced to 47%. rather less than the support given to the parties in favour of a second referendum. we know from polling evidence that it looks as though at the moment there isa looks as though at the moment there is a small lead in favour of remaining so we can anticipate that there will be an argument about whether or not an election was the best way of settling the brexit impasse is opposed a referendum and an appreciation of how if you hold an appreciation of how if you hold an election it is not necessarily which is the more popular idea that is going to win but rather which of the two ideas in this case ends up being the better organised and a live side were better organised

because they went behind the conservative vote and there was still 20% of the remaining vote going to the liberal democrats and that was the foundation of boris johnson's victory. thank you. in a moment we'll go to belfast to get reaction to some interesting results there, but first let's go to christian fraser to find out what the story has been in northern ireland. a couple of big scalps, not least nigel dodds. an interesting night. in the last parliament the dup had ten seats and where the voice of brexit for northern ireland. they are dying tonight. you have sinn fein and the nationalists have more seats than the unionists. —— down tonight. the

big winner of the night is the alliance. much more palatable for unionists to vote for the alliance than a nationalist party. i cannot say that strongly enough, it is a political earthquake. within belfast north is the catholic estate that was a scene of the lot of the troubles, the catholic community is growing in size so sinn fein wanted this. nigel dodds has had it for 20 yea rs. this. nigel dodds has had it for 20 years. a son of the solicitor who represented ira members gunned down, you can see what has happened, they have taken... it is an alliance, sinn fein have taken it. north down, this is the one seat they picked up.

the dup had fought hard for those that they have been punished for getting into bed with borisjohnson. people in northern ireland do not like the borisjohnson brexit deal. londonderry, for many years it had been sdlp, it was the seat of the former leader of the sdlp and then it was taken in 2017 by the londonderry mayor by 169 votes, but look at that, 17,000, one of the biggest swings of the night. you have a swing of 18%. there has been researching paramilitary in londonderry. is that what we are talking about? remember the death of the journalist? is that by the sdlp gotin?

annita mcveigh is in belfast. i think it was the former uup leader who said that they had spent years feeding the irish nationalists and then they realised that they had more to fearfrom then they realised that they had more to fear from the english nationalists —— fearing the. more to fear from the english nationalists -- fearing the. it is a really interesting story. if we look at individual personalities and in terms of name recognition nigel dodds obviously a dup deputy leader party westminster leader intimately involved in those discussions with theresa may and borisjohnson losing his seat after 20 years and that going to sinn fein. a shift from a brexit supporting unionists to a domain supporting nationalist and

that very much reflects the broader picture in northern ireland where we have the majority of mps who are nationalist and a majority of mps who support remain. we can discuss this with the political editor of the newsletter. let us get your overview of what has happened overnight. some really sensational stories. this has been a calamitous result for the dup in particular and unionism in general. the dup have lost two seats which were very important to them particularly nigel dodds who was a key strategist for the dup, one of their big strategic brains. they have seen their influence at westminster evaporate overnight and have seen scotland go towards nationalism and for the first time a majority of nationalists returned to westminster and whereas this might be seen as a

party political catastrophe for the dup it is much wider. this is votes leaving unionism as an ideology, either by not coming out to vote and therefore nationalists being elected by going to the centralist alliance party. votes leaving because of brexit? unionists might have thought the main fear was from irish nationalism but it has been from english nationalism making the difference. the dup have been slow to realise how vulnerable they are to realise how vulnerable they are to english nationalism in particular. some of them did not back brexit but there was a sense they blindly followed boris johnson even after he betrayed them. then backed him to be leader and backed him fora backed him to be leader and backed him for a second time and were betrayed a second time. very difficult questions for the

leadership of the dup. arlene foster will be under intense pressure because she has presided over three years of a series of calamities. this is perhaps the gravest and the question is whether she will survive in these circumstances having done so in these circumstances having done so up until now. a very interesting question. now that northern ireland has three reading mps who will take their seats at westminster unlike their seats at westminster unlike the sinn fein mps who have an abstention of policy, the question is, given the big majority, whether those three northern ireland remain mps can make that point of your head with that big majority for boris johnson. gavin barwell is a former downing street chief of staff to theresa may. and dan carden and nigel farage. dan

i will start with you. do you blame jeremy corbyn? no, i don't. it is a heart—breaking result for the labour party. but i think it shows that the brexit divisions have not been solved and we have paid a price for that. every labour party mp who lost their seat, won their seat in 2017. we a cce pted their seat, won their seat in 2017. we accepted the result in 2017 and that position has changed. and it shouldn't have changed, you're saying? moving towards a second referendum and making ourselves look like the remain party, we have paid a price in the the working class heartlands. even that strategy wasn't clear. the extraordinary thing is from john mcdonnell last night to you at 10 o'clock this morning, the message has been one of

it seems sort of absolute denial, which is it was all about brexit and we weren't capable of fighting the tories on brexit, what happened to your party, what happened to ignoring everyone telling you how badly you were going to do, because there was no trust injeremy corbyn and no sense of what he was about. at what stage do you say it was an appalling defeat and we were warned about this. we have to look at this and review everything about the last couple of years. i don't think we lost labour heartlands. you last two and a half million votes in two and and a half million votes in two and a half years. i don't think we did because we promised to invest in the nhs, we lost trust over the issue of

brexit. whereas we thought we could move on from brexit and have a radical agenda that would move us from that issue and seek to unite the country, we famed to do that. -- failed to do that. you must be thinking at some stage, we shouldn't have done that, emily thornberry shouldn't have spoken out orjeremy corbyn was toxic and we should have listened to people. which is it? corbyn was toxic and we should have listened to people. which is it7m a way it is both. i travel around the marginal seats a lot, of course jeremy corbyn was raised by people. raised for being toxic? when you ask people why they were not voting for jeremy corbyn, they couldn't give you an answer. jeremy is someone who has been smeared and attacked by the media for the last four years. it is not just media for the last four years. it is notjust me that says that, it is loughborough university and others. you think it is a media problem? i'm just saying there is reports and

educational documents into is in and bias against the labour party is clear. everyone who stands faces scrutiny, tony blair would say he was attacked when he was prime minister and he got three terms in office. in marginal seats there were letters after letters attacking jeremy corbyn in every way possible. i don't think we have seen a leader ofa i don't think we have seen a leader of a political party attacked in such a way thatjeremy corbyn has been. even today, he has not said, i'm going, i recognise i'm the cause of problem and i have got to allow labour to move on. would you like him to go straightaway and allow you to choose a new leader and try and start again? no, iwant to choose a new leader and try and start again? no, i want us to take our time. the situation we are faced with is five years in opposition. we need to reflect, i'm keen that...m could be ten. to learn many of the lessons. it is notjust atjeremy

corbyn's door. gavin, iwonder lessons. it is notjust atjeremy corbyn's door. gavin, i wonder when you reflect on what happened and you see what a different strategy boris johnson ran to the one that theresa may ran that obviously took you out of your seat in battersea, whether you think that is a complete sea change now in how an election campaign is run? i think first if theresa may was here she would say the 2017 campaign was a manifesto was a disaster. that is a difference. but i don't think that is the biggest difference. your correspondent said the conservative vote share is one 1% higher. the big difference is the labour vote share the reason for that and dan made, i don't agree, i thinkjeremy corbyn was a huge issue, as well as brexit, but he made one fair point, there are labourmp s but he made one fair point, there are labour mp s who won their seats and how do you explain that? in

2017, although the westminster bubble knew who jeremy corbyn was, the electorate didn't. he had a good campaign. two years later, people know what they think ofjeremy corbyn. and while it is true that brexit was a factor and that is why the results are better for the conservatives in the north, it is undedeniable that there are concerns about anti—semitism and national security. i want to hear from you about your party, your party moved into something different and you have been a chief of staff, not an election campaign, but next to a prime minister, i wonder whether you look at the way that this is campaign happened, would you have run that campaign that said to boris johnson, don't come off message, evenif johnson, don't come off message, even if somebody asks you what your girlfriend wants for christmas. hide ina girlfriend wants for christmas. hide in a fridge rather than face a camera. would you have been proud of

that as a strategist? i think if you're involved in a strategy, it is a difficult balance, you have to have message clarity. 0ne a difficult balance, you have to have message clarity. one of the reasons he has won is he put together a coalition of people who believe in what he is offering and wa nt believe in what he is offering and want all this to happen and others who may be like myself campaigned for remain, but think people voted for remain, but think people voted for this, it is a democrat circumstances it should happen. —— democrat circumstances it should happen. —— democracy, it should happen. —— democracy, it should happen. but voters don't like politicians not engaging in answering questions and there is a balance when you're an active politician how much you engage in trying to answer the question and how much you try to get your message across. he couldn't even be in the studio. he looked terrified. across. he couldn't even be in the studio. he looked terrifiedm across. he couldn't even be in the studio. he looked terrified. it is a difficult thing. my experience when i was housing minister, you go on to talk about the white paper and the interview would concentrate on one bit of policy and yourjob is to

sell to policy. that is the problem, we have to engage with your questions and we want viewers to think we are trying to answer the questions. but we have a story we are trying to tell. that is the balance. if you judge it by results, it isa balance. if you judge it by results, it is a huge triumph for him. nigel farage, the it is a huge triumph for him. nigel fa rage, the country it is a huge triumph for him. nigel farage, the country has now voted for a brexit deal that you hate. farage, the country has now voted for a brexit deal that you hatem you said to people what was in the deals they would be mortified. but now we have a perception that westminster is remain, that they're against us and you get a new prime minister comes along, with a bit more optimism, a bit more energy, who says he is going to get brexit done, it is tempting. from my perspective, i have wanted this for 25 years, the nightmare would have beena 25 years, the nightmare would have been a second referendum. i think that would have done the country enormous damage and i did what i kou rld enormous damage and i did what i kourld in is in campaign to try and

stop that. we are going to get brexit. it will be probably be half a loaf. you're a strange beast, we are in the midst of this you would have thought you would be the happiest man alive, but you're saying it is a terrible deal, you have no power, no mps.|j saying it is a terrible deal, you have no power, no mps. i have said i'm pleased with the result. i didn't wanta i'm pleased with the result. i didn't want a second referendum, a jeremy corbyn government would have been disastrous. i'm pleased with the result. why did you take down the result. why did you take down the rest of your mps from standing if you were more passionate about getting something through. you're pleased with the result. it doesn't make sense. either try and get a better one by standing. in the south—west where the liberal democrats were challenging the conservatives, the vote we were going to take would have come from the conservatives. you don't think the conservatives. you don't think the liberal democrats were a threat. i think the liberal democrats would have won a lot of seats. without the brexit? yes, in surrey, hampshire,

devon, dorset, cornwall if we stood. i'm not happy with the deal. but i prefer to have borisjohnson doing brexit nan a second referendum. —— thana brexit nan a second referendum. —— than a second referendum. we have seen the tweet from donald trump, the united states will be free to strike a massive new deal after brexit. so should labour be worried that everything is on the table? no, that everything is on the table? no, that has been dealt with. the labour campaign. you're going well. if we do through with boris johnson's deal there will be no trade deal with american until 2023, if ever. that is why how boris johnson does brexit is why how boris johnson does brexit is important. if we are too closely tied to the eu, there will be no american deal. thank you. sedgefield has a conservative mp for the first time since 1931. the bbc‘s anna foster is there. this was one of those i think that

we all wondered about. what is the sense there today? it is a sense, people have woken up and there is a real sense of disbelief, because this was of course tony blair's constituency, he won this seat in 1983. to give you an idea of the numbers, back in 1997, when there was that landslide labour victory, tony blair had a labour majority here of more than 25,000. sedgefield has woke enup with a conservative mp with a majority of 4,500. it is incredible to think notjust this seat but huge swathes of former coal mining areas and steel making areas have turned conservative. chris lloyd is with me. we were talking about the way that this was absolute labour heartland, this is where tony

blair at the peak of his power brought george bush, the us president. this was his power base. he helped or it helped him shaped what became new labour and similar to where we are now, where the left—wing labour party in 1983, falling to a defeat and this area helped him rediscover what labour meant for traditional working class communities and it became the focus of world attention. we had george bush visiting. just down there to the pub. it is an amazing day, with armed police on all the roofs and i was lucky enough to be the only journalist in the pub. if somebody said that day n2019, sedgefield will have a conservative mp m it is hard to believe. it is hard to believe. but times are changing. it is interesting what it says almost

about the mind set of the tees valley, of the north—east, there has beena valley, of the north—east, there has been a tidal wave of toryism. and people are now, they have always been looking for a reason not to vote for labour. they couldn't vote for the conservatives, because generations would spin in their graves. but now the mind set is move on, we are no longer defined by the past and being former coal mining, former steel making. we have modern industries and that has come into the way they're voting. it is a real change and not just the way they're voting. it is a real change and notjust here in sedgefield but right across the north—east. a big night for the conservatives here a disastrous night for labour. thank you. now a conservative gain. our business editor simon jack is at an investment bank in london's canary wharf. there are all sorts of high jinks

the pound was meant to be doing yesterday. what is it doing today? how are things? the markets gave borisjohnson a how are things? the markets gave boris johnson a round how are things? the markets gave borisjohnson a round of applause in their own way, the pound was significantly higher overnight on the publication of that brexit poll and this morning shares like banks and this morning shares like banks and utilities and building companies went rocketing up into double digits. so i have with me the chief economist at barclays. explain why the markets are giving such a cheer? much of it has to do with the fact we have been able to peel away one layer of uncertainty. what businesses tell us is they can't operate when rules constantly change and the questions have been partly been answered, we have a functioning government with a mandate to take the uk out of the eu so some

businesses can reengage. you have a mandate to deliver a brexit that most businesses don't want and most investors are nervous about. yes, but nobody is saying brexit is good news wlachlt the mark —— what the markets are say it is better than a disorderly brexit. very quickly in the course of next year as we start negotiating trade agreements and move to the deadline, businesses will be asking, how will we be able to trade after that. thank you. he has now got the time and the power to do whatever he wants and some people think maybe it gives him licence to pursue brexit however he cease fit. thank you.

good morning. you join us live at westminster where the conservatives have won their biggest majority since 1987. 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. with this mandate and this majority we will at last be able to do what? get brexit done!

the prime minister is now inside number 10 — having pledged to earn the support of people who in his words may have "lent" him their vote. an awful night for labour — losing 59 seats — many of them in places the party has held for decades. jeremy corbyn said the results were "very disappointing". 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. how did he pull it off? boris johnson is in number 10 savouring the moment and preparing for government for the next five years. we are awaiting the arrival of boris johnson later this morning when he formally asks the queen for permission to form the next government.

liberal democrat leader jo swinson quits — after she loses her own seat to the snp — and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. for millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay and people are looking for hope. a strong result for the snp who now hold 48 seats out of 59 in scotland. nicola sturgeon says it sends a clear message for a second independence referendum. 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. we are going to look at scotland in the next hour on another fantastic night for the snp, and what went wrong for the liberal democrats? so much optimism five weeks ago and they could finish in a worse position than in 2017. each constituency has been made the same

size on this map. it shows the balance of power. labour's redwall dramatically shrunk and scotland has gone snp yellow. the result of the election means big change in the house of commons and for the country. the uk will now leave the european union by the end of next month. we'll be speaking to the main parties and will bring you all the events and the reaction from here throughout the day. good morning and welcome to viewers here in the uk on bbc one and the bbc news channel — and around the globe on bbc world news. here at westminster the conservatives have taken control of the house of commons after an overwhelming win in the general election. the tories have a majority of 78 with just one seat still to declare. the prime minister, borisjohnson, has called it a "new dawn" and said he now has a mandate to get the uk to leave the european union

at the end of january "no ifs, no buts". jeremy corbyn said labour's result was a "disappointing night" and that he would not fight a future general election. the liberal democrats had a terrible night as the party leader, jo swinson, lost her seat and quit. but the snp did well, coming close to sweeping the board in scotland. let's take a look at the results as they stand. the conservatives won 364 seats — up 47. labour took 203 — down 59. the snp have 48 mps — an increase of 13. the liberal democrats only have 11 — down one. the dup eight.

and sinn fein — who don't take their seats — seven. this is the vote share in great britain. %we'll bring you all the reaction and speak to all the main parties — and look at what at the result means for westminster and for brexit. stay with us throughout the day. clive myrie is in downing street. there are procedural things that must happen almost before the magnitude of this sinks in, the next steps. indeed. boris johnson has been here for the last couple of hours after he gave that victory speech not far from hours after he gave that victory speech not farfrom here hours after he gave that victory speech not far from here and hours after he gave that victory speech not farfrom here and his chief adviser and election guru i suppose you could say dominic cummings arrived about an hour ago, and the big question is how did they do it? there campaign so successful overnight. those votes in parliament

that boris johnson overnight. those votes in parliament that borisjohnson lost day after day after day, lots of worry and concern within the conservative government that things were slipping out of his hands but dominic cummings making it clear to his advisers keep calm, we are all going to keep calm, keep cool, these are skirmishes we are losing, the big battle is to come, and they have triumphed pretty spectacularly as we have seen overnight. a lot of procedure still to go through. boris johnson at some point will leave number 10 johnson at some point will leave number10 and johnson at some point will leave number 10 and head to buckingham palace to formally ask the queen to form the next government. this of course potentially borisjohnson's home for the next five years but what a night it has been. let's get the story of the evening.

the conservatives now have a massive majority. boris johnson the conservatives now have a massive majority. borisjohnson told supporters they had caused a political earthquake. we did it. we pulled it off, didn't we? we broke the deadlock, we smashed the roadblock. after turning once solid labour seat tony blair he promised not to let voters down. -- tory blue. your hand may have quivered over the ballot paper and you may intend to return to labour next time round, and if that is the case i am humbled that you have put your trust in the and that you have put your trust in us. we did it. overnight new conservative mps were elected throughout labour's heartlands, the losing side looking on as seat after seat went away. there is no hiding

from the scale of labour's defeat. jeremy corbyn says he will not fight another election campaign as leader. we tried our best to have a policy of principle and bring the country back together again but that obviously proved to be impossible. disaster for the liberal democrats. they are leader had lost her seat. a party and supporters and despair. for millions of people in our country these results will bring dredd and disney and people are looking for hope —— dread and dismay. the snp leader making her case. i don't pretend that every person who voted snp will support independence but there has been a strong endorsement of scotland having a choice over our future. borisjohnson has returned to

downing street, a selection gamble has given him a new mandate to govern. —— his election gamble. i have travelled this country over the last five weeks, i spent a lot of time in leeds, doncaster and bishop auckland. i could see what was going on and i am not the brightest tool in the box. if i could see that why couldn't labour? the truth is many of those around jeremy corbyn. your ears to what voters were seeing. they simply refuse to pick up on what many labourmp refuse to pick up on what many labour mp candidates were seeing which was thatjeremy corbyn was a massive problem on the doorstep and brexit was an issue but the

overriding problem was jeremy brexit was an issue but the overriding problem wasjeremy corbyn andi overriding problem wasjeremy corbyn and iformed overriding problem wasjeremy corbyn and i formed the overriding problem wasjeremy corbyn and iformed the impression going overriding problem wasjeremy corbyn and i formed the impression going to rallies with him that the young supporters were feeding off of each other and their viewers were rebounding off each other and they convince each other that was the world here that everyone shared their enthusiasm forjeremy corbyn. the question is whether last night was a sufficient reality check and i am not sure it was because i feel listen to what they are saying they are sayingjeremy listen to what they are saying they are saying jeremy corbyn was not the problem, our manifesto was very popular, and anyway it seems it is worse for labour now than it was a 1983 because in the wake of 1983 after michael foot‘s disaster the party quickly realised they could not accuse the electorate of getting it wrong, they had got it wrong and they had to change. the question is, is there an appetite in labour to change? 0rare the

is there an appetite in labour to change? or are the jeremy is there an appetite in labour to change? or are thejeremy corbyn supporters who control the party who are the membership, to the deck and, to someone in time to replacejeremy corbyn who is on the model ofjeremy corbyn who is on the model ofjeremy corbyn and carry on with their current agenda? whether they continue to close their ears to what voters in their traditional loyal heartlands have said. norman was talking about whether there was appetite to change in the labour party. we are going to speak to the former general secretary of the labour party in a second. we will also speak to the director of the cpi. and a representative of the lib dems on a disastrous night. this tweet gives us a sense of where the

jeremy corbyn mindset is, she understands jeremy corbyn jeremy corbyn mindset is, she understandsjeremy corbyn is expected to set out the process for his departure later this morning, does not intend to design, plans to stay in place until a leadership contest stay in place until a leadership co ntest ca n stay in place until a leadership contest can be held, which may not meana contest can be held, which may not mean a new labour leader until april. in your opinion is this what labour needs? no, ithink april. in your opinion is this what labour needs? no, i think we need to go intoa labour needs? no, i think we need to go into a leadership election night. it is not just go into a leadership election night. it is notjust the go into a leadership election night. it is not just the fact we have go into a leadership election night. it is notjust the fact we have lost four elections in a row. what is heartbreaking is that in this election we have gone further back than we were in 1983 under michael foot. we have tried it. for those of us who have been out on the doors and talking to people, brexit was an issue butjeremy corbyn was a bigger issue butjeremy corbyn was a bigger issue in many cases around the country. does that read like a man who gets it? if what laura is saying is correct then no. yes, a period of

reflection, but we have brexit coming down the line and if anyone thinks brexit is going to be delivered by the end of january or the end of december 2020 they are kidding themselves. explain why he thinks they are very —— here's the a nswer thinks they are very —— here's the answer that takes you, is it that he has ambitions for his wing of the party to be in charge? is it a relu cta nce party to be in charge? is it a reluctance to accept that that ideology has not worked or does he think it is the responsible thing to do that you do not quit the flop after the referendum ? do that you do not quit the flop after the referendum? no, i think it is the ideology. it is notjust jeremy. it is the wider politics that have helped lead us to this terrible result. what is more important for many of them is that

they continue with that ideology evenif they continue with that ideology even if that puts us in a worst position in terms of being able to hold this government to account over the coming months and years. you talk about ideology but it was also about having a group in their own bubble. you have seen labour was a party of cities, not times. how did they manage to ignore that? to lose all the working—class places that we re all the working—class places that were towns ? all the working—class places that were towns? there were a number of reasons we lost. trust, a number of parts of the manifesto were really good and really important in terms of protecting people and communities. it was about three things. you cannot keep offering people free things, you have to give them a sense of aspiration and change. but many of those good solid labour issues were lost, exactly, as

alanjohnson labour issues were lost, exactly, as alan johnson said, and labour issues were lost, exactly, as alanjohnson said, and there capable of giving out money everywhere, and you cannot do that with the electorate. you need to deliver an agenda that can deliver for the whole of the country and we did not do that this time and it is heartbreaking. the city was petrified of a corbyn government, that should have emboldening people to think this is afairer emboldening people to think this is a fairer system, people don't always love what the city does. what has been the response of business? business has been desperate for clarity and certainty for three and a half years, this result does begin to answer some questions. it does re move to answer some questions. it does remove from the table some of the most damaging policies that were coming from the left that we think would have damaged business. it also gives a time table for brexit, a sense we will leave at the end of january and we will have a

transition period to december. but there are a lot of questions unanswered and a lot of businesses are saying, the work starts now and they want reassurance that we won't have a no deal brexit and there will bea have a no deal brexit and there will be a reset in the relationship with business, so we get the kind of investment needed for productivity growth. the prime minister may have another ten years, who told business what we know he said, f—business. another ten years, who told business what we know he said, f-business. we we need a partnership between business and government to reskill the nation and take our country green. these are massive challenges. i think we will be looking, they will be looking, our members will be looking hard at what happens to see how business confidence can be restored. lord newby, where did the liberal democrats start to go wrong? the bizarre thing about the election from our point of view is our vote share has gone up by more than 50%. but we have lost seats. you did know

this wasn't a proportional system. we did know, but it doesn't absolve the system from the truth. 0ur vote share has gone up by 50%. we have gone back in seats, the two things that people, people said were pivotal for us and the labour party, first, borisjohnson pivotal for us and the labour party, first, boris johnson managed pivotal for us and the labour party, first, borisjohnson managed to consolidate all the brexit vote by moving towards the brexit party and in effect subsuming them. they have 296. in effect subsuming them. they have 2%. secondly, for people who were pro—remain, for many of them, they we re pro—remain, for many of them, they were more scared of a corbyn government than they were of leaving the eu and so you got up and down the eu and so you got up and down the country people saying to me, we're strong remainers, but we couldn't manage a corbyn government

and whatever reassurance we gave didn't work. the remainers have to look, it an odd term to use now, but i was watching the election from 2017 as a reminder of what people we re 2017 as a reminder of what people were saying there and it is extraordinary, if you go back two yea rs, extraordinary, if you go back two yea rs , we extraordinary, if you go back two years, we had ruled out from the politicians ruled out a hard brexit and scottish independence, ruled out resurgence of the snp. there was a time when the remainer part of parliament and the lords could have actually taken the bull by the horns and been a force to be reckoned with and been a force to be reckoned with and that was frittered away over indicative votes and do we want norway or customs or a bit of everything. there was a moment when brexit might have been stopped by parties like yours. and itjust went through the gap. the killer was the

vote on the second reading of the withdrawal bill and 19 labour mps voted with the government. that is the point at which any hope of having a cross party remainer success in the house of commons finished. in the lords we have worked very well together and we have had big remainer majorities, because we have worked together. that wasn't possible in the house of commons. this was because it was impossible for us, however hard we tried to work with the current labour leadership. they didn't want it. but whatever the reason, your right, the remain side of the argument didn't get its act together and we paid a heavy price. thank you all very much. we are going to the piazza and there is a woman who is keen to see a result from st ives. that one hex gone to be filled in at the bottom corner, south west corner

of the map. you can show us the patterns that have formed overnight. have a look, we are still waiting for that one in st ives. but you can getan for that one in st ives. but you can get an idea of where the balance of power lies. each constituency has been made into the same size. all these red tiles are labour party mps, most of them in london. not much has changed in the south of england. but it is here, up in the north of england, starting in the north—east of wales, where the dramatic changes have taken place. all these blue tiles were labour marginals and have gone to the conservatives and labour's red wall has shrunk dramatically, cracked in it, blue piles popping up something i couldn't do last night was walk from one coast to the other along blue conservative seats. but i can do that now and one of the big reasons for that, some of these

labour seats is like wakefield here which has been in labour hands since 1932, they have gone blue and these seats have voted to leave the eu. chris morris from our bbc reality check, brexit clearly played a huge role in turning some of these seats blue. what happens now? well the prime minister has a lot of promises to keep. we now know for certain we will leave the eu on 31st january. that is going to be symbolicically, legally an important day. after that there are further promises. first to negotiate a trade deal with the eu in record time before the end of next year when a post—brexit transition period runs out. that will be difficult to do if the prime minister wants to diverge from the eu rules and regulations. that is promise no 1. no 2 he said he won't

extend that post—brexit transition deal. if a deal isn't ready, does he break the promise to extent or leave with a new version of no deal? there isa with a new version of no deal? there is a lot of hushedle —— hurdles for him after january. the is a lot of hushedle —— hurdles for him afterjanuary. the focus is on that and it will be an important day, legally we will have left. but the whole of future relationship will be up for grabs.|j the whole of future relationship will be up for grabs. i have some voters down here who have joined us. a conservative voter. be prime minister has promised to get brexit done, are you confident he will?” hope so, i was an unenthusiastic conservative voter. what changed your mind. to get brexit done and get clarity and focus on other things like public services and i

hope gaining labour areas will encourage the government to put things into the nhs and education. i hope boris can sort brexit and we can move forward and heal the divisions. a labour voter you must be disappointed. yes, locally labour party retained the two seats, but nationally they haven't been able to fist of all get the votes. they need to look at the reasons why and get the basics right. a voter, an snp voter, what a night for the snp in scotland, it has develop almost com pletely scotland, it has develop almost completely yellow. what does it plean for the union —— what does it mean for the union. it is the end game for the union, you have to look at the map and does it look like a united kingdom? the majority of people in scotland like me, don't wish to be part of this disastrous

far right project that isjust going to be awful for so many people, for women, for children, for people living in poverty. in scotland, we aspire to be a progressive and inclusive and a welcoming nation and this map demonstrates clearly that unt scotland has the opportunity and can claim its legal right to you know to at least ask the question again, ithink know to at least ask the question again, i think you know, know to at least ask the question again, ithink you know, we know to at least ask the question again, i think you know, we are know to at least ask the question again, ithink you know, we are in for a time of crisis and conflict. in all corners of these islands. thank you all very much. you do get the very good idea of where the balance of power across the uk now lies. that is fascinating when you see them all in equal size. the constituency of leigh

in greater manchester — which was former labour mp andy burnham's old seat before he became manchester mayor — has been won by the conservatives for the first time ever. judith moritz is there. how does that feel? extraordinary, this has never been a conservative seat. it has been in labour hands since 1922. nearly a full century as a red constituency. last night, james grundy took the seat for the tories, he has a 2,000 majority here. joanne platt was previously here. joanne platt was previously here on a 9,000 majority. this is one of five red wall seats in is in area which have done the same thing. we have seen similar results in bolton and bury and middleton. people are to one extent shell

shocked thinking it is an extraordinary development, but at the same time, there are plenty of voters who say this is the result they wanted, and it was a 64% leave voting constituency. there are, it is clear, plenty of people here who voted on the basis of brexit. there are also voters here telling us that it was the jeremy corbyn effect. they didn't feel comfortable voting him in as labour leader. they did not want to see him as prime minister and they have talked about andy burnham, one of the town's previous mps, he of course challenged jeremy corbyn for the labour leadership and one man has said to us, it could have been difficult if he had won that leadership campaign. we think he would still be the local mp now. but now leigh for the first time a tory constituency. thank you. the president of the european council charles michel has congratulated borisjohnson

on his victory and has said he now expects the british parliament to vote on the withdrawal agreement as soon as possible. 0ur europe correspondent, damian grammaticas is in brussels.. michel barnier said he expects an eu, the eu expects there will be a vote in parliament on the exit deal that has been negotiated. we have heard from leee varadkar. let go our europe correspondent in brussels. there is probably a sense of relief where you are, that at least they have some direction, some clear mandate from this count country now. yes those comments were made by eu leaders arriving for

talks. they're all in there now and the one thing they were desperate for was a sense of clarity. so that things could move forward. that is what the irish taoiseach was saying. he said, he wanted to congratulate borisjohnson on he said, he wanted to congratulate boris johnson on an he said, he wanted to congratulate borisjohnson on an enormous victory for him on a personal level. he said he wanted a decisive outcome, because the leaders say they see and they expect the uk to be answerable to put this deal to parliament, the exit deal and get it through, so we can move forward. but then what are they moving forward to? discussions now, they're approach to the —— their approach to the future relationship and the talks that will have to happen next year. that is what they're have to happen next year. that is what they' re hammering have to happen next year. that is what they're hammering out. thank you. ? no doubt we will hear more

from the eu negotiators as they hear the results and the speed at which things may now happen. we have had a statement from the jewish labour movement. it says, labour's failure in the election lies with the pa rty's in the election lies with the party's leadership, because of the public's rejection of corbyn and the confused position on brexit and its failure to tackle anti—jewish racism. the party must listen. we are distraught our chair, who lost her seat last night, was not re—elected. she represented the best of labour. unafraid and determined to hold the party leadership accountable for their failure to tackle anti—semitism. jeremy corbyn must stand down immediately. his tea m must stand down immediately. his team and supporter who have been responsible for labour's moral and political failures must take responsibility for allowing five

more yea rs responsibility for allowing five more years of tory rule. it is a strong statement that really, because you have heard labour spokesperson after spokesperson refer to brexit in the question, simply say it was a different election and it was a difficult one to sell. many within the party and certainly those who left the party, will tell you that the anti—semitism was a big driver in terms of what happened. we are going to take it to downing street. it looks as if the jaguar is heading off. this will be the card that boris johnson heading off. this will be the card that borisjohnson travels to buckingham palace then. it isjust reversing. interesting to note that two years ago theresa may was

setting off much later after that very complicated night in which she didn't get her mandate, she didn't get her majority, she needed to get another party, the votes of the dup, in some shape or form, to ask the queen if she could form the next government, or rather to allow the queen to ask her if she was able to form the next government. this time round, after a huge majority, the largest, as we know, for several decades, borisjohnson largest, as we know, for several decades, boris johnson can largest, as we know, for several decades, borisjohnson can actually get on with this spirit of, i don't know whether to would call it protocol or ceremony, but certainly the trip to the palace can happen much more quickly, and we arejust waiting for the prime minister to get into the car, head to the palace, and then we expect that audience with the queen could be short, could last anywhere between 20 minutes, 40 minutes perhaps. it is sometimes a period of reflection

for the new prime minister to lay out his plans, to think about what is ahead, and to allow the queen herself to ask questions. we know that the queen is very politically interested. she loves political gossip. she reads the notes that come from westminster avidly. he will be her 14th prime minister. she will be her 14th prime minister. she will be her 14th prime minister. she will be able to talk him through what he intends to do, maybe get some sort of clarification from him on the timetable for brexit certainly that lies ahead. are you seeing any signs, any twitching of curtains? we are all searching ourselves in the media pack waiting across from the shiny black door.

the greyjaguar across from the shiny black door. the grey jaguar is ready to across from the shiny black door. the greyjaguar is ready to go. a very different atmosphere to the 12 yea rs very different atmosphere to the 12 years ago when theresa may, having called that election she didn't need to call, but she called it, and ended up losing her majority, having to work with the dup in order to get anything done, frankly. boris johnson leaving number 10 on his way to buckingham palace in very different circumstances. what we are going to find out over the next few weeks is exactly what this idea of one nation toryism is. borisjohnson has mentioned it on several occasions but now that the party has used its imagination frankly to reach out to those parts of the country that simply were not in the

conservative blue camp, some for many decades, triggers that imagination to reach out and to form there is broad consensus of where perhaps this country would be going in the next few years is really quite remarkable. we had a lot in the past about so—called red toryism, this idea that you can have a concept of pro—business relatively low taxes, but also a sense that public services, the national health service and so on, very important to our way of life, the idea you can combine all of those in a philosophy that actually means you govern not just a section of the country but the majority of it. perhaps we are going to see over the tenure of borisjohnson coming

going to see over the tenure of boris johnson coming up going to see over the tenure of borisjohnson coming up all this made flesh. with me is our assistant political editor. we are crouching down on the floor so the cameras can get a good view of borisjohnson. i am feeling it in my right leg! this is the moment that borisjohnson has savoured, wanted to experience for such a long time, his own mandate, not just given to such a long time, his own mandate, notjust given to him by the rank—and—file of the tory party, but his own mandate to run this country. this is a personal triumph for boris johnson. it is hard to think the tory party under any other leader would have achieved this massive majority. of course brexit was a factor but his sort of populist brand of toryism cut through in traditional labour seats more so thanjeremy traditional labour seats more so than jeremy corbynlike traditional labour seats more so thanjeremy corbynlike rather downcast metropolitan labour view andi

downcast metropolitan labour view and i think people warmed to boris johnson a bit, he put a smile on their faces johnson a bit, he put a smile on theirfaces and johnson a bit, he put a smile on their faces and give them a sense of optimism, he even had a laugh, and that matters, people want to see the sunlight. this was very much boris johnson's victory and now he is master and commander of everything he surveys and he has total control over the tory party because all of those people elected most of them i think would not have been elected we re think would not have been elected were it not for him, so he can do what he wants, which is why this is a fascinating moment. who is the real boris johnson? in a fascinating moment. who is the real borisjohnson? in terms of brexit he is freed from the hardline erg. we are going to leave it there as we await borisjohnson to make that short journey to the palace as we await borisjohnson to make that shortjourney to the palace to formally ask the queen to form the next government. yes, all eyes fixed on the car before that trip begins.

we can speak to the former conservative defence secretary. i a lwa ys conservative defence secretary. i always think there is a moment where we feel we have been through whatever political earthquake, nobody has been three had any sleep, and then there is something so extraordinary about the idea that the monarch will have done their starting times before, so there is almost nothing new under the sun for her at this point. she will be receiving a prime minister she has already met, from winston churchill to borisjohnson, already met, from winston churchill to boris johnson, a already met, from winston churchill to borisjohnson, a man who likes to confer himself favourably with his hero. there is a pause with the palace where you suddenly realise that this is part of the sort of national history rather than the political flurry. first there will be relief that the queen is not going to be surprised by a new face.

probably relief that is not going to be another election for quite some time. there is a government with a strong majority able to govern for the next four or five years and we are getting out of this rhythm of having an election every couple of yea rs. we have having an election every couple of years. we have solved that logjam and that will be a relief to the palace. we never know what the queen thinks of her prime ministers or maybe not until much later. perhaps later. i think we get an inkling. she is obviously extremely discreet and prime ministers are pretty sternly told that they should maintain that as are those around them, but! maintain that as are those around them, but i would be very surprised, giving some of the indications of the last half year or so, if the message, apart from congratulations, have a nice cup of tea, which all prime ministers to relish that

moment, a life defining moment, i think the message will be the country needs to be brought back together again. that cannot be done in entirety at elections but preferences. they are about one side winning, one prospectus emerging over another. there is the feeling as faras we over another. there is the feeling as far as we know there are glimmers that there is concern about that from the queen and the palace that that would be one of the things will be on borisjohnson's to—do list that would be one of the things will be on boris johnson's to—do list and the tone he is going to strike. we move to governing mode this is the hinge of it, that moment when you leave behind all the hoopla and you go to the palace. we are expecting borisjohnson to leave downing street within the next five minutes. the queen may be able to do something very few of us have succeeded in doing this campaign which is asking him direct questions of what happens next. do you think

she will want a sense of timetable or defence of his project? you have had some idea of the project that he is going to complete brexit and start investing again, spending more money on some of those northern towns that have felt neglected since the brexit result. you see the bare bones of the approach. she will be looking for a long—term programme and that is what the majority of their size gives you just as it gave margaret thatcher in the 805. their size gives you just as it gave margaret thatcher in the 80s.m there small talk? i guess none of us know. i think there is a bit of small talk. we often see with an memoirs that the veil is lifted a little bit. ithink memoirs that the veil is lifted a little bit. i think probably quite good at letting the mood come through. 0ver good at letting the mood come through. overtime when there have been tensions, we know that with

margaret thatcher there were tensions with the queen, and it tended to be around the mood rather than the queen saying something like i don't like the miners' strike, i think she lets it be known as only the queen can. i am not saying she did say that. i will correspond that is at buckingham palace awaiting the arrival at the other end. an airof arrival at the other end. an air of expectation here. there is a large crowd gathered and it is strangely very quiet. normally around this time the changing of the guard would be about to happen which probably explains the majority of the crowd, tourists expecting to see that, but there is no movement on that, but there is no movement on that front because the prime minister is shortly going to be coming to the palace to see the queen for that private audience when she will formally ask him to form the next government. 0ther royal

correspondent is with me. this is earlier than we would have expected. there was uncertainty last time but on this occasion the queen will be keen to get off to windsor and i am sure borisjohnson keen to get off to windsor and i am sure boris johnson is keen to get off to windsor and i am sure borisjohnson is keen to rest. he must be exhausted. apart from the helicopters it is quiet. nearly five months after he came to be invited by the queen to form his first government, the 14th prime minister of her reign, he will be returning within the next few minutes to be invited to form a new government. what the palace dreads is an indistinct outcome to the election. with no clear winner. not the case on this occasion. a resounding success for the conservatives. there is no doubt who it command the confidence of the house of commons so it will be borisjohnson who the queen will invite to form the new government. how long is the conversation likely to be and is she

likely to be quite probing and questioning him? i sense it may well be quite a short audience because he has been up all night. her concern, i would imagine, has been up all night. her concern, iwould imagine, would be has been up all night. her concern, i would imagine, would be to ask him how will you bring the country back together again? how will you ove rco m e together again? how will you overcome the divisions of this more than usually divisive election campaign? she will be interested to hear what he has to say about that. her concern also will be to protect the union. she is nonpolitical, a constitutional monarch, but the outcome of the selection raises questions about the union, and we know that that is a concern of hers. she is often called queen of england. she is not queen of england. she is not queen of england. there is no such role. it was done away with the union of the crimes. she is queen of the united

kingdom —— the crowns. crimes. she is queen of the united kingdom -- the crowns. david cameron preached the confidence when he spoke after the result of the scottish referendum when he told her the outcome and he said she purred down the phone. i am sure boris johnson will be careful about that. he nearly made a mistake about that on an earlier occasion. it is a private occasion. the police are lined up, the queen is in the palace awaiting the arrival of boris johnson and he is due here shortly. i wonder what defines the timing. i am sure nobody keeps the queen waiting. is it about her logistics? 0ra waiting. is it about her logistics? or a last—minute cutting of hair? doing buttons up? in 1970 when edward heath won when people weren't expecting him to and it was ask ——

ascot week and they had to wait for the queen. nicholas was talking about the kind of issues that will come up, not just brexit, but presumably for the head of the state of united kingdom, how she looks at this result in scotla nd how she looks at this result in scotland and the huge gains for the snp, which would appear to put scottish independence back on the table at some stage. that will be an uncomfortable conversation for the prime minister? yes it is easy to forget he is queen of scotland as well as of england. 0bviously forget he is queen of scotland as well as of england. obviously the prime minister will want to reassure her, as we move into the next stage of brexit process, that is the trade negotiations that scotland's

interests are going to be properly protected. but scotland is part of the united kingdom, it is the united kingdom that is leaving the eu, as a whole, so scotland will have to come along with the rest of us and the same is true in northern ireland. there are sensitivity there that the government will have to be careful about, particularly as northern ireland will be treated slightly durchtly. —— differently. it is important to get the assembly up and running and make sure northern ireland's politicians, whether nationalist or unionist, do feel fully involved in any differences of treatment that there are for goods flowing across the irish sea. treatment that there are for goods flowing across the irish seam treatment that there are for goods flowing across the irish sea. it is probably a longer road for the snp through to another referendum than it might appearwhen through to another referendum than it might appear when you see that big sweep of seats and they had a fantastic night in scotland, one can't gain say that, but it provides for borisjohnson a can't gain say that, but it provides for boris johnson a challenge, can't gain say that, but it provides for borisjohnson a challenge, does he go down, we saw what happened when new labour felt the rise of

scottish nationalism, they went the route of devolution. you could argue they didn't go far enough or you could say you fed the beast. 0ne they didn't go far enough or you could say you fed the beast. one of the things that... don't give them. don't give them an inch and say at some point another referendum, or more devolution, there is about interesting point here which i am sure the queen will be aware of, very sensitive on the scottish question, i do, very sensitive on the scottish question, ido, i very sensitive on the scottish question, i do, i heard she does raise it a lot, the european union is not keen on secession movements such as catalonia. a risk enough to jail the perpetrators. such as catalonia. a risk enough to jailthe perpetrators. yes, so it is a come my kated question. but —— complicated question. so boris johnson will have to have a plan for scotland, he can't just johnson will have to have a plan for scotland, he can'tjust busk it, david cameron came close to losing

scotland. we think we have got good reading the tiniest of signals from the monarch, david cameron talking of the quarter of an inch of a raised eyebrow over the last scottish independence referendum and whether people interpreted her clothes, her blue and yellow hat meaning she was anti—brexit or proeu. she must have a good giggle at the things that come out of her gesture, unless you think that is the only way she can actually communicate. she has been so careful to not get caught up in controversy and confine herself to the pure role of being constitutional monarch. we getting to the end of queen's reign. there

isa to the end of queen's reign. there is a lot going on around the royal family that they would rather not. as you know. there is churn and concern and the country is i think a bit shell shocked, some people were pleasantly surprised by the result and others were horrified. you have the politics and the monarchy in foment. good for journalists. the politics and the monarchy in foment. good forjournalists. people are bewildered by the idea that anyone would be unhappy with the conservatives. we have been crying out for a stable government to get us through this hung parliament. we have a stable government and it is good news for us and for brussels and they can get on and get the legal process sorted and we can sign the trade agreement we need. we are understanding that this could be to do with the changing of the guard. it wasn't that... the delay wasn't

that boris johnson it wasn't that... the delay wasn't that borisjohnson needed a hair cut or the queen was daliing. —— delaying. 0n or the queen was daliing. —— delaying. on one of my trips to the palace, we came out at the same time as the changing of the guards and we couldn't use the gates at the front. here we go. there he goes. the chancellor, boris johnson, jumping into... sorry that was not the chancellor. it was... a protection officer. a quick glance at a tiny screen, i do apologise. boris johnson heading off in the jaguar then. and clive myrie is still there watching the car depart. clive. yeah, it is... hi, as you say, it has pulled off. a quick wave from

borisjohnson on has pulled off. a quick wave from boris johnson on his has pulled off. a quick wave from borisjohnson on his way to that meeting with the queen. speculation i think you were having that he may have cut his hair for his special meeting. no it the was as messy as ever! but he is a happy man to be heading off at the beginning of what could well be five years of of his rule. and one expects a queen's speech at some point, there is no question about that. he has made it clear he would like to bring back as soon as possible his withdrawal bill to put it before parliament, get that done and dusted in the time honoured phrase, get brexit done or at least certainly get the first phase of brexit done. in terms of the united kingdom officially leaving the eu by the end of january. so the prime minister on

his way to meet the queen. this is a journey that, thanks clive, that can make it look as if there is no traffic ever in london. the trip can last a mere four minutes on a day like today! and give you a totally unreal sense of the city that we live in, you do get the sense of digger in the middle. through the arch. they're driving down the mall. and we are following that convoy around. the very top of the mall there. and this is the scene of the trooping of the colour. the queen's official birthday. you may remember the last time this happened, we believe it was, was it extinction rebellion that were barring the route and they jumped rebellion that were barring the route and theyjumped out and stopped the convoy for a few

moments. joanna gosling is waiting. it isa moments. joanna gosling is waiting. it is a matter of minutes for the car to bring boris johnson it is a matter of minutes for the car to bring borisjohnson from downing street to buckingham palace and the road is cleared to ensure a smooth drive for him. in the past, since we were speaking, the changing of the guard has happened. we wondered if it may have been changed. the band struck up, the guard has changed and there remains a large crowd here as we wait the arrival of borisjohnson. a large crowd here as we wait the arrival of boris johnson. he a large crowd here as we wait the arrival of borisjohnson. he will be ushered into the private room to meet the queen. something that will of course be familiar to him, as he isa of course be familiar to him, as he is a returning prime minister and he has been having the weekly audiences with the queen and he will be ushered into that room and the process will be, just behind me we

can see the police outriders, followed by the prime minister's car. so they will come through the gates of buckingham palace and he will be greeted by the queens equerry and taken up to meet the queen and she will formally ask him to form the next government. 0ur royal correspondent is with me. the second time he has done this? yes, you noticed how many police there we re you noticed how many police there were to prevent any repetition of climate protesters of the last occasion injuly. climate protesters of the last occasion in july. through climate protesters of the last occasion injuly. through the central arch, escorted by the police escort. in a moment we will see the jaguar sweep around to the king's door as it is called and he will be up door as it is called and he will be up to the queen's audience room. five months since he made this same journey to be invited to form his

first government. now, the resounding winner of the general election in december 2019, he arrives at buckingham palace, drawing up at the door there. and he will be in for what i would imagine will be in for what i would imagine will be in for what i would imagine will be a short audience. with the queen. who has remained in london, rather than going to windsor in order to see the prime minister. there he is. greeted by the equerry and edward young the queen's private secretary. mrjohnson not with his partner. in they go. up to the audience room and a conversation with the queen. and we can... start the clock ticking soon to see how long it will be. what is the general range of these conversations? they can be between 20 and 40 minutes as emily was saying. i remember gordon brown was in there for a long time. i think on this occasion, i would

expect it would be fairly short. but you can never tell. we will stay here and see what happens. for now, back to you, emily. thank you. there is something remarkable isn't there, i should say, we are with michael fallon. and another guest who have documented many of the last prime ministers. there is something remarkable about the fact that in this digital age the two of them will go into a room and no one will know exactly what is said there. the there is no note faking. there is —— no note taking. there is no documentation and we assume complete privacy on the part of both. absolutely. well, there wasn't quite complete... confidentiality when borisjohnson first complete... confidentiality when boris johnson first went to see the

queen and his aides linked what she said to him leaked that she said to him. ithink said to him leaked that she said to him. i think he has learned his lesson from that. it is remarkable, her first conservative prime minister following her her first conservative prime ministerfollowing herfirst conservative prime minister was winston churchill and she has been there through all the rest of them. four or five of the last conservative prime ministers have been brought down or more or less brown down by europe and —— brought down by europe and boris is the first one to have benefitted from europe. that poses a question of whether europe and the conservatives are now a battle that is fought and won or at least fought and over. but back to this audience, what is your sense from all that you have documented michael of the nature of the questions. are they subtly

asked, are they direct? are they uncompromising? i think her majesty goesin uncompromising? i think her majesty goes in for a dialogue. she doesn't actually ask the question as such. but she suggests what she wants to hear. from the way she talks to her prime ministers. and they come up with things. they of course, tony blairsaid with things. they of course, tony blair said the only person who can really trust apart from your wife is the queen. because she is the only one who won't leak and doesn't want myjob. one who won't leak and doesn't want my job. is there a sense then that when the two are in conversation that he needs to provide her with a nswe rs that he needs to provide her with answers or will he just allow the day to sink in? he needs to provide her with answers. i think he can... he can... he has been saying what he is grog going for so long, he can

give that spiel, which she will have heard quite often. i think probably heard quite often. i think probably he lays out what he would like to do. my... yes, my guess is the question of the country if you see what has happened, there is expectations over the north of england. the north—east, the north—west, that sense of the blue break through. there are lots of hopes associated with that. in some parts, not all, the north—east is poon parts, not all, the north—east is poor, but there is a sense that a lot of communities, the queen has always had great concern for and prince charles has, because the prince's trust has been active in parts and the expectations are high that borisjohnson parts and the expectations are high that boris johnson and parts and the expectations are high that borisjohnson and his new mps, many from northern regions and more so than conservatives have been covering for the past 20 years, how

will that change? stay with us. good morning. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, this is a seminal moment in the election of the uk's new prime minister, where he arrives at buckingham palace for his appointment with the queen. the queen will ask if he is able to form the next government. she has seen 13 prime ministers in her reign and up to this point no one has yet said no. let me introduce our guests. michael fallon, michael cockrell and anne mcelroy. we hear the queen is a

soothing presence at this time and if you come with the jitters of expectation and a difficult night, as the one we saw under theresa may two years ago, she can be quite a reassuring presence at this point. it is an important moment constitutionally as the prime minister has to get the authority of the queen to form a government and some reassurance there is a programme for government and there will be a stable patent. we should not forget the queen has already opened parliament this year, in 0ctober, now she will go back to open it again next week. i am sure boris will be able to reassure her that he has put together a programme for the whole of the parliament, up toa for the whole of the parliament, up to a five year stretch, that will give the country more stability. everything is happening more quickly this time because of the secure

majority and speed at which the results have come in. we can go to david lidington who joins us down the line, the former conservative deputy prime minister, who is in belfast. i wonder if you are recalling two years ago, and very different set of circumstances for your prime minister theresa may where it happened in much more confused terms, about how the government would be formed, yet she still had to make that trip to the prime minister. that is right and i think that opening, the difficulty theresa may had with the hung parliament, ina theresa may had with the hung parliament, in a sense indicated some of the difficulties that will be set any prime minister and her if you do not have a majority and the prime minister is having to spend so much time negotiating with half a

dozen mps here and there to get any legislation through. what is good about last night's result is that there is clarity and a clear majority that boris johnson there is clarity and a clear majority that borisjohnson has there is clarity and a clear majority that boris johnson has a mandate he can lead the country, the government on the for five years, a full parliament, if he chooses to do, and be judged full parliament, if he chooses to do, and bejudged by the full parliament, if he chooses to do, and be judged by the electorate at the end of that term.|j do, and be judged by the electorate at the end of that term. i am wondering how you feel this morning. there were plenty of your colleagues from the last cabinet who chose to step down. not to fight this election, you thought borisjohnson was a different conservative beast. do you have regrets? my reasons for stepping aside were personal, i had beenin stepping aside were personal, i had been in parliament 27 years and did not want to commit myself to another five year term. i have had some areas where i disagree with boris

johnson the way i disagreed at times with all of the other seven party leaders there have been since i joined the tory party but i am delighted there is an overall conservative majority. he deserves credit, the prime minister, for the fa ct credit, the prime minister, for the fact when a lot of us including me doubted we could ever win seats in places like blyth valley, sedgefield, and he trusted his instincts and the polling results he was getting privately and he has won through with a defective campaign andl through with a defective campaign and i think what he has done is banish the risk that the extreme left—wing views and ideas represented by jeremy corbyn left—wing views and ideas represented byjeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell would be allowed to wreak havoc with our economy and security which if they got a handle on power i fear would have been the case, and we can now move forward

with delivering the referendum result. i have always taken the view the 2016 referendum did not go the way i wanted but i accepted the people's verdict and have tried to stick to that and we have to follow it through. first thing this morning we heard boris johnson it through. first thing this morning we heard borisjohnson talking about one nation conservatism and when you look at the people who have left, amber rudd, philip hammond, yourself, nicky morgan, do you not regret that you have lost many collea g u es regret that you have lost many colleagues who would all call themselves and have called themselves and have called themselves one nation conservatives and they are on the outside of the party now. i am not outside the party, i have campaigned for the conservative candidate, as has nicky morgan and most of the others you mention and amongst the new intake, those who have been re—elected, there are men and women who will

proudly describe themselves as one nation conservatives. i very much welcome the fact the prime minister has used again today that phrase saying he wants to lead a one nation government, he wants to bring people back together and heal the differences that had grown up in this country. that will be important because the conservative parliamentary party now is going to represent seats that are more working class, feel more left behind than the seats we have represented in most recent parliaments. those new conservative mps in those former labour bastions in the north and midlands will want to keep their seats and will want to represent the interests and views of the people who trusted them. what i heard today from the prime minister and michael gove is we want to turn the loan of

votes yesterday into a permanent, longer term commitment to support the conservative party and i think you will see a johnson government focusing on infrastructure to improve road and rail links in northern cities, apprenticeships, better technical education, on grabbing the opportunities that some of the new technology, life sciences, nanotechnology, offer and to try to overcome the problems of lack of competitiveness that have held the united kingdom back under successive governments for too long now. david -- david lidington, thank you. we will get back to the meeting with the queen which promises to be different this time around. i'm sure we have statisticians working on it. last time, the audience with the queen, this one the length of time has been short, five months, and as

a result we understand he will not do the formal photograph and will not make the speech. i wonder if there is a sense... he will make a speech when he comes back. but he will not make a statement outside there. normally they go straight back into the car. there is a photograph as he kisses hands and so on. we are hearing he may not make the speech this time in downing street. he might choose to leave it later and maybe head to the north—east. we have the day ahead to find that out. one of the questions this raises, michael fallon, is whether this is about continuity or whether this is about continuity or whether this is about continuity or whether this is a brand—new start. how do you think borisjohnson views this? he painted it as a new dawn, rather like the tony blair 97 moment. the parliamentary party will

be different. some of the arch remainers have left. he has a more united party than his predecessors going back tojohn major. and all of them have signed up to the policy we are leaving by the end of january so you will not have some of the difficulties of party management theresa may had in dealing with the european research group and all the rest of it. he will have a lot of new blood, new mps who will certainly want to keep to a one nation policy and will look for additional investment in their areas and ask where the new hospital is, when the new railway is coming. they will look to see their region is not going to be left behind. and might be the first conservative prime minister not to be brought down by europe. or is not in short order. he still has to get through a difficult trade deal and he has set himself ha rd

trade deal and he has set himself hard deadlines and he sometimes seems to suggest a hard and soft brexit at once, a scrambled brexit, which will not be easy to deliver. he cannot say his hands are tied with a majority of this size. the changes in the conservative party, a lot of people worried there was a more populist edge to this but it is true parts of the country where he has won this victory expect spending and what you might call one nation toryism. they do not so much expect dorisjohnson's toryism. they do not so much expect doris johnson's singapore on thames, as it was put, the ultra—free—market caricature. to “ macro —— macro boris johnson. —— macro borisjohnson. he will have to choose. the moment of choice is close for him. this victory propels him but means he has to be clear what his direction will be. a lot is

happening quickly this morning. we are on this visit to her majesty the queen but if you have just are on this visit to her majesty the queen but if you havejustjoined us and wanta queen but if you havejustjoined us and want a sense of what happened overnight, we can bring you up—to—date with some of the results. the conservatives taking control of the house of commons after an overwhelming wave in the general election. they have a majority of 78. just one seat to declare, st ives in cornwall, which was delayed by high winds. the boats that had to bring back ballot boxes from the scilly isles. borisjohnson is at the palace asking the queen for permission to form a government and jeremy corbyn has said it was a very disappointing night. the liberal democrats had a bad night. their party leaderjo swinson lost her seat and she quit. the snp did well,

coming close to sweeping the board in scotland. we will look at those results as they stand while we wait for the prime minister to emerge. the conservatives on 364 seats, a gain of 47 and labour on 203, down 59 seats overnight. the liberal democrats now only have 11. the dup have lost two seats and sinn fein, who do not take their seats in westminster are on the seventh. and you can look at the vote share. this is where you realise the difference that a proportional system would give us understanding how the voter vote is shared out. the conservatives, the share of the vote

is just conservatives, the share of the vote isjust an conservatives, the share of the vote is just an increase of one. the labour vote is on 33%, down eight percentage points. the lib dems have increased their share of the vote, which is something they are keen to spread the word on, even though they are down an mp, they are under the system are down an mp, they are under the syste m d o are down an mp, they are under the system do not naturally farewell. the snp, even though they have taken that huge swathe, they are up 1%. the green party, they are on 1% and the brexit party on 2% share, but they do not bring any mps into the commons on that. we will bring you the reaction, speaking to all the main parties and looking at what the result means for westminster and brexit as you stay with us throughout the day. right now we can go to joanna gosling. throughout the day. right now we can go tojoanna gosling. she is at

buckingham palace where the prime minister is having his audience with her majesty the queen. we think he has been in there 18 minutes. the car is waiting outside whenever he emerges. the process of the changing of the guard continues so even if he wanted to leave right now, i do not think he could because all of that is happening and you can see the car in which he will come out, whenever he does leave. 18 minutes now and nick which will was saying the average audience probably about this time —— nicholas witchell, perhaps up to 40 minutes, but the expectation it will not be long because he is keen to send the message he wants to get on with the business of government and get brexit done. speculation around the queen's speech. speculation it may have been next thursday but it may not be until after christmas. he is

in with the queen, will she ask him direct questions?, nicholas witchell? i think she would. she is very pollute —— astute politically. she will be concerned, as we said earlier, about bringing the union back together again, what his plans for that will be. and also the union, because there are very particular challenges. in scotland, the snp strengthening its position. she is concerned about that. she will want to have reassurance about that from him. so this entirely private conversation, which is nearly 20 minutes in length now, i would imagine it would be very much longer. there is the slight complication of the changing of the guard taking place. for those who are curious about these sort of things, it is the navy which is

forming the new guard, which is why some people may have spotted her majesty's royal marines in the forecourt of buckingham palace taking over from the foot guards for a few days. that is not something borisjohnson will be concerned about. it is perhapsjust borisjohnson will be concerned about. it is perhaps just delaying his departure for a few moments. there we can see the car still stationary at the king's door, through that central archway. i wouldn't imagine it will be too much longer. there is the old guard, the foot guard. there you can see a royal navy person going into the sentry box to... on the business of the timing of the queen's speech, it was thought it could possibly be next thursday. it is now thought not likely until after christmas. with the queen actually have much of a say in the queen actually have much of a sayinit? the queen actually have much of a say in it? we are getting nearer to christmas, she has plans, she wants to get off? she will do whatever the government requests to do. she would

wish to go to sandringham to begin her christmas break. i sent in a way she might have preferred to do it before going to sandringham because if it is in the new year, she will have to come back from sandringham and breaker christmas break. she wouldn't normally return to london until early february. but she is a dutiful constitutional monarch and will do whatever is necessary. but right now i would imagine she is likely —— were quite keen to wind up the conversation because she wants to go to windsor where she spent the weekend. and they will have had some time to get to know each other in the past five months since he has been prime minister with private audiences and other official state business. he has a four themed prime minister. —— he is her 14th prime

minister. —— he is her 14th prime minister. is it possible to get a measure of the dynamic of the relationship? i don't think it is. she is sufficiently experienced at this not to give any inkling of what she thinks of any of her prime ministers. she would have got to because he has gone up to balmoral with his partner for the because he has gone up to balmoral with his partnerfor the prime ministerial weekend at barrow —— balmoral in september. they would have been interrupted to some extent by the election campaign. having had 13 previous prime ministers this is one monaco is pretty experienced at reading the personality of the person who is sitting in that audience room, and the entirely confidential circumstances of that. and she has developed after 16 plus yea rs on and she has developed after 16 plus years on the throne —— 60 plus yea rs, years on the throne —— 60 plus years, a years on the throne —— 60 plus yea rs, a pretty years on the throne —— 60 plus years, a pretty acute range of temperament and tenor. years, a pretty acute range of temperament and tenorlj years, a pretty acute range of temperament and tenor. i am joined bya temperament and tenor. i am joined by a royal historian. talk us

through the official side of what is happening today? they are having a conversation which has gone on for more than 20 minutes. but in terms of the actual formalities. what is it? borisjohnson of the actual formalities. what is it? boris johnson secured of the actual formalities. what is it? borisjohnson secured that landmark commons majority but officially he is not a prime minister until the queen invites him to do so. they are going through a process knowing as the kissing of hands. he will have been invited this morning to buckingham palace for the kissing of the hands, which is an old ceremony. the kissing does not happen any more. can you explain what that was? it was a mark of loyalty a nd what that was? it was a mark of loyalty and duty to the sovereign from the prime minister. now it is just a reference point really to that formal invitation for boris johnson to become prime minister. i think nick talked about direct questions that the queen is likely to be asking. borisjohnson himself has talked about difficult

questions. he talked, of course, on his way to his audience with the queen to dissolve parliament before the election, he actually made a video in his car on the way here which raised eyebrows among some people, talking about, gosh, this was going to be difficult, she always asks difficult questions, not least, he said at that time, why on earth he was calling an election. 0ne earth he was calling an election. one wonders if he will do a similar video on the way back. when he was first installed as prime minister he also said the queen had asked him, i don't know why anybody would want thisjob will stop don't know why anybody would want this job will stop although the queen will be delighted no doubt there is a not inconclusive end to there is a not inconclusive end to the election, he will be hoping —— she will be hoping he is not indiscreet about the meeting and that he will do as he should, which is not to reveal anything about his audience. it is also important to remember that the constitutional function of the monarchy is to advise and to warn. and i think actually the queen will be taking

those particular words and that particular responsibility very seriously. she will be advising him, perhaps, on the need for unity, to try to heal the division in the country, and will warn him perhaps about some of the rhetoric, some of the language that has been used in politics. i think she will be expressing her concern about that. she has already made remarks suggesting unease about the brexit tensions in the country. and of course, as nick says quite rightly, she can be very fearful about what might happen to the union and will no doubt be warning about that. i think if you can imagine that boris johnson will actually be listening to the queen. she is a wise woman, she has seen pretty much everything before, perhaps not what he has witnessed in the past few months. he will be doing well to heed her warning and heed her advice. diplomatic language, obviously, when you say she is giving advice but on issues that she, as you say, cares a

great deal about. it will be in the gift of the prime minister to decide whether or not to allow another independence referendum in scotland. would you expect to be robust about that? we don't know what happens in these audiences. i think she is very measured in her words. these audiences. i think she is very measured in herwords. she these audiences. i think she is very measured in her words. she does not ever want to overstep the mark in terms of her constitutional function. by all accounts are certainly as you mentioned, david cameron's comment after he revealed the result of the referendum, she was delighted that last time the scots did not vote for independence. i think there is no doubt the queen would not be happy with a break—up of the union but she will not be making overt statements, i'm sure, to the new prime minister. she will be respectfully warning and i think he will listen to her advice. her first prime minister was winston

churchill, borisjohnson's great hero. and i am sure as he made his way here today he will be reflecting on that. he returns as her 14th prime minister and on that. he returns as her 14th prime ministerand her on that. he returns as her 14th prime minister and her first... on that. he returns as her 14th prime minister and her first. .. 27 minutes inside buckingham palace with the queen, nick? 27 minutes, yes. whether they are still talking or the fact the changing of the guard is happening outside... the queen will be elliptical. the meeting —— the meaning might be clear but she is extremely cautious and careful. as we said, she has the right to be consulted to encourage. that is the role of the constitutional monarch within our system. just going back over the history that you are talking about, anna, with the number of prime ministers who have served during her time on the throne... sorry, i need to hand you back to the studio.

joanna, thank you very much. we were enjoying it nonetheless. we have some latest reaction to the election result overnight. first and foremost we will bring you the words of the foremost conservative prime minister david cameron, who spoke a few moments ago. well, first of all, big congratulations to borisjohnson and all those conservative candidates who worked so hard. it's an extraordinary result, a powerful result. it marks the end of corbyn and corbynism, and that's a very good thing for the country. but more to the point, it gives us a very strong and decisive government, and the opportunity to build a dynamic economy and good public services that we need in britain. and that's the most important thing of all, winning the trust of people that have put their trust in us, many of them for the first time, and boris will have my full support if he does that. david cameron. let's return to our panel. michael fallon, anne mcelvoy

and michael cockerell. michael fallon, i imaginejust looking at david cameron there there must be a sense of relief? so much was on his shoulders until this stage, what had happened to the conservative party, what had happened to the country, what had happened to the country, what had happened to the level of discourse was rather being aimed at his decisions over the referendum? we do not have a united party. we are focused on the objective of getting out of the european union, getting out of the european union, getting on with the trade agreement. and starting to invest again in our public services and infrastructure, particularly in the north. i think there will be relief all the way around. 0bviously there will be relief all the way around. obviously the referendum was divisive, of course it was, divided everybody, divided families. it was a binary choice. that's to be expected. but i think now this result starts to put the referendum behind us. you see the defeat of the liberal democrats wanting to put another referendum in front of us, and labour who could not pick up their mind. do you agree with that,

michael? this is the first time we have broadcast from westminster where there has not been extraordinary crowds and shouting into megaphones. i'm not suggesting that the entire nation is now united in one voice. but do you think the mood has changed? in one voice. but do you think the mood has changed ?|j in one voice. but do you think the mood has changed? i think the mood has changed dramatically. partly because corbyn will now have gone. he will have gone by christmas. but also, i think that you have to be careful with a large majority. remember in the 1983 election the then chief whip... i'm remember in the 1983 election the then chief whip. .. i'm going to hold you there. the prime minister now coming out of the palace. the door open for him. expecting him, being

seen off by what we believe is the queen's private secretary, or her equerry, is that right? yes. it has been a long audience. all the assumptions that they would not have much to say because the last time was not so long ago, overturned by what seems to have been over half an hour, maybe even 40 minutes. boris has form with the queen. the one where they didn't mention was prorogation. no doubt she will want to know if she is expected to deliver a queen's speech next week, if that is now put back. and also, you are talking about the sense of what this moment does for the uk on the world stage once again. people may not understand our politics, few of us do at the moment, but they do understand the role of the monarchy in british life, don't they?”

understand the role of the monarchy in british life, don't they? i am channelling a headline from a german newspaper. you crazy brits was the headline. it summarised the way that a lot of the establishment, the media and certainly the brussels establishment, the mainstream european leaders, saw britain and the referendum. and in some ways, you know, this is a long road out of that. there are certainly a lot of people who feel it is a settled matter. a lot of people will be very unhappy today to fill the second referendum is off the table i think it is for anything like the foreseeable future. it is a changeable world. there will be large numbers of people who would be very disappointed and will be looking to what happens next in the labour party to see if there is any natural home for them. in the international stage, these are the images that go round the world, which add a certain kudos to britain and the sense that stability, even

in very changing times... interesting there, looking at the changing of the guard, every child nursery tale always features the changing of the guard at buckingham palace, and sometimes there is that sense that in these times that have been so fractious, that we rely a lot on this kind of imagery. can borisjohnson live lot on this kind of imagery. can boris johnson live up to lot on this kind of imagery. can borisjohnson live up to it? can he provide that stability? not everyone is going to like it. not everybody is going to like it. not everybody is going to like it. not everybody is going to like what he says or does. can we get off that you crazy brits naughty step in terms of europe? that would be to observe? the changing of the guards at buckingham palace, boris went down without his partner. he is much too busy assigning things, said alice. he was on his own, wasn't he? a deliberate decision? that was the point, a deliberate decision. our friends around the world will be relieved. they used to admire

britain. we are sensible about our constitution, we change governments peacefully. this is normal service being resumed. we are going to see a reasonably stronger government with a five year programme getting under business. michael fallon, that is interesting, because many would say you do not get to resume normal service after you have misled the queen, after you have prorogued parliament, after you have prorogued parliament, after you have played around with your response to the supreme court, may be noble service does notjust resume quite so smoothly.” be noble service does notjust resume quite so smoothly. i think we have got beyond that. we have had the election and an extraordinary result and a united conservative party, lining up behind boris johnson to get on with brexit as he promised and getting behind him in his commitment to do more for other regions of the country. that is an important area because what we have learned from this campaign is that

style works, it worked on the electorate. it got boris johnson where he wanted to go and provided the prow of the ship that was able to cut through and it has brought home this result, i think to the extent we are not only changing the guard at buckingham palace but in the conservative party in this election and some of it plays to michael fallon pulls my argument that some things have to be put behind us. but this has left a sentiment of bitterness and people feeling politically homeless, particularly if they are strong remainers and moderates in the conservative or labour tradition. the liberal democrats tried to channel that and did not get there in terms of numbers but there are still a lot of people who need to feel represented and i am interested in the tone boris johnson takes. you cannot keep tub thumping the way he did three months ago. it was only

two weeks ago he appeared in front ofan two weeks ago he appeared in front of an audience and when the question of an audience and when the question of trust was raised they laughed. what does that tell us about ourselves, that we can still vote into power with a huge majority, not seen since 1987, a man who we laugh at the idea of trusting? partly because of who he was up against. jeremy corbyn promised the earth. he found the magic money tree and was promising to distribute it. in the north, i was there and a number of people, working men, said to me, i do not like the idea of a four—day week, they will pay me for four days so it is a wage cut of 20% and i wa nt to so it is a wage cut of 20% and i want to work five days and be paid for five days. i think that blew up. whatever doubts people had about

borisjohnson, they also whatever doubts people had about boris johnson, they also feared a corbyn government and the damage it might do to the economy. corbyn government and the damage it might do to the economym corbyn government and the damage it might do to the economy. if i can stop you, he is getting into the car. he will head away from buckingham palace. that was the king's entrance, the central quadrangle, they come in through the main gate, possibly delayed by the changing of the guard, which happens around 11. and they are going out of the archway, into the main forecourt in front of the palace. and from here, we understand, it will be a trip down the mall and back to downing street. there is a weird moment where we start to hear the helicopters behind us in the studio

and see the build—up. we actually know it is happening because it will be at our doorstep very soon as the prime minister heads back to downing street, where, normally, we would expect a speech. but he will have these moments alone, quiet, in the car, to these moments alone, quiet, in the ca r, to reflect these moments alone, quiet, in the car, to reflect on what an extraordinary and remarkable moment this is for the conservative prime minister. it is also especially remarkable because many of the re ce nt remarkable because many of the recent prime ministers who have become prime minister in the middle of the parliament have desperately wanted to validate themselves by having an election and winning power from the people. theresa may and gordon brown wanted to do it, james callaghan wanted to do it. he has

been able to win power for himself. interesting they changed the slogan. it now says the people's government. they can hold that up as a card and say we won across the uk.” they can hold that up as a card and say we won across the uk. i am old enough to remember tony blair going on about the people's party and people thinking it has a populist edge. and every ten years people say, do you know what is a good word, people. clive myrie is in downing street. he might give us an update on what is happening at downing street. hello. the silverjaguar should be arriving in the next couple of minutes. where do we go from here as far as the parliamentary timetable is concerned? far as the parliamentary timetable is concerned ? speculation far as the parliamentary timetable is concerned? speculation perhaps there would be a clean speech in a truncated form perhaps before

christmas, possibly next thursday. -- queen's speech. also the reintroduction of the prime minister's withdrawal agreement with the european union back on the floor of the commons before christmas, as well. some of the timetable seems to have been thrown up in the air. norman smith, what are you hearing about the possibility of a queen's speech? indications it was thursday and then as you say to bring the brexit bill back on friday, going for the crucial crunch second reading vote, which is the big vote, because he wants to keep up momentum and the sense he is going ahead at full stea m. and the sense he is going ahead at full steam. he wants it to get over its major parliamentary hurdle ahead of christmas. i am told there will not be any major cabinet reshuffle, it will wait i'm told until after brexit. people seek to get the first stage of brexit done and dusted by

january and in february there will bea january and in february there will be a pause and a fresh government burst with a reshuffle and a non—brexit agenda rolled out and the second phase, if you like. the priority will be to get brexit phase one done and then we will learn about what boris johnson's real priorities are and what he decides to do next on his domestic agenda. at the moment we have a minimalist ma nifesto at the moment we have a minimalist manifesto that does not tell us very much about what he is planning. he was deliberately stripped of any particular farm policy proposals. was deliberately stripped of any particularfarm policy proposals. we will then get a clear sense of what it is he wants to do in terms of domestic politics. a little bit of calm over the next hour. i do not think we will hear from him when he comes back in the next minute. there will not be a podium moment now. he will not be a podium moment now. he will go back in. i think we will

hear more from him this afternoon, certainly before six o'clock, and then parliament resumes we think on tuesday next week, and then the queen's speech on thursday and friday, that big brexit debate where he will have a huge majority. fascinating discussion that emily and the panel had about how boris johnson and his new government will try to bring the country together and nicholas witchell making the point that perhaps the question the queen will have asked him in that meeting is, how are you going to bring the country back together? 48% voted to remain and borisjohnson himself this morning in his victory speech said he understands there we re speech said he understands there were perhaps voters quivering over the ballot paper before they could put their x next to a conservative name. do we have an indication how he will move forward?”

name. do we have an indication how he will move forward? i think we got a sense of it in the tone of his speech today, the fact it was not gloating, anything like that, saying to labour voters, look, gloating, anything like that, saying to labourvoters, look, i gloating, anything like that, saying to labour voters, look, i know you may be lent me your votes but i will work hard day in, day out, to earn your support and i think he knows he has to adopt... i will step in there. the prime minister walking with a spring in his step to his residence for the next five years. you saw the jaguar stopping short. and a huge cheer inside the entrance of number10. and a huge cheer inside the entrance of number 10. you can see the flashes of the bulbs inside with people taking photographs outside and inside. a momentous moment for him and the conservative party. but

going back to how he can potentially bring the country back together after divisiveness over several yea rs. after divisiveness over several years. his people take the view i think once the first phase of brexit is done, there will be a recognition it is over, there is no point continuing to fight this war of attrition and the hope is that remainers will accept it is over, there is no point carrying on, they have to make the best and kind of get with the project. that is part of the hope, but there will have to be an attempt by him to meet some of his promises about helping areas of the country that feel left behind. that has to be a part of what he does, putting money in those areas that had seen their town centre is depleted. you feel they have not had any say in the decision—making

process. and that means putting resources in so we get the brexit budget within the first 100 days, that will be a huge moment. how far can he actually gives those parts of britain that feel they have been ignored a sense they are being listened to? that the government is putting effort and resources into revitalising and regenerating those communities. we have been focused on brexit so long, there is i think a yawning appetite for those other issues to be tackled and we know there is a vast number. another one is social care. we have been promised a plan and everyone knows it is in crisis, it has been like that for years and there is a huge obligation on boris johnson that for years and there is a huge obligation on borisjohnson to stand up obligation on borisjohnson to stand up and come out with a coherent plan. it is understandable why in the election he did not want to do that because it was such a nightmare as we saw with theresa may trying to

come up with a plan that was remotely acceptable but for many people, they see the difficulties facing their parents, it is something everyone knows has to be tackled so there is unfinished business that has been put on hold for yea rs business that has been put on hold for years and he will have to turn his attention to do that and he has the space to do it. norman, many thanks. the hard work begins now but we heard the shouting and mastiff welcome borisjohnson received when he returned from meeting the queen, asking her to form the next government. his reception here, while the hard work is about to begini while the hard work is about to begin i suspect a bit of a party is going on in there as well. back to you, emily. you're watching bbc election 2019. more from here in a moment but first we can cross the newsroom and join louise minchin who has

a summary of the day's stories. the conservatives have won their biggest general election majority since margaret thatcher in 1987, after claiming scores of seats from labour in its traditional heartlands in the north of england. jeremy corbyn has said he will stand down after overseeing what he called a period of reflection within the party. jonathan blake has the story of the night — a warning there are flashing images in this report. in the dark before dawn, borisjohnson pumps the air a convincing victory, winning in blyth valley and constituencies across the uk, the conservative sweat back into power. this morning borisjohnson said his supporters had caused a political earthquake. we did it, we pulled it off. we broke the deadlock, we ended the gridlock, we smashed the roadblock. after turning one solid labour seats tory blue, he promised not to let

voters down. your hand may have quivered over the ballot paper before you put your cross in the conservative box. and you may intend to return to labour next time round. and if that is the case, i am humbled you have put your trust in me and you have put your trust in us. we did it. overnight, new conservative mps were elected three labour heartlands, the losing side watching a seat after seat fell away. will you resign, mr corbyn? there is no hiding from the scale of labour's defeat and jeremy corbyn said he would not fight another election as leader. we tried our best to have a policy of principle to bring the country back together, both remain and leave but that

proved impossible. disaster for the liberal democrats. their leader lost her seat, her party and supporters in despair. for millions in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay and people are looking for hope. joy for the scottish national party, wedding seats, helping the leader make her case. i do not pretend every person who voted snp would necessarily support independence but there has been an endorsement in this election of scotla nd been an endorsement in this election of scotland having a choice. re—elected and back in power, boris johnson left downing street this morning to meet the queen and asked to form a government, now with the majority and mandate he needed. in wales, the conservatives recorded their best result in over 30 years, taking 14 of the 40 seats. labour remains the largest party, but lost six seats. plaid cymru held theirfour seats.

in northern ireland, nationalist mps outnumber unionists at westminster for the first time. the democratic unionists lost their deputy leader, nigel dodds. he was beaten by sinn fein in north belfast. the dup is still the largest party in northern ireland, but it's down to eight mps. between them, sinn fein and the nationalist sdlp have nine. the pound and shares have surged after the conservatives won their clear majority. sterling rose to its highest level against the dollar since may last year and also jumped to a three—year high to a three—year high against the euro — on hopes that the big majority would remove uncertainty over brexit. there's lots more on the election online. you can look up the results in every constituency, using our interactive map. and you can get live reaction and analysis from the experts ? its all on our website, and the bbc news app.

good morning. you join us live at westminster and we are going to pause here and go straight tojeremy corbyn, the labour leader's house in islington north. well, that was quick. he has come out of his house. there is a police presence. a lot of people hoping to hearfor presence. a lot of people hoping to hear for a presence. a lot of people hoping to hearfor a word from presence. a lot of people hoping to hear for a word from the labour leader this morning after that disastrous result for labour overnight. but he has chosen not to speak to the press. we understand, or we have heard, that he may be going to islington town hall now. perhaps it is there that we will

hear from the labour leader. perhaps it is there that we will hearfrom the labour leader. and in that case we will bring you those pictures as soon as he arrives there. we will see what he has to say. in the meantime, we are going to cross to birmingham and victoria derbyshire has been there with voters. victoria. thank you very much, emily. we are here in the library of birmingham with henry and claudia and leah. henry is a lifelong labour voter, apart from yesterday when you voted conservative for the first time? i have become disillusioned with the labour party in general. i am not saying i got total faith in the conservatives either but they seem to be the better option at the moment. was your hand quivering over the ballot box? not really, i'd made my mind up what i was going to do.

asi my mind up what i was going to do. as i said, i don't think the liberal party are as i said, i don't think the liberal party a re really as i said, i don't think the liberal party are really united. i think there is a fracture among them all there is a fracture among them all the time. how are you feeling about people like henry, as a labour voter? i feel quite shocked, to be honest, kind of despairing. shocked that henry voted conservative? yeah, i feel there has been that henry voted conservative? yeah, ifeel there has been such that henry voted conservative? yeah, i feel there has been such a that henry voted conservative? yeah, ifeel there has been such a lack that henry voted conservative? yeah, i feel there has been such a lack of empathy with everyone. it is confusing that people have now decided in the face of change but they don't want to change and they are electing a party that has not brought change about. well, all i can say is that i voted conservative because in my heart i believe they are the party that stands to do more than what the labour party is. there is too much infighting. when it comes to brexit there is no real

sta nce comes to brexit there is no real stance to the way they are going forward with it. the one thing boris johnson has said as he will get it done i believe he will get it done it has been going on for that long now i think this country has become a laughing stock and we need to get it done, simple as that. he voted conservative. how are you feeling?” feel over the moon that they have had a very good victory. the reason i voted for the conservatives was because i was one of the 17.4 million who voted for brexit. there we re million who voted for brexit. there were definitely reasons for going ahead with brexit. beyond brexit, henry, what else do you want from borisjohnson? henry, what else do you want from boris johnson? you henry, what else do you want from borisjohnson? you heard him this morning thanking people like yourself. he says he is going to repay your trust. what do you want from him beyond brexit? as long as the party is solid going forward. it really to invest in the national health service. you hear all sorts of different promises. health

service, infrastructure, more nurses, more care. basically i've had first—hand experience for seven to eight years with my wife passing away, going through the hospital. it was under the conservatives. but whoever is in power it needs to invest, they need to invest far more money in the health service. they all talk about it. it is there anything they are going to do when they get in. it is the common denominator. but when they get in this is not happening. what does labour need to do to win you back?” think they need to go back to their roots. to be honest i'm quite shocked that people like yourself have voted for conservatives when borisjohnson could not have voted for conservatives when boris johnson could not even look at a child lying on the floor of a hospital like that. honestly, it is down to me i think labour needs to reattach themselves to the community. politics has been such a divisive topic for the entire nation. i have never known a time to

be so divisive. itjust shocks me, honestly. are you looking forward to leaving the eu injanuary 31? honestly. are you looking forward to leaving the eu in january 31? yes. i think the country needs to move forward. the country has been at a standstill for three and a half years. not moving ahead. we need light at the end of the tunnel. the government can move forward then with the other local problems like the nhs. you are a retired nhs consultant. do you trust the conservatives on the nhs? yes, i do. even though they have been in power since 2010? i have been in the nhs since 2010? i have been in the nhs since 1975 and i have seen how it has gone on. particularly in the la st has gone on. particularly in the last 20 years. there have been reasons, particularly financial reasons, particularly financial reasons, and the way the labour budget deficit was growing in 2009

and 2010, obviously some austerity measures were needed. now there is a surplus of 19 billion. and the conservatives can do a definite job. they are not promising billions and billions. henry, can labour win you back at all? what do they need to do? i think what they need to do is get more solid as a party. unite properly behind one leader. do you wa nt to properly behind one leader. do you want to jeremy corbyn to stand properly behind one leader. do you want tojeremy corbyn to stand down today? i want him to stand down today? i want him to stand down today and give them time together to chat among themselves, and everyone to find out what policies they need to find out what policies they need to go forward. what do you think went wrong for labour?” to go forward. what do you think went wrong for labour? i think it was down to the people, to be honest. everyone who voted. i think people need to have a think about what they are voting for. so it was because of the electorate? can they

blame themselves going forward?” because of the electorate? can they blame themselves going forward? i am not a jeremy corbyn fan girl by any means. he has been the lesser of two evils. i think people need to think about what they are actually voting for. now the decision has been made, we are stuck with it, and people are going to have to think about what they want in the future because the next five years are done. thank you, all of you. thank you for your patience. i know you have to get back to work. thank you, henry, thank you very much. they tell you, thank you. 24 hours ago there was much talk about which of the big beasts could be toppled if the knight didn't go their way, if there were scalps to be had. in the end they were not cabinet ministers, they were from the labour side and the lib dem leader herself. you might have seen the moment that veteran labour mp dennis skinner lost his bolsover

seat. he has held for nearly 50 yea rs. we seat. he has held for nearly 50 years. we can show you the result coming out of pulse over overnight. this has now been taken extraordinarily by the conservatives, mark fletcher on 21,791. dennis skinner pushed into second place. the man they call the beast of bolsover, the man whom nobody could remember without that constituency behind him. and you can see perhaps the share there of 47% for the conservatives in bolsover. it is that kind of moment. it has become dubbed the portillo moment. those moments that really you will remember when you have forgotten all of the rest of the detail from the results, it is the moment is like bolsover that you will remember. an extraordinary change. you can see the labour share of the vote dropping down 16%. the conservatives

and the brexit party both picking up in their wake. what was extraordinary about that in particular was that, of course, the beast of bolsover, dennis skinner himself, was an ardent brexiteer, a close friend of corbyn, he wasn't going on a different platform. labour to conservatives on 11% swing. it was clearly a very good night therefore the conservatives on their message and ousting a man who would have become, i think of the father of the. let's go to our correspondent, who is there. rob, i wonder if the news has sunk in amongst people in bolsover? well, emily, there are people herejust startled by this result, even those that swapped over to the conservatives are likely shocked by their own decision. 0ne conservatives are likely shocked by their own decision. one woman told me your hand was trembling over the

ballot paper as she put the x in the box for the first time in her life. i asked why she went over to the conservatives. the answer was one word. brexit. that was in almost every instance. the message that boris kept hammering away, that catchphrase, get brexit done, it's over and ready, people were repeating get brexit done to me on the streets here, it clearly resonated with a high leave voting area. around the corner from here resonated with a high leave voting area. around the cornerfrom here is bolsover castle, a symbol of fortress labour, this was a labour stronghold. even a few years ago if you had suggested this would go red to blue, i don't think many people would have believed you. now dennis skinner is 87. there are some people here who say he should have retired. david cameron once taunted him in the house of commons and said, you've got a good pension, it's time you've got a good pension, it's time you went. he was a very colourful character, whatever your political colours. i don't think anybody could doubt that. extraordinary. joining

us now former cabinet secretary lord 0'donnell. nice to see. i know you could not hear what rob was saying. a reflection for a moment and what it is like in politics when it becomes enticed —— intensely personal, when you have seen these characters who feel like they have a lwa ys characters who feel like they have always been in the building behind us, certainly not there?” always been in the building behind us, certainly not there? i side with john major, when he lost an election. it is very personal. it is not at all something you can just gloss over. it has been your life. they have contributed enormous amounts. i feel for all the losers. but it is the nature of politics, thatis but it is the nature of politics, that is the world, they know they are in it. what you make of the shape of the country today? you have that advantage one step back from the front line now. did you ever think you would see this in your lifetime? i am very surprised. i joined the civil service in 1979. i remember the 805, remember the

bigger majority. it is unusual, mo5t certainly. it is unusual in that it i5 certainly. it is unusual in that it is different from the 805 because we now have a fixed—term parliaments act. bori5 now have a fixed—term parliaments act. boris johnson can, now have a fixed—term parliaments act. borisjohnson can, and will come almost certainly, go on for five years and we will have another election where he might win again. from your experience you would presumably a55ume when we look back, for example, the trilogy of thatcher elections, the blair ones, that if you get a majority this big at first, you are in for another term? well, that's right. u5ually first, you are in for another term? well, that's right. usually it takes a while. what would happen then is that the prime minister had the ability to choose when to go. if after four yea r5 ability to choose when to go. if after four years they were doing well in the polls, that they could ju5t well in the polls, that they could just say, let's have it now. that power has gone away from them. but the chances are that when you have got the size of a majority, it will la5t. got the size of a majority, it will last. gus o'donnell, i'm going to a5k last. gus o'donnell, i'm going to ask you to stay with us. we will have plenty more to discuss here.

but you are watching a bbc election 5pecial but you are watching a bbc election special on the day the conservatives won the biggest majority since 1987. good afternoon. you join us live in westminster, where borisjohnson is set to begin a new term as prime minister after the conservatives win their biggest majority since 1987. the tory leader has returned to downing street after visiting buckingham palace to ask the queen for permission to form a government. 0vernight, his gamble to hold a december election paid off.

he now has a majority of 78 and a mandate, he says, to leave the eu. with this mandate and this majority we will at last be able to do what? audience: get brexit done! the prime minister has said he'll work "flat out" and has pledged to earn the support of people who in his words may have ‘lent' him their vote. it was an awful night for labour — losing 59 seats, many of them in places the party has held for decades. jeremy corbyn said the results were ‘very disappointing'. 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. a strong result for the snp who now hold 48 seats out of 59 in scotland.

nicola sturgeon says it sends a clear message for a second independence referendum. that independence referendum that was very much at the heart of the snp'5 campaign, there is a renewed, refreshed, strengthened mandate for that. liberal democrat leaderjo swin5on quits after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. for millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and di5may and people are looking for hope. and we are in birmingham with voters and will hear from a lifelong labour 5upporter who yesterday voted conservative for the first time. and a gutted labour voter who says her party has lost its way over brexit. the result of the election means big

change in the house of commons and for the country. the uk will now leave the european union by the end of next month. we'll be speaking to the main parties and will bring you all the events and the reaction from here throughout the day. good afternoon and welcome to viewers here in the uk on bbc one and the bbc news channel — and around the globe on bbc world news. here at westminster the prime minister borisjohnson is ready to form a new government after an overhwhelming win by the conservatives in the general election. the tories have a majority of 78 with just one seat still to declare. mrjohnson has called his victory a "new dawn" and said he now has a mandate to get the uk to leave the european union at the end ofjanuary "no ifs, no buts". jeremy corbyn said labour's result was a "disappointing night" and that he would not fight a future general election.

the liberal democrats had a terrible night as the party leader, jo swinson, lost her seat and quit. but the snp did well, coming close to sweeping the board in scotland. let's take a look at the result as they stand. the conservatives won 364 seats — up 47. labour took 203 — down 59. the snp have 48 mp5 — an increase of 13. the liberal democrats only have 11 — down one. the dup on eight. and sinn fein — who don't take their seats — seven. this is the vote share in great britain... it shows us what it would look like with a more proportional system. the conservatives, interestinglyjust

with a more proportional system. the conservatives, interestingly just an increase of 1%. labour 33%. the liberal democrats 12%. the snp 4%. the greens 3%. the brexit party 2%. we'll bring you all the reaction and speak to all the main parties — and look at what at the result means for westminster and for brexit. stay with us throughout the day. now we are going to downing street and clive myrie. hello, the prime minister boris johnson arriving back from his audience with the queen in the last 40 minutes or so. even out here, we are 30, 40 yards away from the shiny black door. we heard that huge reception of champagne corks pimping, reception of champagne corks popping, possibly, but cheering and shouts of well done for boris

johnson on his arrival back to begin what looks as if it will be an eventful five yea rs what looks as if it will be an eventful five years in that building behind me. with me is our assistant political editor dorman smith. we should not forget that david cameron tried it and theresa may tried it, borisjohnson tried once. i am going to leave you, we are going up to scotland. nicola sturgeon we understand will give a speech. thank you for coming along here today. i will now launch the snp campaign in this very room over a month ago. i could not reasonably have hoped for a more emphatic victory. last night, the snp won an incredible 80% of seats in scotland, an overwhelming

endorsement of our campaign message and vision. it is clear beyond doubt that the kind of future desired by the majority in scotland is very different to that chosen by much of the rest of the uk. scotland has rejected boris johnson the rest of the uk. scotland has rejected borisjohnson and the tories and yet again, we have said no to brexit. during this campaign, isaid no to brexit. during this campaign, i said repeatedly that all elections are importantand i said repeatedly that all elections are important and of course they are, but that this one really mattered. i said the future of scotla nd mattered. i said the future of scotland was on the line. last night was indeed a watershed moment. today as we reflect on the outcome, we should also look ahead. this morning i want to address both the people of scotla nd i want to address both the people of scotland and the prime minister directly. to the people of scotland

i want to say a simple but heartfelt thank you. thank you for the overwhelming victory you gave the snp last night. the snp will never ever ta ke snp last night. the snp will never ever take you for granted. we will continue to work every single day to earn your trust, however you voted last night, both in government at holyrood and in opposition at westminster, and we will focus relentlessly on building a fairer and more prosperous country for eve ryo ne and more prosperous country for everyone who lives here. we will continue to promote the outward looking, internationalist values that are firmly at the heart of the snp vision for scotland and we will do whatever we can to protect scotla nd do whatever we can to protect scotland from what i fear will be a deeply damaging tory government. that means we will stand firm in our defence of our national health

service, we will resist to the best of our ability the ultra brexit tory ideology that threatens a race to the bottom on issues like the environment, food standards and workers' rights, and we will stand up workers' rights, and we will stand upfor workers' rights, and we will stand up for the rights of those from other european countries who have chosen to live here. i want to briefly address them directly today. iam very briefly address them directly today. i am very aware that for you, this may be the most difficult day since the morning after the brexit vote. let me say this again and from my heart. you are welcome here, we value your contribution and i will fight with everything i have to protect your right to call scotland your home. of course, elections can be invigorating, but also bruising events. let me congratulate all those candidates last night to won,

but also commiserate with those who lost seats. despite the hard—fought nature of this campaign, i believe and hope we can in scotland now agree on two fundamental points. first, it is clear beyond doubt the overwhelming majority of people in scotla nd overwhelming majority of people in scotland do want to remain in the european union. that verdict was first delivered in the referendum, and it was reinforced in the general election of 2017, it was strengthened in the european election this year and last night, it was emphatically confirmed. westminster has ignored people in scotla nd westminster has ignored people in scotland for more than three years. last night, the people of scotland said enough. it is time for boris johnson to start listening. i accept, regretfully, that he has a

mandate for brexit in england. but he has no mandate whatsoever to take scotla nd he has no mandate whatsoever to take scotland out of the european union. if he presses ahead, he will drive coach and horses through the idea thatis coach and horses through the idea that is supposed to underpin the uk, the idea the union is a partnership of equal nations. that brings into sharp relief the second fundamental principle i believe we in scotland can unite around, that scotland's future must be in scotland's hands. i acknowledge not absolutely eve ryo ne i acknowledge not absolutely everyone who voted snp yesterday is ready to support independence. but the point of unity i believe exists is this one. whether or not scotland becomes an independent country must becomes an independent country must bea becomes an independent country must be a matter for the becomes an independent country must be a matterfor the people becomes an independent country must be a matter for the people who live here. let me stress for all of us who live here, no matter where we

come from. it is not a decision for any come from. it is not a decision for a ny westminster come from. it is not a decision for any westminster prime minister and not for one who suffered a crushing defeat in scotland last night. the tories for this campaign in scotland ona tories for this campaign in scotland on a single issue. they spoke quite literally about nothing else. they bombarded people with the same relentless message day after day and night after night, saying a vote for them was a vote to deny people in scotla nd them was a vote to deny people in scotland the right to decide our own future and they said it was a vote to reject an independence referendum. yesterday the people of scotla nd referendum. yesterday the people of scotland decided instead to reject the tories. the stunning election win for the snp renews, reinforces and strengthens the mandate we have in previous elections to offer the people of scotland a choice over their future. that mandate says it

is for the scottish parliament, not a westminster government, to decide whether and when they should be a new referendum on independence. given the verdict of the people of scotla nd given the verdict of the people of scotland last night, the scottish government will next week publish the detailed democratic case for a tra nsfer of the detailed democratic case for a transfer of power to enable a referendum to be put beyond legal challenge. i have been clear a referendum must be the responsibility of the scottish parliament. this is not about asking borisjohnson or parliament. this is not about asking boris johnson or any other westminster politician for permission. instead it is an assertion of the democratic right of the people of scotland to determine our own future. given what i fear, a tory government now has in store for scotland, that right to choose our future has never been more important, or more urgent. to the

prime minister let me be clear, this is not simply a demand that i or the snp are making. it is the right of the people of scotland, and you, as leader of a defeated party in scotland, have no right to stand in our way. in scotland, have no right to stand in ourway. in an scotland, have no right to stand in our way. in an independent scotland we will always get the government we vote for. we will have full control of the powers and levers needed to build a truly fair and more prosperous country. we can take our place as an equal partner with our close friends in the rest of the uk and across europe and the world. the people of scotland have spoken. it is time now to decide our own future. thank you very much indeed. applause . nicola sturgeon speaking in edinburgh after that incredibly successful electoral night for the s&p and saying independence is now

the right of the people of scotland —— mike s and to the prime minister that he has no right to stand in their way. we can cross to lorna gordon. no change in the message, but what does that mean in terms of delivering... we know borisjohnson will not allow a second referendum and she said she will not go through illegal means. what happens?” and she said she will not go through illegal means. what happens? i think we are setting the two countries up for a big constitutional stand—off. nothing nicola sturgeon said in that speech was entirely unexpected. but there were big, big gains for the snp in scotland overnight. and she said those gains renew, reinforce and strengthen her mandate. the snp mandate in scotland. for scottish people to have a right to choose their future.

people to have a right to choose theirfuture. she said people to have a right to choose their future. she said she will set out next week a detailed democratic case for the transfer of power. we have always known that at some point before christmas she would request what is called a six and authority order, the transfer of power from westminster to hold a referendum here in scotland. that would be on scottish independence. but as you say, borisjohnson scottish independence. but as you say, boris johnson has scottish independence. but as you say, borisjohnson has made very clear that he will say no to that. he sees another referendum on scottish independence as a once in a generation event. where do we go from here? well, there are increasing rumours and speculation that perhaps there might be legal action over that matter. but the snp are also pushing the line that boris johnson can't refuse because, frankly, he has no right to stand in the way. their vote went down in

scotland, the snp went up significantly. they won more than 80% of the seat. a40 5% share of the vote. the map has turned snp yellow. but it is hard to see how you reconcile to very opposing positions when it comes to the constitutional question of scotland's future and foresee big arguments ahead. thank you very much indeed. with us now is former cabinet secretary lord gus 0'donnell. so much to die this morning. —— digest. the ease with which that result seems to have taken hold which that result seems to have ta ken hold is which that result seems to have taken hold is the narrative of a conservative majority. they have done extraordinarily well. it belies the complications that lie ahead. certainly in scotland, as we have heard, and also, presumably, in northern ireland, in ireland? northern ireland, in ireland? northern ireland, in ireland? northern ireland now have for the first time more nationalist mps than

unionist. that presumably starts to influence the balance of power there as well? absolutely. from a civil service point of view you breathe a sigh of relief to all those complicated things like hung parliaments are gone. 0n the other hand, within that majority you are absolutely right, you just heard nicola sturgeon talking about wanting a referendum. the prime minister has the right to say no. and that will create tensions. northern ireland, the same. the nationalists now, for the first time, having more seats than the unionists. that is going to create problems because those things are not just separate constitutional issues. for both of those countries, brexit is a big issue. assuming that boris goes ahead, that it was brexit, which i am, and we leave on —— january brexit, which i am, and we leave on ——january 31, brexit, which i am, and we leave on —— january 31, that does create problems and reinforces the independence campaign. i think you will see both in scotland and the

view in northern ireland that there are greater attractions being closer to the republic of ireland. it makes life more difficult. does how well we do on the next stage of brexit alter that? to the extent that nicola sturgeon has always used brexit as the motivator, if you like, for leading scotland to go independent. if brexit delivers prosperity, success, brand—new don't have trade deals come all the things that she, at the moment, doesn't believe it can, does that then shift things? i am afraid the timescales don't work for that. future trade deals with third—party countries like, —— like the us, are a long way off. whatever president trump might say. that is not going to happen. it is not just say. that is not going to happen. it is notjust president trump. it is borisjohnson as well. you are telling us that his promise to leave by december 2020, with a great deal, is not possible? no. there are two

things. there is the uk— eu trade deal, right? the adverse consequences of being outside the eu won't be felt for quite a while in terms of that trade deal. and the whole point about a trade deal with third countries is that it will take usa third countries is that it will take us a while to make any great deals. we can do one with countries like canada but it is a tiny proportion of that trade. there is also a problem with the shape of government. we heard rumours that the foreign & commonwealth office could look very different under borisjohnson. he would get rid of the international development and presumably the overseas development budget as well? well, the leaks have suggested that the department for international development may be folded into the foreign office. my guess is they would still keep two separate cabinet ministers but they would certainly, when he does his first big spending review, that he's

now got a chance under the fixed—term parliaments act 25 —— to have a five year term, he may well decide he is not going to stick with the 0.7% commitment, that would require legislation. and then use that money in different ways. hopefully, still to look at helping the world's poor. but in ways that might also stay outside the things that are normally counted as aid. for example, helping on climate change and issues with that. —— like that. that is where he needs to sit down and i would say not rushing to sorting out a cabinet yet. think about the machinery of government that will work for what he wants to do. you think we won't get the cabinet for another day?” do. you think we won't get the cabinet for another day? i am hoping he will wait because he has got to sort out, with a bigger majority, the kind of brexit deal he can do. he has got more options open and i would say delivering a softer brexit helps in with northern ireland and scotland, helps allay those fears that they are going to suffer. a

no—deal brexit would be really bad for northern ireland and scotland. particularly bad for northern ireland. i think he will be even more aware of that now with these results. fascinating to hear you still talk of a no—deal brexit. it hasn't gone away, even at this point? i think it has become... it was unlikely, it has become even less likely. i am urging the prime minister to carry on and get his deal through. nice minister to carry on and get his dealthrough. nice to minister to carry on and get his deal through. nice to see you. thank you very much indeed. we are going to sweep across our newsroom. christian fraser has been picking out some of the big swings from labour to conservative. you will see we are still missing one seat, it is in cornwall, st ives. a conservative lib dem marginal. there is bad weather in the scilly isles. we will not get that until later this afternoon. 0n the basis of this, it is, as we have been saying, the best

result for the conservatives since 1987. conversely, for the labour party, it is the worst since the war. worse even than michael foot in 1983 in terms of seats. the liberal democrats, depending on the seat we just mentioned, it could be worse than even 2017, they would —— though they would point you to their vote share which is up. it has been a personal triumph for boris johnson. no doubt about that. he has only put on1.2% on no doubt about that. he has only put on 1.2% on what theresa may had in 2017. what has been different? well, the difference is that the labour vote in working class post industrial areas has collapsed. you have seen that in north—east wales, the west midlands, south yorkshire, the west midlands, south yorkshire, the north—east of england. and you really drill down into the numbers you will see that the conservative vote share is higher where there is a higher percentage of working class people. these are seats that have all gone from red to blue. bassetlaw, redcar, scu nthorpe,

leigh, dudley north, great grimsby, sedgefield, rother valley. leigh, dudley north, great grimsby, sedgefield, rothervalley. bassetlaw was the biggest swing of the night. john mann standing down. a former mining town in nottinghamshire. big leave area. look at the vote share you can see the labour vote collapsing. the brexit party eating into a bit. look at that massive swing. 18%. dudley north, it has never been anything but labour. 0k? big leave area. again you look at the vote share. almost a straight swap. conservative to labour. another massive swing. there is another extraordinary one. sedgefield, the former seat of tony blair, in 2005 there was a majority of more than 18,000. that was after —— after nine years of labour opposition the conservatives have a majority of 4500. another big vote share. the brexit party eating into that as well. one last one. rother valley, it has never been anything

but tory. labour since 1918. a big leave area. this is the one that nigel farage will point to. the brexit party eating massively into the labour vote and a very big swing from labour to the conservatives. chris tim, thanks. two of the three wolverhampton seats in the west midlands saw the conservatives gain from labour. phil mackie is there. phil, what can you tell us? well, two out of three went. the third might easily have been won by the conservatives last night as well if there had not been a brexit party candidate. they took a significant number of votes off the conservative party. labour mps eleanor smith and emma reynolds have both lost their seats. part of the picture across the west midlands, of course, just been hearing about dudley going to the conservatives. for

stoke—on—trent, west bromwich, labour strongholds for generations, they turned blue last night. what really i've been trying to find out here is about people who traditionally voted labour. some of them still have. some of them switched last night. i have been asking them what their motives were from voting the way they did. we've got five years now to get things done we can get brexit done 0n time, end ofjanuary, and get this country moving. and thank goodness we have moved from the stranglehold of a hung parliament. i thought borisjohnson stranglehold of a hung parliament. i thought boris johnson you stranglehold of a hung parliament. i thought borisjohnson you don't trust and the others, i think i have got more sense than them. what about labour now? how would they when your trust back? if they got someone, a better leader, and better people who you think would be good in the cabinet. i am not a carbon supporter but i prefer the policies that labour had over the conservatives. even though you are not a carbon supporter you still voted labour?

yeah. what should labour do now do win the country back? get rid of jeremy corbyn, i guess! it wasn't just that person telling you that. lots of people have been saying the same thing. in the west midlands that is slightly further left—wing version of the labour party doesn't really carry much weight. wolverhampton south west has split between labour and conservatives over the years. this used to be enoch powell's seat many yea rs used to be enoch powell's seat many years ago. but wolverhampton north east, which emma reynolds lost, that has been labour for as east, which emma reynolds lost, that has been labourfor as long east, which emma reynolds lost, that has been labour for as long as east, which emma reynolds lost, that has been labourfor as long as i can remember. probably for generations as well. a real sea change. the trick for boris johnson and as well. a real sea change. the trick for borisjohnson and the conservatives is they are going to have to keep those people on side if they're going to win the next election, and they will have to invest in places like wolverhampton. that is what people want to see happening notjust that is what people want to see happening not just here that is what people want to see happening notjust here but across the west midlands. phil, thank you very much indeed. the liberal democrats had been hoping to take cheltenham, but it was a conservative hold. let's cross to our correspondent

there fiona lamdin. a disappointing night for the lib dems and in other places? yes, as you say it had always been a two horse race here in cheltenham. we we re horse race here in cheltenham. we were here just two weeks ago talking to voters, whether it be coming out of the theatre, in the pub or you're in the christmas market. everyone could agree on one thing. just how much literature they were getting through the doors from the liberal democrats. there were posters everywhere. that was because the liberal democrats were working so hard. cheltenham was number six on their targeted list. this was when they were so keen to take. they hope their promise to revoke article 50 would entice traditional conservative voters to switch party at the last moment. because in 2016, 50 7% of this town voted to remain in the eu. but last night that did not happen. alex chalk has been mp here forfour years. not happen. alex chalk has been mp here for four years. last night he held onto his seat. this is what he

said afterwards. it was very close and, for a time, i did not think i had won and just to come through feels amazing. i want to express my gratitude to the people of cheltenham who showed faith in me i want to make this point, because it was close, that i want to represent people from all political backgrounds. we've got to start healing our nation and that means healing our locality, our constituency, as well, and i will stand up for people whether they backed me or didn't back me it is so important. yes, the conservatives only got 48% of the shareware is the liberal democrats, sorry, only 46%. it is very close. speaking to people here this morning, i spoke to the man manning the flower market. he said on the way to work literally as whole boss was salivating, they were so excited. then you speak to another group of people by the german sausage market around the corner and they said they were so desperately desperately disappointed

because they thought the liberal democrats were doing absolutely everything they could command a so nearly won. every divided time. yes, the conservatives holding their seat. wigan mp lisa nandy used her victory speech to demand labour listens to its former voters. we can talk to her now. this will not have come as any surprise to you. you predicted this. you warned of it. you saw it happening almost like a slow motion car crash. i wonder why you and so many of your colleagues felt you could not stop it. i think the honest truth is it has been a long time coming. i have been talking about it for some time but in towns like wigan we have been seeing a lifelong labour voter is moving away from us, feeling they have not left

labour, labour has left them for almost 20 years. the last time labour won majority in the commons was 2005, a very long time ago and since that time we have seen so many warning signs in towns like this with falling turnout, then a dramatic spike in support for ukip and in towns like mine, which have rejected consistently the far right. then the vote to leave the eu and over again we have not listened to what people are saying that is one reason why i think now is not the moment to rush to judgment and not the time to say to people in towns like mine, we know what went wrong and we are here to tell you. now is the time for us to have a moment of humility and to be quiet and listen to what people have tried to tell us for a long time. understood, but i am trying to get a sense of when you say the warning signs were there for

year's, are you saying it was the labour approach to brexit that was wrong, do you believe the party became to metropolitan, out of touch, did not connect with towns in the way it did with cities? was it about the leader or the brexit strategy? brexit is indicative of a wider problem which is when we got the vote to leave the european union we immediately rushed to judgment. many we immediately rushed to judgment. ma ny voters we immediately rushed to judgment. many voters in towns like mine were told they were stupid, racist, they had not understood the question, and believed lies from people like nigel farage and david cameron. people in towns like mine are not daft. they did not want to be in the eu but a lot behind that was a sentiment that increasingly they had little control over what happened in their lives. towns like my need real power to set

the agenda and the truth is what has happened in labour over a long period is we have concentrated the power of decision—making outside these areas. there are a lot of great people in our towns who go out knocking on doors and working for labour but most of the decisions that we make are made by people who are far away from the reality of lives in our communities and that is something that needs to change and people have told us that for a long time. now is the moment we have to start listening to that and start thinking about what it is that unites places like tottenham, where my friend david lambie is a member of parliament, where people need a labour government and unites wigan and next door where my good friend joe platt just lost her and next door where my good friend joe plattjust lost her seat in leigh last night. labour only wins when we bring together the two different parts of the country and

we need to think about seriously what we'll do that and how we get this right. when you are thinking about your next leader, do you think it might be better they did not come from islington and perhaps came from wigan, lisa nandy? well, to be honest, i do not know what i am going to do next. i think anybody who has rushed into this thinking we have all the answers has taken precisely the wrong lessons from last night. what we have been told in towns like this for a long time is we are not listening and we need humility and need to be quiet and start listening to people. there are things to be said, lots, but i think there is hope out there for the labour party. i did not detect any sense in this campaign that people feel an enthusiasm for the tory agenda or any great affection for

borisjohnson. but agenda or any great affection for boris johnson. but what they feel strongly is at the moment there is a vacuum no one is filling and that is where the hope lies for labour and what i said last night to many, lifelong labour voters who told me they need a labour government and wa nt they need a labour government and want a labour government, but they could not vote for labour in this election is that i will do everything to bring labour back home to them. how easily do you think you work with a conservative government on these issues for areas like yours? your words are almost the same as those as dominic cummings, the chief adviser to borisjohnson, who left this morning saying, obviously he will phrase it differently but you are coming from the same place, the average educated remainers who have waited around and did not understand what was going on we re did not understand what was going on were driving everyone mad and hopefully they will learn because it

is not good for the country. do you feel you are closer to boris johnson's conservatives and what they offer than tojeremy corbyn's labour party? this is one of the worst days i can remember but you have found a way to make it worse by telling me i agree with dominic cummings. i really don't. the task for labour is not to pick one macro pa rt for labour is not to pick one macro part of the country that needs a labour government against another. the task for labour is to work out how you bring different parts of the country together and that is the only way we have won power and managed to transform things for people. the problem with what has happened in the labour party is we have been told to pick a side, you are have been told to pick a side, you a re leave have been told to pick a side, you are leave or remain but the truth in london i am leave and elsewhere seen asa

london i am leave and elsewhere seen as a remainer. i have been trying to bridge that gap. i live in the part of the world where two thirds voted to leave and a third voted to remain andi to leave and a third voted to remain and i am their voice in parliament and i am their voice in parliament and have to stand up for both and find the common ground and compromise that enables us to move forward as a country. it is important to learn the right lessons, do not pick a side, do not divide people like the tories, we have to compromise and work together and move forwards. we wish you luck with that. you're watching bbc election 2019. more from here in a moment but first we can cross the newsroom and join louise minchin who has a summary of the day's stories. the conservatives have won their biggest general election majority since margaret thatcher in 1987, after claiming scores of seats from labour in its traditional heartlands in the north of england. the party has a commons majority of 78 with just one

seat still to declare, and their share of the vote has risen to 45%, while labour's plunged by 8% to 33%. the prime minister borisjohnson has met the queen at buckingham palace to ask for her permission to form a government. he has said the conservatives' resounding victory in the general election gives him the people's mandate to pursue britain's withdrawalfrom the european union and promised to work "night and day" to repay the trust of voters. 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, 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 woking to workington. jeremy corbyn said it was a disappointing night — and he would not lead labour at any future election. but mr corbyn made clear he wouldn't be stepping down immediately, despite many in the party laying the blame for labour's poor performance at his door. he put the result, which was the party's worst since 1935, down to the issue of brexit, which he said had "polarised" politics. i want also to 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 and on the policies that the party will take going forward. and i will lead the party during that period to ensure that

discussion takes place and we move on into the future. the snp has made big gains across scotland, with nicola sturgeon saying the country had sent a "clear message" on a second independence referendum. with all of the scottish results in, the snp has won 48 of the country's 59 seats — 13 more than it won in 2017. the conservatives have won six seats, the liberal democrats four and labour one. ms sturgeon said it's now time for the people of scotland to decide their own future. westminster has ignored people in scotland for more than three years. last night, the people of scotland said enough. it is time for borisjohnson to start listening. i accept, regretfully, that he has a mandate for brexit in england. but he has no mandate whatsoever to take scotland out of the european union. the most high—profile casualty has

been the liberal democrat leader, jo swinson, who lost her seat in east dunbartonshire to the snp by 149 votes, and is stepping down. the party currently has 11 seats — winning a 12% share of the vote. sir ed davey and baroness sal brinton will be acting leaders of the party, now ms swinson is no longer an mp. there is a lot more on the election online and you can look up the results in every constituency using the map and get live reaction and analysis from experts. that's it, now back to election 2019. in a moment we'll go to belfast to get reaction to some interesting results there. but first let's go to christian fraser to find out what the story has been in northern ireland.

records broken all over the map and so it was in northern ireland for the first time in history with the nationalists having more seats in northern ireland than the unionists. sdlp picking up two and the dup losing two. they are still the biggest party in terms of vote share but the big story was the alliance, cross— party, but the big story was the alliance, cross—party, neutral on the constitutional question of the united ireland and if they are upset at the policies of borisjohnson and the dup getting into bed with him, the dup getting into bed with him, the alliance is an option for them. i cannot emphasise the earthquake in belfast north. the westminster leader of the dup, nigel dodds, lost his seat, which he had 20 years. in belfast north you have the catholic

ardoyne state estate. —— estate. this has who has taken it, john finucane who is the son of pat the new can “— finucane who is the son of pat the new can —— patch finucane. this is the seat the alliance picked up. the deputy leader of the alliance. this was the seat of the independent who was the seat of the independent who was standing down and the alliance put on 36% in terms of vote share in that seat. in the last one, this is where you have derry londonderry and it was the seat ofjohn hume, the sdlp leader who had it 20 odd years until 2005. sinn fein snatched it backin until 2005. sinn fein snatched it back in 2017, only with 169 majority. but look at that, that is

a huge swing. what is going on is it because eastwood said you need to remain voice in westminster? 0r because eastwood said you need to remain voice in westminster? or was it the issue of the young journalist who was shot in april this year and you might have heard the pre—saying he did not understand the politics of the extremes. we will have to drill into the figures. but certainly an extraordinary results. annita mcveigh is in belfast. the nationalist parties now have more mp5 than the unionist parties. if you look at what if that does, actually not just in if you look at what if that does, actually notjust in northern ireland, but also in scotland, i think one statistic has come out saying more voters have backed leave parties to would you believe it a

ratio of 52 to 48? it might feel very different where you are? yes, i think so, emily. and actually, it is worth remembering that none of the mps here, neither nationalist, unionist nor the cross community alliance party, actually back boris johnson's brexit deal as it currently stands. none of them. just picking up on the point christian was making about the alliance party. there was only one constituency where the alliance party vote share didn't actually go up. a real shift to the centre ground in northern ireland. iamjoined to the centre ground in northern ireland. i am joined by claire rice, an academic at newcastle university, at queen's university here in belfast and also works on the identities project exploring the impact of brexit on identity and governance in northern ireland. you had written before the selection that brexit was the fundamental

underpinning to it. assessing the results that we have, do you still agree with that? i think i do. the reason i said it initially was that the way packeds aligned themselves was a long leave and remain discourse, i think the results last night show that very much there was a brexit influence in how people chose to their tickets whenever they we nt chose to their tickets whenever they went into the ballot boxes yesterday. i think that has been seenin yesterday. i think that has been seen in the way the dup have effectively ta ken quite seen in the way the dup have effectively taken quite a hammering in the votes they have lost. they have lost two seats. they have lost large numbers of votes in pretty much all of the constituencies. that has shown there is very much a reaction going on towards their position on brexit. yes, so to what extent position on brexit. yes, so to what exte nt d o position on brexit. yes, so to what extent do you think there has been no reaction to the sinn fein policy of abstention is, not taking their

seats at westminster, to the dup position on brexit? and how will all of that feed into the question of stormont? when i have been covering the election here in northern ireland, people have said, we know this is a westminster election, but we really want to talk about stormont as well. the northern ireland assembly out of action for nearly three years. is any of this going to make a difference?” nearly three years. is any of this going to make a difference? i think it is very important, the point about abstention is, particularly when you look at the foyle result where sinn fein claimed the seat in 2017 and by a huge majority the sdlp have reclaimed that. the difference between those two nationalist parties is the fact that colum eastwood will take a seat in the house of commons. sinn fein has an abstention of policy. i think more generally in terms of what it might mean for stormont, the very much thatis mean for stormont, the very much that is something i have been struck by in this election, despite it being a westminster election, so much of the conversation has been around the assembly and getting the talks going, getting the parties together, having a negotiation. and

rethinking to the more domestic level politics rather than westminster. it has been a strange conversation that has been housed, despite it being a national level election. claire rice, thank you for your thoughts. emily, when boris johnson talks about one nation conservatism, which nation is he speaking to? is it scotland, is it to northern ireland? the results there suggest not. possibly stirring up there suggest not. possibly stirring up some real issues, some real problematic issues for him to deal with in the coming months. thank you very much indeed. victoria derbyshire is with voters in birmingham. good afternoon. we have francesca and michael, and liz and amar. francesca, you voted conservative. tell us why? i voted conservative because i believe that people want

some humility. 0ut because i believe that people want some humility. out of all the ma nifestos, some humility. out of all the manifestos, they were giving us most. like they want to give more money to the nhs. have you forgiven the conservatives for cutting disability benefits since 2010? to be honest, this is my first time on voting. so i have been really not been paying too much attention to what the parties did in the past. i focused on what they want to do in the future. and in this year's

ma nifesto. the future. and in this year's manifesto. michael, you also voted conservative. why? ithink manifesto. michael, you also voted conservative. why? i think boris has got to the agenda to take this country forward. we have to deliver on brexit. boris has got a good deal to go ahead with that. he has got a plan to deliver brexit. it has to be done and it will be done with this great majority. he has also got a plan for the domestic agenda for the future. as we mentioned before, investing in the nhs, schools, roads, hospitals. you are chairman of the young conservative group in birmingham? have you been up all night? i was. i would birmingham? have you been up all night? iwas. iwould have birmingham? have you been up all night? i was. i would have been happy with a small majority. we have got a very big majority. it is wonderful. it shows people are backing our vision for the country. we are going to do what we promised. we are going to do what we promised. we are going to do what we promised. we are going to pose there. more of you to talk to but i think we will hand back now because we have some news from jeremy corbyn. thank you, victoria. we heard from jeremy corbyn a little earlier that he thought it was a very disappointing night. we have now had more reaction from the labour leader to this election result.

this is what he had to say. 0bviously this is what he had to say. obviously very sad, the result we have achieved, and very sad that those colleagues that lost their seats in the election, and very sad for many people in this country who will now have a government that is continuing policies of austerity and many in the poorest communities i think will suffer very badly from the economic strategy that i suspect the economic strategy that i suspect the prime minister will take forward. but also, i have pride in our manifesto that we put forward. and all the policies we put forward which actually had huge public support on issues of universal credit, the green industrial revolution and investment for the future. but this election was taken over ultimately by brexit. and we as a party represent people who both voted remain and leave. and my whole strategy was to reach out beyond the brexit divide, to bring people together, because ultimately the

country has to come together. jeremy corbyn speaking a few moments ago. the labour mp lucy powell was re—elected to her manchester central constituency. she is in our salford studio. i would suggest that is not the most extraordinary speech of the day, lucy? i rememberwhen ed miliband, who you were working alongside, faced his results and he said, itake alongside, faced his results and he said, i take absolutely —— absolute responsibility for that defeat. we had no suggestion there from jeremy corbyn that he felt he was to blame. indeed he said he retained pride in the manifesto. i wonder what you make of it? look, i do think we need to hear a bit more contrition and humility, not just from jeremy but from across the party as well. we all have a responsibility for what isa all have a responsibility for what is a seismic and formidable defeat that we have suffered. and we have to understand that and listen to what the voters have said to us. i

don't think it is sufficient for us to simply put it down to one issue or another. it is a whole range of issues. and we need to be really humble in defeat. and take our full responsibility for it. i hope that jeremy will, as he said, really reflect on this result and that means they will be no no—go areas in terms of reflecting on that. you are been quite cautious, quite kind perhaps. he resigned from the carbon shadow cabinet because you thought it was going nowhere and you did not like the sense of direction. there have been 171, i think, that signed the letter saying, 172, saying, this is not the way for us to go asa saying, this is not the way for us to go as a labour party. why did that never get the momentum? what is stopping you from understanding that

this had to change? look, that was three years ago now. we have had two general elections since then. you'll learn one set of, you learn some things from one of those elections and you have to learn different things from this election here now. imean, things from this election here now. i mean, clearly, brexit is a pattern underpinning this particular election. but the scale of the result is much broader than brexit alone. and of coursejeremy, as our leader, i hope, along with the rest of us, we'll have to take some responsibility for that. but i think also to just responsibility for that. but i think also tojust pin responsibility for that. but i think also to just pin the blame on the leadership and think that if we change leader tomorrow and brexit will no longer be an issue once we have left, that somehow it will all spring back into place for us, i think that would be just as big a mistake as anything else. does momentum still have a place in the

labour party in your view? look, i mean, ithink labour party in your view? look, i mean, i think some of this... we have to put to one side some of this factional divide. that has been an issue as well as far as i'm concerned. we have prevented ourselves as a divided party. —— presented. part of what we have seen this morning, which i personally deeply regret, is different factions within the labour party trying to put their own answers on this defeat without having understood the defeat first. as a chor, we were right all along. 0n the one hand someone to say this is just about brexit and everything else about our party was fantastic and brilliant. 0thers everything else about our party was fantastic and brilliant. others want to say, this is all aboutjeremy corbyn as leader. neither are right. we have all now got to collectively come together, deeply, objectively and honestly understand and listen to the electorate, and move forward with the collective understanding that... if we continue to pick

fights with one another, we might even go further backwards. was he right though, essentially, about his ideology, about what working—class labour voting seats needed? was he right to say he should have pride in his economic strategy? we clearly weren't right. not just his economic strategy? we clearly weren't right. notjust because of what happened last night. but this has actually been a long time coming. the long—term trend of working class communities and people moving away from labour, the warning signs have been there for a long time. i know you had lisa nandy on earlier. in fact, time. i know you had lisa nandy on earlier. infact, brexit time. i know you had lisa nandy on earlier. in fact, brexit itself was pa rt earlier. in fact, brexit itself was part of that warning sign. many communities represented have had a long time been represented by the labour party locally and nationally. they disagreed about brexit. they voted to leave and we wanted to remain. we didn't heed that warning then in 2016. and in 2017, many of then in 2016. and in 2017, many of the big swings away from us in that

election, when those same communities. we didn't heed it than either. so we have got to really ta ke either. so we have got to really take a deep long look at this. let's not make any immediate reactions and jump not make any immediate reactions and jump straight into it. thank you very much indeed. it's been a momentous few hours here at westminster and we'll have plenty more reaction throughout the day here on election 2019 but for now let's have a look at some of key moments as the drama of the night unfolded. cheering.

i want to thank the people of this country for turning out to vote in a december election. that we didn't wa nt to december election. that we didn't want to call but which i think has turned out to be an historic election. yes! 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.

borisjohnson leads the conservatives to a resounding election victory. cheering. they win their largest majority since the thatcher years, gaining scores of seats from labour. borisjohnson now has the majority he wanted, and says the uk will leave the european union next month. with this mandate and this majority, we will at last be able to do what? crowd: get brexit done. jeremy corbyn says he won't fight another election after labour's worst performance since 1935. i will not lead the party in any future general election campaign. i will discuss with our party to ensure there