on tory party lines.lty i think is one she has as a politician, in that she is a tory through and through, and by that i mean she has never been a collegiate, gregarious politician who can reach out to others. it was a lwa ys who can reach out to others. it was always going to be difficult for her to broker a broader brexit compromise. so we ended up in the position where she left it too late to reach out, and she had already lost her party in the process because of those red lines she herself had put down. in that sense, she was the master of her own misfortune by the way she handled the whole brexit process. i suppose she will go down in history, if she goes imminently as a brexit prime minister who couldn't get brexit through. the question is whether anyone could have done any better. it's such a gargantuan, complex political issue. you need the political issue. you need the political skills of... i don't know, you would have to be a political houdini to get out of this one, it's a massive undertaking.

it is their obsession, and for the rest of us who are not tories, they seem to be sacrificing oui’ toriesres and our children's futures in their own psychodrama. and no—one is going out there trying to change voters' mines. no—one's minds have been changed. instead of saying no deal is bad, no deal is good, that has become their argument, not actually do you really believe this is the right thing to do? would you go back to your eurosceptic grassroots tory members and make that case? it is hard to do that, but there are a lot of moderate tory mps who are very worried that what nigel farage has doneis worried that what nigel farage has done isjust going to push the party very much to the right into a no deal. but in funny way what philip hammond said a few days ago gives me some hope. because he is going to be brave, he says he is going to be brave, he says he is going to be brave, and take a stance, probably suicidalfor his own brave, and take a stance, probably suicidal for his own career, and vote against the government in a vote against the government in a vote of no—confidence, and i

we don't need another tory leader installed by tory mps. we'll be looking at who's in the running to be the next prime minister, and how the process will work. and we'll be getting reaction from across the country and europe to today's events. and coming up on bbc news... celtic could win an unprecedented treble treble if they are victorious at hampden this weekend. they face hearts in the scottish cup final. good evening from downing street, where — after much speculation and pressure from within her own party and the cabinet — theresa may laid out a timetable for her departure as prime minister. in an emotional speech here outside number 10, she said she'd done her best to deliver brexit, and it was a matter of "deep regret" that she hadn't been able to deliver. mrs may will step down on the 7th ofjune, resigning as conservative leader, but staying on as caretaker prime minister until her party chooses her successor. that contest to replace her will begin three days later, on 10thjune, with tory mps selecting two candidates and the winner

our politics problems won't disappear with a new tory leader.ot sure her departure changes the fundamentals of brexit. brexit is an utter mess and it looks to me like the only way to resolve that mess is to put the issue back to the people. you cannot see power, you cannot touch power, but in this street, you feel it profoundly when it has fallen away. and laura's with me. having heard the prime minister here earlier, what did that statement really tell us about the kind of premiership that she has experienced? it is evidence of what her allies has had for a long time singer that she cares deeply about what she is trying to do. there is no question that she is somehow not trying. it is true that she has put enormous personal effort and sacrifice into doing this job. enormous personal effort and sacrifice into doing thisjob. it is also true that she inherited from david cameron a country looking around, wondering how to move on from the referendum, a tory party that was even at that point interactively divided. but are there things along the way

i think we need a general election stop we don't need another tory leader installed by tory mps.11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers martin bentham and jason beattie. stay with us for that. good evening. after much speculation and pressure from within her own party and cabinet, theresa may has said she will resign as conservative leader, after nearly three turbulent years in office. there should be a new prime minister in place by the end ofjuly. mrs may said she'd done her best to deliver brexit, and it was a matter of deep regret that she'd failed to do so. mrs may will step down as party leader on the 7th ofjune, but will stay on as prime minister until a successor is chosen. the race for the conservative leadership will begin formally on the 10th ofjune, with tory mps selecting two candidates, with the winner being chosen by party members. the final result is expected by the end ofjuly, with the successful candidate becoming britain's new prime minister. mrs may warned her successor that he or she would need to seek compromise to deliver

soi already migrate to the tory party.ill be to make the labour party more honest about this. this has been the huge issue i think for remainers, corbyn‘s wiesel ines. he has sat on the bench for so long, refused to go one way 01’ the bench for so long, refused to go one way or the other, if it came out and openly said i support remain, a second referendum, which he seems to be edging towards tonight, i think it would be a huge win for him. combined with the lib dems and the others, the greens and change uk, i think they would win easily. laura? i think this front page is very much a warning shot to the conservatives who have a conservative leadership race ongoing and the warning amongst europhile tory mps is that this will encourage candidates to take a hard i'io encourage candidates to take a hard no deal stance. boris johnson, dominic raab, esther mcvey, three candidates who have already announced their intention to run are already taking that strong line. what nigel farage is saying is, look, the country want a no deal

they wa nt to take the tories from power.y never have to take their seats. the hope is that they can get something before then but if you miss that deadline, the pressure feels taken off again and it is hard to see when you will get the agreement. my conspiracy theory is that on the day after the european elections it will suddenly be announced at meghan and harry have had a royal baby! a good day to bury bad news and no one will care whether meps are going to europe. who knows? dark things happen. anyone who watches line of duty will know that, conspiracy theories flying around all over the place. it isa flying around all over the place. it is a sort of absurd situations that we will have european elections at the same time as we are trying to leave the eu. anything that distracts the voters from the pure absurdity of that is not to be discounted. we will see. i like that we are holding back the sun front page but they are definitely bringing in line of duty with the royal baby. the times have a story about crossrail. 500 dr

butjust as the tories will make decisions in the wa ke tories will make decisions in the wake of theseraightforward. traditionally our big political parties do well when they are a broad coalition trying to appeal to everyone, but they are both finding when it comes to brexit thatis both finding when it comes to brexit that is nigh on impossible. laura kuenssberg with her latest thoughts in westminster. the brexit party's success was exemplified by its showing in the west midlands, where the party took nearly 40% of the vote, and will now have three meps in the region, while labour, the conservatives, greens and liberal democrats each have one. our political correspondent alex forsyth has been to warwickshire to speak to a range of voters in the county. £20, or nearest offer. they're 50p each, or three for £1. it seems some people feel a bit short—changed right now. there was plenty of brexit anger on offer near stratford earlier this morning. i get a bit frustrated, and i despair at them. chris and ron are traditional tory voters who turned to the brexit party in protest this time rou

labour and the tories, the tories worst result for 200 years. let‘s get some reaction now.remise of your question. i don‘t think politicians tried hard to bridge it at all until it was much, much too late and positions had solidified. certainly the government‘s and the tory party did not try very hard until it was much too late and then came forward with something they knew hardliners would never accept, so it‘s complete failure from a political strategy point of view. i think where we need to look now is to middle ground. the lib dems have had a cracking day yesterday. last night. and i think we need to look to them now for leadership in terms of uniting the more progressive side of politics, certainly as far as the eu was concerned and other policies. this lots of voices on that side of politics in this country, and change uk did not do very well. i think they were strategically poor, but they were strategically poor, but the message they had is a good solid one and the lib dems message is a good solid one. there are other parties with a good solid middle ground message w

i want rid of the tories.ople where i live, utterly sick to death. but we have to deal with this issue. people can say that at westminster we are failing. that is why they are saying, a plague on all of our houses. thank you, jas. diane, and that specific point, because people will wa nt specific point, because people will wantan specific point, because people will want an answer, if you go into a general election, what will you be saying? it depends where the bags negotiations are. —— brexit. 0n saying? it depends where the bags negotiations are. —— brexit. on this question we lack courage and principle. jeremy corbyn has gone to the hardest leave voting areas in the hardest leave voting areas in the country and try to say to them that if you are struggling, if you are unemployed, if you have concerns for your children's future, your issues are the same in leave areas as they are in remain areas. we have not done what the tories have done, which is try to scapegoat migrants. we have shown courage and principl

tories out of power for a generationlj back to the people. tories out of power for a generation.y the snp which could be a matter of months, at the actual generation as we understand. thus them saying, a bit of medicine therefore the party and in the telegraph you've got same should be a customs union, jeremy hunter sang as well, all this people that want to be the tory leader next, they are peacock in to see who can emerge aureus “— next, they are peacock in to see who can emerge aureus —— victorious to lead the party. all calls were theresa may and other stories, why does my white or considers compulsory vaccinations, is that a debate about vaccinations for children but as we are merging or did it ever go away? i think what's interesting about this story is the number of people that the times has found, almost a0,000 british parents have joined found, almost a0,000 british parents havejoined an found, almost a0,000 british parents have joined an online group calling for children to be left un— immunised against fatal diseases including tat does. this large number of parents, a

this crowded field of candidates have to first convince tory mps they have to first convince tory mps credible plan for brexit but it's conservative party members who will make the final choice and many of them favoured leaving with no deal if need be. it's notjust the tories though that are trying to find their way after disastrous european election results, the labour party two is under pressure to revise and rethink their plan. parliament has failed and we need people to decide. and we are saying that's what our members have told us and that is the message that the vast of labour supporters up and down the country in these elections, i think have told us in the elections this week and also the local elections a month ago. another senior party figure chose her words slightly differently. ideally we would want a general election, that is our position and remains our position but as the clock ticks down, if we are not going to have a general election we would support a peoples vote. some in the labour party if you're backing another referendum would cost the party votes, jeremy corbyn

the tories in the west midlands who suffered. because of the shambles the conservatives have been up to in parliament and the labour party, i voted for the brexit party. he does not buy into the warnings about leaving without a deal. not buy into the warnings about leaving without a deallj not buy into the warnings about leaving without a deal. ijust think thatis leaving without a deal. ijust think that is scaremongering. i really do think it is scaremongering. and he is not the only one. brexit party. nigel, come on! frustrated brexiteers are not the only ones up in arms. at a jousting first of all at nearby warwick castle, plenty we re at nearby warwick castle, plenty were still fighting for remain. at nearby warwick castle, plenty were still fighting for remainlj think i would like to see it another referendum because the last referendum because the last referendum was based on mysteries. referendum because the last referendum was based on mysterieslj referendum was based on mysteries.” wanted to vote for a party that definite

it's notjust about the tories. there is a warning from the tories.eputy leader, tom watson, the labour deputy leader. the european election results are going to come m, election results are going to come in, the expectation is that labour will not do very well, the conservatives are not going to do very well. so, the focus is on labour, because they have not been straightforward on the second referendum idea. tom watson, the deputy leader, saying that labour must back a second referendum. must have a really clear brexit policy. it must try and win back support. it's really important, because while the tories are fighting about the leadership, you have a huge space opening up, which is there to be taken for that remain side, the people's vote side, people who want a second referendum. if labour were not clear, they could miss out on that perhaps electoral success in the future. jeremy corbyn is very relu cta nt the future. jeremy corbyn is very reluctant to do it. he is not a fan ofa reluctant to do it. he is not a fan of a second referendum. john mcd

they did a poll of tory members. they did a poll of tory members.ast week and he is head and shoulders above all the rivals. we did a separate poland similarly, he the one candidate who actually brought more support to the party than what they got in 2017. labour listed a poll and they said they thought boris was the only person who could bejeremy corbyn. that's absolutely right. the huge caveat is that mps get to decide whether to people who go forward for all these members to vote on. you have to have support among the mps or enough of them that you don't even get onto the ballot paper. that is the problem boris had. michael gove famously stabbed him in the back. the big battle the boris is not winning over people in the country or the members, not winning over people in the country orthe members, its not winning over people in the country or the members, its finding that it's actually the number is 105 mps. if union get that many onboard, i think it is likely he will be the next prime minister. it feels like resista nce next prime minister. it fe

that the tories would takea hammering, understandable that the tories would take a hammering, but forod result, as everyone is saying, for you overnight, but many are also saying it isa overnight, but many are also saying it is a protest vote over brexit and would not be repeated in a general election. it would be a wasted vote there. well, it clearly isn't a wasted vote, because otherwise we wouldn‘t have done so well in the local elections either, where far from being a protest vote, it was a very positive vote for liberal democrats in local government. when we get to a election, clearly we have the familiar problem of first past the post, but i think british politics is changing in quite a radical way and i would be surprised if the conservative or labour party survives intact. there are tremendous tensions within the two traditional parties and we may well get out completely difficult kind of political alignment by the next time we go to the polls nationally. and the lib dems will be in a very strong position to lead opinion in those elections. is that you with evidence orfacts to

we don‘t need another tory leader installed by tory mps. let‘s have a look at some other stories.field. a man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder. danny savage is there. police were called at 7:30am and six children were taken to hospital. at lunchtime, the police revealed the elders, boys aged 13 and 1a, had died. the otherfour elders, boys aged 13 and 1a, had died. the other four children, elders, boys aged 13 and 1a, had died. the otherfour children, aged seven months, three, ten and 11, had much less serious injuries and they are not expected to be in hospital for much longer. what happened, we don‘t know. there was speculation about a shooting and the police had to say there was not a weapon involved. they were also asked about a possible poisoning and again they said they would not be drawn on any details about what happened. a man and a woman in their 30s have been arrested and are being questioned on suspicion of murder. a suspected parcel bomb has exploded in a shopping street in the french city of lyon, injuring eight people. local police say none of th

when you look at them in comparison to the tories, it is clear that the tories are much worse off.0 plus, that isa of the independents, 200 plus, that is a pretty amazing results. absolutely, people are fed up with both parties, i think and i don't think it is what we expected for the labour party, they were hoping for hundreds of gains, not losses, and i think it shows both major parties at westminster are struggling to connect with lots of people. thank you forjoining us. so many interesting things to talk about and so many results still to come in and we will be heading around england and indeed to northern ireland as well to take stock of what is going on. we will say goodbye to viewers on bbc two now. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon. it is looking dry in london at the moment but further north, showery outbreaks of rain and a rather grim start to the day across northern areas. it is because this weather front is moving southward. the other thing it is doing, it is a cold front bringing colder air from the north, so a notable difference across much of scotland

, and was an argument a bit, election, —— tories, and was an argumenta bit, is election, —— tories, andhe moose in gander they have to be careful with the kind of box they open, and in this regard. essex, was very much voting to leave the european union, it was a stronghold for brexit, said this is purely frustration. i think that's an interesting about that liberal democrat though, in 2015 they were really associated with the government and receipt as the establishment. they were. trying to spend that. i think what this shows la st spend that. i think what this shows last night as they have gone back to being a kind of traditional protests vote because they picked up cancer seeds and romaine and need areas, they did really well in the cotswold, they control counsel, i do really well and bath, it's a kind of whole different picture where i think people just want to give the government a biting nose, perhaps regardless of whether they stand on brexit. not suggesting everyone there wants to leave the european union, could there be another message that they are not best —— that we are not

but the tories might be short of a way to get brexit done.ked open for parties who want to stop it altogether, instead of leaving now. the lib dems gobbled votes up in towns and cities. so, too, the greens. providing a home for those who want to stay in the eu, turned off perhaps by westminster‘s strife. this country is split in half. let's have a proper discussion... and labour went backwards, trying to keep its two natural territories together. for months, many party members have been unhappy at the plan to hold a eu referendum. only if there isn't a general election. is it clear? you judge. the responsibility to listen to what everyone has to say, and ensure that there is an agreement made, and that is then put to a public vote. even his closest labour colleagues, though, are tiptoeing towards clearer backing for another vote. well, of course we want a general election. but realistically, after last night, there aren't many tory mps that are going to vote for a general election. it would be like turkeys voting for christmas. so our best wa

, the tories have ta ken a couple john was saying, the tories have taken a couple of seats from labourrse, they were very strong vote leave areas and just to underline these gains we are seeing from the greens and the lib dems, not just strong remain from the greens and the lib dems, notjust strong remain areas, you might think it is natural that people who would go to the greens are lib dems, we both want another referendum, but it does not seem to be uniform pattern, it seems to be happening in lots of different pockets. very interesting. apparently, it looks like jacob rees—mogg is now going to hand the liberal democrat councillor, they are likely to lose to the liberal democrat councillor, notjust in the main areas. can we talk about tanned ridge in surrey? my understanding is that the conservatives have lost control of tandridge in surrey. —— tandridge. if we just turn that into the gains and losses, there you see the gains and losses, there you see the picture. the tories down, the independence up four. that is quite interesting, isn't it? let's go to the count and talk to our co

leader installed by the tory of. ok barbara break this down for us where are things headed are we headed towards a no deal bragg's it now or could we see new elections. the chances for a no deal bricks and sumi are certainly rising because we heard bars johnson already say today that he would take britain out of the european union on october 31st that is halloween and they break today that the european union sort of gave out during the last extension and saying this is it folks that was another half year nothing has happened so far so boris johnson has already sort of made clear that deal or no deal britain will leave and that of course increases the chances for no deal because nothing has changed here was regard to bracks it he he will have if it's johnson or somebody else the successor after reason maybe year she will have this same parliamentary majority s. he will have to face the same problems getting a deal through parliament however legal experts now say it might not be binding this conclusion by parliament th

all of this will feed into the background of the tory leadership contest.he is suddenly meeting boris johnson, . .. it would do him favours to make them look very prime ministerial. it would do him favours to make them look very prime ministerialm it would do him favours to make them look very prime ministerial. it will make you lucky if someone who is already being mentioned in the same breath as nigel farage by donald trump and without my pouzza bill off, it will also feed into the exact fears tory mps have been the reason why some of them do actually wa nt to reason why some of them do actually want to back it now more than they did three months ago is because the threat of the brexit party. this i did that he is someone who is taking on nigel farage and the brexit party. and of course donald trump favours prexy, it is part of his global policy. back in the olden days, you would have the presidents and prime ministers respecting internal politics, where they would not comment on who their favourite candidate was. trump has amended that and put the table

it is clear to some of us thatjeremy hunt plasma's campaign to be the next tory leader and indeed prime under way in all but name. here he is... i thought he was the foreign secretary not the defence secretary, not the new. . . that not the defence secretary, not the new... that is what is called overreaching! he is telling us, this must be music to a man called trump in the white house. he says we should increase our defence spending to something like 4% of gdp as opposed to 2% as it is at the moment. that is doubling. absolutely. it is considerably more than most of the other european countries, which is what mr trump spends a lot of time complaining about, europe isn't pulling its weight. her a lot of voters might think he's right. we need to spend more on defence. we need to spend more on defence. we need to spend more on more on defence. we need to spend more on lots of things. jeremy hunt, you may remember, was a health secretary i wanted a lot more money spent on nhs. it very rich of him say that. i'm slightly disturbed by the fact that jeremy has gone on defence like this becaus

it has been tory since 1973. that is a bit ofan has been tory since 1973.ation management going on around westminster with people talking about losing 600 seats, 700 seats. we are up to 795 at the moment. it could be higher. it could be worse. it is happening in those kind of places which i think maybe people hadn't realised. i think the interesting thing about the liberal democrat revival, if it is one, and if it is translated into a general election, remember that the conservatives won in 2017. that was party by destroying the liberal democrats, taking them out. and so, if there is some kind of clawing back by that party, particularly in the south—west of england, that makes it very hard for the conservatives to win any kind of majority. that is why it is significant where the liberal democrats are winning and where the conservative losing. the greens on 121 gains, jonathan, so far. that is pretty spectacular. what are the factors behind that? it is phenomenal. it exceeds our expectations. i think we have phenomenal. it exceeds our expectations. ithink we

she is standing on the blue colour tory vote and she wants to regain that old bed rock of tory policy orderand old bed rock of tory policy, the law and order and get a strong police force in the old days and hang them and flog them. but she recognises she needs another policy apart from brexit and in no—deal brexit. interesting to see what the others come up with. we should crack on and quite a rich day for stories. let's look at the telegraph, start us off with this tuition fees caps at £7,500. a report commissioned by the prime minister and it said the tuition fees in the moment, the current cap is 9250 issue brought down to 7500 but the same time is also saying that student should start paying it over a much longer period, 40 years which means it could be well into their 605 paying. but it also makes it a couple of other points that is that our post 18 education has not been well looked after and we are not doing thing5 looked after and we are not doing things in terms of giving them proper qualifications. that is to fir5t proper qualifications. that is to first review 5ince proper

so senior tory and labour politicians very much urging their supporters to back them in the europeanng polls. which takes us to the sunday times. theirfront—page polls. which takes us to the sunday times. their front—page headline saying time to go site ‘s allies with the party fought in the nipples. i suppose that refers to what you are talking about, possible panic in the remain parties. james, where our we with theresa may? tim shipman is a very nice man but he has been predicting because most of the year at saint theresa may is going to go, as have we all and she is still there. she just seems to be unbridgeable. but as time not running out? the tories made a mistake from their point of view, having the confidence vote in december which she won because she is bullet—proof for a year. she doesn't have to go. but there could be overwhelming pressure. there already is and she is still there. it's quite remarkable. there's a line in this that says the parliamentary party wants to go, the volu nta ry parliamentary party wants to go, the voluntary party parliamentary party wants to go,

non-tories will be involved.ey will be a hustings in every single region, so 11 in all. they will open it up to nonmembers. it looks like an effort to make this a dry run for an effort to make this a dry run for a general election campaign. there seems to be a screen test for the next prime minister and somebody who might have to fight an election pretty quickly. isn't the risk without that you get either brexiteers, orjeremy corbyn supporters, that come to those hustings, and how would it work? they need somebody who can unite not only the party but the country as well. everything is divided at the moment. they will be looking for somebody who has got that magic formula. the question is, with brexit, the country has been divided not on the left and right, it is all about remain and leave, so perpetual us “— about remain and leave, so perpetual us —— it is so complicated, so nobody knows who has got the magic answer. very briefly, for brexit, what does this mean? there will be be on october 31? my guess, still as

tory decides to go for a hard liner. that is the $64000.00 question because right now jeremy cooper in strangulation and prevarication is what is saving the tory party in some ways because the tory party has taken a clear line on breaks it and is going to almost certainly go harder with a new prime minister but jeremy corbyn isn't mirroring that in the other direction and so what coburn is doing in trying to please everyone is he's actually alienating everyone leavers don't trust into little cracks that remain is don't trust them to get behind a 2nd referendum and that's why the labor party is hemorrhaging various 3 to 13 main parties with about a quarter there is i think going to see more and more leave parties so it could be and does finally see the writing on the wall if you like and realize that the answer to him must be to about unequivocally a 2nd referendum and then he will put himself in a very very good position to take power but if he continues this sort of walking the line between the 2 camps the tory party mi

the telegraph, calls is ‘desperate, deluded and doomed', claiming that more than 50 tories will rebelso talks of tory fury, over what it calls her ‘last—ditched' and the financial times says the same thing, highlighting anger over her consession on a second referendum — if mps don't vote her deal through the commons. the sun, says she'll be ‘gurn‘ in the morning, a reference of course to the picture of her speaking today — there on the front page. and the mail calls it ‘a gamble too far‘, saying that even labour have rejected her bid for a new deal.so, the same story dominating all the front pages today — let's see what our reviewers make of it all. caroline he want to take us away with the daily telegraph in a series of three unflattering photos. important to begin with and put it in context of the daily telegraph, this is what has always been the kind of paper of choice for the conservative party member is and we had a very unflattering picture here, not only of what the prime minister is trying to propose in terms of brexit deal but also in her own leadership. they go in on a berry

it's a comparison to margaret thatcher since becoming tory leader whether or not that's fair isa toryor not that's fair is a matter that is definitely up fair is a matter that is definitely up for debate, i just fair is a matter that is definitely up for debate, ijust want to know in this picture was taken, she refused me cabinet ministers tonight and there's some suggestions that she cited her audience with the queen, so she cited her audience with the queen, so maybe she was way to see the queen when this image was taken. we re the queen when this image was taken. were coming back. it does make you wonder what they spoke about. obviously, the commentary, we cannot comment on things like that, but you have to know of the subject was even broached in a roundabout way. yes, particularly if she's made up her mind to realise is that as a matter that she may be gone or might‘ve taken the opportunity to make her comments to the monarch. let's turn to the front page of the guardian and look at that language. barricaded in sight number ten. yeah, it's an extraordinary quote, a former tory le

clearly, the options were closing off and tory colleagues were despairing of herdire tory colleaguesng of herdire straits and tory colleagues were despairing of her dire straits and offence. she was drawn on by duty and duty alone to persist for the last few weeks and now she has to bow to the inevitable. this time, she may preside over a orderly succession to a prime minister who can bring back the fight for brexit and against jeremy corbyn. is boris a shoe in? the telegraph paper backing him, how many members does he have in the bag? he is safely out france, but i'm fudging the figures because it isa i'm fudging the figures because it is a schrodinger's cat level because no—one knows how it might go. we are dealing with the most duplicitous electorate in westminster, namely the tory electorate charming parliamentary party. there will be a lot trying out their options are back it like jacob rees—mogg, he will give the erg stamp of approval, and many in the erg firm will be going with mr mogg and at the same time, gavin williamson, the former defence secretary, sacked by theresa may,

tories. 0n tory or lib dems whereas in 2015 you are essentially tories.lition with the labour party. coalition does not mean you become labour or conservative it means you work with them. crosstalk. tuition fees, that was a wound that was quite role and people remember that. crosstalk. was a wound that was quite role and people rememberthat. crosstalk. lib dems are notorious for telling people what they want to hear on the doorstep. politicians do tell people what they want to hear. we have gone out into a country and your both telling us that people want exit and it is the fact that brexit is not happening that they are not voting for you. that is not what i said. i told people we are the party of remain. it invites the question, doesn't it? we other party of remain we have never made any doubt about that. the liberal party position is more fudged. leave and not ignoring people who voted to remain, you are saying, if you voted to leave you are saying we don't care you voted to leave because we want to remain and we make no apologies about it. take a look

there's quite a few grudges among tory mps out there. this quite among tory mps out there. and that kind of thing. i think the strategy from his team will be to say, he is the one who can make your seat in the one who can make your seat in the next election, the one who will make your you are not out of a job. the margin mps, those marginal seats. his allies will be going to those in marginal seats, and say, you might not like boris personally but look at his record — he won labour london twice, for mayor. he has been a proven winner. boris did not make friends in his years in parliament. he has rub people the wrong way. theresa may actually do some wrong way. theresa may actually do some thing it tactically for once, appointing and foreign secretary, because he is out of the country lot! well played by the prettiest —— well — — well played —— well played by the prime minister. it is hard to know who is actually going to vote in this contest because the much everybody is standing! i don't know who is going to be the electorates. i think eventually, a lot of it is posturing,

we don't need another tory leader installed by tory mps.d evening from downing street where, after much speculation, and pressure from within her own party and the cabinet, theresa may laid out a timetable for her departure as prime minister. in an emotional speech here outside number ten, she said she'd done her best to deliver brexit, and it was a matter of "deep regret" that she hadn't been able to deliver. mrs may will step down on the 7th ofjune, resigning as conservative leader, but staying on as caretaker prime minister, until her party chooses her successor. that contest to replace her will begin three days later, on 10 june, with tory mps selecting two candidates, and the winner being voted in by party members. that result is expected by the end ofjuly, with the successful candidate becoming britain's new leader. mrs may said it had been the honour of her life to serve as prime minister, and warned her successor, that he or she would need to compromise to see brexit through. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports now, on the

tory decides to go for a hard line a. that is the $64000.00 question because right now jeremy cooper in strangulation and prevarication is what is saving the tory party in some ways because the tory party has taken a clear line on breaks it and is going to almost certainly go harder with a new prime minister with jeremy corbyn isn't mirroring that in the other direction and so what coburn is doing in trying to please everyone is he's actually alienating everyone leavers don't trust into little cracks that remain is don't trust them to get behind a 2nd referendum and that's why the labor party is hemorrhaging various 3 to 13 main parties with a with a better quarter there is i think going to see more and more leave parties so it could be and does finally see the writing on the wall if you like and realize that the answer to him must be to about unequivocally a 2nd referendum and then he will put himself in a very very good position to take power but if he continues a sort of walking the line between the 2 camps the tory pa

tory candidate for the leadership is their loathing ofjohn bercow. has become controversial during the more recent part of the brexit process bite he would say enabling mps to have their voice heard —— by. the government would say by enabling mps to thwart the referendum result. by mps to thwart the referendum result. by making it easier for mps to block a no—deal brexit. in an interview with the guardian in washington he said he knows people thought he was going to stand out in the summer but he says it would be the wrong time to do it. he says there are momentous events going on and john bercow is going to stick around for the rest of the brexit process. he said it is for the birds to think that parliament could be sidelined in the debate over brexit, it is unimaginable, he says. standing up for parliamentarians is very important for many. yes, and for mps on the other side of the brexit to fight, they feeljohn bercow has givena fight, they feeljohn bercow has given a lot of power to voices in parliament who don't want to see other views overridden

in the sheer numberof to the one nation tories.ndidates running could pose a problem. 16? the ones who are running but the way the contest works, because goes to a vote of the conservative mps and they goes to the others that goes down to two and the others and if it goes to the party activist, and boris is one of those two, he is a clear winner. but because there's so many candidates, he could split the vote quite badly, particularly amongst the brexiteers and could allow someone unexpected to come through. so that may work. so essentially the person that can do thejob has to essentially the person that can do the job has to see through a divorce and then reconcile the country. so you're doing one thing and then another. such is very quickly, who are you favouring? i thinkjason is right, someone like penny water could be a face who isn't too bad because she is a brexiteer, she is not tarnished by negative associations with some other people that the government have in the of the likes of jeremy that the government have in the of t

do you think you are too divisive a character to be tory leader?ed himself a candidate to succeed mrs may. other potential runners would also like to see brexit delivered first. do you want the top job, mr gove? hello, good morning. i think the most important thing that we all need to do is to focus on the fact that the government are bringing forward the withdrawal agreement bill, which will enable us to leave the european union. if theresa may's last effort to get brexit passed here ends in failure, the next tory leader may well take office having promised a sharper break from the eu. the ca rd—carrying conservatives who will choose britain's next prime minister are, by and large, brexiteers. senior conservatives are convinced that the chances of britain leaving with no deal are as high now as they have ever been. parliament might oppose that, but constitutional experts say only the government could, at a single stroke, stop it happening. so, to reason made‘s last remaining hope of achieving her mission impossible before she leaves may just be th

but he is not the most popular conservative in the tory party, that is for sure. who are dead against him leading the party and becoming next prime minister, not least the justice secretary quoted here who is quite critical of boris johnson and effectively saying it would be a disaster if he were the chosen one. you can't escape this fact. the re cord you can't escape this fact. the record of borisjohnson is not a good one. he has a on off relationship with the truth. he spent £60 million of ratepayer money ona spent £60 million of ratepayer money on a bridge that was never actually built, et cetera et cetera. there are many questions to be asked. just quickly... i was going to say that the concern about boris as he is willing to crash out with no deal. that is the fear. the express is pointing out you cannot trust boris. nigel farage raj, his party, the brexit party is likely to do well in the eu elections. he says you can't trust boris and you can't trust him because he supported theresa may's deal in bits and pieces over the last few months. there is a little b

and the tories losing 24.ssues which are important to us locally because of what's going on at westminster. marcus, isuppose because of what's going on at westminster. marcus, i suppose that result in bath is a bit of an emblem of the night for you. you have had some pockets of success, of course you have. but the result in bath and the reasons for it are very clear, which is that your own party workers have lost faith in what's going on. well, clearly, there are still a lot of results to declare. but for a governing party after nine years, you would expect us to be losing far more seats than we are. when the blair—brown government had had nine years, they lost 3500 seats. before today, we had lost 500 seats over that period. so we need to put that into context. but clearly, the results we have had in bath and north east somerset are disappointing. but going back to what i said before, the last time the seats were contested, we won these parliamentary seats with massive majority in north east somerset and a re

that is an indicator of the extent to which the crisis has developed within the tory party.ch we will come unto in greater detail later. many see themselves as rumanians and levers, as opposed to tories or labour party or lib dems —— remain at or lever. actually, remain plus migrate primary party is labour. in these elections, the brexit party clearly for leavers is a primary party. it red rew for leavers is a primary party. it redrew the political landscape, certainly, but the problem is our two main parties are not poles apart in their position on it. yes, for these elections, but you might as well vote tactically in european elections. they are not the same as oui’ elections. they are not the same as our first past the post system. because up for it being proportional representation, you might as well vote for the party that you back most. the observer is saying that the liberal democrats are really benefiting, they think, from labour ‘s difficulties on brexit in particular. it is interesting, you said that labour is still the primary party for remain voters, but the obse

but when we talk about the tory candidates, we talk about the tory candidates, we we re we talk aboutt a new candidate, someone from the younger generation and he fits the bill. he does, beto o'rourke does as well and he capitalised on that last year when he was running for the senate in texas. when you talk to pete buttigieg because my support as they are much about the idea of generational change, the boomers have had their moment and now it's time for their kids to take over. ignoring generation x people like me of course! but he is a candidate who is good on tv, good with policies. when i talk to his supporters they say they love the fact he answers not in sound bites but in paragraphs, he has given thought to a lot of these things and comes across as someone who is knowledgeable. he is just across as someone who is knowledgeable. he isjust a mayor of a mid—sized town in indiana so if there is a big knock on him it is there is a big knock on him it is the experience question but at some point people decide they want someone who gets them going, gets them motivated more than someon

look at these tory faces in chelmsford, where they lost control.tion to the result tonight? welcome of course i am... how to ta ke welcome of course i am... how to take on an emotional night. no surprise, then, that tory misery provoked more demands for theresa may to go. many of my constituents have said this to me, we need a change of leadership, perhaps the time has now come for that. not all bad for labour, they took tory trafford, but labour has lost control and lost seats that they we re control and lost seats that they were expected to win. why? because brexit is delayed or because voters wa nt brexit is delayed or because voters want another referendum ? brexit is delayed or because voters want another referendum? labour is split. the feeling is they have been badly let down by national politicians and labour politicians and this is the first chance to make this protest, and unfortunately a lot of good labour councillors will lose their seats because of it. whatever deal the conservatives can get through parliament, if they are able to, it

laura kuenssberg says labour is worried any agreement could be ripped up if there's a change of torydership. here's labour'sjohn mcdonnell. so far we have maintain confidentiality on that i need again this afternoon i think they'll go on for the rest of this he and then we will see where we act. i am hoping yes we can see movement in government and have not seen it yet, so we'll see what happens in the discussions today, we are not setting any deadlines and the government might but we are not, we are trying to do the best for the country. well theresa may is under severe pressure to set a resignation date. this afternoon she met sirgraham brady — he's the chair of a group which represents backbench tory mps. it also oversees conservative leadership contests. the prime minister's office is insisting the meeting was routine — maybe. but we know that local tory associations have confirmed they will hold a vote of confidence in her leadership on isjune. but in terms of process — what would need to happen for the prime minister to go. here's correspondent ben wright at westminster. well,

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tory decides to go for a hard line a. that is the $64000.00 question because right now jeremy cooper in strangulation and prevarication is what is saving the tory party in some ways because the tory party has taken a clear line on breaks it and is going to almost certainly go harder with a new prime minister but jeremy corbyn isn't mirroring that in the other direction and so what coburn is doing in trying to please everyone is he's actually alienating everyone leavers don't trust into little cracks that remain is don't trust them to get behind a 2nd referendum and that's why the labor party is hemorrhaging varies 3 to one to remain parties with or with about a quarter there is i think going to see more and more leave parties so it could be and does finally see the writing on the wall if you like and realize that the answer to him must be to about unequivocally a 2nd referendum and then he will put himself in a very very good position to take power but if he continues a sort of walking the line between the 2 camps the tor