0:00:02 > 0:00:06Can you guys be really kind for once and let me get into the meeting?
0:00:06 > 0:00:102016, and the Labour Party is in chaos.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Jeremy Corbyn is not resigning.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Civil war has broken out between the new mass membership who joined up to
0:00:16 > 0:00:18support the veteran left-winger...
0:00:18 > 0:00:20- CHANTING:- Jez we can!
0:00:20 > 0:00:24..and the party's MPs who want him gone.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29He has now lost the confidence of the vast majority of his colleagues
0:00:29 > 0:00:31and I think that makes his position untenable.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35I think it'll be really important that the entire Labour Party unite
0:00:35 > 0:00:39against Jeremy so we can once again become a credible opposition and the
0:00:39 > 0:00:42party of government.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45At Westminster, the Tories can't believe their luck.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Did she actually know...?
0:00:46 > 0:00:51It's time to put the opposition out of their misery with an electoral wipe-out.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55I have just chaired a meeting of the Cabinet, where we agreed that
0:00:55 > 0:00:58the Government should call a General Election.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Morning, a bit about me for your commute?
0:01:00 > 0:01:04I want to know what it's like to be a politician when your party is
0:01:04 > 0:01:06facing an election it can only lose.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Have you written to me since I've been the MP?
0:01:10 > 0:01:11No, cos I think you're all rubbish.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16So I'm going to spend the next few months with a handful of Labour's MPs...
0:01:16 > 0:01:21It has been unbelievably challenging and frustrating, because I don't
0:01:21 > 0:01:24believe you can be a leader if no-one's following you.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29..as they go through the most extraordinary period in the party's recent history.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Oh, my God!
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Oh, that's unbelievable!
0:01:33 > 0:01:34CHEERING
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Corbyn, Corbyn!
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Thank you, Islington! Thank you very much.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:54 > 0:01:57You probably don't want that on at all, do you?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I haven't managed to have my caffeine hit this morning,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03so can we just stop off at Tesco's on the way?
0:02:03 > 0:02:04I need the kick-start.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08After approaching MPs from across the party,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Stephen Kinnock was one of the few who agreed to let me follow them.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16We're going to a place called the Upper Avon Valley.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20The main population centres there are coalfield villages, so
0:02:20 > 0:02:25villages that were effectively created around the coalmines
0:02:25 > 0:02:28and those coalmines no longer exist.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Stephen, the MP for Aberavon, is part of a political dynasty.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40I was born in Tredegar and then we moved to London,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43but came back to Wales a lot because Dad was an MP, of course.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45I've always felt that I would come back, you know.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51We're up at the miners' hall, are we?
0:02:51 > 0:02:55So, this is the sort of generic leaflet that we're handing out.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58So, yeah, you're looking very strong and stable there, Stephen!
0:02:58 > 0:02:59THEY LAUGH
0:03:01 > 0:03:04That's absolutely fine with me, if that's the message that it's sending.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Neil Kinnock, Stephen's dad, was one of the most important
0:03:13 > 0:03:16modernisers in the party's recent history.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21# We'll keep the red flag flying here... #
0:03:21 > 0:03:23In the early '80s, Labour was in the wilderness.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Neil won the leadership and went to war with the hard left who had taken
0:03:27 > 0:03:29control of the party.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33I'll tell you what happens with impossible promises.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38You start with far-fetched resolutions,
0:03:38 > 0:03:43and you end in the grotesque chaos of a Labour council,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47a Labour council hiring taxis to scuttle around a city handing out
0:03:47 > 0:03:49redundancy notices to its own workers.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:03:56 > 0:04:00It was his repositioning of Labour which paved the way for Tony Blair to
0:04:00 > 0:04:05make New Labour a highly electable mainstream political force.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11So, you'll be voting on the 8th?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14You'll be voting Labour?
0:04:14 > 0:04:15Oh, yeah, well.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Well, we've got lots of unfinished business with the Tories,
0:04:19 > 0:04:20so I'm hoping to finish it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Too right, mate.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24All right, thanks a lot, I'll just pop you some propaganda through.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- That's lovely!- All right, thanks a lot.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I've always had the politics bug.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40I've always wanted to do what I'm doing now,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43but also, yeah, it is also to do with, you know,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46my family and there is that element of...
0:04:47 > 0:04:49..wanting to make them proud.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Stephen seems to be continuing his dad's fight
0:04:56 > 0:05:00and the impending election defeat should at least kill off Corbyn.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05It looks at the moment like the 8th June
0:05:05 > 0:05:08is not going to be a good night for us.
0:05:09 > 0:05:15If a party fails after seven years in opposition to make good forward
0:05:15 > 0:05:17progress at an election,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20then the leader has to take responsibility for that.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27And, you know, on 9th June, Jeremy's going to have to take a long look in the mirror and decide.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32And, you know, it is... It will be a tough personal choice for him, I'm sure.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37You know, that's something which only Jeremy can do
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- and only Jeremy should consider and reflect on.- Right.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Some Labour MPs actually see this election campaign as a chance to get rid of Jeremy Corbyn.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Just a general thought on Labour's performance so far?
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Labour MPs will talk about voting for their local MPs. They will,
0:05:55 > 0:05:59wherever possible, not talk about Jeremy Corbyn.
0:05:59 > 0:06:05How do you feel about your job prospects when the Conservatives are 21 points ahead of you?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07We're not in a strong position in the polls.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11We've got seven weeks of a General Election campaign, so there is a big challenge ahead of us.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15It looks like the Conservative Party is heading for a decisive victory in
0:06:15 > 0:06:18next month's General Election.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Losing the election will mean losing MPs.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Do you want a rosette or a sticker?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Morning, a bit about me for your commute?
0:06:37 > 0:06:42Top of the Tory hitlist, with a majority of just 400, is Ruth Cadbury.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Something to read for your commute?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47She's just electoral cannon fodder.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Something to read on your way in?
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Read that on your way to school. Do you want a few to take to school?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Here, take a load to school, go on.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Hi, I'm Ruth Cadbury.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Hi. Still got a few days if you need a postal vote.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08Her only hope of survival is to chase every single voter.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Hi, would you like my contact details so I can be the MP again?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Who is?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Am I rubbish?
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Which e-mail, what's your name?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I'll check. What's your name and your address?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23I wasn't MP then.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Have you written to me since I've been the MP?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28OK.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32In case you change your mind, here's my e-mail address.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34OK, I look forward to hearing from you.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56These are people who have called the constituency office over the weekend, are they?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- Yes, they call on Sunday. - And then Ruth does call them back?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02We do, yes. We're collecting calls from anybody who's got a doubt
0:08:02 > 0:08:04or anything like that.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Let's get that kettle on.- She'll be calling a lot of people.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11It's very important in this campaign that we connect directly with people.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14So, have you decided how you're going to be voting?
0:08:14 > 0:08:15No.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19OK, if you do think of anything in particular that you need to ask me
0:08:19 > 0:08:22that might help you make up your mind, let me know.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24OK. Cheers, Paul.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26OK, bye.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29It's a hard slog, isn't it, getting those votes?
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Well, in a really marginal seat like this,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38it's that one-to-one conversation might make the difference.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- Oh, hello, you're Brian?- Yes.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Ruth Cadbury, standing to be Labour's MP again and I just wondered if you know who
0:08:46 > 0:08:49you'll be voting for in the election?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Well, I'm afraid I shan't be voting for you, because of your leader.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- OK.- I couldn't possibly support a man like that.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- OK.- Really nice to meet you, sir, cheers.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Just wondered if you've had any thoughts about which way you're
0:09:01 > 0:09:03going to be voting on 8th June?
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Oh, OK.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10With Corbyn at the top of voters' concerns,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Ruth has a unique message.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15"Vote for me and I promise to get rid of him."
0:09:15 > 0:09:19I've got more chance of influencing what does happen in terms of the
0:09:19 > 0:09:24leadership by being an MP than by not being an MP,
0:09:24 > 0:09:28even. You know, as and when there is a challenge.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30OK, all right, cheers. OK, bye-bye.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37He has always been a Labour voter and I think he feels let down -
0:09:37 > 0:09:41that's putting it mildly - at the mess the party's in at the moment.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- CHANTING:- Tory scum! Tory scum!
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Prime Minister, Theresa May.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Three weeks since Theresa May called the election,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00and the parties are launching their manifestos.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01APPLAUSE
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Thank you very much.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Today, as we face this critical election for our country,
0:10:10 > 0:10:14I launch my manifesto for Britain's future.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Jeremy Corbyn goes to Bradford University to unveil his.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Here, among this audience, there is little sign of the negativity
0:10:26 > 0:10:29towards the Labour leader I've been hearing on the doorsteps
0:10:29 > 0:10:31and in the media.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42This is a manifesto for all generations.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46We are providing hope and genuine opportunity for everybody.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Labour will scrap tuition fees, lifting the debt...
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Leading the Jeremy tribute today is Sarah Champion,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05the Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Please say thank you to your next Prime Minister.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- RADIO:- Tony is in Woodford. Tony, good morning...
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- OK.- As a Shadow Cabinet minister,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Sarah is frequently asked to go on the media
0:11:23 > 0:11:26to offer strong support for Corbyn.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29OK, so who is standing on our behalf?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- Who's doing it?- The Labour press office are trying to persuade her to
0:11:33 > 0:11:36sing his praises at the leaders' TV debate.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40OK. I...
0:11:40 > 0:11:44My diary is on my phone so I need to hang up from you,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48have a look and I will get back to you because I know that tomorrow is
0:11:48 > 0:11:51a busy constituency day because I had to bump everything from today
0:11:51 > 0:11:54into tomorrow as well, and I'm not sure what I've got and how much
0:11:54 > 0:11:56wiggle room I've got.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59All right, thank you very much. That's what you say to everyone!
0:11:59 > 0:12:01SHE LAUGHS
0:12:01 > 0:12:02It was, "Oh, Sarah,
0:12:02 > 0:12:06"you're so wonderful and you're top of the list and we wanted to come to
0:12:06 > 0:12:08"you first." And it's like, "Yeah, right!"
0:12:08 > 0:12:11You've gone through 15 people and you've give them all the same spiel.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- Yeah, yeah.- I would respond better to them saying, "Sarah,
0:12:13 > 0:12:17"we're desperate and you're close, can you do it, please?"
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Somehow, Sarah has managed to stay above the Westminster warfare
0:12:21 > 0:12:23between the parliamentary party and the leadership
0:12:23 > 0:12:26but she hasn't escaped unscathed.
0:12:26 > 0:12:33There are times when it has been unbelievably
0:12:33 > 0:12:36challenging and frustrating
0:12:36 > 0:12:41because I don't believe you can be a leader if no-one's following you.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46Jeremy is a very good man but I wished at many moments
0:12:46 > 0:12:51that he made more of an effort to reach out to
0:12:51 > 0:12:53the PLP and...
0:12:57 > 0:13:01For me, it's about getting the change and you can't get the change
0:13:01 > 0:13:03unless your team's onside.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Suddenly, it's the blue team who seem to be in trouble.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13The Prime Minister has made a staggering U-turn on social care
0:13:13 > 0:13:15and has compounded the embarrassment
0:13:15 > 0:13:18by pretending she's done no such thing.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22One Tory candidate told Newsnight that this looked like "a plate of sick".
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Within days of the Tory manifesto launch,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Theresa May's very controlled campaign is going a bit wrong.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Secretary of State, can we just ask you very quickly about the U-turn on
0:13:33 > 0:13:36social care? When did Theresa May change her mind?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Are you embarrassed by this U-turn, Prime Minister?
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Nothing has changed. Nothing has changed.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Right, I'm going, James. See you later.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53This is all the ward that I grew up in and where I joined
0:13:53 > 0:13:58the Labour Party, so we used to campaign down these roads.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03This used to be full of Labour posters in my day, this road.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Look, there's hardly any.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Lucy Powell was one of Corbyn's shadow ministers but resigned
0:14:09 > 0:14:11last year as part of an attempt to force him out.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- Your name and title please, Lucy. - Yes, Lucy Powell,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19the Labour MP for Manchester Central.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20No longer in the Shadow Cabinet!
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I'll try not to smile, sorry.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Absolutely. First question, really, is why did you resign?
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Well, it was an incredibly difficult decision for me.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36But I felt that I had no alternative but to resign.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Jeremy has lost the support of the Shadow Cabinet and the Parliamentary
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Labour Party. I think his position is pretty untenable.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48With the luxury of a safe seat,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Lucy is spending this campaign helping colleagues in
0:14:51 > 0:14:54neighbouring constituencies.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56We're going to Stalybridge and Hyde,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59where Johnny Reynolds is the candidate there.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05The size of the Ukip vote there is, I think, 7.5, something like that,
0:15:05 > 0:15:11maybe nearly 8,000, and Ukip aren't standing a candidate, which we
0:15:11 > 0:15:13probably should be worried
0:15:13 > 0:15:16about, so we're here today to help Johnny.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Move over a bit more this way, folks.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23- Come to the front, Eileen. - Come on, Eileen!
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Three, two, one!
0:15:28 > 0:15:32I've spent some time with candidates in these former heartland seats and
0:15:32 > 0:15:34they're struggling on the doorstep.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39The Tory campaign might be disintegrating
0:15:39 > 0:15:43but that doesn't seem to be changing things for Labour.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48I voted Labour all my life. I'm not going to vote for them again.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- What's on your mind?- Your leader. He's the worst in the world, he is.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53What a tosser he is!
0:15:53 > 0:15:56If you've got nobody better than him, you might as well pack it in.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Well, I didn't vote for him myself but he did get elected twice.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Being in a political party sometimes doesn't go in terms of leaders
0:16:04 > 0:16:06your way. Ukip aren't standing here so the Tories think
0:16:06 > 0:16:09they're going to get that Ukip vote,
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- so they're... - No, you're safe, dead safe.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14I'm honestly not safe.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Have a look at the bookies' odds, that's all I ask.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19If you think I'm safe, you might win some money!
0:16:36 > 0:16:38CHEERING
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Labour seems to be running two different campaigns.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- CROWD:- Corbyn, Corbyn!
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Corbyn, Corbyn!
0:16:49 > 0:16:52The leader's going from one mass rally to the next,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55surrounded by genuine excitement.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59He's putting himself in a kind of bubble of love.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Thank you all for being here.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Thank you for those on the roof over there,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06thank you for those up the tree over there.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13It's ours to win on June 8th. Is that OK?
0:17:13 > 0:17:14CHEERING
0:17:31 > 0:17:34The T-shirt, it's brilliant.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36I love it.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39So, it's fair to say you're in love with him?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Oh, yes. So is she.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I just want to hug him for ever.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- You want to hug him forever? - His name is Jemery!
0:17:46 > 0:17:50I catch up with the Corbyn love bubble as it floats into Watford.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Here, he's the party's biggest asset.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Everything he thinks,
0:17:56 > 0:18:00I've thought for 65 years.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04I was a non-voter and now I'm a £3-a-month paying member of the
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Labour Party. Because he actually made sense.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Everything I was hearing from him
0:18:09 > 0:18:11was what I want for my children.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14A lot of the time you do hear on the doorstep that they would vote Labour
0:18:14 > 0:18:16but they just can't because of Jeremy Corbyn.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- Because of the media.- When you get bombarded with the press and
0:18:19 > 0:18:23everyone else saying, he's awful, he's this, he's that, he's rubbish,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27he's too left, he's a sandal-wearing-tree hugger,
0:18:27 > 0:18:32after a little while, when people are bullying the public like that,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35the public will suddenly think, "Hold on a minute,
0:18:35 > 0:18:40"we're being told by the press what to think.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45"Let's have a little listen to him." And then the tide will turn.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50June 7th, they'll wake up and say, "Jeremy's the man."
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- Who you waiting for, mate? - Jeremy Corbyn.- Oh, you're joking, Jeremy Corbyn?
0:18:55 > 0:18:59I'll tell you what, you'd have to be desperate to get into the queue for that. Come on, let's get going.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- Absolutely desperate.- Keep going that way, Ukip's down there, mate.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11# ..inside us all
0:19:11 > 0:19:14# I know that I can make it... #
0:19:14 > 0:19:18This feels more like a congregation than a political audience.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23It's a great pleasure of mine to introduce Jeremy,
0:19:23 > 0:19:25the next Prime Minister.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- CROWD:- Jeremy! Jeremy! Jeremy!
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Thank you, thank you so much, all of you, for being here today.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44The Shadow Cabinet play the roles of loyal disciples.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Who's taking the picture?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Jeremy?
0:20:03 > 0:20:06What's your name, darling?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- Give him a kiss!- How do I spell that?- C-Z-A-R-I-N-A.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Czarina. It's the Russian spelling, I believe, for Princess.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16She is a little princess.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21A lovely book for your future.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- OK?- Their future depends on you winning, my friend.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Oh!
0:20:30 > 0:20:32That has made my day. He's talked to her.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35God knows what she was giving it in his ear.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Good luck to you for the future, that's what it says,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39good luck to you in the future.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42- Brilliant.- Thank you very much.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Thank you very much, ladies, bye.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49It's the first time I've been properly inside the Corbyn bubble.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- OK.- What is it like being in the middle of it?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58It's the biggest ego ride imaginable.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04We get some of the stardust that Jeremy has and Jeremy is a deity.
0:21:04 > 0:21:10Those people there today have put all of their hope and trust in him
0:21:10 > 0:21:15and to be in that environment, I mean, it's intoxicating.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18And it's exciting and complete strangers wanting
0:21:18 > 0:21:20to have a selfie with you
0:21:20 > 0:21:24and it's like, whoa! So, yeah, you get really caught up in it.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28You're just sort of lying back into it and being swept along with it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Of course my ego is flattered.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- Yeah.- But it's just a game, isn't it?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44If I went to get my legs waxed where you get them,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47do you reckon I could convince a few voters?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Yeah.- Head's already been done!
0:21:51 > 0:21:52As the campaign's progressed,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55the mood among all the teams has been lifting.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59But the national outcome isn't in doubt.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Have you got an office sweepstake on the number of seats,
0:22:05 > 0:22:06the Tory majority it will be?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Um...- I bet you have, haven't you?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- Everybody has.- Yeah, we've chatted about it a few times.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15The sweepstake, we all agreed we wouldn't really do the sweepstake
0:22:15 > 0:22:17until the eve of the poll, which is tomorrow,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19but everyone's got their views.
0:22:19 > 0:22:26I think, looking like a Tory majority of between 30 and 50.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30That's pretty much the consensus amongst the team, I think.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Well, amongst certain people in the team.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Others are a bit more optimistic.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Is that right?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Stephen's team has been boosted by new volunteers,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42keen to spread the message.
0:22:43 > 0:22:4617,000 steps we've done.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48On Sunday.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- Not bad, is it? - So, are you new to this?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Yes, I'm a new activist, yes, I am.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Yeah, all new.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- And so how are you finding it? - I'm loving it.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- Really, really good.- Right.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Why?- I just love it, knocking the doors,
0:23:04 > 0:23:08talking to people about the Labour Party and about how Stephen is
0:23:08 > 0:23:10brilliant. I've never done it before,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13I didn't think I could do it but I've been trained well, haven't I?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Oh, you had some excellent training!
0:23:17 > 0:23:20So you're a fan of Stephen's, then - is that what brought you to it?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Yes, it was, yeah.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25And Jeremy Corbyn, as well.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26- What?- And Jeremy Corbyn.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29OK, so there aren't many people who are a fan of Stephen and Jeremy?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- Yeah, I'm a fan of both. - A fan of both?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- You're nearly there. - That's right, yeah.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41It's been a long slog.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45We've had touching 3,000 conversations now,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47just under 3,000 conversations,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50so we think we've knocked about 10,000 doors.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Thank you very much.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55The most important thing with any campaign is to get to the end of it
0:23:55 > 0:23:59and feel you've done pretty much everything that you could.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07Is there a risk that Labour lose the election but they don't lose badly
0:24:07 > 0:24:10enough to unseat Corbyn?
0:24:10 > 0:24:15This idea that it's somehow OK to only lose by 30 seats or 40 seats,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17I simply don't understand.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20That is the logic of a loser.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21That is not the logic of a party
0:24:21 > 0:24:24that believes that its rightful place is
0:24:24 > 0:24:26in government, not in opposition.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31We should be winning this election and anything less than a victory is
0:24:31 > 0:24:32a failure.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Above all, I want to see tomorrow
0:25:12 > 0:25:15the cynical way in which this election was called
0:25:15 > 0:25:17turned on its head.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Turned on its head when we elect a Labour government
0:25:23 > 0:25:25and we elect a Labour government tomorrow.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Thank you, Islington, thank you very much.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43He wants Andrew Redmond at number 18.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Go on, Richard, take one for the team.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Whatever happens tonight,
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Lucy Powell will hold her seat in Manchester,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57so she's with her team in the nearby battleground of Bury South.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02I'll just stick this in the door.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Can you remind her to vote later?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07It's election day today. Do you know what that means?
0:26:07 > 0:26:13- Yeah.- Yeah, so it's either Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Do you? Really?
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Your mum and dad want Theresa May?
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Well, I want the other one, I want Jeremy Corbyn.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Oh, I see, right, OK.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32OK. Well, you let them know that I was in the area anyway.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34All right? Nice to meet you.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41For polling day, Stephen Kinnock is unveiling his secret weapon.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Fantastic.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- This is going straight to Number Ten.- Straight to Number Ten!
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Have a smile. Ding ding!
0:26:51 > 0:26:53All aboard for a Labour victory!
0:26:57 > 0:26:59That would not be a good look, would it?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02MUSIC PLAYS: Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow by Fleetwood Mac
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Hello, have you voted?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12- Already done it, mate.- Good stuff.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- For you!- All aboard for a Labour victory.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22He just wants a couple of leaflets.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Ruth Cadbury is using more conventional ammunition.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34So that's my general leaflet and that's a little bit about
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- the school cuts in Hounslow. - Sorry, left before the bridge?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40No, right. Right, up there, yeah.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Like many candidates around the country,
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Ruth is finding a sudden surge in the number of volunteers who have
0:27:46 > 0:27:47turned out to campaign for her.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Hiya, you all right? How's it going?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- Yeah, we've met before, haven't we? - No, we haven't.- Have we not?
0:27:56 > 0:27:57OK, well, thanks for coming.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Hiya, hello, I'm Ruth.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00Where have you come from?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Fantastic. Where are you from?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Oh, brilliant. Where have you come from?
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Fantastic.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Oh, brilliant. Wow, you've come all the way over here?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Fantastic, thank you.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19I'm just amazed, touched,
0:28:19 > 0:28:23overwhelmed with how many people we've got coming over to help us
0:28:23 > 0:28:25from all over.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27There's a Tory, a sad Tory on his own.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Stephen is getting a visit from some political royalty.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38This is Camilla.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39That's Steph, his wife.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41His daughter and wife, Heller,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44who just happens to be a former Prime Minister of Denmark...
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Good to see you.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48Hold very tight, please!
0:28:48 > 0:28:51..as well as his parents, Neil and Glenys.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- What do you reckon?- It's fantastic.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- Terrific!- Let's have a photo, then.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00This is the red bus that doesn't tell lies.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03This is the bus of truth.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06It's an RMT one, as well!
0:29:06 > 0:29:09I'm loving the pose, look at that!
0:29:14 > 0:29:16At local party HQ,
0:29:16 > 0:29:19the tensions hidden in Labour's campaign are being revealed.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23He's made, I think, fundamental errors.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26We all wish that he was more popular as a leader.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29If you give him a chance, he will.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33I have voted for Jeremy Corbyn twice in the membership election.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35I paid 25 quid to vote for him.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38And effectively I voted for him again today.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42What I do think is him as leader has masked some of the other problems -
0:29:42 > 0:29:44divided parties don't win elections.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- True.- Jeremy Corbyn and his team are doing a damn sight better than
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Ed Miliband did in 2015.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54And if 172 MPs could have swallowed their pride six months ago
0:29:54 > 0:29:58and got behind that man, it would be a different bloody story today.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01We would have walked it today, otherwise.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06With minutes to go until the close of polls,
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Ruth is in a kind of manic campaign overdrive.
0:30:12 > 0:30:18Most normal people don't expect people on their doorstep at 9.40pm.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22Hello. Dolores? Ruth Cadbury. Calling about the voting.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Hi, sorry to call so late.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26You did. Two votes for Labour?
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Two votes for Corbyn. OK.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37Hiya.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47First indications of whether she's got what she wanted
0:30:47 > 0:30:50or whether Jeremy Corbyn has dashed her hopes will come
0:30:50 > 0:30:52with the exit poll at ten.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53Who gets to Number Ten...
0:30:55 > 0:30:59In a few minutes, the exit poll will reveal how the nation has voted.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04At the last election, Lucy Powell
0:31:04 > 0:31:07was part of Ed Miliband's inner circle.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12I mean, I'm particularly bruised from 2015.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14You know, the polls were very close,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17we looked like we were sort of having a little edge at the end.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20And, you know, it felt good on the day, it felt good a few days before.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23And then when that ten o'clock moment comes in and it says,
0:31:23 > 0:31:27Tory majority, which no-one was really predicting,
0:31:27 > 0:31:28that was so crushing.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31You know, you didn't want to believe it but then, obviously,
0:31:31 > 0:31:37as the results started coming through, it was really clear and...
0:31:37 > 0:31:39And it is absolutely devastating.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44I was pessimistic today.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Polling day, you're only supposed to be speaking to people you think are
0:31:47 > 0:31:49voting Labour. And we weren't.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52We were speaking to people who were telling us they had voted
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Conservative and not voted Labour.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00So, you know, it's hard not to sort of feel a bit affected by that.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Hello. Hello. How are you? All right?
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Hello, are you well?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10- Yeah.- Fingers crossed.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15Here on BBC One Wales, it's Election 2017 Wales...
0:32:15 > 0:32:18All this stuff is out of our hands.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Right. OK.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23This is it, guys. This is it.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- This is it.- How are we feeling?
0:32:27 > 0:32:32There are just over 20 seconds to go until Big Ben strikes ten.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Can we have a bit of volume on it or not? No?
0:32:35 > 0:32:39- It's all right. - I feel really nervous.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43I know. I feel really nervous now. Oh, God!
0:32:43 > 0:32:45I just hate this. I just hate this bit.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47I just hate it.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Oh, God! Listen, listen.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51What's he saying?
0:32:53 > 0:32:56- All right, sweetheart. - Oh, God. What's he saying?
0:32:56 > 0:32:57Largest party.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58Oh, not landslide.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Not big majority. Largest party.
0:33:03 > 0:33:04Oh, Labour gains...
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Ooh!
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Largest party.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Oh, my God!
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Oh, my God!
0:33:13 > 0:33:16That's unbelievable!
0:33:16 > 0:33:1830-seat gain.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Amazing! Oh, my God!
0:33:21 > 0:33:25And what we are saying is the Conservatives are the largest party.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29Note, they don't have an overall majority at this stage.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32314 for the Conservatives.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35- Oh, my God!- That's down 17.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Labour on 266.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40The SNP on 34.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43- Wow!- The Lib Dems on 14.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47We are predicting therefore that the Conservatives will be the largest
0:33:47 > 0:33:50party but, astonishingly, short of an overall majority.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Let's just run through those numbers once more.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57- Wow! Incredible!- Another election in six months' time.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Yeah, we're going to get a hung parliament, then.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- That's a hung parliament.- Yeah. - A hung parliament.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05I think she will get it.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07She needs 11 more.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11I'm not sure what Stephen's face is revealing here,
0:34:11 > 0:34:14but perhaps he's realising the Corbyn-free tomorrow he's been
0:34:14 > 0:34:18thinking about might never actually come.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22The Prime Minister called this election because she wanted,
0:34:22 > 0:34:26as she put it, certainty and stability.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30And this doesn't seem at this stage to look like certainty and
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- stability...- If this is right,
0:34:33 > 0:34:35that is phenomenal.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42Ten...DUP and three Sinn Fein who don't turn up.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47So that goes there...
0:34:48 > 0:34:50The only way she can rule
0:34:50 > 0:34:55on those figures is with the Ulster Unionists and the DUP.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00May has gone, Steve, with this...
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Or anything like it, May has gone.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05With anything like this, May has gone.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07She's got to go.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11She'll be gone in the morning. She'll have to go in the morning.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14She will. She's lost seats!
0:35:14 > 0:35:15Has she lost seats?
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Has she lost seats?
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Has she lost seats?
0:35:19 > 0:35:21- Yes.- What was she on before?
0:35:21 > 0:35:22She was on 331.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Right. So they've lost 15.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26They've lost 15.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27Oh, my God!
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Yep.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Well, it's reasonable...
0:35:39 > 0:35:42A lot of common-sense mainstream Labour policies in the manifesto.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Yeah.
0:35:44 > 0:35:45Hi, guys.
0:35:45 > 0:35:46All right? All right?
0:35:49 > 0:35:50Cheers. OK.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52As one of Corbyn's arch critics,
0:35:52 > 0:35:55the assembled media at the count are keen for his response to
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- the exit poll. - Where shall we go, then?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Through here?
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Just do a quick one with BBC Wales.
0:36:03 > 0:36:04Sure.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07OK.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Yeah.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Yeah, OK. All right.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11No problem. Will do.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Yeah, OK. I might as well.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18Yeah.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Stephen is typically keen to oblige.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24But Denmark's ex-prime minister smells danger.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Yeah.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48It won't be about this.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Oh. Right.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02Yeah.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Hello, good evening. It's still early days,
0:37:20 > 0:37:23but it looks like a very positive result for us.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27We've managed to get young people to come out to vote for us.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31The turnout here in Aberavon looks very good, as well.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34So all of that is very positive.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38But the story of tonight is that Theresa May has, with great hubris
0:37:38 > 0:37:42and arrogance, called a general election and it's backfired on her
0:37:42 > 0:37:44in a big way. Thanks very much.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Cheers, guys. Thanks a lot.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51I think... I think I'm going to just take a break for a while, actually.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Yeah. I think we'll just hold back for a bit,
0:37:55 > 0:37:58if that's all right with you guys.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00We've got a declaration coming - sorry to interrupt -
0:38:00 > 0:38:02from the Vale of Clwyd, and I'll come back.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05I love Chris Ruane.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07He doesn't look like he's won, though, does he?
0:38:07 > 0:38:08You can never tell.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12By the early hours, Labour are gaining seats
0:38:12 > 0:38:13previously thought hopeless.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Have we gained it?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22I love Chris.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26- Lovely.- Oh, my God!
0:38:26 > 0:38:31Kinnock, Steven Nathan, Welsh Labour, Llafur Cymru,
0:38:31 > 0:38:3422,662...
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Steven's majority becomes the biggest in Wales.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Not bad, eh?
0:38:44 > 0:38:45That's in your territory!
0:38:45 > 0:38:48That was in your territory from the...
0:38:48 > 0:38:52- Well done. - Brilliant.- Thanks for that.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Congratulations.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03Theresa May's roll of the dice looks set to be one of the biggest
0:39:03 > 0:39:06political mistakes that we have seen for quite some time.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09A beaming Jeremy Corbyn arriving at his count in Islington.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Smiling like a Cheshire cat.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Labour have stormed the big towns and cities,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17partly thanks to an increased turnout among young voters.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Once, twice,
0:39:19 > 0:39:21and now he looks to have achieved
0:39:21 > 0:39:25one of the biggest political upsets in many, many years.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27It's been an incredible evening.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29It was unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32And some of the individual results, and mine...
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Yeah, what was your majority?
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Like, 31,500 is my actual majority.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39It's completely insane.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- 10,000 more...- I know, than I was last time.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Ruth Margaret Cadbury, Labour Party.
0:39:45 > 0:39:4735,000...
0:39:47 > 0:39:48CHEERING
0:39:50 > 0:39:55Ruth has gone from a 400 majority to more than 12,000.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00It's easy to forget that Labour have lost the election,
0:40:00 > 0:40:05although this is a victory for Corbyn and a defeat for
0:40:05 > 0:40:08his former critics like Fiona, Ruth's PR adviser.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12I feel very conflicted.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13I...
0:40:15 > 0:40:18..don't personally see the appeal of Jeremy Corbyn.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21What I am dreading is the triumphalism
0:40:21 > 0:40:25because everything has been so divided and so nasty.
0:40:25 > 0:40:31And my expectation is they are not going to be graceful winners.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33I think it's going to be...
0:40:36 > 0:40:38I don't think it's going to be pretty.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Suddenly, everything has changed.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06Labour's Parliamentary party are gathering for a team photo.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16It's easy to forget that just a few months ago,
0:41:16 > 0:41:20172 of these MPs mounted a coup to depose their leader.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
0:41:24 > 0:41:27# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn! #
0:41:33 > 0:41:35One of the last MPs to return here
0:41:35 > 0:41:38was the Shadow Cabinet Minister Sarah Champion.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44I'd been to see her before she headed back.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46I love campaigning.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49But it completely takes over all of your life.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54So it's sort of part of the process of getting back to being Sarah,
0:41:54 > 0:41:57so then I can deal with the assault of going back down
0:41:57 > 0:41:58to Parliament again.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02I don't feel tough enough yet to go back.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03I should be going back tomorrow.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05It sounds pathetic.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07I'm psychologically vulnerable.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09I couldn't take the beating that I'll get
0:42:09 > 0:42:11when I step over that threshold.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Literally. And I'd either...
0:42:14 > 0:42:17I'd either cry or say something or do something stupid.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19It's...
0:42:19 > 0:42:21It's not a fun place to be.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Pretend you want to be here. Come on, nice and smiling...
0:42:24 > 0:42:25That's better.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26One more.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31I don't know what job I'm going back to.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34I could be going back to the backbenches.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36I could be in a different role.
0:42:36 > 0:42:43I don't know if the PLP are going to be onside or if they are going to be
0:42:43 > 0:42:46actively campaigning to undermine us.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48And it's... It's lonely there.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51You know? You are fighting on every front.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53It's not fun.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57I don't know if they are now going to work as one fighting unit.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59I literally don't know.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05Their vilified leader has taken these MPs closer to power than they
0:43:05 > 0:43:08could have imagined. But how did it happen?
0:43:10 > 0:43:14All right, good morning, everyone. Welcome to our second session.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16As you all very well know,
0:43:16 > 0:43:19we are now in permanent general election campaign, right?
0:43:19 > 0:43:20The Tories are in disarray.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22We know that we are the government in waiting.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24And we know that we need to be ready
0:43:24 > 0:43:26whenever a general election is called.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29In Manchester, activists from Momentum are meeting.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33Set up to link the thousands of new Corbyn-supporting members,
0:43:33 > 0:43:37I hadn't quite realised what they were up to during the election.
0:43:37 > 0:43:38But they played a vital role.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44So, does anybody want to start us off with their favourite moment of
0:43:44 > 0:43:46the general election campaign?
0:43:46 > 0:43:47- Yeah.- Bev?
0:43:47 > 0:43:50We started going into marginals and helping
0:43:50 > 0:43:54support marginals and on the last day,
0:43:54 > 0:44:00we did this housing estate that hasn't been done for years.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03And we had one hour
0:44:03 > 0:44:06and in that time,
0:44:06 > 0:44:11we persuaded eight people to go and vote.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13In that just over one hour.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16And the gorgeous thing was people were coming past us on the way out
0:44:16 > 0:44:18of voting and going, "I've done it!
0:44:18 > 0:44:20"We've done it!
0:44:20 > 0:44:22"We've done it!" And people going past in cars.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24"We've done it!" Eight people.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26We got eight votes in an hour.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29Momentum has developed My Nearest Marginal,
0:44:29 > 0:44:31an amazing tool for canvassing.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34Momentum created an app to turn the new members
0:44:34 > 0:44:36into doorstep campaigners.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38All you have to do is type in your postcode.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40It will come up with a list of all your closest
0:44:40 > 0:44:42marginal constituencies.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44This election is going to be won on the doorstep.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46If we can work together and pool our resources,
0:44:46 > 0:44:49we can get more activists out than ever before.
0:44:52 > 0:44:57Momentum's powerful online presence also allowed it to run a massive
0:44:57 > 0:44:58parallel campaign.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02Dad, do you hate me?
0:45:02 > 0:45:03Obviously!
0:45:11 > 0:45:13This one was one of the most popular.
0:45:13 > 0:45:147.9 million views.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16- Wow!- Which is a lot.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20OK. So that's like much more than you'd get in
0:45:20 > 0:45:22- a party political broadcast.- Yeah.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25We filmed that in, like, an afternoon. A couple of hours.
0:45:25 > 0:45:29So we know people who've got their own equipment and willing to donate
0:45:29 > 0:45:30- their time.- OK.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32- All right.- So you can do it very cheaply.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35- You can do it very cheaply. - OK, so that goes out on Facebook.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37On Momentum's Facebook, yeah.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39OK. And during the election,
0:45:39 > 0:45:41how many people were looking at your Facebook page?
0:45:41 > 0:45:44- Do you know?- You can't get the figure for the whole election
0:45:44 > 0:45:47period, but in the last 28 days, it was maybe...
0:45:49 > 0:45:51..16 million people.
0:45:51 > 0:45:55Wow! OK. So your Facebook page has become
0:45:55 > 0:45:59just like an incredibly powerful broadcaster, essentially.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02- Yeah, yeah.- That you are in complete control of.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04- Yeah. Yeah.- Right.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Since the election, with more members than ever,
0:46:07 > 0:46:11Momentum now have a plan to win more converts.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14So, can we have our canvassing virgins...?
0:46:14 > 0:46:15LAUGHTER
0:46:17 > 0:46:20Can we have them in this part of the room?
0:46:20 > 0:46:22And then everybody that's experienced,
0:46:22 > 0:46:25can we have you on that side of the room?
0:46:29 > 0:46:33They are holding mass canvassing sessions in newly marginal seats
0:46:33 > 0:46:36like Putney, to prepare the ground for the next election.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39You can persuade somebody who is a Tory voter...
0:46:39 > 0:46:44You can persuade them just by literally listening to
0:46:44 > 0:46:46their concerns and being that person that turns it around
0:46:46 > 0:46:49so that you become their friend.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51So, really don't be shy.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53People out on the door, being persuasive,
0:46:53 > 0:46:55actually does work.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Hi, hello.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03Good afternoon. I'm from the Labour Party.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05So we are literally just out canvassing at the moment,
0:47:05 > 0:47:07trying to convert a few people.
0:47:07 > 0:47:08Who do you currently vote for?
0:47:13 > 0:47:15Sarah Champion has found out the hard way
0:47:15 > 0:47:19that the rules in Corbyn's new Labour Party are changing.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23Following the conviction of a grooming gang,
0:47:23 > 0:47:25she had been keen to get on the media to make a point.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29Now another city has been added to that...
0:47:29 > 0:47:31So this was the first interview you did on the day.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Yeah, they called me up the night before,
0:47:35 > 0:47:37asking me if I would do it.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41I said I would only go on if I actually say that the majority of
0:47:41 > 0:47:44perpetrators in this type of crime are of Pakistani descent.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47..with Sarah Champion, who is Labour MP for Rotherham...
0:47:47 > 0:47:50This is a specific group of men that are doing this crime.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52For example, on the news last night,
0:47:52 > 0:47:56there was a picture of 18 of the people that were convicted.
0:47:56 > 0:48:01There was no comment that 17 of those were clearly Asian men.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03This isn't racist, this is child protection.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05And we need to be grown-up about this and deal with it.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07- So, you are happy with that? - Happy with that.
0:48:07 > 0:48:11- Stand by that.- Yes.- Would say it again and again and again
0:48:11 > 0:48:13until people listen to me.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16It was when the Shadow Equalities Minister wrote an article for
0:48:16 > 0:48:19the Sun that she found herself in real trouble.
0:48:19 > 0:48:23Yes, I know that the Sun uses nasty racist language
0:48:23 > 0:48:28and I knew that being in that paper, it was going to...
0:48:28 > 0:48:30It wasn't going to be put in the nuanced way
0:48:30 > 0:48:32that I hoped it would.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35But I needed to reach a Sun audience.
0:48:35 > 0:48:39Because a Sun audience used to be a Labour audience.
0:48:39 > 0:48:43The outrage from Labour supporters was almost immediate.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46People were saying I was racist
0:48:46 > 0:48:50and really pissed off that I had written it in The Sun,
0:48:50 > 0:48:53which was seen to be incredibly disloyal to the Labour Party.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56I was... You know, naive,
0:48:56 > 0:48:59maybe stupid, to not think that writing in The Sun would have such
0:48:59 > 0:49:02a strong impact on people.
0:49:02 > 0:49:06At three o'clock on the Wednesday,
0:49:06 > 0:49:08I got a phone call from the leader's office
0:49:08 > 0:49:13saying that they had spoken to Jeremy and he now thought it was
0:49:13 > 0:49:14time to accept my resignation.
0:49:16 > 0:49:17Which I went, "OK.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20"Please may I write my resignation letter, then?"
0:49:20 > 0:49:23And they are like, "Yeah, we've got to get it out right now."
0:49:24 > 0:49:25Mr Corbyn...
0:49:27 > 0:49:29- Mr Corbyn.- Thank you so much.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31- Mr Corbyn.- Hi, how are you doing?
0:49:31 > 0:49:34Very well, thanks. Sarah Champion.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37You backed her on Friday. You effectively sacked her yesterday.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40- What changed?- She's resigned because she doesn't...
0:49:40 > 0:49:42- You would have sacked her, though, wouldn't you?- Michael,
0:49:42 > 0:49:46can we go to the old-fashioned way of you asking the question and I give you the answer?
0:49:46 > 0:49:49I was trying to have a grown-up discussion about something
0:49:49 > 0:49:54and all the discussion had turned to, "Was Sarah right to write in The Sun?"
0:49:54 > 0:50:00And I find it quite unpalatable that if you are a politician of one
0:50:00 > 0:50:04party or another, then there are papers that you can or can't write
0:50:04 > 0:50:07in, drawn up on political lines.
0:50:07 > 0:50:11I find that quite a chilling concept.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26It's late September, and the Labour family is coming together for its
0:50:26 > 0:50:28annual conference.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30Could you be friends with a Tory?
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Could I be friends with a Tory?
0:50:32 > 0:50:36Yeah. I reckon. I've never kissed one, though.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42Three, two, one. Yeah, lovely.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49This party is beginning to feel quite different.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53Across the road at Momentum's fringe festival
0:50:53 > 0:50:56is where the real action is.
0:50:57 > 0:51:01Brothers and sisters, comrades and friends,
0:51:01 > 0:51:03welcome to the world transformed!
0:51:08 > 0:51:11This session is called winning power.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14And you know how we're going win power.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17Partly with the next Prime Minister of this country,
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Jeremy Corbyn!
0:51:19 > 0:51:20CHEERING
0:51:26 > 0:51:29# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
0:51:29 > 0:51:33# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
0:51:33 > 0:51:37# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
0:51:37 > 0:51:41# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn... #
0:51:49 > 0:51:53Through the fog and through the smoke, we can purely see the future.
0:52:00 > 0:52:01Over in the main conference,
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Momentum are also setting the agenda.
0:52:05 > 0:52:10Of the 1,100 delegates, more than 800 are members or supporters.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15MPs like Lucy Powell are being marginalised
0:52:15 > 0:52:18and are having to jostle for a seat in the hall.
0:52:21 > 0:52:25It seems Corbyn's former opponents aren't really wanted here.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27Momentum are asserting their influence
0:52:27 > 0:52:29at every level of the party.
0:52:31 > 0:52:36We've just had a series of AGMs in my constituency, at ward level.
0:52:36 > 0:52:42And in some wards, we've had groups of people turning up
0:52:42 > 0:52:46who've never been to a single meeting before, and have come along
0:52:46 > 0:52:52with a sort of training manual from Momentum about how to oust local
0:52:52 > 0:52:55committed community activists.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57And I just find that...
0:52:58 > 0:53:02..you know, weird and horrifying, actually.
0:53:02 > 0:53:06I think they are being mobilised by saying, well, all the establishment,
0:53:06 > 0:53:10all the existing people in the Labour Party, are against Jeremy
0:53:10 > 0:53:13and we need to sort of cleanse it and take it over.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16To sort of create this more pure
0:53:16 > 0:53:21movement, and that's not going to be a good thing for us
0:53:21 > 0:53:23by any measure. Certainly not electorally.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27When I started filming with Stephen,
0:53:27 > 0:53:31I'm pretty sure he saw himself as a future leader.
0:53:31 > 0:53:32- David, how are you?- Good.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35Are you well? Yeah, yeah, enjoying it. See you soon.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Politics, though, can be brutal.
0:53:39 > 0:53:40In 1983,
0:53:40 > 0:53:44this was the scene of a piece of theatre that forever undermined his
0:53:44 > 0:53:48dad's attempt to be taken seriously as a future Prime Minister.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55- ARCHIVE:- Now, that sort of thing is just not supposed to happen.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58And even as Mr Kinnock put the best face on things,
0:53:58 > 0:54:00he was wondering whether, wet feet and all,
0:54:00 > 0:54:01the cameraman might choose to
0:54:01 > 0:54:04use those shots that were a little more dignified.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12I'll try not to fall over.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15Yeah, I was going to say, you know what I want to say...
0:54:15 > 0:54:18I know, I know. But the thing is,
0:54:18 > 0:54:23I'm not walking with my mother and it was actually her fault
0:54:23 > 0:54:26that the fall happened because she was wearing
0:54:26 > 0:54:27a new pair of suede boots.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30- Really?- Yeah. And the sea started coming in...
0:54:30 > 0:54:31Hi, how are you? All right?
0:54:31 > 0:54:32Good to see you.
0:54:32 > 0:54:37Obviously, she had to choose between saving her suede boots
0:54:37 > 0:54:40or pushing Dad in the sea.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42So it was a no-brainer, really.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54Having grown up
0:54:54 > 0:54:58and your entire sort of political philosophy being formed around
0:54:58 > 0:55:00a particular view of the party,
0:55:00 > 0:55:05and suddenly everything has been turned on its head, I wonder whether
0:55:05 > 0:55:10actually you must feel very disorientated by what's going on.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12It definite... I mean, on election night...
0:55:12 > 0:55:14You were shocked and disorientated on election night.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16Yeah. No, that was...
0:55:16 > 0:55:20That was one of the most sort of topsy-turvy things
0:55:20 > 0:55:22that I've experienced.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25My wife Helen's favourite phrase in the world is "what doesn't kill you
0:55:25 > 0:55:28"makes you stronger"
0:55:28 > 0:55:31And I absolutely sign up to that one.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33And that's what life is about.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35You get knocked back,
0:55:35 > 0:55:39you dust yourself off and you pick yourself up and you keep going.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41Labour is ready...
0:55:41 > 0:55:45Ready to rebuild our National Health Service.
0:55:45 > 0:55:49I'm, like, so much older than these young people coming into Momentum.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51Those young guys, they need me
0:55:51 > 0:55:57and I need them. And if we can make that work, then
0:55:57 > 0:55:59that's a fantastic opportunity for the party.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01That's the magic of a political movement.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03If you can bring those two things together.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06But if those two things diverge, we are lost.
0:56:06 > 0:56:10So you can sit here and say, we need them, they need me.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13Would they say that they need you?
0:56:13 > 0:56:15I hope so. I really hope so.
0:56:15 > 0:56:20I feel a real need to be bridging that kind of gap between the younger
0:56:20 > 0:56:22generation and the older generation in our party.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25And that's something that I'm working on and trying to understand
0:56:25 > 0:56:27and be better at every day.
0:56:27 > 0:56:29Let everyone understand this.
0:56:29 > 0:56:34We've come this journey, not to let you down, because we listen to you,
0:56:34 > 0:56:36because we believe in you.
0:56:36 > 0:56:42Labour can and Labour will deliver a Britain for the many,
0:56:42 > 0:56:43not the few!
0:56:49 > 0:56:51None of the MPs I've been filming with were in the hall for
0:56:51 > 0:56:53the leader's big speech.
0:56:54 > 0:56:59# ..we'll keep the red flag flying here.. #
0:57:02 > 0:57:05The centre of gravity in the party has shifted.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09It's going through a generational change
0:57:09 > 0:57:12and that's rarely a comfortable process.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17But renewal is essential to survival.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21Labour's long-term future is less about the old man
0:57:21 > 0:57:23who has just left the stage...
0:57:27 > 0:57:31It's much more about the young people taking his place.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
0:57:37 > 0:57:41# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
0:57:41 > 0:57:45# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
0:57:45 > 0:57:48# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
0:57:48 > 0:57:52# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
0:57:52 > 0:57:55# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
0:57:55 > 0:57:59# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn... #