i've had a chat with jon ashworth, he called me straightaway. campaigning for a labour government, defending our national health service and jon has my full support and i'm cool withjon, we get along great. after all this, labour seems right now only likely to square the circle if they have the snp support to put together a government. in exchange, she would say, for another vote on scottish independence. and they share a target. if scotland votes snp, we can make sure we lock boris johnson out of government. we can find an escape route from the mess of brexit and, crucially, we can put scotland's future into scotland's hands. even if the lib dems' initial burst of enthusiasm has become a surge, every vote in the west country or elsewhere could make a difference. we recognise that this is a fight for the soul of our country, are we open or closed? are we generous or selfish? do we reach out and work with others or do we pull up the drawbridge? we can stop brexit and build a brighterfuture, thank you very much. going straight... boris johnson, th

jon ashworth says he wasjustjoshing around.new zealand, six people are now confirmed dead after yesterday's volcanic eruption. among the injured are two british women. aung san suu kyi defends myanmar at the international court ofjustice over the treatment of rohingya muslims. more alarming news on climate change as scientists say greenland is losing eyes seven times faster than in the 1990s. —— losing ice. hello, and welcome to look ahead at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with many other political commentator and former labour party director of communications lance price and the assistant comment editor at the daily telegraph, madeleine grant. great to see you both. many of the pages are already in. as we enter the final day of campaigning. it's no surprise the papers centre on the election. the guardian says both borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn are set to embark on a frantic final 2a hours of campaigning as they fight to sway undecided voters in what they called the most important election in a generation. you a

jon ashworth has dismissed it as banter but it was published on the guido fawkes website in whichjon he situation for labour in the midlands and the north being dire and abysmaland in the midlands and the north being dire and abysmal and some voters can't stand jeremy corbyn. a short while ago, we asked the labour leaderfor his reaction onjon ashworth‘s comments. leaderfor his reaction onjon ashworth's comments. this is guido fawkes tapping into a private bit of banter between two old friends. i've had a chat with jon ashworth, he called me straightaway. he is out there, campaigning fora called me straightaway. he is out there, campaigning for a labour government, he is out there defending our national health service and jon has my full support and i'm cool with jon, service and jon has my full support and i'm cool withjon, we get on great. when he said the situation in some areas for labour was abysmal and dyad sums voters can't stand you, that was just banter? —— abysmal and dire you, that was just banter? —— abysmaland dire and you, that was just banter? —— abysmal and dire and som

mr corbyn, can i ask you about jon ashworth's comments?you agree with jon ashworth's comments that you can't win, mr corbyn? one of his allies, jon ashworth, the shadow health secretary, was recorded by a tory friend suggesting labour can't win, and that mr corbyn could be a security risk in government. the conversation was leaked to a tory supporting website. i was having a bit of banter... later, awkwardly, he tried to laugh it off. you said more than once to him, the situation for labour is dire. i know, because he's also saying, "0h, jeremy corbyn‘s going to win." so it's a bit ofjoshing around. and he's leaked it. i can't believe it. did his boss really think it was just a bit of fun? i've had a chat withjon ashworth. he called me straight away. he's out there campaigning for a labour government. he's out there defending our national health service, and jon has my full support, and i'm cool with jon. we get along great. after all this, labour seems right now only likely to square the circle if they had the snp's support to put togethe

i've had a chat with jon ashworth. he called me straight away. there campaigning for a labour government. he's out there defending our national health service, and jon has my full support, and i'm cool with jon. we get along great. after all this, labour seems right now only likely to square the circle if they had the snp‘s support to put together a government. in exchange, she'd say, for another vote on scottish independence. and they share a target. we can make sure we lock borisjohnson out of government. we can find an escape route from the mess of brexit and, crucially, we can put scotland's future into scotland's hands. even if the lib dems' initial burst of enthusiasm hasn't become a surge, every vote in the west country or elsewhere could make a difference. we recognise that this is a fight for the soul of our country. are we open or closed? are we generous or selfish? do we reach out and work with others or do we pull up the drawbridge? we can stop brexit, and we can build a brighter future! thank you very much. cheering boris johnson, th

and jon ashworth says things could move pretty quickly.own, saying he wasjoshing around tried to play it all down, saying he was joshing around with his colleague. have a listen to how he explained what he said. it was a bit of banter with a tory friend of it was a bit of banter with a tory friend of mine, at least i thought was a friend, a tory activist called greg barker. having a bit of banter with him. he was saying the tories are going to lose and i was saying, no, you're going to be fine. josing, as in old friends do. he has only gone and given it all to a website. and i thought he was a friend. obviously, he is not. right, well, let‘sjust tell our audience what that was about. the conservative website guido fawkes has got hold of what they say is a secret recording. it is a phone call of you talking to a conservative supporting friend. i know... hang on, let mejust tell the audience. in which you appear to say there is no way labour can win, the situation out there for a labour is dire. yesterday boris johnson yesterday borisjohnson

nevertheless, the remarks are out there and they are damning because here you have jon ashworth, theeremy they blocked brexit and they don't like jeremy corbyn and they blocked brexit and they don't likejeremy corbyn and perhaps most damning of all seeming to suggest jeremy corbyn is actually a risk to national security. jon ashworth hopes the political machine, the civil service, will step in work you to become prime minister to make sure that doesn't happen. so, yes, this is absolutely going to dominate the headlines today. thank you very much, norman. norman smith, thank you. thank you for your company. we are back tomorrow. bbc newsroom live is coming up next. have a lovely day. strong rain and gusts across the west of scotland. we will see those strong winds continuing across northern and western areas, windy for all of us today with patchy rain initially moving its way across east anglia and the south east of england during the afternoon by the rain will be heavier across scotland, through northern ireland, the isle of man, spreading its way south and east but along with these

here's the shadow health secretary — jon ashworth part of the reason why our nhs is under such intenseof cutbacks across health services, but we've had these savage cuts to social care budgets. this is the support that elderly people get in the community to stay in their home. so we're going to put more support in, we're going to fund it properly, £10 billion extra, and we're going to introduce free personal care because i don't want have people languishing on trolleys in hospital corridors for hours on end. what does that mean, "free personal care"? does that mean no—one will have to pay anything for their care? it means that nobody will have to pay for anything for the care that they get in their home, support getting out of bed, support cleaning... no matter how wealthy they are? this is about ensuring fairness in the system. sorry about that. the liberal democrats are concentrating on their plan to spend 50 billion pounds on infrastructure projects outside london and the south—east of england. the party also says it will revoke article 50 if elected, a decision their leader, jo swi