she and mrjuncker clearly don't see eye to eye. workers‘ solidarity for labour, but there was no fraternity from opposition parties for a prime minister under pressure. to start negotiations by threatening to walk away with no deal and set up a sort of low tax economy on the shores of europe is not a very sensible way of approaching people with whom half of our trade is done at the present time. the revelations overnight show theresa may being guilty of astonishing arrogance and complacency, that she feels that, somehow, the lack of any kind of deal, no free trade deal, no cooperation on police and security, that that somehow acceptable to families up and down this country. this matters because brexit will shape our people here in lancashire and elsewhere will vote. if she gets an increased majority, which i presume she will, it strengthens her argument, doesn't it? obviously, it's going to be a difficult time during brexit and if she wants to push through and put through what we need is a country, as a government, she needs the ba

she and mrjuncker clearly don't see eye to eye.r, but there was no fraternity from opposition parties, for a prime minister under pressure. to start negotiations by threatening to walk away, with no deal and set up this sort of no—tax economy on the shores of europe, is not a very sensible way of approaching people with whom half of our trade is done at the present time. the revelations overnight showed theresa may being guilty of astonishing arrogance and complacently, that she feels that somehow the lack of any kind of deal, no free trade deal, no co—operation on peace and security, that that's somehow acceptable to families up and down this country. this matters, because brexit will shape how people in lancashire and elsewhere will vote. if she does it, which i presume she will, it strengthens her argument, doesn't it? obviously it's going to be a difficult time during brexit, and if she wants to push through and put through what we need, as a country and as a government, she needs the backing and to know that she can have the s

there has been this dinner and mrjuncker conveyed his expression when he left.eally didn't manage to get his message across to theresa may. that is why in the first place right after that meeting he called the german chancellor angela merkel and told her how disastrous this is and that theresa may is living in a different galaxy where she is harbouring many illusions which is why our chancellor afterwards went to the bundestag where she was due to the bundestag where she was due to deliver a speech and said some in britain are harbouring illusions, and that was referring to theresa may. the negotiations don't start in the uk at until after the general election and this very public lobbying we are seeing from the 27 and jean—claude juncker appears to come across as undermining theresa may. well, it is certainly not went to undermine her. obviously, or as i was told, eu officials have been telling the british government for weeks that they are in favour of early elections because they think that otherwise these elections that would do at the latest in 2020 would h

she and mrjuncker do do not see eye to eye. was no fraternity from opposition parties for a prime minister and pressure. to start the negotiations by threatening to walk away and setting up a low tax economy on the shores of europe is not accessible way of approaching people with whom half of our trade is done at the present time. theresa may is guilty of astonishing arrogance and complacency. no free trade deal, no cooperation with police, that is not acceptable. brexit will shape how people here in lancashire and elsewhere will vote. if she gets a majority, which i presume she will, it strengthens her argument, doesn't it? obviously, it will be a difficult time during brexit. if she wants to push through and put through what we need as a country and as a government, she needs the backing and to know that she has the support of the country with her being elected. she's called it because knows she's going to win. so i think she's covering it up with the brexit banner. which is? labour. brexit will be a difficult dance between t

it follows reports that mrjuncker had accused her of being deluded about the brexit process., campaigning in the south—west of england today, told our political editor laura kuenssberg that she always knew the brexit talks would be challenging. who wouldn't like a day by the cornish coast? who could be coming to town? i believe it's that nice theresa may. is that correct or not correct? strong and stable theresa. i'm not very keen, in fact, i'm very unkeen. i hope she comes sooner rather than later. i've got a bus to catch. the number ten suits, police by the fishing boats, gave the game away. thank you, nice to see you, morning, morning. a serene scene compared to brutal briefings from brussels. thank you, nice to see you. during the conservative party leadership campaign, i was described by one of my colleagues as a "bloody difficult woman". and i said at the time, the next person to find that out would be jean—claude juncker. and did he, over the weekend? well, these are going to be tough negotiations as we go ahead. i'm asking the british people to give me a mandate. did

it follows reports that mrjuncker had accused her of being deluded about the entire process.n speaking to the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuenssberg. i think what we have seen recently is at times these negotiations are going to be tasked. during the conservative party leader campaign i was described by one of my collea g u es was described by one of my colleagues as a bloody difficult woman andi colleagues as a bloody difficult woman and i said at the time that the next person to find that out would be jean—claude juncker. these will be tough negotiations as we go ahead. iam will be tough negotiations as we go ahead. i am asking the dish people to give me a mandate to go into these negotiations. every vote for my team is a vote to strengthen our hand in ensuring we get the best possible dealfor hand in ensuring we get the best possible deal for the united kingdom. did jean-claude juncker tell you that brexit could not be a success 7 tell you that brexit could not be a success? i don't recall the account that has been given. i think a lot of it is baseless gossip. either he

mrjuncker, it's reported, had accused her of being ‘deluded' about the process.g to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. i think what we've seen recently is that these negotiations are going to be tough. during the conservative party leadership campaign, i was described by one of my colleagues as a "bloody difficult woman". and i said at the time, the next person to find that out would be jean—claude juncker. and did he over the weekend? these are going to be tough negotiations as we go ahead. i'm asking the british people to give me a mandate. every vote for me and my team is a vote to strengthen my hand in ensuring we get the best possible dealfor the united ensuring we get the best possible deal for the united kingdom. did jean—claude juncker say to you, brexit cannot be a success? i don't... look, i don't recall the account that has been given of the meeting that took place. i think a lot of this is brussels gossip. it was a dinner in london and you were there. but what it does show... either he said it to you or he did not. the account, i think that the a

it follows reports that mrjuncker had accused her of being "deluded" about the brexit process.aigning in the south—west of england today, told our political editor laura kuenssberg that she always knew the brexit negotiations would be challenging. who wouldn't like a day by the cornish coast? who could be coming to town? i believe it's that nice theresa may. is that correct or not correct? strong and stable theresa. i'm not very keen, in fact, i'm very unkeen. i hope she comes sooner rather than later. i've got a bus to catch. the number 10 suits, police by the fishing boats, gave the game away. thank you, nice to see you, morning, morning. a serene scene compared to brutal briefings from brussels. thank you, nice to see you. during the conservative party leadership campaign, i was described by one of my colleagues as a "bloody difficult woman". and i said at the time, the next person to find that out would be jean—claude juncker. and did he over the weekend? well, these are going to be tough negotiations as we go ahead. i'm asking the british people to give me a mandate. did j

apparently, mrjuncker left the dinner ten times more sceptical than he was beforehand, and he found that to stamp out talk of a fracas with brussels. is the account of the meeting true, has brexit already gone off the rails before the talks have even started? from what i've seen of this account, i think it is brussels gossip. just look at what the european commission themselves said immediately after the dinner took place, which was that the talks had been constructive. may day means worker solidarity for labour, but there was no fraternity from opposition parties for a prime minister under pressure. to start negotiations by threatening to walk away with no deal and set up a sort of low tax economy on the shores of europe is not a sensible way of approaching people with whom half of our trade is done at the present time. the revelations overnight show theresa may being guilty of astonishing arrogance and complacency, that she feels that somehow, the lack of any kind of deal, no free trade deal, no cooperation on police and security, that that is somehow acceptable to families in this cou

editor, laura kuenssberg, that she did not recall the account of the meeting that took place with mrjunckerthis is brussels gossip". let's bring you some of that interview now ——laura began by asking mrs may about the increasing tensions with brussels. what we have seen recently is that at times these negotiations are going to be tough, during the conservative party leadership campaign, iwas conservative party leadership campaign, i was described by one of my colleagues as a bloody difficult woman. i said at the time, the next person to find that out will be jean—claude juncker. person to find that out will be jean-claude juncker. easily find out the weekend? these will be tough negotiations as we go ahead, i'm asking the british people to give me asking the british people to give me a mandate to go into those negotiations, every vote for me and my team, to strengthen our hand to make sure we get the best possible dealfor the united make sure we get the best possible deal for the united kingdom. make sure we get the best possible dealfor the united kingdom. -- did he find that out over the

during a conference in italy on the state of the european union, mrjuncker chose to speak in french,at britain's financial centre — the city of london — "will stall" when the country leaves the european union. lloyd bla nfein lloyd blanfein told the bbc that the future of the sector, which employs more than a million people and pays about 12% of all government tax revenue would depend on the terms of britain's exit from the eu. that's a summary of the news — now back to local election 2017 with huw edwards. welcome back to our live coverage of the local election results in england and wales and scotland. let's stay with scotland, because we have our first scottish local authority result in. one of the smallest local authorities in scotland. this is clackmannanshire. this is a hung council. the snp short by two seats of overall control. the conservatives on five, that will be seen as a gain for them. that means tla we can look at the scoreboard for scotland: er we've had ray result from orkney as well. we're adding those in. the independents on 20. very early days, let me underline th