thatcher, do you think she is margaret thatcher mark ton thatcher, do you think she is margaret thatcher mark two. i hate to be sceptical, but there was a bit of donald trump, the best defence is fence. how do you take the coronation of theresa may off the headlines? you say here is our enemy across the waters. how'd you get all of the ukip voters on board? you create the enemy out of the eu. is that too sceptical? no, well, what do you think? i'm more sceptical. she is fighting two battles. she is fighting the election. and also fighting the election. and also fighting brexit. two are obviously incredibly mashed, but she's going for the election first because that is what she's got to win in the short term. she's doing it by making a pitch for the ukip voters, who now are not sure where to go and she doesn't want to lose them. she doesn't want to lose them. she doesn't feel she has to worry about jeremy corbyn so she is attacking and browsing up that fierce british spirits, we won't take it, we will fight them on the beaches. there is a bit of that. and there is nothing like insulting p

remembering our history a bit, everybody knew about margaret thatcher, do you think she is margaret thatchergaret thatcher mark two. i hate to be sceptical, but there was a bit of donald trump, the best defence is fence. how do you take the coronation of theresa may off the headlines? you say here is our enemy across the waters. how'd you get all of the ukip voters on board? you create the enemy out of the eu. is that too sceptical? no, well, what do you think? i'm more sceptical. she is fighting two battles. she is fighting the election. and also fighting the election. and also fighting brexit. two are obviously incredibly mashed, but she's going for the election first because that is what she's got to win in the short term. she's doing it by making a pitch for the ukip voters, who now are not sure where to go and she doesn't want to lose them. she doesn't want to lose them. she doesn't feel she has to

labour's deputy leader tom watson warns his party faces a "margaret thatcher style" landslide defeat, if it doesn't improve ahead of the election. also in the next hour: from horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision. but will the uk be able to blame a brexit backlash this year? if it doesn't win. we'll look ahead to tonight's event. the latest masterchef champion, junior doctor saliha mahmood—ahmed, says she wants to improve hospital food. in sport, chelsea are triumphant and win the premier league title — in antonio conte‘s, first season in charge. and click investigates how a university lab is working on fillings that heal your teeth. could this mean you could be making fewer trips to the dentists in the future? that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government's emergency committee, cobra, will meet this afternoon to discuss the global cyber attack which has disabled nhs computers in england and scotland. about a hundred countries have reported problems, and the european police agency, europol, has described the scale of the at

labour's deputy leader tom watson warns his party faces a "margaret thatcher style" landslide defeat, if it doesn't improve its ahead of the election. pope francis will canonise two portuguese children today at a mass in fatima, on the spot where they reported seeing the virgin mary a hundred years ago. also in the next hour. from horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision. but will the uk be able to blame a brexit backlash this year? we'll look ahead to tonight's event. in sport, chelsea are triumphant and win the premier league title — in antonio conte‘s, first season in charge. and a group of people living in mumbai tell bbc life stories about their hope and dreams. that's in india's millennials. in halfan in half an hour on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. routine appointments and operations at some hospitals remain cancelled this morning after nhs organisations across england and scotland were disrupted by a global cyber attack. some doctors have been unable to access patient records, while a number of hospitals are asking patients not to attend unless it's

schroeder more of a or a margaret thatcher?es not have a party in parliament to be frank so i do not see how he can be margaret thatcher. >> he does not strike me as very margaret thatcher. fillon was much more thatcher-esque. , particularlyn because he has to go coalition building and party building to get more of a local base and a party machine. he is pretty centrist. be consensuso building where he can and very european. it may be french politics is more like german politics for a while, generally. wants the campaign -- he the tax rate down to 25%. 120,000 jobs.t he wants to make it easier to hire workers. ,t is not exactly a raging radical agenda. he wants to spend 50 billion euros. is france fully priced? we were looking at the performance of the equity markets. the best performance on record between round one and two. funnel all of this into thursday's central-bank beating. do we get -- central-bank meeting. >> one more thing to factor in which is foreign money, more european money coming back. the ecb's policy, two year

labour's deputy leader tom watson warns his party faces a "margaret thatcher style" landslide defeat,f it doesn't improve its ratings in the polls. in sport, chelsea the champions. they can finally celebrate after a late winner at west brom secured the premier league title in antonio conte‘s first season in charge. and you just can't stop a brownlee. johnny refuses to give up in the world series triathlon — after a nasty crash, he picks up his bike and runs with it. from horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision. but will the uk feel the brexit backlash? we'll look ahead to tonight's event. and helen has the weather. good morning, despite low pressure gci’oss good morning, despite low pressure across the uk, there is a lot of dry weather. i will have more in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. routine appointments and operations at some hospitals remain cancelled this morning after nhs organisations across england and scotland were disrupted by a global cyber attack. some doctors have been unable to access patient records, while a number of hospitals are ask

labour's deputy leader tom watson warns his party faces a "margaret thatcher style" landslide defeat,f it doesn't improve its ratings in the polls. in sport, chelsea the champions. they can finally celebrate after a late winner at west brom secured the premier league title in antonio conte's first season in charge. and you just can't stop a brownlee. jonny refuses to give up in the world series triathlon — after a nasty crash, he picks up his bike and runs with it. from horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision. but will the uk feel the brexit backlash? we'll look ahead to tonight's event. masterchef champion 2017... the winner of this year's masterchef competition was crowned last night, we'll be meeting them later. and helen has the weather. good morning, despite low pressure across the uk, there is a lot of dry weather. i will have more in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the home secretary has said it is not yet known who was behind the global cyber attacks that hit nhs computer systems. 45 health service organisations in england and scotla nd organis

now, ministers are drawing parallels with margaret thatcher's landslide victories in 1983 and 1987.few days after success in the local elections. theresa may had no such luxury. she had to go earlier because ministers felt there was a short window before the brexit negotiations are properly under way. theresa may's two core messages at the launch of her campaign for the tory leadership, here in birmingham lastjuly, are paying dividends. her pledge that, yes, brexit would mean brexit has won over ukip voters. and her insistence that the referendum result was a cry from people who feel left behind by globalisation has won over blue collar voters from ukip and labour. in the home of the pay rant saint of mayism the tories achieved their best win of these elections. street, andy, the conservative party candidate is duly elected as mayor for the west midlands. his success in the west midlands mayoral contest shows that the conservatives are on the march in labour heartlands. the giants of the labour movement would be stunned as bastians fell. glasgow and the land of michael foot. they wo

margaret thatcher i think is absolutely right. but you could make a good case for going further up.is question yesterday i would have put her somewhere around here. oh, really? today i would put her somewhere around here, and the reason is if you are going to be a globalist, you don't penalised companies for bringing in skilled workers from overseas and that is what she has done today in this manifesto, a bizarre thing to do in my view. if you're going to be an outward looking country after brexit you want to recruit the strongest, the best... you are more of an economic liberal on things like immigration than she is? absolutely. thanks, iain. and you wrote a book on the history of tory manifesto is from 1900. i edited a collection of them. i would not say i wrote them. this general election is about her against corbyn, not about policy, in her view, and it is also not about brexit. it is strange there are only two pages in this manifesto about brexit. a little similar to margaret thatcher's manifesto in '79 in the sense it is very vague and general but if you are tory canvasser goi

labour's deputy leader tom watson warns his party faces a "margaret thatcher style" landslide defeat,n the next hour. from horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision. but will the uk be able to blame a brexit backlash this year? we'll look ahead to tonight's event.

are you personally rejecting the many comparisons between you and margaret thatcher? >> there is no mayism. i know you journalists like to write about it. [applause] >> the british parliament is in recess. prime minister questions won't be seen at the usual times this week. seecan go to c-span.org to other british public affairs programs. house armed services chair speaks monday about military funding and innovation. on the second day of his trip to saudi arabia, president trump addressed islamic leaders are he talked about efforts to combat global terrorism. the remarks are about 35 minutes. presid

are you personally rejecting the many comparisons between you and margaret thatcher? >> there is no mayism. i know you journalists like to write about it. [applause] >> on thursday's washington journal, we talked to the head of vote lee, the official pro-brexit campaign in britain's referendum on eu membership. he discussed the referendum result and how brexit will affect the uk's relationship with the u.s. this is 25 minutes.

because she reminds me of margaret thatcher. she does? yeah. why?may risks upsetting a lot of the older people you can normally count on to vote. she‘s clearly convinced by opinion polls which suggest they‘re most likely to back her. the aces in her election hand. she is bidding to win bigger than any tory leader since margaret thatcher. and that means scooping up a lot of the voters you would normally never expect the tories to tuck away. mrs may‘s sites are one blue—collar britain. how is her aim at halifax snooker club? i actually voted to come out of europe. basically an immigration alone, that was our basically on immigration alone, that was our biggest issue. and most of my friends who are labour all voted the same. it could hurt the economy maybe if you start cutting down numbers of migrants in the wrong way. well there are a lot of unemployed people around without the migrants. if she does lower immigration numbers, i'm very happy. i'm undecided as well this time, yeah. but you voted last time how? i voted labour last time. not everyone‘s ha

margaret thatcher was a conservative. i am a conservative. this is a conservative manifesto. [applause] >> here, here! [applause] pm may: i think i saw ben. reporter: thank you. prime minister you were elected , in 2010 and 2015 on a promise to reduce net migration for tens of thousands. that pledge is in the manifesto again today. betweene secretary -- 2010-2016, you didn't meet that pledge. why should people believe that today? pm may: you are right, i have been working on this for six years. the figures went up, down again, and now, they started to come up again. there is no single thing you can do in relation to the net migration that is going to make the difference. what you need to do is to be working at this issue constantly, and of course, what we will have when we leave the e.u. is the ability to put rules in for that part of the migration system that we have not had the opportunity to control before, i.e. people coming from the european union into the u.k. i explained earlier why i think it is important net migration should be at sustainable levels, because uncontro

as well as the ra i lwa ys margaret thatcher as well as the railways and royal mail. would also be more free childcare for two—year—olds and someone your alts, university tuition fees in england would be scrapped. on taxation, it proposes a 45p tax rate on earnings of over £80,000. and a 50p rate for those earning more than £123,000. there will also be a levy on companies which pay staff over £330,000. mr corbyn called the manifesto a "radical and responsible" plan for government. he says that it proves labour will be radical and responsible in government. from bradford, where the manifesto was launched, here's our political correspondent iain watson. jeremy, the country's be'ind ye! they say it's often better to travel hopefully then arrive. labour is still behind in the polls so its leading politicians are crossing their fingers that the official launch of a detailed manifesto will turn things around. the labour leader says his manifesto is radical and responsible. the emphasis was on the former, not the latter. labour will take our railways back into public ownersh

said if theresa may still commands the lead in the polls she had at the start she will have a margaret thatcherps battle to get back to westminster we are seeing a tale of two campaigns. the official one emphasising what labour would do in government and the unofficial one where some candidates tell me they are going beyond what gordon brown and tom watson are saying. they are telling voters they simply are campaigning to become a strong opposition. in some local leaflets there is no mention ofjeremy corbyn. the emphasis is on reining in theresa may. jeremy corbyn wanted to focus on the election issues. we are doing our best and it is going great. he said he was working flat out for victory and he did not recognise talk of defeat. is it that senior labour figures are now admitting defeat? not at all. i'm out round the whole country putting out a message. we are a party for the many, not the few. we will invest in the nhs, the education system, we will protect our pensions and pensioners and we will ensure there is an expanding economy that works for all. jeremy corbyn doesn't think he needs to

also ahead, labour's deputy leader tom watson warns his party faces a "margaret thatcher style" landslideefeat if it doesn't improve its ratings in the polls. chelsea can finally celebrate — michy batshuayi's late winner ensures they're the premier league champions in antonio conte's first season in charge. meanwhile, i've been playing masters rugby league, and finding out that age really is no barrier to getting fit, when it all comes down to the colour of the shorts you wear. from horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision — but will the uk feel the brexit backlash? we'll look ahead to tonight's event. and helen has the weather. good morning. despite low pressure gci’oss good morning. despite low pressure across the uk today there is actually quite a lot of dry weather in the offing. i will have more on that in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. routine appointments and operations at some hospitals remain cancelled this morning after nhs organisations across england and scotland were disrupted by a global cyber attack. britain's response to the attack is led b

that have been comparisons made between theresa may and margaret thatcher, but this is suggesting that far away from a little bit‘s economic principles... i know you won't agree! i don't, actually, i don't even understand what that is! ithink i don't even understand what that is! i think this isjust i don't even understand what that is! i think this is just the sunday telegraph being a thatcherite paper, to be honest. but it is interesting, there is a battle for the soul of what it is to be a tory, is it to be a free marketeer or is it to be a person who intervenes like with the energy cap come in the free market? and capping executive pay as well. so, i would and capping executive pay as well. so, iwould have and capping executive pay as well. so, i would have liked to have read more about this story. there has been a battle since 2010, when david cameron decided the tory party was going to be a bit of this, a bit of that, a little bit of that. i think what the sunday telegraph is doing is to remind the conservative party that there are core principles and ideas. you can't take labour

biggest break was when i got a telephone call from silk suppliers who wanted beauty wherefore margaret thatchergn everything it in—house. everything is made in britain. i always use the best suppliers of fabrics. we used silk from china, india, france, and good old yorkshire. the world's finest cashmere. british suppliers are using brexit to put up prices. no one else around the world even mentions it. i think because i have beenin mentions it. i think because i have been in business for 27 years, i cannot see that brexit is going to affect the way i trade with anyone. with brexit, i do think it is going to bea with brexit, i do think it is going to be a good thing. i can only see it opens up a much wider world. it would be wonderful if we can generate better trading agreements with asia and other parts of the world. we... ifind, personally, it is easy to deal with traders from other parts of the world. i think britain needs to get its act together. i think the worst trouble for us as we are together. i think the worst trouble for us 3s we are not together. i think the worst trouble for us as w

not like this, if you talk of over 200, it is more than margaret thatcher would have got, more than tony are nudging i—party state 1997 landslide so you are nudging 1— party state and 1997 landslide so you are nudging i—party state and i think the voters ought to think twice about allowing something like that to happen. what about labour in 1945, massive majority. 0k, long time ago. tony blair had some big majorities. but if the polls are right, she will outstrip tony blair is 1997 majority. i do not think a huge majority. i do not think a huge majority is a terribly good idea. it is something voters ought to be wary of and also some of the promises she has made have proved not to be worth trusting so you have to also think about whether or not you want a prime minister who can do anything she wants. a quick look at the sunday times, one story which is interesting is attack dogs would be used to protect parliament under plans being drawn up after the terror attack on westminster a few weeks ago, attack dogs to guard parliament. yeah, dogs at the gate. they have been trying to come up wit

people who like margaret thatcher will be attracted to this idea.s very little, if you watch interviews, she can't offer half an hour and say very little, so one statement like that that is slightly swearing, suddenly it is the most interesting thing is she has said all week. does it mean that everyone is to become a sailor over the next six—week, turn the air blue then keep the front pages at the? she has got horace for that. -- she has got borisjohnson for got horace for that. -- she has got boris johnson for that. got horace for that. -- she has got boris johnson for that. all the eu sources are coming out, and there was a report in the german newspaper, and now every news outlet, the bbc as well, going to their own sources and saying, how difficult will you make it for britain? jean—claude juncker and others, it is almost as if he is trying to undermine her election pitch. mrs may's official spokesman told lobby journalist pitch. mrs may's official spokesman told lobbyjournalist this morning when asked, theresa may will be in charge of the talks

paraphrasing the famous margaret thatcher thing, and the lady had been the turning on social ca re ladythe turning on social care and national insurance, and so i understand, if she had turned up she would have been accused of making another u—turn, but people would have remembered that she had turned up. she put herself into a corner and jeremy corbyn called her bluff, which was the right thing to do, buti bluff, which was the right thing to do, but i felt like he could have capitalised on it more. even though there were no gaffes, it was a bit like pmqs, when he could have taken theresa may apart, and it was all there for him, but he didn't quite get the ball over the line. that is because he is, as rachel said. laughter amber rudd's father died over the weekend and she was put in to do the possiblejob and weekend and she was put in to do the possible job and she knew she was going to get hammered for theresa may not being there. she held her owi'i may not being there. she held her own and did not go down to the level of squabbling. i do not want to say she was strong and stable, but

difficult to hold the tories to account in the commons if they have a majority of the order margaret thatcher odd sheets, 100 seats in 1983. it is fascinating to see this. the conservatives themselves almost can't believe it. you see the power of this brand, whether you are sceptical about theresa may or not. that picture you have added there, they would conservatives is in tiny letters on the door on the side of the bus and the rest of it is hoped on theresa may, her personality, her signature and the tories are astonished by how well she has connected. there is a question of whether that will endure after the election. for the moment, she allows them to push into all expected territory. jeremy corbyn are talking about not being a pacifist and would use military action as a last resort and it would be bomb first talk litter pickers in his view that hasn't worked. that message will appeal to people, would it? hasn't worked. that message will appealto people, would it? that is their hope. part of the context of that speech is the labour mps, labour candidates, on the doorstep are worried that

you are right about some of the press on this and there was acquired last night from margaret thatcheroblem with socialism is that eventually socialists run out of other peoples money. i think that's problem with this. labour lost office because they look like they spent too much money and they couldn't control public finances. spent too much money and they couldn't control public financesli would say one thing on that. there was quite a howl of discontent about how much people feel on inequality at the moment. even though the dominant narrative is against corbyn, you can never say never. the polls have got it wrong in lots of elections. not this wrong. we will come back to that. we will look in passing at the front page of the guardian. if the eye is the positive and the daily mail is no negative, the guardian is looking for middle ground. that is a pretty straight headline. i am more worried that star wars is headline. i am more worried that starwars is 40. headline. i am more worried that star wars is 40. i headline. i am more worried that starwars is 40. i remember going headline.

mp was tony benn, his party was led by michael foot, a left—wing leader and the tories under margaret thatchera decisive landslide victory that year. as it was the seat slipped in to preserve the control for two parliaments. that is the trick that theresa may would like to see repeated. this is a very deliberate act, they've come to bristol, only three labour seats here, one more in exeter otherwise the south west is a sea of blue. and theresa may indicated clearly she would like to take at least some of those labour seats from then onjune the 8th. thank you very much. the prime minister has been speaking in the last few minutes. applause. thank you very much. thank you very much. for that wonderful thank you very much. thank you very much. forthat wonderfulwelcome. great to be with you here in bristol this evening. this great city and communities across the uk face a crucial choice. who will lead the uk through brexit and beyond. will it be me and my team, showing the strong and stable leadership our country needs, or will it bejeremy corbyn at the head of a coalition of chaos as we've just h

re even in the worst opinion polls that were above is a work published over the weekend than margaret thatchergeneral election landslide, more than tony blair was in his worst poll before the 1997 landslide. the reality is, most general elections over the last 30 01’ general elections over the last 30 or a0 years, general elections over the last 30 or40 years, in general elections over the last 30 or a0 years, in fact, every general election, you have had the result in the end that you did in the middle. we get very excited about these things, but most rotors have made up their minds already. they decided that they prefer mrs may to mr corbyn. this hasn't been a great day for her but it won't change anything. left-leaning press, paul, playing this. your front page anything. left-leaning press, paul, playing this. yourfront page in anything. left-leaning press, paul, playing this. your front page in the guardian is doing so, the daily mirror as well. how can we ever trust mrs u—turn? not the most flattering picture of the prime minister. pm flip—flops again. the fa ct minister. pm flip—flops ag

labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has warned of a "margaret thatcher—style landslide" for the conservativess party improves its poll ratings before the general election next month. pope francis has declared two portuguese children as saints, on the spot where they reported seeing the virgin mary a hundred years ago. tens of thousands of pilgrims have gathered for the ceremony in the town of fatima. it's 20 years since we last won the eurovision song contest, so what are our chances this time round? the uk hopeful luciejones will be hoping to lead her country to victory. in a few minutes it's meet the author but first it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. she won't take part in a televised leaders debate. and if she won't, then he won't. could the bbc do more to make a head—to—head happen? and are the green party being given a fair share of airtime on the bbc‘s special election programmes? there has been a bit of a phoney war feel to the election campaign so far. before the parties began publishing their manifestos. many questions had been fobbed off

are you personally rejecting the many comparisons between you and margaret thatcher? >> there is no mayism. i know you journalists like to write about it. [applause] >> on thursday's washington journal, we talked to the head of vote lee, the official pro-brexit campaign in britain's referendum on eu membership. he discussed the referendum result and how brexit will affect the uk's relationship with the u.s. this is 25 minutes. >> matthew elliot the former ceo of vote leave. can you remind viewers about the role of vote leave especially when it comes to the larger topic of brexit and your role? >> in the referendum last year, the official campaign, there was an official lead and remain campaign and vote leave was the official government supported campaign. >> host: so, what convinced you that leaving the european union was a good step for the unit kingdom? >> when david cameron opened up the talk on referendum, i was about getting a better deal with there eu and putting it to a vote. the trouble is he didn't get much in his renegotiations so now power was brought back

election is more about leadership, about the character of rivals, since any i can remember since margaret thatcherthe lives of millions matter, too, and law and order is one of those. just now, labour is fighting to regain trust on policies and personalities and the tories need that advantage. police funding has been protected since the last election but before that, it was cut back severely. we have reduced the number of policemen on the street from 2010, but because the police have been spending that money wisely and because we have worked with them on reform, there's been a reduction in crime of nearly a third since 2010. we believe you can protect funding and also reduce crime. labour is telling voters no, otherfigures suggest some crimes got worse. leaders like children at election time. jeremy corbyn seems to mean it, but he needs britain to like him enough to make him prime minister. that's a much bigger ask. john pienaar, bbc news, southampton. the former deputy prime minister and liberal democrat leader, nick clegg, has said that ordinary people will pay the price of a hard brexit and war

but you had a picture of margaret thatcher in your bedroom.e of that time in my life. if you can imagine what britain, scotland will be like if theresa may gets the kind of landslides about margaret thatcher got back in the 80s. what will that mean for you, your children, your hospital, your school was? your hospital, your schools? it's not what i want for my country and children. i'm determined to lead and children. i'm determined to lead a country where we are and children. i'm determined to lead a country where we are seen as and children. i'm determined to lead a country where we are seen as being decent to one another and i fear a tory landslide will be the opposite of that. lotsa people don't take the liberal democrats seriously. how would you convince them to vote for a party in the past two hasn't a lwa ys a party in the past two hasn't always told the truth? we are telling you like it is straightforward now. you don't need to agree with me on everything to agree that britain needs a strong opposition. following last thursday's electio

i won't lie, i liked theresa may at first, in terms of the iron fist of margaret thatcher although she to gear towards strong people, and i did like theresa at first, but there are too many things that make me think, "you called this election, why did you do that?" what about promises that the tories have made to help you out? everything she says puts me off further and further. they are going through the best for britain with the negotiations for brexit, but we don't know. she's been singing the immigration song for many years. nothing personally? capping the price of energy? we've heard that before. we've been hearing that for years. petrol is going to be capped... it never does. i like the idea, obviously. it sounds good, but is it going to happen? that's one of the more obvious points you can rule out. anyone with half a brain cell would know that we're talking about private companies. since when did anything work telling private companies what to do? it's never worked. the rail system, it hasn't worked. the government have tried and tried and tried to intervene, but they are priva

in the last hour he predicted a margaret thatcher style landslide would lead to a badly divided nationster trying to bring the country together might try to find some kind of consensus. she might take us out of the eu but you try to find a balance by keeping us in the single market and rasmus, keeping us close to our single neighbours, so she has taken that extreme virgin of brexit and has sold that as the will of the people, i'd argue it is not the will of the majority and it is right for us to continue to put the alternative view and give people hope the risk an alternative outcome, but also to repeat, she called the selection for a purpose and that is to be held to account for something that has not happened yet is not possible, so she wa nts a happened yet is not possible, so she wants a mandate to do a whole bunch of things that she will then not be held to account for. this is anti—democratic and a strong opposition that disagrees with on the biggest issue of the day is to democracy, and let's make a bit of a hypothesis here, as i've become a political nerd for a second, and forg

he said if she still commands the lead in the balls she had at the start she will have on margaret thatcher mps battle to get back to westminster we are seeing a tale of two campaigns. the official one emphasising what they would do in government and the unofficial one where some candidates tell me they are going beyond what gordon brown and tom watson are saying. they are telling voters they simply are campaigning to become a strong opposition. in some local leaflets there is no mention ofjeremy corbyn. the emphasis is on reining in may. jeremy corbyn wanted to focus on the election issues. he said he was working flat out for victory and he did not recognise talk of defeat. not at all. i'm out round the whole country putting out a message. we are a party to the many, not the few. we will invest in the nhs, the education system, we will protect our pensions and pensioners and we will ensure there is an expanding economy that works for all. jeremy corbyn doesn't think he needs to shore up his support but he needs to shore up his support but he and his deputy reader both agree the party faces

knows that she was a remainer and that is why comparisons with the conviction politician like margaret thatcherrgon. the fact is so obvious and it has been forgotten in britain. the rest of europe looks with dismay at theresa may because she is certain as to —— turncoat. she campaigned to remain and now presents herself as a somatic —— fanatic hard brexiteer. she is telling the british voters, though for me so you will give me a strong hand and this will be good for britain. the rest of europe thinks it would be a catastrophe for europe because she has been incredibly belligerent and irritated everybody. it is the country of what she is presenting to the electorate.” think she seems to be proud not to bea think she seems to be proud not to be a radical conservative. no deal is better than a bad deal. it is mainly made up of worthy intentions and a wish list rather than definitive policy. as far as her vision for britain is concerned, she is quite sensible to say there is no such thing as may — ism. is quite sensible to say there is no such thing as may - ism. she is not like tony blair at all a

knows that she was a remainer and that is why comparisons with a conviction politician like margaret thatcherand there is no tina, to use jargon. it's interesting seeing how this fact is so obvious in the rest of europe seems to have been forgotten in britain. the rest of europe looks with dismay at may because she is seen as a turncoat. she campaigned to remain and now presents herself as almost a fanatic hard brexiteer. and that could be a problem then, after the election? absolutely, and one of the most extraordinary things seen from the rest of europe, is she is telling the british voters, vote for me so you will give me a strong hand and this will be good for britain. actually, the rest of europe thinks it would be a catastrophe for europe because she has been incredibly belligerent and has irritated everybody. it is the contrary of what she is presenting to the electorate. i would slightly disagree with the fact that she presents herself as a hard—core brexiteer. i think she seems to be proud not to be a radical conservative. no deal is better than a bad deal. that's pretty extreme. wha

opposed presidency we had a parade of people come through across the globe from gorbachev to margaret thatcher as good friends of theirs came into have a relationship that continued. and all those he had been friendly with during the white house years with president-elect bill clinton and to share that nuys fraternity so there were other world leaders maybe they had that connection with the more memorable for pro and a little boy with botulism was eight and had memorized every fact and read every book about ronald reagan when he came into the oval office he was so taken putting the president was equally taken by him said he was quizzing ronald reagan about his life story in every once the well he got that wrong. [laughter] it was a sweet interaction with the former communist bloc countries in the remember walking into the office and then walking into ronald reagan's office was sobbing and kissing his feet to free her and her family from oppression and then to have the policies that connected to people to witness that at the highest level and i have written all about that in my book. [laughter]

election is more about leadership, about the character of rivals than any i can remember since margaret thatcherthe lives of millions matter too, and law and order is one of those. labour was fighting to regain trust on policies and personalities, and the tories need that advantage. police funding has been protected since the last election, but before that it was cut back severely. we have reduced the number of policemen on the street since 2010, but because they have been spending the money wisely and we have worked on reform, there has been a reduction of crime of nearly a third since 2010. we believe you can protect funding and also reduce crime. leaders like children at election time. jeremy corbyn seems to mean it, but he needs britain to like him enough to make him prime minister — that is a much bigger ask. john pienaar, bbc news, southampton. the former deputy prime minister and former liberal democrat leader, nick clegg, has said that "ordinary people" will pay the price of a "hard brexit" and warned people not to follow the conservatives to rule unopposed. in a campaign speech, mr cleg

mr corbyn's comments come after tom watson told the guardian that there could be a "margaret thatcher—stylef labour maintained its current lead in opinion polls. mr watson said it would be "very very difficult" for labour to turn the poll numbers around, and the party had a "mountain to climb". there are a couple of different interpretations of these comments, one is that it is a statement of the obvious, labour being very much behind in the opinion polls. some polls put labour behind up to 20 points. but there is another interpretation that this is an unhelpful addition to the diagnosis of labour's travails at this point in the election campaign, tom watson warning that if labour does not narrow the poll difference, then the conservatives could be on course for a majority of more than100 mps, meaning that theresa may, if she was prime minister, would be able to do what she likes. we have heard within the last half hourfrom jeremy corbyn who is out campaigning in great yarmouth, and he was asked whether he was worried about a conservative landslide. i am out round the whole country, and so