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for more on this heres our political correspondent alex forsyth — a warning her report contains flash photography. it was still dark when conservative mps arrived at downing street earlier this morning. over breakfast, the prime minister was trying to persuade them to back his latest attempt to send asylum seekers to rwanda. are you going to vote against the bill? are you satisfied? they were tight—lipped on the way out about whether theyd been convinced. some have been clear about...

12 hours later the labour leadership have lifted her suspension. but is she banned from standing as a labour candidate in this election? plus the conservatives say if they win the election they will now protect pensioners from their own future tax rises. are they neglecting young voters? welcome to election newsnight. we are live each weekday night at half past ten on bbc 2 and bbc news with interviews and insight. with me throughout the programme tonight — labour mp dawn butler and ...

Practices in the last few decades are breaking down. and we dont know whats going to replace them. >> when boris johnson kicks all of those members of the conservative party essentially out of the party and out of parliament, presumably he expects not just to have reduced his majority down to a minority and made his party smaller, presumably he believes those people will be replaced by other conservatives more loyal to him? >> at the moment a long term strategy is a complete illusion. its desper...