peter kyle, kyle, 36,942. a majority of 1200 had gone up to 18,000.ved our country from a hard brexit. that is something that history will thank jeremy corbyn for. brexit was meant to be the tory‘s secret weapon, but listen to the man theresa may had just made her new chief of staff. we are very clear in my seat, the area of the constituency where labour did best, was the area that had voted heavily for remain. there is clearly evidence that people who are angry about brexit, jeremy corbyn managed to get them behind him. now you might be forgiven for thinking jeremy corbyn had just won the election. it is seismic. it will be recorded as such in history as a moment when, in a sense, labourfound its heart and its soul again. i see it as being the first step, one more step to government. i don't think we will see jeremy corbyn in downing street. i think a lot of people actually supported him confident that he wouldn't get into downing street. never in my lifetime did i think that we would see a socialist prime minister in numberten. never thought it woul

poll of polls by peter kyle, who was critical of that leadership, also had a big win, a majority of 18,000n emphatic six, winning seats it has not won for 100 years underjeremy corbyn. where you wrong? when you see what is happening going forward, the country has done something really quite unusual today, that we we re really quite unusual today, that we were not expecting yesterday. let us see how the dust settles, but the country is telling us and what it expects from us as a party but also asa expects from us as a party but also as a parliament going forward because we have to grapple with some really incredible big issues. labour is still far short of the number of seats it used to have the south—east when it was last in power and the challenge for the party is going to be building on this dramatic su ccesses be building on this dramatic successes and turning them into a broader appeal. helen cat, successes and turning them into a broaderappeal. helen cat, bbc south—east today. the pollsters have come in for some stick today. for not really predicting anything like the result that we e