Conclude that shes going to win in june. That is fairly obvious. Sticking your neck out here. Personally, im sticking my neck out, i dont think it will be the 140 or 160 margin some people are saying. I think its more likely to be around 80 or 70. Actually, if you extrapolate out the local Election Results, they did slightly less well in the local Election Results than some of the polls would suggest. Is that it some of the polls would suggest. Is thatitis some of the polls would suggest. Is that it is clearly going to be a Pretty Sizea Ble that it is clearly going to be a pretty sizeable conservative majority. We must mention the lib dems, they are happy with their share of the vote this time. But not with the number of seats that theyve got. So thats the perennial problem for the lib dems. It has played at in local actions as in national action. They have not had a good time, and again they are trying to put a brave face on it and say, we have five weeks, we can do this, make a diffe
no, that was up to seven. i think that was seven. it might be my souvlaki talking, but yes. so it s a big debate with all of the parties who are fielding candidates in the election being represented. and as a result of that, what you have is of course, the sort of battle royale going on between labour and the tories, but you have an opportunity to hear from a much broader rainbow of political opinion. yeah, it means on the one hand it s less focused than when it was starmer versus sunak on tuesday, and it sjust two people going head to head on a range of issues. it becomes a bit more sprawling, but equally it feels more like britain because you re hearing about wales and hearing about scotland. sure. and it s a reflection also of the fact that there are lots of different kinds of political races in lots of different kinds of constituencies. there are races that are between the snp and the tories in some parts of more rural scotland they tend to be. there are of course that are places t
aleem maqbool, bbc news, in leicester. a full list of candidates standing in leicester south will be available on the bbc website once nominations close at lipm. the white house is calling on israel, to publicly release the names of the 20 to 30 hamas fighters, it says it was targeting, in an air strike on a school being used as a shelter in gaza. joining me are political editors to discuss the election around the country. let s begin, 18 constituencies to be filled in northern ireland. one third are marginal. it sounds like the makings of an interesting campaign. has it been? it of an interesting campaign. has it been? . , of an interesting campaign. has it been? ., , , ., , of an interesting campaign. has it been? ., , , , been? it really is, it has been fascinating been? it really is, it has been fascinating and been? it really is, it has been fascinating and these - been? it really is, it has been fascinating and these first - been? it really is, it has been| fascinating and th
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