len mccluskey, thank you very much. so there's _ upwards. len mccluskey, thank you very much.here's party rule changes will go to the party floor later today. changes will go to the party floor latertoday. i changes will go to the party floor later today. i would expect a heated debate about those. polls have openedin debate about those. polls have opened in germany's parliamentary election. 60 million voters will choose a new parliament and a successor to chancellor angela merkel who has been in powerfor i6 merkel who has been in powerfor 16 years. at stake is the leadership of europe is my most powerful economy in the race could not be any tighter. let's go to our berlin correspondent damien mcguinness. damien, the end of an era, the start of a new one. how uncertain is it at this point what it will look like? well, i think this point what it will look like? well, ithink it this point what it will look like? well, i think it is safe to say that this is one of the most unpredictable elections modern germany has ever known. lots of reasons for that, one is that we are expectin

the new leader of unite taking over from that's right, the new leader of unite taking overfrom len mccluskeyputes going on all the way from tesco drivers to weetahix— on all the way from tesco drivers to weetahix so— on all the way from tesco drivers to weetabix so a different array of workers — weetabix so a different array of workers in _ weetabix so a different array of workers in pursuit. i think what i need _ workers in pursuit. i think what i need to— workers in pursuit. i think what i need to do— workers in pursuit. i think what i need to do is be with those workers in dispute _ need to do is be with those workers in dispute and personally take leadership in relation to that. on this occasion i won't be at the labour— this occasion i won't be at the labour party conference because i think— labour party conference because i think nry— labour party conference because i think my place is with my members and i_ think my place is with my members and i need — think my place is with my members and i need to be with them while those _ and i need to be with them while those disputes are taking