they always wanted to portrayjeremy corbyn as being weak.ecause the labour leader is about to take to the stage. what he and his allies have said repeatedly in the past that scrutiny of anti—terror legislation is absolutely vital and thatjeremy corbyn‘s position on anti—terror laws has been one of making sure they are appropriate and effective. we have heard from the labour leader in the past 2a hours or so, he has taken it tougher in the past 2a hours or so, he has ta ken it tougher stance in the past 2a hours or so, he has taken it tougher stance and he gave a speech in carlisle last night when he talked about the fact he would enable the police and security forces to do whatever is necessary and effective to make sure that those on the streets of the uk state say. what we've seen from jeremy corbyn in the light of conservative suggestions he's been soft is a deliberate attempt to prove he is not. thank you, alex forsyth in the north—east. now time to look at the weather news. tomasz schafernaker has the news. some of us so far today have

the aim to portrayjeremy corbyn as soft on terror. are you refusing to condemn what the ira did? been game over. well, we thought it right, given he wanted to be prime minister, to draw attention to his record and make sure he was asked searching questions about his past sympathy with various terrorist groups of one sort or another. in british politics and british society generally, they don't like personalisation of politics in that way. it was almost counterproductive for them. at the same time it turned jeremy into an underdog and british people quite like underdogs. jeremy corbyn wasn't the only one with a record to defend. the tories were coming under mounting pressure over their record in government. forfirst time in my lifetime, the economy was scarcely mentioned by the conservatives in an election campaign. they didn't really talk about the deficit. perhaps they recognised more and more voters were growing sick of the fact there seemed to be very little light at the end of a long tunnel. there's a conversation i remember with a teacher, who had voted for me in 2010 and 20