Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Britains election provided binary clarity. Borisjohnson has the kind of parliamentary mandate the conservative party hasnt seen since the thatcher era, to take the uk out of the eu and roll out a tory vision for the country. And the labour party . Well, after one of the most crushing defeats in its history, it faces an existential crisis. My guest is alastair campbell, close adviser to tony blair in the new labour years, passionate opponent of brexit. Where does the left go now if its ever win again . Alastair campbell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I want to begin with that election result itself. When you saw it, as a tribally labour man, labour all your life but who has run into a series of problems withJeremy Corbyn and his leadership, how did you respond to that result . I wasnt wholly surprised. I had privately predicted about 50, 60. Majority for the tories. Yes, and the reason for that
First thing on her mind. Today, we devote the entire programme to the immediate and longer term implications of the uks election outcome. My guests are janet daley, columnist for the sunday telegraph, political commentator steve richards, Maria Margaronis of us news weekly, and author and veteran correspondent thomas kielinger. Welcome to you all. So i said it was an emphatic outcome. Janet, you start us off, what do you expect to be done with it . Well, we get out of europe, thats. Orthe eu, rather, not europe, geographically. Thats the start, which the country decided it wanted three and a half years ago, which seems an eternity ago, and the end of that paralysis will, at least for the moment, produce a kind of euphoria. It has already produced a kind of euphoria. Now, if he is the clever politician i think he is, he will develop that. The conciliation he expressed in that opening speech, which was very well done, politically, a very clever move, is possible when you have a large maj
The eu without any trade deal. Be in power with a lot of power and now on bbc news, its hardtalk having seen what he done with a little bit of power, that is with stephen sackur. Alarming and even though as you say ive been kicked out of the labour party for voting liberal democrat in welcome to hard tour, im stephen the european elections as a protest sacco. Britains collection divided vote, i feel very, very the european elections as a protest vote, ifeel very, very labour and i was really sad just to see what is binary clarity. Borisjohnson has described in the introduction is potentially an existential threat to the kind of parliamentary mandate the labour party, its very scary. The kind of parliamentary mandate the conservative party hasnt seen since the pratchett euro to take the what you didnt use and that answer was exit but the tories made this a uk out of the eu and roll out a tory brexit election, it was a decision vision for the country and the on brexit and it was a slap i
Thousands of Anti Government protesters clash with police. And, putins 20 years in power. Hello, welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week. Let the healing begin so said borisjohnson on friday, as he celebrated the scale of his emphatic electoral victory. But the other big winner was scotlands first minister, and healing is not the first thing on her mind. Today, we devote the entire programme to the immediate and longer term implications of the uks election outcome. My guests are janet daley, columnist for the sunday telegraph, political commentator steve richards, Maria Margaronis of us news weekly, and author and veteran correspondent thomas kielinger. Welcome to you all. So i said it was an emphatic outcome. Janet, you start us off, what do you expect to be done with it . Well, we get out of europe, thats. Orthe eu, rather, not europe, geographically. Thats the start, which the country decided it wanted three and a half years ago, which seems an eternity ago, and the
Goes on, its all change as it gets milder, wetter and windier. Thanks darren. Also coming up around £50 million worth ofjewellery is stolen from the home of formula one heiress Tamara Ecclestone. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. Boris johnson is preparing to address his new mps who have been arriving in westminster before they go to the house of commons tomorrow. Some of the 109 new mps are from labour strongholds which had never voted conservative before. Later this week the government will set out its plans in the queens speech. Its then expected to try to pass crucial brexit legislation on friday. Meanwhile, the fallout from labours defeat continues with Party Officials saying they are expected to meet early in the new year to agree the timetable for replacing Jeremy Corbyn as leader. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. On their way to westminster tory mps still over the moon at having turned the red seats blue. Bye thank you its the start of a new