and what is the position of the liberal democratic party on this issue ?ell, what is it like with us? uh, such a kind of culture in quotation marks was created by gratitude to petty officials bribing a traffic police officer, a negative cultural legacy of the soviet era, which generates loyal relations to the great regret of corruption in general , it is necessary to do the opposite with this not in this way for a bribe of 10,000 rubles. uh, 10 years in prison, and through school advocacy at work in the media, including our top favorite news channel. russia 24, such behavior should be considered shameful, it is necessary to systematically increase incomes, if the salary of a police doctor teacher is worthy, it will cherish the place, and not look for some kind of light smell, a different approach to our citizens, which we represent, will simply not be accepted, by the way here profanation of such methods, so to speak, by overkill. we certainly can not support the government must be crystal clear , not a comma, to ask ordinary people we must start with majo

dyke, liberal democrats, 21,187. _ labour party, 60,456. dyke, liberal democrats, 21,187. liberal democrats, 21,187. but there - labour party, 60,456. dyke, liberal democrats, 21,187. but there was i democrats, 21,187. but there was also a surprise, — democrats, 21,187. but there was also a surprise, no _ democrats, 21,187. but there was also a surprise, no clean - democrats, 21,187. but there was also a surprise, no clean sweep i democrats, 21,187. but there was. also a surprise, no clean sweep for the opposition parties.— the opposition parties. steve tuckwell, — the opposition parties. steve tuckwell, the _ the opposition parties. steve tuckwell, the conservative . the opposition parties. steve - tuckwell, the conservative party candidate, 13,965. in tuckwell, the conservative party candidate, 13,965.— candidate, 13,965. in selby and ains , a candidate, 13,965. in selby and ainsty, a labour— candidate, 13,965. in selby and ainsty, a labour candidate - candidate, 13,965. in selby and i ainsty, a labour candidate called keir defeated the conservatives. his older namesake

it did help the liberal democrats. the tories did hold onto boris johnson's votes. but the tories did hold onto borisjohnson's former votes. but the tories did hold onto boris johnson's former constituency of uxbridge in south ruislip in west london. that is despite a swing there of 6.7% to labour. the tories managed to capitalise on local anger over the planned expansion of the ultralow emission zone two outer london. under labour mayor sadiq khan. winning the seat by 495 votes. it's the local mp steve, the conservative saying that was the key issue, not mentioning the government or the prime minister. plenty more to come on those by—election results. now, time for a look at the weather. the weather may have a part to play if you have outdoor plans. not the most summery of weekends. it will be cool most summery of weekends. it will be cool, windy with some outbreaks of rain. how much rain? this chart shows how much over the next couple of days. there will be some parts of northern england and wales that see well over

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who is the new liberal democrat mp for somerton and frome. let's catch up for somerton and frome. let's catch up with all the latest news with mickey shuler. thanks, jo. the conservatives have held off labour to retain boris johnson's former seat of uxbridge and south ruislip by a95 votes, whilst the liberal democrats have overturned a conservative majority of more than 19,000 votes in somerset. we are still waiting for the result in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire. so, in uxbridge and south ruislip, the tories' winning candidate, steve tuckwell, credited the labour mayor of london for his win. sadiq khan has lost labour this election... cheering ..and we know that it was his damaging and costly ulez policy that lost them this election. i'm humbled and proud to be elected as the mp for the area in which i was born, raised, and built a family in — and to represent my home is a huge honour. the pundits expected labour to win big here, but our community came together, and i am thankful to them and the hundreds of activists that came out to deliver this message. this wasn't the ca

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the liberal democrats? youlike look— territories. the liberal democrats?ral democrats? youlike look at the _ territories. the liberal democrats? youlike look at the third _ territories. the liberal democrats? youlike look at the third place - youlike look at the third place challengers, it was one, two and three per cent. it is helpfulfor labour in uxbridge the votes for the greens was 800 that was bigger than the size they need too close. if they can make that argument at the general election the tactical voting will get them into downing street. thank you. i would love to keep it going but we are out of time. kirsty�*s back on monday. until then, we leave you with a taste of the american singer tony bennett — who died today at the age of 96. here he is duetting with lady gaga — with the lady is a tramp. goodnight. # i love yourfree... # i love your handkerchief in my hand... # life without care... # but i'm broke... # that's ok. # it's california, it's cold and it's damp both: that's why the lady is a tramp! # that's why the lady is a tramp! # that's why

for the liberal democrats smiles on theirfaces, they think the liberal democrats smiles on their facesmerton and froome. the conservatives think their problem is they're not managing to turn out their vote. they think the problem is high inflation and the legacy of the liz truss government. on the the up the liz truss government. on the the up side they say there is zero switching from labour to conservative and it could be a different story come the general election. and also they're confident that boris johnson election. and also they're confident that borisjohnson is now history and nobody is objecting to rishi sunak on the doorsteps. for labour, they believe that in uxbridge their vote is coming out in the right areas. here in this seat, a 20,000 majority nor the conservatives, so they don't have much of a presence. they don't have the data, but they're too cautious to say they have got it. for the liberal democrats, somerton and froome was their seat until 2015, they think they're doing well there and they will be saying tomorrow they're now backin will be saying tomorrow they're

party _ a leader of the liberal democrat party i— a leader of the liberal democrat party. whew, that is a big relief! i'm going to spend the weekend with my family. _ going to spend the weekend with my family, have some fun, go to the pictures. — family, have some fun, go to the pictures. do— family, have some fun, go to the pictures, do some gardening, spend time with— pictures, do some gardening, spend time with the children! the next morning. — time with the children! the next morning. i— time with the children! the next morning, i woke up and opened the curtains _ morning, i woke up and opened the curtains and — morning, i woke up and opened the curtains and saw a couple of black cars in _ curtains and saw a couple of black cars in the — curtains and saw a couple of black cars in the village hall opposite our house and i thought, that's odd. so, our house and i thought, that's odd. so. i_ our house and i thought, that's odd. so. iwent— our house and i thought, that's odd. so, i went out to speak to the journalists _ so, i went out to speak to the journalists and it was

a huge win for the liberal democrats. the leader of the liberal democrats.ho can unseat conservative mp5. and coming general election, that will be crucial to their message —— come a general election. we have come to expect this sort of win from the lib dems in this sort of seat where it is often a two—horse race between them and the tories. this is the fourth the party has achieved during this parliament. as you say, they want to send a message that it shows they are back in the south—west of england, an area where they historically used to hold a lot of seats and had a significant support base. that was all but wiped out in 2015, and they will be boosted by this result overnight. but as we have been saying, a by—election is one thing, a general election is something else.— one thing, a general election is something else. some analysts are sa int something else. some analysts are sa in: a something else. some analysts are saying a lot — something else. some analysts are saying a lot of _ something else. some analysts are saying a lot of tactical— something

let's look at labour and the liberal democrats.re, no question about that, all of the superlatives are deserved there, but that result in london with the quirk, that row about the ultra low emission zone, where the party leader and the labour mayor of london are awkwardly in public trying to work out what to do and are clearly conflicted about what to do, and then that fear i suspect from them that a single issue campaign in a constituency they would have hoped to win was sufficiently strong to derail their victory. so they will be nervous around that. but overall hoping they can still win the general election. as for the liberal democrats, they are copper cooked —— they are cock—a—hoop, no doubt about that, their win in somerset colossal but a small party with limited resources, how does it manage any general election when it has to contest 20, 30, 40 election when it has to contest 20, 30, a0 seats really competitively and all of those door knockers and leaf letters and envelope stuffers are spread out all over the place. enough

but we never take votes for as liberal democrats for granted as liberal democrats .u say, it's a fantastic win in somerton and frome. absolutely frome. we're absolutely delighted sarah the new mp, delighted for sarah the new mp, andifs delighted for sarah the new mp, and it's a sure sign that the lib dems are back in the west country. >> daisy , a fantastic result for >> daisy, a fantastic result for you , of course, in that seat. you, of course, in that seat. but what about selby and ainsty and what about uxbridge ? pretty and what about uxbridge? pretty poor vote share there. 526 votes in uxbridge . in uxbridge. >> well, in both of those seats we had fantastic candidate who had been in place for some time . they campaigned incredibly hard and had the support of our mps as well . hard and had the support of our mps as well. but hard and had the support of our mps as well . but the fact is mps as well. but the fact is that across this country we have a broken electoral system first past the post, and that means that liberal democrats, like every political party. so w

a liberal democrat caper with a confetti cannon after another liberal democrat crushing of the tories! celebrations for the winners, but behind the scenes for the two main parties, unease. for the conservatives, a sense of foreboding amongst many that they may well be heading towards a heavy general election defeat. but did that win in uxbridge hold out a glimmer of hope? for keir starmer, that result in uxbridge, deep irritation with the london mayor, how can you, as one of his allies say, run a cost—of—living campaign and then expect people to pay £90 a week to drive their own car? quite a backdrop for the general election. an academic sees more of blair than kinnock in labour's performance. i think it's nearer 1997 than 1992. the results from somerset and yorkshire were very bad for the conservative party and worse than that, they see the liberal democrats eating into the conservative vote in parts of the country, labour elsewhere and tactical voting in those constituencies, where it is clear that labour voted for the liberal democrat candidate in one and the liberal democrats vote

was david heath _ for the liberal democrats was david heath he _ for the liberal democrats was davidoalition. the house, leader of the house, sorry, underthe coalition. he the house, leader of the house, sorry, under the coalition. he lost the seat _ sorry, under the coalition. he lost the seat in — sorry, under the coalition. he lost the seat in 2015. david warburton has been — the seat in 2015. david warburton has been the conservative mp here since _ has been the conservative mp here since then, — has been the conservative mp here since then, and at the last election he had _ since then, and at the last election he had a _ since then, and at the last election he had a huge majority, 20,000, so the liberai— he had a huge majority, 20,000, so the liberal democrats are fighting to overturn that. so the liberal democrats are fighting to overturn that.— to overturn that. so a lot of resources. _ to overturn that. so a lot of resources, a _ to overturn that. so a lot of resources, a lot _ to overturn that. so a lot of resources, a lot of- to overturn that. so a lot of| resources, a lot

were —— what the liberal democrats were saying.oters and green voters who got behind sarah as the person who was able to defeat the conservatives. it able to defeat the conservatives. it a very powerful message will send a very powerful message and we are back in the west country, will stop across the west country will stop you are undoubtedly very confident, you are undoubtedly very confident, you claimed victory before midnight in to be back in the say, you claim to be back in the west country. but there is a of level of support at the number of mps that you had in this part of the uk. danger that you are uk. is there a danger that you are overconfident and perhaps complacent? a but a thing, as you well know, but a general election is very different. we certainly won't general election is very different. we certainly wo conservatives keep granted and the conservatives keep taking people in the west granted and the conservatives keep taking people in the service the record on the health service and the economy. the liberal democra

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the support fell off a cliff _ liberal democrat mp.hat coalition government and is that something you are now still fighting against on the doorstep? trio. something you are now still fighting against on the doorstep?— against on the doorstep? no, it isn't. against on the doorstep? no, it isn't- people — against on the doorstep? no, it isn't. people here _ against on the doorstep? no, it isn't. people here are _ against on the doorstep? no, it isn't. people here are angry - against on the doorstep? no, it| isn't. people here are angry and upset _ isn't. people here are angry and upset that— isn't. people here are angry and upset that they haven't had the representation in the constituency, or in parliament. that is the thing on the _ or in parliament. that is the thing on the doorsteps that i hear over and over— on the doorsteps that i hear over and overagain. people on the doorsteps that i hear over and over again. people want change and over again. people want change and they— and over again. people want change and they want a hard—w

another win for the liberal democrats, surely a boost for them? e. one issue came up a lot here. it was the ability to drive your car. the low emission zone in london where you have to pay a fee every time you move your car. every you move your car, if it is not eco—friendly, that dominated the conservative campaign. they made it and centre. the message we were getting from the new mp for uxbridge, steve tuckwell, the conservative, is that he thinks it was the ulez issue that was the one that got him over the line. it softens the blow overnight for the conservatives, but i do not think we should necessarily see it in the same way as we see the broader political picture in the uk. what is your assessment overall of what has transpired overnight? there will be claim and counterclaim throughout the morning, each party giving their assessment of what these figures mean. what do you make of it? the picture this morning is more complicated than i think a lot of people expected it to be. a lot of people thought rishi sunak would be the first prime ministe

dyke, sarahjoanne, liberal democrats, 21,187.rise — no clean sweep for the opposition parties. dyke, sarahjoanne, liberal democrats, 21,187. but there was also a surprise — no clean sweep for the opposition parties. steve tuckwell, the conservative party candidate, 13,965. in selby and ainsty, a labour candidate called keir defeated the conservatives. his older namesake hopes to do the same at the next general election. here in yorkshire, labour outperformed the sizeable opinion poll lead, winning a largely rural seat which is not its natural territory. and overturning a 20,000 tory majority, something it hadn't done before at a by—election. keir starmer said the result put his party on course for victory nationally. we have shown what a change labour party can do. this should never have been a by—election. caused by the chaos, the division, the infighting in the tory party, and that's why so many people have said to us that they want change. labour party, 13,470. labour had hired hopes of taking borisjohnson�*s old seat of uxbri

two fronts the tactical voting, people voting as it were for labour or liberal democrats in differentarts of the country against the conservatives. even if it is not their first nava natural vote. >> let's talk about the democrats. does that complicated path for labour to maintain majority at the next general election? >> not necessarily the uk has the particular so-called first postal voting system which you see in other countries like the united states and india in varying forms this means that in some places the conservatives face labour and labour faces conservatives elsewhere, conservatives facing labour it is okay for labour if the liberal democrats do well in some places because that will weaken conservatives for those opposing parties labour, providing the liberal democrats, it is okay for liberal democrats to do well against conservatives in places where labour does less well. sorry, that is complicated. >> is there anything the prime minister can do to turn this around there is talk of reshuffle there is a focus on the data with the numbers turning south if the inflation or

we in the liberal democrats have no. the liberal democrats have no problem — the liberal democrats haveigued by that. sarah in harrogate, what would you like to see?— sarah in harrogate, what would you like to see? good morning, how are ou? i'm like to see? good morning, how are you? i'm fine. _ like to see? good morning, how are you? i'm fine, thank _ like to see? good morning, how are you? i'm fine, thank you. _ like to see? good morning, how are you? i'm fine, thank you. my i like to see? good morning, how are l you? i'm fine, thank you. my husband and i you? i'm fine, thank you. my husband and i spent — you? i'm fine, thank you. my husband and i spent ten _ you? i'm fine, thank you. my husband and i spent ten years _ you? i'm fine, thank you. my husband and i spent ten years making - you? i'm fine, thank you. my husband and i spent ten years making a - and i spent ten years making a decision about having a child, he's a police officer and i'm self—employed, we had twins in the game ten weeks early so on his paternity leave, it finished before they were even biologically ready to be

members of the liberal democrat party to decide who will be their next leader.es have had their first chance to try to persuade activists that they are the right man to lead the party. the goal is to lead his party into power. we cannot afford to spend the next century on the sidelines of british politics. towards the end of 2005, the leader of the liberal democrats — charles kennedy's drinking was becoming a problem. he stepped down and i suddenly found myself as being one of the favourites to become leader of the lib dems. my heart wasn't in it. it was a stupid idea, i was captured by the ego of it all and people saying you should do it. i am announcing this afternoon that i'm formally withdrawing for the candidate to be a leader of the liberal democrat party. i withdrew from the leadership contest and thought, "phew, that is a big relief!" i'm going to spend the weekend with my family, have some fun, go to the pictures, do some gardening, spend time with the children! the next morning, i woke up and opened the curtains and saw a couple of black cars in the vi

dyke, sarahjoanne, liberal democrats, 21,187.o a surprise — no clean sweep for the opposition parties. steve tuckwell, the conservative party candidate, 13,965. in selby and ainsty, a labour candidate called keir defeated the conservatives. his older namesake hopes to do the same at the next general election. here in yorkshire, labour outperformed the sizeable opinion poll lead, winning a largely rural seat which is not its natural territory. and overturning a 20,000 tory majority, something it hadn't done before at a by—election. keir starmer said the result put his party on course for victory nationally. we have shown what a change labour party can do. this should never have been a by—election. caused by the chaos, the division, the infighting in the tory party, and that's why so many people have said to us that they want change. labour party, 13,470. labour had hired hopes of taking borisjohnson�*s old seat of uxbridge and south ruislip in west london, but following a recount, the conservatives clung on. the winning candidate

undoubtedly a big win for the liberal democrats. election is one thing, a general election is something quite different. although the lib dems have now set their sights on many other seats in this part of the uk and they think they can take from the conservatives it will be a challenge for them to replicate certainly the scale of the victory of the achievement here today more widely come the next general election. irate today more widely come the next general election.— general election. we heard sir ed davies when _ general election. we heard sir ed davies when he _ general election. we heard sir ed davies when he thanked - general election. we heard sir ed davies when he thanked all- general election. we heard sir ed davies when he thanked all those general election. we heard sir ed - davies when he thanked all those who supported those who would been out on the street pounding the pavement. he's been down there giving his support, six times during the run—up to this. he thanked labour voters who'd lent their support, he said to t

a tussle between the conservatives and the liberal democrats.he greens and others are contesting this seat too but it's clear who the front runners are. the by—election has come about after the resignation of the guy who was elected as conservative mp after allegations of sexual misconduct and drug—taking. he admitted taking cocaine but denies sexual wrongdoing. and the south—west of england for so long was a real heartland for the liberal democrats, but they were near wiped out after their years in coalition with the conservatives at westminster. they now feel chipper again, but there is one big question. how much of a mood is there for change? we've been underrepresented, well, not represented at all. so i think there's that feeling of there is a need for something. i think it's got an urban and a rural mix. it reflects the country. and i think there is a desire for some sort of change and for some sort of betterment. they're all in crisis, the whole lot, and it doesn't matter which way you turn, there's problems everywhere. have you ever seen

lifelong conservative voters have today voted liberal democrat for the first time.ting your trust in me to deliver for you. i will not let you down. but look at this, in the west london seat of uxbridge in south ruislip, it went down to the wire. votes had to be re—counted before it was announced the conservatives had clung on. and i hereby declare that the said steve tuckwell is duly elected. cheering perhaps a surprise for some in boris johnson's former seat. the tories put their victory down to their campaign against the labour mayor of london's plan to expand the ultra low emission zone where drivers are charged if vehicles don't meet certain standards. sadiq khan has lost to labour this election in his... cheering and we know that it was his damaging and costly ulez policy that lost them this election. so now time for the parties and pundits to analyse what these results say about the big political picture. yes, the conservatives managed to stem the outgoing tide from which they are seemingly suffering in uxbridge, but it seems to me there is little gainsaying

deliver with the next labour government and the next labour government and the leader of the liberal democratsir ed davey, says democrats, sir ed davey, says the support for his party has strengthened. >> previously i've been talking about the blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire , buckinghamshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex. all those true blue heartlands if you like, the home counties where it's now the liberal democrats really challenging the conservatives. now we have a second the west country second front in the west country , traditional heartlands, if , our traditional heartlands, if you liberal you like, the liberal traditional that traditional heartlands. that means force to be means that we are force to be reckoned with in the next general election. >> in other news this evening, the former us the trial for former us president trump's president donald trump's classified documents case will take place on the 20th of may next year. that's less than six months ahead of the us president election. trump is the current fr

i liberal democrats because we're talking about it here.— liberal democrats because we're talking aboutis clip: the social media that i talking about it here. i have seen | this clip: the social media that his job done, isn't it we shall advocate showing the liberal democrats as a formidable party, but what a strange country we are. with a little bit up right there, and just a strange one. on the strange note, we will leave it there, great to have you both think you so much for being with us and being such great sports and panelists and thanks to the panel and just as we wrap up for this hour, ijust want and just as we wrap up for this hour, i just want to point you towards website because there's plenty more continuing coverage and we can see if you're in the uk, labour eyes and rishi sunak insists that the done deal for according referring to whenjenny was just referring to when jenny was just talking about in the by elections and political commentators have been pouring of the implications of those results here in the uk and just around the world, that story we were focusing on just

the liberal democrats are back in the west country.n the conservatives, the lib dems are as well. but the tories have been spared the 3—0 thrashing many predicted. chris mason, bbc news, selby. more from chris later. but what could the by—election results mean ahead of the next general election? 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo, takes a look. a dramatic set of results all round — but what are the lessons for the conservatives, labour and the liberal democrats? let's look at each seat in more detail. in selby and ainsty labour overturned their largest ever majority at a by—election, picking up 46% of total votes. this was a seat way down labour's target list, that the tories have held since its creation. here labour outperformed their current lead in opinion polls. the party secured a 23.7% percent swing away from the tories. it's a result that will leave many conservative mps in seats they consider to be safe, wondering if they need to think again. there was a spectacular victory for the liberal democrats in somerton and froom

the liberal democrat vote was squeezed both in salisbury and uxbridge. ton and frome, which the democrats picked up. —— selby and uxbridge. despite the fact that the conservative vote was falling in selby and somerton, and falling not to and in considerable degree in uxbridge, it is that in combination with the apparent wish of many an opposition voted to take whatever stickers available locally with which to beat the conservatives that also sends a warning bells for rishi sunak that he still has an awful lot of work to do if he is going to turn his party's electoral fortunes in the increasingly short time between now and the next general election. now and the next general election-— now and the next general election. ., ., , ., ., now and the next general election. ., ., ., , election. that was going to be m last election. that was going to be my last question, _ election. that was going to be my last question, a _ election. that was going to be my last question, a brief- election. that was going to be my last question, a brief one | election. that was g

so the fact is the people are choosing liberal democrats . choosing liberal democrats. >> but christineinely unclear as to what the liberal democrats are pushing for these days . for these days. >> well, you know what? i'm not going to unveil our manifesto , going to unveil our manifesto, so at this point. but we will have i'm not asking you to unveil a manifesto. >> i just i just want to know. three top lib dems want to finish the answer. >> if you let me finish the answer. okay. you know, people see people see that in parliament. what are doing is parliament. what we are doing is we pushing better public we are pushing for better public services , for more investment in services, for more investment in pubuc services, for more investment in public services . we were the public services. we were the very come up very first people to come up with a windfall tax and in this country , we suggested it before country, we suggested it before the labour party because we could see the energy companies were making vast profits while people were struggling to heat their homes. we did that. we un

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very narrow margin of victory there and the liberal democrats, liberal democrats, one summits and fruit by more than 11000 votes. after a former conservative in peace, the down following a drug scandal. bernard smith is life from boyce johnson's former constituency of experience and south rice lip. just how bad was this for the conservative bernard? i'm wondering whether richie soon ack this morning, woke up in thought left. we dodged a bullet. we only lost 2 of these 3 elections, or does he think this is a catastrophe? well, several richie, so not cause a not long ago visiting the tory, the new tory and be that managed to cling onto this seat. and he said that the next election is not a dumb deal. let me have these truth been. save them virus much of a whitewash, but really victory here is just the smallest a fig leaves over what is really generally pretty bad news. the tories wouldn't hear because of a very specific local issue, the expansion of a london scheme that imposes have to fees on people using older polluting cause it's being imposed by a labor amount of london. and it's very

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now for the liberal democrats with sarah. so as well as labour versus conservative, of course liberal democrats coming into the various assessments of what might happen in a general election with sir ed davey saying that basically they are back in terms of the west country, what would that mean for a general election vote? well, an indication perhaps that there have been a lot of tactical voting in terms of going to the liberal democrats would that still happenin democrats would that still happen in a general election? lots questions still to be lots of questions still to be answered as to how this will be interpreted well maybe interpreted come. well maybe a year or 18 months time for the big vote. >> yeah, a year is not a long time at all. but people are saying, analysts are saying that, you know, for rishi sunak it wasn't quite as bad as it could have been. i mean, they lost two, they won one. and there were predictions that it was going to be a bit of a wipe—out for the tories in these three by elections. so it is a littl

the liberal democrats came in the third in the general election with around 4800 boots and matt walker able to speak to us. he did speak to the bbc earlier and talked about the issues with the political system itself. i about the issues with the political system itself-— system itself. i think part of the issue is the _ system itself. i think part of the issue is the political— system itself. i think part of the issue is the political system - system itself. i think part of the | issue is the political system that we have got, which is broken. first past the post doesn't work. it is really important that when the next government is formed we reform the electoral system. people will vote tactically, they are sick and tired of a conservative government. that is clear from what they are telling us. there are many conservatives out there that are voting lib dems. we have come from third to first and other by—elections. we throw the kitchen sink and we win. other by—elections. we throw the out kitchen sink a and a win. other by—elections. we throw the out kitchen sink a and this 1. other by

both liberal democrats, both overturning majorities of more than 20,000.elby and ainsty and the lib dems took somerton and frome on sizeable swings. the prime minister says the conservatives, by—election victory in uxbridge and south ruislip boris johnson's old seat shows the next general election is not a done deal. he said the defeats were far from favourable, but he plans to double down and deliver for the people. >> westminster has been acting like the next election is a done deal like the next election is a done deal. the labour party has been acting like it's a done deal. the people of uxbridge just told all of them that it's not mid—term by. elections are rarely easy for incumbent governments. these are no different. look, reality different. and look, the reality is circumstances of these is the circumstances of these byelections are far from favourable. it's a reminder to politicians is that we need to focus what matters to people focus on what matters to people and not distracted by what's and not be distracted by what's going westminster. going o

so i think people are putting faith in the liberal democrats and they know if they vote liberal democratkdrop. well, i think when we look around the world, there are economic pressures and many people i know are feeling the pinch at the moment. and, you know, we were all grateful for the money that we had over the winter for the fuel bills, but those prices are coming down. i was really pleased my direct debit has finally come down for my fuel bills and the plan is working. what we're doing with banks around mortgages and making sure that people have got access to those interest free options, the holidays and things like that, to ease that pressure while the plan is working through, i think is really essential and certainly something that i know many people will be glad to be able to take advantage of. market day, a choice for voters and a west country academic says that success here for the lib dems would mark significant progress after recent by—election wins. it's not as liberal, i don't think, as somewhere like chesham and amersham was. it doesn't have the high, very high proportion

i definitely . believe n liberal democrat values, i was young _ believe n liberal democrat values, ing and wanted a job in politics— was young and wanted a job in politics or— was young and wanted a job in politics or went to work in brussels for the _ politics or went to work in brussels for the tory— politics or went to work in brussels for the tory party but people think it was_ for the tory party but people think it was brexit which was like a mask which _ it was brexit which was like a mask which lifted off the tories unveiled what were — which lifted off the tories unveiled what were ruthless and vacuous partitions — what were ruthless and vacuous partitions we do not care about consequences.— partitions we do not care about consequences. partitions we do not care about conseuuences. . ., ., , ., ~ , ., consequences. what do you think you can offer voters _ consequences. what do you think you can offer voters here _ consequences. what do you think you can offer voters here that _ consequences. what do you think you can offer voters here that the - consequences. what do you thin

i am an mp, i am the leader of the liberal democratic party. i am the son of loving parents, whom i am proud of, and the grandson of my grandparents, whom i loved very much, but they are no longer there, and also the father of two beautiful daughters, for whose sake, if necessary, i am ready to kill, you did it in less than a minute, an amazing experience. we have 100 participants in the studio. everyone has their own question for you , let's see how much you have time to answer. who asks the first question. hello, my name is lisa in the world of politics. you are a well-known and successful person. do you think success is more a ghost or hard work on yourself? success is necessarily luck, too , sometimes you work hard, but the stars must converge, but luck will not work without labor, therefore, work and believe success. sometimes a person does not have the patience to wait. it seems to him that all luck has turned its back on me. no, just didn't you wait for your recognition of any privileges? eat pluses and recognition there are minuses. i a

damian: well, let's start with the liberal democrats.t it is for them, they of course, traditionally the third party, this cements their position. they have now won 4 of these by elections -- bielections, four of them in the last couple of years. and that has included, like this one, very big swings to them. for them, this is a sign that they are back in business after having taking part in the coalition government with the conservatives back in 2010 and then really suffering from that at the polls. they see this is a big step forward. and they manage to do it in areas where they used to be strong -- a1 is in the southwest. it's a strong sign for them. the question is can they translate that into a general election in a year or so. for labor, a very good result similarly in north yorkshire. a big swing to them in a seat that they have never controlled. they see that as a big sign that they can draw voters, too, but the question mark was on the edge of london, the seed that used to be boris johnso's, where they had a smaller challenge, or

, and for the liberal democrats, and it shows once and for all all the liberal democrats are back inthat now is setting the narrative between here and the general election, when all eyes will be on whether how many more seats in the west country, the lib dems can take. and a lot of concern . active mps down here concern. active mps down here selaine saxby for instance, in nonh selaine saxby for instance, in north devon , mps like that will north devon, mps like that will be really beginning to look over their shoulders, not at labour but at the lib dems. >> okay, geoff, thank you. >> okay, geoff, thank you. >> well, let's go now to paul hawkins, our national reporter who's in uxbridge for us. boris johnson's former seat. good morning to you, paul. very, very good to see you. and the tories, they've managed to cling on in uxbndge. they've managed to cling on in uxbridge . oh, yeah . uxbridge. oh, yeah. >> just by their fingernails and it's all down to local politics in this by—election. ulez the ultra low emission zone was the big factor here. just for those who don't know who don't l

duma deputies intend to pay special attention to leonid slutsky , the representative of the liberal democraticwork of the party during the spring parliamentary session and spoke about the tasks that the liberal democrats have set for themselves in the new political season. as under zhirinovsky, we will continue active legislative work in collaboration with all parliamentary political forces , i note a number of these initiatives will be aimed at improving the demographic situation, very, very importantly, at supporting families with children. in addition, we will continue to work on supporting our members and family members. very much we will launch a number of party projects, the purpose of which will also be to study the problem field in the field of family policy. here it is necessary to understand the health care, housing and communal services and so on. immediately after the big news, watch the continuation of the detective melodrama happiness, which is not illuminated in the new series of new tests. will the hero be able to go through betrayal and find out the truth about the closest peo

deliver with the next labour government and the next labour government and the leader of the liberal democratsir ed davey, says democrats, sir ed davey, says the support for his party has strengthened. >> previously i've been talking about the blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire , buckinghamshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex. all those true blue heartlands if you like, the home counties where it's now the liberal democrats really challenging the conservatives. now we have a second the west country second front in the west country , traditional heartlands, if , our traditional heartlands, if you liberal you like, the liberal traditional that traditional heartlands. that means force to be means that we are force to be reckoned with in next reckoned with in the next general election. >> in other news this evening, the trial for former us president donald trump's classified documents case will take place on the 20th of may next year. that's less than six months ahead of the us president election. trump is the current front runner

the conservatives here, a huge majority, the liberal democrats in second place, labour, it is an uphillur, it is an uphill strunle_ . ., ., ~' ., , , struggle. we are talking to members ofthe struggle. we are talking to members of the public — struggle. we are talking to members of the public and _ struggle. we are talking to members of the public and on _ struggle. we are talking to members of the public and on the _ struggle. we are talking to members of the public and on the doorstep - of the public and on the doorstep and i_ of the public and on the doorstep and i am — of the public and on the doorstep and i am getting a good message back from them _ and i am getting a good message back from them about what they want to see from _ from them about what they want to see from the next labour government. they want— see from the next labour government. they want to _ see from the next labour government. they want to see the back of this current_ they want to see the back of this current government. the feast over a decade's _ current government. the feast over a decade's worth of plateau

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of england, weathers evidence of technical voting that these people lending that vote to the liberal democrats to get the conservatives out. that worked as well. that will be worrying the conservative policy burden inevitably with by elections. you wonder what the less than is there are there for national elections and there is a general election moving. how does the conservatives want to turn things around? well, so received it so that i can try to present this more technocratic image of a prime minister after the a k. also the administrations of festival bars johnson. and then let's list trophies schultz as prime minister. but he's the british public, all bustling with high inflation, a cost of living crisis, a record and a chest awaiting the 7400000 people on n h s waiting lists. at the moment he's got to say struggling to turn that around, you have to present them something within perhaps the next 12 months or so. speculation is going to be an election perhaps in november next year, but between now and then he's got a note pill bottle. the concert is haven't got a lot to show in terms of a

conduct a tax deduction for the purchase of tourist vouchers in russia was proposed to the liberal democraticarty by party leader leonid slutsky today, shared this idea with the governor of the vladimir region of one of the regions of the golden ring, but at a meeting with the local branch of the liberal democratic party he promised support in solving very acute social issues, including, first of all, health care, we receive many requests from teachers in the region on these issues and problems drew the attention of the governor and his team. we will work, and since we are very close to moscow, vladimir , we will be in vladimir, pochashchevo region , in the city of aksai, a large fire in a warehouse with fire, covered area of ​​square meters, as clarified in the ministry of emergency situations, waste paper caught fire there , more than 50 people and 15 units of fire equipment are involved in extinguishing, the regional prosecutor's office organized an inspection of compliance with fire safety requirements. the court in moscow did not tighten the measure of restraint for blogger valeria cheka