the lib dems are concerned, - as the lib dems are concerned, peobie — as the lib dems are concerned,alking on their. doorsteps about the struggle people are talking on their- doorsteps about the struggle to get a gp appointment— doorsteps about the struggle to get a gp appointment and _ doorsteps about the struggle to get a gp appointment and national - a gp appointment and national picture — a gp appointment and national picture it— a gp appointment and national picture. it was— a gp appointment and national picture. it was tricky— a gp appointment and national picture. it was tricky to - a gp appointment and national picture. it was tricky to say - a gp appointment and nationali picture. it was tricky to say how much _ picture. it was tricky to say how much we — picture. it was tricky to say how much we can— picture. it was tricky to say how much we can translate - picture. it was tricky to say how much we can translate this - picture. it was tricky to say how. much we can translate this result onto— much we can translate this result onto a _ much we can translate this result onto

i knew the lib dems were going to -et i knew the lib dems were going to get in _ i knew the lib demsisillusioned conservatives and i thought. — disillusioned conservatives and i thought, just once, i am voting with my heart _ thought, just once, i am voting with m heart. ., ., , , thought, just once, i am voting with| my heart-_ very! my heart. your heart is green. very! david cameron _ my heart. your heart is green. very! david cameron used _ my heart. your heart is green. very! david cameron used to _ my heart. your heart is green. very! david cameron used to have - my heart. your heart is green. very! david cameron used to have a - my heart. your heart is green. very! david cameron used to have a tree l my heart. your heart is green. very! | david cameron used to have a tree in the conservative party logo and he was very much trying to re—forge the party. there are accusations that rishi sunak is less interested in that stuff. let's go to susan macro in uxbridge —— sue in uxbridge. what you think of the outcome? but it wasn't a vote — you think of the outcome? but it wasn't a vote

big lib dem toy-election _ west country. big lib dem by-election victories - west country.lection victories have almost by—election victories have almost become commonplace these days. the sun is become commonplace these days. tie: sun is shining on become commonplace these days. tt9: sun is shining on us. become commonplace these days. the sun is shining on us. the _ sun is shining on us. the conservatives _ sun is shining on us. the conservatives believe . sun is shining on us. the conservatives believe they still have a narrow path to victory at the next election, but these latest results could be the political equivalent of the hazard warning sign bearing the legend "road narrows". iain watson, bbc news. in a moment, we'll hear from our political correspondent jonathan blake in somerton and from chi chi izundu in uxbridge, but first, let's go to tim iredale, the bbc�*s political editor for yorkshire, who is in selby. well, i'm on the hallowed turf of selby town football club, where until a few months ago, there were quite a few people on the pitch, most of them labour p

lib dems doneit as have the lib dems.was a very good view on that actually which essentially said if you are a tory voter, traditionally you probably won't ever vote labour, but you might be able to hold your nose. this viewer says, and vote lib dem. and she thinks that's what happened down in somerton and frome . perhaps you somerton and frome. perhaps you agree? obviously i can't find the view now, but i did remember it and it was very good. >> yeah, i mean, it it's very interesting though. people's perception in all of this . jane perception in all of this. jane has been in touch and says the conservative lives are finished if stick with rishi sunak conservative lives are finished if the stick with rishi sunak conservative lives are finished if the generalth rishi sunak conservative lives are finished if the general electionsunak conservative lives are finished if the general election .|nak conservative lives are finished if the general election . now, for the general election. now, there's a lot of people unhappy with

no doubt, the lib dems arejubilant. they will this morning. no doubt, the lib dems are jubilant.ey will have big smiles on theirfaces arejubilant. they will have big smiles on their faces this morning after that result. they claim it puts them firmly back in the west country, here in the south—west of england, an area where they used to have a strong showing in parliament at westminster, which was right doubt after years in coalition with the conservatives in 2015. they are hoping this, along with the victory in tiverton and homerton in devon shows that they are on their way back to electing more mps in this part of the world. as a party themselves acknowledge, and speaking to activists who have been pounding the pavement in the last few weeks, today, many people lent them their boats, supporters of labour, greens, others, to remove the conservatives and send a message at this by—election. it may well be a different picture, a general election at some point year. eur different picture, a general election at some point year. sur ed davey referenced _ election at some point year. s

he is in firm with the lib dems have - is in firm with the lib dems have secured a huge win overnightaw sir ed davies celebrating. this is huge for the party put up talk about the significance of that and how big a blow it is to the conservatives. it is a blow for the conservatives it's a big win for the liberal democrats undoubtedly. they raise expectations over the last couple of years or so, really in terms of how well they are going to do in these by elections that crop up in areas where they are seen as the main challenger to the tories. this is the ford centre 2019 election that the ford centre 2019 election that the lib dems have taken from the conservatives. they were company from the start for that the only question was how big the win was going to be, how much they would be able to overturn the epic majority of 19,000 votes that the tories had here for that in the end the lib dems made it look if you say. they were here in the centre of frome this morning celebrating, talking about being firmly back in the west country with the photo opportunity, not so subtly calling on the

the lib dems never bit of cheesy political panto. cannon, as they celebrated a stem cannon, as they celebrated a stem can win in somerton & frome. i’m can win in somerton & frome. i'm really starting _ can win in somerton & frome. i“n really starting to like by—elections. what we achieve here is nothing short of spectacular. the trend was clear, even before last night, but now it is certain. the liberal democrats are back in the west country. cheering after these elections, labour are one up on the conservatives, the lib dems are as well. but the tories have been spared the 3—0 thrashing many predicted. chris mason, bbc news, selby. more from chris later. but what could the by—election results mean ahead of the next general election? 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo, takes a look. a dramatic set of results all round — but what are the lessons for the conservatives, labour and the liberal democrats? let's look at each seat in more detail. in selby and ainsty labour overturned their largest ever majority at a by—election, pick

it was a _ lib dems. my heart wasn't in it. it was a stupid — lib dems. my heart wasn't in it.idea, i was captured by the ego of it all and people saying you should do it. i am announcing this afternoon that i'm formally withdrawing for the candidate to be a leader— withdrawing for the candidate to be a leader of the liberal democrat party _ a leader of the liberal democrat party i— a leader of the liberal democrat party. i withdrew from the leadership contest and thought, whew, _ leadership contest and thought, whew, that is a big relief! i'm going — whew, that is a big relief! i'm going to — whew, that is a big relief! i'm going to spend the weekend with my family. _ going to spend the weekend with my family, have some fun, go to the pictures. — family, have some fun, go to the pictures. do— family, have some fun, go to the pictures, do some gardening, spend time with— pictures, do some gardening, spend time with the children! the next morning. — time with the children! the next morning. i— time with the children! the next morning, i woke up and opened the curtains _ morning,

they do. >> what is your favourite lib dem what done is dem stunt?y door. they had a big door. they had. was other one had. what was the other one burst bubble. they burst burst boris's bubble. they burst a balloon. remember a big balloon. oh i remember that a big balloon. oh i remember thai did like that. yeah i did >> i did like that. yeah i did like although someone in like that. although someone in has emailed in saying that ed davey a nonentity. well, davey is a nonentity. well, today is his today is his today is his day. today is his big day. you know, they don't win many seats, do they? win that many seats, do they? come general election. but come the general election. but they often when it they do clean up often when it comes elections and comes to by elections and council elections. that's where they well and yes, ed davey they do. well and yes, ed davey looking chipper indeed. looking very chipper indeed. >> let's hope we'll be cleaning up there. now strewn up the floor there. now strewn with me . with confetti. goodness me. well, no, i th

been conservative or lib dems, so it — has always been conservative or lib dems, so it is a tory libly the last mp for the liberal democrats was david heath _ for the liberal democrats was david heath he _ for the liberal democrats was david heath he was also deputy speaker of the house, leader of the house, sorry, _ the house, leader of the house, sorry, underthe the house, leader of the house, sorry, under the coalition. the house, leader of the house, sorry, underthe coalition. he the house, leader of the house, sorry, under the coalition. he lost the seat _ sorry, under the coalition. he lost the seat in — sorry, under the coalition. he lost the seat in 2015. david warburton has been — the seat in 2015. david warburton has been the conservative mp here since _ has been the conservative mp here since then, — has been the conservative mp here since then, and at the last election he had _ since then, and at the last election he had a _ since then, and at the last election he had a huge majority, 20,000, so the liberai— he had a huge majority, 20,000, so the liberal democrats are fig

so, a two—horse race in selby and ainsty, but the lib dems sense new openings.e're out there fighting for every single vote. you know, lots of people often say, you know, how do we break through? we've clearly broken through in north shropshire. you know, we came from third to first and actually in north yorkshire, the lib dems are the official opposition on north yorkshire council. so, you know, we've got a presence in north yorkshire. on the doors, when i've been talking to people, people who traditionally have voted conservative are voting lib dem. and very interestingly i've had two conservative councillors tell me that they will be voting lib dems. the greens see a link between the wider economic challenge and the need to tackle climate change. i think having a real view. on the cost of living crisis, particularly looking _ at the possibility of everybody having access to renewable energy to heat their homes, _ homes that are well insulated. i would want to see retrofitting - council properties and any new build built to a very high eco standard. that's som

the lib dems. expect them to be resurgent south—west resurgent in the south—west where were previously had a where they were previously had a big stronghold. somerton big stronghold. so in somerton they very well in they also do very well in by elections. tories can elections. so the tories can sort about explain away sort of just about explain away that loss. in selby that somerton loss. but in selby , overturning a 20,000 tory majority , that feels as though majority, that feels as though that's where the momentum is. that's where that's where the country is looking. they are looking towards labour and i think we can expect keir starmer to be sounding pretty victorious this morning. >> and of course the tory mp , >> and of course the tory mp, they're effectively going off in a huff after not getting his his peerage from boris johnson. but rishi sunak today in number ten, mulling through all these issues, has he got a bit of time in that? we are now of course in the parliamentary recess so perhaps

the last lib _ conservatives and the lib dems. the last lib dem — conservatives and the lib dems.eneral election when many lib dems lost their seats — election when many lib dems lost their seats after years of the coalition _ their seats after years of the coalition government. across the south—west, the lib dems were wiped out but _ south—west, the lib dems were wiped out but in _ south—west, the lib dems were wiped out but in recent years there have been _ out but in recent years there have been signs— out but in recent years there have been signs of recovery. there was that win _ been signs of recovery. there was that win last year, the lib dems took— that win last year, the lib dems took control of what was a conservative council, also there was that seismic — conservative council, also there was that seismic by—election win in devon— that seismic by—election win in devon when they overturned a majority — devon when they overturned a majority of 24,000 in tiverton and honiton _ majority of 24,000 in tiverton and honiton. the lib dems confident they can produce _ honiton. the

overnight. to labour and the lib dems overnight-— to labour and the lib dems overniaht. �*, , , ., ~way from the by—election defeats in selby and somerton. from the by-election defeats in selby and somerton. particularly driven by conservative _ selby and somerton. particularly driven by conservative voters - driven by conservative voters slaving — driven by conservative voters staying at home. we obviously might need to— staying at home. we obviously might need to regain their trust and their confidence — need to regain their trust and their confidence. but i think the unexpected result was the one in uxbridge — unexpected result was the one in uxbridge. labourwere unexpected result was the one in uxbridge. labour were 25 to one on to win _ uxbridge. labour were 25 to one on to win that— uxbridge. labour were 25 to one on to win that seat. and we defied that with a _ to win that seat. and we defied that with a brilliant local candidate in steve _ with a brilliant local candidate in steve tuckwell. very much latching on to _ steve tuckwell. very much latching on to the _ steve tuckwe

i don't think the party is looking for lib dem | the party is looking for lib dem votes, if you look the lib dems and the labour party in the next general election to take two seats but i do not think that keir starmer and his team are looking for liberal democrat voters, they are probably looking for soft conservatives or nonvoters general. we are looking for voters from everybody, to win!— we are looking for voters from eve bod , to win! ., ,, as wheat prices spike again because of the war in ukraine, inevitably there are worries. it challenges the existing order in places like north africa. in tunisia, galloping inflation, the pressures of trans—saharan migration and an increasingly repressive government are straining social cohesion. there are similarities to the situation that led to the country�*s jasmine revolution in 2010, which in turn triggered the wider arab spring protests. it�*s all being watched nervously across the mediterranean by european countries that rely on the government there to control migration. mike thompson reports now from tunis for newsnight. tunisia�*s j

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the lib dems won somerton and frome in somerset.stituency. he said the public had sent a powerful message to the conservative party. labour's vote share was down over 10% in somerton and frome. it did help the liberal democrats. and the liberal democrat leader also said that some labour supporters had lent them their votes. but the tories did hold onto boris johnson's votes. but the tories did hold onto borisjohnson's former votes. but the tories did hold onto boris johnson's former constituency of uxbridge in south ruislip in west london. that is despite a swing there of 6.7% to labour. the tories managed to capitalise on local anger over the planned expansion of the ultralow emission zone two outer london. under labour mayor sadiq khan. winning the seat by 495 votes. it's the local mp steve, the conservative saying that was the key issue, not mentioning the government or the prime minister. plenty more to come on those by—election results. now, time for a look at the weather. the weather may have a part to play if you have outdoor

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big lib dem by—election victories have almost become commonplace these days. believe they still have a narrow path to victory at the next election, but these latest results could be the political equivalent of the hazard warning sign bearing the legend "road narrows". iain watson, bbc news. michael fabricant is conservative member of parliament for lichfield where hejoins me from now. welcome. thank you for being with us. two huge losses for the conservative party. how bad is it do you think? conservative party. how bad is it do ou think? ~ , ., ., you think? well, is not good and i exected you think? well, is not good and i exnected it _ you think? well, is not good and i exnected it to _ you think? well, is not good and i expected it to be _ you think? well, is not good and i expected it to be worse, - you think? well, is not good and i expected it to be worse, i - expected it to be worse, i anticipated we would lose all three which wouldn't have been that surprising to be honest with you giving at the national opinion polls. and also bearing in mind that we

oh and i'm continuing to identify as the man who beat the lib dems in the uxbndge man who beat the libe by—election in great success. now joining me in the studio is political commentator emma webb and former editor of the mirror. and sextuple jabbed paul connew. but before that , we have a response before that, we have a response from the bbc from earlier in the covering the by—election in uxbndge covering the by—election in uxbridge and south ruislip the bbc news channel is speaking to the candidates with most evidence of electoral support , evidence of electoral support, as there are 17 candidates standing . standing. >> we couldn't interview them all, but we did make clear to audiences where they can find the full list of candidates along with the videos outlining the plans for the constituency . the plans for the constituency. >> well, there you go . god, >> well, there you go. god, they're so unbiased. it's wonderful. now, i want to start off with the by elections. obviously as you know, i beat 13 other people, including two who had renamed themselves by deed poll. kingsley ulez

the lib dems.ed those byelections. absolutely >> they played those byelectionsso bsolutely >> they played those byelectionsso bs i lutely >> they played those byelectionsso bsi wasy brilliantly. so if i was a liberal democrat, i'd be thinking, have of thinking, let's have more of this, please, hopefully this, please, and hopefully they'll results of they'll be seeing the results of them down in somerton as an opportunity just them down in somerton as an opp(the1ity just them down in somerton as an opp(the south just them down in somerton as an opp(the south west, just them down in somerton as an opp(the south west, but just them down in somerton as an opp(the south west, but alljust them down in somerton as an opp(the south west, but all the into the south west, but all the other places where they used to be competitive. and for labour. there's i think, to there's two things i think, to take away from that. one is that lots people are grumpy lots of people really are grumpy at looking at the govern

oh and i'm continuing to identify as the man who beat the lib dems in the uxbndge man who beat the libice by—election in great success. now joining me in the studio is political commentator emma webb and former editor of the mirror. and sextuple jabbed paul connew. but before that , we have a response before that, we have a response from the bbc from earlier in the covering the by—election in uxbndge covering the by—election in uxbridge and south ruislip the bbc news channel is speaking to the candidates with most evidence of electoral support , evidence of electoral support, as there are 17 candidates standing . standing. >> we couldn't interview them all, but we did make clear to audiences where they can find the full list of candidates along with the videos outlining the plans for the constituency . the plans for the constituency. >> well, there you go . god, >> well, there you go. god, they're so unbiased. it's wonderful. now, i want to start off with the by elections. obviously as you know, i beat 13 other people, including two who had renamed themselves by deed poll. kingsley ule

the lib dems love a bit of cheesy political panto.eeze, a cardboard confetti cannon, as they celebrated a stonking win in somerton and frome. i'm really starting to like by—elections. what we achieved here is nothing short of spectacular. the trend was clear, even before last night, but now it is certain. the liberal democrats are back in the west country. cheering. after these elections, labour are one—up on the conservatives, the liberal democrats are as well. but the tories have been spared the 3—0 thrashing many predicted. chris mason, bbc news, in selby. more from chris later. but what could the by—election results mean ahead of the next general election? 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is here to take a look. a dramatic set of results all round, but what are the lessons for the conservatives, labour and the liberal democrats? let's look at each seat in more detail. in selby and ainsty, labour overturned their largest ever majority at a by—election, picking up 46% of total votes. this was a seat way down labour's target

what are labour's proposals or what do the lib dems matter?ti tory alliance? will this happen? there are so many things that will go on. there's a legal test of the ulez extension going on. there's a question of whether or not the government's anti—immigration policies will be put into effect or can be. there's a question of nothing to do with the government, really what's going to happen to inflation. all these things are up, really going to be decided in the next few months. have an few months. they will have an enormous on the election enormous effect on the election result , but much more, dare result, but much more, dare i say it , than these elections say it, than these by elections of last night. >> briefly, john, are the lib dems back ? dems back? >> the lib dems are back in, if you may say their tradition role. if you don't want to vote for the government, how about just showing your protest feelings? so there are famous party of protest, but remember they have been in government with the coalition, with the with the coalition, with t

what are labour's proposals or what do the lib dems matter?ti tory alliance? will this happen? there are so many things that will go on. there's a legal test of the ulez extension going on. there's a question of whether or not the government's anti—immigration policies will be put into effect or can be. there's a question of nothing to do with the government, really what's going to happen to inflation. all these things are up, really going to be decided in the next few months. have an few months. they will have an enormous on the election enormous effect on the election result , but much more, dare result, but much more, dare i say it , than these elections say it, than these by elections of last night. >> briefly, john, are the lib dems back ? dems back? >> the lib dems are back in, if you may say their tradition role. if you don't want to vote for the government, how about just showing your protest feelings? so there are famous party of protest, but remember they have been in government with the coalition, with the with the coalition, with t

is this a safe lib dem seat? \biib lib“ . you think? is this a safe lib dem seat? cided it was— minorities in the raf and they decided it was a— minorities in the raf and they decided it was a bad idea, 2.5% of decided it was a bad idea, 2.5% ob—ob— decided it was a bad idea, 2.5% ob—ob bboee- decided it was a bad idea, 2.5% of_of those root| of the population of those root bnobbene— of the population of those root problems rather— of the population of those root problems rather than artificially- problems rather than artificially altering the bobonee— artificially altering the balance in— artificially altering the balance in the workplace . ' “2 artificially altering the— balance in the workplace . and if balance in the workplace. and if you balance in the workplace. and if yon boob— balance in the workplace. and if you look particularly at the armed forces or the emergency forces services like the police and so on, i don't think anybody in this country really cares whether they're being pulled out of a house fire or or the person stopping bombers coming into briti

is lib dems policy now to lie until you're found out?er an interview with the independent newspaper where he denied past homosexual experience. today, he apologised for misleading people. i went from being the favourite to being the outsider in the campaign within 24 hours. something is clearly wrong here where people can obtain private information of this sort which has no public interest in terms of how the person does theirjob, whatjob they do, it is not illegal. this clearly is wrong. in 2019, simon hughes launched the first claim directly against the sun. the sun obtained illegally the itemised home phone bill of my associate and friend simon hughes and outed him against his will as bisexual in an article that was frankly intrusive and homophobic. dr evan harris, a former lib dems mp, discovered that his phone number was one of those listed in simon hughes' itemised phone bill. he also launched a claim against the sun and the news of the world. as with heather mills, news group paid to settle both cases before they went to trial. as

by the lib dems either, right .ear normally would saying if we normally would be saying if we drop commitment to the cap, drop our commitment to the cap, then we'll get outflanked on the left by the lib dems and therefore keir starmer made left by the lib dems and the|rather(eir starmer made left by the lib dems and the|rather cynical. ner made left by the lib dems and the|rather cynical. ifer made left by the lib dems and the|rather cynical. if you'renade the rather cynical. if you're a lefty watching and 48 labour mps rebelled some time rebelled against this some time ago. if you're lefty watching, ago. if you're a lefty watching, you leader's you think my leader's been really he knows the really cynical. he knows the left's going to come in left's not going to come up in the form of the lib dems so he can get away with this. yeah. >> and mean about >> and i mean you say about them criticise it very recently. i mean a couple of years ago you mentioned well starmer we can mentioned as well starmer we can have that.

now lib dems massive before. now the lib dems massive swings in by elections, christchurch.ection. is there reason you think that there any reason you think that it might be different this time round ? round? >> well, it's part of a process of rebuilding since 2015. >> i mean, i was leader for a couple of years, as you remember , and i think it's a combination of, you know, good by—election results, local government advance . yes. i think we don't advance. yes. i think we don't expect a spectacular breakthrough. but the fact is we've had , you know, very solid we've had, you know, very solid guerrilla army base who survived the bad years and who were helping us to rebuild good leadership , organised focus. leadership, organised focus. what will happen after this by—election i think, is that we're considerably strengthened in the west country . we in in the west country. we in combination with council results in somerset , devon, cornwall, an in somerset, devon, cornwall, an area where we've we've done badly since 2015. we're now recovering and we're poised to take parliament

i'm going to be speaking to the lib dems, christine jardine they dems, christine jardine to they hadn somerton had this huge win in somerton and frome, but what is that going to translate into more seats at the next election or is it just a protest vote to the lib dems? and i'm to going be speaking to the planning minister, after minister, lee rowley, after those defeats those bruising, bruising defeats for what the for the tories, what has the government say for government got to say for itself? intrigued to itself? will be intrigued to hear let's to hear from him. now let's go to the front and run you the front pages and run you through very quickly. front through them very quickly. front of telegraph got of the telegraph has got a interview with michael gove. net zero can't become a crusade , he zero can't become a crusade, he says in the sunday times. they focus more on the labour story. can't a rethink ulez after call with starmer, they say the observer again goes with labour, sunak and starmer are warned don't dump your green pledges. the mail on sunday's got an interesting sto

a photo op to illustrate the lib dem message.somerset council last year at the local elections. we've now got 61 of the 110 councillors making us the biggest group of liberal democrat councillors in the country, but also the local elections this year. we had some great results in our contiguous neighbours in devon and throughout the country, so we're doing really, really well. so i think people are putting faith in the liberal democrats and they know if they vote liberal democrat they're going to get a hard working local champion. pacing the streets and spreading the word. the conservative candidate out in the sunshine and acknowledging a difficult backdrop. well, i think when we look around the world, there are economic pressures and many people i know are feeling the pinch at the moment. and, you know, we were all grateful for the money that we had over the winter for the fuel bills, but those prices are coming down. i was really pleased my direct debit has finally come down for my fuel bills and the plan is working. what we're

so you know, look, we fight on, man, and i'm glad that we beat the lib dems . glad that we beat the libe stood on ulez and we should have beat the greens. thank you standing. >> thank for giving the >> thank you for giving the people alternative option >> thank you for giving the peop|if alternative option >> thank you for giving the peop|if aldidn't ve option >> thank you for giving the peop|if aldidn'ttakejtion >> thank you for giving the peop|if aldidn't take iton >> thank you for giving the peop|if aldidn't take it in even if they didn't take it in the end. laurence fox see you soon. each week on the we soon. each week on the show, we like with closing like to end with our closing prayer, week we'll hear prayer, and this week we'll hear the seventh prayer, and this week we'll hear the after seventh prayer, and this week we'll hear the after trinity eventh prayer, and this week we'll hear the after trinity read h prayer, and this week we'll hear the after trinity read by sunday after trinity read by lottie from lvs ascot school . lottie from lvs ascot school. for lord of all my power

that's the perspective of the lib dems.bsite. thank you. and there are a number of candidates standing in the somerton and frome by—election, the full list of candidates is on your screen now and can also be found on the bbc website along with a video from each candidate outlining their pledges to voters. a woman jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end her pregnancy during lockdown has won her court of appeal bid to reduce her sentence and will be released from prison. carla foster, a5, was handed a 28—month extended sentence after she admitted illegally procuring her own abortion when she was between 32 and 3a weeks pregnant. sentencing her last month, mrjustice pepperall said foster will serve half her term in custody and the remainder on licence after her release. but at the court of appeal in london on tuesday, threejudges reduced her prison sentence. dame victoria sharp, sitting with lord justice holroyde and mrsjustice lambert, said foster's sentence would be reduced to 1a months and that it should be s

so you know, look, we fight on, man, and i'm glad that we beat the lib dems . glad that we beat the libstood on ulez and we should have beat the greens. thank you standing. >> thank for giving the >> thank you for giving the people alternative option >> thank you for giving the peop|if alternative option >> thank you for giving the peop|if aldidn't ve option >> thank you for giving the peop|if aldidn'ttakejtion >> thank you for giving the peop|if aldidn't take iton >> thank you for giving the peop|if aldidn't take it in even if they didn't take it in the end. laurence fox see you soon. each week on the we soon. each week on the show, we like with closing like to end with our closing prayer, week we'll hear prayer, and this week we'll hear the seventh prayer, and this week we'll hear the after seventh prayer, and this week we'll hear the after trinity eventh prayer, and this week we'll hear the after trinity read h prayer, and this week we'll hear the after trinity read by sunday after trinity read by lottie from lvs ascot school . lottie from lvs ascot school. for lord of all my power a

then it was held by the lib dems before that, before that again conservatives.conservative mp. but faye purbrick is a candidate and she spoke to us earlier. it's about standing up for local people. i stood for the first time and took a seat from the lib dems on the council after 30 plus years because people could see what i could deliver for them. they've re—elected me five years later because i had delivered for them. so hopefully, people judge me on my local record. i think i stood in 2019 for the european elections so i could go to...go to brussels and get us out of europe, so that we could focus on local priorities. and i'm happy to take whatever people want to throw at me because i know from speaking to people on the doorstep what they are caring about, what they need, and only a conservative mp in this area can deliver that quickly and with the support of government. that's the conservative candidate there, who will face a pretty stiff challenge. let mejust there, who will face a pretty stiff challenge. let me just quickly walk around, this is one of the l

yes, they can sort of explain the somerton and of explain away the somerton and frome defeat the lib demsy. they had resources piled in there and you know, we always expect incumbent governments to do badly in by elections and we expect lib elections and we expect the lib dems do pretty well. they put dems to do pretty well. they put such a lot of effort into them, but selby, that is big, big but selby, that is the big, big problem for the conservatives. it was a true seat. it's it was a true blue seat. it's a natural blue seat . it's made up natural blue seat. it's made up of pretty wealthy village is and towns lots of small c conservatives in those areas and labour managed to overturn an a 20,000 conservative majority with a swing of 24 points. now to put that in perspective, labour would only need a swing of 12 points in a general election to achieve a full on majority. not just not just being the biggest party, but an actual majority . so that said, actual majority. so that said, as you say , patrick, it wasn't as you say, patrick, it wasn't all sort of smiles and rainbows for labour

so i joined the lib dems and i've been happy ever since. yeah.the your think i still do the belief your campaign, has not campaign, your politics has not changed, but politics has . yes, changed, but politics has. yes, that's right. i think people who've me i would call who've brought me i would call centre left or whatever, you know, reasonably middle of the road, but with a bit of a i like to think a social conscience , a to think a social conscience, a bit of redistribute ocean, you know , a fund that, you know, know, a fund that, you know, over the years we, you know there was no future in that party. >> so us business secretary for i think it was five years from 2010 to 2015. what's your greatest achievement in that role ? role? >> well, i think i did quite a lot of things that have survived. i mean, i launched this industrial strategy , which this industrial strategy, which helped to provide a solid underpinning for the car industry , the aerospace industry, the aerospace industry. i mean, this stuff that's happened this week with this batt

so i joined the lib dems and i've been happy ever since. so do you ever since. yeah.ef your think i still do the belief your campaign, your politics has not changed, politics has . yes, changed, but politics has. yes, that's i think people that's right. i think people who've me i call who've brought me i would call centre left or whatever, you know, reasonably middle of the road, but with a bit of a i like to think a social conscience, a bit of redistribute ocean, you know , a fund that, you know, know, a fund that, you know, over the years we, you know there was no future in that party. >> so us business secretary for i think it was five years from 2010 to 2015. what's your greatest achievement in that role ? role? >> well, i think i did quite a lot of things that have survived. i mean, i launched this industrial strategy , which this industrial strategy, which helped to provide a solid underpinning for the car industry , the aerospace industry, the aerospace industry. i mean, this stuff that's happened this week with this battery factory and tata , i this battery fa

there are many conservatives out there that are voting lib dems. we us. e many conservatives out there that are voting lib derr and �*e have come from third to first and other by—elections. we throw the kitchen sink and we win. proportional representation isn't high on the list of people because the cost of 's priorities, is it? the top of the list. living is at the top of the list. but the other thing that comes up living is at the top of the list. but doorither thing that comes up living is at the top of the list. but door is er thing that comes up living is at the top of the list. but door is how ing that comes up living is at the top of the list. but door is how the that comes up living is at the top of the list. but door is how the conservatives the door is how the conservatives have behaved over the last couple of years, the years, scandal after scandal. the cost of living has been led to conservative chaos. that is not i'm for the liberal democrats. i'm joined now the candidate for for the liberal democrats. i'm joined now what ndidate for for the l

that's not a ringing endorsement of lib dem policies either.ter on show. on in the show. >> got a liberal democrat >> we've got a liberal democrat coming it's a rare coming on. stephen, it's a rare day gb views. day at gb views. >> you've warmed the right colour for it. >> don't want to appear >> i don't want to appear partisan but i decided partisan at all, but i decided to with our notes to match with our notes and indeed flowers. we'll indeed these flowers. so we'll have and we'll discuss have her on and we'll discuss that with her. does that mean she's do a pact with she's going to do a pact with labour? we're to have labour? also we're going to have jacob rees—mogg on sirjacob nick fellow presenter nick gibb news fellow presenter because neighbouring because he's in the neighbouring constituency and constituency to somerton and frome . he's on a, frome in somerset. he's on a, i think his majority is about 16,000. that's borderline according to the experts in terms of whether he'll retain that seat. how worried is he about the lib dems also

who share lib dems values-— dems values. a . o, dems values. i was selected a year aao, i dems values. i was selected a year ago. i have — dems values. i was selected a year ago. i have been — dems values. i was selected a year ago, i have been talking _ dems values. i was selected a year ago, i have been talking to - dems values. i was selected a year ago, i have been talking to local i ago, i have been talking to local residents— ago, i have been talking to local residents and businesses trying to find out _ residents and businesses trying to find out what ails them and it is things— find out what ails them and it is things like _ find out what ails them and it is things like the hospital, shocking waiting _ things like the hospital, shocking waiting lists, limbo around uxbridge police _ waiting lists, limbo around uxbridge police station and the fact that for local businesses they are faced with an enormous amount of bureaucracy an enormous amount of bureaucracy i'iow an enormous amount of bureaucracy now that _ an enormo

so does the combination of a hefty swing to labour in the north and one to the lib dems in the south electoral vice? i put that to senior conservative mp and former secretary of state andrea leadsom earlier. it's always incredibly difficult midterm and obviously there's a cost of living crisis. it's not surprising that a lot of conservative voters stayed home. the circumstances of these by—elections are also not great, so we absolutely have to make sure that we spend every single day of the next year or so until the next general election getting people to come back to the conservatives. does it not show, though, that the government's economic record, or its record for competence on the economy, has been broken and it's going to be very hard to alter a 19—20% type of swing against you in the time left before the next general election. not at all, no. this is a global cost of living crisis. you know, this is not something that the government is responsible for. what we've seen is whacked up energy prices as a result of putin's invasion of ukraine. we've seen soaring food inflation righ

big lib dem by—election victories have almost become commonplace these days.servatives believe they still have a narrow path to victory at the next election, but these latest results could be the political equivalent of the hazard warning sign bearing the legend "road narrows". iain watson, bbc news. so a good night for the labour leader keir starmer — but not completely. here he is talking to the bbc�*s chris mason. you have one big here but failed to win in london. that must give you the jitters. we that must give you the 'itters. we have a that must give you the jitters. - have a big win here. this is history in the making. never has a party overthrown a majority. we've done that. that is history in the making. 0bviously, that. that is history in the making. obviously, in relation to uxbridge, we knew it would be tough and didn't take it 97 when we had a landslide labour victory and that's the reason we didn't win there yesterday. we know that and have that on the doors. we have to reflect that including the mayor but there is no taking away from the histor

so the lib dems be in a lot of dems will be putting in a lot of effort here. course, the lib effort herebase, by—election campaigning base, so by—election suit they're suit them quite well. they're able a big of able to send a big bunch of their activists up to each of able to send a big bunch of theidifferents up to each of able to send a big bunch of theidifferent constituencies the different constituencies rather trying to fight all rather than trying to fight all different fronts, all over the country. so yeah, i in country. so yeah, i think in quite few these seats it's quite a few of these seats it's going be a three way race and going to be a three way race and that makes it even more difficult for rishi sunak. >> olivia, very >> okay, olivia, thank you very much see you a little much indeed. see you a little bit later on. still to come bit later on. and still to come away the of real away from the sort of real world, like, to i and world, if you like, to i and could some sort of robot replace your gp? this is breakfast. the temperature's rising, but next solar proud sponsors of w

matt walker lib dems. arnold workman . green dems. arnold workman. green party.limate party. tyler callum wilson kerr independent . right. wilson kerr independent. right. and of course we've got full coverage of by—election results coming up on friday. >> let's speak now to our political reporter olivia utley and olivia, i guess we were getting an indication from pmqs that there really getting ready for the election fight and an indication , at least from keir indication, at least from keir starmer. that's the nhs is the touchstone on the doorstep . touchstone on the doorstep. >> well, yeah, absolutely . and >> well, yeah, absolutely. and we've been hearing over the last few weeks that that is what people are talking about. one might think that that would be good news for the labour party given that one of rishi sunak top five priorities, those five priorities he keeps talking about to cut nhs waiting about is to cut nhs waiting lists. but at the moment waiting lists. but at the moment waiting lists in the nhs a record lists in the nhs are at a record high. now a

which the labour party has always done every time it has been successful, it has worked with the lib dems ~ , . ,., do again if we are to change the count . ~ , . , country. well it is labour party oli country. well it is labour party policy that _ country. well it is labour party policy that labour _ country. well it is labour party policy that labour will - country. well it is labour party policy that labour will stand i country. well it is labour party policy that labour will stand at j policy that labour will stand at every seat but when did you realise you had made a mistake? it is every seat but when did you realise you had made a mistake?— every seat but when did you realise you had made a mistake? it is not a mistake to — you had made a mistake? it is not a mistake to say _ you had made a mistake? it is not a mistake to say i _ you had made a mistake? it is not a mistake to say i believe _ you had made a mistake? it is not a mistake to say i believe in - mistake to say i believe in progressives who agree with so much together working together. in 19a5 the labour party and liberal

the tories narrowly held their london seat of uxbridge and south ruislip, while the lib dems overturnedonservative majority of 19,000 in somerton and frome in somerset in south west england. and 25—year—old keir mather is now parliament's youngest mp. he has been nicknamed the �*baby of the house�* after winning his seat in north yorkshire for the labour party by over 4,000 votes. it was a previously a tory safe seat and mather said he understood the enormity of what has just happened. england goalkeeper mary earps says it is hurtful fans can't buy a replica of her nike goalkeeper shirt. earps says she wasn't told her kit wouldn't be available to the public and only found out when the outfield kit went on sale. it has been reported that producing women's goalkeeper kits for the public is not part of nike's plans. some other stories now. earlier this week, the bbc reported on dozens of abuse allegations at mcdonald's. the uk mcdonald's boss said the claims are personally and professionally shocking. however, current and former workers have said it is too little, too late. and get your po

there are many conservatives out there that are voting lib dems.. we throw the kitchen sink and we win. other by—elections. we throw the out kitchen sink a and a win. other by—elections. we throw the out kitchen sink a and this 1. other by—elections. we throw the out kitchen sink a and this constituency onto the town and this constituency in north yorkshire has a population of around 100,000 people. it is not farfrom rishi sunak�*s and constituency and the prime minister has been here to help with the campaign effort that is because campaign effort and that is because even though it is campaign effort and that is because even though heartland, the party is conservative heartland, the party is worried that it losing its worried that it may risk losing its majority here. we have been the to some of the other candidates. the liberal democrats came in the third in the general with around in the general election with around 4800 boots and �* is their 4800 boots and matt walker is their candidate for the by—election. he wasn't able to speak us. he did wa

lib dems won the on.by—election with a 29% swing against conservatives, arguably proving that they are once again an electoral force in the uk. so could they help labour gain power at the next general election? well to answer that question, let's now speak to political commentator and former liberal democrat press secretary joe phillips. joe ed davey was setting off his glitter cannon. no doubt you were quite happy as well by the result . how well by the result. how concerned should the conservatives be by this this pincer movement of the red wall working classes going back to the labour party and the more affluent blue wall flipping into the lib dems as well? >> i think they should be quite concerned because although the liberal democrats traditionally do really well in by elections and they've they've won four in this parliamentary term, you can throw everything at a by—election. >> you can't do that on seats even if you've only got , you even if you've only got, you know, ten, 20 target seats. you simp