ina labour declining labour share of the vote.n that is how we will turn wrote the decline across the country. how big asset in your victory was mr corbyn? jeremy campaignfor me victory was mr corbyn? jeremy campaign for me three times. whenever we knocked on the door and he spoke to somebody, they were happy to see him. he fired up the members at a number of rallies. so he contributed to your victory, you think? i didn't quite catch that. he contributed to your victory. this was a victory for the whole labour party and labour movement. jeremy came to stoke—on—trent three times and the victory will be shared by everybody. where would you position yourself in the party? i am a labour of the labour party. that is what i concentrate on. in the spectrum of the party, where would you position yourself?” spectrum of the party, where would you position yourself? i am not going to get into that. this is a bout a labour party that, when we are united in the determined —— united and determined, can win in the toughest circumstances.” united

even here in stoke, the labour vote slipped 7 labour but even here in stoke, the labour vote slippeding against. ukip campaign spent a huge amount of money, had a really flash campaign but they could only increase their share of the vote by 2%. the tories but at 13 different pieces of literature and their share of the vote also only we nt their share of the vote also only went out marginally. given the weather and it was a by—election debris on the day of the worst storms in the last sears, i'm delighted that i get to welcome, him because the next labour member of parliament and not only that, we defeated ukip, he tried to make this about the referendum last year and we made it about the future and we want. me put it to you, here we are seven want. me put it to you, here we are seve n yea rs want. me put it to you, here we are seven years into a conservative government, after years of austerity and real difficulties in the nhs and social care. you are the main opposition party aspiring to government. you should be miles ahead in seats like this?” government. you should be miles ahead

and it was the victory of the labour party and the victory of the labour party and the labour candidate for an economy that is based on investment, good jobs and growth, based on opportunities for everybody in our society. ukip and the tories cannot offer that, we can, we will and we will win. thank you very much indeed. what happened in copeland? what about copeland, mr corbyn? there is the labour leaderjeremy corbyn saying hope triumphs over fear after that victory in stoke—on—trent. not quite as keen to a nswer stoke—on—trent. not quite as keen to answer questions about the conservative victory in copeland. let's go to stoke—on—trent now, and our assistant political editor norman smith. i think that was you shouting at the question. we might be able to get a few words with him. he is talking to a local party member, talking about the victory in stoke, but he has not a nswered the victory in stoke, but he has not answered questions about copeland. we will get the question to him when he has finished talking to the local party member. mr corbyn, mr corbyn, what about copeland, mr corby

but there are two groups that matter in labour, the corbynistas in the grassroots and labour mps.efeat of ukip in stoke. so too will his opponents in the parliamentary labour party. why? because in their view, they tried to get rid of him in the summer, and it didn't work. they now think that their best approach is to stay quiet at westminster and spend as much time as possible in their constituencies. if stoke had fallen to ukip, or even more worryingly to the tories, that would suggest that every labour seat was up for grabs. even labour mps with large majorities would have been worried. the group that matters is the "5,000 club" — the large group of labour mps with majorities of around 5,000. are they more scared of being got rid of by pro—corbyn activists or anti—corbyn voters? that stoke is still a labour seat will make them think and what about their colleagues with smaller majorities? well, that's politics for you. well, we'rejoined byjohn rentoul, who is chief political commentator at the independent, ava vidal, who is a comedian and writer and fraser nelson, who is the ed

i have to back him, because i am a labour man. i'm a member of the labour party.less? i think it is. he's not strong enough. stoke had been a safe seat for labour butjeremy corbyn turned up keen to celebrate holding out against ukip. it's a message about the economy, aboutjobs, about this country. but, above all, it was a message that hope triumphs over fear. what about copeland ? he had already been dogged by that defeat all day. 0ur party mentorship is in good heart, it is very large, very strong and we will be out again tomorrow, and every other day, campaigning to get the message across of socialjustice in britain. yet beating ukip in stoke was a big relief to labour and a painful blow to ukip and its defeated candidate and leader. this seat was number 72 on our hit list, there's a a lot this seat was number 72 on our hit list, there's a lot more that will happen, there's a lot more to come from us. we're not going anywhere, i'm not going anywhere, so therefore, we move on and our time will come. paul nuttall may not be on his way out as leader but his campaig

half of the ukip vote, labour could be looking at, then labour could be losing 40-50 at, then labourlt yesterday. let's not beat about the bush. to lose this seat when we have held it for so long and it is mid—term, and we have such an important issue here with the future of the west cumberland hospital, it is appalling to lose it. but this is a government which ought to be hugely vulnerable because of the direction in which they are taking the country in pursuing a hard brexit which would do incalculable damage the communities and to people's living standards. they ought to be there for the taking and it should be a serious wake—up call for the taking and it should be a serious wa ke—up call that for the taking and it should be a serious wake—up call that we have lost here today. and whilst i usually welcome the great campaign that was run in stoke and the defeat of ukip, we ought not have been through there, either. jeremy corbyn was asked a short while ago after making a statement in london, with the copeland constituency do you think the problem could be you? his a nswer think th

it is a safe labour seat and labour will a lwa ys safe labour seat and labour will always win some seatsalk about stoke until the cows come home. the really important result last night was copeland. that is what was different. that was the historic victory. 0n different. that was the historic victory. on a like by like basis, the best performance in election by a government party since 1858. some people say copeland is not typical because of the nuclear industry there and people worried about jeremy corbyn's views on nuclear issues and that is why labour did not do very well in copeland, it is not do very well in copeland, it is not typical. people can make that excuse if they like, it does not hold water. where do you think theresa may's government is compared to david cameron's leadership? would he not have been able to win a by—election like copeland? he not have been able to win a by-election like copeland? we do not know. he did not have a chance to be a leader when this referendum took place. but what i can say is theresa may has made a tremendous start and she is doing a very good

because labour was absolutely too farfor them, labour because labour was absolutely too far for themdn't want a labour mp. the interesting thing is ukip voters did in copeland, we think, move to the tories to defeat labour, which is precisely what conservative voters did not do in stoke, which was moved to ukip to defeat labour. so it's a double bad result for you. copeland was much more clearly two horse race and stoke was more of a three horse race. if you saw the 2015 result, it was ukip and the conservatives neck and neck in second place. ukip told as it was a two horse race in the campaign, that the tories were not in it, that the only people to beat labour was ukip. well, absolutely. i think in stoke that was the case, but it ended up as the result we had. but a different thing happened in copeland. it was much clearer in copeland that if you wanted to have a change from labour venue had to vote conservative, because they were much closer in the vote. on this week, which preceded the by—election special, michael portillo said what has just happened is the best result for the to

labour had held copeland since 1935, but the conservatives overturned a labour majority of more thaneaderjeremy corbyn described the defeat as "very disappointing" — but he said he wouldn't be standing down. in a second by—election in stoke—on—trent central, labour did see off a challenge from the ukip leader paul nuttall, but with a reduced majority. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, sent this report. his report does contain some flash photography. sometimes party leaders seem to grow a little after a win. theresa may's victory appearance here today told you she'd use the tories win in copeland to claim she could reach people and parts of britain no tory leader has won over since margaret thatcher. this truly is a government that is working for everyone and for every part of the country. as for the idea the tories could win too big, that good government needs good opposition, try telling them that — or her. does britain need a strong opposition to hold you to account over brexit? well, the opposition will do what they will do. what i'm concerned about is what the government

to vote labour — if corbyn went.l speak to former mayor of london ken livingstone and political observer michael white, but first here's our political correspondent carole walker. jeremy corbyn has made it clear he has no intention of stepping down. he was in stoke yesterday, where labour saw off the challenge from ukip to win the by—election. but he is facing questions about the party's defeat in copeland. the tories were jubilant after seizing the seat which had been in labour's hands since it was created. labour's deputy leader told the scottish conference he was hugely disappointed with the result. ourjob at the next general election is to gain over 100 seats, keeping what we have is supposed to be the easy bit. this is not the time for a leadership election. that issue was settled last year. but we have to do better. we cannot sustain this level of distance from our electorate, from our national supporters. so things do have to change. even mr corbyn‘s most outspoken critics at westminster are not contemplating

this is another seat labour have held since the 1930s.ry times labour should be comfortably olding onto it and yet they find themselves onto it and yet they find themselves on the back foot. —— in ordinary times. it has been a pretty bare knuckle fight during this campaign. this evening, labour have been less visible than some conservative activists who seem pretty bullish and consciously optimistic. this is and consciously optimistic. this is a seat they feel they can possibly gain. on labourfigure said to me this is clearly a two horse race. that might be an understatement and we will have to wait until the early hours of the morning to find out the exact result. but in the past hour 01’ so exact result. but in the past hour or sojeremy corbyn, exact result. but in the past hour or so jeremy corbyn, labour leader, said on facebook that whatever the result this will be the time to continue to break what he called the failed political consensus. ithink this was him saying that even if he loses the seat he will stay on. thank you. tom bate

labour leaderjeremy corbyn said labour won because people came together with a message.country. the malaysian authorities say the half—brother of north korea's leader was killed by vx nerve agent, which is classified as a weapon of mass destruction. mr kim died last week after two women accosted him at kuala lumpur airport. more on all the goings—on at leicester and the rest of the sport news. claudio ranieri hasjust given his reaction to being sacked last night. the now ex—leicester city manager said in a statement: leicester are one point above the relegation zone. leicester city's interim manager says claudio ranieri did not lose the support of the players in the run up to his sacking. i cannot tell the fans how to behave, but we will need their support in the coming matches, starting against liverpool on monday. can you say that you have not lost some parts of the dressing room with claudio ranieri? not lost some parts of the dressing room with claudio ranieri7m not lost some parts of the dressing room with claudio ranieri? it is speculation but there was a lot of fr

why did labour not win copeland?erjeremy. 20 years ago labour got almost 60% of the voting copeland of the vote in copeland and that the election last year it was down to 42%. across britain, like the democrats in america, working—class traditional labour voters are so angry that we did not create good jobs when we were in power and build homes for their kids, and they have gone to ukip or the snp. we can only get them back if we focus on economic policy. i hope labour mps put the rubbish of the past behind them and focus on that, because that is the only way a party wins power, having a coherent economic policy. michael white, isjeremy corbyn going to stay till the next election? i think he is. he is popular in the party as ken said. he has a mandate the second time, last year. my difficulty with what ken has said, you might say, who he is, and he must say they will win the next election on the promise ofjobs and reversing the things we got wrong or failed to do the last time and they have an honest leader, he is ri

—— labour's long—term supporters stop voting labour.and as well. i have said at a lot recently. this is not the time for a leadership election. that issue was settled last year. but we have to do better. we cannot sustain this level of distance from our electorate. from our natural supporters. some things do have to change. tom watson there. earlier, ispoke things do have to change. tom watson there. earlier, i spoke to stephen bush from the new statesman. he said the comments would helpjeremy corbyn rather than hinder him. for a lot of mps, they have decided they need to stay quiet and letjeremy corbyn succeed or fail in need to stay quiet and letjeremy corbyn succeed orfail in his need to stay quiet and letjeremy corbyn succeed or fail in his own time. obviously, most of them think that you will fail. but they think that you will fail. but they think that that tactic is working for him. what —— for david miliband to come out and say that, then that is helping jeremy corbyn. this time in the last parliament, labour won the seat of cros

labour party, 7000... labour labour party, 7000. ..our held the seat of stoke—on—trent central but the loss in copeland for the first time in 80 years has led some to question whether labour can win a general election. those loyal to jeremy corbyn is a constant questions about his leadership are hurting the party. one of the issues is that people see a divided party and the last 20 months, half of them have been leadership elections where we looked divided. people say it is not about the leadership election, it is about us coming together, listening to people, developing the policies, but also making sure those policies, but also making sure those policies are communicated in words that people fully appreciate. in scotland, where labour was once dominant but now faces a massive task to overturn the snp, delegates at the party's conference today back the party ‘s leader. at the party's conference today back the party 's leader. i want people to come back to —— a lot of people have come back to labour since jeremy became leader. it has n

and still labour is having to fight very ha rd still labour is having to fight very hard in one of itstheir defeat in stoke is if they can't win here, then where can they win? stoke was a prime target for them. it is weak brexit country. it's a traditional working class seat. —— it is big brexit country. paul nuttall himself took a battering. the one person who seems to have emerged significantly strengthened is theresa may, who pretty much seems to be master, or should i say mistress, and commander of all she surveys. and i have to say, it does remind me of the early 19805, say, it does remind me of the early 1980s, when then, as now, we seem to have a dominant female prime minister with a resurgent conservative party against a struggling opposition, led by a leading many of whom supporters have little confidence in. norman smith in stoke and iain watson in copeland, thank you. and if you'd like more information on the by—election results, there's more reaction and analysis on the bbc news website — at bbc.co.uk/news. former leicester and england footballer gary lineker has described

many here told me they do still support labour.our lost 27% of its vote share in the last two decades. i always voted labour but then i got thinking about lots of things. labour are fighting amongst themselves, aren't they? and there doesn't seem to be leadership there. and ukip seem to, i don't know, they seem to know what the people want, really. they're so prosperous down in london, i think they think we are a load of idiots or something like that. do you think that the people you're talking about in the south, do you think we'd listen if you voted in a ukip candidate round here? i don't think so, i don't think they want to know anything about us in the north. where anti—eu sentiment is high. plenty of people i've spoken to say they've had ukip knock on their door in the past few days. the party is clearly sensing an opportunity to make a real breakthrough into labour's heartland. if they do, it will be down in part to a feeling from many that for too long the labour party took their vote for granted. i've lived here now for abo

do you still think you are the man to rebuild labour?corbyn arriving at labour's scottish conference in perth this morning. we are campaigning for a just and fair society. preparing for his first major speech since the party's historic defeat in the copeland by—election last week. ahead of that speech, in an article in the sunday mirror, jeremy corbyn wrote: but he also makes it clear he is not planning on going anywhere. he said: "i was re—elected labour leaderfive months ago, with a bigger majority, and i am determined to finish the job." friday's by—election results saw labour hold the seat of stoke—on—trent central, but the loss in copeland, for the first time in 80 years, has led some to question whether labour can win a general election. those loyal tojeremy corbyn say constant questions about his leadership are hurting the party. one of the issues that people are not voting for us is because they see a divided party. in the last 20 months, half of them have been leadership elections. people are quite rightfully saying, it is not a

he says the labour party is the progressive alliance. dugdale —— kezia dugdale is so keen on. they will also host a constitutional convention where he wa nts constitutional convention where he wants various people from politics and also civic society across the uk to come together and talk about when the uk cleaves the eu, how powers are repatriated, whether they will go to westminster or whether they go to some of the devolved parliaments andindeed to some of the devolved parliaments and indeed to parts of england as well. for the moment, thank you. police in birmingham have released cctv images of the moment a 17—year—old girl was hit and seriously injured by a car — which then fled the scene. the footage, which some viewers might find distressing, was released by west midlands police in the hope that someone will come forward with more information. the girl was walking with her mother on bromsgrove road at around 6.30pm on saturday 28th january when a car mounted the pavement. the teenager was taken to hospital in a serious condition

a senior labour mp has said that labour here is hanging on by its fingernails against the challenge of bbc facebook live page. "jeremy corbyn was a big election issue for labour." "full of honesty, respect and integrity," says stephen. "corbynites are enthusiastic, but he costs votes." and plenty more of the same. labour has reason to worry. every vote is a prize just now. labour is under siege in two by—elections on the same night. voters who never wanted brexit are being targeted by the liberal democrats and the greens. will ukip‘s campaigners see their leader become stoke's new mp? that would strike fear into labour's brexit—supporting heartland. tory campaigners are daring to dream of an historic triumph. they ran ukip close in stoke, but in copeland they feel they can beat labour, the first government gain over its main opponents in a by—election in 35 years. so labour is fighting door to door, street to street, here in stoke. and far to the north, where labour is facing a hard slog to survive in a very different setting. in copeland's coastal town of whitehaven, sellafield employ

more trouble for labour. have the big picture, tonight, overwhelmingly the house of commons will back the bill to trigger those brexit negotiations but then you have a sob story which is really about labour's anxiety and woes about labour's anxiety and woes about this. on the labour benches almost all of the mps voted to remain in the eu, they were passionately on the remain side but jeremy corbyn has insisted they must respect the referendum result and ordered them to vote to trigger article 50 and many of them are having real trouble with that. we have already had one resignation and two have followed this evening and we have at statement from jeremy corbyn thanking them for it service and he said mps have a duty to represent their constituents as well as their party and understand the difficulties that mps have four constituencies who voted remain. he said it is right that the labour party respect the outcome of the referendum on leaving the european union. there will be others who said that they will vote

when it comes to the wider public, not so much. 0ne senior labour mp has said that labour here is hanging of the uk independence party. messages, thousands, came in oun our bbc facebook live page. "jeremy corbyn was a big election issue for labour." "full of honesty, respect and integrity," says stephen. "corbynites are enthusiastic, but he costs votes." and plenty more of the same. labour has reason to worry. every vote is a prize just now. labour is under siege in two by—elections on the same night. voters who never wanted brexit are being targeted by the liberal democrats and the greens. will ukip's campaigners see their leader become stoke's new mp? that would strike fear into labour's brexit—supporting heartland. tory campaigners are daring to dream of an historic triumph. they ran ukip close in stoke, but in copeland they feel they can beat labour, the first government gain over its main opponents in a by—election in 35 years. so labour is fighting door to door, street to street, here in stoke. and far to the north, where labour is facing a hard slog to survive in a very different s

labour said the vote was ona like this. labour said the vote was on a knife edge.termath of defeat the departing candidate tries not to face questions. this is a moment in history. the first time a conservative has represented the area since the 1930s. and for them tonight, jubilation. serious questions for labour underjeremy corbyn. it took place after the resignation of a labour mp critical ofjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. theresa may may be rare move of visiting a by—election seat vacated by an opposition mp. it was a ha rdfoug ht by an opposition mp. it was a hardfought campaign of the nuclear jobs and hospital services. the result leaves labour assessing its electoral prospects. but there was better news for labour in the by—election in stoke—on—trent, and other traditional seat for the party. they held on with a reduced majority. the people of stoke—on—trent when provided with a range of candidates have opted a labour candidate and me as a member of parliament. this campaign has been about many issues. while there might have been a slight decrease in oui’ might

the swing of votes from labour to the conservatives, they took a 2000 majority from labour and the tories 2000 majority, about a 6.7% swing. if that were replicated across the country, you would see the tories getting back in at a general election with with a i25—seat majority, labour sub 200 seats. so clearly he is very concerned for the party for whom he was once a frontbencher, david miliband. but i thinkjeremy corbyn‘s people will say, you would say that, we are moving forward and they point to the fact that they won in stoke, a seat they probably should have held, it was a safe seat, but they will still say this is proof they can still win and think, right, we are moving forward, thank you, mrmiliband, we don't need to listen to you. mr corbyn said he is not looking at his position. where do the unions stand in all this? well, they play an important role. they have offered support tojeremy corbyn throughout. one thing we probably do want to watch in the coming days, there is an election going on for the position of leading unite. len mccluskey has been running that union and he has n

labour hasn't exactly been cooking with gas in the opinion polls.%, the party sees an opportunity to appeal to people who are struggling to get by. people's wages have largely been frozen since 2007 to 2008 in the economic crash. since then, inflation has now begin to hit them as well and now they are being hit with massive increases in energy prices. it is unacceptable. so in the short—term we'll have a cap and we will introduce legislation to do that. the competition and markets authority last year poured cold water on the idea of price caps but labour says this would be a temporary measure until the market is reformed. and haven't we been here before? the next labour government will freeze gas and electricity prices until the start of 2017. ed miliband's pledge to freeze energy prices was popular at first but did not win labour an election. immediately after the last general election, labour's former policy chief said that the party had been reduced to offering what was described as small—scale bribes. in other words, simply giving consumers mone

labour has held copeland since 1935 but the conservatives overturned a labour majority of more than twof thousand. in a second by—election in stoke—on—trent central, labour saw off a concerted challenge from the ukip leader paul nuttall — with a reduced majority. in a moment, we'll have a full report from stoke but first our deputy political editorjohn pienaar is in copeland. well, like the storms yesterday, the campaign circus and the big—name politicians have moved on but yesterday's by—elections have left politics a little clearer than before. labour held off one big challenge and just may have seen of the threat from ukip in its heartland but losing here in cumbria hurt labour and jeremy corbyn badly and tonight, theresa may and the conservatives looked like a party which need fear no one. my report contained some flash photography. sometimes party leaders seem to grow a little after a win. theresa may ‘s victory appearance here today told you that she had used the tories winning copeland to claim she could reach people and parts of britain no tory leader has won britain's margaret

i have to back him, because i am a labour man myself. i'm a member of the labour party.hopeless? i think it is. he's not strong enough. stoke had been a safe seat for labour, butjeremy corbyn turned up keen to celebrate holding out against ukip. it's a message about the economy, it's a message aboutjobs, it's a message about this country. but, above all, it was a message that hope triumphs over fear. what about copeland, mr corbyn? he'd already been dogged by that defeat all day. our party mentorship is in good heart, it's very large, very strong and we'll be out again tomorrow, and every other day, campaigning to get the message across of socialjustice in britain. yet beating ukip in stoke was a big relief to labour... are you going to resign, paul? ..and a painful blow to ukip and its defeated candidate and leader. this seat was number 72 on our hit list. there's a a lot more that will happen, a lot more to come from us. we're not going anywhere, i'm not going anywhere, so therefore, we move on and our time will come. paul nuttall may not be on his way out as leader, b

labour even more so. tories are tearing themselves apart. labour even more so.ring themselves apart, perhaps labour, suzy, is in a real bind. a fifth of labour mps, the front page of the guardian, the fai jeremy corbyn, a man —— defy front page of the guardian, the fai jeremy corbyn, a man —— denyeremy corbyn, a man who has defied his own party many times. it is a massive headache for him. he has to have another reachable. i'm not even sure he finished the last one, so that will be interesting. labour has traditionally been a coalition of different bits of society, if you like. it has had the working class, poorer paid people, the proper old labour, as it would be known. then there is the new labour side of things, slightly more middle—class, more well—heeled, things, slightly more middle—class, more well— heeled, public things, slightly more middle—class, more well—heeled, public sector workers, perhaps. and they find that those two halves probably go to different ways in the referendum, and they are probably finding that those two areas are under attack by the

took a majority fora labour, it is the conservatives took a majority for a labour, it is about 6.7%he tories getting back on in a general election with our majority of 100 and defines its. clearly he is very concerned for the party. i think jeremy corbyn's people say he would say that. they point to the fact that they won in stoke on trent and it proves they can still win. mr corbyn said he is not looking at his position, where to the union stand on this? well, they play an important role. they have offered support to jeremy corbyn throughout and one thing we do want to watch, there is obviously an election going on for the position of the leader of the unite union. len mccluskey was leading it and he is now being challenged. the contention there is that len mccluskey, one of the big backers ofjeremy corbyn, is too close to westminster politics, the challenger says we want to move from that and if that changes and it len mccluskey was to lose, that could change the relationship between labour, jeremy corbyn and the unions but for now, i think broadly speaking, we are seeing unions m

very ominous words if you are a labour supporter or labour mp, she has been saying this theme, she has she is saying now it is really, really true because of this catastrophic performance by labour losing this seat of copeland which has been in powerfor 73 years, and a pretty poor showing in stoke although they held onto the seat. they basically halved their majority. she's reinforcing that message. labour is out of touch, jeremy corbyn doesn't speak for working class communities. haemorrhaging support, not winning elections they should be winning and we are riding high as the conservative party. good for her, going into the brexit negotiations. the domestic philip. governments are usually in the position of by—elections, suddenly this one does matter? normally the day after we are discussing these things and explaining why the government lost. it is against form, let's be clear on the facts. these are both seats that labour should have won, on the messaging, labour has been in trouble in what they say for some time. it is notjustjeremy corbyn, in the last parliament labour allowed the

when it comes to labour we have heard many labour mps having difficulty with this.east three disappearfrom rebellion and at least three disappear from the shadow cabinet. this is not good for labour or corbin. as i said when i made my opening remarks yesterday, this is difficult for the labour party, we are a pro—european isn't a nationalist party and way believe in collaboration with other nations. but we had a real referendum, and we have two except the outcome but i am very respectful of colleagues who have wrestled with their position and this was always going to be difficult for our party. those on the front bench, will they be sacked for defying the three line whip? there will be many challenges and there are many tasks in the job i try to do which is to hold the government to account, and this is not my tasks to deal with those who vote against the whip. what do you say to 48% of people who voted remain, who are very concerned about the type of brexit there will now be? theresa may has said we will leave the single market, and they are concerned about where t

we are hearing, because of the labour rebellion in the sol last week, we are expecting another labouron tonight, clive lewis has resigned. he was talking earlier on about the difficulty of his decision, whether or not to vote for this european union bill that would begin the formal process of britain leaving the european union. that is clive lewis there. he was saying how difficult this decision is and hinting he might pass to vote against the bill, therefore inevitably leaving the shadow chapman —— shadow cabinet, because that would be defying the leadership of the labour party, the three line whip. other members of the shadow cabinet went last week and he has joined them. breaking news, eleanor, just before the actual vote on this bill. clive lewis, that will be a blow forjeremy corbyn to lose him. it will. we got word of exactly what clive lewis has said. he said it was with the heavy heart that he decided to resign from the shadow cabinet. it said only became an mp he promised his constituency would be norwich's voice in westminster, not westminster‘s voice in norwich city said he

could see the tories with a majority of 125 and labour down to 170 seats. clearly speaking out, but will it make a difference? he is working for a charity in new york. unless he is coming back? that was put to him. people do ask. he was, some thought, he would be labour's leader, but he got beaten by his brother and left politics and went to new york. he was asked if he would come back and he said, i do not see the point in saying never, but it was not yes, but he has not closed the door. i suspect at the moment he feels he is making a greater difference to the world in the charitable organisation that he could as perhaps as an opposition mp. but it was quite a strong statement he was making about the distance labour is from power. it is, he said it is as farfrom power as it has ever been in his life. in september he also said in another interview, where he criticised jeremy corbyn and his brother's time as a leader, he said that labour had never been that far from power. but either way the message he is giving is he does not see labour getting back into go

the scale of the task facing labour.e'll remain as leader and that labour must unite to win. critics, though, say the defeat shows labour is failing to appeal to the electorate. our political correspondent carole walker reports. mr corbyn, are you the man to rebuild labour? jeremy corbyn insists he won't give up the struggle. insists he won't give up the greats; * {5553 and aligns , efihiirfiflfii ir tfiéiléréfi’fifi'éfiii the scale efihiirfiafii ir tfiéiléréfi’fifi'éfiii the scale of the task ahead and urged his party to stand together to turn back the tory tide. the result in copeland was deeply disappointing and of course i take my share of responsibility for it. we haven't done enough yet to rebuild trust with the people who have been ripped off and sold out for decades and don't always feel that labour represents them. but now is not the time to retreat, to run away or to give up. labour in scotland is already battling to recover after losing all but one of its mps at the last election. the party's scottish leader echoed mr corbyn‘

it was a defeat in a labour party.a defeat in a labour stronghold, in a seat which was halfway between two general elections and they should have expected to win. jeremy corbyn, writing in the sunday mirror today, recognises that he has a share of responsibility to take for that defeat, but at the same time, he says he is determined to finish the job of labour leader. he signalled there is not going to be any change of direction for the labour party. he points out, as you saw in the report, he won a leadership election five months ago with an increased majority. there is certainly no appetite on jeremy majority. there is certainly no appetite onjeremy corbyn‘s part to go anywhere. as for his opponents, i get the sense there is not really any appetite for change amongst them either. they recognise that they have very little chance of winning any attempt to oustjeremy corbyn. the thing is, they also worry that i haveis the thing is, they also worry that i have is the labour party does not have is the labour party does no

he was awarded with a safe labour seat in manchester. —— labour. he was first elected in 1970.rking on the french with the concorde project. after the labour defeat in 1979, he opposed the attempt to become a deadly leader in 1981 and famously described in 1983 election manifesto as the longest suicide note in history. he wrote a book about how to bea history. he wrote a book about how to be a minister, but that the time labour return to power in 1997, he was too old and perhaps to a survey to be one again. at that very moment, ifell in to be one again. at that very moment, i fell in love with israel. his bitterest attacks were referred to israel. —— reserve. he pledged never to return to israel. it is time to remind your honour at the start of honour belongs to —— the start of honour belongs to —— the star david belongs to all dues. —— the star of david belongs to all of the star of david belongs to all of the jewish people. did you independent reviewer of terrorism lies as warned that britain faced a level of threat not since the ira bombings of the 1970s. max hill told the s

we have heard from tom watson, labour's deputy leaderfor the national from tom watson, labour's deputytional party. from tom watson, labour's deputy leaderfor the national party. he has actually been reflecting on the by—election defeat and saying we should not be pleased about holding on to or worrying about losing seats that have always been hours seven yea rs into that have always been hours seven years into our time in opposition. he says they need to do better, but he too has made it perfectly clear he too has made it perfectly clear he does not think this is a a leadership elections. thank you, we will leave there. several news organisations, including the bbc, have been barred from entering a press briefing at the white house. president trump's spokesman said the administration would "push back" against what it sees as false reporting. 0ur washington correspondent laura bicker reports. president trump has stepped up his battle with the media. a few days ago i called the fake news the enemy of the people, and they are. they are the enemy of the people. because they have no source

it is difficult for the labour party.uropean internationalist party and we believe in cooperation and collaboration with other nations. but many voting yes did so with a heavy heart. the government has chosen and i respect this decision, not to make the economy is a priority in this negotiation. the european union is not prioritising the economy either. don't want give the economy either. don't want give the sense that people having voted for breakfast —— brexit are being ignored. the debate deal about the country's is to be but tonight, history hangs over. a quiet revolution at the prime minister called it. the brexiteers were quite manning the barricades. for the first time in 40 years, the way democracy is meant to work will actually be able to work. this was a nationwide referendum of the british people at the british people spoke. in the unlikely event it was news to anyone, oui’ former in the unlikely event it was news to anyone, ourformer top in the unlikely event it was news to anyone, our former top diplomat in t

but for the conservatives and labour, it is a constituency that was labour for 80—odd years because peopleem in an area that ordinarily labour looks out for them. what is the defining feature of both parties? it's hard to see at the moment. the lib dems and ukip are ideologically opposed but there are also differences elsewhere. the lib dems are gaining support. anecdotally you hear it a lot largely because of what's going on. ukip is in serious trouble, really serious trouble. paul nuttall, their leader, fought a pretty disastrous campaign in a seat he clearly thought they should win and so did party workers because they put in a lot of effort but the party was shambolic. it must have been cringe—making to have been around him when all this was going on. it was appalling. he's another leader who presumably will survive just because they've had such trouble finding a successor. maybe he and jeremy corbyn could swap? where do you see this? you could say the conservatives have their opposition within their own ranks also, although it is more quiet and subtle than it has been in the labour pa

he is now the established leader of the labour party.e official opposition through a period through a period of unprecedented economic uncertainty and he will be tested in that. he has worked like a trojan, he has worked very hard, he has done everything he could think of doing and it's still not working. how do you explain those figures? he has to explain those. he has to improve on them. he's well aware of that, but it's not for me to judge him on a tv show like this. are you talking privately to him about this? i talk to him every day about a whole range of issues, and i talk to him about what i think we need to do to win the general election, as you'd imagine any deputy leader would. do you talk about the depth of the hole? i don't refer to in those terms but i do talk about the issues i think labour needs to address if we're going narrow that poll gap. our political correspondent susanna mendonca is here. is trying to play down the difficulties that labour is facing. you saw those dire poll ratings. we are hearing that there are get

the swing of votes from labour to the conservatives took a 2000 majority for labour and gave the toriesabout a 6% swing. that were reported across the country, the tories would get back in the general election with a 125 seat majority, labour sub 200 number of seats. he is clearly very concerned for the party for him he was once a frontbencher, david miliband, butjeremy was once a frontbencher, david miliband, but jeremy corbyn‘s was once a frontbencher, david miliband, butjeremy corbyn‘s people say they are still moving forward, pointing to the fact they won in stoke central, a seat which was probably safe, but say it is proved they can still win and say they are moving forward. mr corbyn has said he is not looking at his position. we do the unions stand? well, they play an important role. they have offered support tojeremy corbyn throughout. 0ne they have offered support tojeremy corbyn throughout. one thing we probably do want to watch in the coming days, there is obviously an election going on for the position of leading tonight. len mccluskey has been running that union and is 110w

david miliband for labour?se tony blair is the man that the british love to hate, but he was the only sensical voice. that was a week ago when he talked about europe. not everybody thinks that, i should say. even people who hate him could think, i agree with every word. he made the broader argument that it isn'tjust about brexit. in other words, we see trump and brexit and he was arguing for a reconstitution of the centre—left or centre—right coalition that could steer a reasonable path. for example, david miliband. someone who has been in british politics, but he was associated with or tarnished by the tony blair years, and that's the challenge. we know the stories about his brother. he was part of the tony blair thing. and that's never going to go away but the memories will become more fuzzy. it will become an asset at some point, i'm sure of that. he was a relatively independent memberof new labour in that he started as a policy adviser and he always had a mind of his own. the question is, does he have the r

by labour for a long time.iarities about that seat, like what was said about our position on the nuclear industry. i don't want to make all about the specifics of copland. we clearly have work to do and have suffered from disunity for the two leadership elections in the space of a year. we have suffered from the fa ct a year. we have suffered from the fact our supporters were divided, like the country, over brexit. now, i think that once article 50 is triggered, we have an opportunity to unite about things that really matter to people about schools, hospitals, jobs and benefits. the deputy labour leader tom watson has called for unity in the party, saying jeremy corbyn‘s champions should stick with their leader. this comes after the general secretary of unison, dave prentis, said while the blame for the defeat in copeland did not lie solely with mr corbyn, he had to take some responsibility. jeromy‘s cheerleaders made sure he was elected for the second time last september. they should be sticking with their lea

he is saying labour supports it, but there are many people who do not like labour's sta nce people who for at the moment is one of their major challenges. the second story from the sunday times, the benefits for migrants replace the benefits for migrants replace the act. what is this? this is the new revolution after the last revolution. it is the biggest change ina revolution. it is the biggest change in a generation. the immigration debate is constant. this is an interesting change that they are proposing and it kind of makes it a little more technocratic by removing the numberof little more technocratic by removing the number of visas from the government's control in theory. i am curious about this committee that will recommend these is. what if it is too low or too high? what about if you have to bring in 100,000 engineers? who is going to advise them? this as immigration is a technocratic thing, but at the moment immigration is an extraordinarily political issue in britain. this reaffirms the government's desire to rid reduce immigration down to 10,000 people. it does really means