Rishi sunak s plans have not yet come to fruition. Our Political Correspondent, hannah miller, has this report. Labour won mayors, councils, and police and crime commissioners. Rishi sunak left clinging on to just one mayor in the tees valley. Even his majority diminished. This morning, the former home secretary, and one of the Prime Ministers biggest critics, warned of a total wipe out for the conservatives. I despair at these terrible results. There is no spinning these results, there is no disguising the fact that these have been terrible Election Results for the conservatives, and they suggest that we are heading to a labour government. Her prescription for the pm. He needs to actually lower taxes in a way that people will feel, not tweaking round the edges. If he is serious about migration, he needs to put a cap on illegal migration, he needs to take us out of the European Convention on human rights. In defeat, the now former conservative mayor of the West Midlands, andy street, s
Here it is. A fascinatingly close result. Richard parkerfor labour, 225,000, andy street for the conservatives, 224,000. The majority, despite there being more than half a million votes, wasjust 1508, thats reflected in the percentages. 37. 8 for labour, 37. 5 for the conservatives. One interesting thing to point out is independents that was critical of labours policy on gaza. Still didnt stop them winning, just. Have a look at how the rates have changed. The conservative vote went right down. Labours vote went down as well but the fact the conservative vote went down by so much was what got labour over the line. There is the swing. Conservative to labour, 4. 6 . That was the big result from last night but there was another really important result yesterday in the capital, london. Here it is. Sadiq khan comfortably beating the conservative susan hall, 275,000 votes in it this time, a lot more. This is what the swing look like and is why labour won. A 3. 2 swing from the conservatives t
A fascinatingly close result. Richard parkerfor labour, 225,000, andy street for the conservatives, 224,000. The majority, despite there being more than 500,000 votes, wasjust 1,508, thats reflected in the percentages. You can see it here. 37. 8 for labour, 37. 5 for the conservatives. One interesting thing to point out is independents 12 , that was a candidate critical of labours policy on gaza. Still didnt stop them winning, just. Have a look at how the rates have changed. The conservative vote went right down. Labours vote went down as well but the fact the conservative vote went down by so much was what got labour over the line. There is the swing. Conservative to labour, 4. 6 . That was the big result from last night but there was another really important result yesterday in the capital, london. Here it is. Sadiq khan comfortably beating the conservative susan hall, 275,000 votes in it this time, a lot more. This is what the swing look like and is why labour won. A 3. 2 swing from
The release of scores of hostages still held in gaza. People are hostages to the right wing government, and the people of gaza are hostages to hamas, and basically there has to be a way to overcome that. They are protesting because the last five months of Military Assaults on gaza have failed to release those israeli hostages. Not everybody in israel wants this ceasefire deal. There are some, especially hardliners in the coalition government, who want to see instead an immediate Military Operation against hamas in rafah. Meanwhile, the Israeli Government has voted unanimously to close the operations in israel of the qatar based tv channel aljazeera. A tweet from the Israeli Prime Ministers Office called it the incitement channel. In cairo, Ceasefire Talks are still in play. Hamas has sent a delegation, but they have been locked in talks with mediators. The Sticking Point appears to be they want a permanent end to the fighting, notjust a pause, and israel isnt ready to give that commitm
willing to cede the future of electric vehicles to china. he said if americans made electric vehicles it would drive down wage said and spell the end of american auto. well, like almost everything else he s said, he s wrong. you have proved him wrong. that s president joe biden stepping up his attacks on donald trump while meeting yesterday with united auto workers. we ll have more of biden s comments and his criticism of his predecessor straight ahead. meanwhile, donald trump is essentially confirming reports that he plans to get revenge on his critics if he wins a second term. we ll play for you that disturbing new interview. and plus, a major development out of the middle east. israel is agreeing to daily humanitarian pauses in gaza. we ll get insight on how that could work and the overall impact on the war with hamas. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, november 10th. we made it to friday, everyone. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting