diane abbott is on the front page of the guardian.aper has an exclusive interview with her there. although that's the daily mail! the daily mail leads with claims that medical assistance are treating patients as part of an nhs cost—cutting measure leaving many at risk. we are going to start with the telegraph. may says she's sticking to her brexit blueprint. she's in france, but she's talking toa she's in france, but she's talking to a serious europhile fan of the european union, yet she's making it clear she'll stick to what people are describing as a hard brexit. yes, it's worth noting in her meeting with macron today that it was quite a friendly handshake. unlike the one he had with mr trump! there do seem to be warmer relations. there's been a lot of speculation since the results about what it means for brexit. lots of people in her own party want her to rethink her approach but the telegraph is saying that's not going to happen. why? you could point to the fact, david, that 80% of voters voted for parties, labour and the conserva

it seems that diane abbott is not at all well. serious than a dickie heart or a migraine. emily thornbury was in here a short time ago saying how strong diane abbott was and she suggested some people should be ashamed of themselves for suggesting that you know she had been pulled back because labour people didn't have confidence in her. now, we don't know what's wrong with her, but clearly, she is not at all well. 0k. but clearly, she is not at all well. ok. so the last day of campaigning and fora ok. so the last day of campaigning and for a final time let's look at the moments through the campaign. we need a general election and we need one now. to every city, every village, every town. we state a clear intention. b—the future of this country. the big question here is simply this. at what point... are voters... getting tired of politicians. let me finish if you don't mind. so norman take us through some of your picks of the campaign. so, i guess one of the things in an election campaign is it's a moment to get to know the politic

diane abbott looking after our national security. john mcdonnell at the treasury with our economy. the strings being pulled by nicola sturgeon. jeremy corbyn remains hopeful he can win. he says he's attracted thousands of people to back labour because it offers hope and campaigned on a positive manifesto. we are nearly at the end of this campaign and we have done dozens of events all over the country and you know what, everywhere we go the crowds get bigger, people are determined to show that this election can be won by labour but we are also offering something very different to the conservatives. we are offering hope that they are offering something else. and nicola sturgeon reckons the outcome in scotland could be vital. and paul nuttall insisted that his party is the patriotic party and its policies on immigration and foreign aid will come to be seen as ahead of their time. the lib dem leader, tim farron, thinks it's possible what he terms the conservatives' arrogance at this election may backfire. the approach they took to this election, assuming a landslide and taking the peop

after diane abbott's difficulty with numbers a couple of weeks ago, jeremy corbyn had this encounteresday on women's hour. how much will it cost to provide un—mea ns—tested childcare for 1.3 million children? it will cost... it will obviously cost a lot to do so. we accept that. i presume you have the figures? i will give you the figure in a moment. you do not know it? you are logging into your ipad. you're announcing a major policy and if you do not know how much it will cost. the labour leader's failure to recall the cost of the proposal to extend free childcare in england featured prominently on bbc news throughout the day. it led the three bbc one bulletins. many viewers felt that too much was being made of a mere memory lapse... another viewer recorded her thoughts for us on video. on tuesday, we had the perfect illustration of the differential treatment of labour and the conservatives. headline news on all the broadcast media because corbyn forgot a figure. compare that to the treatment of philip hammond, chancellor of the exchequer, who on the today programme got his figures f

where is diane abbott? diane abbott isn't well and she's not campaigning.en about this campaign. theresa may was knocked on social care, a policy that might have caused alarm on many bowling greens, before returning to script. it's about who people trust to have the strong and stable leadership to get the best deal for britain strong and stable leadership to get the best dealfor britain in europe. and who has the will and, crucially, the plan to deliver an brexit. legions ofjeremy corbyn fans want something else. 0pponents say his thumbs don't stack up, but they love labour's manifesto that promises more borrowing and a much bigger state. the first time it's been jeremy corbyn with phil on socialism versus the conservatives and it's giving people the eat opportunity. theresa may doesn't care about people like us. vote labour, for crying out loud, to help this country get out of the mess we are m, country get out of the mess we are in, with this tory government. the poor are suffering in this blinking country. our manifesto offers something very, very differ

where is diane abbott? diane abbott isn't well and she's not campaigning.usual, much has been about this campaign. theresa may was knocked on social care, a policy that might have caused alarm on many bowling greens, before returning to script. it's about who people trust to have the strong and stable leadership to get the best deal for britain in europe. and who has the will and, crucially, the plan to deliver an brexit. legions ofjeremy corbyn fans want something else. opponents say his sums don't stack up, but they love labour's manifesto that promises more borrowing and a much bigger state. the first time it's been jeremy corbyn with full on socialism versus the conservatives and it's giving people a great opportunity. theresa may doesn't care about people like us. vote labour, for crying out loud, to help this country get out of the mess we are in, with this tory government. the poor are suffering in this blinking country. our manifesto offers something very, very different. they say well it's going to cost a lot of money. yes it is, i know that. but w

we will come back to diane abbott next week.agine the scene: a snap election is called, the newsnight office gathers to discuss ideas. from this creative huddle, a germ — in fact, lots of germs, but we'll leave those aside. a vision of red: a bus, a battle bus, with stephen smith on board, visiting constituencies that have been craving some election glamour — whether they know it or not. tonight we bring you the last excursion. here's stephen smith. welcome to our popular and acclaimed general election series, battle busted. and if you can see this, it means we've had a second film commissioned. let me refresh your memory about our high—quality format. we're attempting to sprinkle some election razzmatazz on the places the party leaders don't touch. too rock—solid for them to rock up to in their wheels. and so we're bringing our own. we've come to the great city of liverpool on our magical mystery tour, to another constituency that doesn't tend to see a lot in the way of political beatlemania. # he's got a ticket to ride # and h

we have some news on the shadow home secretary diane abbott. >> reporter: that's right. nderstand from a number of british media outlets that diane will be stepping back from her role as shadow home secretary. that is the senior official in the u.k. when it comes to security. she's been over the last few weeks pummelled by conservative parties, leaders like theresa may, for her awareness when it comes to brexit. we understand she's going to be stepping back from her front line role due to health. she canceled a radio interview later in the day on the grounds of ill health. she's apparently stepped back from that position. she's being replaced by lynn brown who's the shadow minister of taking over for diane abbott over the rest of the campaign, one presumes. we've also got some other stories that we should be focusing on over the course of today around security. that is a major issue following the attacks of course saturday night over london bridge. theresa may has faced a lot of criticism about her policies, her decisions when she, herself, was home secretary for six year

diane abbott says we have to focus on far right extremism as well as islamic extremism.after spending 15 months in prison, has died. 0tto warmbier, who was 22, was in a coma when he was flown home last week. his family has accused north korea of torturing him after he was arrested for stealing a propaganda sign. president trump spoke shortly after his death. brexit will come with "substantial" consequences. that‘s the warning from the chief negotiator for the european union. at a press conference after the first day of talks with brexit secretary david davis, michel barnier said he was not in the frame of mind to make concessions. mr barnier will today travel to luxembourg to brief eu ministers on the negotiations. stat has breaking news about ba rclay‘s. stat has breaking news about barclay‘s. —— stat has breaking news about ba rclay‘s. —— steph. stat has breaking news about barclay's. -- steph. yes. it is following a five—year probe by the serious fraud office, saying they would charge four individuals, including john farley, with conspiracy to commit fraud and unlawfu

we have seen diane abbott get in a leather figures.dback from the campaign because of illness. 0n the whole they do feel the more he has gone out there, jeremy corbyn, the more he has been on stage answering questions, the more effectively the has—been. his confidence has grown. that is evident amongst this crap, jeremy corbyn definitely running a campaign that has made an impact. definitely inspiring more labour support. now we see what he has got to say in his last chance to address the wider electorate, convince people who do not come to this kind of rally he's the sort of person that he can vote for, the person that he can vote for, the person that will deliver on the policies in the manifesto. 0bviously getting a very warm reception here. people who have been part of the campaign, natural supporters feel they have something to celebrate, how well this campaign has gone this the real testis this campaign has gone this the real test is whether he can translate that into actual success at the ballot box, with more labour mps. clearly

you have diane abbott who can't add up sitting around the cabinet table. john mcdonnell, who is a marxist. nicola sturgeon, who wants to break our country up. and tim farron who wants to bring us back into the eu, the direct opposite of what the british people want. the audience though gave her a pretty rough time. refusing to answer people's questions, refusing to talk tojeremy corbyn. a prime minister and potential future prime minister doesn't understand the difference between a learning disability and the mental health condition. i had called an election... for the good of the conservative party, you have called a general election for the good of the conservative party and it will backfire on you. including on brexit. do you really think you have any real leverage with brussels? an area where she has a rather well drilled response. i think we can negotiate a good deal, because a good deal in trade terms is notjust of benefit to the uk, it is of benefit to businesses in the remaining countries in the european union. social care was where mrs may had her

if you talk to diane abbott, it is not warranted police officers.ld not be able to carry guns or anything like that. we are not talking about firearms officers. the lib dems say they will put more money into policing, as do the conservatives. everyone is talking about the awareness and more has to be done. but the problem is, there is a gap at the moment between perception and promise. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first, the headlines on bbc news: the third suspect in the london attacks is named as 22—year—old moroccan—italian , youssef zaghba. an italian police source says he was placed on watch lists shared with the uk. at 11:00, a minute's silence was held across the uk, to remember the victims and all those affected by the attack. a nurse from south australia, kirsty boden — who worked at guy's hospital near london bridge — is named among the seven people killed in the attack. rbs has finally reached a £200 million settlement with investors who say they were duped into handing £12 billion to the bank during the fina

we were told diane abbott wouldn't be turning up. ts. you remember there was that brexit vote in the commons and she couldn't take pa rt in the commons and she couldn't take part because she wasn't feeling well. cynics suspect that maybe some in labour circles thought emily thornbury would be a safer pair of hands. thank you very much, norman. the latest we have on those who were injured — and this comes from nhs england — 36 injured remain in hospital and 18 of these are still in a critical condition. one of the people still missing after the attack at london bridge is sara zelenak from australia. her aunt tara spoke to reporters outside the family home in brisbane. my my name is tara. i'm sara's auntjoy and joy‘s sister. i just wanted my name is tara. i'm sara's auntjoy and joy‘s sister. ijust wanted to say that we are obviously very upset and emotionally distraught at this time. the family is trying to keep it together, but bracing for the worst obviously. at this stage we have been advised that if you want any further information

it isjeremy corbyn in number 10, coalition of chaos, diane abbott as home secretary, john mcdonnell inrgeon pulling the strings. but get those negotiations right, get that vision for the future of our country, and we can build that better britain and it's about getting a better deal abroad and a better deal here for ordinary working people. there are various elements to that, yes, it's about those negotiations, it's about taking back control of our borders and our laws and money, it's also about striking new trade deals for british goods and services around the rest of the world with new friends and old allies alike. it's about backing those who work hard, helping businesses to create better paid jobs. and new rights for and protections for workers. it's about giving people more of a chance to be able to own their own home by building more affordable homes. helping people with the cost of living by capping those rip—off energy tariffs. it's about ensuring every youngster has a good school place with more school funding, making sure that they get a best start in life, but also a proper

you have diane abbott around the cabinet table, don macdonald is a marxist, nicola sturgeon wants toreak our country up and take us back into the e.u. the direct opposite of what the british people want. [applause] >> that being said, primewoul minister, one of the things i would like to know a secretly do you really regret calling this election?ion, n now the polls have moved against you. but a tory, but you must feel a little bit of remorse, no? >> now, i've been in politics quite a long time and i'vehave w always had the only poll that matters is the one takes place on polling day. i think the british people when they are voting, people here and people watching and others have a very simple choice about who do you trust to have that leadership to take us to get the best deal, brexit in europe and who's got the will and the vision not just to take us through and get on with the job of delivering brexit, but take us beyond and build a better future for this country. >> we surprised they've gone from a lead of 20% when you called the election? >> i never surprised. i am never surpris

there were more points, including a series of gaffes by diane abbott leading to a replacement on theh will it cost? i will give you a figure in the moment. the public were warming to the labour leader in greater numbers and yesterday a change of heart was reflected in the polling booths. one would did not crop up in my conversations this morning, brexit. labour voters acknowledged that extricating britain would now be an even and more difficult problem and when it came to casting their vote, issues closer to home where a deciding factor. northern ireland is now centre stage in the westminster election. the big winners of the night were the democratic unionist party who took ten seats and sinn fein who won seven, while the sdlp and the uup lost all of their westminster mps. the support of the dup's westminster mps will be crucial for the conservatives who need them to get legislation through the house of commons. chris buckler reports on the results in northern ireland. if last night count revealed any winner, it was the democratic unionist party. they won more than half of northern i

let's talk about your shadow home secretary, diane abbott. does she have your competence? a breakfor? —— is she ask, but how long issue taking a break for? —— is she taking. ask, but how long issue taking a break for? —— is she takinglj ask, but how long issue taking a break for? -- is she taking. i will be speaking to her later today. she is not well at the moment. ok, it is 51 days. thank you for talking to us. ican 51 days. thank you for talking to us. i can hearfrom your voice that you sound tired. i am not tired and my voice is fine, don't worry about at! how is the allotment going? the allotment is fine. my vegetables are growing extremely well. my voice get stronger as the day goes on. i am just about to speak at the 84th rally i have done in this campaign, right here in buchanan street in glasgow, and then i am going on to more rallies all over the country, ending in my constituency at nine o'clock tonight. do you know what? this is the most fantastic, people powered campaign i can rememberfrom any election. and i am really enjoying it, and so other people who are

applause well, what i will say is this, as i said earlier on, diane abbott wants to be home secretarye home secretary and she wants to wipe the records of criminals and terrorists from the dna database. that would mean we could catch fewer criminals and fewer terrorists. you, sir, here. the man in the green. talk about brexit and remainers, i think the voting 52% to 48%, you lack the confidence in asking the public, the electorate, one more time because the voting was so in the middle, nigel farage made a big mess. michael gove led the electorate the wrong way. boris johnstone, they had bus, you know, pasted with nhs £350 million. we we re pasted with nhs £350 million. we were told lies. people who voted out prams they should be given the second chance. you should have the confidence to say, shall we have another vote? look, can i put it like this. over the years, in the european union, and it's the years, in the european union, and its european economic community, there have been a number of occasions where referendums have been held in countries. there was one in ireland, i think fr

diane abbott cannot add her sums up. can i answer?t. we are looking at making sure we are com pletely looking at making sure we are completely within our means on the spending on revenue spending and we have had that independently verified. the only figures in the tory manifesto of the page numbers. why will you deal with corporation tax when it will ring in less money? —— bring in less money. the ifs said... (inaudible). the only figures in the tory manifesto of the page numbers. rather than thinking about going in to support the nhs you are thinking about looking overseas. we are promising to lift the pay cap for public sector workers including people working for the nhs, which is capped at the moment up 1% the nhs, which is capped at the moment up1% and the nhs, which is capped at the moment up 1% and we want wages to increase in line with inflation. in terms of funding the nhs, there is an interim measure, and we promise to put an extra six william pounds a year by putting 1p on everybody's rate of income tax. 1% extra. you might

after diane abbott's difficulties with numbers, during a radio interview a couple of weeks ago, jeremyll obviously cost a lot to do so, we accept that... i presume you have the figures? yes, i do. so how much will it cost? i will give you the figure in a moment. you do not know it? you are logging into your ipad, here. you've announcing a major policy and if you do not know how much it all costs? the labour leader's failure to recall the cost of his proposal to extend free childcare in england featured prominently on bbc news throught the day, leading the three bbc1 bulletins, but many viewers felt that too much was being made of a mere memory lapse, with will tolley emailing... meanwhile, john maynard twitted this question... another viewer, fiona mckenzie, recorded her thoughts for us on video. on tuesday, we had the perfect illustration of the differential treatment of labour and the conservatives. headline news on all the broadcast media becausejeremy corbyn forgot a figure. compare that to the treatment of philip hammond, chancellor of the exchequer, who on the today programme got

jeremy corbyn, this is what we are getting from the bbc, he apparently is replacing diane abbott's withe to ill health. interesting to see how may be the secretary is being replaced at this late date and how it could impact pulling outcomes. that big report by the bbc. we will come back to that story and maybe deliver a little bit more detail surrounding it. let us get back to our main story of the story. santander to raise capital. joining us now, tom. i want to talk about what is happening with the cocos. they are being written down effectively to zero, right? this is what is meant to happen? this is the process unfolding as we anticipated that it would. this is a wind down or resolution of a bank in europe, and how it should take place. >> i think that this is exactly right. this is an interesting case to see whether the rules that were introduced after the financial crisis actually work in practice, so this is working as it is meant to. the investors will be very nervous this morning. guy: any kind of ripple across into other cocos this morning? so far, butot huge could get bigger.

what do you make of diane abbott so far? i'm no fan of diane abbott.ere before up, there for the grace of god go i. but as we can all have those bad moments on the radio. it's the truth. but she was announcing a new policy. how much it will cost is a fairly obvious question. if you get it as wrong as she did, it was painful, wasn't it? how much... you're right. all of this is true. it is true, but how much things are going to cost is not a question any tory would answer about their manifesto. so at least she might have got it wrong, but to she had an answer. how many times have you ever walked back into your office and gone, i wish that had never happened? you do it, you wake up in a cold sweat, going over my god, this is how this has gone. it was a car crash. it was a total car crash. people don't talk to me about brexit a lot although they are starting to. the wording i would say, but comes across on the doorstep, is just get on with it. i think people are slightly cynical about the election. i think they think we should be doing our jobs. are you fi

diane abbott in the home office... john mcdonnell at the treasury.gs. so every vote for me and for local conservative candidates will help to stop that from happening, and every vote for me and local conservative candidates will strengthen my hand in those brexit negotiations, to get the best deal for britain. but it is also, it is about getting the best deal abroad but also about getting a better deal for ordinary working people often done this country. so, yes, it is about that brexit deal, bringing control back on our money, out bringing control back on our money, our laws and our borders. it is also about forging new trade relationships around the world for out relationships around the world for our goods and services, so we open up our goods and services, so we open up those new opportunities. it is about ensuring that we back those who work hard, helping businesses to create more and higher paid jobs, but also bringing new rights and protections for workers. it is about ensuring people have a better chance of owning their own home by building m

one subject preoccupying labour today is what is going on with diane abbott.emy corbyn said she is not well. yes, absolutely. we have learned this morning, after those interviews that diane abbott has given, a couple at least, during this campaign, where she has been widely derided for not being sufficiently across her brief, we learned this morning that she is standing down from her shadow home affairs brief indefinitely, being replaced by her colleague lynn brown. we understand that she is going to take some time to recover from illness. we don't know any more information than that at this stage. but are clearly a decision has been taken that now is not the time for her to be taken that now is not the time for herto be in taken that now is not the time for her to be in a front of house role, if you like, and at least that make offer some explanation for some of those media performances of the last couple of weeks. so that is the news from labour this morning. asjeremy corbyn embarks on a masochistic marathon of dashing around the country and dropping in on s

would risk putting jeremy corbyn into number 10 downing street, john mcdonnell in the treasury, diane abbottme office, and the strings being pulled by the liberal democrats and nicola sturgeon. and vote here in west yorkshire are vitally important in this election. i am going out around the country looking and talking to people and earning i hope every vote, because every vote counts in strengthening my hand in those brexit negotiations. so i'm offering myself as your prime minister. i'm optimistic about the future. i have an absolute resolute determination to go out there and fight for britain, to get that best deal for brexit for britain, because everything else depends on those brexit negotiations. i am also optimistic that we can get a good deal that does work for us all, and i'm confident in our ability as a country to grasp the opportunities that are open to us for the future. and i say that because i believe in britain and the british people. but ican britain and the british people. but i can only do that with your backing if you give me a mandate, and my final message is a very simpl

as i said earlier on, diane abbott wants to be home secretary, and she wants to wipe the records of criminals and terrorists from the dna database. that would mean we could catch fewer criminals and terrorists. [applause] >> talking about brexit, i think the voting 52% to 48%, i think you lack the confidence asking the electorate one more time. because the voting was so in the middle, what would the electorate want to do? i think nigel farage made a mess. i think they led the electorate the wrong way. and boris johnson. they had buses painted with nhs 350 million. we were all told lies. even people who voted out, perhaps they should be given a second chance. you should have the confidence to have another vote. [boos] pm may: over the years in the european union and the european economic community, there have been a number of occasions where referendums have been held in countries. there was one in ireland. i think france is an example as well, where they voted against what the eu was suggesting. basically, the bureaucrats and eu politicians turned around to those countries and said, you have

i went to a meeting that diane abbott posted yesterday at the house of commons.ated a social worker. so she asked the people in the room to put their hands up if they had been allocated social worker and justjew hands up if they had been allocated social worker and just jew people put their hands up. we heard another story about one of the survivors, a teenage child, who tried to kill herself and was admitted to hospital yesterday, having ta ken herself and was admitted to hospital yesterday, having taken an overdose of ta blets. yesterday, having taken an overdose of tablets. we heard about survivors being put in hotel rooms with no windows. i mean the stories go on and on. the trauma these people have experienced and the way they are being treated is quite frankly disgraceful and all of these assurances that have been made by the government in parliament, the reality on the ground is totally different. this lack of care, or this level of care that seems to be lacking amongst those who need it, who do you think needs to be assigned the task of making sure that p

both are opposed tojeremy corbyn, diane abbott, john mcdonnell.t both the happy to see an easing of mac office 30. the dup have long opposed the bedroom tax or means testing benefits for the elderly are doing away with the triple lock on pensions. actually in tory circles, too. the reason the debt badly at the general election was because of its territory. they are willing to ditch it. —— because oui’ —— because of austerity. whenjames brokenshire arrived, he was standing positive for these reasons. discussions are still continuing. the prime minister is seeing arlene foster later on, i am sure we will get more news from that. what will they be talking about today? that is for discussion between them. we will hear from them in the course of the day. the thing to stress is the work that i do as secretary of state for northern ireland is separate. we are very clear on the work that i was doing yesterday afternoon and evening around the devolution settlement, and ensuring we get devolved government back. something as a government we hold fast to, ens

i am not a jeremy corbyn fan but i am even less ofa jeremy corbyn fan but i am even less of a diane abbottote for the party. i am a banana. i kind of believe what they believe in. the snp has faults but they do have a solid voice and they speakfor the they do have a solid voice and they speak for the majority people up here. i am speak for the majority people up here. iam not speak for the majority people up here. i am not all about the independence but supporting scotland and looking after scotland, i think they are the right people. and looking after scotland, i think they are the right peoplelj and looking after scotland, i think they are the right people. i would say the straw poll has been fruitful. this is all about what you think as an election. we are joined this is all about what you think as an election. we arejoined by this is all about what you think as an election. we are joined by a this is all about what you think as an election. we arejoined by a host of voters. good morning. let's find out some views. good morning to you from what are you passionate about? independence is

least because the main spokesman for the opposition party, the labor party on security issues is diane abbott well regarded as a security credible security figure. but the reality is it that the cuts in the place, the 20,000 cuts we just heard about between 2010 and 2016 have played very badly. and the fact that donald trump attack eed sadiq chan who is a n who is very popular in london and sadc chan came back and basically backing away the donald trump attack he pointed out that in fact london had been startled recently because of the austerity measures that the conservatives have brought in, all of that is actually weakening the momentum behind may. so, the one thing that's crystal clear in the last few months in the uk is the idea that we've stopped having unexpected political developments at the tro electoral polls, have gone away. >> what if the conservatives don't win? what happens to brexit? >> that is the very, very important question. frankly right now in the european union people are preparing for some kind of crisis post-the election because of the uncertainty about what the result

budget and labour wanted to cut them by 10%, it is really extraordinary when you consider that diane abbotto think that she could actually be in charge of counterterrorism of police, of sigley services and of keeping us safe. one must question, briefly, we spoke to max remake this morning who clearly has the job that you used to have and he has made it quite plain, has been explicit the donald trump, the president of the united states, is not welcome in london at this time, given his comments. we use it on that? i don't want to interpose myself into any controversy between the mayor of london and donald trump. i remember having those myself in the past. what i will say is that i think it is entirely right that sadiq khan, as mayor of the greatest city on earth should reassure his public and his citizens about the presence of armed police on the streets. he was making a sensible point and was entirely right to do so. the key for your time this morning, boris. the time now is 745. time for the weather. it is raining across many parts and it's not just rang. it is raining across many parts and

and there is almost visceral distaste forjeremy corbyn, john mcdonald, diane abbott.key sources in the dup said this morning, we like theresa may. they will work with her but there will be a price. while we wait to hear from arlene foster of the dup in belfast, we can go back to andrew at college i enjoyed by ed vaizey, conservative mpfor i enjoyed by ed vaizey, conservative mp for wantage and stephen pound, labourmpfor mp for wantage and stephen pound, labour mp for eating north and norman lamont, former chancellor. norman lamont, former chancellor. norman lamont, former chancellor. norman lamont, you have seen some pretty bad tory campaigns in your time, was this other of them?m pretty bad tory campaigns in your time, was this other of them? it was not a good campaign, the most extraordinary thing, apart from the ma nifesto, extraordinary thing, apart from the manifesto, i thought the lack of emphasis in the campaign on the economy was truly extraordinary. unprecedented? jeremy corbyn, i thought, had a good election, presented himself well and had a wish list, a ver