A new referendum on independence another world views after months of standoff and the trade war between the us and china now the 2 nations and im seeing a possible troop. Internationals World News Center in moscow is kevin over the a half hour round up just to admit. 9 in the evening there in the u. K. And thats the story that they come in from there Boris Johnsons conservative Party Winning a resoundingly after a strong showing in the general election in britain the Prime Minister says it gives him a powerful mandate to finally bring home brecks as he put it how do you go straight down to business income tax already with the german chancellor Angela Merkel and the Irish Premier League of iraq meantime over in the other camps as for the opposition parties theyre both looking for new leaders tonight labor suffered a series of humiliating defeat lead to Jeremy Corbin says he will not lead the party as the next election the lib dems there licking their wounds to their heads jo swinson los
Trust and to deliver on your priorities with a parliament that works for you. A very different story for labour, asJeremy Corbyn leads his party to its worst election performance since the 1930s. He says he will stand down but not yet. The responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing andi to walk away from the whole thing and i will not do that. I will stay here until there is somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down at that point. Elsewhere, a mixed picture for the other main parties. An extraordinary night for the Scottish National party, as they take almost all of the seats in scotland, raising serious questions about the future of the union. Given what i fear a tory government now has install for scotland, the right to choose our own future has never been more important or more urgent. The snps triumph costs the lib dems their leader jo swinson loses her seat in east dunbartonshire. Hello and welcome, from westminster, the heart of british politi
Live direct from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International im john thomas certainly glad to have you with us Boris Johnsons conservative party is celebrating a historic victory in thursdays it general election the Prime Minister says it gives him a powerful mandate to deliver brags that the action delivered the worst result for the labor party since the 1930 s. Heres how the Party Leaders reacted to historic day in westminster. Proud to say that members of our new one nation government a peoples government will sit tight from constituencies that have never returned a conservative m. P. For 100 years and yes they will have a ruling mandate from this election to get done and we will honor that mandate by general the 31st will not lead the party in any future general Election Campaign i will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result and on the policies that the party will take Going Forward while the conservatives are celebrating winning
Some promises, to protect the supply chains of the manufacturing industry, and those industries say you cant reconcile that with leaving without a trade deal, and into this comes the president of the united states, essentially make an offer via twitter in his congratulations to the Prime Minister saying that a deal with the us would be more lucrative than any deal with the eu, a choice, a trade off that will affect sectors, regions and voters, and a choice in the hands of the Prime Minister. Thank you. Last night, we saw the kind of political change across much of the uk that, a decade ago, would have seemed unthinkable. The starkest examples of that change are the seats represented for generations by labour, but now in conservative hands. Our special correspondent ed thomas has been in West Bromwich west, in the west midlands, to take a look at the new political landscape. Look beyond the cities, and move to the towns of the north of england, the midlands, to make sense of this electi
Wa nts a more than did into labels up he wants a referendum on scotland because hes told of the scott masses that he will break up the union if they keep them in power, and he wants another referendum on the eu. Unbelievable, he said tonight he wants another extension so tonight he wants another extension so that he can have another negotiation. Its not at all clear what he wants to achieve, does anybody know . We dont know. We dont know what question hed like to put to the electorate in this referendum. We dont even know what his own position is, is he for it leave mack or remainer . In or out . I dont think he knows himself the only bit of flotsam of intelligence that has emerged from the Bermuda Triangle of labours brexit policy is that they are preparing to do a new deal, then campaigned against it six months later. With all the futility of those suicidal nights in monty python. But there is one thing we do know about his policy, which is that another referendum on the eu, and othe