Will lead a government with a majority of at least $75.00 following a night in which the Tories took seat after seat from labor in areas of northern England the Midlands and Wales which backed Bragg s it in 2016 would you to see left to declare the conservatives are expected to have 364 M.P. s and speaking in the past hour the prime minister said there was or gave him a mandate to get drugs it done and to the u.k. Out of the next month this election means that getting Brits it done is now the irrefutable irresistible all arguable decision of the British people. With this election. Miserable threats of a 2nd reference. With a label a to Jeremy Corbyn has said that issue of Bragg s it had contributed to what he called a very disappointing night for his party Labor is expected to send $203.00 M.P. s but to Westminster which is the party s worst performance for decades Mr Coburn announced he would stand down as Labor leader after he won his seat with a Labor m.e.p. For the Midlands Rory P
And Hill sniper diktat for later on b.b.c. Radio news it s 3 minutes past 3 Steve. Hello good afternoon so last night I beg the conservatives have won the general election says the victory is a clear message to the u.k. Out of the e.u. Has turned out to be a historic election that gives us now you ve got the chance to respect the democratic will of the British people Labour s Redwall across the middle and and the North of England the bedrock of the party support for generations has crumbled as the Conservatives claim key marginal seats I have pride in our manifesto that we put forward but this election was taken over ultimately by bricks and Liberal Democrat leader Joe Swinson has lost locally there were 3 Tory gains from labor we would campaigning very much on local issues here in the high peak yes the Labor Party leadership comes into its But very much we ve run a local campaign this afternoon we ll have the analysis of the afternoon after the night before. Steve Jordan on b.b.c. Ra
Yes we can hear you and very far away apologies for that I just going to get an update as to how long it s going to be before we can expect the results to come back at the canteen Great Yarmouth town hall and I understand that now of the ballot boxes are tipped out on to the tables they re being counted and so we are expecting the results to come back within maybe the next 10 or 15 minutes of site it s widely expected that Brandon there is will retain his seat in Great Yarmouth which he s held since 2010 the Labor candidate Mike Smith Clare has pretty much it meant to do conceded defeat to me and cited a variety of different reasons as to why Labor has come into that position not only here but also nationally as well hasn t polled as well as they had hoped but of course you know it s all in the final declarations that are yet to be made and we re just a few minutes away from that now it turns out that the well that the turnout was down 60 just save a 60 percent of the eligible voters
What s so hard all night to count for us the returning officers I think my fellow candidates you know that jury. No Bucket Head. And others Elmo and others forgive me if I if I don t if I don t identify them all but I bow bow I want to thank I want to thank the people of this country for turning out to vote in a December election that we didn t want to call it which I think has turned out to be a historic election. Gives us now in this new government the chance to respect the democratic will of the British people to change this country for the better and to unleash the potential of the entire people of this country and that is what we will now do and if we are lucky enough to be returned as polls as the exit polls seem to suggest then that work will begin to thank you all very much all right I should say not tomorrow today. Thank you I got a spotless Johnson the m.p. For Oxbridge and south Rice who will be will continue to be our prime minister and we can now tell you that the Conserv
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