Details on that. Labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. Strong challenge from the snp. In wales theyve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. In england theyve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. Theyve won the male role contest in the Liverpool City Region. Lost the Liverpool City Region. Lost the mayoral contest. And it has been a terrible night for ukip, overnight they lost every seat they were defending. And the party has been wiped out on Councils Like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. Their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. In scotland the snp have managed to deprive labour of an overall majority in glasgow but we are not yet sure if they have won overall control of scotlands biggest city for themselves. Were still waiting for most of the results in scotland. Well keep a close eye on birmingham th
Details on that. Labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. Strong challenge from the snp. In wales theyve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. In england theyve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. Theyve won the male role contest in the Liverpool City Region. Lost the Liverpool City Region. Lost the mayoral contest. And it has been a terrible night for ukip, overnight they lost every seat they were defending. And the party has been wiped out on Councils Like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. Their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. In scotland the snp have managed to deprive labour of an overall majority in glasgow but we are not yet sure if they have won overall control of scotlands biggest city for themselves. Were still waiting for most of the results in scotland. Well keep a close eye on birmingham th
Representation in parliament are all on the list. We will speak to them injusta on the list. We will speak to them injust a moment. The former american soldier, Chelsea Manning, who passed thousands of confidential documents to wikileaks, will be released from a Military Prison today. Well speak to someone who campaigned for her release. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Are you fat and fit . The bad news is there may be no such thing. Some doctors now reckon its impossible to be overweight without increasing your risk of future health problems. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. In a moment well get the latest on Election Campaign here. First, though to the us, where the white house is denying reports that donald trump asked former fbi Directorjames Comey to stop an investigation into alleged links between an advisor and russia. Mr c
My guests political commentator jo phillips and times columnist iain martin. Lets bring you up to date with the latest developments on the Campaign Trail today. Theresa may returns to her central message that only the conservatives offer stable government and warns that the election could be on a knife edge. If we lose just six seats then the government loses its majority. And if we lose just six seats we could seejeremy if we lose just six seats we could see Jeremy Corbyn if we lose just six seats we could seeJeremy Corbyn in number ten downing st. Diane abbott looking after our national security. John mcdonnell at the treasury with our economy. And the strings being pulled by Nicola Sturgeon. Jeremy corbyn remains hopeful he can win. He says hes attracted thousands of people to back labour because it offers hope and campaigned on a positive manifesto. We are nearly at the end of this campaign and we have done dozens of events all over the country and you know what, everywhere we go t
remain suspended from the conservative whip, what that means in practice is he cannot stand as a conservative candidate at this year s general election. i think the biggerfearfor year s general election. i think the bigger fear for conservative party bossesis bigger fear for conservative party bosses is that if he resigns, there could be a by election. he has a healthy majority of more than 16,000 but in recent by elections, both labour and but in recent by elections, both labourand lib but in recent by elections, both labour and lib dems have overturned a much bigger conservative majorities. there is another danger to for the prime minister, on monday he is hoping that finally his random legislation will go through, but if questions persist about one of his mps who was until recently a trade envoy, then that might end up overshadowing the more positive news that downing street would prefer to be talking about. a jury is expected to deliver its verdict in the inquest of a8 people who d