That he s done everything he could to get the party into power labor suffered its worst election results in more than 80 years losing $59.00 seats to get a total of just over $200.00 seats earlier I spoke to Kate Ironside who s a former political journalist who s now a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of North am 10 and also the Guardian columnist and former political editor of The Observer Gaby Hinsliff I asked Gaby has will is she surprised by the election results Yeah I was shocked I mean I was expecting the Tories to win but I thought it would be a much smaller majority and this with them this was probably the talk. Of where some of the projections were a little bit over the top end but that wasn t you know where. Most people were expecting it to be it was almost like it once it once it happened once that will break down it will it will come down in a rush you know and suddenly it was a flood of the victory so yeah the exit polls were real a bit of a jaw dropping my
You know as you say looks like a very decisive election result and no doubt we will leave the European Union in a few weeks but there are millions of people for whom that s the last thing they want to nothing about that has changed and I think what will change and this is all about bringing the nation back together healing if you like lancing that boil of hatred and polarization is that the democratic will of the people will be enacted and you know what the morning after it s over that s the end of that s the end of that chapter we have left the European Union with a really reasonable deal and now it s time to think about what do we want in this nation what we want with our connections with Europe and the rest of the world that is a positive and constructive conversation even if people didn t support the original outcome so I think no I think we re going to be in it and I think the whole mood of this nation will change over the next year to one of looking at you looking forwards looki
As an independent until the party s disciplinary procedures against him are concluded Miss Layard wouldn t be drawn on whether she would call on the Scottish Labor leader Richard Leonard to step down clearly some significant changes to happen and we will all need to consider that in the cold light of. And consider how we. And just a quick look at the picture elsewhere in the u.k. In Wales played country has held on to its 4 seats in Northern Ireland do you piece suffered a series of losses including the party s leader at Westminster Nigel Dodds he lost north Belfast to Sion Fein the s.-t. O.-p. Have won 2 seats after being wiped out of the last election so that s the news a summary so far this morning let s catch up of the sports headlines now with well good luck good morning everyone Rangers have joined Celtic in the Europa League knockout stage the I broke side drawing one all last night at home to young boys of late Bob Barr such on goal cancelling out afraid of loss 1st half strik
But look back and look next Phyllis Schlafly but. Let s start with a summary there nothing s there as it stands the conservatives have won an overall majority in the general election following Labor s worst performance in living memory the s.n.p. Has made big gains across Scotland with the party defeating the Liberal Democrat leader Joseph Winston and de Botton East as m.p. Candidates have also won several seats from the Tories and Labor Nicolas Sturgeon s said the results gave her a mandate to ensure Scotland could decide its future their results that we re seeing recorded this evening somewhat exceeds the expectations I had so it s been an exceptional night for the s.n.p. And in a Scotland to send a very clear message we don t want to abolish Johnson Conservative government we don t want to leave the European Union and we want Scotland s future to be in Scotland times. The conservatives have won an overall very good. For the vast majority of results across say the u.k. Now declared
It s that are are coming and you know it s entirely possible that we had a break not too terribly long ago and it s entirely possible that they had a meeting of the minds and kind of made a decision that this didn t need to continue going on to the next day that is Kelsey style and let s go back to the hearing here Hakeem Jeffries of New York speaking now as a Democrat but we put democracy over demagoguery what exactly will history say about us I feel now to my distinguished colleague from the great state of Texas this is Escobar Thank you Mr Chairman I m going to speak directly to the American people want to run a Democrat of Texas that they bypass the Republican talking points that they ve heard over and over and over again especially for those Americans who have been listening and watching all day and instead go directly to the evidence yourself over 100 hours of testimony testimony by some of America s greatest patriots over $250.00 text messages Mick Mulvaney own words Mr Mulvane