corbyn we antiestablishment jeremy corbyn, the samejeremy corbyn we have known for many years, but ance in the hall. the real question is whether it is a message that will resonate with a broader electorate, whether there is genuinely an appetite for the sort of anti—establishment politics espoused by mr corbyn. his aides believe that there is and they point to donald trump‘s victory, they pointed to the uncertainty of the french elections, they point to the brexit referendum as evidence of this desire for change, this despondency with conventional politics. the hope is thatjeremy corbyn conventional politics. the hope is that jeremy corbyn can conventional politics. the hope is thatjeremy corbyn can ride that we have here and it can propel him to victory as it did propel him to victory as it did propel him to victory in the two leadership contests when he trounced to very conventional candidates. i think the danger is that this is a general election. it is not an internal labour leadership contest. you are dealing with a very different and larger electorate and the question is wheth

"corbyn in scotland today, may not on the stump.to let labour stew in its own juice." hugh yeager was one of those objecting to that wording, commenting, "balanced reporters say theresa may hides while jeremy corbyn campaigns. laura kuenssberg's pro—conservative comments personify bias at bbc." so, is there a danger of tweets like this from bbcjournalists, with their requirement for brevity, infringing the corporation's guidelines on fairness and balance? we put that complaint to bbc news, who told us... "with her tweet, laura kuenssberg was simply making the point that because of the conflicting positions on trident within the labour party, the conservatives have made a conscious decision not to engage on the issue at that time." do let us know your thoughts on the use of social media by bbc news, any aspect of the bbc‘s election coverage, or, indeed, anything that concerns you or delights you which you see on news bulletins, programmes or online. stay tuned for details of how to get in touch with us. now, of course, the battle for

this was corbyn uncut, the authentic jeremy corbyn and they hope voters will respond that.ave to say about brexit? you have to say, the b word very rarely crosses his lips and it hardly did so crosses his lips and it hardly did so today. the reason for that, frankly, it is labour is something ofa frankly, it is labour is something of a political punch bag when it comes to brexit. pummelled by brexiteers for not believing forcefully enough in brexit and punished by remainders for not fighting hard enough against brexit. at the same time, today, theresa may trying to keep the focus on brexit. she was meeting the president of the european parliament, indicating that the brexit process is still carrying on throughout this campaign and i think we could be facing one of the most divisive general elections in recent history, with theresa may taking on those she believes are frustrating the brexit process and jeremy corbyn determined to take on, as he sees it, the elite, the establishment. norman, good to talk to you, as always. douglas carswell, the mp for clacton who, until recen

corbyn would not behind him, jeremy corbyn would not be in hisjob.rying to announce him from the leadership, but today out of the blue he 5u5pended but today out of the blue he suspended from his but today out of the blue he suspended from hi5job but today out of the blue he suspended from his job at the union, unite. baby can really work out exactly what has gone on. it matter5 —— nobody can work out. the role of the unite boss is keyed to the state of the labour party in this election, and in terms of what happens next. the result is officially not expected until next week, but they may well emerge tomorrow. thank you, laura. the deadline for parties in northern ireland to try and form a government has been extended to the end ofjune beyond the forthcoming general election. several parties at stormont have 5aid talks were unsustainable a5 they'd be campaigning against each other. launching the greens' election campaign in bristol, co—leader caroline luca5 said her party would stand up for equality and a bigger role for the state. she appealed to yo

because i doubt hamon, a 49—year—old jeremy corbyn.think he's going to score below 10%, which couldn't happen in many memories. when talking about similar figures forjeremy corbyn, since 1980 or 1935, the same in france. so the hard left melenchon candidate enjoys that dynamic of the collapse of the socialist party. i'm baffled. but let me ask you something. what really matters for those outside france, around the world but particularly in europe, is does it mean for europe? we're going to be negotiating position but what with? if it's melenchon or marine le pen, this will effectively undermine europe completely. it will then scarcely exist in the way that we know it. how do we think about that? if it is melenchon or marine le pen, we will forget about brexit. do you mean there will be nothing to live? —— live. we don't know what will happen. 0r me, one of the big things is how badly francois hollande has led his party. he's been unwilling to leave the stage early enough to let them be credible. ifjeremy corbyn had left the stage early

in a way it's sort of corbyn uncut, corbyn unleashed, jeremy corbyn being jeremy corbyn. taking on fairly conventional candidates and trounced both of them by taking this anti—establishment approach. the hope is that that will work in a general election. obviously, it's a very different ball game, appealing to 200,000 like—minded labour supporters, compared with appealing the millions in the general election. very, very different. but his people say, they think there is something going on out there. they think people are fed up with politics as normal, disenchanted and resentful of the fact that nothing ever seems to change, that the wealthy just seem to ever seems to change, that the wealthyjust seem to keep more money, and there is this feeling that people want things to be done differently, not just the that people want things to be done differently, notjust the same old politics. and they point for example to donald trump, to the french elections, the brexit,, as examples ofa elections, the brexit,, as examples of a mood of unhappiness. what mr corbyn i think hope to

it's absolutely disgraceful that the bbc are so anti—corbyn.ould show him the respect they show theresa may. it's no surprise that jeremy corbyn‘s political opponents are not holding back from the personal attacks either. on thursday, the foreign secretary borisjohnson unleashed his own — at the same time introducing many of us to a new term of abuse. in the sun newspaper today, borisjohnson launched a personal attack on the labour leader, calling him a mutton—headed old mugwump who would be calamitous in downing street. campaigning in essex, mr corbyn said they were focused on serious debate, not name—calling. well, a mugwump, in case you're wondering, is a mid—19th century word from the algonquian for "great chief". but i think we can assume mrjohnson meant it in its current sense of a person who remains aloof or independent, especially from party politics. exercising newswatch viewers though was the issue of whether bbc news made too much of that personal comment, thus playing into the conservatives‘ agenda and trivialising the campaign. joa

jeremy corbyn says he's fighting for every seat in scotland.ht hard to keep the one mp they have in scotland at the moment, having lost a0 seats here in the last general election. there will be no deals with nicola sturgeon and the snp after the election, mr corbyn said today. while she claims her party provide the only effective opposition to a conservative government. the snp simply cannot form a government in westminster. the only wait to get rid of the tories that you so despise would be with a labour government, wouldn't it? well, look, i can read the polls as well as anybody can. you know, the travails of the labour party i think tell most people that labour is not on course to form a government. so, people who don't want to see theresa may with a strengthened hand, to impose more welfare cuts, to damage the economy, to do further damage to our society, should vote snp. the snp regard the tories, not labour, as their real opponents in this election. the fact is, it's never been more important for people across scotland to think clearly an

, the true voice of jeremy corbyn, the true voice of jeremy corbyn, the true voice of jeremy corbyn,s leadership campaigned join his leadership campaign and how he defeated much more conventional candidates. the hope of team corbyn is that sort of radical uncompromising, unspun message will appeal to voters, many of whom may be fed up with politics as usual and they point to donald trump's success, they pointed to the election in france and to brexit as evidence of that mood of unhappiness and uncertainty and that sense that things have got to change and the big risk though is that if he has called this long, that is a message that will only shore up the party faithful, it will not reach out to the border of electorate. watching you earlier, you were saying watch out for the b word, mentioned brexit, ithink saying watch out for the b word, mentioned brexit, i think there was only a tiny mention to it. yes, in response to a question. it exposes i suppose, what is the core weakness in the corbyn campaign, that they still do not have a clear, simple, easily understood stance on brexit.

i think tim farren will pick up myjeremy corbyn loses.u—turn. i do know and have been discussing with ancient people of my age that people are very, ancient people of my age that people are very, very worried that she is going to tax part—timers, that is often older people, she is going to re move often older people, she is going to remove the triple bock. everybody says, well, millennial is have no money and pensioners have all the money, that is slightly weird because of house values and all the re st of because of house values and all the rest of it. but you've got a lot of millennial is who actually will need to save money so they can going to ca re to save money so they can going to care homes. to actually knock the people who are your main voting constituency which is what they may be, philip hammond wanted to put more tax on self—employed people, and that was very unpopular, and they had to withdraw from it because it had been a david cameron pledge. but what you are saying, basically, is that we don't know what theresa may is. i'v

the next prime minister of the uk, jeremy corbyn.elieve it, do they believe it, does he believe that? 0pinion polls suggest it is highly unlikelyjeremy corbyn will be heading for downing street. but he is trying to change people's minds. much of the media and the establishment are saying this election is a foregone conclusion. they think there are rules in politics which, if you don't follow by doffing your cap to the powerful people, accepting that things cannot really change, then you cannot win. but of course they do not want us to win, because when we win it is the people, not the powerful, who win. jeremy corbyn was full of vim, zip and energy. he said the conservatives are morally bankrupt. the system is rigged. and he would prove people wrong. anyone who stands up to create a better, fairer and more decent society gets vilified. 0ur party gets vilified. but we are bigger and stronger than have ever been. and more determined than we ever been. his challenge is convincing enough people outside of this run. —— outside of this roo

of course, jeremy corbyn wa nts to fight.alk about austerity, the nhs and education. we heard theresa may in the commons making it very clear and on the steps of downing street yesterday she wants this to be about brexit, and who can be the best leader when it comes to negotiating the best deal as she says for britain outside the eu. it will be interesting also to see which mps say on to fight this election. you have been talking to nick clegg who will stay on and fight it but one other big—name where there were questions is george osborne, the former chancellor, tory mp. we now know he will be standing down. there had been lots of questions raised last month when he was announced as the new editor of the london evening standard newspaper. how could he possibly the job plus be a constituency mp and do a number of other roles that he also has? now we know he will be stepping down from his constituency in cheshire. so those questions for the moment will have gone away. political commentator and nicola sturgeon's biographer davi

i think it was the authenticjeremy corbyn. this is the authenticjeremy corbyn.y he did during the leadership election. that campaign was successful for him. sadly, election. that campaign was successfulfor him. sadly, i election. that campaign was successful for him. sadly, i think this one will be a tough ask. he needs to try to bring previously undecided or tory voters back to the labour fold. and that will be a challenge, to put it mildly. the polls have put between 15 and 20 points behind the conservatives. as of now, it doesn't sound as if the electorate has been listening. the honest answer is, this is the tories's election to lose from the standing. if the public concludes that essentially this was a general election time is purely for party political reasons rather than in the national interest. secondly, the length of the campaign and not having tv debates, removing the structure of the campaign, means the expectations are all on theresa may in terms of her having to conduct the campaign in a way we are already seeing. the media are complaining about th

jeremy corbyn speaking in essex.t is rapidly becoming labour‘s counterpoint to the conservatives‘ strong and stable government line, jeremy corbyn repeating that the conservatives would be strong against the weakest and weak against the strong, so the obligatory shot with baby that all politicians like to get, and we will hear much more about campaigning. let‘s find out what voters think aboutjeremy corbyn. so with six weeks to go until the general election, what do voters make of the campaign so far? 0ur west of england political editor paul barltrop is in gloucesterfor us. the biggest reaction we have had this morning from people in glass is one of cynicism, generally about politicians, specifically about politicians, specifically about politicians at election time, the pledges and promises made. 0ne person said they always offer so many things in the run—up to the general election and then do not deliver them. he said he probably wouldn‘t vote. when i asked about jeremy corbyn, quite a lot of cynicism. i spoke to

hamon, he was like anotherjeremy corbyn.%, which couldn't happen in many memories. when talking about similar figures forjeremy corbyn, since 19801935, the same in france. so the hard left candidate enjoys that dynamic of the colla pse candidate enjoys that dynamic of the collapse of the socialist party. what really matters for those outside france, around the world but particularly in europe, is what it means for europe. we're going to be negotiating position but what with? if it's melenchon or marine le pen, this will undermine europe completely. if it is melenchon or marine le pen, we don't know what will happen. or me, one of the big things is how badly francois hollande has led his party. he's been unwilling to leave the stage early enough to let them be credible. ifjeremy corbyn had left the stage early enough, the labour party could have rebuilt. there's probably no more important than no and there is a terrible legacy to look up. he couldn't made it clear he wasn't going to be the candidate early. yes, there could ha

i like jeremy corbyn, his personality.ng a fair society for us, especially with jeremy corbyn as leader. socialist policies were lacking before. now we can win people back and see a real benefit from a labour government again. there will be no deals with nicola surgeon and the snp after the election, mr corbyn said today. —— nicola sturgeon. she said her party is the only effective opposition to a conservative government. the only way to get rid of the tories you said despite with a labour government, wouldn't it?|j said despite with a labour government, wouldn't it? i can the polls as well as anybody can. the travails of the labour party, people who do not see theresa may imposing more welfare cuts to damage the economy and do further damage to our society should vote snp. eye—macro nicola sturgeon will use all means possible including this election to try to further hurry for another second independence referendum. the last timejeremy second independence referendum. the last time jeremy corbyn was second independence ref

who have been asked to form a judgment onjeremy corbyn two years ina row judgment onjeremy corbyn twoyone watching, join as campaigning in communities across the country because we really need all of those 500 members knocking on doors and delivering leaflets and taking on what will be a well—financed tory campaign. can i ask generally when it comes to the manifestos of all the political parties in the next few weeks, when theresa may stands up few weeks, when theresa may stands up and makes promises about whatever it may be, reducing immigration to the tens of thousands, for example, will you believe her?” the tens of thousands, for example, will you believe her? i won't believe any of the parties, to be honest. is that fair? it is fair because to be honest there are lots of times when students have been screwed over, by the lib dems in particular, with the tuition fees, they said they wouldn't and they did. i know you can say politicians can't always predict the future and how things will turn out but that was a really big promise they made and they basically betrayed us on that. sp

what about jeremy corbyn?ng to be any kind of asset to you in your campaign, big on your election material? no, i will be the candidate in chester, and it will be my picture on the leaflet and my name on the ballot paper. i will be talking about my record and the things i have achieved. what about jeremy corbyn, is he an asset or a liability, in a word? well, he attracts some people's favourable attention. good times for the lib dems seem a long time ago. in the last election, big hitters, cabinet ministers, tumbled one after another. now they're the most pro—europe party in politics, and survivors of that famous rout believe they can turn scepticism about brexit into support for them. they've got a lot of recovering to do. if you look at the british political spectrum, there is quite a large centre ground, which certainly jeremy corbyn, as a backbencher, has never occupied. and which theresa may, by pursuing hard brexit, doesn't also seem to want to occupy either that is there for the taking for the lib dems.

syria but also what someone described as an attack, a personal attack on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn interesting to hear what theresa may have to say, not only about that but also about brexit. looking very happy in leeds, just being introduced before we hear her comments. boris johnson had mentioned that concerning those, that strategy or potential strategy in syria. he had said that theresa may is in agreement with him. just the introduction is here two theresa may and let's listen in. thank you. thank you very much for that wonderful welcome and it's great to be here in yorkshire, great to be in leeds, one of england's great cities. leeds is a great financial centre, its cultural centre, as i say, it's a modern, thriving, diverse city, university city, it represents so much of what is good in our country today. i am here this evening to celebrate that. but also to make a simple pledge. that if you vote for me, to strengthen my hand at the negotiating table in brussels, i will do everything i can to represent the interests of every person in this great city and every person in this

will jeremy corbyn running a deficit of 2.5% of gdp. willjeremy corbyn raise another £20 billion? comes to these, minimum wages, living wages, the ones it affects and are in 7fi.g— ' are to et on the ladder faifi'ii' an -lace and build u- at any place and build up experience. theyfi the ones that experience. they are the ones that suffer the most. unskilled. both of them have a stunt of raising the minimum wage. they are campaigning and using some other guy‘s money. if they want benefit out of the tax funds, you can argue about it. but i don‘t want martine‘s money to get me a vote. i am so relieved. the telegraph. theresa may rejects a vote. i am so relieved. the telegraph. therese no |y rejects a vote. i am so relieved. the telegraph. therese no |y rejec than they have been thrown out. posturing and posturing. she won‘t, in my view. it is facetious to expect they will both win. what happens in a negotiation ordinarily? if you don‘t like it, don‘t agree. negotiation ordinarily? if you don‘t like it, don't agree. when she gave her but i do think she is very enough. but i do think she

jeremy corbyn speaking earlier today.s definitely his best performance since he became labour leader. it felt they have worked out a way of being authenticallyjeremy corbyn with a strategy that makes sense into ‘s of maximising what they see as their path to victory. he was kind of channelling phot leave, talking about helping the powerless. it was an effective way of getting their vote out. why would phot leave be an appealing model to him? their vote out. why would phot leave be an appealing model to him7m spoke effectively to people who felt that they were powerless and did not have a connection, they wanted big and fairly. and melenchon did not have many popular politicians at its head apart from boris johnson. have many popular politicians at its head apart from borisjohnson. mr corbyn isn't that popular at the moment so they think they can blend that model, vote leave had higher public spending at one end and anger at the elite at the other into an intellectually successful force. how important will other labour mps

jeremy corbyn came to meet tenants in council houses and gave this speech.be a marginal seat which labour and the tories fought over at election time. there is the conservative majority of more than 8000 jeremy corbyn said labour had the policies to take seats like this again and to take other marginal across the country. thank you. as we've been hearing, the labour leader has been out campaigning in harlow and has been talking about housing. labour have pledged to build a million homes overfive years, half of which would be council houses. but the conservatives say they are the party with a clear plan for affordable housing. so how do the figures stack up? chris morris of reality check is examining the numbers for us. we can expect all the political parties to come out with pledges and targets on how many houses they plan to build throughout the course of the next parliament. but it's a notoriously difficult area of policy to get right. so labour has now pledged to build one million homes over the next five years, half of them affordable council and housing

isjeremy corbyn was in charge of britain, god knows what would happen.a few papers suggesting people should cross party lines, in his words, to vote to stop a hard brexit. so there is maybe a message that labour voters that if you want to stop brexit, other parties might be the way to go. —— labour. to stop brexit, other parties might be the way to go. -- labour. theresa may has fought an election landslide here in the times. laura, she doesn't want to take part in debates, though? if you are that far ahead, seemingly, what is the problem? i think she say she does not want to take part in debates because she was to get out on the ground and meet voters, meet people who... ground and meet voters, meet people who. . . that ground and meet voters, meet people who... that is one way of looking at. i am not a big fan. -- at it. they are to presidential one we have general elections like this. i did was brought in by tony blair. it is egomaniacal. so they don't have a tv debate, ip she is entitled to say no. i personally do not like tv debates. —— ithink no. i

mr corbyn said he might suspend air—strikes on targets in iraq and syria.s and we can take him out with a drone strike, can we have your permission? i'd tellthem, give me the information you've got, tell me how accurate that is, and tell me what you think can be achieved by this? if they do know where he is... can i take you back to the point? what is the objective here? is it to start more strikes that may kill many innocent people as has happened, or is the objective to get a political solution in syria? labour is keen to focus on domestic issues in this election. on grammar schools, mr corbyn said that he did not like selective education. on the economy, he repeated his promise to set up a public national investment bank to plough money into infrastructure. and on private service providers in the nhs, he said he would phase out contracts and bring in directly employed staff. jeremy corbyn supporters say he has been hampered as leader by disloyal mps and a negative press. this election campaign is a chance then to lay out his vision for britain, to tell t

mr corbyn is a unilateralist opposed to nuclear weapons.mitment to renew trident? we would include all aspects of defence, as most incoming governments do, i think all have. we would then look at the situation at that time. after the interview, a party spokesman was forced to issue a statement clarifying the situation, saying the decision to renew trident had been taken and labour supported that. and what about the fight against so—called islamic state? mr corbyn said he might suspend airstrikes on targets in iraq and syria. but what would he do if intelligence chiefs came to him with this information? the leader of isis, we know where he is. can we take him out with a drone strike? can we have your permission? what do you tell them? i'd tellthem "give me the information you've got, tell me how accurate that is, and tell me what you think can be achieved by this." if they do know where he is... can i take you back to the point? what is the objective here? is it to start more strikes that may kill many innocent people as has happened, or is

the expectation would be the jeremy corbyn, too much? her to be empty chair at. i tv are planning to have one. next. a huge number of people watch them. the last ones with cameron and miliband were watched by a lot of people. cameron did staged on his own and then miliband on his own, they should do something like that because she should take part in that because she should take part in that debate. nick clegg for many, the debates made him. he was in a fortunate addition as the outsider and people didn't was and if you are the guy who is coming in and people haven't got a fixed opinion of you, it's an enormous opera richard lindsey. theresa may, i can see politically is it the right thing, is it the right thing in terms of healthy debate ? is it the right thing in terms of healthy debate? how many mps will be wondering if they will be back?” think the conservatives will lose some seats to the liberal democrats but on the tv debate point, it is preposterous in a modern democracy to decide tv debates, deciding whether they will go ahead w

sojeremy so jeremy corbyn sojeremy corbyn starting out as the underdog but clearly believes he can appealely clear from today. jeremy corbyn is not going to be squeezed into any kind of election straitjacket, he's sticking to what he has always run on, sticking to the same kind of pitch that captured the labour leadership for him. his appeal is clear, right round to the whole country. he says the tories are the party of the few, labour is the party of the few, labour is the party of the many. and only he can somehow make the country fell for everybody. what he'll be tested on of course in the next seven weeks is whether that message can do more than put fire in the belly is of people on the left. can he translate that into something that works for voters of all sorts of different varieties? people close to him believe they can put a significant dent in the tories enormous poll lead. they believe the course of this election could turn quite sharply. whether they can really close the gap when time is so tight, that's quite a different question. they are aware it's a tall order. but he's not

the one thing that truly scares me aboutjeremy corbyn, i am that truly scares me aboutjeremy corbyn, not that truly scares me aboutjeremy corbyn, i am not going to agree with him politically, there enough. i got a quote out of him, the one about when osama bin laden was taken out. i was on press tv with him and we we re i was on press tv with him and we were talking about not shooting him. isaid, we were talking about not shooting him. i said, we can agree to not agree on the death penalty. at if you can't send your soldiers into the country to kill the enemy... when you have someone say, to kill the enemy... when you have someone say, i will never press the button, that's avoidance of duty. you are supposed to be sitting in that seat at number 10. but for some people that's an honest and south. but not when you are responsible for the safety of your country, security of the country. it is what we use and every day that we don't get attacked by somebody else and every day that things it's their... it's a deterrent and hopefully no one ever has to make that decision. the problem that

today it was jeremy corbyn who switched off to the idea.at all. i asked theresa may this morning about the tv debates. lots of people asked about it. she said they are over because there is no prime minister's questions time because parliament is now dissolved. they will be dissolved week. so actually the debate has to be including the prime minister, the leader of the conservative party. we are upfor leader of the conservative party. we are up for that debate. just how popular are the debates with the public? we can speak to charlie beckett, media professor at the london school of economics and director of its media think tank polis. and also doctor eamon butler, co—founder and director of the think tank the adam smith institute. he recently wrote why we should not have television debates. charlie, what are the merits of having a debate? they have not been with us in this country for that long? we have been ridiculously slow to get them going. they have been part of them going. they have been part of the elections but every time we have on

reveal, corbyn's plan to hang on evenif reveal, corbyn's plan to hang on even if labour suffers a humiliatingeat. this is a man who has survived one leadership election, another leadership election, a massive vote of no—confidence in own party. the suggestion here seems to be that even if there is a wipe—out and the conservatives get a three figure majority, he will still hang on. that is absolutely where my money is and has always been. he will not stand down. as you say, clive, he showed himself to be completely impervious to pressure until now. i'm not convinced that he is on the edge and unbecoming the psychological pressure that some people seem to think. this is a battle the left have been waging an waiting for their chance for decades, they're not going to give it up without a mechanism being in place to hand over to a left—wing candidate. i think there are so many risks involved in them trying to get through the so—called mcdonald amendment bringing down the threshold of labour mps needed to get on the ballot paper, i think... he's going to want to hang on. having said that, it is the

with both barrels, claiming jeremy corbyn is wea k barrels, claiming jeremy corbyn is weak on defenced suggesting the uk could join in, if america again bombed syria. if they come to us and ask for our support, with whatever it happens to be, as is the case in 2013, john, in my view, and i know it is the view of the prime minister, it would be difficult to say no. you would have to go to the commons. that needs to be tested. you will not sure? it would be difficult for us to say no. he said similar before, but it matters now because the tories believejeremy corbyn is soft on defence, whether regarding syria or the rest of the world. there is a risk that people will say, he is just world. there is a risk that people will say, he isjust down islington herbivore, a muddleheaded... will say, he isjust down islington herbivore, a muddleheaded. . m seems all the tory party will do is be rude aboutjeremy corbyn? seems all the tory party will do is be rude about jeremy corbyn? the world is more unstable and uncertain than perhaps we thought it would be 20 years ago, and that is why theresa ma

how keen jeremy corbyn would be on that, you wonder.y corbyn would be on that, you wonder. it is one thing to think you might want to go back. as you say, where and doing what? when? and how soon. very quick look at the daily express. fresh calls forfunding look at the daily express. fresh calls for funding for authority that pays terrorists. this plays very much to those who want to reduce the amount that is given to foreign aid. theresa may immediately, very early on, came out and said she would support the .7% target of gdp that would go towards aid. many people thought she would go back from that. it was very much david cameron, fresh face of the tory party together with the green stuff that got dropped. what our aid money is going to is much more about building future markets for us. before it was not so much about that. she has committed very on to keeping it full studies is incredibly popular with readers of the daily express. this is about a mentally ill arab, says the daily express who killed a british student and is in line to

corbyn clearly is going to push on.s going to push onm the nhs issues thatjeremy corbyn clearly is going to push on. it is complicated in my area because the nhs is to fall. but as a gp printed inside knowledge. certainly the performance of the nhs in wales is poor and that is under the watch of the labour party. but there is concern across the uk all the future of the health service and that will as usual form a big part of the discussion that goes on. and what are the other issues you think are going to resonate with voters on the doorstep? anything like mine is housing. tony blair said education but the bulk of people who come to my surgery every friday have housing issues of some kind. people who want to get on the ladder, the property ladder, that has become an unobtainable gene for people in london or people in substandard social housing which has disappeared out of sight, really, the number of social houses we have has reduced massively. things like cuts to school budgets, but has been very important. the social

as forjeremy corbyn, he wa nts to benches.y corbyn, he wants to present himself as the underdog, standing up for the many and not the few, defending public services against austerity and cuts. quoting letters he received from viewers —— from constituents worried about the lack of pay rises, schools, the nhs. the most significant moment may have came —— have come from angus robertson of the snp who challenged theresa may over whether she was going to retain the triple lock guaranteeing pension increases. and again she dodged it. that tells us i think that's theresa may is increasingly confident about this election, that she seems to be potentially prepared to disappoint the one group of voters we know who do go out to vote, the pensioners. thank you. meanwhile labour has announced plans to scrap the 1% tax on pay increases for nhs staff in england and to end tuition fees for student nurses and midwives. it will be partly funded through an increase to corporation tax but the plants will not plans will not be fully costed until t

may, whereas15% said jeremy corbyn.ion, the margin of error is low. it suggests that we should not focus too much on the specific percentages of the overall story, and that overall story is that it is and that overall story is that it is a strong position for the conservatives at moment. we saw bill gates pleading with the tories today not to cut the foreign aid budget. how much do you think people are bothered about that? do you think they care about it? we made two key findings in this area. generally speaking, people do think it should be cut. the majority of people believe that overseas aid should be reduced. but it is also showing that they will leave we spend more both as percentages and as an absolute figure on aid. ultimately, it doesn't really matter to people. this election will be fought on brexit. after that on health, immigration, health and the economy. overseas aid is not high on the list. in 2015, the polls made some significant mistakes. they led experts down the wrong path. what has changed between the

jeremy corbyn. pa rents jeremy corbyn. nhs has been put into an all year round crisis by this government. why aren‘t more people waiting in pain, and millions of elderly people not getting the care and the dignity that they deserve? getting the care and the dignity that they deserve? i'm proud of the record we have on the nhs. we see more doctors, more nurses, more midwives, more gps, more people being treated in our national health service last year than ever before, and record levels of funding going in the nhs. you only can do that with a strong economy. what do we know we‘d get from the labour party? ba n kru ptcy know we‘d get from the labour party? bankruptcy and chaos. mr speaker, that‘s a very good reason why we should have a debate about it. because that is another tory broken promise, a broken promise of a tory ma nifesto promise, a broken promise of a tory manifesto which said, they will continue to spend more on the nhs in real in real terms. say that to those who can‘t leave hospital because social care is not

we positions thatjeremy corbyn has ta ken. we know positions thatjeremy corbyn has taken. will be items about across the country, fighting on issues like the nhs and the economy. what is so interesting about this is it really was a surprise, mainly because number ten and the prime minister had been significantly laying down the prospect of a snap election. they didn't want the instability of the campaign, the unpredictability during brexit. at the must have a lwa ys during brexit. at the must have always been that nagging feeling that with such a small majority in the house of commons, with theresa may's own backbenchers giving her trouble, that if she did go to the polls perhaps she could win a bigger majority, then she would be able to govern with much more safety, more safety in terms of rebellions from her own backbenchers. now we know that the election will be on the 8th ofjunejust that the election will be on the 8th ofjune just weeks to go until the country goes to the polls. what we don't know is what changed the prime minister's mind. she has been saying that whil

today, they said mr corbyn wasn't suitable to be prime minister.imself forward as the next prime minister of this country and i think what we have seen this morning is that we would basically have a coalition of chaos isjeremy corbyn became prime minister of this country. the conservatives are portraying jeremy corbyn as a man unable to take difficult decisions that come with being in power. his allies say he is a man of principle and they believe voters will warm to him the more they hear his message. other parties have been outlining proposals that could appear in their election manifestos. the work and pensions secretary damian green, has confirmed the conservatives would cap the gas and electricity bills of millions of households, if they win the election. i think some of the people feel that some of the big energy companies have taken some of the big energy companies have ta ken advantage some of the big energy companies have taken advantage of them with the tariffs. the liberal democrats have ruled out being part of another coalition governme

ofjeremy corbyn so do we expect a very local campaign?so do we expect a very local campaign? i think that is true, you will not see a great deal ofjeremy true, you will not see a great deal of jeremy corbyn true, you will not see a great deal ofjeremy corbyn on many of the leaflets. but they fight for their lives. many labour mps i spoke to today know that they could lose their jobs today know that they could lose theirjobs and if you look at the opinion polls and how far labour party appear to be, they stand to lose many seats. so the labour mps are out there fighting i think a local campaign is exactly how they will do it. the ones in the remaining seats might find it easier than those in the probe brexit seats. but yes, i have to tell you not many labour mps were happy today. one party that wanted this was the liberal democrats. the party going out they're being the pro—labour party as a poster of all the other brexiteers. how much could they capitalise from this? they have nine seats so the only way is up. most people in the party i t

it's an issuejeremy corbyn knows he needs to provide clarity on.he free movement ends when we leave the eu, because that is an intrinsic part of membership of the eu. but there is also the question of eu nationals living in britain, who i think should all be given the right to stay immediately. british nationals living in europe should get the same. we then work out a system for those who are able to come here and work, as well as british people are able to go to other parts of the europe to work there. labour is keen to get the focus away from brexit and onto other issues. on grammar schools, mr corbyn said he did not like selective education. on rebuilding the economy, he repeated his promise to set up a national investment bank to invest in new industries and infrastructure. and on private service providers in the nhs, he said he would phase out those contracts and bring in directly employed staff. but the conservatives say jeremy corbyn cannot be trusted. it isjust chaos. jeremy corbyn is putting himself forward as the next prime minister of th

theresa may, i hope it is, it might be jeremy corbyn.. finely balanced, the real issue is, she did not have a mandate, and there is a fixed stamp... there might not be a general election, if parliament does not approve it, it is not in the power of the prime minister to approve it, it is up to parliament, labourmps, approve it, it is up to parliament, labour mps, deciding it is right for the people to decide, if they don't agree with that, there will not be a general election. many saying that this is a vote of confidence in your leader. a vote of confidence in any political party, it is the ultimate test that we were saying. many issues at stake here, we are seeing school funding being cut for the first time in a generation, theresa may wants to bring back the very divisive policy of grammar schools, she did not have a parliamentary majority for that. people don't want to see these policies going forward? well, then they need to vote labour and not vote conservative, we have that choice ahead of us. given that we are heading into the su

jeremy corbyn will take on again. jeremy corbyn will bejeremy corbyn.nvention because he believes that's his best chance. sglit laura kuenssberg, at westminster, thank you. there's plenty more about the general election on our website, including an ‘all you need to know‘ guide. that's at bbc.co.uk/news. president trump's announcement, two weeks ago, that he had despatched an "armada" towards the korean peninsula was a show of force amid rising tensions between his country and north korea. so why are the warships far away off the coast of australia, taking part in a training exercise? rupert wingfield hayes has more. the sight of a us vice—president on board a nuclear powered aircraft carrier is a very rare event, even more so when it's sitting in japan. was this an elaborate piece of theatre or a sign america is really preparing for action against north korea? we will defeat any attack and meet any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an overwhelming and effective american response. applause the united states of america will always seek peace, bu

it seems all the tory party will do is be rude aboutjeremy corbyn. unstable and more uncertain than perhaps we thought it was going to be 20 years ago, and that is why theresa may's leadership now is so important and why it is so important for me, i'm afraid, to draw the contrast between her approach and what i think would be the chaotic approach underjeremy corbyn. jeremy corbyn is in their sights. you could call him the underdog. in a park today in the marginal seat of harlow. but labour mps fear their leader has to be reminded notjust to talk to his true believers, but to the whole country. the tories think that makes him a real outsider. we take a message out to the country. politics is of course always personal, but so far, this campaign has been much more about tory attacks on jeremy corbyn than a big battle of ideas. what do you think about what the tories have been doing? it is getting very personal. that is their nature, david cameron was a bully and now they are proving to be bullies. it seems like a witch—hunt. it does seem like a bit of a

on grammar schools, mr corbyn said that he did not like selective education.ders in the nhs, jeremy corbyn supporters say he has been hampered as leader by disloyal mps and a negative press. this election campaign is a chance then to lay out his vision for britain, to tell the voters exactly what he stands for, but any confusion over policy will be seized on by his opponents. cheering in the opening stage of this campaign, the tories have made strong leadership a central theme. today, they said mr corbyn wasn't suitable to be prime minister. it'sjust chaos. you know? jeremy corbyn is putting himself forward as the next prime minister country. overnight. cold air to the north”, overnight. cold air to the north, and snow showers. a northerly sleet and snow showers. a northerly breeze. in the south, mild. the mornin. eiht o'clock, monday morning. eight o'clock, sunshine in the south coast. not a bad start to the day for plymouth and towards london as well. cloudier skies bringing drizzly showers here and there through the midlands, parts of wales as well. more pe

i do like corbyn, his personality.dependence will bring a fairer society for us. especially withjeremy corbyn as leader. we've got brand new policies, really left—wing politics, socialist ones that were lacking before. now we can win people back and see a real benefit of having a labour government again. there will be no deals with nicola sturgeon and the snp after the election, mr corbyn said today. she claims her party is the only effective opposition to a conservative government. the snp simply cannot form a government in westminster. the only way to get rid of the tories you so despise would be with a labour government, wouldn't it? i can read the polls as well as anybody can. the travails of the labour party, i think, tell most people that labour is not on course to form a government, so people who do not want to see theresa may with a strengthened hand, to impose more welfare cuts to damage the economy and do further damage to our society should vote snp. the scottish tories insist only they can halt snp demands

jeremy corbyn says he‘s fighting for every seat in scotland.nd at the moment, having lost a0 seats here in the last general election. there will be no deals with nicola sturgeon and the snp after the election, mr corbyn said today. while she claims her party provide the only effective opposition to a conservative government. the snp simply cannot form a government in westminster. the only wait to get rid of the tories that you so despise would be with a labour government, wouldn‘t it? well, look, i can read the polls as well as anybody can. and the travails of the labour party i think tell most people that labour is not on course to form a government. so, people who don‘t want to see theresa may with a strengthened hand, to impose more welfare cuts, to damage the economy, to do further damage to our society, should vote snp. the snp regard the tories, not labour, as their real opponents in this election. the fact is, it‘s never been more important for people across scotland to think clearly and ask ourselves this question — how can we best prot