this professor seemed to think it made a big difference at the time for nick clegg.roval rating, better than winston churchill in a two and i never thought that would change the shape of campaigning. and in the income of the liberal democrats gotjust one more percentage point and they did in 2005 and they actually lost seats. so i think there is a lot of excitement and this is a new thing and it will change how things happen the end, not so much. this time, we have had all kinds of formats. some head—to—head, some big events, some so head—to—head, some big events, some so low, some with ice blocks and tonight, the final confrontation. how important for the politicians is this debate tonight? it can be finally important. there are people out there who have not yet made up their minds. to present go into the polling booth not knowing who they are going to vote for. —— 10%. they are going to vote for. —— 10%. they are the ones who will make an impression on. but many here told me tv debates just mean the same old slogans again and again. so the parties can clip them up

politics professor stephen fielding said at the time it seemed to make a big difference for nick cleggnd world war. and everyone thought that has changed the shape of campaigning. and yet, in the end, the liberal democrats got only one more percentage point than they did in 2005 and they actually lost seats. i think there was a lot of excitement, this is a new thing, it will change things happen, in the end, not so much. this time we've had all kinds of formats. some head to heads, some big events, some solo, some with ice blocks. and tonight, the final confrontation. how important for the politicians is the debate tonight? oh, could be vitally important. there 's still a lot of people out there that haven't yet made up their minds. 10% of people going to the polling booth not knowing who they are going to vote for. those are the people they're going to try and make an impression on. but many here told me tv debates just mean the same old slogans again and again, so the parties can clip them up for social media. i think it's tv nonsense. they say what they need to say, try and get the

abuse and hostility, so the decision to exclude the only female national party leader, jo swinson — nick cleggn and gordon brown in 2010 — and it looks like very poor judgement by bbc news, doesn't it? so all of these leaders' debates that you have been referring to should be taken as a set of programmes. this is the leaders debate. six days before the election. on the question time special, you had jo swinson and nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson in one programme. jo swinson has also been involved as well in special programmes to do with the election. when it comes to who appears in the prime ministerial debate, we compare, or we test our output, against the result in 2017. in that election, 80% — more than 80% of the votes — went to the conservative party or the labour party. and that fashions the way we look at how we build our programmes. i hear what you say, but viewers will say, "look, it doesn't matter how many other programmes you have of other leaders, the bbc is promoting this as the big one, it is six days ahead of the election." we are not saying it is the big one. it

its new director for policy and communications, sir nick clegg, gave me his first interview in post.d to see you. please come in. nice for you to be back in brussels, i imagine. yeah. why are there are thousands of images glorifying self—harm on instagram? well, there should not be, and it is as distressing to me as anyone, really, to have heard about the awful, tragic cases of teenagers taking their lives in the way that has come to light in recent days. slit wrists. smeared blood. you have got three children. would you let them anywhere near that? no, of course not. i have seen a lot of these images. that stuff would still be on instagram if the bbc had not found it. yes. and molly russell's father says it is images like that that led her to take her own life, or played a role, i should say. yeah, but what we have to do, of course, is, as i say, look at this from top to bottom without any prejudice, we will do whatever it takes to try and make this environment safer online, particularly for youngsters. matt hancock, the health secretary, said yesterday that we may need new legislat

nobody else did but want to watch is just winston's own seat she needs to remember what happened to nick clegg in sheffield how and when he was leader and he lost and in the event corner a newcomer to arpaio in chris williamson rebel former labor m.p. who stood against his own party as an independent and suffered the same fate as most other independents in this election however chris has some crude advice for his old colleagues on how to avoid eminent self-destruction i think is a say whether comes forward as a leader needs to go as i've already said accept a progressive people's breaks it might not argument repudiate this hold on since of the of the which and and infuse the members bring the party together before the new m.p.'s have managed to get their feet under their desk.

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but want to watch is just winston's own seat she needs to remember what happened to nick clegg in sheffield hallam when he was leader and he lost under the red corner a newcomer to our panel in chris williamson rebel former labor m.p. who stood against his own party as an independent and suffered the same fate as most other independents in this election however chris has some crude advice for his old colleagues on how to avoid eminent self-destruction i think is a say whether comes forward as a leader needs to go as a body said accept a progressive people's briggs's might not argument repudiate this old nonsense of the of the which and and infuse the members bring the party together before the new employees of managed to get their feet under their desks indeed before they even have desks they've been picked to work by their new taskmasters returning m.p.'s come back to a very different place the boarding is the same but inside it has changed and changed are totally instead of a truckload minority parliament we have a stepford essentially with a huge majority of 80 super loyalist m.p.'s or i

nobody else did but want to watch is just winston's own seat she needs to remember what happened to nick clegg in sheffield hallam when he was leader and he lost under the red corner a newcomer to our panel in chris williamson rebel former labor m.p. who stood against his own party as an independent and suffered the same fate as most other independents in this election however chris has some crude advice for his old colleagues on how to avoid eminent self-destruction i think is a say whether comes forward as a leader needs to go as i've already said accept a progressive people's briggs's make that all human repudiate this hold on since of the of the which and and infuse the members bring the party together before the new m.p.'s of managed to get their feet under their desks indeed before they even have desks they've been pretty to work by their new taskmasters returning m.p.'s come back to a very different place the boarding is the same but inside it has changed and changed utterly instead of a truculent minority parliament we have a step for to simply with a huge majority of 80 super loyalist

completely fall away and it's very dissimilar to what happened in 2010 when the more people saw nick clegg the more people like him still of the electoral system disadvantages the liberal democrats though their vote share is spread to more evenly across the country it's not concentrated enough for them to win that many seats but still you know their strategy for the last few parliaments has been to fight everything 8 or the seats that they think i can win as a byelection and clearly even that here aren't really cutting through i'm not must be to do with them. the message it must maybe to be to do with a leader who i think the most recent kind of leadership ratings almost as unpopular as dharma coping is so yeah i mean it's been a really really bad night for the liberal democrats and they're going to have to do some soul searching to interesting to look more closely at the conservative victory as a template one simple clear message not very much explanation about quite how it's going to get done not very much but very much deeping gauge went with other issues . mr johnson refusing interview

had those experiments with three people oi'i those experiments with three people on stage when nick cleggction we have seen head to head debates between the prime minister and the leader of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition. the changes it.|j listen to every morning and you do this all the time, interviewing these guys, but is this a little bit different, do get nervous? 0h, these guys, but is this a little bit different, do get nervous? oh, yes. i don't normally get scared, you get hyped up a little bit and want to make sure you're doing well. i am not going to be apologetic about the fa ct not going to be apologetic about the fact i have woken up in the middle of the night, because i do not want to get in the way of them saying what they want to say. i also don't wa nt what they want to say. i also don't want people at home to ask me why i am letting them get away with something. so finding the right balance of helping them debatable to helping you at home think, i have understood what i need to understand andl understood what i need to understand and i might get paid

with me again from savannah commers the polling group folly mckenzie joins us a former advisor to nick clegg the former liberal democrat leader former deputy prime minister of course now chief executive of the think tank demos and emma haywood a reporter is standing by in boris johnson's somewhat shaky looking constituency of uxbridge in south ross that we'll talk to emma in a 2nd but 1st chris to you. we're beginning to see the fall of labor seats former labor seats in labor heartlands i read it even said field tony blair's constituency seat is in danger and could well fall this is for the 1st time in many many decades decades it's a quite extraordinary scene is it labor voters sometimes lifelong labor voters switching their votes to the conservatives something that many of them would have considered it thinkable in the yet i mean i think what we're tending to see more at least from the early results seems to actually be labor voters voting for the party party instead and i think what you know not a fraud a strategy to not standing it's up to tell seats i think everyone for yes that's fair

polly mckenzie work with nick clegg former leader of the liberal democrats now the chief executive of the think tank demos and john mcternan is here a former labor party strategist worked with tony blair on successive elections thanks for joining us everybody i'll start with mo hussein if this exit poll is proven out and slowly as the count goes on we are seeing a number of labor heartland seats forming. it would be a massive vindication wouldn't it of the conservative party its strategy the promise to get president all the way to its choice of leader boris johnson after tourism i think the strategy in terms of focusing on one key message and touching on the issue that people clearly have been feeling a sense of frustration about given that we're still talking about this 3 and a half years later and haven't really moved on has certainly worked of course people will be thinking about other things as well whether it's cost of living education n.h.s. but actually i think the choreography to the conservative parties that are in terms of getting this thing done 1st and then dealing with ot

politics professor stephen fielding said at the time it seemed to make a big difference for nick clegglly lost disease. i think there was a lot of excitement, this is a new thing, it will change things happen, in the end, not so much. this time we have had all kinds of formats stop some haditha heads, some big events, some solo, some with ice blocks —— had two heads. and tonight, the final confrontation. how important for the politicians is the debate tonight? oh, politicians is the debate tonight? 0h, could be vitally important. there are still a lot of people out there that haven't yet made up their minds. 10% of people going to the polling with not knowing who they are going to vote for. those are the people they are going to try and make an impression on. but many had told me tv debates just mean the same old slogans again and again, so the parties can clip them up for social media. i think it is tv nonsense. they say what they need to say, try to get the message across, and that's it, really. do you think you get answers to the questions you have got? we know the answer is already

and nick clegg has apologised for that, that he couldn't see that promise through, and that happens ines are not seen through. the labour party promised they were going to scrap tuition fees in the last manifesto but now they are saying it is an ambition. politicians have to be absolutely clear about what they wa nt absolutely clear about what they want and if they are in a majority in government, they can see it through. in a coalition, it's more difficult. thank you very much, thank you, amelia. jim what is going to speak to the snp. good morning. my name isjim moore. i stay in glasgow. i am a traditional snp supporter but i am worried this time with brexit coming along that as it looks increasingly likely the snp will get returned with a vastly greater majority so i am just wondering is it a case of because the current record the snp have on things like the nhs and the economy and education isn't great at the moment, so how can you and education isn't great at the moment, so how can you reassure me in every other potential vote in scotland that we can trust the snp. and that after b

talk about the position in sheffield because one of the sheffield seat, sheffield hallam where nick cleggenjarrod o'mara took over. he had his problems as well so the liberal democrats were hoping they would have an opportunity to reclaim the seat that they feel is there is but it was a determined campaign and olivia blake has won this by over 800 votes and is absolutely delighted by that result. harry, many thanks. the latest in sheffield hallam, a labour hold and a bit of good news there. lord faulkner, charlie faulkner, a former cabinet minister and craig oliver and sian berry from the green party. you are such a prominent figure in the bladder years but are looking at a position where labour has done even worse than 1983 so let's have your first thought. ——in the tony blair yea rs. first thought. ——in the tony blair years. is it a leadership of brexit policy issue? essentially leadership. this was a leadership in effect talking to a part of the labour party rather than talking to the wider community. ultimately, if you are the main opposition party, you are the main opposition party,

david cameron, supported by nick clegg, in a conservative lib dem coalition which lasted five yea rs.h lasted five years. it was a surprise to many when mr cameron won the election in 2015 with a modest majority. he stuck by the party's manifesto promise to hold an eu referendum. the leave campaign was led by boris johnson and the uk voted for brexit. mr cameron was on the losing side and he resigned, replaced by theresa may, who called a snap general election in 2017, leading to another hung parliament. the second female prime minister but certainly not the last. the 2019 election was framed by borisjohnson last. the 2019 election was framed by boris johnson has last. the 2019 election was framed by borisjohnson has a chance to get brexit done. this election has been won by the conservatives. the conservatives winning areas that had been labourfor conservatives winning areas that had been labour for generations and the prime minister now has an 80 seat majority. after years of division in the party, every tory mp has agreed to back his brexit deal. this country deserves a break from

so in this election, at least, in contrast to 2010, when nick clegg did rather well out of the leadersand we will sit nervously for a few hours, not to find out who has one, but to find out whether the exit poll was right or not. we know you will be glued to that chair for or not. we know you will be glued to that chairfor a or not. we know you will be glued to that chair for a few more days. always lovely to see him, isn‘t it? such a big brain, font of knowledge. i must admit i shall listen to that at 10pm and see what he says and probably go to bed for a few hours. lets have a look at the weather forecast. it is pretty miserable. in a lot of places this morning. forecast. it is pretty miserable. in a lot of places this morningm forecast. it is pretty miserable. in a lot of places this morning. it is not looking too good for today, actually. they will be some sunshine around. the problem will be the wind, and as it goes through the day, the wind will actually strengthen, especially in the west. the next few days, as well, all of us the next few days, as well, all of us infora the next

abuse and hostility, so the decision to exclude the only female national party leader, jo swinson — nick cleggrisjohnson in one programme. jo swinson has also been involved in many other special programmes to do with the election. when it comes to who appears in the prime ministerial debate, we compare, or we test our output, against the result in 2017. and in that election, 80% — more than 80% of the votes — went to the conservative party or the labour party, and that fashions the way we look at how we build our programmes. i hear what you say, but viewers will say, "look, it doesn't matter how many other programmes you have with other leaders, the bbc is promoting this as the big one. it is six days ahead of the election." we're not saying it is the big one. it is a very important moment. the prime ministerial debates? it's the prime minister debate. there are many, many different ways of engaging. one programme out of all that set of programmes is defined by who could actually be prime minister on december the 12th, after december the 12th. and that is one — that is the prime ministerial de