Im not happy with the choices we have for next prime minister. Theresa may is not prepared to stand oii theresa may is not prepared to stand ona theresa may is not prepared to stand on a platform and take questions from her peers and the audience, then she doesnt deserve our votes. Lam voting then she doesnt deserve our votes. I am voting snp. And of course you can get in touch wherever you are heres mr dunstable. You can email victoria bbc. Co. Uk, text 61124, hashtag victorialive on twitter, or search Victoria Derbyshire on facebook. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning with an audience of 120 people, and live on stage at the grove theatre. Here to tell our assembled group of politicians exactly what they think about key issues like the nhs, brexit, the economy, housing and security. There is so much to talk about this morning, not enough time so lets crack on with the news. Joanna is here with a summary of the mornings news. Police say theyve arrested a 2
Top bus parade this afternoon for huddersfields promotion. To the Premier League. Good morning. Its tuesday the 30th of may. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. With just over a week to go until the General Election, the main parties are returning to their key election themes, following last nights tv grilling of the conservative and labour leaders. Theresa may will put the focus back on brexit accusing eu officials of adopting an Aggressive Negotiating Position which will need strong leadership from the uk. Jeremy corbyn is campaigning on the partys promise of Free Childcare for two to four year olds and answering questions on the mumsnet website. And in the next few minutes, Nicola Sturgeon will launch the Scottish National party manifesto, promising to invest an additional £118bn in Public Services across the uk and a call for scotland to stay in the european Single Market, after brexit. Emma barnett pressed the Labour Leaderfor more details. We know from po
Our audience was selected by a leading opinion Polling Company to ensure they are representative of the country as whole. They support different parties, some are undecided voters, and they are also equally split along the lines of last years Eu Referendum half voted to leave the eu and half to remain. And if youd like to join in the debate at home, you can do so on twitter using the hashtag bbcdebate. We start with Opening Statements from all seven politicians, the order of which was decided by the drawing of lots. First, the leader of plaid cymru, leanne wood. Theresa may called this election because shes taking you for granted. She wont turn up to these debates, because her campaign of soundbites is falling apart. Unlike theresa may, i am not afraid to defend my policies, my principles, my values. Plaid cymru exists to defend and build up our country. In wales, it is plaid cymru that stands for fairness and equality for everyone who chooses to call wales home. For a hundred years, w
Joined by nathan holman, one of the architects of the paris accord and the obama administration, you watched that, what did you make of it . Trump made a case about fairness and in that sense i thought it was relative to the facts of what the Paris Agreement actually is. I thought it was borderline delusional and apocalyptic. Those are strong words, back them up. He sketched a vision of what the Paris Accord Is Asa kind vision of what the paris accord is as a kind of International Imposition of the United States put it was negotiated as something the United States could argue we wanted to do on our own terms. The president fundamentally does not agree with those Negotiation Terms . One thing interesting about his vision and he is conflating two important things about paris, one of the structure of the International Agreement and wonders will we propose to country. For him they are one and the same and he is certainly not happy with the targets put forth, those targets are negotiable wi
Good morning. There are just six days to go until the General Election and we have bought the sofa to scotlands ancient capital, dunfermline. What does the politics mean for the money in our pockets and how does that affect how people vote in six days time . We have come to meet local voters and local businesses to find out what it means for them. Matt is also here with the weather. Good morning. Iam in the grounds of Dunfermline Abbey finding out what place it plays in the towns history. Brighter and fresher conditions on the way and that lasts into the weekend. I will tell you what that means for you in 15 minutes. We are in the historic surgery of dunfermline in the kingdom of fife. Let me set the scene will be here all morning with the sofa talking to voters and politicians about the issues that matter to them six days ahead of the General Election. You will see in the background, lars, a historian. Youll be teaching us about Robert The Bruce who is buried here. Also this was home