are representing, our politicians don t deserve to be treated like that. it is dangerous. doesn t matter what the substance is, it is the thought of what it might be. i agree, beat him through argument, not foolish agree, beat him through argument, not foolish tactics. not foolish tactics. what are we exectinu not foolish tactics. what are we expecting over not foolish tactics. what are we expecting over the not foolish tactics. what are we expecting over the coming - not foolish tactics. what are we i expecting over the coming weeks? labour have got to stiffen up and show labour have got to stiffen up and show some clear messaging about what they will show some clear messaging about what they will actually do. they have to stay on they will actually do. they have to stay on this stance that the fiscal policy stay on this stance that the fiscal policy won t change. they must come up policy won t change. they must come up with policy won t change. they must come up
Not on hypothetical trade deals with other countries, but on strong Trading Arrangements with the eu. What weve seen today from labour is, i think, their seventh brexit plan. Its yet another nonsensical Jeremy Corbyn plan. It all seems to come down to the Customs Union. Labour suggests it wants us in. But it wont say so quite that clearly. Well ask them to spell it out. And could labours Fortress Wales turn blue . I dont mind the. Whats her name, theresa may, dont mind her. So she could get your vote . Yeah, she could do this time. Ive always voted labour but. Jeremy corbyn . Oh, i dont like him, dont like him, no. Also tonight, is ivanka trump the most powerful woman here . We ask the vanity fair correspondent who has followed her career. Absolutely, from my reporting, people who are close to donald trump say theres only one person in the white house who is not expendable and its ivanka trump. Is south africas governing party on the brink of ousting its president . Happy birthday, dea
question who won? chris mason, bbc news, in salford. let s head to westminster now and speak to our political correspondent. i want to start with that yougov poll on the debate which puts a performance of rishi sunak as asked by 51% to keir starmer at 49%. what you make of that, very close? it is very close and obviously the conservatives will be delighted. it is hardly a surprise that that spin that chris mason was talking about came pretty fast and furious after the debate, both sides, you won t be surprised to hear, claiming victory, but it was very close. i think, though, given the events of the last couple of days, those big polls showing a labour lead over the news that nigel farage and reform uk were
but the parties have actually got kind of bigger fish to fry. scarlett, talk to us about these by elections and what we may or may not be able to read into them, given where the national opinion polls are. yes, i think we learnt a huge amount from the by elections last year actually, and i think they were, taking alongside the sort of very commanding labour lead in the intention polls, they did show that keir starmer is on course for majority in lots of different types of constituencies and i think particularly interested, you know, chris skidmore is actually not even going to exist in the next. in kingswood. exactly, but i think the wellingborough by election is going to be very interesting. you know, it s one of those sort of 100 odd constituencies where ukip came second in 2015. and actually, i think the difference now is we had a sort of tamworth by election where reform underperformed their national voting intention polls at the time but still managed to deprive the conservatives
particular area but he painted a grim picture of the country, a picture of the country, decline he talked about, downtrodden, he talked about the rocks of decline, time and again he suggested that the past iii years under the conservatives have been pretty grim, notjust the most recent cost of living crisis. he said he would counter this with what he called project hope, i think people will be waiting to see what the substances behind that slogan that he coined during the course of the speech. i think you re right to say that most of the speech focused on countering apathy, this idea that the labour lead in the polls is quite wide but the support may be shallow beneath that. he needs to give people a reason to turn out and vote for change. whenever the election comes. a lot of the focus was on that, siding with those who are cynical about westminster,