if ukip were still standing i would probably still have voted ukip.even if anyone did want to vote for any other party it would be a wasted vote, really. that is why a lot of young people don't even vote. you are not tempted by the conservatives are not tempted by the conservatives are making a play for ukip voters?” have been a labour man, all my life. only the ukip idea of coming out of europe tempted me from that. only the ukip idea of coming out of europe tempted me from thatm only the ukip idea of coming out of europe tempted me from that. it is a big thing to admit. we had ten pits going within ten miles of goldthorpe. at a stroke, thousands ofjobs gone, goldthorpe. at a stroke, thousands of jobs gone, communities goldthorpe. at a stroke, thousands ofjobs gone, communities lost their heart and soul. and that took a lot of forgetting about. people feel that hatred for the conservatives. we could never vote conservative. past history is important there are concerns for the future, employment is still a problem and goldthorpe faces the ultimate iro

i rather hoped that more ukip would have gone towards labour.f the party's supporters, even in its strongholds, think the vote to leave the eu meant its job was done. but some say the overall election result and the uncertainty that creates for the brexit process will mean that ukip becomes relevant again. like their former party leader, who hasn't ruled out a return. you know, we are looking potentially at a serious backsliding on brexit, and if that happens, ukip will pick up support again very, very quickly. is there a chance you will go back to ukip as a possible leader? well, i don't want to. i was happy with what i had done but if we do not get the kind of brexit i was expecting us to get and that people want us to get, i would have no choice but to throw myself back into full—time campaigning. but for now, the party has taken a battering, its leader and future in question, its direction unclear. alex forsyth, bbc news, clacton. let's take a closer look now at the results that started to come in during the early hours this morning. here'sj

ukip, in politics the tide comes in and it goes out.e prime minister 's back on to get the kind of brexit deal we want. secondly, it is also important that ukip because we drive the political agenda. we make the political weather in many ways. people laughed at us because they felt a bit uncomfortable about our integration agenda, theresa may is now talking our language. ten years ago people laughed at us when we spoke about brexit. where we spoke about immigration, people said it was racist. what is your immigration system — racist. what is your immigration system— will one in, one out policy. that is a gimmick. balanced migration. first proposed by frank field, a labourmp, migration. first proposed by frank field, a labour mp, supported bya tory mp. we want to see zero net immigration over the next five years so immigration over the next five years so for example, 339,000 people left written last year that means we will let in the same sort of number. however, it would be up points —based however, it would be up points — based system

you originally wanted to vote ukip but didn't have a ukip candidate. what has been interesting about the election is where ukip voters have gone. for you, you went to the conservatives. i had to this time, but i think there is some togetherness after this election. before the election, some parties we re before the election, some parties were ina before the election, some parties were in a mess, and now we are all in ms! it's like we have all grabbed hold of a lifeboat and we are thinking, and we are thinking, how do we get hold to the paradise? —— all ina do we get hold to the paradise? —— all in a mess. what will the conservatives do now?” all in a mess. what will the conservatives do now? i don't think theresa may can stay and i think the coalition with the dup is pure desperation. it is clinging onto a piece of wood, we are in a lifeboat and she's clinging onto a piece of wood. i don't think she has long to go. you could have lost their leader again today. we are in a mess, but we will be talking about this for some time. the good thing about all o

what happens with the ukip votes.s having done two things. the first is delivering brexit. that would not have happened if it wasn't a nigel farage. the second thing they will be seen as doing will have been the for a chunk of a generation of voters to vote for tory that would not have done so before. the telegraph has something from richard dearlove. he says jamie young corbyn is unfit to govern and written will be unsafe. —— jeremy corbyn. he says he would never have passed the vetting process had he applied for mi6. passed the vetting process had he applied for m16. boris johnson would not either, and he is in charge of mi5. not either, and he is in charge of m15. theresa may as well. churchill. it isa m15. theresa may as well. churchill. it is a bizarre thing to say as a criteria. jeremy corbyn and trident, etc, yeah, 0k. criteria. jeremy corbyn and trident, etc, yeah, ok. but this test with m16 is weird. frankly, if he is elected prime minister by the people of this country, he is entitled to briefings. it also b

nuttall, paul andrew, ukip. .. and in reverse, another ukip leader took his leave.though can govern alone. meet the ten—strong democratic unionist party, northern irish mps who will prop theresa may up. the prime minister has spoken with me this morning and we will enter discussions with the conservatives to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation. 0thers, though, calling for her to go. we will work with others if it is at all possible to keep the tories out of government. she put her party before her country, she has been found out. she should be ashamed. it's an act the westminster circus did not expect. i think labour mps have been shocked by how well we've done. a lot of them will recognise jeremy's here and will take us into the next election and they will start to work with him. i think we've witnessed a political earthquake and i am going to be the first or second or third person to say that jeremy has had a character explosion. you must accept, though, that a hung parliament makes the government less stable, less strong. i accept this

ukip is farage. last time you voted ukip, this time you are leaning towards labour.her. and think she‘s the queen. she is not. a few miles away is the seaside village of leysdown. we found other ukip voters who aren‘t bothered the party is not standing here this time. they are already switching sides. what made you voted ukip last time? because i like their policies and i like farage as well. 0n the big election, june the 8th i shall vote conservative. ukip have set out and done what they set out to do where are they going to go? whatever the ukip were going to do, the conservatives are doing now. but while its politics might shift, what stays constant is sheppey‘s sense of community. that is the thing that is nice about the island. we are all in the same boat. we are not wealthy, we‘re not destitute, we justjog along. although the conservatives are expected to win again here, there are certainly opportunities if any party can show it really understands places like this. a bit of breaking news for you from dublin. just to let you know that leo varadkar has won the vo

ukip says it's the guard dog of brexit.sa may won't give us the kind of brexit that we really want. the party is pushing its broader policies, too. it has promised to cut immigration, improve security, put more money into the nhs by cutting back on foreign aid, protect british culture, and promote a fair democracy. the leader says they are prepared to talk about things other politicians don't. we've spoken openly about extremist islamism within our society. i've called it a cancer, said it needs to be cut out, come up with a load of proposals how we could do that. the other parties wanted to ignore it. ukip had its best ever results at the last general election. this time it's standing fewer candidates in fewer seats. and the party's trying to prove it is still relevant beyond brexit. supporters are convinced they've plenty to offer. it seems like yourjob is done, brexit, that's done, you're finished. no, we're not. fresh english strawberries, three boxes for a pound! not everyone agrees. i voted ukip last time. so what cha

i was a founder member of ukip but it is not for me.vers over the ballot vote. she's very good at running a church fete but as from running a church fete but as from running a church fete but as from running a country i rather not.|j would hope that this is not a date with someone who has no respect for women. i'm gina miller, i took the government to court. my voting history has been for the labour party because it is all but brexit soi party because it is all but brexit so i will vote lib dem. hello! how lovely to see you. and you. do you think we have given already more away with the brexit negotiations then we should have done. rather than getting too much away to ali i think it is the mood, all the europeans on the other side of the table must be now looking at us and thinking we can be as strict as possible because this prime minister will buckle under pressure. i do not understand the inflexible way we're going towards these negotiations. why are we negotiating, why notjust leave ? why are we negotiating, why notjust leave? what

ukip says it's the guard dog of brexit.nd of brexit that we really want. the party is pushing its broader policies, too. it's promised to cut immigration, improve security, put more money into the nhs by cutting back on foreign aid, protect british culture, and promote a fair democracy. the leader says they are prepared to talk about things other politicians don't. we've spoken openly about extremist islamism within our society. i've called it a "cancer," said it needs to be cut out, come up with a load of proposals how we could do that. the other parties wanted to ignore it. ukip had its best ever results at the last general election. this time, it's standing fewer candidates in fewer seats. and the party's trying to prove it is still relevant beyond brexit. supporters are convinced they've plenty to offer. it seems like yourjob is done, brexit, that's done, you're finished. no, we're not. fresh english strawberries, three boxes for a pound! not everyone agrees. i voted ukip last time. so what changed your mind? i just...

ukip.years. more training for nurses. this one was there in 2015, cracking down on foreign nationals who are not eligible to use the nhs. labour would commit more than £30 billion in extra funding over the next parliament. this is really a key one, they would guarantee access to nhs treatment within 18 weeks. and the tories say they would increase spending by £8 billion over the course of the next parliament. up to 2022-23. and the liberal democrats, we have seen that one, but this one is maybe important, ensuring mental health care is similar to the standards in physical health care. quite a big one that on the doorstep. let‘s look at housing, another devolved issue. rent controls, a big issue for younger voters. the green party making commitments on that. the conservatives say they would build fixed—term council houses that could be sold after 15 years under the right—to—buy scheme. labour say they will, again, control rent rises and they are promising to build at least 100,000 council ho

that is the effect that ukip has had.art of the other parties, is that what you were saying? that up to 70% of the country wanted us to get on with brexit. as far as ukip is concerned, if we don‘t get the brexit we wanted, we will be backing brexit with a big way. kerry—anne mendoza, the future of theresa may, for the young people this has been a rejection of tabloid headlines, anti—media. what is your take on where theresa may lies now? theresa may has to go. she's done. she's done politically, she has no vision for this country that has compelled anybody. you've got a labour party that is reinvigorated, and more importantly a labour movement which is reinvigorated. it's engaging the young, the old, the gay, the straight, the black, white, and brown, and all the colours in between. and we need to go that way. all of what ukip but uncomfortable with? i think that‘s theresa may in the end will go. corbyn looked comfortable in his own skin. there was energy right from the moment he launched the manifesto. i said, wow. may h

frank, you originally wanted to vote ukip but didn't have a ukip candidate.

ukip says it is the guard dog of brexit.a may won't give us the kind of brexit that we really want. the party is pushing its broader policies, too. it has promised to cut immigration, improve security, put more money into the nhs by cutting back on foreign aid, protect british culture, and promote a fair democracy. the leader says they are prepared to talk about things other politicians don't. we have spoken openly about extremist islamist within our society. i have called it a cancer, said it needs to be cut out. come up with a load of proposals on how we could do that. the other parties wanted to ignore it. ukip had its best ever results at the last general election. this time it is standing fewer candidates in fewer seats. and the party is trying to prove it is still relevant beyond brexit. supporters are convinced they have plenty to offer. it seemed like yourjob is done, brexit, that is done. you're finished. no. we're not. fresh english strawberries! three boxes for a pound! not everyone agrees. i voted ukip last time.

labour have also benefited from the ukip collapse. come with me to the house of commons and let's crunch the numbers. the government benches with the conservatives still on them, still the largest party with 318 seats, with one constituency still to count. 318 is not an overall majority, you need 326, just overall majority, you need 326, just over half the mps so you could outvote all the mps on the other side put together. so the conservatives have a problem. looking at the opposition benches with labour improving by 30 seats to 206 di. the snp with labour improving by 30 seats to 206 d1. the snp down by more than a third to 35. a dozen liberal democrats. in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party have ten, sinn fein on seven. in wales, plaid cymru have four, the green party keep their one, caroline lucas, and the independent mp is in northern ireland. no ukip mps in the house of commons will stop and more than 200 female mps for the first time. the

i am standing down today as the leader of ukip with immediate effect.ference in torquay, the new rebranded ukip must be lodged and a new era must begin with a new leader. this will be an exciting time for all of us who love our party. i have to admit, i never envisaged that i would lead the party into three by—elections and a general election in the space of six hectic months. i wanted at least a year of calm to rebrand and rebuild the party structures so we were ready for the electoral battles ahead. but alas... paul nuttall is standing down as leader of ukip with immediate effect. there will be a leadership contest later this year in time for the party conference. i think that will make it three leadership contests in one year for ukip. in this context, when we are looking at a share of 1.8% of the vote, that was inevitable. rather small guard dogs of brexit these days. clever people with slide rules have tabulated that that will be five ukip leaders in nine months which even by the standards of british politics is going it some. he is an affable guy

way will ukip voters swing?ervative party? ukip voters may even go to parties like the liberal democrats, it may be a way of registering a different kind of protest vote. at the other end of the country it's business as usual in cardiff bay. devolved politics has continued throughout this general election campaign but for some voters the waters have been muddied. uk party manifestos have made promises about a number of issues, like health and education, that are devolved so will it be our schools and hospitals or wider uk and brexit issues that influence people here? the political lines in wales are perhaps blurred like never before. sian lloyd, bbc news. the latest headlines. party leaders have been making the final plea to the electorate. jeremy corbyn said a labour government would end the austerity and tackle inequality. theresa may has pledged to build a brighter future theresa may has pledged to build a brighterfuture for theresa may has pledged to build a brighter future for britain post—brexit. the body

that is the former ukip leader. what happened to the current ukip leader?m former ukip leader.idea of ha rd ukip is representing that idea of hard brexit what has happened to the man who represents you get or who wa nted man who represents you get or who wanted to in this parliament? paul nuttall, the leader, stood to be an mp in boston and skegness and you can see what has happened. the ukip share of the vote is down 26%. this may be an individual one but we know from looking at this that paul nuttall was not the choice of voters. does that suggest there is less of an appetite for ukip's idea or ideal of hard brexit? some of the other places we have seen that drop in the ukip vote. when douglas karr as well resign his seat of clacton he said ukipjob done. when you look at this year and you see how the vote has been split between labour and conservatives as if ukip voters are not sure which party to go back to the message is clear, in all of these, ukip is seeking a bigger hit, down 17%, 16%, 11%, voters are looking to another party to enact whatever kind of brexit they thought

what would ukip do, with hate crime on the rise? seen some instances following what happened in manchester. mosques being bombed. ukip are fuelling it. they are fuelling it. applause. i don't believe so... paul nuttall came out the next day saying that he was right about the cancer of radical islam. his main point is to ban the burqa. how is that going to help? everyone has their views. i have mine. to stop radicalisation, we need more police force working with the community to overcome hate crime. i want to make sure that police crackdown on any hate in any community. did you agree with your party's policy of banning the burqa? in today's modern society, any form of covering the face is not required. i disagree. do you really have the right to tell people what to wear? to tell women to wear? i know there is an issue of security issue but we live in a democracy, or we try to. i feel that politicians are constantly coming to young people and the younger generation at election time. where the hell are you for the rest of the year? you

i know i have ukip votes, because brexit is going to happen.use brexit is going to happen. i know i have asked you that a and you won't tell me how many seats you needs or the it to be a real victory. she is playing offence and labour seem to be playing defence, jeremy corbyn in safe labour seats today, what are they looking, is it internal numbers they looking, is it internal numbers they have or different polls from what we are seeing, something is giving them that confidence. all parties do their own private polling, i think private polling in labour when i last checked with them looked dire tatlower end of their —— at the lower end of their predictions and the conservatives remain confident, although the national swing may not look fantastic that, individual seats will deliver the majority they're looking for and that made this gamble worthwhile. your question remainsa pertinent gamble worthwhile. your question remains a pertinent one and it is being asked. there is a big difference between her winning by 20 and winning by 90. there is a bi

back in 2015, this was the front line of the conservatives‘ battle with ukip.a that nigel farage had chosen it to stand in the election. the tories thought if they could beat him here, well, they could hold back the tide of ukip nationally. the defeated ukip candidate in 2015 was out campaigning in clacton today, chatting to journalists, when an aide starts trying to get his attention. you're joking! oh, my good lord! right, that's big news, 0k, thank you. craig mackinlay‘s just been charged. what does it mean? well, effectively what it means in that constituency is that, whilst his name will stay on the ballot paper, i think the chances of people voting for him are now very slim, so i think that constituency will be a straight fight now between ukip and the labour party, and i will be there tomorrow afternoon giving a speech at 5pm to support our candidate. and what do you think it means more broadly in the context of seven days to go until the general election? well, once again it's bad judgment from theresa may. but why on earth would you allow someone to go

the greens on 2% and ukip on 2%. that is significant. a crash for ukip. ukip. look at that, down 11%. that is why their leader resigned. people thinking before the election, all their votes go to the conservatives to help theresa may but that's not what has happened. labour have benefitted from ukip's collapse. so come with me to the house of commons. let's crunch the numbers. here are the government benches and the conservatives are still there. still the largest party with 318 seats. one questions, still to count. 318 is not an overall majority. you need 326 over half of the mps to south wrote. so, they have a problem, the conservatives. labour improved by 30 seats to 261, the snp down by more than a third of their mps on 35. a dozen liberal democrats. in northern ireland, the dup have 10, sinn fein, seven, in wales, plaid cymru have four, and the greens keep one and the independent mp is in northern ireland. there are no ukip mps in the house of commons. by the house of commons. by the way, more than 200 women mps for the first time. so back to the gov

we are at the antithesis to ukip. if you want to finish ukip forever vote green.pplause. thank you johnathan bartley to. that brings us to the end of our elections programmes. it listening to say good night from bristol. —— leads me to say. hello there. you're probably wondering weather summer has gone because unsettled weather this week, some spells of rain, heavy at times and often accompanied with strong and gusty winds. some drier interludes and it may turn warmer later in the week. 0urfirst area of rain is coming from this developing cloud here and that's been pushing rain across northern ireland, that's heading its way into scotland, should move through and things brighten to bring showers, a dull start, though, for northern ireland. rain developing more widely in northern england, especially wales and the south—east, showery outbreaks developing as the wind picks up in other eastern parts of england too. into the afternoon across scotland we're going to find some sunshine but also some showers. these could be heavy, possibly thundery too, and we should get

nuttall, paul andrew, ukip. .. and in reverse, another ukip leader took his leave.ern alone. meet the ten—strong democratic unionist party, northern irish mps who will prop theresa may up. the prime minister has spoken with me this morning and we will enter discussions with the conservatives to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation. others, though, calling for her to go. we will work with others if it is at all possible to keep the tories out of government. she put her party before her country, she has been found out. she should be ashamed. it's an act the westminster circus did not expect. i think labour mps have been shocked by how well we've done. and lot of them will recognise jeremy's here and will take us into the next election and they will start to work with him. i think we've witnessed a political earthquake and i am going to be the first or second or third person to say that jeremy has had a character explosion. you must accept, though, that a hung parliament makes the government less stable, less strong. i accept this isn't the r

ukip down both 1296. similar pictures now. ukip down both 12%. the snp similar pictures now. the snp down 11. a bit further in real life. you can see what has happened, more or less, the conservative and labour votes evening out. and proving the exit poll right so far. we have just had in this results so far. ealing central and action has been held for labour by rupa huq. an important seat as the greens stood aside to help labour. she is on a whopping 60% share of the vote. it was number 21 the conservative target list but it looks as if labour is having quite a good night in london so —— it was number two on the conservative target list. they did not need a very big swing to take this one, but you can see what has happened. it has gone massively towards labour, a bit like that seat, putney, wherejustin greening hold on. so what wherejustine greening held on. very big swing to labour but the direction of travel certainly favours labour in london so certainly favours labour in london so far tonight. if the exit poll proves right, the conservatives are short of an overall major

some of the things that ukip, remember them?rty. some of the things that ukip, rememberthem? some of any party. some of the things that ukip, remember them? some of the things they talked about, a lot of people felt they were distasteful. remember the holder ba klava people felt they were distasteful. remember the holder baklava donald trump, when he came to power, nigel farage was the only person talking to him from this side of the pond. they were very here they would not do business with him, there were not going to make him an unofficial adviser, they have resisted those kinds of moves before. the other really serious point, even when you get away from talking about that as a shield on women's rights, for example, is the whole peace process. the current peacekeeping agreement ends at the end of this month and does not compromise our neutrality on this position completely if the government is side in with one particular party? there are more and more voices coming out on this. the former northern ireland secretary peter hain

bob dhillon, ukip? my sympathies again go to the people of manchester. back to the 19705, when we look at british policy which has gone wrong. basically, what we have done is funded the5e terrori5t basically, what we have done is funded the5e terrorist groups in the 19705 and 19805 to overthrow ru55ian regimes in afghanistan and various other middle east countries. that is where the policy 5tarted. then, what we did secondly, wa5 where the policy started. then, what we did secondly, was the secret services were qualified people who we re services were qualified people who were replaced by cronies, by tony blair, who put cronies in to get the result that he wanted for the iraq war, with no plan b. when you destroy a country, which iraq was quite a nice country from when i visited it to what it is now, and have no plan b, and when people see that, they have this hate in them. you are linking terrorism to past behaviours? yes. whatever the issues are, we cannot blame any single policy young people's lives, people who have wanted to go out to enjoy their eve

ukip... forsupport. ukip... i mean, in politics, don't you sometimes have to make allegiances were you never expected to? they're restricting that. but the conservatives have been running a seven—week campaign about that. four hours later, they are doing exactly what they said they would not do. it is hypocrisy. they would argue it is an arrangement which has been informal for some time. you often find the dup go behind the conservatives on lots of things. the difference if it isa very lots of things. the difference if it is a very cynical. to lots of things. the difference if it is a very cynical to up is a very cynical bid to shore up her own power base and majority. that is what people are taking exception to as opposed to...|j that is what people are taking exception to as opposed to... ijust wa nt to exception to as opposed to... ijust want to say, the dup saw off the ulster unionist party. exactly. there is only ten of them. it is enough to get her over the line just if every one of her

ukip wants a points—based system, while the lib dems would maintain the status quo. 0n trade, theresas we'll leave the single market and the customs union. labour accepts that, but would negotiate to retain the benefits of both, while the liberal democrats want to stay as members. the snp wants scotland's place in the single market to be protected. 0n legal matters, the conservatives say they would end the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. labour would keep eu protections on worker and consumer rights and the environments. while the lib dems would hold a referendum on the final brexit deal before it was put in place. caroline. brexit, the tories must be happy that it is back on a subject they believe they are top of. that's right, we've seen an election supposed be about brexit not mention it for weeks, or indeed not have it as the main thrust of the agenda, that has changed today, one reason for this has been this tightening in the polls and the suggestion that the polls and the suggestion that the campaign strategists now see that in their focus groups its brexit that ca

we will start with ukip.re training for nurses. this one was there in 2015, cracking down on foreign nationals who are not eligible to use the nhs. labour would commit more than £30 billion in extra funding over the next parliament. this is really a key one, they would gar an tee access to nhs treatment within 18 weeks. and the tories say they would increase spending by £8 billion over the course of the next parliament. up the course of the next parliament. up to 2022-23. and the liberal democrats, we have seen that unwith, but this one is maybe important, ensuring mental health care is similar to the standards in physical health care. quite a big one e. the making commitments fix—term is build fix—term council house that is be after 15 build fix—term council house that is be - after 15 years under could be sold after 15 years under the right—to—buy scheme. labour say they will, again, control rent rises they will. again. control rent rises they will. again. control rent rises they are promising to build at a

the liberal democrat way down on 8%, and ukip on 13%. a lot of ukip voters there.will come back to that in a year, this is the story. the conservatives dominant in the polls and for the whole year, leading labour by quite some difference. you can see why she called the election. but the story changes if we look at the polls since the calling of the general election. week one up to week six, he we go. have a look at what happens to this conservative lead, see the way it narrows, see the way jeremy corbyn takes the conservatives to within 8%, according to the polls. either way, look at ukip and the liberal democrats, how far they are here. if there were millions of ukip voters last time and they have been dislodged, which parties have they gone to now? really interesting. the map tells the story of the election result in 2015. 650 parliamentary constituencies, each one an individual battle between parties. i will show you the conservatives first, in blue. look at the way they washed over england, all the way down across the south—west. a different story for labour, t

stridently different tone from ukip. islamist extremism isa tone from ukip.put out. the lib dems, also on the back foot, urging caution. sadly we discover those people guilty of the pathetic, currently murders in manchester and london are people who are known to the security services. the question is not intelligence and new powers, it is having the resources to keep us it is having the resources to keep us safe. security is one of the issues that matter is in every corner of the country. we have an opportunity to send a message about the kind of country we want to be. theresa may is on the ropes. it is no longer inevitable that she will get a bigger majority. events have changed this campaign like no other. few would have predicted this. can you give it up for the rally taking place in brighton! labour rally being screened in six places around the country. a rock star here but we all determine who find the pot of gold. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, is in birmingham tonight where labour's jeremy corbyn hasjust finished a campaign rally. 0ne full day

way will ukip voters swing?o to parties like the liberal democrats, it may be a way of registering a different kind of protest vote. at the other end of the country it's business as usual in cardiff bay. devolved politics has continued throughout this general election campaign but for some voters the waters have been muddied. uk party manifestos have made promises about a number of issues, like health and education, that are devolved so will it be our schools and hospitals or wider uk and brexit issues that influence people here? the political lines in wales are perhaps blurred like never before. sian lloyd, bbc news. in northern ireland voters last went to the polls only a few months ago. that was for an assembly election but the parties haven't been able to agree a deal to form a devolved government at stormont. and the general election campaign hasn't helped relationships. chris buckler is outside stormont for us: since michelle o'neill took over as sinn fein‘s leader at stormont earlier this year... the part

ukip on 1% is a big part of the story. their voters crashed.96. voters crashed. look at that, down 11%. it was thought it would go straight to the conservatives but he didn't. labour benefited as well. this is where all the action will be 110w. this is where all the action will be now. have a look at the government benches. the conservatives have 318 seats. they are the largest single party but are short of an overall majority. they need 326 to be able to upload all the other mps put together. so the tories have a problem. let's have a look at the opposition bench. and improve the labour party. the snp by contrast down by more than one third. only five mps now. a dozen for the lib dems. in northern ireland, the dup celebrating ten. sinn fein have seven. played —— the independent is a northern ireland mp. no one from ukip in the house of commons. there are more than 200 female mps for the first time. that in itself is indicative. let's go back to the challenge facing the conservatives. they will have a working arrangement with the liberal conser

the ukip vote pretty much labourdid all. to ahead. i think they feel privately that they still are. i don‘t think anyone is really able what is going on with some of the opinion polls. thank you very what does certainly frustrate me is it will do most damage to the so—called just about managing, the hard—pressed families up and down the country who are already seeing the increase in their wages stagnating, compared to the increase in prices, and the increase in petrol prices, food prices, clothes prices are a direct result of brexit, and a direct result of the very hard, extreme version of brexit that theresa may's pursuing. soto put it mildly, it is pretty rich for the conservatives to claim that they understand how to deliver a prosperous economy when they themselves, through their own choices, are putting the british economy in seriousjeopardy. willie walsh — the chief executive of british airways‘ parent company, iag — has defended the airline‘s handling of the computer failure which caused chaos for passengers worldwide

the ukip vote was always going to inflate the tory vote, because it collapsed. what we saw in this election, this is what i think is so interesting, the most radical labour leader in history got 40% of the vote in 2017, even though all the odds were stacked against him, and what i think that shows, and i think we are now at a turning point which we have seen now at a turning point which we have seenin now at a turning point which we have seen in other countries. we have seen seen in other countries. we have seen bernie sanders in the us and new parties in spain. in the 19705, the post—war con5en5u5 new parties in spain. in the 19705, the post—war consensus of social democracy crumbled and collapsed. i think we are seeing that consensus, that margaret thatcher established in1979, is that margaret thatcher established in 1979, is beginning to crumble and i think there is every chance next few years of a labour government coming to power which will transform this country in just the way margaret thatcher and clement attlee before it transformed britain. what this e

paul andrew nuttall, ukip. .. and in reverse, another ukip leader took his leave...an govern alone. meet the ten strong democratic unionist party, northern irish mps who will prop theresa may up. the prime minister has spoken with me this morning. we will enter discussions with the conservatives to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation. others, though, calling for her to go... we will work with others, if it is at all possible, to keep the tories out of government. she put her party before her country. she has been found out. she should be ashamed. it is an act the westminster circus did not expect. i think labour mps have been shocked by how well we have done. a lot of them recognise thatjeremy is here and will take us into the next election. they will start to work with him. i think we witnessed a political earthquake. i am going to be the first, or second, or third person to say that jeremy has had a character explosion. you must accept though that a hung parliament makes the government less stable? i accept that this is not the result we

the liberal democrats, way down on 8%, and ukip on 13%. awful lot of ukip voters there.the story. so, the conservatives dominant in the polls and dominant for the whole year, all the way through, leading labour by quite some distance, as you can see. you see why theresa may called the election — 43% to 27%. but the story changes if we look at the polls since the calling of that general election. so, week one to week six, here we go. all the way through we go, have a look at what happens to this conservative lead, see the way it narrows, see the wayjeremy corbyn takes the conservatives to within 8%, according to the polls. and by the way, look at ukip and the lib dems — how far down they are here. the fascinating question is, if there were millions of ukip voters last time, and they've been dislodged, which parties have they gone to now? really interesting. 0k. the map tells the story of the election result in 2015. here it is — 650 parliamentary constituencies, each one an individual battle between parties. so, i'll show you the conservatives first, in blue. and look at

in the past week people have been coming over to ukip. attack on low— paid components. it's time to end the attack on low—paid people, the disabled and the vulnerable. we need to cancel the tax welfare state and invest in our public services. brexit presents a clear and present danger tojobs brexit presents a clear and present danger to jobs and the economy of scotland and scotland needs to be represented at the top table in the negotiations. finally, whatever those negotiations conclude people in scotland should get a choice as to whether they uk that emerges from brexit is the one they voted for three years ago. us media are reporting that fired fbi directorjames comey told the attorney generaljeff sessions that he did not want to be left alone with the president. it's one of a slew of allegations relating to donald trump and the investigation into alleged russian involvement in the 2016 us election. tomorrow james comey will testify before a senate hearing. this afternoon four of america's top intelligence officials are set to face que

their own ukip surge never materialised.ton families. they were not natural conservatives, they were in large numbers of labour supporters who heard an attractive message from jeremy corbyn. so corbyn outplayed the conservatives? in that sense, yes, his campaign outplayed them. i give credit to him. is this the worst conservative campaign you've seen? i've got to say it probably was, and it probably was because it was too long, because it went off into many different directions and we didn't have a focus throughout the campaign as strongly as we ought to have had. it's gin fizz night at the last drop inn. as the gin and champagne flowed, an explanation perhaps of why the tory wooing of ukip voters didn't pay off from one nigel farage fan. i voted for him last time, and i voted for him in brexit. because he's not available, i went back to labour. because the conservatives thought people like you might go from ukip to them. i didn't believe what she said. i had no confidence in her. amongst voters here, tory and non, nobody ha

our ukip still relevant given the conservative support for brexit?re to be fully pushing the buttons and be there, a force to be reckoned with, to keep her on her toes. with just a few days of canvassing left, all the candidates running in enfield north will be working hard to get their message across. studio: the liberal democrats and the greens are also standing in enfield north. here's the full list of the candidates. with the election fast approaching, my colleague victoria derbyshire has been organising a series of election blind dates — a lunch between two people with very different political views. today it's the turn of labour'sjess phillips and the conservative'sjohn whittingdale. this is how they got on. music iamjess i am jess phillips and i amjess phillips and i was i am jess phillips and i was the member of parliament for birmingham yardley and now i am the candidate in that election. i was raised to hit the tories and there are still some i see as the headed monsters. i feel slightly anxious about going to meet somebody, i don't know wh

a life long labour voter until he joined ukip.ther policies, other demographic issues, but brexit has to be the number one. we need to get that done first. and do you trust the government to get that right? not wholly, no, i don't. i'm more in favour of theresa may thanjeremy corbyn, but i'm still not 100% behind her either. so the whole strong and stable mantra ? i don't buy it. and i don't think a lot of other people buy it, thing's why she's slipping in the polls. 60% in this constituency voted to leave the eu last year. feels the media are often too gloomy about the possible benefits of brexit. to your mind, leaving the eu doesn't necessarily lead to the catastrophic collapse of companies like this? absolutely not. i'm optimistic. there was a time about four years ago when i could have lost myjob due to circumstances in the economy. we passed that barrier, and then we had the brexit vote and now the order book has gone through the roof. speak to workers outside the factories here though and it's clear many come not from the we

green on 2% and ukip interestingly on 2%. that's significance, a crash for them, down 11% and that's why the leader resigned. people were thinking all their votes would go straight to the conservatives to help mrs may, but looking at the columns, that hasn't happened. labour have also benefited from the

the people really thought that ukip would get a number of seeds because millions voted for them. —— ahought we were drifting rightwards and now there are all sorts of surprises happening. i'm not an expert on emmanuel macron or french politics but it is amazing what has happened and then there is another election coming up, perhaps more crucial to us, the german election. the turnouts at this today was very low so the idea that his movement has re—energised politics may be hollow. it seems... ithink has re—energised politics may be hollow. it seems... i think some people think the business is done now that the president has been elected. even to get so many candidates in place in quite a short time isa candidates in place in quite a short time is a feat. an indication of how he will approach brexit, he does not wa nt to he will approach brexit, he does not want to give any quarter to britain. well, do they want to sell us wine, or don't they? i would like some wine. but, also, there is another site. we need them as much as they need us and that has been a problem with the brexit argum

and in reverse, another ukip leader took his leave. no party, though, can govern alone. meet the 10 strong democratic unionist party, northern irish mp's who propped theresa may up. >> the prime minister has spoken with me this morning and we we will enter discussions with the conservatives to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation. laura: others, though, calling for her to go. >> we will work with others if it is at all possible to keep the tories out of government. laura: but only late this afternoon did the prime minister acknowledge that anything has gone wrong. prime minister may: i wanted to achieve a larger majority, but that was not the result we secured, and i'm sorry for all those candidates and hard-working party workers who were not successful. laura: she won more votes, more seats. she keeps this address. but her gamble failed. the electorate can damn with faint praise. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street. jane: as you have just heard, it was quite a dramatic night as the results poured income and now all seats have been decid