Allen has of course opposed her own government in the past, some of the measures she felt were too harsh and this is the sort of pressure which will come to blair in the weeks to come when legislation put before the house. We have heard from Sarah Woolston already as well, these people will not remain quiet. Both of the main parties shaken, i have been following the House Of Commons since 1984 and i think this is going to be the most interesting parliament of my political lifetime. She was too modest to say so but we area she was too modest to say so but we are a graduate to pay more attention to Laura Kuenssberg over the next year or to Laura Kuenssberg over the next year 01 so. To Laura Kuenssberg over the next year or so. I think that is good advice peter, your prospective going back decades in this fascinating process, what are your thoughts . One of the great upsets general elections since the Second World War which will be seared in the collective memory of the nation forever because of the atrocities of manchester and london bridge. The most extraordinary few weeks. |j manchester and london bridge. The most extraordinary few weeks. I want to thank you all, emily, john, jeremy, there is an army of people outside the studio as well performing all kinds of vital tasks and without any of that we would not be an airto and without any of that we would not be an air to all of you, wherever you are, not just be an air to all of you, wherever you are, notjust here in the bbc centre, but across the uk of course, thank you all very much. Its been a remarkable 15 hours and i think its fairto remarkable 15 hours and i think its fair to say nobody expected to be in this position, least of all theresa may who went into this election with a majority and has come out of it with no majority, Hung Parliament and is going to be dependent on an informal deal, stumbling along as her opponents would say with the dup. A Hung Parliament with many questions still to be answered. Coverage continues on the bbc news channel, bbc news at 1pm coming up, but we will leave you now with some of the injuring images and words of the past 15 hours, goodbye. Tonight is the third time in just over two yea rs is the third time in just over two years we is the third time in just over two yea rs we have is the third time in just over two years we have come here to discover the result of a major uk wide poll. What will happen tonight . Well the conservatives get the 326 seats they need to win out right . Or will labour close the gap . Never before have we gone in with such diverse predictions. We are able to predict what we think has happened tonight. What we are seeing is the conservatives are the Largest Party, but do not have an overall majority at this stage. The Conservative Party have lost their overall majority and will be shored by 12 votes. If these numbers are correct, theresa may has played a high risk political game and appears to have lost. The reaction from senior conservatives is they do not believe it. It will give enormous power to Jeremy Corbyn, not just within parliament but within his party. The Poundis Parliament but within his party. The pound is down about 2 against the dollar and it is down against the euro. We are going to be hung, drawn and quartered if this is all wrong. Labour party, 24,000 and 71. Its the first sign of the night that the country is going to drift from the conservatives to the labour party. |j dont know what has happened to sunderland, they were beavering away but nothing seems to have happened. Has been duly elected to serve as memberfor has been duly elected to serve as member for the constituency. Immediately better for the conservatives than the exit polls suggested. We are getting conflicting signals. Help me with the technology. It does not matter if we see you. We are going to need a new word for a caveat soon. The snp on 34 seats which means they lose 12. A real triumph for Ruth Davidson. Makes it much less likely well see another Scottish Independence referendum any time sooii. Independence referendum any time soon. We have not seen the swingometer, where is it . Nick clegg, Liberal Democrats, 90700 and 56. In politics you live by the sword and you die by the sword. The electorate gives with one hand and ta kes electorate gives with one hand and takes away with the other. Will you come back into active politics . |j would have no choice but to do exactly that. I am standing down today as the leader with immediate effect. Extraordinarily, labour have done some serious damage to conservative seats in england. The worst possible outcome would be a Hung Parliament. I would have thought that is enough to go. Contrast that with the face of theresa may, the look of a woman defeated, heavily made up as if she had been in tears. At this time more than anything else this country needs a period of stability. Are you still a moron . He has performed better than anybody ever expected he could. Theresa may has performed infinitely worse. She has two content with the absolute horror. She has to consider her position. We have been trying to get Boris Johnson to talk to us. No. David davis to talk to us. No. Philip hammond to talk to us. No. Senior figures in the tory party keeping quiet. Morning all looks as though the forecast is going to prove remarkably, maybe in the end the most accurate in the end. It is a Hung Parliament, that is the story. Who is best to form a stable government in the interest of the people . We believe the labour party can do that. Theresa may has no intention of resigning, she will leave here in a couple of hours to go to Buckingham Palace to seek permission from the queen to form a government. The way we understand she will do that is with assurances from the Ulster Unionists that they will see her through in parliament. Not form a coalition but an informal understanding between the conservatives and dup. Understanding between the conservatives and dupi understanding between the conservatives and dup. I hope the result of the elections will have no major impact on the negotiations. We are desperately waiting for. The government ill lead will put fairness and opportunity at the heart of everything we do. So that we will fulfil the promise of brexit together and over the next five years build a country in which no one and no community is left behind. Theresa may vows to stay on as Prime Minister despite a disastrous night at the polls which saw the conservatives lose their majority. The uk now has a Hung Parliament. She arrived back here in Downing Street after going to see the queen. She said she would stay on as certainty is what the country needs most. I have just been to see her majesty, the queen. I will now form a government, a government to provide certainty and lead britain forward at this critical time for our country. The Snap General Election has for the conservatives theyve lost 12 seats labour has gained 29. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has confounded expectations gaining seats across the uk. He says labour is ready to form a government. We are ready to do everything we can to put our programme into operation. There isnt a parliamentary majority for anybody at the present time. The party that has lost is the Conservative Party. No single party has enough seats to win overall control of the House Of Commons. Theresa may will form a government with the help of Northern Irelands Democratic Unionist Party. It was a bad night for Nicola Sturgeon and the Scotish National Party they lost 21 seats as voters appeared to turn away from plans for a second Independence Referendum. The youth vote is believed to be a factor in the Snap General Election result with turnout particularly high in seats where many young people live. After another extraordinary election result well be looking at what happens next and what it all means for Brexit Negotations Due to start in just nine days time. Much nor news and analysis throughout the day. We will bring you reaction from around the uk, europe and the rest of the world to this result and covering all the live events as they happen. Good afternoon from Downing Street. The Prime Minister has just returned here from Buckingham Palace after going to see the queen to ask for permission to form the next government. Speaking here in Downing Street in the last few minutes she said she intended to form a government to provide certa i nty and deliver brexit. It was a disastrous night for the conservatives, after an election theresa may did not need to call. Her goal of securing a stronger hand for Brexit Negotiations has backfired spectacularly. The Snap General Election has ended with a Hung Parliament. With all but one seat declared, the tories have 318 seats eight short of a majority. Labour has 261 mp5, the snp 35, the Liberal Democrats 12 and the dup ten. The conservatives took 42 point four per cent of the votes cast with labour at 40 per cent. But the conservatives did increase their share of the vote as did labour, while other smaller parties saw theirs decrease, with ukip down by more than ten per cent. Well have all the reaction to an extraordinary election and look at what happens now. Our first report is from our Political CorrespondentEleanor Garnier on the results. Is this strong and stable, Prime Minister . She wanted strong and sta ble minister . She wanted strong and stable but its not how it turned out. Theresa may did just enough to let her take the journey to Buckingham Palace but theres no increased majority. Theres no spring in her step. I have just been to see her majesty the queen and i will now form a government. A government that can provide certainty and lead britain forward at this critical time for oui forward at this critical time for our country. This government will guide the country through the crucial brexit talks that begin in just 10 days and deliver on the will of the british people by taking the United Kingdom out of the European Union. 10. 00pm last night, the exity poll put the conservatives as the Largest Party but short of a majority. Politicians on all sides remain sceptical while the twangsal contest to see which questions would declare first raced into action. It was not long before tory faces looked glum. In haste innings, the hoke, amber rudd scraped home by 346 votes. Arriving at her questions, theresa may managed a brief smile but her huge political gamble ended in disaster. She wanted to transform the tories fragile majority into a stronger hand, instead, her parties ended up weaker. If, as the indications have shown, that the Conservative Party has won the most seats and probably the most votes it would be incumbent on us to ensure that period of stability and thatis ensure that period of stability and that is exactly what we will do. After he confounded expectations, labours been left celebrating after picking up 29 seats. The Prime Minister called the election, because she wanted a mandate, well the mandate shes got is lost conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence, i would votes, lost support and lost confidence, iwould have votes, lost support and lost confidence, i would have thought thats enough to go, actually. Labour took reading east, ousting a tory minister. And elsewhere, seven others of theresa mays top teams failed to get re elected. Losses in canterbury and stockton too. It has left some in her own party, questioning whether theresa may can continue. I think shes in a very difficult place. Shes a remarkable and a very talented woman and does not shy from difficult decisions but she now has to obviously consider her position. . Scotland, the tories were celebrating with the best result for 30 years, gaining 12 seats. But the snp lost big names on a bad night. Their deputy leader, Angus Robertson, ousted by the conservatives, and is a alex salmond lost his seat too. It was warned that the tories would hit living standards, said the snp. We will work with others to prevent that happening and to bring an end to the austerity that the voters, in the uk are no longer prepared to accept. And work with others, if it is at all possible, to keep the tories out of government. While the Lib Dems Saw The Return of former ministers like vince cable, the partys old leader had one of the partys old leader had one of the biggest upsets of the night, losing his chef eeled seat. I have encountered this evening, something that many people have encountered tonight and suspect that many will encounter after, which is in paralympics, youly by the sword, die by the sword. Northern ireland, the dup winning ten seats, the Democratic Unionist Party said that they will make their influence felt. Paul nuttall resigned as the ukip leader after liaising his only seat and failing to win in boston and skegness. But the greens mp, Caroline Lucas increased her majority in brighton pavilion. While others celebrate, she knows she must get on with governing. Brexit talks start in days. After a result like this, theresa mays long term future as the Prime Minister will be in doubt. Theresa may walked back inside Downing Street a short time ago, there was loud applause from the Downing Street staff gathered inside. Norman smith is with me now. She says she will tuberculosis. To deliver brexit. Can she survive this . Theresa may wants to continue. She believes she has the legitimacy to continue and her resolve has stiffened in the past few hours. In the early hours of the morning she seemed more uncertain and strained, there was a wobble in tory ranks with the tory Mps Speculating as to whether she could survive. Now she says with the support the dup she believes she can it may be a temporary sticking plaster solution. There is no disguising the anger among the tory mps, about the unnecessary election, a botched campaign, orchestrated by theresa may and her aides and a manifesto drawn up by team may, the reason that the party have not moved against her now is because brexit supporting tories dont want to jeopardise the Brexit Talks Due to Begin Next Week and other conservatives fear if thee quit now it would seed the initiative to Jeremy Corbyn to form a minority labour government. When talking to theresa mays critics, including in the dup, there is a view that theresa may is safe, possibly until the summer but during the summer recess, there is a possibility, even a likelihood that the tory party will look for a new leader. So lets take a closer look at the results. All are counted except Kensington A Rock Solid Conservative Seat until now but its heading into its third recount in a tight battle with labour. And that count will not resume until 6pm this evening. Lets go tojeremy vine with his guide to all the seats in the Hung Parliament. Here is the new map for you. Changed after the amazing election. The first thing, there is less snp yellow in scotland. The conservatives having a revival there. In lots of parts of england a straight fight between labour and the conservatives and in some places labour coming off best. In canterbury, they overturned a 10,000 conservative majority. But there is also more liberal democrat orange on the map. They gained oxford west and abingdon so something for them to ta ke abingdon so something for them to take heart from. What happened in terms of percentages . The conservatives came first, 44 . But not far ahead ofJeremy Corbyns rejuvenated labour party. He piled on the votes since the last against. Lots of young voters turning up to support labour at a very good 41 for them in second place. The lib dems bumping on 8 but focussing the vote better. The greens on 2 and ukip on 2 . That is significant. A crash for ukip. Look at that, down 1196. Crash for ukip. Look at that, down 11 . That is why their leader resigned. People thinking before the election, all their votes go to the conservatives to help theresa may but thats not what has happened. Labour have benefitted from ukips collapse. So com