of that victory. pat mcfadden was labour s campaign coordinator and he is now at the heart of keir starmer s governing project. he s what s called chancellor of the duchy of lancaster. we ll discover in a few minutes exactly what that means. but it does mean that he s key to delivering that promise on the front page of labour s manifesto change. and one reason he got thejob is that it s not the first time he s been at the heart of government. he was tony blair s political secretary 20 odd years ago. pat mcfadden, welcome back to political thinking. good to be here, good to be here. i want to know, what was it like on the night of the election? that exit poll comes in at ten o clock. how was it for you? it was an enormous relief. i was sitting in my house in wolverhampton, where i d been campaigning during the day, and in the nearby target seat for us in dudley. and it s such a moment. i remember looking at the clock and its five minutes to ten, its four minutes to ten, and
after the aston villa striker s brilliant 90th minute winner ensured a first major final on foreign soil. lost for words, really. when you score there s emotions that come through your body, but this is just a different feeling. it was slow motion when i was running over to the boys and celebrating. and there was, ah, i didn t want to get off the pitch in the end because ijust wanted to soak it all in, because it doesn t happen often, obviously. come on, watkins, get in there, my son! ollie watkins, all. about ollie watkins. he needs to start. talk about a captain s moment. earlier, after england fell behind for the third match in a row, it fell to the captain to try and draw them level. here comes kane. here come england! oh, it was phenomenal, absolutely brilliant. i couldn t imagine much more. cole palmer and ollie watkins come on. gareth southgate faced criticism at these euros. but having brought on watkins with extra time looming, once again the manager had been vindica
polls are open in france as people across the country cast their ballots in the second round of parliamentary elections. these are live pictures of a polling station in paris. final opinion polls suggest marine le pen s far right national rally will secure the most votes, but it s thought it s unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic hung parliament, severely denting the authority of president emmanuel macron. the anti immigration national rally scored historic gains in last sunday s first round vote, giving le pen and the party s 28 year old leaderjordan bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. however, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, le pen s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. joining me now our
unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic hung parliament, severely denting the authority of president emmanuel macron. the anti immigration national rally scored historic gains in last sunday s first round vote, giving le pen and the party s 28 year old leaderjordan bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. however, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, le pen s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. which is going to show some live shots from france, because president macron is just leaving with shots from france, because president macron isjust leaving with his shots from france, because president macron is just leaving with his wife after voting there. he called the snap election that had a lot of discussio
cast their ballots in the second round of parliamentary elections. these are live pictures of a polling station in paris. final opinion polls suggest marine le pen s far right national rally will secure the most votes, but it s thought it s unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic hung parliament, severely denting the authority of president emmanuel macron. the anti immigration national rally scored historic gains in last sunday s first round vote, giving le pen and the party s 28 year old leaderjordan bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. however, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, le pen s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. our correspondent mark lowen has been talking to voters in paris. it could