now gordon brown talked a lot about the individual labour candidates in this area.ng about individual mps and appealing to labour members and labour party supporters that they needed labour mps in parliament standing upfor they needed labour mps in parliament standing up for them. he talked about as the record of the past labour government, things like achievements are protecting the nhs, keeping pensioners out of poverty, reducing child poverty but, interestingly, no mention of a future labour government orjeremy corbyn as a future prime minister. this audience was made up of invited labour party members as well as stu d e nts labour party members as well as students and staff from coventry university. before gordon brown made his speech, i had a conversation with a few labour party members. very good news. i believe the whole shebang should be nationalised. back to nationalisation. just the general ethos of making it a better place to live. for more people. ithink ethos of making it a better place to live. for more people. i think that is principally at, and penni

meanwhile, the former labour prime minister, gordon brown, urged voters not to give theresa may "a blank. 0ur political correspondent ian watson reports. two big beasts, a former prime minister and a former deputy of prime minister entered the frame to claim the conservatives are waging a war on the you might expect him to say that the next labour government will stop this. but his emphasis is on holding theresa may to account. her britain will have more inequality and poverty than what we saw in the thatcher years. no conservative prime minister should ever be given a free hand. the deputy leader tom watson insisted he was determined to turn round labour's position in the polls but warned of the dangers of a big conservative victory. he said if theresa may still commands the lead in the polls she had at the start she will have a margaret thatcher—style majority. as labour mps battle to get back to westminster we are seeing a tale of two campaigns. the official one emphasising what labour would do in government and the unofficial one where some candidates tell me they are going beyond wh

that is a very good point, it was gordon brown.ur's packs rein in tatters, plan to miss target by billions, expert warns. —— tax. more analysis of labour's tax proposals. the times have gone to the expert, the ifs, michael gove said they do not want experts! labour said they can raise 4 billion from tax rises, the ifs said people will avoid the tax rises, and they will avoid the tax rises, and they will only raise between two and 3 billion. they haven't got a contingency fund, so all they have got. something like 3—4,000,000,000, because people's behaviour changes. they have got a contingency plan. they have got a contingency plan. they built in an assumption there will be some behavioural change, they think it could bring 6 billion, they think it could bring 6 billion, they are budgeting on 4 billion, but they are budgeting on 4 billion, but the ifs said it will be more like two to 3 billion. they haven't said how they are going to pay for the nationalisation, they have announced a lot of nationalisation, rail and energy and so on

meanwhile, the former labour prime minister, gordon brown, urged voters not to give theresa may "a blanky. our political correspondent ian watson reports. the conservatives are waging a war on the brewer. that is the claim from this former prime ministers. you might expect it to say that the next labour government. it but his emphasis is on holding theresa may to account. her brittan will have more inequality and poverty than what we saw in the thatcher years. no conservative prime minister should ever be given a free hand. the deputy leader tom watson insisted he was determined to turn round labour's position in the polls but warned of the dangers of a big conservative victory. he said if she still commands the lead in the balls she had at the start she will have on margaret thatcher style majority. as labour mps battle to get back to westminster we are seeing a tale of two campaigns. the official one emphasising what they would do in government and the unofficial one where some candidates tell me they are going beyond what gordon brown and tom watson are saying. they are telling voters

gordon brown also popped up had to say?for the car industry. david cameron said the opposite. he said theresa may called this election and needed the strong majority from this election to help her win brexit, but it was very interesting as to the reasoning why he gave for that and if you can listen very carefully to this clip, we'll explain why. there's no doubt, this is one of the most defining elections i can rememberwhere it is most defining elections i can remember where it is so important not only that the conservatives win and win well so that tories can negotiate that brexit deal, so she can stand up to people that want an extreme brexit either here or in brussels, but i think it's all so frankly that the labour party don't do well because they put up a candidate for prime minister, someone who is completely unsuited to do the job. very interesting there that he said people who want an extreme brexit in this country. theresa may's reasoning was that the liberal democrats and the labour party would block brexit and yo

the former labour prime minister gordon brown has been speaking. the labour party. he has said that politics goesin party. he has said that politics goes in cycles. they actually did not mentionjeremy corbyn in his speech in coventry at all, but he said the test is what you do in the difficult times. it is that you do not lose the courage to fight for what you believe in, and you don‘t stand back and say, this is now not for me, it is too difficult, but you continue to fight and support and champion what really matters to the future of this country. so that is former labour prime minister gordon brown, telling people who support the labour party not to abandon the party, to fight for what they believe in, but he did not mentionjeremy corbyn at all in that speech in coventry. we‘ll get more through the afternoon. in a moment, a summary of the business uses our, but first, our latest headlines. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has pulled out of a planned campaign appearance after the party‘s draft general election manifesto was leaked. the bank of e

this is gordon brown's second intervention in this election campaign.vered a speech earlier this week saying theresa may is asking for a blank cheque from voters and he is saying voters need to back labour to speak up for things like the nhs, socialjustice, better education. he did not mention anything about a future labour government. all references to a labour government were in the past. the subtext being that labour are going to be in opposition and we need our mps to be there to keep up pressure on the government. labour's deputy leader tom watson has given an interview to the guardian where he warns about the difficult task facing labour in the face of opinion polls, some of which have laboured behind by 20 points by the conservatives. he says if there is no dent in the tory lead, theresa may could have a majority of 100 mps, giving her the freedom to do what she likes. tom watson saying there are exciting ideas in the ma nifestos, there are exciting ideas in the manifestos, we are determined to ove 1120 m e manifestos, we are determined to overco

this is gordon brown and the lloyds management, trying to get a deal done over mortgages and some veryd to bear the cost of it. technically, there is now $500 million —— £500 million worth of profits. it could have been better. the swedish model, they say go away, shut up. when we do bring them to market, this is going to be profitable. but lloyds has managed to get back on track. what about the royal bank of scotland? you have still got restructuring in the united states. ancient computer systems. frankly, it's not a proper functioning bank. we are all we are. they should have opened ten years ago. look at these enormous wind turbines. 'yuge', as donald trump would say. have you flown over the irish sea recently? from liverpool to dublin. you'll go across this forest of turbines. it is huge. guess it is going to be 20, 30, 40. this is on a different scale altogether. you can guarantee there is going to be no wind this winter. justin, thank you as ever. hello there, good morning. tuesday is probably going to be a day remembered for the high temperatures. looking outdoors, we had some b

the tories backed every penny that tony blairand tories backed every penny that tony blair and gordon brownd to save. villa but whether that spending come from? it came from taxing the city and a dynamic and growing economy which tony blair and growing economy which tony blair and gordon brown built and which you have spent your time criticising and calling neoliberalism and other words which mean nothing. what about the points raised with regard to iraq and the points raised about who tony blair has chosen to mix with?” agree. most people have a poor opinion of tony blair because of iraq. ithink opinion of tony blair because of iraq. i think that is unfair, because he took a reasonable decision which he thought was in the national interest on the basis of the information at the time, but i accept that iraq has gone so badly that people want someone to blame. they want one person, and because tony blair identified himself with that iraq decision so much, because that iraq decision so much, because thatis that iraq decision so much, because that is the sort of leader he was, it was actually

government in our memory over the past two decades and certainly was not part of the tony blair and gordon brownand on the other side you have theresa may who has managed to successfully absorbed most of the majority of ukip voters you have the choice. it is the polarised choice. that is not much going on in the centre. it will be interesting to see how people jump. these are the sincere viewers of the far left of the labour party. he would argue it would be dishonest not to voice them. you would argue about the timing. there have not been any funerals yet. the names of the victims are being released. 9/11, the attack on america, happened before the afghanistan invasion, for a rack, for any western intervention, that is what the war on terror has been a consequence of, not any invasion. the times has an interesting poll. we all this approach these with caution. after 2015 most news organisations decided to try to calm down about polling data. however there are sometimes polls which are not on the marking a moment of change in the campaign but can actually affect people's votes. in the scottish i

but john brown gordon -- he is a curious guy. charming with charisma. his father tries being a preacher and that does not work out too well. he runs 19th century: of a health spot. that does not work out too well -- he runs the 19th century equivalent of a health spa. that does not work out too well. he is a brilliant scholar. lovely master -- is a master of rhetoric. rhetoric matters. the ability to speak well i command a crowd. how where that is today. but if i command the language, i commend the situation. in civil commanders, especially in the confederate armies in the army in northern virginia, there is times where there is no food, bullets, the men are in rags and they are running on a commander's rhetoric on the ability to aspire men. john brown gordon makes his way up and he has a great, intensely physical love affair with his wife. then andre as sexual there impulses and biology as we are now. if you don't believe me, check out the mineral disease roles on both sides. entire hospitals dedicated to venereal disease, which was a terrible problems

equally i think voters are sadly now and they still have echoes of gordon brown flogging gold at thet. he didn't know the price is going to fall when he did so! regardless, that's how the voters think. they look at labour and think spend, spend. the look that ed balls in the economy. i don't agree at all. i come back to the point they made, the conservatives, yes the conservative press are successfully creating this as theresa may or corbin. it's going ahead and people do not see jeremy corbyn. whatever the rights and wrongs of the tax rates, etc, by the way, some of us remember 1992 when woodward talking about, was it £22,000 labour was going to have a higher tax rate? now it's 80. not many people on that. we will have to leave it there. thanks for that. thanks for looking at the stories. and to you for watching. i buy. most m ost pla ces most places saw rain at some stage today. it brightened up at the end of the day in northern ireland but this is what it looked like in the morning, along with that cloud there was some rain around. the wettest place in northern ireland was melos,

caused in some past campaigns by run—ins with voters who have, one thinks of gillian duffy and gordon brownt in the election. you can see why the spin doctors close ra n ks you can see why the spin doctors close ranks around their leader and try and control it all. even the few performances we have seen from theresa may, the public, in the wild, as it were, there has been a risk of it going wrong. a woman with learning disabilities asking her why she is taking away some of her benefits. it is an uncomfortable position for a prime minister to be in. she wants to look like a leader. people behind the polls, tim farron and jeremy corbyn, are having to play it differently. they cannot deny the media access. they have to do everything they can. she has such a big lead in the polls that she is effectively able to do what manchester united did when they will fall— zero up, play defensively, knock the ball around, keep it away from doing anything too creative. —— manchester united did when they were 4-0 manchester united did when they were 4—0 up. she is in government and she wa nts to 4—0 up. she

in 2015 david cameron refused to follow the example of his predecessor as prime minister, gordon brownart in a head—to—head discussion on the bbc with other party leaders. five of whom appeared without him in a so—called challengers debate. theresa may has followed his example and jeremy corbyn has said he won't take part in such a programme either, if she doesn't. so this time round we were told this week the bbc will be showing a debate featuring senior representatives from labour, the conservatives, the liberal democrats, the snp, plaid cymru, ukip and the green party. the press release also announced question time specials and election questions programmes featuring separately the leaders of six of those parties, but not the green party, to the annoyance of many viewers, including christopher corey. i understand that the bbc in their forthcoming election specials have invited ukip to take part and have excluded the green party. i think this is unfair and ludicrous, to be honest. i am not a green party supporter, and i am certainly not a ukip supporter, however, i do think that the

that statement, again, from gordon brown.s 113 girls, thomas, could still be unaccounted for at this point, and a difficult recovery ahead for those girls who have been freed, thomas, the traumas they've been through just unspeakable. >> kelly cobiella reporting for us in london. thank you very much. >>> one story we've been following for a while now, president trump and his dislike of the media, love/hate relationship. you can probably guess how he would react to a new particularly unflattering article with the headline "trump 101." his advisers talk about him as he's a child. we'll talk about that next. his . ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that's heard throughout the connected business world. at&t network security helps protect business, from the largest financial markets to the smallest transactions, by sensing cyber-attacks in near real time and automatically deploying countermeasures. keeping the world of business connected and protected. that's the power of and. (i wanted him to eat healthy., so i feed jake purina

you work chief economist in the cabinet office under gordon brown.t they don't make economic sense? this is a party political manifesto so this is a party political manifesto so it would hardly be... pretty astonishing if it weren't political. the question we have to ask is do they make economic sense humour in that we shouldn't really be worried on the impact of the debt or the deficit. do we think the government could run these assets better in the public sector in the interests of consumers and taxpayers than in the private sector? for that you have to go to the detail of what labour is proposing and i am not sure we have seen proposing and i am not sure we have seen that. what is that labour are saying they are going to do which means water companies or the railway industry would be better run and the public sector than they currently are in the private sector? that our arguments both ways. perfectly good state—run companies and other european countries and equally we have had negative experiences in this country what nationalisation in the past.

this came up under gordon brown. we cannot trust the labour party with our money. not at all. and examined. you have had a phone call since we have been a year. you have your ipad and the ma nifesto. a year. you have your ipad and the manifesto. you don't know how much it will cost. it is quite troubling. this is our policy you're wanting today and you don't know how much it is going to cost. our correspondent is going to cost. our correspondent is with the campaign forjeremy corbyn. that was uncomfortable to watch. indeed, i don't think that was jeremy corbyn's best performance at all this morning on woman's hour. coming so soon after diane abbott's interview on lbc a couple of weeks ago when she also wondered on police numbers, acquis policy she was promoting that morning. that is the key point. this is a policy that jeremy corbyn wanted to talk about, about extending universal childcare for all children aged two to four. defending the fact this would cost millions of pounds. and then not to be across the figures on a key interview is really rather embarrassing and plays int

but gordon brown's former pollster believes the prime minister is still in a strong position.t message discipline that they're so good at. they allowed themselves to be distracted from their basic brexit positioning, which i now note they've gone back to. i think if they can now stick to that, then they will coast home and it will not be a problem for them. it turns out that a late spring tide that should have allowed theresa may. the prime minister is bruised, but she remains convinced that the blue tide is after all headed in one direction, a clear win. studio: now, we have to talk about the opinion polls. silly as it is to endlessly dwell on forecasts of the election result when we'll know the actual facts in just eight days, it is still impossible not to be gripped by what is going on. part of it is that the polls have moved a lot against the conservatives but the main point is that the polling experts are now coming up with a variety of plausible stories that diverge massively. chris hanratty and his team, who we used at the last election, come next week, they will either

corbyn has always insisted that he is in it to win it, but there have been more comments from gordon brownnister, in a speech to labour members in scotland, who said that theresa may wants a blank cheque. it is up to you, labour voters, to select your local candidates who will be champions for things like the nhs, for education, for socialjustice. no mention of a future labour government, so the subtext is that labour will be in opposition, so let's make it a strong one. that is not the message thatjeremy corbyn will be trying to put out today, but a hint there from other senior labour figures today, a slightly different message. thank you very much. the prime minister has been on the campaign trail in northern ireland today. visiting an agrictultrual show in county antrim, she discussed the impact of brexit, and also urged local politicians to "come together" and restore power sharing at stormont. our correspondent nick higham is there. it looks busy behind you, nick, was it busy for the prime minister? absolutely, yes. this is the balmoral show, about 100,000 people expected here over th

that was gordon brown speaking the day before the scottish independence referendum in 2014, some creditedinister to tony blair, one wonders, with the lukewarm reception, the lu kewa rm with the lukewarm reception, the lukewarm response tojohn prescott, when he first asked for people to show appreciation, the achievements of the blair government, was... the break with old labour, cementing of new labour, it wasjohn prescott break with old labour, cementing of new labour, it was john prescott who we re new labour, it was john prescott who were sent out as tony blair's cannon fodder, if you like, to go and say, this is what is going to happen. and we re this is what is going to happen. and were going to get rid of clause iv. look at these old hands, they are very good. doesn't matter which political party they are, they are interesting and funny because the weight of standing for election is com pletely weight of standing for election is completely ta ken from weight of standing for election is completely taken from them. a lot of people on the hard left sawjohn prescott as a traitor, becaus

corbyn has always insisted that he is in its to win it, but there have been more comments from gordon brownour members in scotland, who said that theresa may once a blank cheque. it is up to labour voters to select the candidates who will support the party. no mention of a future labour government, so the subtext is that labour will be in opposition, so let's make it a strong one. that is not the message thatjeremy corbyn will be trying to put out today, but a hint they are from other senior labourfigures a hint they are from other senior labour figures today, a slightly different message. thank you very much. the prime minister is on the campaign trail in northern ireland today, where she's visiting an agricultural show. 0ur correspondent, nick higham, is there. what has she been up to? she has been here at the balmoral shall, in northern ireland's biggest agricultural and food fear. it is a big event. she has been to some of the stands, she started off at view women's institute tent, where they give her a women's institute tent, where they give herajarofjam and women's institute tent, whe

this an issue with people in the labour party which came up under gordon brown, we cannot trust you withs fully costed and examined. you have been looking at your ipad, you have had a phone call and you don't know how much it is going to cost. can we come back to that in a moment? if we don't invest in our children and invest in them for the future they do less well in primary school, less well in secondary school and less well in the future. at a rally in watford, he was amongst friends. a much better tomorrow for everybody in this country. thank you very much. mr corbyn, you labour's choice for the next prime minister, but you couldn't put a cost on the key childcare policy he went out to promote. how do you answer the suggestion this showed a lack of basic confidence? i didn't have the exact figure in front to me so i was unable to answer that question. for which, i apologise. but i don't apologise for what is in the manifesto. there is always a queue to seejeremy corbyn. but whether you are a convert to the cause or not, who doesn't want more for childcare, hospitals and schools and

to be an election leaders' debate, remember the one in 2010 with david cameron, nick clegg and gordon brownment so far. itv said they still want to press ahead with a debate but they haven't finalised who will take part. these are the bbc‘s plans. a series of two question time specials, the first featuring theresa may and jeremy corbyn in the same programme but not sharing the stage. they will appear consecutively facing questions from the audience, and then there will be another question time special two days later with other party leaders appearing on election questions later in the evening. the leaders will face interviews from andrew neil, and also on the one show that will feature theresa may and her husband philip as well. and then there will be this seven way debate featuring senior party figures. and also another radio one debate. so that's it, ten hours of coverage on the bbc but not the debate that they wa nted the bbc but not the debate that they wanted to have with the party leaders. david, thank you very much. it is coming up to1:20pm. david, thank you very much. it is coming u

is this not exactly the issue with people and the labour party which came up under gordon brown, thatou with our money? not at all, our manifesto is fully costed and examined. you are holding your manifesto, you're flicking through it, you've got an ipad there, you've had a phone call and you don't know how much it's going to cost. can we come back to that in a moment? i think what is important for the voters to understand is if we don't invest in our children and invest in them for the future, they do less well in primary school, less well in secondary school and less well in the future. this was better — couldn't be worse. at a rally in watford, he was amongst friends. a much better tomorrow for everybody in this country. thank you very much. mr corbyn, you are labour's choice of next prime minister, yet this morning you couldn't put a cost on the key childcare policy you went out to promote. how do you answer the suggestion that this showed a lack of basic necessary confidence? i didn't have the exact figure in front to me so i was unable to answer that question, forwhich, obviousl

if you compare him with gordon brown, when he does radio or tv interviews he would have his aides up figures and facts galore. and gordon would be completely on top of it. a toughjob at would be completely on top of it. a tough job at the top. you would know! the times newspaper, according to the times, jeremy corbyn is doing all right as they have a shock poll predicting tory losses! 7 all right as they have a shock poll predicting tory losses!? it's interesting, they are almost apologetic and how they write the story, saying do not take it too literally... it is astonishing if this happened. the conservatives would actually lose about 30 seats... sorry, 20 seats. and labour would gain 30. on one reading of this model that you got have done is a bottom—up exercise in how the seats will change —— yougov. considerfive weeks ago seats will change —— yougov. consider five weeks ago when theresa may called this snap general election it was on the assumption that they would get a landslide. for her to cement her position and to lose in the house of commons would be one of the most astonis

is this not exactly the issue with people and the labour party which came up under gordon brown, that with our money? not at all... you don't know the figure. our manifesto is fully costed and examined. you are holding your manifesto, you're flicking through it, you've got an ipad there, you've had a phone call and you don't know how much it's going to cost. can we come back to that in a moment? i think what is important for the voters to understand is if we don't invest in our children and invest in them for the future, they do less well in primary school, less well in secondary school and less well in the future. this was better — couldn't be worse. at a rally in watford, he was amongst friends. a much better tomorrow for everybody in this country. thank you very much. mr corbyn, you are labour's choice of next prime minister, yet this morning you couldn't put a cost on the key childcare policy you went out to promote. how do you answer the suggestion that this showed a lack of necessary basic confidence? i didn't have the exact figure in front to me so i was unable to answer that q

the exact figure in a minutem this an issue with people in the labour party which came up under gordon brownyou with our money. not at all, our ma nifesto with our money. not at all, our manifesto is fully costed and examined. you have been looking at youripad, examined. you have been looking at your ipad, you have had a phone call and you don't know how much it is going to cost. can we come back to that in a moment? if we don't invest in our children and invest in them for the future they do less well in primary school, less well in secondary school and less well in the future. at a rally in watford, he was amongst friends. a much better tomorrow for everybody in this country. thank you very much. mr corbyn, you labour's choice for the next prime minister, but you couldn't put a cost on the key childcare policy he went out to promote. how do you answer the suggestion this showed a lack of basic confidence? i didn't have the exact figure in front to me so i was unable to answer that question. for which, i apologise. unable to answer that question. for which, iapologise. but unable to answer

gordon brown said go to a diesel car because it's cheaper, and now this government says diesel cars shouldy. so where does that leave you? it's difficult now. maybe for the next car i probably would get a petrol but i do a lot of commuting, driving on the motorways, so when i bought this car diesel was the obvious choice. but you might change now? absolutely. one idea that's discussed in the report is charging diesel drivers from coming into cities like nottingham. the government makes clear it does not support that. it wants local authorities to try every other option first but if the air remains polluted maybe charging will have to be considered again. for the lib dems the plan is a cop out. and the green party says the government is standing idly whilst britain chokes. two men have been charged with the murder of the businessman, guy hedger, who was shot at his home in dorset last weekend. jason baccus, who's a1, and scott keeping, who's the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, has claimed the english language is losing its importance in europe following brexit and said t

well, to be honest, in 2010 i did not have gordon brown and in 2015 i did not have ed miliband.all of them. the reality is a seat like luton is won by being a local candidate. hello, there. you wouldn't offer up jeremy corbyn as a pitch to a floating voter, would you? or would you? the reality is if you are a floating voter, labour supporter in the past with question marks now, most of the concerns that they express are around leadership. so for that reason, it is not that kind of election for us. it has to be on our local records and not the national picture. but not everyone agrees with gavin. hi. hi, my name is elaine, i'm from the labour party. and ijust want to know if you've got a few minutes to talk about the general election? in london, the grassroots campaigning group momentum have been training local volunteers about how to campaign effectively on the doorstep. and rather than focus on local issues, activists are teaching volunteers how to field difficult national questions. herejeremy corbyn is seen very much as a positive on the doorstep. we thinkjeremy represents so

back from 2010, thatis gordon brown and... back from 2010, that is not going to happen again. time. so we are not going to get that in this election campaign. as far as we can tell at the moment. but this is only the bbc‘s announcement. these are going to be head—to—head party leader versus the public taking questions there on his two question time specials. thank you very much, david. the headlines: emanuel macron has bothered to fight the divisions which he says i have underlined france following his victory over the far right‘s marine le pen. ‘s the conservatives have committed to reducing net migration to the tens of thousands. the party failed to meet similar measures in the 2010 and 2015 manifestos. ‘s webber are campaigning on health, setting out plans to tackle childhood obesity by banning junk food ads during all tv programming before 9pm. let's head over for the sports news. ‘s chelsea can take another step towards the title tonight. they play middlesbrough at stamford bridge. the blues midfielder has completed a personal bubble today. he had already won the pfa play

there have been comments from gordon brown, who has been giving a speech to labour members in scotlandwa nts a he has been saying that to reason wants a blank cheque. it is up to labour voters to select your local candidates to be champions for things like the nhs, socialjustice. no mention of a future labour government. the suggestion being that the labour party will be in opposition, let's make it a strong one. hence there from other senior labourfigures one. hence there from other senior labour figures today, a slightly different message. the prime minister has been on the campaign trailas the prime minister has been on the campaign trail as well, this time in northern ireland. visiting an agrictultrual show in county antrim, she discussed the impact of brexit and also urged local politicians to come together and restore power—sharing at stormont. 0ur correspondent nick higham is there. this is the balmoral show, the biggest agricultural and food show northern ireland. the prime minister paid a visit, stopping off at the women's institute stands, watching some of thejudging of women

earlier, and today the united nations special envoy for global education and former prime minister gordon brownknown at the moment is how many of the girls are still enslaved, but we must now urge authorities and negotiators not to give up until every one of them has been safely returned. thomas, we understand as many as 113 girls could still be unaccounted for. those girls who were freed today will meet with the nigerian president in the next hour or so and be reunited with their families so obviously, some very ppy reunions today, thomas, and disappointment for the families of those girls who are still being held. >> bittersweet knowing that 82 were released, but there are still more than that in captivity or worse. kelly cobiella, thank you very much, kelly. >>> winning the yes vote. how much politicking did president trump do to get the house to approve the gop health care. tonight on msnbc. former president obama will be presented by the john f. kennedy profile in courage award. chris matthews will host this for america's pioneering president. see things a bit differently thanks to pampers

in the last election gordon brown was asked on mumsnet what his favourite biscuit was.hat?! it could be a chocolate finger, a digestive or edge advocate. it does not mean anything. theresa may had quickfire questions from students. i have to say, really, we got no a nswe rs. have to say, really, we got no answers. we will have the questions on screen. the answer was she had not seen either programme. to the second question she answered depends. an indian or chinese takeaway she said, ido indian or chinese takeaway she said, i do not have taken ways, i cook. theresa may, you are telling us nothing. this is why i am convinced this is one of the most boring elections we have ever covered! what else have you got, norman? she does not do herself any favours. i also like this picture ofjeremy corbyn with a little dax -- this picture ofjeremy corbyn with a little dax —— actioned. a little dog. someone put the dog up to him, i think he's called cody. it looks like he's asking him a difficult question. another question what are you a cat person or a dog person?m depends! i like

gordon brown said go to a diesel car because it's cheaper, and now this government says diesel ‘s cars do a lot of commuting, driving on the motorways, so when i bought this car diesel was the obvious choice. but you might change now? absolutely. one idea that's discussed in the report is charging diesel drivers for coming into cities like nottingham. the government makes clear it does not support that. it wants local authorities to try every other option first but if the air remains polluted maybe charging will have to be considered again. for the lib dems the plan is a copout. and the green party says the government is standing idly whilst britain chokes. we can now speak to rod dennis from the rac. he's in our bristol studio. he's been waiting very patiently. thanks forjoining us. what are the positive aspects would you in these d raft positive aspects would you in these draft plans? there is a lot that is positive. we talk about, in the report, smoothing traffic flow. 0ne of the biggest problems with air quality in towns and cities is caused by congestion, vehicles moving slowly, p

former labourmp, store chain and sean simon, former labour mp, former government minister under gordon brownand tuck, which would call into play importance of second preference vote. key election issues during the course of the captain, all six in a wide—ranging debate have ranged over the general traffic gridlock, what to do about that, how to unblock it, should you take the m6 toll motorway into public ownership? should you adopt a more holistic approach to maybe reviving disused railways? that is one of the key themes of andy street's conservative campaign, whereas the certainly the come nest for the labour party want to see public control over that toll motorway. now, the turn out and there are fears that there will be a low turn out because there is an active debate about whether this mayor is desirable or not, fears in some quarters it could be under 20%, not helped by the fact that there are no council elections on the same day. how ever, outside that metropolitan area we have five shire counties going to the poll, all conservative controlled with majority administrations apart from w

in 2015, david cameron refused to follow the example of his predecessor as prime minister, gordon brownbyn has said he won't take part in such a programme either, if she doesn't. so this time round we were told this week the bbc will be showing a debate featuring senior representatives from labour, the conservatives, the liberal democrats, the snp, plaid cymru, ukip and the green party. the press release also announced question time specials and election questions programmes featuring separately the leaders of six of those parties, but not the green party, to the annoyance of many viewers, including christopher corey. i understand that the bbc, in their forthcoming election specials, have invited ukip to take part and have excluded the green party. i think this is unfair and ludicrous, to be honest. i am not a green party supporter, and i am certainly not a ukip supporter, however, i do think that the green party should qualify far above ukip to have their voice heard in these election specials. 0ther viewers were annoyed about the absence of a televised debate between the two main cand

that is a far cry from the 25p that was added by gordon brown when he was prime minister.t is a fair deal for our pensioners. we want to see some legislation in the national assembly to ensure older people's rights are enshrined in law. children's rights and other people's rights, so why not pensioners? i will come back to carol in not pensioners? i will come back to carolina not pensioners? i will come back to carol in a second too asked the question. the lady here first of all. the nhs is already in decline, how do you plan to address the potential nhs employee shortage that would be caused by brexit and new immigration rules? can we just, caused by brexit and new immigration rules? can wejust, neil, given that you have a perspective on this, can you have a perspective on this, can you answer that? the impact of brexit on staffing in the nhs. how do you deal with that? there should be no problem at all. as with every other country in the world, which manages and controls immigration, you can select the groups of people that you want. the problem that — there's no impact?

gordon brown never recovered from not calling a snap election. conspiracy of silence on the single biggest issue to affect this country for the next ten years. this might be thank you. tim farron has accused the prime minister of complacency over social care plans. he said every vote for the conservatives was a vote for the dementia tax, which could mean nine out of ten homes been taken out of their hands. tim farron said the prime minister‘s attem pts farron said the prime minister‘s atte m pts to farron said the prime minister‘s attempts to explain away her cruel ma nifesto attempts to explain away her cruel manifesto were matched byjeremy corbyn‘s failure to provide any kind of alternative outline for brexit. let‘s get the weather. pretty good for some of us. a little bit of rain. a decent day on the way, a few showers around here and there are. looking at the satellite picture, afairamount there are. looking at the satellite picture, a fair amount of cloud. some big breaks in the cloud. this is the rain bearing cloud that brought the rain to

pfi was used back to the conservatives in the 1990s and then tony blair and gordon brown made a lot ofr a 30 or more years and those annual payments have been rising steadily and for some hospitals trusts they have proved a real burden, one of the largest in england, berks health in london, is in financial special measures because of its historic pfi scheme for building a new hospital. the parties have not been clear about what they want to do about it. labour and the lib dems are more opposed to it but nobody that i have seen that has come up with a concrete plan to change it. it is difficult to suddenly unravel it because these are contracts with private companies to build and finance hospitals. you cannotjust scrap it and start again. it will be an issue for anyone who forms the next government, they do anything about pfi and if so what would that be? thank you. we love to get your questions and especially those video questions, so feel free to send the video questions in our next ask this, which we will be doing lots of june the election campaign. the headlines on bbc newsroom live

and one big scalp, i'm told the snp leader in fife council, gordon brown's old backyard, has lost hisu? we are seeing encouraging results across the country for the conservative party. in scotland, we have had ruth davidson, who has run a terrific and energetic campaign, we would expect to move forward. it will be a challenge overtaking labour. they have four times as many councillors as we have. the key thing emerging from notjust as we have. the key thing emerging from not just scotland as we have. the key thing emerging from notjust scotland but england and wales is that on the theresa may, her strong and stable leadership is cutting through. her position on brexit is resonating. particularly in scotland, we are the party that supports the union and will stand up for the union while the other parties want to break up our country. that last comment is clearly not true. the liberal democrats don't want to break up the union in scotland. i think perhaps there was some of that happening in terms of people identify which of the parties could challenge the snp. maybe the conservatives be

kevin mckenna, columnist for the herald and observer and paul sinclair, former adviser to gordon brownl and have overall majority in glasgow at the last local elections. they may end up the biggest party this time but still not have overall control. it's bound to be another disappointment isn't it? we have to keep things in perspective. it's disappointing we haven't got enough members to form a majority in glasgow, to form an administration, but we'll be able to form one with the green party, i'm sure. it is a cause for celebration. it's still true glasgow has rejected the labour party. the story of this election is the demolition of the labour party in scotland, transfer of support to the conservatives. the snp would wa nt to the conservatives. the snp would want to frame any gains as a vote for another independence referendum. if it doesn't get the majority here, it would suffer loss of control in other scottish councils. does that damage that agenda? they would say not. if, as expected, they win a majority of seats, they are the biggest party through scotland. if, as they are expect