frontbenchers such as shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth and shadow culture secretary thangam debbonairees streeting, who later became health secretary, held onto his seat by a very close margin , but seat by a very close margin, but not as close as the conservative party chairman, richard holden, who had two recounts and only won his seat by 20 votes. the clear winners of the night were the labour party, but we can't forget the historic 72 seats won by the liberal democrats, the best result in the party's history. >> they will be your local champions and i want to thank people for trusting us again. we will not let you down. >> and of course, reform uk, led by nigel farage, securing five mps. and finally farage became a member of parliament and the musical chair started. unlike other countries in the uk, this happensin other countries in the uk, this happens in less than a day. >> rishi sunak resigned to the country. i would like to say first and foremost, i am sorry i have given this job my all, but you have sent a clear signal that the government of the united kingdom must change , an

columnist and associate editor of the spectator, fraser nelson, and former shadow culture secretary thangam debbonaireand of course nick is here. france is facing fresh political turmoil tonight, the minority government teetering on the brink, after the prime minister, michel barnier, forced through an austerity budget without a vote. there is deep concern on financial markets, the french borrowing costs have soared this past week, reaching the highest premium over german bonds since the height of the debt crisis in 2012. and we all remember what happened back then. the contagion spread right across europe. mr barnier�*s government does not have a majority in parliament. they depends on the support of the far right national rally. but tonight their leader, marine le pen, says she will support a motion of no confidence in the government on wednesday. here to unpack all this from paris we have catherine fieschi, political analyst at the robert schuman institute. good to have you with us, it will be a crucial few days good to have you with us, it will be a crucialfew days in good to have you with us, it