i am on the conservative campaign bus which had its launch event today and previously viewers have seen us aboard what we have been calling campaign buses and they may not have actually been the properly branded bus but we are now on that after it was unveiled in redcar earlier today and we are now heading back down south towards the capital and earlier the prime minister, rishi sunak, did get on the bus for it s kind of inauguraljourney as the campaign coach but he is not on it now so it is basically just reporters and journalists who have been tracking the prime minister and the conservative campaign over recent days and we have gone to a variety of places, sort of middle to late in the week, including buckinghamshire, and as i say, we went to redcar and we were in the north west yesterday as well and there have been a variety of announcements over those days and the one we had today, as you mentioned a moment ago, was this idea of kind of extending the levelling up fund to
when keir starmer was first leader, a lot of people did not in anyway think that in one term he could turn the labour party around. they were talking in terms of him doing five years, losing the next election and someone also come in and we don t know who that will be. for them, it has been a big surprise as well. they actually lost the hartlepool by election, it was an absolute low point for labour and then things turned around. lots of people say keir starmer has been a lucky leader, it has come at the same time that in scotland the snp have had their own troubles, socks scotland is a country where labour used to rule and then were absolutely decimated at the last election and went down to one seat. all of thing these things have a line for him but he will say he has change the party from the party it was underjeremy corbyn. the change the party from the party it was underjeremy corbyn. the left of the labour party was underjeremy corbyn. the left of the labour part
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And leave empty chairs. Gracing us with their presence, Caroline Wheeler of the Sunday Express and Jack Blanchard from the mirror. Hello and first of all, lets bring you up to date with the latest developments on the Campaign Trail and today everyone seems keen to focus on brexit. Theresa may insists only she can bring back a good dealfrom those crucial talks in brussels. Iam i am confident that we can fulfil the promise of brexit together, and build a briton that is stronger, fairer, and even more prosperous thanit fairer, and even more prosperous than it is today. No, no, says jeremy no, no, sasteremy corbyn, accusing the conservatives of fostering what he calls a toxic climate ahead of those talks. We will confirm to the other Member States that britain is leaving the European Union, that issueis leaving the European Union, that issue is not in doubt. But instead of posturing and pumped up animosity Labour Government under my leadership will set out a plan for brexit based on mutual