former sinn fein mla thank you very much. i i the need to increase. day yesterday late into the night and certainly early today but with just a handful of seats left to declare at the belfast canned the tables are being collected and the chairs are being collected and the chairs are being cleared away and all that bull is that you get in the centre is a little bit more muted now that what the buzz of conversation around this really significant election continues. let's close now to my colleague he was in london at the touch screen. plenty of buzz here for you. last time we spoke in the 77 and we're inching ever closer, 78 of 90 seats declared now in the crucial thing is as we know sinn fein are on top there and set concurrently with mine isn't too on the crucial winning post if you like its 26. once sinn fein gets to 26 which we fully expect them to do it will not be newer likely possibly for the dup to catch up with them any more and that is the winning line in the selection in any case and where might this come from? we have had most of the results n

mlas will be elected to the assembly. these are the results from 2017, the dup winning one more seat than sinn fein.t sinn fein in the lead and if they win the most seats, they would get to nominate a first minister for the first time. in england, 1a6 councils are being contested. that includes all 32 london boroughs, plus most other big towns and cities. not many elections in rural areas, so labour are defending most seats. the liberal democrats are hoping to make gains this year. there are also a handful of mayoral elections. in 2018, labour and the conservatives were pretty level in overall national share in england. this is one of the best ways to measure how recent events have affected voters. in scotland, every local authority, 32 in total, is up for election. last time, the snp retained its position as the largest party in terms of votes and councillors. the conservatives, under ruth davidson then, displaced labour as the second largest party. it will be interesting to watch what happens to that conservative vote this time round. now, in wales, all 22 local authorities are being contested. in

mlas will be elected to the assembly. these are the results from 2017 — the dup winning one more seat than sinn fein. seats, they would get to nominate a first minister for the first time. in england, 146 councils are being contested. that includes all 32 london boroughs, plus most other big towns and cities. not many elections in rural areas, so labour are defending most seats. the liberal democrats are hoping to make gains this year. there are also a handful of mayoral elections. in 2018, labour and the conservatives were pretty level in overall national share in england. this is one of the best ways to measure how recent events have affected voters. in scotland, every local authority, 32 in total, is up for election. last time, the snp retained its position as the largest party in terms of votes and councillors. the conservatives, under ruth davidson then, displaced labour as the second largest party. it'll be interesting to watch what happens to that conservative vote this time round. now, in wales, all 22 local authorities are being contested. in 2017, labour suffered losses, but still won the m

sinn fein potentially emerging as the largest party and alliance party in the centre ground doing well as the polls predicted? interesting to see the alliance party— interesting to see the alliance party getting first mlahey would work with those issues within the power—sharing assembly, and then the dup and the tuv, traditional unionist voice, how are they doing?— tuv, traditional unionist voice, how are they doing? second behind kellie armstron: are they doing? second behind kellie armstrong is — are they doing? second behind kellie armstrong is the _ are they doing? second behind kellie armstrong is the tuv _ are they doing? second behind kellie armstrong is the tuv and _ are they doing? second behind kellie armstrong is the tuv and their - armstrong is the tuv and their straptine — armstrong is the tuv and their strapline is no sea border, anti—protocol and standing on that platform _ anti—protocol and standing on that platform and likely to take some votes _ platform and likely to take some votes away from the dup. this adds to pressure — votes away from the dup. this adds to pressure on the dup and we will see how— to pressure on the dup and we will see how well the tuv does, bearing in mind _ se