campaigns. lots of results to come. here at holyrood, it is the most important election since devolution in 1997. the very future of the union could be at stake, with nicola sturgeon s scottish national party seeking a second referendum on independence. we ve had our first few results. it s still too early to draw any firm conclusions, and the snp has so far held all its seats, but there does seem to be some evidence of tactical voting amongst anti independence supporters. we are still waiting for most of our results in wales. labour s hold on power has been under pressure from the conservatives and plaid cymru. i the conservatives and plaid cymru. i already am getting signals that may not play out as some people thought. that is quite an exciting thing to be looking at in terms of the politics and dynamics of it. there are dozens of contest to become mayor of english cities and regions, including london, manchester and liverpool. vicki young is with me once again to react to
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welcome to newsnight on the road for the last of four special programmes taking pulse of the nations ahead of the general election. welcome to newsnight from the airspace at the imperial war museum, duxford, the european centre for aviation history. applause. we are in the constituency of south cambridgeshire, an area earmarked for international business growth which the government says it wants to make europe s science capital. we re in what is called the blue wall, in a conservative held seat that s a top target for the liberal democrats. we re here with an invited audience and a political panel, getting to grips with what matters most to people ahead of the election their priorities, what they believe are the big problems, and who they think can deliverfor them. on our panel, conservative mp and former minister of state vicky ford, labour s daniel zeichner, who is a shadow environment minister, daisy cooper, deputy leader of the liberal democrats, and adrian ramsay, co l