chaotic, spontaneous, unpredictable, you need to show agility and an ability to be spontaneous. i would like to think that the prime minister of the day who is now going to go into this very context negotiation with 27 other governments and parliament s should seem to have the agility and the quicksilver skills which are necessary to complete that negotiation. and in failing to participate in tv debates, she is failing to put herself through a test which she should rightly be expected to endure. with me is polly mackenzie, who was a former special adviser to nick clegg during the 2010 general election tv debates. good to see you, thanks for coming in. is cleggmania yourfault good to see you, thanks for coming in. is cleggmania your fault caused the i think it did put the other parties after bates, although what did really happened was that the other parties unleashed the dogs of war, and within a week, he was being accused of being a nazi sympathiser, and the lib dem is lost
about his mother s death he says the shock of losing her is still he says the shock of losing her is still with him 20 years on. travel chaos at london euston as a track side fire in north london halts services in and out of major transport hub. sam warburton of wales will captain the british and irish lions on their tour of new zealand in the summer. good evening and welcome to bbc news. mps have voted overwhelmingly to back the prime minister s call for a general election on june eighth. opening the debate, the prime minister declared that it was time to trust the people and let the people decide. let s take a look at the day s main developments. mps backed the government motion by 522 votes to 13 easily surpassing the two thirds majority of all mps needed to trigger the poll. already a row has broken out over mrs may s refusal to take part in any tv leaders‘ debates. mr corbyn and others have accused her of running scared. in another development the former chancellor,