fraser. good morning, welcome to brussels. boats are still being counted here at the european parliament. it very much feels like the morning after that i before, is a bleary eyes. i can see journalists asleep at the desks, surrounded by the detritus of half eaten food, bottles of water and quite a lot of coffee. no question what a story of the night was, the shift across the continent to the right. the hard right performing well in austria, the netherlands, germany. not so well in poland and slovakia. and, of course, the headline news overnight is the fact that president macron has called that snap election in france, where the national rally took 32% of the vote, compared to his party s 14%. that is a record performance for the national rally. it left the president, in his view, with no option but to dissolve parliament and call a snap election. translation: the rise - of nationalists and demagogues is a dangerfor our nation, but also for europe. i say this even though we h
tax for the big banks. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey! applause. a day to make some noise. the liberal democrats have been loudly declaring that the nhs and social care is in crisis. with a leader who has spoken about his experience of caring for his disabled son and previously his mother. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the scale of the challenge is enormous, so our manifesto doesn t shy away from that. we are putting forward a bold, ambitious and fully costed plan to tackle the health and care crisis from top to bottom. this is a manifesto to save the nhs. crisis from top to bottom. the lib dems are pledging to give everyone the right to see a gp within seven days or 2a hours if urgent. provide free at home care for the elderly and disabled. and guarantee access to an nhs dentist in an emergency. the party also wants to lift the two child benefit cap, increase aviation taxes on people who frequent
Parents are being asked to regularly donate money good morning. A pilot shortage, cancelled flights and a multi Million Pound compensation bill. Its been a tough week for ryanairand bill. Its been a tough week for ryanair and its passengers but can europes Largest Airline recover . Im at the London Stock Exchange this morning to find out. And in sport, pick a woman next time, so says record goalscorer kelly smith, as the search begins to find Mark Sampsons replacement as head coach of englands Women Football team. And matt has your weekend weather. The autumn equinox today and it feels like it, cold and foggy for some and while most start the day with sunshine, a different look outside for the journey home. Details on that and your weekend forecast coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will deliver a major speech on brexit in florence later today. The Prime Minister will argue that both the uk and the eu have a shared responsibility to make the process work smooth
President trump as mentally deranged. From next year banks and Building Societies will have to carry out checks on all current account holders to establish if they are in the uk illegally. A hive of information, scientists place trackers on bees to help more about their life cycle and their illnesses. A very good morning from florence. So often on this long Journey Towards brexit we talk about important announcements and perhaps use the term to loosely in the media, but there is the filling in florence today judging media, but there is the filling in florence todayjudging by the cameras around me that this is actually an important occasion. Of course, though brexit negotiations have pretty much stalled over the last six months, we are on the eve of the fourth round of negotiation and still stuck on those difficult first phase issues. What are we going to hearfrom first phase issues. What are we going to hear from theresa may today . Probably detail on two important numbers. The first n
Sdlp in Northern Ireland launched their manifesto with a Focus On Fighting Hard Brexit and hard border. Its leader said their party would stand up against borders, division and cruel and crippling cuts. As we face new challenges we must be mindful of protections but europe as gifted us and remind others of a situation that is unique and more challenging and deeply deserving of special status. To do that we need strong voices taking a stand against the tories at the heart of the action. Welcome to the programme. Laura hughes and jason are here. Jeremy corbyn a failure of memory, a bit like diane abbott earlier in the campaign . It is not great, you would have thought he would have had a briefing before going to interview on the date that youre launching a manifesto policy, youre launching a manifesto policy, you should know your numbers. You cannotjudge a Policy On Whether or not the leaders remember the numbers and that is true. But for a party co nsta ntly and that is true. But for a