56 hours until the polls open with a leader is campaigning for every single one of your votes, but what is really going on behind the scenes? welcome to newsnight, for your nightly interviews and insight. and we will bring both to you on the week when you decide who s going to run our country for the next five years. tonight, we have the man who compiles the exit poll which you will see at 10pm this thursday on the bbc one election programme, professor sirjohn curtice. that should give you us, we hope the first accurate forecast of the election result. we also we have harriet harman, former labour minister, former labour deputy leader and an mp for over a0 years, standing down this time. and we have sir craig oliver, former director of communications for prime minister david cameron. welcome. and nick is here as always. cards on the table, i m after numbers, sir craig oliver, what would be a best and worst case scenario for the conservatives politically this thursday? the
labour s rachel reeves, who wants to take charge of your cash, and the home secretary, conservative, james cleverly, are here to start. is it a relief it s finally been called? i love elections, i m a bit funny like that. i love elections, i m a bit funny like that- i love elections, i m a bit funny like that. ., ., ., like that. i m looking forward to tourin: like that. i m looking forward to touring the like that. i m looking forward to touring the country like that. i m looking forward to touring the country and - like that. i m looking forward to touring the country and getting | touring the country and getting labour s touring the country and getting labour s message of change out to the voters labour s message of change out to the voters. we labour s message of change out to the voters. ~ ., labour s message of change out to the watere labour s message of change out to the voters- the voters. we are delighted you are both here. take care ourfact checker
and labour s bridget phillipson who ll be education secretary in less than a fortnight if the polls are right. 11 days to go, are you tired, exhausted, relieved it is nearly over? sonic regardless the sun has come out. i got to wear shorts the other day, small mercies in elections. but i like electioneering, so i don t mind. are you hoping to get more votes with the shorts? i’m you hoping to get more votes with the shorts? you hoping to get more votes with the shorts? . . ., the shorts? i m afraid i might have ut some the shorts? i m afraid i might have put some peeple the shorts? i m afraid i might have put some people off. the shorts? i m afraid i might have put some people off. the - the shorts? i m afraid i might have put some people off. the sun - the shorts? i m afraid i might have put some people off. the sun is i put some people off. the sun is shinin: put some people off. the sun is shining but put some people off. the sun is shining but nothing put so
half hour of people hadn t wished that we were still locked in the studio that we managed to get in. and before we were going on air, i was telling paddy about the last time i got locked out of my flat, and it was because i had to go and pick up a signed copy of michel barnier s brexit diaries. long, long story and also from a very long time ago, that s very on brand. but should we explain what we re actually doing here? yes. so newscast is our daily news podcast that you can get every day on bbc sounds. obviously, during the election, we are majoring on covering the election coverage, the election campaign of all the parties. and every saturday we re here live on radio four to bring you some kind of newscast style reportage of the week. newscast from the bbc. we will look back at what s been happening all week in the election campaign. but if we ve got some breaking news, we will start with the breaking news and there s a classic scoop coming our way. well, it s interesting.
we got locked out of the studio in broadcasting house, and it s typical of what happens in an election campaign. well, let s hope that by the next half hour of people hadn t wished that we were still locked in the studio that we managed to get in. and before we were going on air, i was telling paddy about the last time i got locked out of my flat, and it was because i had to go and pick up a signed copy of michel barnier s brexit diaries. long, long story and also from a very long time ago, that s very on brand. but should we explain what we re actually doing here? yes. so newscast is our daily news podcast that you can get every day on bbc sounds. obviously, during the election, we are majoring on covering the election coverage, the election campaign of all the parties. and every saturday we re here live on radio four to bring you some kind of newscast style reportage of the week. we will look back at what s been happening all week in the election campaign. but if we ve got