at the moment labour down by 14% stop the greens up labour down by 14% stop the greens up by labour downour is a strong, that vote share is coming down. there is the local issue in wirral which is the council has been building on greenbelt and actually that is reflected in the fa ct actually that is reflected in the fact that our vote has gone down and lost to the greens because of the protection of greenbelt and it has beena very protection of greenbelt and it has been a very contentious issue locally so i think we're looking at locally so i think we're looking at local factors. it is locally so i think we're looking at localfactors. it is a big green surge and it ties in with the other green gains. it may be one of the emerging themes that feels very strong by the morning that people are going elsewhere. they are looking at labour and tory traditional areas and they are doing something else. a quick word on swindon, with that result, that is exactly the kind of area where labour would have wanted and should be making progress if they are to appear they are on the march that they have,

labour brexit?ill happen quickly, but there is the deadline of 31st october, that will be difficult to change within europe. so, does it look, we are getting closer again to the prospect ofa getting closer again to the prospect of a no—deal brexit? getting closer again to the prospect of a no-deal brexit? i think we are getting closer to a no—deal brexit, because what we have learned from mrs may‘s failed attempt to get a deal through, famed attempt to —— failed attempt to reach an agreement with labour and what we have learned from the two parties going for the middle ground, is referendums tend to be divisive and now we are back to be divisive and now we are back to where you‘re a leaver or a remain and the attempts to find centre ground have collapsed and therefore for the tories and labour, they have to reflect, can they really try and resurrect a compromise in whatjust the few months left until the next deadline? i would suggest it is close to a doomed exercise. not least of which is within the

the conservatives and labour.al democrats making gains largely at the expense of the conservatives. the screen here gives you a good impression of what has happened overnight. councils like bath and north east somerset, hinckley and bosworth, the liberal democrats are taking those from the conservatives. let me show you what happened here in bath and north east somerset. this was a labour gain with a majority of 15, and look at that. 37 lib dems... lib dems, i beg your pardon. a liberal democrat gain. 37 lib dems councillors elected there with just nine conservatives. i will show you the seat change there. there you go. 23 liberal democrat councillors gained and 24 lost by the conservatives. almost straight swap. let's go back to the main screen. other stories emerging overnight either conservatives in certain places falling behind. they lost folkestone and hythe, for example. that is now in no overall control. better news for them in walsall and in north east lincolnshire, where they gained both these councils. f

labour...er for labour. they have had one win so far, taking trafford council, a former tory stronghold. we will continue to bring you the results as they come let's ta ke let's take a look at what the results indicate for the liberal democrats, the big winners of the night, making major gains with 150% more seats than they had before the elections. they are saying it is affirmation of their own approach. earlier this morning liberal democrat mp sir ed davey gave his reaction. it's a fantastic morning, the liberal democrats are back in business. to put it in context, i think this was a sea change. i think voters have been desperate for a strong alternative to the conservatives and labour, who have made such a mess of everything the last few years. and now voters have it, they have chosen the liberal democrats, not just to protest but to put their faith in us, around the country, in the north against labour, in the south against conservatives. this was our best night for a generation. when john

labour party should be doing.nders for theresa may's job are split over whether to leave the eu with or without a deal — she says she still wants an orderly exit. i've always taken the view that the best option for the uk was the leave the european union with a deal. the inquest into the london bridge attacks has heard how the ring leader became radicalised. an eleventh climber has died on mount everest — we ask why this season is proving so dangerous. and how do smartphones and the exam season mix? we'll hear how some students cope the two main westminster parties are in turmoil over brexit in the wake of their poor performance in the european elections. both parties are being pulled by their core vote towards a position which might alienate the other side of the party. labour leaderjeremy corbyn is coming under mounting pressure from senior front benchers to come out, unequivically, infavour of a second referendum. but one of his biggest union backers, unite leader len mccluskey says they are wrong and a second

this was a fairly unusual labour— liberal democrat race with labour— liberal democrat race with labourw look at them, absolutely level pegging on 26 seats. the conservatives have eight and the independents have three and this is the share change. look at that, liberal democrats up by 10%, conservatives down by 8% and ukip is down by 10% of the independents and greens also picking up independents and greens also picking up in the share of the boat is a representative of what we have seen throughout the election. -- of the vote. as we were going through those results, another came in from craven in yorkshire which is a conservative loss and not one they had been expecting it is fair to say. the result shows the tories on 15th pence on line, labour on three, green on two and lib dems on one, thatis green on two and lib dems on one, that is a difference datum of a difference from last term is that the tories have slipped three, the independents have gained free, no change for labour, greens up one and you keep missing one so that is another loss for the conservatives. looking at the broad

labour is split.ng is they have been badly let down by national politicians and labour politicians and this is the first chance to make this protest, and unfortunately a lot of good labour councillors will lose their seats because of it. whatever deal the conservatives can get through parliament, if they are able to, it should go to a confirmatory ballad so that we can find out from the people, is this really what you want? about as for the smaller parties, ukip has taken a battering, but the greens are upbeat. there is an element, undeniably, a disenchantment with the two big parties, people are fed up the two big parties, people are fed up with the weight they have handled brexit, there is a cry for clarity which the greens are offering. plenty more evidence of the disintegration of traditional loyalties to the two big parties. these were local elections, and many people may simply have shown they are fed up after years of cuts and austerity. but across the country, we have also seen people as deadl

labour area have picked up some seats. labour are a small presence in this area.in 2016 and i think cynicism about brexit and the government's performance has played a large part in this. the council leader himself, conservative tim warren, lost his seat to the lib dems. one resident of his area is one jacob rees—mogg. he has now got a lib dem councillor representing his part of rural north east somerset. i am sure that will go down very well. give your thoughts on how the campaign has gone down in bath. we have talked about lots of areas where there have been big majorities in favour of leaving, but it's interesting to look at an area like bath, where the dynamics are completely different. in terms of what conservative party workers have been having to deal with on the doorstep, clearly there are with on the doorstep, clearly there a re lots of with on the doorstep, clearly there are lots of people who don't want brexit to happen at all. so is this a range of views that goes from people who want the deal completed and got out of the way, or people who frankly are

labour as well. i spoke to one vetera n labour as well.mped in his face numerous times from people who were not happy with the pa rty's people who were not happy with the party's position on brexit. it has been a very bad night for labour here. we have had a low turnout, 27%, and also a lot of spoilt ballot papers. talking to some of the election agents, they have seen ballot papers, and there were interesting comments on them. one said a disgruntled voter had attached a post—it note to his ballot paper giving the politicians to whom it may concern a lecture on where they are going wrong with brexit. we would love to see that, it isa brexit. we would love to see that, it is a shame you did not bring that one along. thank you very much. tim ardell in grimsby. viewers should send them in and take pictures and we would have a look. before we asked dorn to pick up on the point, reeta, you have got more results. these are some of the key results. these are some of the key results. these illustrate if you like that theme that is developing now o

and labour tojoys. going from tories to labour and labour to joys.rlier, and we are long overdue a big change in politics, and the brexit party are going to represent a change for good. are you terrified, barry? no. lets reword it and make it slightly less over stated. are you not concerned about it? i don't think we should be concerned about our electors having a choice. i think we should set out our stall to them, and yes, of course, in politics, people have different views. but if you are confident that your manifesto is meeting the aspirations and actually solving the problems that people have, then you should be proud to put that to them, and confident that you should come out the other end. for you, when you talk about a party led by nigel faraj, when the fact that so many of your constituency workers, have enormous sympathy for the kinds of things that you've been saying, you must have some concerns about what those european elections could bring for you in terms of results. barry talked about manifesto, and we said we would deliver only brexi

labour's split. is they have been badly let down by national politicians and labour politicians, and this is the first chance to make this protest, and unfortunately there's a lot of good labour councillors going to lose their seats because of it. whatever deal it is that the conservatives in the end, are able to get through parliament, if they are able to, it should go to a confirmatory ballot so that we can find out from the people, is this really what you want? as for the smaller parties, ukip's taken a battering, but the greens are upbeat. there is an element, undeniably, about disenchantment with the two big parties. people are fed up with the way they've handled brexit, there is a cry for clarity, which i think the greens are offering. so plenty more evidence of the disintegration of traditional loyalties to the two big parties. these were local elections, and many people may simply have shown they are fed up after years of cuts and austerity. but across the country, we have also seen people ar

labour leader mark drakeford. a public vote on any final brexit deal. for plaid cymru who came second, and they are delighted with that result and the seat it brings, the challenge for them now is to maintain that momentum going head—to—head with welsh labour over the next couple of years, head of the next couple of years, head of the assembly elections. there is no question that political mould here in wales has been cracked by this set of results. what we don't know yet is whether it has been shattered. in northern ireland, it is the two largest parties that have topped the polls with diane dodds retaining her seat for the dup and martina anderson on the brink of retaining her seat for sinn fein. but the really striking story of the day here is that for the first time in 40 yea rs of here is that for the first time in 40 years of european elections in northern ireland, across communities, neither or nationalist party is strongly on course to take northern ireland's third seat and that would be a massive result f

this is a slower burning for the labour leader and the labour membership more generally, which couldd the daily mail, labour's day of shame, tom watson talking about his utter shame, truly disgraceful day, others saying, because of this enquiry. they also had the expulsion of alastair campbell. whether that was done to try and distract from this, of who knows? that also sent a signal that labour is very hard on... new labour activists perhaps not as hard on those who have been accused in the past of anti—semitism and other misdemeanours. some instances of people making serious threats against mps have taken a long time to resolve, and alastair campbell saying he has voted lib dem, and there seems to be some discussion within the labour party, including deputy leader harriet harman, as far as she can see within the rules, there are none being broken. if you mention you voted for another one after the polls closed, you are not encouraging anyone else to vote for it, because the polls have closed. it seems to be a bit of a spartacus moment of other senior labour figures from that era, i

there's been splits within labour's left and central factions been splits within labour's left and centralfactionst and central factions in this area and that may have been a factor too. now both the local party and the whole council chamber are deeply divided. judith moritz, bbc news, birkenhead. counting is under way in northern ireland's council elections. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is in belfast. what is the latest there? votes being counted for 11 councils across northern ireland, and the predictions were that northern ireland wouldn't experience the same kind of brexit effect that's being seen elsewhere. that is largely expected to be because so much about the way many people vote here is based on whether you are a unionist 01’ based on whether you are a unionist or nationalist voter, so that changes the dynamic a little bit, puts a dampening effect on any potential swing, and in recent years the trend has been towards the two largest parties, the dup and sinn fein, with support diminishing for the ulster unionist party and the sdlp, so support is expected to hold up sdlp, so suppo

labour sank too.y of trying to please the remainers past and present — most of his members and mps, in other words — and leavers fell flat. ukip minus nigel farage just evaporated. and lib dems hearts are singing, who'd have thought it? they sucked in remain side votes, mostly labour supporters by the look of it, in the same way that nigel farage‘s party plundered the votes of brexit britain. now the country looks dug in for what could become a kind of trench political warfare. the brexit party didn'tjust win in seats and votes, they came top everywhere except the remain side bastions of london and scotland. they didn't stand in northern ireland. there, the alliance party sprung a surprise by winning a seat. the liberal democrats were the other big winners, coming second overall. labour knocked off its perch in london, including jeremy corbyn‘s islington constituency by the way, just as the brexit party won in theresa may's seat in maidenhead. and we saw again younger voters and graduates more likely

labour have ten meps, down eight.n doubled their tally, with seven meps, up four. and the impact on the conservatives is clear — they've now gotjust four meps, down 15. in scotland the snp won three seats. while in wales, plaid cymru have won one seat after beating labour. counting in northern ireland meanwhile is still under way. let's get some reaction from the party leaders, earlier brexit party leader, nigel farage, spoke to reporters — accompanied by his newly elected meps. if we will have to brexit process to the conservatives and labour party, we would never ever have got a brexit that was resembling anything like the referendum. this clearly will put pressure on them, pressure on the conservative leadership contest. the question is, are they going to respond to this pressure or will those parties go on being coalitions, coalitions of leavers and remainers. if they do and stay indecisive and if we don't leave on the 31st of october, then i think we can produce a result in the next general election that will stu

but it is a massive problem for labour. i read that asjohn massive problem for labour. mcdonald saying massive problem for labour. i read that asjohn mcdonald saying a referendum in any circumstances. and welsh labour have broken ranks, saying the same thing, we just need to go back to the people with whatever the outcome is, and welsh labour saying they would clearly campaign to remain. one last thing, before i let you go, this is a very high. you can still hear him. absolutely. and that is it from me now. we will go back to the studio. let's take a look at the overall results across the rest of europe and the spread of seats in the european parliament. the big centre—right and centre—left blocs have lost their combined majority amid an increase in support for liberals, the greens and nationalists. pro—eu parties are still expected to be in a majority but the traditional blocs will need to seek new alliances. the liberals and greens had a good night, while nationalists were victorious in italy, france and of course the uk. however, the centre—right european people's pa

be labourer.around the labour party longer than some of the people who are in and around jeremy corbyn at the moment. our prime minister in office but not in power, no longer a taunt, just how it is. for theresa may at the time for tears and pain are over. we can guess the question is facing whoever comes next but not a single a nswer whoever comes next but not a single answer at a defining time for british politics and the country. catcher adler, while theresa may is in brussels one of the people who wa nts to in brussels one of the people who wants to succeed her, jeremy hunt, talks about renegotiating the withdrawal deal, how is that going down? all the eu leaders gathered here are not intending to discuss brexit at all today, it's not on the official discussion agenda and they don't want to discuss it off agenda either. as the leaders were coming into this building to the meeting andi into this building to the meeting and i was calling out to them how open are you to renegotiating the brexit d

and what is that for labour mac? a disappointing night for labour. 0ne that for labour mac?ed up in a situation where a kind of unholy alliance of second referendum campaigners and no dealers have conspired to push the country to the edge of no deal because when you have a polarised debate with these two groups fighting each other to a standstill, you end up crashing out out of the eu on october 31 without a deal. let's remember that whatever the electoral calculus, what a disaster that would be for our country to i, for many years have been saying we should leave the eu with a deal that keeps a close relationship with the single market, with a form of customs arrangement andi with a form of customs arrangement and i think that reflects the 52—48 mended. move house but stay in the same neighbourhood. we are now, sadly, in that sadly divided and polarised environment where a dirty word and that is terrible for democracy. basically earlier they we re democracy. basically earlier they were saying they got it wrong, that the policy needs to be looked at, there was no clarity abo

labour also has a tough sell.f its mps won't back a deal that doesn't include another referendum. they warn against a stitch—up, and fear losing votes to anti—brexit parties, even if labour secures a closer relationship. even that should be put back to the people. and that's the problem, i think, that particularly the labour party is facing, because on their side, a lot of their supporters are deeply angry. differences remain between these two and many other rows are waiting in the wings. at fractured westminster, brexit solutions don't come easy. any deal between the conservatives and labour will need both sides to make compromise, which could cause problems for the leaders, as our political correspondent nick eardley explained a little earlier. both sides have looked at the local elections and thought, we need to get on with this. whatever solving brexit looks like, they think that needs to happen. the prime minister says she thinks that is getting a deal over the line and there are some in the labour party who

caroline flint, labour mp, saying the number of labour mps who want a second referendum is lower thanis week will upset one pa rt corbyn does this week will upset one part of his party. that can apply to both of them, can‘t it? part of his party. that can apply to both of them, can't it? generally. what do you think? i very much enjoyed a couple of weeks not talking about brexit butjust enjoyed a couple of weeks not talking about brexit but just when you thought it was safe to go back to the papers, here it is again. you are absolutely right. both sides seem are absolutely right. both sides seem to be saying they can block any deal. it's a plague on all your houses, again, because the last thing donald tusk said, when he gave the government an extension to the end of october, please don't waste the time. it seems like we got absolutely nowhere further forward. perhaps 150 labour mps are saying that if there is not a second referendum... and 100 tories, according to the times, are saying, don't cave in to labour or we will block it. there is a complete impasse and it may be resolved by

labour sank, too.egy of trying to please the remainers past and present, most of his members and mps, in other words, and leavers fell flat. ukip minus nigel farage just evaporated. and lib dems hearts are singing — who'd have thought it? they sucked in remain—side votes, mostly labour supporters by the look of it, in the same way that nigel farage‘s party plundered the votes of brexit britain. now the country looks dug in for what could become a kind of trench political warfare. the brexit party didn'tjust win, in seats and votes. they came top everywhere except the remain—side bastions of london and scotland. they didn't stand in northern ireland. there, the alliance party sprung a surprise by winning a seat. the liberal democrats were the other big winners, coming second overall. labour knocked off its perch in london, including jeremy corbyn's islington constituency, by the way, just as the brexit party won in theresa may's seat in maidenhead. and we saw, again, younger voters and graduates more li

labour's split.s they have been badly let down by national politicians and labour politicians, and this is the first chance to make this protest, and unfortunately there's a lot of good labour councillors going to lose their seats because of it. whatever deal it is that the conservatives, in the end, are able to get through parliament, if they are able to, it should go to a confirmatory ballot so that we can find out from the people, is this really what you want? as for the smaller parties, ukip‘s taken a battering, but the greens are upbeat. there is an element, undeniably, about disenchantment with the two big parties. people are fed up with the way they've handled brexit, there is a cry for clarity, which i think the greens are offering. so plenty more evidence of the disintegration of traditional loyalties to the two big parties. these were local elections, and many people may simply have shown they are fed up after years of cuts and austerity. but across the country, we have also seen people are

labour.n institutional issue across labour. they have over half a million members, thousands of voters, thousands of counsellors, most of whom are not involved in anti—jewish behaviour. there are a small number that are involved in inappropriate behaviour in say inappropriate things, there are lots of people claim to be supporters of labour and claim to be supporters of labour and claim to be jeremy claim to be supporters of labour and claim to bejeremy corbyn supporters that are not members of the labour party with whom they have no control. and people need to calm down a little and allow the procedures to take place, they need to be sped up, they need to be robust and seem to be fair and robust, and the labour party will emerge from this, i hope, not vindicated because it has been too slow. but will learn the lessons and make sure that it can become, once again, asi make sure that it can become, once again, as i have been advocating for again, as i have been advocating for a long time, a pr

australians or did that labour message just not australians or did that labour messagejust not gel australians labour message just not gel with the australians? what was their message? inevitably it's a bit of both. labour were the ones who had a broader policy platform and key to that was action on climate change. the polls for what they're worth told us going into this that climate change was the number one issue for voters, however, it seems particularly in places like rural queensland where the coal industry is still huge and dominant that the majority of voters didn't get behind that change. instead they wanted to keep the status quo, they wanted to go with scott morrison's argument that protecting the economy was key and after 27 years without recession, australia i guess they thought better the devil you know was better than change. counting hasn't finished yet but the next christian is all about how the cupboard is going to form. just describe the layout of the land for us. describe the layout of the land for us. in brief we know who has lost, thatis us. in brief we know who has lost,

conservatives and the labour party forfailing to deliver on conservatives and the labour party for failingdeliver on brexit. talks between the two to try to find some solution will continue next week, and this morning we heard from the health secretary about what he thinks needs to happen. i think the prime minister's deal is a better arrangement than a permanent customs union, but i think we need to be in the mood for compromise. we need to be listening to these results from these local elections, which is i say are about delivering brexit, but not about living this particular form of brexit, there was no door that i knocked on whether person opened and said, i would like a slight change to paragraph five of the agreement in this particular way. that is not the mood of the nation. it is get on, deliver brexit and then move on. the mood of the labour party, they might have expected to have a good night. that last time the seats were thought was in 2015. not as good as a result is they were expecting. they were many in the labour party who thought they would be fairly substantial gains, som

labour, you could, not just the low they can be against labour, because they will do if you wa nt labouruse they will do if you want them to do. they want except the referendum —— we want except the referendum. we are losing seats, the next time the next election, you'll see a big shift towards you kip. they opted to leave, the lib dems and greens did too, it is not surprising. people are disillusioned with the political parties because they have not delivered on brexit. with the political parties because they have not delivered on brexitlj think they realise that perhaps we need to get some of the smaller parties a chance. back in bath, the cafe of local musicians, local austerity and the economy made of he felt it was influenced by one thing. i think people have chosen differently at the ballot box who chose what they chose purely because of brexit. some activists who suffered local losses blame the national picture, many from both main parties who have been message through these elections will be heard loud and clear in westminster. looking at the results from some of the key counsell

membership and labour vote rs and the labour membership and labour voters may have seen the europeanlike the lib dems or the greens in orderto party like the lib dems or the greens in order to show them what they thought about his brexit policy but does that mean they really abandoned this deep affection that a lot of members have forjeremy corbyn as a person and as a leader? one of the ties that really binds members together is not the brexit issue but austerity, that is the thing they really care about, many x public sector workers and teachers, thatis public sector workers and teachers, that is the key issue for a lot of labour voters when it comes to a general election. jeremy corbyn will represent for many of those members what they want to see. i think maybe some of them will have voted for other parties at this election but i don't know if that reads over and thatis don't know if that reads over and that is something the labour leadership will be hoping. now the guardian, john bercow saying that he risks the fury of the eurosceptics because he has said he will possibly stay on

did as well it's nothing labour did as well it's nothing labour is going to have a landslide victoryny kind in the next election. ifi know where it's? i think it's interesting because it's very different in the south towards the north, you know, they are still struggling in their traditional heartland seeds, for example they had been badly and they picked up seats in the south, since some of theissues seats in the south, since some of the issues we saw in the last general election seem to be continuing in terms of labour party connections with its voter.|j continuing in terms of labour party connections with its voter. i think they'll get all sorted byjuly. they wa nt to they'll get all sorted byjuly. they want to go on holiday. they'll get all sorted byjuly. they want to go on holidaylj they'll get all sorted byjuly. they want to go on holiday. i share your optimism. by now, thank you we will see you back at 11:30pm and thank you for watching we would be back at half past 11 for another like to forget you can see different pages online our website there for you seven days a week. if

and i will always be labour. and i will always be labour. that i will be in and around the labour party longer than some of the people who are in and around jeremy corbyn at the moment. the prime minister in office but not in power. no longer a taunt, just how it is. and for theresa may, the time for tears and pain are over. we can guess the questions that will come next, but not a single answer at a defining time in british politics and the country. well, in the past hour we've been hearing from leaders at that eu summit. our europe editor katya adler is in brussels for us tonight. clive, the summit ended a few moments ago and then his closing statement donald tusk the president of the european council described brexit as the best vaccine, he said, against anti—eu propaganda. brexit as the best vaccine, he said, againstanti—eu propaganda. he brexit as the best vaccine, he said, against anti—eu propaganda. he was referring to the victory, the majority won by pro—eu groups in the recent parliamentary elections and that, not brexit, was a focu

one labour mp who is a long—standing critic of the labour leadership on this issue is with streakingreat shame for the labour party, the labour party says it will cooperate fully with the investigation, it is implacably opposed to anti—semitism but also saying it rejects any suggestion that the party does not handle anti—semitism complaints fairly and robustly. in a completely separate development, the conservative party is increasingly facing calls over allegations of islamophobia in the party for an inquiry there. the muslim council of britain which has previously called foran britain which has previously called for an independent inquiry has written to the hrc formally requesting an investigation. they say islamophobia has been tolerated at the highest levels in the party and the complaints process isn't working. we haven't heard yet from the conservative party on this but to be clear, the conservative party facing calls for an investigation from the equality and human rights commission, the labour party an investigation is now under way. jessica, thank you. a man carrying two kni

labour have ten meps — losing eight.ct on the conservative party is clear — they've gotjust three meps — down 15. the nationalists parties also picked up seats with the snp winning three seats — and plaid cymru have won one seat after beating labour in wales. one of the 28 new brexit party meps is the former conservative minister ann widdecombe. she's been speaking to our correspondent sarah ransome. well of course if you look at the map today, it is a sea of brexit blue and that is because we just asked the nation a very simple question, we didn't have a great raft of policies, we had one, which was to get britain out of the eu without a deal. and the nation voted for us. and voted for us big time. so my reflections are that was the second referendum. twice now the nation have said to parliament we wa nt to nation have said to parliament we want to leave. ijust hope this time parliament listens, because if it doesn't and if we don't get out of eu on 31st october, we, the brexit party, will contest a general election. ni

labour would get 270 odd seats. the tories, 179., we would have a hung parliament again. but nigel farage is taking those seats away from the tories. they think the chairman would lose, penny morden would lose, nick hancock goes. it would lose, nick hancock goes. it would be a bloodbath if you can make that kind of transition from a european election to a general election. take us to the next poll, that looked, 2034 people. meanwhile the observer poll, 2034 for the euro? this is for the european elections later this month. they are looking at an absolute fantastic, thumping victory for nigel farage's brexit party. labour slipping down to 21% and the conservatives just 1196. to 21% and the conservatives just 11%. the brexit party has more than the conservatives and the labour party put together. the tories have fallen below the liberal democrats, here on 12. this is bad news for both labour and the tories. but whether or not it actually tra nslates whether or not it actually translates into anything other than a rather pointless vote

labour, and only labour, stands on that common ground in this election.vide in our country is not how people voted in 2016. the real divide is between the many and the few. whether you are in tottenham or mansfield, stockwell stoke, medway or manchester, so many of the problems you face are exactly the same. and, while the government's incompetence and divisions over brexit have created this deadlock, the injustices in our society are deepening. those injustices aren't to do with backstops, implementation periods and all that rather strange and often obscure jargon. they are about whether your children will go toa about whether your children will go to a school that can afford the basics, or whether the teacher since begging letters to parents. whether your relatives will be treated quickly and safely on the national health service, or wait in pain and distress for months. whether your pa rents distress for months. whether your parents will get a helping hand in old age, or be left isolated and very afraid. and whether we, as a country, can end the burnin

labour is also reeling.rters are split over whethere there should be over whether there should be another brexit referendum. you can see that in the result in scotland where labour isn't even on the list any more — it lost both of its meps, while the scottish national party — which wants to stay in the eu gained a seat. labour's official position is that a second referendum should be an option if there isn't a general election, but its leader jeremy corbyn is under more and more pressure to change that. here's his deputy tom watson. and now a close ally of mr corbyn and senior party member is also moving towards a people's vote. here she is. ideally, we would want the general election. been that has always been our position remains our position. as the clock ticks down, if you're not going to have a general election, we would support a people's vote. but not everyone in labour supports a second referendum. in fact, some mps worry it could cost them even more support. mp jo platt says: mr corbyn hinted yester

and i will always be labour.i will be in and around the labour party longer than some of the people who are in and around jeremy corbyn at the moment. the prime minister in office, but not in power — no longer a taunt, just how it is. and for theresa may, the time for tears and pain are over. we can guess the questions that will come next, but not a single answer at a defining time in british politics and the country. in the past hour, we have been hearing from leaders at that eu summit as it came to end in brussels. our europe editor katya adler is there. all of those leaders who were in a room with theresa may are of course well aware of the leadership contest under way for those who want her job, but when i asked her earlier, they didn't seem very keen on a new brexit negotiation after mrs may's departure. those who want to be her successor say they want to renegotiate the brexit deal. will you be open to that? no, no, no, no. no renegotiation, this is too easy. so we changed the staff, and so if the next prim

it's a difficult time for us and labour, there is a huge amount of division in the labour party as well politics. to me, the strongest possible message from voters today is that we need to come together and get on with it and do it and work across party as well, otherwise people will be continually disillusioned with politics. they wa nt to disillusioned with politics. they want to see politicians listening and doing what they voted for. how quickly can you fix the broken reputation of the conservative party? | reputation of the conservative party? i think we can leave the european union, do what people voted for in the referendum, then things will move on. that to me feels like the biggest barrier to how people are perceiving politicians at the moment. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. you can keep up to date as the results come in throughout the morning, including counts in northern ireland on the bbc news channel. and there's a special programme from midday on bbc two with huw edwards. let's go to matt for this morning's weather. he's in the village of scholes near

a member of labour.have is, alastair campbell is not the only one, we have already had this afternoon from bob ainsworth, a former defence secretary saying he voted for the greens in the european election. and more broadly, there are a lot of traditional labour voters who turned their back on the party on thursday. so it is notjust alastair campbell thatis so it is notjust alastair campbell that is the problem. tactical voting on both sides of the brexit debate this past week. it is a curious day in which to expel him because this is the when the ehic has opened its investigation into the allegations of anti—semitism within labour and of anti—semitism within labour and of course alastair campbell has pointed to those within the party who have not been expelled for the anti—semitic views. who have not been expelled for the anti-semitic views. absolutely, some labour mps doing the same on twitter this afternoon as well. this has been boiling overfor this afternoon as well. this has been boiling over for ab

we did also hit earlier today from the labour party, they say the labour party ta kes labour party, they had been suspended pending an investigation, but as i say, a number ofjewish groups and labourmps but as i say, a number ofjewish groups and labour mp5 as well want the party to go further and expel mr willsman. let's have a listen to mike catt from the jewish willsman. let's have a listen to mike catt from thejewish labour movement. if he cares a jot for the feelings of the jewish community, he can't engage in the same old worn words about not tolerating anti—semitism, not tolerating racism. we understand that pete willsman has been a political ally of his over the decades, but we he needs to put morality and the feelings of the party and the jewish community first, and expel him now and for good. of course, earlier this week we learned that tony blair's former spin doctor alistair campbell had been expelled from the labour party after he admitted to voting liberal democrat in the european elections. and the letter i mentioned earlier does refer to this. they say that we have seen th

her own mps didn't want her to negotiate with labour.emely confused because jeremy corbyn has never been able to make up corbyn has never been able to make up his mind what he wants. he certainly can't commit as the liberal democrats have done to giving people the final say. there isa giving people the final say. there is a possibility they can resume these talks but it is absolute chaos and mess. well, our political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. what did these talks between the conservatives and labour achieve or tell us that we didn't already know? there has been for some time and expectation at westminster that these talks would fail to come up with the brexit eureka moment were suddenly the labour party and the conservatives could agree and get something through parliament. there we re something through parliament. there were huge issues to overcome. these talks went into remarkable detail and there were some areas where the two sides got fairly close to one another. number ten insists it was willing to compromise on

the labour party?party front bench has shown that they aren't prepared to do this good faith. now also out and about today we have the home secretary sajid javid who is putting himself forward as a contender. his pitch seems to be he is the man who can unite the country and appeal to people perhaps who other contenders cannot reach. he also was asked the crucial no deal question and you have to say for now at least, he dodged it. i think what the public want to see is much more trust with their politicians, a much stronger, more confident relationship. i am concerned about the future and how we do that and that's why i think we need the right type of leadership. someone that can promote unity, that can bring people together. sadly, i think there are too many divides in our country today, whether someone was leave or remain, or whether the north or the south, whether they are young or old. i think we should not be exploiting any of these divisions. what we need to do is to bring people together and i do

. saying that we need to kill brexit altogether -- labour.itch up a brexit deal." even if the leadership's announced —— the leaderships announced they had come together. there seems to be no mood together. there seems to be no mood to agree to anything. it assumes if they keep on bickering, somehow the problem will go away. i'm surmising that what their motivation is for theirs. but do they not see that the results of the local government elections this week indicate a mass discontent with our two main parties and that if they don't shape up and look as if they are — deserve these really rather high—paying jobs look as if they are — deserve these really rather high—paying jobs — people will decide at a general election that they would rather have somebody else. the timing of all this, we look at the telegraph, we have nigel verizon the front page "don't build a coalition against the people." —— farage. "don't build a coalition against the people." -- farage. ithink he's going to do well in those european elections because he has a simple mess

that's what you do with the 150,000 labour votes and perhaps it is that ambiguous nurse from the laboures in cardiff, thank you. the brexit party weren't the only winners — the greens finished above the conservatives for the first time in a national election. the party's deputy leader amelia womackjoins us now from westminster. can you give us your overview, what the greens managed to achieve.- the greens managed to achieve.- the start, we had three meps and now we have seven. we built on our track record of delivering to the european parliament. whether that is climate change, our pollution, environmental destruction. in regions where we haven't one before. it's on our strength in the council elections and so many people realising the power of voting green. or people wa nted power of voting green. or people wanted someone who had a clear voice on brexit and there was you and the liberal democrats and maybe in the voting booths, people going, you know what? i will go green. it may be that some of the issues you are talking about didn't loom large in that decision. we had such a strong p

today, labour said, "peter willsman has been suspended from the labour party pending investigation.anti—semitism extremely seriously, and we are committed to challenging and campaigning against it in all its forms." ifjeremy corbyn and the labour leadership have a jot of feeling for the jewish community and forjewish labour members and for thejewish labour movement, they need, he needs to expel pete willsman now and for good. and this seniorfigure in the party agrees. if this is not dealt with incredibly effectively, and quickly, and i'm saying 1a days should be the time limit, then is the institution capable of being effectively anti—anti—semitic, or is the institution so sclerotic, in some way, that it might itself be institutionally anti—semitic? there's been no word from peter willsman today. threejewish organisations have written to labour demanding he is expelled swiftly. they contrast his suspension with the rapid expulsion of the former spin doctor alastair campbell for voting liberal democrat in last week's's elections. the party now has to decide what to do about peter wil

what difference does labour ‘s attitude make to the prospect?rime minister it needs some, at least, the labour vote if she is to have any hope of getting her withdrawal agreement through parliament. it will come to a vote in the first full week ofjune in the shape of the withdrawal agreement bill, which is legislation that effectively puts her brexit deal into uk law. but it does give an opportunity for the government and mps on all sides to try to amend it, tweak it round the edges, and a little extras, which may encourage some mps to vote for it to have not done so the last three times of asking. but so keir starmer this morning set out his stall as one of labour ‘s loudest cheer leaders for another public vote, it is no surprise that he says the government should do this, and there are differences of opinion, even in the shadow cabinet, n the labour party asa shadow cabinet, n the labour party as a whole, as to how keenly they support the idea of another public vote. but it is keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary is you that if the gover

labour also has a tough sell.f its mps won't back a deal that doesn't include another referendum. they warn against a stitch—up, and fear losing votes to anti—brexit parties, even if labour secures a closer relationship. even that should be put back to the people. and that's the problem, i think, that particularly the labour party is facing, because on their side, a lot of their supporters are deeply angry. differences remain between these two and many other rows are wait in the wings. at fractured westminster, brexit solutions don't come easy. and nickjoins me now. i suppose for both sides were there to bea i suppose for both sides were there to be a deal this week, it would involve a certain amount of compromise and a lot of criticism for the main parties. is that the background where we see the remarks from john mcdonnell and even some of the conservative press as well? yes, absolutely. both sides have looked at the local elections and thought we need to get on with this. the prime minister is quite clear she t

the i features fresh criticism from labour about cross—party brexit talks.aimsjeremy corbyn won't be able to get enough labour mps to back a deal without a second referendum. the daily mail says three quarters of maternity units have no consultants on duty at night. so that was a quick flavour of some of the front pages. let's dive in. we will start with brexit. and that has been covered... i did say it with a smile. tony, kick us off? everything is in a mess with brexit. there was some hope last week that maybe this week would either week that had a breakthrough. government negotiations with labour would bear fruit and we could move forward and find a centre ground. the prime minister has managed to upset the labour party by breaking confidentiality of the negotiations. she was saying let's do a deal, jeremy corbyn. the shadow chancellor was on the bbc this morning accusing the prime minister of bad faith and warning her that labour mps will insist upon a second referendum before they agree to any deal. that isa before they agree to any deal. that is a sign