60 of the scottish electorate voted for parties who vowed to try and block another referendum on scottish independence, so Nicola Sturgeon knows she is now on the wrong side of public opinion. What she has to do is to try to find a way to row back from demands for another Independence Referendum Without Com Pletely independence referendum without completely closing of the option just in case circumstances change during or after Brexit Negotiations. Sarah smith, thank you. In wales, the labour party had a strong night taking back a number of seats from the conservatives. Labour ended up with 28 seats, while the tories now have eight and plaid cymru won four. The liberal democrats lost their only welsh mp. The tories saw their hopes to make gains in pro brexit areas dashed. Our correspondent sian lloyd now reports on the picture in wales. In gower this morning, the smiles of welsh labour said it all. The partys leader introducing two of their three new mps here. This seat was one they ha
Well have the full result, with the conservatives on 318, labour on 262, and both parties having increased their share of the vote. In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party, with ten seats, agreed to try to help the conservatives to stay in power. The Prime Minister has spoken to me this morning, and we will enter discussions with the conservatives, to explore how it might be possible to bring stability to our nation. In scotland, a challenging night for the snp. They lost a third of their seats. The former leader alex salmond was among those defeated. After a collapse in ukips share of the vote, and no mps, the Party Leader Paul Nuttall resigned. And with just ten days to the start of the brexit talks, well be reporting on the far reaching implications for the future of the United Kingdom. More news and analysis throughout the day. We will have reaction from around the uk, europe and the rest of the world to the result. Good evening from Downing Street, where theresa may is
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aisle, it s becoming captive to trump nativists, xeno phobic fears. and people like john mccain have been challenged from the right and sometimes have had to back off attacking trump. and we can talk more about martha mcsally in this block but i ll say that s what s going on. the democrats are getting more unified in that state while the republicans are becoming more divided along the lines of traditional republicanism versus new trump-style republicanism. and what s interesting in arizona is that it happens to be not just along latino lines but really what you re seeing in arizona is that an electoral divide among generations. so you have the older generation voting republican and you have an increase of young voter voting on the democratic side.