But they will give us a huge indicator of our politicians fortunes as we hurtle towards the big contest. The Prime Minister tried to look cheerful on the campaign trail. But hes been under the cosh for many months. If the results are gruesome, could rishi sunak sjob be at risk . Will sir keir starmer be able to show convincing progress tonight . Labours been miles ahead in the National Polls for months though real life votes are what really count. Ed davey and his army of activists want to call time on the tories. In how many parts of the country will they get their way . Thousands of Council Seats are up for grabs, a by election in blackpool, Police Commissioners are being chosen too, and there are elections for those powerful mayors around the country it is the biggest test of Public Opinion before The General Election. Reeta chakrabarti will bring us the numbers as the hours tick by. These are the seats at the main parties are defending. Just under 1000 for the conservatives, and fo
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
now on bbc news, it s time for today s episode of newscast, recorded earlier for bbc radio 4. newscast from the bbc. so today we re going to look back at the manifestos that were published this week. what was your name for it, laura, in the end? many festos week. some people called it the manifestival. we re also going to just reflect on what s happening with the polls because there was a kind of quite symbolic moment in one poll that people were talking about earlier this week. and also, i just thought we re halfway through the election now, this is precisely the halfway point, what s everyone s kind of vibe at the moment? laura? my vibe? yes. goodness me. i m not sure i ve ever been asked that before. i think there s something topsy turvy about this whole election, because normally when you have a governing party putting forward a manifesto, they re the ones saying, carry on as we are, in a sense, they re sort of going for the status quo, which the conservatives are sayin
episode of newscast, recorded earlier for bbc radio 4. newscast from the bbc. so today we re going to look back at the manifestos that were published this week. what was your name for it, laura, in the end? many festos week. some people called it the manifestival. we re also going to just reflect on what s happening with the polls because there was a kind of quite symbolic moment in one poll that people were talking about earlier this week. and also, i just thought we re halfway through the election now, this is precisely the halfway point, what s everyone s kind of vibe at the moment? laura? my vibe? yes. goodness me. i m not sure i ve ever been asked that before. i think there s something topsy turvy about this whole election, because normally when you have a governing party putting forward a manifesto, they re the ones saying, carry on as we are, in a sense, they re sort of going for the status quo, which the conservatives are saying don t risk a change, don t risk it,
I like their policies at the moment, i want to leave the European Union and i think theresa may is the only person who will get us out of the European Union with a reasonable deal. Labour. Ive always been labour. And our panel will tell us where theresa may sits on our map of the political terrain. Hello. Some of us remember the heydey of tv advertising. Consumer brands washing powders and the like would constantly market themselves as new and improved. Never mind that they were less than perfect before, as long as you now understood that they are better than ever. Well, the Conservative Party is pitching itself as new and improved today as well. A theresa may manifesto, with a pretty different emphasis to past efforts. A section entitled we believe in the good that government can do, for example. Some will say its just marketing, others will see it as substantive change. Certainly, the emphasis on scaling back the relative generosity displayed to the elderly is a notable shift. The po