doctor peter kyle. a close i left keir starmer and the shadow northern ireland secretary with labour come to power, may find themselves having to power, may find themselves having to take a very important decision. whether there should be another referendum about the future of the uk. this time, it will be about whether northern ireland should leave and become united with the republic. peter kind, welcome to political thinking. republic. peter kind, welcome to politicalthinking. i republic. peter kind, welcome to political thinking. i say in the introduction that you have a reading age of eight. really? and if so, how on earth do you do the job that you ve got now? i on earth do you do the “ob that you-ve got newt on earth do you do the “ob that you ve got now? i cannot describe are compared you ve got now? i cannot describe are compared to you ve got now? i cannot describe are compared to someone - you ve got now? i cannot describe are compared to someone very i are
Gains. Another blow for conservatives, they also lost a blackpool by election. The third biggest swing in the postwar by election history. Heres our political correspondent, hannah miller. The Prime Minister touring a Military Base with very little to laugh about. Laughter. Trying to defend his partys losses after a dismal set of results. Obviously its disappointing to lose good, hard working conservative councillors, but weve still got lots of results to come as well. And there are also things that i would point to. Harlow, for example, where keir starmer held a rallyjust on wednesday saying that was a place that he had to win to be on track to win a General Election. That hasnt happened. The conservatives did deprive labour of a win in harlow, but they still lost five seats and are considering that a success. The party had also pinned its hopes on ben houchen remaining tees valley mayor, though he wasnt even wearing a rosette. He did thank the Prime Minister in a later show of unity.
but at dawn today, on the beaches of normandy, they remembered. making their own 80th anniversary normandy landing, a group of royal marines, wading ashore as those before them had done in 1944. but these are now peaceful waters, thanks to the sacrifices made on d day. archive: this is it, | they re on the beach. few truly understood the onslaught they d face. young men, thrust into the brutality of war. 80 years on, those who survived and grew old honoured lost friends. it is all because of gummy s quick thinking, his desire to help those around him, that i can stand before you today. i wish i could tell him i have never taken his sacrifice for granted. and we ll always remember him and ourfriends. so, gummy, thank you, my old friend. a tribute, from the one who made it home. at the british normandy memorial, the service of commemoration put the veterans centre stage. relegated to the back rows, the king and queen, and president macron. watching the service wasjoe mines. he
To what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are martin lipton, whos the Deputy Sports Editor at the sun and benedicte paviot, president of the Foreign Press association, as well as the uk correspondent for france 24. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. Following the uns resolution for a ceasefire in syria the observer carries the picture of two children in Eastern Ghouta under the heading syrias endless agony brexit leads the sunday telegraph with theresa mays de facto Deputy David Lidington writing that the snp risks splitting the uks economy and damaging trade deals. Staying with brexit the sunday express reports that the Prime Minister will declare britains best days really do lie ahead of us in a speech in brussels this week. The mail on sunday reports that the ministry of defence is setting up a helpline for british troops suffering from conditions including ptsd. So no consensus over the main story, but brexit appears in several guises, perhaps not surprisi
really interesting just listening to him there talk about the importance of these elections. this is a man who once campaigned for a dutch referendum on the netherlands inside the eu. yet now, he is one of the most vocal campaigners during the pre election process. we saw him casting his vote here in the hague this morning. it is all eyes on his freedom party on the radical right and the green labour alliance on the left. this is a trend that we are expecting to see reflected right across the continent. this is one way to get people to come out and vote. but the polling stations inside of beautiful locations. this is the art museum in the hague. i been speaking to people going in and out and actually, interestingly, they have been talking about international instability in terms of the importance they see in casting their ballot. the worse in ukraine, gaza and the need, they ve