A similarly large tory majority to win selby and ainsty. its party chair was out in flitwick today, aiming for a repeat. from my conversations that i ve had with people, they can see that labour with keir starmer offering something very, very different. we re absolutely determined to change our country for the better. the lib dems argue they re best placed after explosive wins in places like summerton and frome. this is a seat, a rural blue wall seat, the sorts of seats that liberal democrats have been winning. and if you look at recent byelections in this type of seat, we ve won from third place. while the tories will hope that, as in borisjohnson s old seat of uxbridge and south ruislip, they can hold on. the exit of mid bedfordshire s mp has been dramatic and noisy. choosing her replacement might be no more peaceful. helen catt bbc news. earlier this month, san francisco voted to allow robo, or driver less taxis,
Seat, the sorts of seats that liberal democrats have been winning. and if you look at recent byelections in this type of seat, we ve won from third place. while the tories will hope that, as in borisjohnson s old seat of uxbridge and south ruislip, they can hold on. the exit of mid bedfordshire s mp has been dramatic and noisy. choosing her replacement might be no more peaceful. helen catt, bbc news. in zimbabwe, the country s opposition leader nelson chamisa has claimed victory after challenging the results of the election. on saturday, zimbabwe s president emmerson mnangagwa said he had won enough votes to secure a second term. mr chamisa s party, citizens coalition for change, claims there s been widespread vote rigging, and international observers say the election has fallen short of democratic standards. we have won this election, we are in the lead. we re even surprised why mr mnangagwa has been declared the leader, because he s not.
I don t see either labour or the lib dems standing back from this seat. there s only been one poll in the constituency which put labour ahead by a small amount, a bit of a chaotic poll. but the lib dems think that they can get it because they re good at this kind of safe tory seat, taking it on. so it ll be a very interesting fight. yeah, indeed. interesting indeed. now, the bbc, they did actually visit her constituents and some of them said that they hadn t actually seen herfor a really long time. despite her boasts of doing more surgeries more often than the average mp. yes. i don t think she s endeared herself to to her constituencies, to constituents. and i don t think she s made life easy for the the conservative candidate who has to follow her. but, i mean, i think the thing about byelections at this stage of a parliament, when the government is is unpopular, as unpopular as it is, is that
Around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let s look at some of the other stories making headlines today. polls have been open all day in three parliamentary seats where byelections are being held. voters are casting their ballots in the south western tory stronghold of somerton and frome, in borisjohnson s old seat in the west london suburb uxbridge and south ruislip, and in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire. the chairman of the commons defence committee tobias ellwood is facing a no confidence motion after he tweeted a video praising the taliban and describing afghanistan as tra nsformed under taliban rule. mr ellwood has since said that he got it wrong . he has apologised and deleted the clip. the leader of the house of commons has announced the state opening of parliament and king s speech will be on november 7th. it will be the first king s speech