Its laura in the studio. In glorious green. Thanks. If youre listening and not watching, its glorious. Im paddy in the studio. And henry in the studio. So, the last 48 hours, theres lots and lots and lots of talk already about the history and the significance. And weve kind of gone On And On And On And On And on about that. What was interesting to me today was actually slap, bang, thank you or maybe not Thank You Very Much maam. Big, Big Dilemma for this new government, forjonathan reynolds. The new Business Secretary has to decide what to do about the Tata Steel Plant in Port Talbot in wales, where there are 3,000 jobs around that number at risk because the company that owns it, Tata Steel, wants to close the Blast Furnace before they build another, newer, greener one. And this is one of the early but there will be many of them tough decisions for this new labour government, which will get to the heart of what theyre all about and what kind of economy they want, and the ways in which
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Arrangements have thrown france into Jean Luc melenchons extreme left. Rassemblement national is propelled forward by a dynamic leaving is ahead in the first round where we double their number of deputies, taking it to 45 in many areas of france. Gabriel attal. And this will lead us to be victory of tomorrow. Every day next month, the french concerns will not be responded to. Rassemblement national is tHe Only alternative. Now, tonight, i say this very seriously. Depriving millions of french people from the possibility will never be a viable destiny for france. Tonight, by deliberately choosing to paralyse our institutes, macron has Notjust Push the country into uncertainty and instability, but he has consequently and for a long time deprived french people any response to their daily needs and difficulties. The country is being hit hard. France is being deprived a majority of a government that can act. And thus help france recover. Electoral arrangements that ive been orchestrated from
A very warm welcome to paris. It is a beautiful evening here in the french capital. You might be able to see behind me the eiffel tower. Before that, like defence. And they golden dome where you can visit the tomb of napoleon bonaparte. It has been a rather odd feeling, actually, In The City this afternoon. In some respects, there is a Party Atmosphere building. You can see all of these dance going up for the olympics with just three weeks to go until the paris olympics. Just at the foot of the eiffel tower, you can see them putting the final touches to the Beach Volleyball courts. And the countries in the semifinal of the euros. The Party Atmosphere in one senses building, but on the other hand this Country are so deeply divided, and no sense from the final post Last Night that the Election here is going to resolve the things for them any time soon. Not that they are and enthused by the Election. Voter Turnout Today is at the highest in the national assembly, of any national Assembly
Will sta in election . I think Emmanuel Macron will stay in Power Election . I think Emmanuel Macron will stay in power as election . I think Emmanuel Macron will stay in power as long election . I think Emmanuel Macron will stay in power as long as election . I think Emmanuel Macron will stay in power as long as He Election . I think Emmanuel Macron will stay in power as long as he can | will stay in power as long as he can to block Marine Le Pen. It is all about the blocking strategy, thats what we have seen in this parliamentary election, the centre and the left were willing to come together in this very divided grouping, really, two distinct groupings. It was all about Holding Noses and rallying around the Unity Candidate that could block the national rally. So even though macron is clearly aware of the hatred towards him and vast sways of the country, he knows that as long as he is occupying the palace, Marine Le Pen wont. And the fact of the matter is that in 2027, he cant stand