it is a really localised picture for the liberal democrats in london. the liberal democrats in london and say they are on their way back. on their way back. democrats really not doing very well elsewhere in london. elsewhere in london. councillors, a majority of 2a in hammersmith. hammersmith. they have 5758 councillors in redbridge. councillors in redbridge. reinforcing their dominance in the capital. —— they have 57 or 58. think that westminster in wandsworth are really in play. are really in play. number of councillors, but it was enough. enough. donovan in barnet with the latest picture. picture. talking about kingston, why don't we go to kingston. don't we go to kingston. when can we expect some kind of outcome? outcome? counting is moving somewhat faster than that. than that. surprising if the liberal democrats didn't do well here to some degree. didn't do well here to some degree. 12 years worth of liberal democrats in charge. in charge. democrat spokespeople compared to those on the ground. those on the ground. told it is about bins rather than brexit. brexit. last night and w

when you make that progress at the liberal democrats have done, thatis at the liberal democrats haverom bbc london news. labour has missed out on all its key london targets in the local elections, failing to take barnet, wandsworth or kensington and chelsea from the conservatives. however the party did increase the number of its councillors across the capital. and there was good news for the liberal democrats, who won richmond council. here‘s our political correspondent karl mercer. a night that started with smiles and the hope of something special, but one that before long turned into one of anxious looks and worried glances. it wasn‘t the triumphant night labour had hoped for in the tory stronghold of wandsworth. they had hoped for an historic win but it wasn‘t to be. labour did win seats from the conservatives, just not enough. 0ur message was relentlessly local. it is about bins, your streets, the potholes. it was a similar story in westminster. the conservatives held on here despite losing seats to labour. it was always a mountain to climb. the swings required were enormous. we'

it that is a seat that the liberal democrats can win.y for the liberal democrats, because where we have in the past, very strong liberal democrat council and seat, people come back to us and understand we are the people, the party of local government, we deliver the front line services that people are appreciating, and people appreciate liberal democrat councillors because we work all year round and we get out there and let us wait and see what the results is, if it is tight, i tell you what we are going to do it next time. we are positive.“ they don't what would they say about vince cable? many people would privately say they worry he hasn't although he is a well—known figure he hasn't made much of an impact since he returned to westminster and became the leader, if you are not taking the kind of council where you are strong, what do you think that will say about his leadership? first it looks very tight, so whatever... should it be? we will make process, i think this is the message that we put out there, as liberal democrats all togeth

the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, but support for ukip across the country collapsed. president trump tells members of america's powerful gun lobby that he will not bow to calls for stricter controls. a state of emergency is enforced in part of hawaii following an eruption of one of the world ‘s most active volcanoes. and newsnight, at packed studio of politicians and pundits to make sense of where the election results ta ke sense of where the election results take us now. good evening. the local elections in england have largely seen voters stick with the status quo with neither of the two main parties able to celebrate significant gains. labour has fallen short of the expectations of many in the party and failed to make the inroads supporters had hoped for. the conservatives lost councillors but outperformed predictions. the conservatives took control of barnet, which many attribute directly to the labour row over anti—semitism. they also won basildon, peterborough and redditch. but they lost control of six councils. two went to labour —

liberal democrats we re labour are having?n in the way they clearly did not only in london, but last year the general election —— in the general election. in terms of brexit and the government's perspective between now and early next year when the uk is due to leave the european union, what is thus result on the mopping up of the ukip vote say to the government about the course they are on? i think it will give the conservatives some confidence that they're not responsible for brexit ina way they're not responsible for brexit in a way that is wrecking their chances for winning or seats they got a local elections with the potential for the next general election. it might even make it easierfor the opposing election. it might even make it easier for the opposing sides within the conservative civil war to fight rather more aggressively. they might feel, that is the risk ofjeremy corbyn right now, we can get on with it, with their own internal struggle. it's hard to know how this will play out. it is undoubtedly the case that brex

but there were renewed signs of life for the liberal democrats who took control of richmond and kingstonhis is a process of recovery but i'm, don't that those people who wrote us off are now being proved to be wrong and we have demonstrated we can win and we can win in different parts of the country. so, was this the standstill election? these elections have proved a stalemate in many ways, there has not been a big shift in seats which you often get in local elections and that is in some ways better than the conservatives who have been in government for eight years, better for the liberal democrats who have been having a bad time in recent years, but the labour party will feel slightly disappointed by these results given they have got to show they are capable of winning in local elections in order to be convincing at the next general election. perceptions around leaders have been changed a bit by these elections but the fundamental assumptions underpinning our politics remains largely unchanged. and nick's back from the midlands and joins me now, who should be happiest? theresa may has b

liberal democrats one kingston upon thames. vince cable saying his party will work on the date back. —— on the way back. the tally looks like this. labour have gained 59, the conservatives lost 21. lib dem gained 68. the greens gained five and it was a major loss for ukip. it has been described as a wipe—out. last night's results would mean that in a general cup —— election, the conservatives and labour would be neck and neck on 35%. the others on 1496. neck and neck on 35%. the others on 14%. with her analysis of the night is our political editor. her report contains flashing images. there have been a lot of tory nerves. but they held them for the most part. in a famous tory council wandsworth, they cla p famous tory council wandsworth, they clap on. the only debt —— they held but only just. they great- siege enthusiasm. these people here. have enthusiasm. these people here. i have been out all night. celebrating. this is what labour is about. we haven't seen people... there is much more to come and it will get better. is legi

the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, but support for ukip across the country collapsed. we'll get all the reaction and ask what the key issues were that swung the vote. also on the programme: women in england who missed routine breast cancer screenings due to a computer error

the liberal democrats made gains but it was a night to forget for ukip. 0ur political correspondent jonathanlake has the story of the night. cheering

picking up on the liberal democrats, september show one of the surprises of the day? in kingston and in richmond in london. the liberal democrats managed to overturn sizeable conservative majorities to take overall control of the councils themselves. that is a pretty remarkable result for a party which many people had written off. gained 75 seats across the country but in terms of council ‘s game, they were the big winners. interesting for them where that takes them. —— councils gained. not every seat was up, not always changing control, councils. difficult to focus on individual places and see what is happening broadly. how does it affect the two biggest parties, the once contending for government in the next election? to some extent, the next election? to some extent, the takeaway is not very much happened. both the two main parties gain some seats and some cancels here and there, lost hereunder. labour didn't make the big gains they were hoping tonight. counsels like wandsworth, but they took tower hamlets, the last two declared, labour majority from no overall con

broadcaster and former conservative campaigner, and miranda green was press secretary for the liberal democratswarm welcome to you all, lovely of you to spend your bank holiday with us. owen, you campaigned hard in these — are you happy? jeremy corbyn had somewhere else to go today, to a celebration let'sjust remember where we were a year ago, the electoral extermination was talked about after local elections when labour got 27% and four weeks later got 40% to deprive the tories of a majority. according to the bbc‘s own projections labour would be ahead of seats in parliament, that shows last year wasn't a fluke. in london, labour has got its best result since 1971 and the tory had their worst results. you are not exterminated but you should be in an incredibly strong position against theresa may's government right now? that is what i am saying. london, this was a tory city until recently with a conservative mayor. 1992 london was more likely to vote tory than the rest of the country bust up in trafford, momentum campaigned exceptionally hard. labour should be knocking over the conservatives wi

the liberal democrats aren't able to get attraction to offer that alternative.e of a coalition, being in a coalition with the conservatives? probably, that's right. i think both parties have a problem. ultimately, the problem becomes the nation's problem. analisa, you might see cracks, what is your reading of the state of britain today and what it does to the brexit talks? it has been said the most important questions in life are who you are and what you want to be. if you look at britain, the britain that came out of the local election, it is a country in a profound identity crisis. it is a country that doesn't know what it is now, nor what it wants to be. the windrush scandal, the way that it treated its own immigrants, that have been here for generations, the anti—semitism, the kind of crisis in political participation. this is a country that is very confused. it is not the only one, you know, italy is even more confused. there are other countries that are confused. in all of this, what is emerging is that actually the european union is a force for stability.

we are hearing from people on the ground, both liberal democrats and conservative sources that the liberalyears, it was a strong remain area. the council where heidi alan is the local mp, so we could well see a big upset happening in south cambridge. very interesting, thank you. a quick thought before we end this segment of the coverage, that would be a turn up? it certainly would. we were just listening to layla saying they are coming back, the lib dems. we spoke earlier it is from a low base but she's right, coming back in areas you would expect them to. tom watson is right, they are not making a big breakthrough but you wouldn't expect that from such a low base. that would make them very happy. before i came in i met a smiling ed davey who was confident about kingston, let's if it is realised. quickly on dan jarvis, kingston, let's if it is realised. quickly on danjarvis, not won it on first preference. we will talk about that later on. thank you very much. james, tom and layla, thank you very much for coming in and the questions. jo coburn and i will be back with another guest at two o

the liberal democrats had a good night taking control of richmond—upon—thames.he national picture after over three—quarters of the results have been declared. in terms of council control, there has not been much change with both of the biggest parties in england holding on to most councils they were defending. ) in terms of the number of councillors, labour and the lib dems have both made gains. the conservatives achieved some gains in councillors. ukip have lost nearly all of the council seats they held, winning just three so far. our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. cheering celebrations here... cheering there, and everywhere. but disappointment, too, for both of the main parties in england. both claiming they've done ok, but no decisive shift to either labour or the tories. cheering it was plymouthjeremy corbyn had to travel to, to celebrate his party's big win of the night, with labour taking the south coast council from the tories. but in the morning mist, he admitted results hadn't all been good. obviously, i'm disappointed with any places

the liberal democrats celebrate victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, as support for ukip collapseswe'll be looking at what swung the vote and where this leaves the parties. also tonight.... how failings are shortening the life expectancy of some people with learning disabilities by up to 30 years. caught in spain — one of britain's most wanted fugitives and a former suspect in the murder of stephen lawrence. and stephen gerrard on the moment he was asked to become the new manager of rangers. there were a lot of things to think about, but, from that phone call, i got a special feeling and i knew rangers was for me. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, a big night for both teams at the amex with manchester united hoping to all but nail down second place in the premier league while brighton could ensure survival. good evening. the local elections in england have largely seen voters stick with the status quo with neither of the two main parties able to celebrate significant gains. labour has fallen short of the expectations of many in the party and failed to make the inroads support

elsewhere ukip lost almost all of the seats they were defending, whilst the liberal democrats gainedlysis suggests labour and the conservatives are now neck—and—neck in the national vote share. our political correspondent, tom barton, is at the progress annual conference in central london. i suppose progress is a place that would normally beast progress is a place that would normally beast is critical ofjeremy corbyn's leadership of the direction he's taken the patchy. what are they making their performance? you are saying best in london for over a0 yea rs saying best in london for over a0 years but worth saying that, when those results happen back in the early 70s, that gave labour about a296 early 70s, that gave labour about a2% of the vote on projected national share and stuart has only got 35. yes. i think it is fair to say the mood here is subdued. this is a group of people who are inside the labour party called progress. they we re labour party called progress. they were described themselves as on the moderate wing of the labour party. jeremy corbyn ‘s supporters were described

what we're still waiting for is some retirements from the liberal democrats.ut first, nearly a year after the grenfell tower fire, the public inquiry into the tragedy has begun. relatives of the 72 people who died are being given the chance to commemorate their loved ones during the inquiry. their tributes were moving and powerful. among the first to speak was marcio gomes, whose son logan was stillborn in hospital after his family escaped the fire. and the sister of denis murphy, anne marie, described him as the "linchpin to our family". meanwhile, in the commons, mps marked the start of the public inquiry. the housing secretary said everyone needed to reflect extremely carefully on the testimony given by the victims' relatives. we are remembering those who lost their lives in the tragedy at grenfell tower today as the public inquiry opens. i know this will be an incredibly difficult time for all those affected. the whole house willjoin me, i'm sure, in sending them our thoughts and prayers, and i am determined to ensure that no community suffers again as the

and the kind of brexit the uk's heading for was raised by the liberal democrat leader at prime minister's minister and the leader of the labour 0pposition both agree that we should leave the single market, leave the european union customs union, and that the public should not have a final on the brexit deal. so would she dispense with our tradition of party political point scoring? and in that spirit which i'm setting, would she publicly thank the leadership of the labour party for their help and support in making brexit happen? can i say to the right honourable gentleman, first of all, i'm not so sure about the position of the labour party because they are talking about a second referendum. but secondly, can ijust say to him, there is nobody who knows more about party political point scoring in this house than the liberal democrats. how are the european union negotiations going? they're going with purpose and in good intent and goodwill on both sides, and we have negotiators over in brussels this week doing further work on those negotiations, and we're determined to deliver a good brexit

where are the liberal democrats on the private sector?view is patient focused. the car about the outcomes. it should be free at the point of use. we think there is possibly a place, but it needs to work for patience, and in places like oxygen for example, we have lost services to the private sector, the services have been worse. what is the point? i think it is happening because of cost pressures, rather than driving quality up, and we do need to strike a new balance in my view? you would like to phase out the perpetrator? we believe that the nhs should be in public hands, and that politicians should be publicly accountable for any failing that exist within it. there are some comments that labour's shadow health secretary has said that there is a rather the private sector, but that is where the public capacity cannot manage, and that is where that would come in. the reality is under the conservatives, £9 million worth of nhs contracts out of the private sector, and invariably, they are filling those patients. we have got a situation my ar

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the time and i do this for 41964 there was more conservative democrats and more liberal republicans andhey were talk to each other and they could compromise on things but since 64 goldwater's denomination they picked equally conservative bill muller and governs nomination and 72 with shriver is at the two parties had been moving steadily further and further apart so there is less room to negotiate and less room to compromise. there's occasionally when you get a democrat like bill clinton elected can negotiate with someone more right or center but traditionally the democratic party since 64 has nominated more liberal nominees with republicans have more nominated conservative nominees. it represents an honest choice to the american voter. >> host: next call is tony in winter, california. tony is not answering or responding. we are not hearing him. we will move to georgia. were going to try robert in stone mountain outside of atlanta. robert you are on the tv. please go ahead. and does anybody else -- i'm not hearing anything. i apologize something is happening there with the phones and i'

marsha's very liberal democrat opponent, phil medicine, never heard of this guy, who is he?of chuck schumer. he is a tool. of chuck schumer and of course, the ms 13 lover nancy pelosi. jillian: what our people think? >> republicans gave it to become independents that the, democrats in f. trump is a master at defining his opponents, low-energy jazz, little marco, crooked hillary. this one didn't necessarily work as well as he has to do more work to define the opposition as he goes into the campaign season as he is rallying into the midterms. jillian: after we play the sound you can tell us but i think most people would like to hear him say we are going to be a better country. >> we are not going to be a stupid country anymore. we are not going to be. you can say what you want but i think border security and security general is a great issue for the republican party, not a bad issue. >> what do you think of the word stupid? >> not so much. republicans gave this in a-democrats in f. they will be critical in the midterms and seems the pres. is losing support. everyone across the

the liberal democrats saw some successs, taking control of four councils, but it was a near wipeout for ukip. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, has been talking to voters. we know how people voted, those that bothered, the question now is why? good morning, this is bbc five live, it's your call, we are in wandsworth, where labour didn't get over the line. but we want to hear from you, wherever you are. i didn't vote, i don't have any faith in uk politics, and i don't think there's any real leaders to vote for, so there's no point in voting at the moment. not everyone turned down all the choices on offer. which way did you go? conservative. why? i've lived here for the last 30 years and enjoyed one of the lowest council taxes in the country throughout that period. you voted with your wallet? completely, and why would i want to vote any other way? here's pete in trafford, how did you vote, pete? i voted labour for the first time purely based on local issues. i've always been a tory voter, but living here, it put me off. these were local elections, people weren't choosing a govern

the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, but support for ukip

i think the liberal democrats will be very interesting because nobody except number have any sort ofp‘up5 they did with the a big moment. had pop—ups of revivals. and you get with a big losers. a lot of the ukip boat going to the conservative. particularly elite areas but definitely a labour was to be very interesting story of the night because the applications were very high. that was a tactical mistake. —— expectations were high. they wa nted —— expectations were high. they wanted to these elections very bullish and as a former labour adviser, i think what you try and do is manage expectations for these midterms elections or any elections, only what you do is underpromise and over deliver. they allow a narrative to get set the conservatives which said that success meant winning these and very entrance conservative councils and limited which were a lwa ys councils and limited which were always going to be hard to win. to be fair, that make you had sadiq khan going out saying they were the ci’owi‘i khan going out saying they were the crown jewels. i think labour is that the expectati

i'm alsojoined by the liberal democrat peer, baroness brinton who is the founder and co—chair of thegroup on bullying. it is nice to see you both, thank you for coming in. you heard that downing street has asked for a full investigation today intojohn bercow. what form do you think that should take? i do not think the form matters, if dame laura cox is happy to deal with it, that is fine. if not, a further separate investigation enquiry needs to happen. the most important thing is that now there have been two whistle—blowers in as many months, there's clearly an issue that needs investigating. it is as important for the speaker as it is the victims to be able to set out exactly what happened, and someone independent to come to a conclusion. that independence is vital. this says that downing street is taking it pretty seriously? i guess the reason angus sinclair came forward was because he left eight years ago, and he saw, from chris's earlier report, that nothing had changed. there's the sense of an institution that has locked himself away and not bothered to deal with it? and here i

meanwhile, in the mail on sunday, the liberal democrat sir nick clegg, labour's david miliband, and thet member nicky morgan say parliament should reject a hard brexit deal. suicide bombers have attacked three churches in indonesia's second city, surabaya, killing at least nine people and injuring a0 more. the blasts occured within ten minutes of each other. let's get the latest from our indonesia correspondent rebecca henschke, who is injakarta. rebecka, good morning. tell us what happened. the first lasts happened at 7:30am this morning, just at the end of the first sunday mass at the catholic church, santa maria, in surabaya, when worshippers were leaving and others were coming in for the next service. we have seen some footage showing a motorbike entering into the entrance of the church and appearing to explode, and within ten minutes two other churches were attacked. local police saying they now believe a female suicide bomber carried out one of those attacks, and believed to have children with her. rebecca, thank you very much. the army in the democratic republic of congo says it

so no headway from labour. —— from liberal democrats. got all of the results yet. quite a mixed picture. overall, i don't think that people in trafford always understand quite how marginal it is, some of the things we have an trafford which are so things we have an trafford which are so good, notably the fact we have the best state education of the whole country, which is written by the other parties, is something perhaps should've played more in the local elections. would you say should've played more, you mean the party should've made more of it, your party? well, perhaps we should've made more of it but i think maybe he should've been more of the forefront of people's minds because i don't think people would have voted for parties like the greens which would get rid of our grammar schools and trafford, had they known the there were so committed to getting rid of them. but we can talk about those things, the really important things for me and for conservatives and trafford is that we dust ourselves off and get up and win the next time

i never thought that i would live to see a time when the so-called liberal democrats would be in the position of defending the us intelligence community the cia on the left it was reviled sure countless crimes and around the world of the f.b.i. and the cia have been historically sources repression and oppression of people of color of people trying to educate for positive change on the left of the enemies of the left they always have been historically and they still are so what we have going on now with the trump investigation is robert mueller and this n.b.c. constantly going on and on about the f.b.i. is a secret institution fighting for truth justice and the american way but we have going on now is a classic example of the enemy of my enemy is my friend i saw the headlines for this hour we'll be back in thirty five minutes with the latest say that. flight for many flips over the years so i know the guy even so i got it. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch pull the funnel school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money just kill the narrow

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in sunderland, it could be the liberal democrats would ta ke could be the liberal democrats would takee last two decades. they have not had a councillor since 1996 when john major was prime minister. but they had believed boundary changes may allow them to get a foothold in an area they are desperate to get back into. they are also concentrating across the pennines. last year, the conservatives came close to unseating lib leader tim farron. the green party have more than 150 candidates. you will hear the carry on call, let's break up the carry on call, let's break up the labour monopoly. when we come to thursday, for councils, even if labour lost all its seats, only a third of the council is up, actually, labour would still retain control of the council. they are hugely dominant in the north—east and when we make up on friday, expect they're still to be swathes of huge red in this part of the world. and you can read more on the local elections on the bbc website at bbc dot co dot uk forward slash politics. some news just some newsjust coming into us some news just coming into us about

the greens, scottish labour and the liberal democrats say they'll back the snp. 0ur scotland correspondentow. another brexit headache for theresa may? yes, and a constitutional headache as well if as expected the scottish parliament this afternoon but to refuse consent to the uk's —— votes to refuse consent to the main piece of the uk's brexit legislation. it is all about devolved powers and what happens in 23 0dyssey areas, in things like agriculture and fishing, to do with the position after brexit. nicola surgeon says this is a power grab by the westminster government on those powers that should return from brussels after brexit. theresa may rejects this saying that in order for regulations to stay the same throughout the united kingdom, they have two first return to london. what we have this afternoon is this vote in the scottish parliament which will be backed by labour, the greens and the liberal democrats but it is likely that the scottish conservatives will vote against, what it will then result in is that it will be the first time that holyrood has ever refused consent to westmins

trafford. the liberal democrats will be happy with her performance. with her performance. are talkingeed. you broke it down. barnett do seven hoppers an age of jewish voters. jewish voters. feel barnett gave labour a bloody nose? nose? barnet goes against the byrne it is because of anti—semitism. because of anti—semitism. the reality is more obligated than that. reality is more obligated than that. rising support for the conservatives against labour. against labour. affects the overall result is a very difficult to tell. difficult to tell. 0k, a geographical breakdown. geographical breakdown. take us through that. through that. voters, working—class, young, the classification. classification. working—class, they were younger they also were believers. they also were believers. among the leaders that conservatives did especially well. did especially well. them and support their position on brexit. brexit. difficult one thatjeremy corbyn has to face. 0k, thank you very much. uk/election2018 ... and pop your postcode, in the box there. of smoke high into the air. reporting seeing "curtain

two thousand and fifty two i never it up that i would live to see a time when the so-called liberal democrats would be in the position of defending the us intelligence community the cia on the left it was reviled sure countless crimes and around the world of the f.b.i. and the cia have been historically sources repression and oppression of people of color of people trying to educate for positive change on the left deadly enemies of the left they always have been historically and they still are so what we have going on now with the trump investigation and robert mueller and this n.b.c. constantly going on and on about the f.b.i. is a sacred institution fighting for truth justice and the american way well we have going on now is a classic example of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. well those are your thoughts day morning headlines we'll be back at the top of the hour with all the latest on is that if you can't. win gold make us manufacture can be sentenced to death public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial mess. to go around the sun be the one percent tol

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and we as liberal democrats used to not trust law enforcement.the conservative republicans that don't trust law enforcement and liberal democrats are all saying we trust law enforcement completely, the statutes are in place, the rules are in place. these rules are only as good as the people who enforce them and only as good as the motives of the people who are behind them. and i have to tell you, i do not trust the government. i do not trust judges. i do not trust prosecutors when they are zealousous seeking to go after a particular target, in this case donald trump. nobody would have been going after michael cohen if he weren't donald trump's lawyer. that's the reality. people don't investigate campaign contribution lapses or campaign rule violations generally about people who aren't in the public life. and i just worry that when you have somebody with a target on his or her back, whether it is hillary clinton to could have been elected and the same thing would have been happening to her, or donald trump, that civil libertarians ought to express

- well, they're, they're paid, by liberal democrats to go there. - somebody paid for 1/2 million peoplego to d.c. today? - absolutely. that's all over the internet. it's not a secret. - what about the parkland students themselves? - they're actors. they're paid actors, to say that. - it's hard to debate a subject when the opposite side... - just got shot at. - is--is shouting, and-- - i mean, shot at, not shouting. just got shot at. - well, they would have. those--those kids are shouting. - a lot of these guys are just crisis actors. they really are, though. they are, i mean-- - so you don't think they're actual students at parkland? - do you? - nikolas cruz, how did he know how to target specifically the school where the crisis actors were attending? - okay, so... [clears throat] [laughter and applause] well-- i'm sorry, but, you just-- you just opened up something that could be a conspiracy. i didn't--i never thought about that before. - that's what we need: more conspiracies. but the conspiracy that i was on to, was that even though this was a pro-gun rally, something seemed missing.

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the liberal democrats saw some successs, taking control of four councils, but it was a near wipeout for ukip. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, has been talking to voters. we know how people voted, those that bothered, the question now is why? good morning, this is bbc five live, it's your call, we are in wandsworth this morning, where labour didn't get over the line. but we want to hear from you, wherever you are. i didn't vote, i don't have any faith in uk politics, and i don't think there's any real leaders to vote for, so there's no point in voting at the moment. not everyone turned down all the choices on offer. which way did you go? conservative. and why was that? i've lived here for the last 30 years and enjoyed one of the lowest council taxes in the country throughout that period. you voted with your wallet? completely, and why would i want to vote any other way? here's pete in trafford. how did you vote, pete? i voted labour for the first time purely based on local issues. i've always been a tory voter, but living here, itjust put me off. quickly, the picture? these we

[chanting] i share my concerns that scottish labor and liberal democrats have become the midwife. and of itself a brexit. i share his disappointment. as i said earlier in response to the right honorable gentlemen. we had worked long and hard with the government and with the welsh government on the proposal and the welsh assembly has excepted those proposal. i think it's a shame that in the british parliament it was not possible to see the agreement being reached because what we all want to do is deliver a brexit that is good for the whole of the united kingdom. following the completion of the reviews and the work that is due for completion at the end of this year with all of the united kingdom. reducing the number of constituencies and members how had they given any further consideration to the size of the executive in this place. and can i urge enough to supply. it was not to have any ministers at all. and refuse to appoint them. i want to say to the right honorable generant. obviously gentlemen. obviously we will look at the consequences i wish to see the witnesses in northern i