From the u. K. General election are predicting a landslide victory for the conservative party the vote count is currently underway and if the projections are correct Boris Johnson has won a new term as Prime Minister and a quick look at the numbers there are 650 seats in the house of commons so a party needs 326 to hold a majority and if the exit polls are accurate the conservatives will be well clear of that number with 368 seats for more on this we can now cross live to our tailor who is in london with following this for us thanks so it looks like a good night for the tories at the very least what more can you tell us. Well this is being billed as the annexation of a generation and if you could look at today scenes up and down the country that seems to support it because in the u. K. People wind rain or shine with standing in the longest of queues some even waited up to 45 minutes just to cost the vote. This Morning Bright and early was the 1st Prime Ministerial hopeful to cost his v
The negotiators of the tory party, but they think and have seen and a very good evening. For the fourth time in the space believe that the labour party is a of five years, the future of the United Kingdom is uncertain, remain party. The fact of the matter is that they are not going to and this time, with politics in deadlock and brexit unresolved, tolerate that. They believe that in the stakes are higher than ever. Now, in a few moments, 2016, when they had their vote in polling stations across the United Kingdom will close, the voting will be over, the Eu Referendum, they believe that and we will be able to reveal the result of our exit poll, they should have been listened to, that is our first hint of the possible result. And they think that the labour party have totally reneged on the result will Boris Johnson be back in number 10 . Of that. Thats what this is about. WillJeremy Corbyn beat him to it . Or will the outcome be less this was a brexit election. This is than clear when it
To look at this political and landscaping where the conservatives were certainly hoping to make quite a few gains. And in areas where labor has traditionally been pretty strong. Lots of these seats have a lot of rich labor heritage. So im going to go across to the result center and joined rita once again. Shes got a few suggestions again about the likely conservative gains in wales. Rita . These will change hands from labors to conservatives if the exit poll is correct. And you are talking about being nerdy hugh, just think of this. That labor has come first in terms of seats in the votes in wales in the past 26 elections. That since the first world war. That might still be the case, but still we think these seats are likely conservative gains. The labor majority there was less than 2,000 in the last election. And wherefore casting conservatives to gain that seat from labor. This was number 73 on the conservatives target list, so quite some way down. We think the conservatives might ha
Across markets trying to figure out what the latest tariffs mean for some of the allies of the u. S. This after moves against an array of trading partners. Lets check in also on crude. Opec starts in a couple of days. We also have a great lineup of guests today. Later the brazilian environment minister and a 10 00 a. M. U. K. Time we have the chief executive officer of. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. We begin with this, no impeachable offenses, that is the conclusion of the report of the investigation of the republican report of investigation. The democrats are expected to release their findings, that is ahead of the u. S. Judiciary Committee First public hearing on wednesday. Possibly the worlds most ambitious policy to combat Climate Change. European leaders are set to bringing net emissions to zero. Eu is also considering over the hong kong, the chief executive is planning more relief measures as ongoing unrest continues to impact the economy. S
And his friend josh. It may not bring millions of shoppers to mid wales, but it is delivering a bit of festive cheer. Hywel griffith, bbc news, rhayader. Brilliant. Time for a look at the weather. This was janets window in argyll and bute, probably the worst of the wet and windy fare. Small comfort that you are not alone . Probably not. Look at the number of isobars on the chart. At least they are running from a south westerly direction so the air is mild and moist to say the least, and there is plenty of air too, we will come to the gusts in a moment. Across this quarter it been raining, and the rainfall totals will mount up. Up to 80 millimetres widely over the high ground, but that is half of the story because when we take a look at the wind strengths as well, we see wind gusts up to 60 mph. That will be disruptive over the bridges for example, speed restrictions, some of the ferries may have an issue. Further east after a chilly start, struggling, but at least you are drier there u