Part Three Election 2017

from me, David Dimbleby, here's the news witty Louise Minchin.

Theresa May's decision to call a snap election has backfired

as the UK wakes up to a hung parliament.

The Conservatives have lost their majority,

Labour has done better than expected.

And Jeremy Corbyn has called for Theresa May to resign.

The Prime Minister says the country needs stability.

The night saw both Alex Salmond and Nick Clegg lose their seats.

Our political correspondent Tom Bateman's report

A political gamble - the hope that she would transform

the Tories' fragile advantage in Parliament with a huge win.

But the smiles of the campaign trail have vanished.

Forecasts suggest the Conservatives may end up even worse off,

If, as the indications have shown, if this is correct,

that the Conservative Party has won the most seats, and probably

the most votes, then it will be incumbent on us to ensure we have

that period of stability, and that is what we will do.

And you can see what the Labour leader makes

A man whose campaign confounded many expectations.

Beaming smiles, with Labour on course for a far better

The Prime Minister called the election because

Well, the mandate she's got is lost Conservative seats,

lost votes, lost support, and lost confidence.

I would have thought that is enough to go, actually.

In Battersea, Labour have ousted a government

Labour held Cambridge, increasing their majority by 12,000. They took

Peterburg from the Conservatives, boosting their share of the vote by

12%. The Home Secretary Amber Rudd

only just scraped home In Sheffield, the Lib Dem's former

leader Nick Clegg has lost his seat. I, of course, have encountered this

evening something that many people have encountered before tonight,

and I suspect many people will encounter after tonight,

which is in politics you live by the sword and you

die by the sword. The night began with

a projection - the exit poll. This morning, with most seats

counted, the BBC forecasts the Conservatives as the largest party

but short of an overall majority. The SNP have lost on a disappointing

night. The SNP have lost big names

on a disappointing night, compared with their Scottish

landslide two years ago. Their Deputy Leader Angus Robertson

was ousted by the Conservatives and their former leader Alex Salmond

lost his seat too. Now one of Theresa May's own MPs

is laying the blame on her. I think she's in a very

difficult place. She's a remarkable and a very

talented woman, and she doesn't shy from difficult decisions,

but she now has to The festival of democracy has been

on full show, as have the upsets. Theresa May arrived at party HQ

knowing there are those who say this result should be the end of her

Premiership. Now dawn breaks on renewed political uncertainty. Mrs

may wanted a strong, stable and triumphant return to Westminster

ahead of Brexit talks. She has ended up weakened, with fewer MPs and

calls for her to go. In Northern Ireland, both the SDLP

and the Ulster Unionist Party It was a successful night

for the largest parties. The Democratic Unionist Party won

ten seats, Sinn Fein won seven seats but will continue to abstain

from sitting in Parliament. The result could see the DUP play

a key role in any potential coalition negotiations

with the Conservative Party. In Wales, the Labour Party had

a strong night, taking back a number The results represent

a blow to the Tories, who had hoped to make

gains in pro-Brexit areas. Plaid Cymru won four seats,

and the Liberal Democrats Meanwhile, Ukip have failed to win

any seats in Parliament. Their share of the vote

collapsed across Britain, and their leader Paul Nuttall came

third in Boston and Skegness. The Green Party remain

unchanged, with one seat. The party co-leader Caroline Lucas,

who held Brighton Pavilion, said the Greens will never support

a Tory government. The Greens are forecast

to win 2% of the vote. As the markets across Europe open

this morning, traders will react They are bracing themselves for a

volatile day. Overnight, sterling suffered one

of its biggest falls since January, sinking at one point

to a low of almost 2% against the dollar and the euro

after the initial exit poll. Let's take a look at this morning's

weather, with Matt Taylor. Good morning, well, weather-wise, a

brighter day across the UK. A bit more sunshine. A few showers so

don't leave home without the umbrella. Showers across western

England, Wales and Northern Ireland, working eastwards, into central and

eastern England for the late morning and afternoon. Some heavy and

thundery. Scotland starts work at turning more dry and right. Cloudy

in the north and east. Temperatures 17-22, tonight the rain will spread

in from the west across the country. Saturday, a wet start to the weekend

across western areas. Time now to cross

over to Huw Edwards. A very good morning from the BBC

Election Centre. It has been a long and very eventful night. Let me tell

you, it's going to be a long and very eventful day as well, because

nothing has turned out as people expected. Even until that late hour

of 9.55 last night. If you are just joining us on BBC One, let me show

you the state of play. The screen on the Houses of

Parliament tells us clearly that Theresa May has lost the majority

she went into this election with. We are looking at a hung parliament.

326 is the finishing line. That is the magic number you need to be in a

majority in the House of Commons. But the Conservatives will not be

there. It is, however, likely that if they combined with the Unionists

in Northern Ireland, they can get past the finishing line in some

form. But believe me, we are nowhere near that yet. A few results to

come. I will introduce my guests. Let's say this mildly, there is

quite a lot for us to talk about today. With me, Norah O'Donnell, the

former Cabinet Secretary. It is good to have you with us. -- Lord

O'Donnell. You can shed light on the turmoil going on in Downing Street

today when they think about that permutations. Jo Coburn, my

Westminster colleague, giving us analysis and bringing us up to date

with what is going on. And Andrew Marr, of the BBC, is with us. We are

going to Richmond Park for the declaration first.

I declare the total number of votes is as follows. Zac Goldsmith,

Conservative Party, 28,000 588. Peter Joule, Ukip, 426. Sarah Olney,

Liberal Democrats, 28,543. The total number of ballot papers

rejected was 131. Because votes were given for more than one candidate,

19. Because they were unmarked or void, 112. The turnout was 79.3%. I

hereby declare that the said Zac Goldsmith is Julie elected as Member

of Parliament for the Richmond Park constituency.

A majority of just 45, a very high turnout of 79%. Sarah Olney, of the

Lib Dems, who won the by-election, pipped at the post by Zac Goldsmith,

who is re-elected in this part of South London. I just want to start

by thanking the returning officer for organising what was a very

difficult process. And all of the counters, many of whom are still

here today. You will be delighted to know that is the end of the

counting. I am very grateful to them and the returning officer for their

extremely hard work. They have ensured the election has been safe

and effective and smooth, and we are very grateful to them. Before I talk

about my own team, I want to pay tribute to my fellow candidates,

particularly Sarah Olney, my predecessor. That sounds a bit odd,

but my predecessor. And my fellow candidate Peter, who is not here

now, but a pleasure meeting him and Cate and I wish all three the best.

I cannot stand here and not thank my own campaign team. People have given

up five weeks, night and day, just simply from the goodness of their

heart. Working their fingers to the bone to deliver this result. This is

their results. The fact it is such a narrow margin, I think, means

effectively that this is owned by all of us. It is extraordinary and I

am just so grateful to all of you. But more than anything, I am

grateful to my constituents for having put their trust in me again.

I hope they know I will never let them down. We have the most special

community in the world. Representing this community is an unimaginable,

incalculable honour, and something I am so excited about doing over the

next five years. We have challenges, but so many opportunities, and I

look forward to working with all of you to ensure that we take advantage

of those opportunities. Thank you very much indeed. Zac Goldsmith,

returned as the Conservative MP for Richmond Park. A few words from

Sarah Olney, the loser by 45 votes. He won the by-election there just a

few months ago. Back to the studio. That is within the results we were

forecasting. We now have the Conservatives on a forecast of 318,

eight short of the 326 needed. Let me underline again at 7.13 on Friday

morning that Theresa May has lost the majority she went into the

election with, against lots of the expectations. So the day will really

be focusing on what kind of government we are looking at, and

indeed whether Theresa May will be heading that government. Andrew

Marr, your thoughts at this stage. The second most important question

is does Theresa May stay as Prime Minister? She has met Cabinet

colleagues already this morning and the advice strongly is she has a

duty to stay and hold the Government together. You cannot go into a Tory

party leadership contest with the hullabaloo and mayhem that would

involve right before Brexit negotiations. Which leads me to the

single most important question, what happens to the Brexit talks? A Prime

Minister has no -- who has no authority in the House of Commons,

to deliver the kind of compromise she is going to be asked for, that

is why we had the election, and now she has two govern with almost

certainly the DUP from Northern Ireland. The DUP's Arlene Foster

takes a very different view on things like immigration control, the

single market, hard borders. I have talked to senior members of the

Conservative government who don't believe it will be possible to

deliver the kind of Brexit deal they have been planning in these new

circumstances, because they have a coalition in the House of Commons

which includes everyone from Tory Remainers like Anna Soubry and Ken

Clarke, the DUP, and very hard-core Brexiteers... How does that

coalition deliver a clear negotiating position? It probably

means a period of very, very slow-moving negotiation, and no deal

possibly, and certainly not a hard Brexit or the soft Brexit that many

people think can emerge out of this. Gus O'Donnell, I am wondering, your

successor as Cabinet Secretary today, looking at this set of

results... Clearly there is enormous uncertainty. What is going on there

right now? I am pleased because, from the lessons of 2010 and the

coalition, we have always prepared for all possible outcomes. So they

will have gone through this one. The numbers here are particularly

difficult. It's quite clear. It looks to me we are talking about

minority government. We are talking about a situation where the Prime

Minister, this is very important, the Prime Minister has to stay as

Prime Minister for now. Short-term, it's very important that we have a

Prime Minister. Those negotiations on Brexit will be nonexistent. And I

think the reason we need to think about this is, think of it from the

other point of view. It takes two sides to negotiate. The EU I going

to say, well, who are we negotiating with? Will this Prime Minister be

around? What is their position? Fall of the good reasons Andrew said, I

don't think there is a position. What the EU is very good at is lots

of process and no substance. There will be view was watching and

thinking, hang on a second, Article 50 has been triggered and there is a

strict timetable. So there is a limit to how much you can delay and

fudge? Exactly. So, eventually we will get

to that two-year deadline, which can only be extended if the 27 agree on

it, starts to bite. But that is a very asymmetric process. It is

really good for the 27, because they will threaten us with, OK, no deal,

you're out, WTO terms, that's very bad for us. So this is not good news

for our Brexit negotiations. One of the ironies about the campaign was,

it was supposed to be the Brexit election, that is how Theresa May

describe it, she wanted to have an even bigger mandate. But actually,

until the very end, the last few days, we heard very little about

Brexit, we heard very little about the shape of the Brexit negotiations

which Theresa May wanted to take the country towards. Yes, coming out of

the single market, yes, perhaps coming out of the customs union,

too. So, in a way, the 27 would not know exactly what was on the table.

And now, Theresa May will have to rethink on all sorts of levels, if

she stays, which she will have to, for the short-term, what is she

going to do within her own team? There will be those who say, you

need to listen to us a little more carefully. May be Philip Hammond,

there were rumours she was going to reshuffle him out of the Cabinet -

that looks very unlikely now. Boris Johnson may have a bigger say. That

small team around Theresa May is not going to be able to wield the kind

of power and control... That system has gone. I think so, without a

shadow of a doubt, and that is going to have a big impact on the

negotiations. And I think the most important single cabinet minister

now is David Davis... Mr Corbyn is just emerging... This is in north

London, of course, where Mr Corbyn lives. Just waving and looking, I

think it is fair to say, Andrew Marr, rather pleased with things,

although we must underline, they actually lost the election! They

did. All the way through, Jeremy Corbyn slightly undercooked the

triumphalist bit, and people like that, he comes across as quite

humble, slightly surprised that where he is and so far -- so forth,

that is part of what has gone so well in this election for him. I was

going to say, David Davis, as the Brexit minister, he is the one who

understands how far these negotiations have got, what the

Brexit department looks like, what the really difficult issues are.

From now on, it's going to be are really, really hard business of

party management, on the one hand in the House of Commons, while trying

to do these negotiations, on the other. It means every single time

the EU comes to the British side and says, we can give you this or that,

we have to ask ourselves, will the Conservative Party where it? I have

been covering elections since 1983. If there is one really predictable

headline, it is, Conservative Party at war over Europe. It has been the

case all the way through and it still is. Just something on the

logistics of this morning. So, Theresa May, if she agrees to stay

on as the Prime Minister, and you seem to be suggesting that that

would be the will within government, for however long that is, will there

be a visit to the Palace, all the kind of stuff we see normally on the

morning after an election, will that happen? Well, it is not certain one

way or the other. If I were Cabinet Secretary, I would be advising the

Prime Minister to go to the Palace and explain to the Queen the

situation and explain how she is going to manage at least the next

few days and the run-up to the Queen's Speech. Issue going to try

and go to the House? The key in our political system is, who has got the

confidence of the House of Commons? Who can get the Queen's Speech

through? I think she would be very well advised to go to the Palace and

explain tactics. And another quick thought, just on the planning - if

they are looking at some kind of agreement, not a formal coalition

but some kind of agreement, with, let's say, the Ulster Unionists,

would the senior civil servants be part of trying to set out some kind

of informal deal or not? Again, that is up to... So, when we did the

coalition, we facilitated the Conservatives and the Lib Dems

coming together, but in the end they decided to have their meetings in a

room with no civil servants there. . At this moment, do you not expect

there will be somebody inside Downing Street with the DUP

manifesto on the desk, going through it and saying, Arlene Foster said

this or, ...? I am fairly certain they already will have done that.

You know that the DUP is crucial. We have been here before as well.

Before, the text was the Cabinet manual, I think now, people will be

going back and watching the House, because this is more mid-1970s.

Let's pause for a moment. The story of the night is that the

Conservatives underperformed rather dramatically, but Labour made some

rather dramatic gains as well. Let's talk through some of those games

with Emily. Seeing those pictures of Jeremy Corbyn just a few moments

ago, I was reminded of one of the things we learned from the US

presidential election, which is sometimes, you have got to follow

the noise. All the noise on that campaign was with Donald Trump. I am

not making any comparisons, except to say that if you are at the way it

was going up to the last few weeks, the noise, the buzz, was definitely

with Jeremy Corbyn. And if you have woken up and wondering what happened

last night, I can show you how we have got to where we are, with some

of that noise which has translated into real and extraordinary gains.

The first one I am going to start with is Canterbury. This has been

Conservative since World War I. Julian Brazier has been the sitting

MP since 1987. They had a majority of nearly 10,000, and Labour has

gained it on a majority of just 187. It is an extraordinary thing for

them to take, it was number 104 on their target list. And another one,

this should ring bells for anyone who remembers 1997 and that Portillo

moment. I'm not drawing any comparisons with 1997, or between

Blair and Corbyn, except to say, Enfield Southgate is back on the

radar again. It was safe Conservative, it goes Labour often

in landslide kind of votes. It had a Conservative majority of nearly

5000. Now replaced by Labour. Stroud, also on the Labour target

list. Battersea, an area of London which is gentrifying, it has got

posh housing coming through, it should have been very easy Tory

hold, but Labour has outperformed itself even in London. The Treasury

Minister Jane Ellison loses out and Labour games to seek, a key

marginal. In Scotland, Rutherglen and Hamilton West has been taken

from the SNP. 9% swing towards Labour. Kirkcaldy, Gordon Brown's

old seat, another game for Labour from the SNP. Even bigger swing,

nearly 10%. Glasgow North East, this was an SNP gain from Labour in 2015,

this was the biggest swing of the election, 39%, and Labour has

overturned that this time round. 13% swing back to Labour. They have had

an astonishing night both in England and Scotland, with these sorts of

seats changing hands. Emily, taking us through some of the notable gains

mall there is a big story to talk about in Scotland, and we will be

looking at in the next minutes. Let's join Andrew Neil on the Green

with some guests. Thanks, it is a glorious day here in the heart of

Westminster. We are just across the road from the Palace of Westminster.

I am joined by John Redwood, the trend Tory backbencher, and Philip

the, a minister in the Ministry of Justice. John Redwood, what went

wrong? I think people look at what Mr Corbyn was saying, and they said,

we would like a bit more spent on public services, and the students

loved the idea of not having to pay student fees, although it was not

quite clear how the country was going to afford all of that. And so

we got this interesting answer, the country said, yes, they want a

Conservative government, they like Theresa May, because we are the

biggest party... They didn't! And we will have a fair majority in the new

House of Commons. The British people...! They also listened to

what Mr Corbyn has been saying, because they would like a bit more

spent on public services, and I'm sure that is something we will

review very carefully! Pretty disastrous decision, to have a

working majority, call an election and lose that working majority? I

was very supportive of Theresa May calling the election, she needed a

personal mandate, a mandate to do the Brexit deal. She didn't get it!

No, she didn't get it, and I would not be as up eight as John appears

to be. Nobody has hosted this election. I think what is clear is

that we have a number of seats to form a government, we WILL form this

next government, in combination probably with the DUP, I am

guessing. But we shouldn't say, continue as we've been doing. The

idea that we shouldn't change our approach, off the back of this

result, I think is ludicrous. What would you change? I think I would

change, I think there is a very tight team, I think it needs a

broader base. It is difficult to interpret the results, but I was in

a seat which voted Remain in 2015, the seat itself was probably

narrowly Brexit, the results I was getting on the doorstep was very

large numbers of unhappy Conservative Remain photos. And in

addition to that, there were lots of young people, in groups, turning up

at polling stations in my patch, and the Labour vote has almost doubled.

I cannot in all honesty say that we should just continue along the same

path. But I can say that Theresa May should remain Prime Minister for how

long? I not going to put a time on it. As John has said, there is

clearly a difference in the number of seats the Conservative Party have

won, compared to the Labour Party. But she is holed below the water

line! By what standard could what she has done be regarded as a wise

decision? This has not been a good result for us, that is pretty

obvious. Why DID you get this outcome, what went wrong? I have

just tried to explain that. I think there is clearly an aspect of the

youth vote, I saw that myself on the ground. And in part I suspect that

is to do with the tuition fees policy of the Labour Party. But you

only have to look at the result in Battersea, in Putney, and indeed in

my own part of the world, we have lost a fantastic colleague in

Reading East, Reading East posted strongly to remain. If you want to

look at a result which indicates what went wrong, look at that result

in Reading. This is me said she needed a mandate for the two begin

negotiations - she hasn't got a result for the Brexit negotiations,

so where does that leave her? I think this is also about spending

and the attitude towards the public services. If people had thought the

main thing they wanted to do was to reverse the referendum, they would

have voted Lib Dem in droves. That was a very clear, straightforward

proposition, let's have a second referendum, let's stay in the single

market. But she wanted a mandate?! They were both running on more less

the same proposition, that you accept the verdict of the

referendum, and you know that means you leave the single market but you

want the best possible free-trade access. So I think, because of the

combined Conservative and Labour vote, there is a very, very strong

national mandate to get on with delivering what the public voted

for, and to have that best possible solution. Let's not rewrite history.

Let's just remind ourselves come this election was called because Mrs

May wanted a Brexit mandate to go into the negotiations. Instead of a

Brexit mandate, she lost her majority to go where is the

mandate?! I am just explaining, Andrew, yes, she wanted to get out

big overall majority, but Brexit mandate lies in the fact that the

main parties went around the country saying, we can't stand Brexit, we

need a second vote, were roundly defeated, and the people voted for

the two parties who both said the same thing - accept the Brexit

verdict and get the best possible deal and remember that we are not

leaving Europe, we are just leaving the EU. That was a very clear

proposition which the British people signed up to. And in Scotland, they

clearly rejected a second referendum on Scottish independence. It is a

sign of how bad the campaign has been for you that you did better in

Scotland and England, when did you think you would say that?! This I

would say to you is a disastrous personal result for Mrs May. She

began this campaign very popular, but the moment people got to know

her and see her, they didn't rate her any more and her ratings

collapsed and her party's ratings collapsed, so her job must surely be

on the line? No. It has been a tough campaign.

But she secured 43% of the vote, and that has not happened since 2001.

Between the two, the country has decided Theresa May should be the

Prime Minister, not Jeremy Corbyn. The country's decision is we are not

sure. I'm not sure there has been a clear decision about what the

country wants in terms of policy, but I think you can conclude that

once I'd got more votes than the other, so therefore the Prime

Minister should stay put. -- that once I'd got more than the other. --

one side got more than the other. It is not about whether we Brexit or

not. It is about the type of Brexit. The clarity is not there. The Labour

position is different from our position, different from the Liberal

Democrat position, different from the SNP. Everybody is different. To

sit here and claim that you know what the British public wants from

the Brexit deal is nonsense. Do I think Theresa May remains Prime

Minister? Most certainly I do. But I recognise that in view of this

result, we can't maintain the same approach. We can't just stay the

same, otherwise what was the result all about? She will only stay by

Minister if she can put together some sort of coalition, a deal with

the DUP, in other words we might have a coalition of chaos under the

Conservatives. Absolutely no way. It sounds as if she will have enough

votes to govern without having a formal coalition with anybody. She

will have to have arrangements in place. Why? Otherwise she will be a

minority government. If you take out the seven Sinn Fein members who

don't come to Parliament, the Speaker and so on, she will have

enough votes to remain as Prime Minister and have considerably more

seats than the Labour Party. It's going to be a busy day in

Westminster. The Conservatives trying to come to grips with a

result they never expected. Thank you, Andrew. While he was

talking to his guests at the Palace of Westminster, the latest word from

Downing Street, Jo? Laura Kuenssberg, our political editor,

says the timing of has no intention of resigning. Working on forming a

government being the largest party in seats and votes. That is the

latest word. Official in that sense. We can explore what is underneath

that statement, but that is from Downing Street and it's the latest.

We will discuss that with Gus and Andy in a moment. It is 7.30, a

quick update of the news. Theresa May's decision

to call a snap election has backfired as the UK wakes up

to a hung parliament. Some pollsters had predicted at the

start of the campaign that Mrs May would win a landslide for the

Conservatives. Instead they have lost their majority.

They will head back to Westminster as the largest party but with 12

Speaking as she was re-elected to her seat in Maidenhead,

the Prime Minister said the country needed stability.

As we look ahead, and we wait to see what the final results will be,

I know that, as I say, the country needs

a period of stability, and whatever the results are,

the Conservative Party will ensure that we fulfil our duty

in ensuring that stability, so that we can all, as one country,

Labour have done better than expected, gaining around 30 seats.

The party now have 261 seats overall.

In Islington North, the leader Jeremy Corbyn held his seat

He's calling on Theresa May to resign.

If there is a message from tonight's result, it's this. The Prime

Minister called the election because she wanted a mandate. Well, the

mandate she's got is last Conservative seats, lost votes, lost

support and lost confidence. I would have thought that's enough to go,

actually, and make way for a government that will be truly

representative of all of the people of this country.

One major political figure to lose his seat was Nick Clegg.

The former Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister

lost his Sheffield Hallam seat to Labour.

Elsewhere, the Lib Dems made gains, former minsters Vince Cable

and Jo Swinson have both taken back the seats they lost in 2015.

The party's leader Tim Farron held onto his seat

The Scottish National Party has endured a series of shock defeats,

including the loss of its former First Minister Alex Salmond

They both their seats amid a Scottish Conservative surge.

The party's best performance in Scotland since 1983.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that the losses were a blow

to her and the SNP, indicating she had some reflecting to do on key

In Northern Ireland, both the SDLP and the Ulster Unionist

It was a successful night for the largest parties.

The Democratic Unionist Party won ten seats and Sinn

Fein won seven seats but will continue to abstain

The result could see the DUP play a key role in any potential

coalition negotiations with the Conservative Party.

In Wales, the Labour Party had a strong night taking back a number

The results represent a blow to the Tory party, who had hoped

Plaid Cymru won four seats, and the Liberal Democrats

Meanwhile, Ukip have failed to win any seats in Parliament.

Their share of the vote collapsed across Britain,

and their leader Paul Nuttall came third in Boston and Skegness.

Traders in the City of London are bracing

themselves for a volatile day following the election result.

The pound has suffered one of its biggest falls since January

trading down by almost 2% against the dollar.

The stock market is due to open at 8am with shares expected to rise

This morning the EU's budget commissioner said the hung

parliament could delay Brexit talks which are scheduled

Theresa May is now back in Downing Street.

The Prime Minister travelled from her Berkshire constituency

to Conservative central office in the early hours.

She's said to have met with advisors for an hour there before

The BBC political editor told us in the last few minutes that Downing

Street said the Prime Minister has no intention of resigning.

Time now to hand back to Huw Edwards, for more

Good morning once again. Coming up to 7.40 in the morning, we are at

the BBC Election Centre. Get me tell you what we are intending to do in

the next 20 minutes. The latest from Downing Street, talking about

Theresa May's future. Joining me in the studio, Gus O'Donnell, the

former Cabinet Secretary. Jo Coburn, and the BBC's Andrew Marr. We will

be picking up on those trends. Thinking about the shape of this

government and what it might be. And whether Theresa May will continue to

be at the head of it. We will be talking too about the future of the

Brexit process, because the European Union are hinting that the Brexit

talks could well be delayed. Some very big things to consider. Let's

think about how we got here and the nature of the swing that produced

this, to put it mildly, unexpected result. Jeremy.

Through the face of Big Ben, and I am here, in front of the

swingometer. Let's have a look at the swing between the Conservatives

and Labour. You know how the swingometer works. If the parties

stay as they were last time, the swing is zero, and no seats change

hands. The blue dots are Conservative seats, the red dots are

Labour seats. Let's see the swing on average across the UK. It is a swing

into Conservative territory of about 2%. If it was applied uniformly, in

other words the same swing in every seat, these seats would go red from

blue. Labour would take them. But swing is not ever applied uniformly.

Let's watch what actually happened. Labour outperformed their swing by

going beyond the hand of the swingometer and taking some of the

Conservative seats that you might think they had no right to take.

Right at the top, almost off the swingometer, that dudet is

Canterbury, they took that. 8%, Battersea and Portsmouth 's out. --

Portsmouth South. It is young voters, voting for the first time,

coming out for Labour. The swing was not representative of Labour's

performance in some seats where they needed to win and they took them off

the Conservatives by turbo-charging their vote. There was a great offset

for the Conservatives, and it was in Scotland. Let's have a look at the

swing in Scotland and what has happened to the SNP in particular.

SNP seats on this side. Only one Conservative seat in Scotland,

pretty marginal. Any swing against the SNP starts to turn those yellow

seats blue. What was the swing in Scotland? It's remarkable.

Conservative SNP swing, it's a swing against the SNP of nearly 15%. If it

was applied uniformly in every seat, all of these seats would go blue

from yellow. That does not happen for the reasons I explained. The

actual result is 12 gains, not 15, partly because the SNP vote was

weakened in some seats by the Conservatives and then Labour took

the seat. The SNP hung on in some seats, but 12 for the Conservatives

in Scotland, plus the one they already had. Quite remarkable. These

blocks show the story of what happened in Scotland. You would not

call it a collapse in the SNP vote, because plenty of people still

voting SNP, but you don't often see a precipitous hole like that of 13%,

and most of that went to the Conservatives. Ruth Davidson, the

leader of the Scottish Conservatives, offsetting in some

degree for Mrs May. In Scotland, the surprise has been on the

Conservative side. The SNP down 13%, the Conservatives up 14, and modest

rises for Labour and the Lib Dems. Although they have been rather well

targeted and have won them some seats as well. The swingometer tells

a story of a bit of uplift for the Conservatives in Scotland. I said

earlier on that the story in Scotland is one that tells a very

different story to the one in England, certainly parts of England.

Andy, your take. Ruth Davidson, a very good election for her. Had she

tried to win a seat in Westminster, she would be a crucial and pivotal

figure in the Tory negotiations, discussion of what would happen

next. She has been very important to Theresa May and in close touch with

Number Ten all the way through, but unlike Theresa May has been a big

net vote winner in Scotland. A big personal triumph. But we should not

forget the Labour Party, everyone was writing them off in Scotland, it

was dead, over for ever. Not at all, it has come

back in a big way. The SNP has lost in all directions. The Highlands,

for the Lib Dems as well. It is all about momentum. It makes it much

less likely that we will see another Scottish independence referendum any

time soon, and that is big news for the country. And your thoughts on

Nicola Sturgeon's position, given this result? There will be sniping

against her, but she remains the most powerful person in the SNP,

particularly with Alex Salmond and Angus Robertson losing seats. People

will feel she should not have overemphasised the second referendum

in the way she did, but she is in a strong position and will remain

leader of the SNP and Scotland's First Minister for a while to come.

That's talk about Wales, the Conservative performance there was

not as robust as some people predicted. Labour's performance in

Wales was far better than many predicted. We are going to talk to

the First Minister Carwyn Jones. Your take on the night's events. We

outperformed our own expectations. We were told the Tories would make

gains in Wales, they lost seats. 28 seats, we are by far the biggest

party and we can say Welsh Labour speaks for Wales. Hugely important

that our mandate in Wales is respected. When you are in

government, as we are in Wales, you have a record to defend. We gained

more seats in Wales. To what extent was the performance dependent on the

leadership Jeremy Corbyn provided? There was a strong element. Jeremy

was energetic, going around the UK and talking to people. In Wales, we

ran our campaign, I did the leaders' debates, the Welsh Conservatives

could not put up the same person for more than one of those debates. We

knew we had a mountain to climb a few weeks ago when we saw the polls.

We worked hard and today we have a result that is better than we

expected. We also had a manifesto that appealed to people, a Welsh

manifesto particularly that people were attracted to.

I think it is fair to say that in the past, you have not been

enthusiastic about Mr Corbyn's leadership, but you're acknowledging

today that he has fought a superb campaign, I think that was your

word? Yes. If you look at Theresa May's campaign, it is the arrogance,

that they don't get, the entitlement to be in government. She built the

campaign entirely around her, her 25 point lead, and ends up with a

two-point lead. Somebody builds a campaign around themselves, and that

campaign falters so Bodley, as we've seen, then it is difficult to see

how they can carry on in the future. First Minister, thank you for

joining us. Let's not all of this into the context of what is coming

up. Just thinking about it this morning, when we were talking about

Laura Kuenssberg giving us the latest word from Downing Street, the

Prime Minister has no intention of resigning, working to form a

government based on being the largest party in seats and votes -

would we be assuming too much to think that the Prime Minister's

personal instinct would be to walk away from that, but there will be

enormous pressure for her to stay? I think, given what you just heard,

this was such a personal campaign, and you saw what David Cameron did

after the Brexit referendum. His instinct was just to go home within

hours, and he did it. I think part of her instinct would have been the

same. But it is her duties, and I think she realises that it is her

duty to stay. If she left, we would have no Prime Minister, it is

complete chaos. It is important that she stays, that we see through the

next period, and it is important that the Conservative Party sorts

out where it wants to go. I'm just wondering, where it wants to go,

particularly in terms of Brexit? Yes. If it is true, as we are

hearing, that the European Union is suggesting today that the process

could be lengthened in some way or adjusted, what does that tell us? I

think it tells us, from their side, they're saying, so come what is your

position, who has got the power? It is a bit like, Theresa May would not

have wanted to go and speak to President Hollande when he was on

his way out, she would have wanted to wait until we had a new president

in France. Similarly in Germany, with a new election coming up.

Actually, the really big stuff happens after the German election.

So I think we can manage a process where we have a lot of talks, we

will talk about process, about money and about some big issues, but we

won't come to any decisions. That doesn't mean you have to push the

final date back, because if you do that, then you get into this mess,

what are we going to do about European Parliamentary elections in

the spring of 2019? I don't think anybody wants to go there. Nick

Clegg has just said that it is impossible to overestimate the

extent to which the UK is now seen as a drifting rudderless country by

the rest of the EU countries. And that I think will be the prevailing

wind. We have a tweet from Chris Hope in the Daily Telegraph who

said, an official in the EU has said that those Brexit talks could be

delayed. Whether or not that is true, it is the fact that it is

being discussed, and they might view Theresa May has a bit of a lame

duck. If they think that, then they don't know who to talk to. It is not

good for Britain. Many people watching will be asking themselves,

does this mean we don't have to do Brexit after all, can we reverse it?

Because this decision could be seen as the end of the moral authority to

the Brexit referendum. What I would say to that is, there is no

political leader in Britain with the kind of Commons authority to hit the

stop button on Brexit. That is most unlikely, I would think. We are

going to stumble on with it, in a moreft attic and less good for us

kind of way. But in a way which might be more open to compromise

than some of the noises we have heard so far from the Tory party?

Compromise on the single market, and from eyes on the soft border, was

ugly even over the control of immigration, if the DUP have

anything to do with it - and they will. And we will see the Tory party

going toward day after day, the hard and soft Brexiteers, so-called, that

is what we are going to see. And Ruth Davidson, Theresa May owes her

big-time in terms of the campaign in Scotland. And on the DUP side, that

issue of the border, to give Theresa May her due, she was not advocating

any hard border, but the DUP will want to press hard to say, we have

to guarantee that border. It is going to be exciting, in a rather

grim way, for a very long time! Just a little element of surprise for us,

because let me bring you up to date with what's going on in the royal

borough of Kensington and Chelsea. They have now sent the tellers home,

because they're too tired! We might yet the result later this afternoon,

maybe even tomorrow. Andy, we have to pinch ourselves! I have never

heard that before. Night has been full of extraordinary, unpredictable

events, but I have never heard of tellers getting sent home because

they're too tired to keep counting! There have been plenty of examples

of seats which have been on a knife edge, and in places where you might

not expect it. We had the obvious one in Richmond Park, but that has

been repeated across the country in seats, where because the two parties

are now dominating, Labour and the Tories, we have not seen vote shares

like that for lunar years, decades, in terms of the Conservatives, and

that's why you're seeing the two coming right up against each other.

We have another result in, and once again this is a very, very narrow

majority. This is from St Ives, and the Conservatives have held on to St

Ives, and just look at the margin, a majority of 312 on a turnout of 76%,

very high turnout. 43% apiece for the Conservatives and the Lib Dems.

The Liberal Democrats were looking to take back seats in the

south-west, the problem for them was running on a very anti-Brexit

campaign was difficult in some areas which turned out to be Leave. But

here is an example where they did not win but they did come close. The

other thing we have not talked about yet is austerity, and how much of

this was, was it the economy, stupid? We have spoken about Brexit,

because does negate since -- because those negotiations are starting in

11 days' time. But a lot of this campaign was about public services,

and Jeremy Corbyn's campaign caught the imagination, and a lot of these

seats will have voted along those lines. Andrew Marr has been

underlining for us the importance of what has been happening in Scotland,

and Emily can bring us up to date with that and bring us up to date

with what has gone on. I want to start with the scoreboard, because

this gives you a sense of what has happened overnight. The SNP have

made net losses of 21 seats. The Conservatives have gained 12, some

of those on gigantic swings. Labour have made gains of six, also with

some pretty hefty swings. And the Lib Dems have had their best night

in Scotland, adding three. But if we show you the share of the vote, you

might have heard in the middle of the night Nicola Sturgeon come on

and says she still felt that the SNP were the winning party - they are,

on seats - and that they have done seven all the other parties put

together. If you start to add up the scores of the auntie independence

parties, you can see that they will be in the majority. They will have a

far larger share of the vote than the SNP, which tends to suggest that

there has been some kind of concerted vote against a second

Scottish referendum. -- anti-independence. Let me go into

some of those extraordinary gains and losses overnight. This is where

the big beast of the SNP, Alex Salmond, lost his seat. And this is

a tremendous swing, 20%. Last time around we saw swings in Scotland

which had outshone any other British election in history, nearly 40% of.

Not quite as big this time, but pretty hefty nonetheless. We saw

Angus Robertson, the leader of the SNP in Westminster, losing his seat

as well. Dumbarton east has been a gain for the Lib Dems. Jo Swinson is

back, the Business Minister for the Lib Dems, she has taken this one.

Edinburgh West, a tricky one, Michelle Thomson was suspended over

allegations of mortgage fraud, leaving Christine Jardine to pick up

his seat for the Lib Dems. And let me just show you this last one

before we hand back. Fife North East has been retained by the SNP, but

look how slim that majority is, a majority of two votes! Wow! That's

quite remarkable figure! What I want to do now is to have a look at these

images in central London, because this was Jeremy Corbyn arriving at

Labour headquarters just a while ago. A real sense, although they

have not won the election, that this was very much a personal victory for

his campaign. Well, it is. As you say, they have not won, they're many

seats short of being the largest party, but remember what the

expectations were and the predictions. And actually even

within the Labour Party itself, there were many Labour MPs and

candidates in this election felt that Jeremy Corbyn's leadership

would mean that they would lose seats, and of course that hasn't

happened. I think we can show you, from my colleague Vicki Young,

Labour insiders saying this is a victory for him. What it means is

that he's staying, he's not going anywhere. Any talk that he might be

unseated as leader of the Labour Party, that, obviously, has been put

aside. I've someone saying, if he exceeded Ed Miliband's vote share...

Well, he has probably done that and more. He has eaten the amount that

Tony Blair got in 2005 when he won. It just shows you that we have moved

back to two-party politics. It means that the coalition is off the cards.

Last time, in 2010, the Lib Dems were quite big so you could offer

them things like Deputy Prime Minister. This time, that is just

not there, they're too small. That is why we are in minority

government, will not be a coalition. Just picking up on Jo Coburn's

point, about austerity, it was a very big part of this. We had a

Conservative MP with Andrew Neil, saying, we have to rethink things.

An early indication of that, if you look at the DUP manifesto, which of

course we are now all experts in, it is talking about the triple lock on

pensions, that is an example of the kind of bread-and-butter politics

which may change as a result of this election. We are joined by newly

elected MP Jo Swinson, many congratulations and thanks for

joining us - was it bread-and-butter issues there, as Andrew Marr was

talking about? Well, north of the border, the biggest issue was

IndyRef2. There was a lot of anger at the SNP for trying to force this

on the Scottish population again, less than three years after we had a

very divisive independence referendum in Scotland, the wounds

of which still haven't really healed, there are still family and

friends who are not even necessarily talking to each other as a result of

the divisions which were opened up during that time. I think there

really was an appetite in Scotland not to go through that again. People

were looking for the best way to make sure that we didn't have that.

Also there was something about 56 out of 59 seats in Scotland all

being held by one party, when actually there is a much more varied

array of views across Scotland. There was a really strong feeling

from people that they did not necessarily just want to have the

SNP everywhere and obviously, in places like is Dumbarton chip, the

Lib Dems pick up a seat, and also in Edinburgh and Caithness, just so

close in Fife North East, after several recounts. But three strong

gains for the Lib Dems in Scotland which is really good for us. When

you look at the picture in Westminster, Nick Clegg, the former

leader, saying today, there is no way forward in terms of a government

which does not involve a great deal of turmoil - what is your thought on

that? I think he is right. He will be

missed in the Commons as someone with a huge amount of wisdom,

especially as the Brexit negotiations get under way. There is

no doubt there will be a lot of turmoil. You have a Conservative

Party where Theresa May had expected to take it for granted and get a

landslide, and of course that has blown up in her face. She is very

much a diminished figure in her own party, not necessarily with the

credibility and authority she had before this election campaign. The

disastrous images of her running away from debating the issues. You

are going to have a government that does have to listen much more to

Parliament. That is one positive to come out of this, but there are

difficult waters ahead because negotiating Brexit is an incredibly

difficult thing for a government to do. All different elements to

balance, and a difficult situation in the House of Commons in terms of

getting votes passed. Jo Swinson, the new MP for Dumbartonshire East

for the Lib Dems. I would like to pick up again on that, and

underlined that the SNP lost 21 seats overnight. They are on 35

seats, down from the very, very strong performance two years ago.

Andrew Neil has one of the guests from the SNP this morning.

I can tell you sterling is down 2.3% on the markets, they don't like

uncertainty. A hung parliament means uncertainty. We are told Theresa May

is trying to put together a new government taking into account the

new circumstances. We will see how that goes. It was a bad night for

Mrs May, and for Nicola Sturgeon as well in Scotland. I have a member of

the Scottish Parliament with me. You lost 21 seats in Scotland. A 15%

swing against you. Why did it go so wrong? Remember that is from a base

of a historic result in 2015. You lost 21 seats. Nobody expected us to

win 56 seats again. I am not going to gloss over it, we have lost

experienced politicians and very good politicians, like Tasmina

Ahmed-Sheikh, as well. In Scotland, we have won the election. A

majority. As you know in politics, the direction of travel is

everything. And your direction of travel is down. You lost 21 seats,

to the Conservatives, to Labour. Many of your people said Scottish

Labour was finished. You lost to the Lib Dems. You lost to everybody.

Again, that is coming from a high water mark in 2015. I accept there

is plenty to reflect on. The most pressing issue is to form a

government in that place. We will begin conversations with the Labour

Party and other progressives like the Greens and Plaid Cymru to try

and stop a Conservative government who have twice in as many years

caused utter chaos in this country by gambling and misfiring

spectacularly. You haven't got the MPs to do that. I think after the

gamble David Cameron took on Brexit, the gamble Theresa May took which

has backfired, the Conservatives should do the decent thing and step

aside. They have no mandate for a hard Brexit and they should allow

the progressives to take the discussions forward to the European

Union. You would not have an overall majority as this Progressive

alliance... If you add the DUP to the Conservatives, they would still

be short. Your party's emphasis on the demand for a second referendum,

to bring independence back onto the agenda again has gone down like a

stone with the Scottish voters. They don't want it. If you take the

Labour results in the West of Scotland, there is no doubt that has

come about because of a Corbyn surge, not because of the decline in

support for independence. There can be no doubt, you are in retreat now.

Your line has not worked, independence is not around the

corner any more for you. A third historic term in the Scottish

Parliament, the largest party of local government. We have just won

the election in Scotland. If that is on the decline, so be it, we are

still a very powerful... If losing 21 seats is not a retreat, what is?

It is a terrible result for you. The most pressing issue is trying to

form a government in that place. We have always said independence is not

going to happen... Nicola Sturgeon said education was her top priority

and only 3% of the Scottish voters believed her. They thought

independence was. Is it not time for the SNP to get on with running

Scotland better and forget about a second referendum? Our record speaks

for itself. The fact we have a third term historic SNP government elected

shows people have confidence in our record. The most imminent and

pressing issue, as your commentators have said, is Brexit negotiations

starting in a matter of days. We need to get a government formed. We

will talk to other progressives about that. It is time the Prime

Minister did the decent thing and step aside and allow us to do that.

We shall see. We are going to catch up with the

news. After the news, we will discuss a little more about the

Brexit process coming up, and indeed we will be talking about Labour's

John McDonnell, who has said this morning he wants Labour to put

itself forward to serve the country and form a minority government. We

will discuss whether that is remote and possible given the make-up of

the numbers. Now the news and with Louise Minchin.

The BBC understands that Theresa May has no intention of resigning

as Prime Minister, after the general election ends with

The Conservatives have lost their majority,

Labour has done better than expected,

and Jeremy Corbyn has called for Theresa May to step down.

Our political correspondent Tom Bateman's report

A political gamble - the hope that she would transform

the Tories' fragile advantage in Parliament with a huge win.

But the smiles of the campaign trail have vanished.

The Conservatives are set to end up worse off with a hung Parliament.

If, as the indications have shown, if this is correct,

that the Conservative Party has won the most seats, and probably

the most votes, then it will be incumbent on us to ensure we have

that period of stability, and that is what we will do.

And you can see what the Labour leader makes

A man whose campaign confounded many expectations.

Beaming smiles, with Labour on course for a far better

The Prime Minister called the election because

Well, the mandate she's got is lost Conservative seats,

lost votes, lost support, and lost confidence.

I would have thought that is enough to go, actually.

In Battersea, Labour have ousted a government

There have been Labour gains elsewhere.

They increase their majority in Cambridge by 12,000, they took

Peterborough from the Conservatives, boosting their share of the vote by

more than 12%. The Home Secretary Amber Rudd

only just scraped home In Sheffield, the Lib Dem's former

leader Nick Clegg has lost his seat. I, of course, have encountered this

evening something that many people have encountered before tonight,

and I suspect many people will encounter after tonight,

which is in politics, you live by the sword and you

die by the sword. The night began with

a projection - the exit poll. The BBC forecast the Conservatives

as the largest party, The SNP have lost big names

on a disappointing night, compared with their Scottish

landslide two years ago. Their Deputy Leader Angus Robertson

was ousted by the Conservatives and their former leader Alex Salmond

lost his seat too. Now one of Theresa May's own MPs

is laying the blame on her. I think she's in a very

difficult place. She's a remarkable and a very

talented woman, and she doesn't shy from difficult decisions,

but she now has to Jeremy Corbyn's vocal support is

growing. Labour may be in a clear second, but his allies say they want

to form a minority government. She says she has no intention of

standing down and is working on forming a government. She wanted a

strong, stable and triumphant return here before Brexit talks. She has

ended up weakened, with fewer MPs and questions over her future.

In Northern Ireland, both the SDLP and the Ulster Unionist

It was a successful night for the largest parties.

The Democratic Unionist Party won ten seats.

Sinn Fein won seven seats but will continue to abstain

The result could see the DUP demand significant concessions

in return for propping up a Theresa May administration.

In Wales, the Labour Party had a strong night, taking back a number

The results represent a blow to the Tory party, who had hoped

Plaid Cymru won four seats, and the Liberal Democrats

Meanwhile, Ukip have failed to win any seats in Parliament.

Their share of the vote collapsed across Britain,

and their leader Paul Nuttall came third in Boston and Skegness.

The Green Party remain unchanged, with one seat.

The party co-leader Caroline Lucas, who held Brighton Pavilion,

said the Greens will never support a Tory government.

The Greens are forecast to win 2% of the vote.

Let's have a look at the weather, with Matt Taylor.

Good morning, overall, a more sunny day compared with yesterday but not

completely dry. In Scotland the rain will ease off. Elsewhere, some

showers in western England and Wales. They will push into central

and eastern parts of this afternoon, a rumble of thunder with those, but

they will fade away. Dry and sunny weather for England, Wales and

Northern Ireland this afternoon. Feeling warm, highs of 22 possible.

Tonight, early showers fading, the rain will spread. A wet night in

Northern Ireland and spreading across Scotland. On Saturday,

rainfall northern England, Wales and potentially south-west England. Dry

in Scotland later on, a bright and breezy day in Northern Ireland. The

south-east could feel warm in the sunshine, 25 is possible. Sunday,

the south-east corner stays largely dry with sunny spells. Further north

and west, a scattering of showers, feeling a bit cooler, with

temperatures in the high teens. Back for more election coverage with

Hugh Edwards. A very good morning once again from

the BBC Election Centre. If you are just tuning in and catching up with

what's been happening overnight, let me tell you the result of this 2017

general election is that we are looking at a hung parliament. These

are the figures with just four results to come. The Conservatives

are the largest party. It has certainly turned out rather

differently to the opinion polls suggested, and indeed to what people

were expecting in terms of the analysis and the commentary

beforehand. It has been a night of dramatic and unexpected results. As

I say, four to come, three of them in Cornwall and one in Kensington

and Chelsea, where they are still counting and they have decided to

take a break after a long night. John McDonnell of Labour saying they

want to put themselves forward as a minority government. We will discuss

whether that is possible. I am just being told that the EU Commissioner

says Brexit talks might not now start as planned on June 19, simply

because they are really looking at the kind of uncertainty that Theresa

May was saying she categorically did not want, which is why she called

this election in the first. With me in the studio, Andrew Marr and Jo

Coburn, and we are joined by Professor Peter Hennessy. We will

talk to you in a while about the permutations of these figures. To

help us with that, Jeremy, what have you got? One of the things this

result will do, because it is so tight, is put a lot of focus on the

House of Commons. We are sitting in the virtual one. Let's have a look

and see if the numbers become clearer as we examine them. We have

the parties arranged as we think the final result will be. 319 for the

Conservatives. 261, Labour. The SNP on 35. And so on. You need 326 MPs

for an overall majority. I am going to try and build the majority

bearing in mind that no one party can do it. The Conservatives, having

fallen into a minority, sit with 319, and they need to add to the

total and get it up to 326. The obvious place to go is the

Democratic Unionist Party makes in Northern Ireland, they have ten MPs.

It is pretty simple maths. With the DUP, we have 329. The politics is

not simple because the DUP will want something for helping the

Conservatives. To get the Queen's Speech through, whether you call it

a coalition, a working arrangement, whatever, it doesn't matter. The

problem for Theresa May is she has not done it on her own. But they get

passed 326 by simply an listing the DUP in Northern Ireland. Not that

anyone expected. And if we have a look at the

opposition benches... Labour, the single biggest opposition party. The

SNP, much diminished in the House of Commons. The Liberal Democrats have

done a bit better than they did last time, now having 12. So that's how

it would work. These are the benches to focus on. So, there is a way of

the Conservatives getting through that number of 326, but it is pretty

humiliating for Theresa May to have to even think about this. As we look

ahead to the start of the biggest challenge which any government in

this country has faced for decades, Brexit, clearly, the uncertainty is

huge. We can speak now to Katya Adler, our Europe editor. I think

this can be summed up in the words of the French prime ministers this

morning, who said, we're surprised, but Brexit is not called into

question. The start of the negotiations was set for the 19th of

June, but that is very, very soon. That was what Theresa May's

governance said it wanted at the time. But this is not Brussels was

no decision, this is a UK decision. I think the general feeling in the

EU is that they are feeling strong and stable. The EU 27 member states

are all united about Brexit processor. Emmanuel Macron and

Angela Merkel are looking strong politically at home as well. And

they now look over to the United Kingdom and they see rather a

political mess. As for whether this leads to a harder Brexit or a softer

Brexit, again, Brussels says, this is a UK decision. They say they are

ready, they have had almost 12 months to prepare for Brexit

negotiations to begin. They want them to begin and they are reminding

the UK that the clock is ticking. Under EU rules, the UK only has

until March 2019 to finish the Brexit process, never mind talking

about a future trade relationship. Peter Hennessy, thoughts on that?

Even if negotiations start a week on Monday, as planned, the timetable is

immensely tight, to engineer the greatest geopolitical operation in

our country, wondering 46 years of everything. 19,000 statutes which

have to be once grumbled, 560 treaties involving 168 countries, it

is quite extraordinary. That is going to take much longer than the

two years, but with that clock ticking, it's going to be very, very

difficult indeed. The question might arise in some circumstances, Article

50, having been triggered, can you stop it? John Curtice has always

said it could be revoked, because it is a process, not a punishment. But

this extra ordinary election has thrown particles into the air which

we never anticipated, including these procedural questions. We have

never been across this terrain before, there is no precedent, there

is no equivalent of a Cabinet manual, which we were talking about

earlier, for these negotiations. It is quite extraordinary, it must be

sheer hell for our negotiators in Brussels, they have been like

racehorses, ready to go a week on Monday, and now there is a chance it

will not be starting then. Absolutely right, this is an

incredibly complicated operation. The Brexit department, David Davis'

department, is in better shape than a lot of us might have expected,

they have recruited a lot of people. But the real issue they have is, any

deals they do depend upon a majority in the House of Commons, and it

looks now like that majority might not be available. Therefore, every

time they try to do a compromise deal, every time they're offered

something, they will have to think about the balance of power on the

Tory benches in the House of Commons - at a nightmare. And that I think

the bigger test. If Theresa May is staying as Prime Minister, she is

now going to be looking over her shoulder one way to those who want

what we have called a harder Brexit. But now, if Labour organises itself,

along with those many e-MPs who might the looking for what we would

call a softer Brexit, she's going to have a very difficult time. Already,

people are saying that actually, there is more of a majority for a

softer Brexit and it is up to the opposition parties to organise

themselves. Just on that, we have been talking about Theresa May's

position all morning, and apparently Arlene Foster of the DUP as

suggested on the radio that Theresa May could be in a very, very

difficult position. Or the DUP demand the head of the Prime

Minister as part of the deal? It seems at Claude Le Roy, but...

Contact yes, but at the moment, anything it would seem would be

possible. -- it seems extraordinary. It is the curse of British politics.

When you look at the an hour picture, referendums, it does not

sit well with our normal system of representative democracy, and this

election has been about bringing the two types of democracy together at,

and in has produced this extraordinary result. There is no

question it destabilises us more. Since 1950, when we were first

approached to do all of this, the British party system cannot handle

it because it is not a left right question. It is the great wrecker of

political careers, it is an absolute nightmare, whether you're Remain or

Leave. Nigel Farage is with Andrew Neil. Nigel Farage, former leader of

Ukip, is indeed with me here in Westminster. Mrs May called an

election to get a mandate for her kind of Brexit. She didn't get it.

Are you now worried that the kind of Brexit you want may not be

delivered? Very. Despite the fact that there are 380 Tory MPs elected

on a Brexit manifesto, the DUP have got ten seats, and they support

Brexit. The real worry I have got is David Davis, who of all of the

people in the cabin and I would have thought would be closest to my

position, even him saying this morning but perhaps leaving the

single market and leaving the customs union will need to be

reconsidered. And what Tory central office have concluded is, they have

concluded that campaigning for hard Brexit has cost them votes. Now, I

think that analysis is wrong. I think in the end it was more about

personality. She failed the test, cheated not look like a leader, and

Jeremy Corbyn was having a ball, going around the country, engaging

people. So, it seems to me that even David Davis is considering putting

the single market back on the table, which shows that the whole Brexit

process has very seriously been damaged by this election. As we

speak, about half a mile down the road, we are told Mrs May is

intending to put together a government to cope with the new

circumstances, some reports she has already been in touch with the DUP

to get their support - can she put it off? Well, maybe she can put

together a government, but can she pull off the Brexit process? Four

times in this campaign, I saw her asked, as somebody who back to

Remain, do you know believing Brexit? And four times, she could

not answer the question. You cannot go to Brussels and negotiate

something as important as this unless you believe in it in your

heart. I'm told she will not resign today, but I do think, if Brexit is

to be a success, we must have somebody who believes in it leading

the government. So you think the Prime Minister should go?

Absolutely, yes, I do. I think she has failed completely and has

weakened her own position in British politics and she has weakened the

UK's position with these negotiations. And yet if the very

idea of Brexit is back on the negotiating table again, if you're

worried that it may not happen now, or at least it may not happen as you

would like it, and yet here is your own party, Ukip, nowhere in this

debate, no MPs, less than 2% of the vote, out, over, done, Towcester!

Ukip yesterday seemed to be irrelevant to the process, given

that the Tories and Labour both said they were fighting on Brexit. And

yet today we face the prospect, where if this starts to get watered

down, if we do not get the tempi in which people voted for, then Ukip

could be more relevant than ever. But you would come back from a very

low base. You have only just got more sure of the vote than the

Greens! Yes. But don't underestimate the fluidity of voters in the United

Kingdom and how strongly attached those Brexit voters are. If they get

betrayed, their votes will move. But the harsh fact is that your party,

since you stepped down as leader, has been nothing short of a

shambles. And that shambles has come to its logical conclusion in how the

people voted yesterday. It has not been very professional, I would

agree with all of that. But equally, the tide was going in a different

direction in this general election. It needs to be reformed and changed

and believe you me, if we finish up inside the single market, then Ukip

will be a party which is back on the agenda. If in your view the country

needs Ukip more than ever, for the reasons you've given, doesn't it

mean that Ukip needs you more than ever? Well, I didn't involve myself

in this election campaign. If my worst fears are confirmed, if we

don't get the kind of Brexit that I want and wish the people voted for,

then I would have no choice but to involve myself again with full-time

campaigning. Would you come back as leader? I'm not saying that. It

sounds to me like you would consider coming back as leader. I would not

even think about leading Ukip unless it went through some pretty

fundamental reforms. We shall see. Nigel Farage, thank you very much.

Back to the studio and Huw. Well, that is the former Ukip leader, what

happened to the CURRENT Ukip leader, Emily? Nigel Farage represents that

idea of hard empathy, but what has happened to the man who represents

Ukip now, all who wanted to, at least, in this Parliament? Bulot all

stood to be an MP in Boston and Skegness, and you can see what

happens to the Ukip share of the vote number it is down 26%. There

might be personal reasons on this one but we know that Paul Nuttall

was not the choice of voters in Boston and Skegness - does that

suggest that there is less of an appetite for Ukip's idea of hard

Brexit? Let me see if I can pull up some of the other places where we

have seen that drop in the Ukip folk? Douglas Carswell, he said

Ukip, job done. Perhaps it is a sign of their success. But when you look

at this, you can see how the vote has been split between Labour

Conservatives, with Ukip voters not entirely sure which party to go to.

Message is clear, in these seats, and I could bring up more of them,

Ukip is taking a big hit, down 11% or 17%. It suggests that Ukip voters

are now looking to other parties to enact whatever kind of Brexit they

thought they had voted for. We said earlier that John McDonnell was

saying that Labour would like to put themselves forward as a minority

government. That is something I want to discuss with my guests. Also,

Iain Duncan Smith, the former Conservative leader, saying a short

while ago that the Conservative Party, if it had a leadership

election, it would be a catastrophe. He said it would plunge the UK into

a crisis. Gus O'Donnell is with us. Can we just nailed this one on

Labour - could Labour be in a position, within this configuration,

to form some kind of minority government? Basically, the formal

position is that Theresa May, as rain minister, even if she had lost

this badly, could still carry on and go to the House and try and get a

Queen's Speech through, and then lose then she goes to the Queen and

says, I can't do it. I suspect what will happen this time is, she has

the votes to do it. Therefore, the situation won't arise. I'm afraid

Labour doesn't get a chance in those circumstances, as long as she wins

that vote in the House. But the key. On the issue of the Conservative

leadership, Andy, your thoughts on Iain Duncan Smith, who had a torrid

time as leader himself... Yes, he knows all about Conservative Party

leadership! If the Conservative Party could move to a new leader in

a mature fashion, that would be one thing. But they can't, it would be

an absolute bunfight, Boris would not be able to restrain himself in

any way at all, Brexit would be back on the agenda, it would be long,

brutal and bloody, and it would be, as Iain Duncan Smith says,

catastrophic for the country. It is interesting, though, because we have

been waiting for some reaction from Conservative MPs, and there has not

been all that much so far. It makes me feel that leading Brexiteers like

Iain Duncan Smith of course they don't want a leadership election,

they want to shore up Theresa May and her position, however weakened,

because they're worried about that Brexit timetable, and I think they

will have made a car chelation that the best way to keep Brexit, in

their mind, one track, is to keep her in place and shore up her

support. If there were to be a leadership election, it would be a

bunfight, and Brexit would look at risk in the way he would like to see

it. Anything from Boris Johnson? Nothing yet. Philip Hammond? No! And

all eyes will be on the Johnson, because what happened after the

referendum. What about David Davis? Nothing from David Davis. , the key

people, they will be waiting, there will be conversations going on in

the Conservative Party at higher levels, to see, strategically, what

can be done. If you want a sense of how

extraordinary this election has been, and everything is

unprecedented, Boris Johnson is saying nothing! And that is unusual.

It is 8.31, we are going to catch up with the news.

The BBC understands that Theresa May has no intention of resigning

as Prime Minister after the general election results

Some pollsters had predicted at the start of the campaign

that Mrs May would win a landslide for the Conservatives.

They will head back to Westminster with 319 seats -

seven fewer than would give them an overall majority.

Speaking as she was reelected to her seat in Maidenhead,

the Prime Minister said the country needed stability.

As we look ahead, and we wait to see what the final results will be,

I know that, as I say, the country needs

a period of stability, and whatever the results are,

the Conservative Party will ensure that we fulfil our duty

in ensuring that stability, so that we can all, as one country,

Labour have done better than expected, gaining around 30 seats.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says the party

are offering themselves as a minority government.

In Islington North, the leader Jeremy Corbyn held his seat

After his result was called, he said Theresa May should step down.

If there is a message from tonight's result, it's this -

the Prime Minister called the election because

Well, the mandate she's got is lost Conservative seats, lost votes,

I would have thought that's enough to go, actually,

and make way for a government that will be truly representative of all

One major political figure to lose his seat was Nick Clegg.

The former Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister

lost his Sheffield Hallam seat to Labour.

Elsewhere, the Lib Dems made gains - former minsters Vince Cable

and Jo Swinson have both taken back the seats they lost in 2015.

The party's leader Tim Farron held onto his seat

The Scottish National Party has endured a series of shock defeats,

including the loss of its former First Minister Alex Salmond

and leader in the Commons Angus Robertson.

They both their seats amid a Scottish Conservative surge.

The party's best performance in Scotland since 1983.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that the losses were a blow

to her and the SNP, indicating she had some reflecting to do on key

In Northern Ireland, both the SDLP and the Ulster Unionist Party

It was a successful night for the largest parties.

The Democratic Unionist Party won ten seats.

Sinn Fein won seven seats but will continue to abstain

The result could see the DUP demand significant concessions

in return for propping up a Theresa May administration.

In Wales, the Labour Party had a strong night, taking back a number

The results represent a blow to the Tory party, who had hoped

Plaid Cymru won four seats, and the Liberal Democrats

Meanwhile, Ukip have failed to win any seats in Parliament.

Their share of the vote collapsed across Britain,

and their leader Paul Nuttall came third in Boston and Skegness.

Traders in the City of London are bracing

themselves for a volatile day following the election result.

The pound has suffered one of its biggest falls since January

trading down by almost 2% against the dollar.

The stock market open half an hour ago, with shares in the top 100

companies rising more than expected. This morning, the EU's budget

commissioner said a hung parliament could delay Brexit talks,

which are scheduled Theresa May is now back

in Downing Street. The Prime Minister travelled

from her Berkshire constituency to Conservative central office

in the early hours. She's said to have met

with advisors for an hour there And in the last half an hour,

Jeremy Corbyn has arrived He was greeted by jubilant campaign

workers and advisors. The Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell

has said that they have no intention Good morning once again. As we have

just heard, Theresa May, the Prime Minister, back in Downing Street,

contemplating the results of an extremely difficult night for the

Conservatives. Emerging from this 2017 election campaign with no

majority at all in the House of Commons, having to contemplate

building some kind of arrangement with the unionists in Northern

Ireland in order to get a majority in the Commons. We are looking at a

hung parliament, a very uncertain situation. Not just in terms of

Westminster, but in terms of the very, very critical Brexit talks

which are meant to be starting in about ten days' time. Let's go

straight to Downing Street, Laura Kuenssberg our political editor,

what do you have for us this morning? Huw, what a morning. We

understand Theresa May is holed up inside, contemplating how she is

going to try to do a deal with the DUP, to come out with a viable

government. Having had her hopes so fundamentally dashed, her political

gamble having gone so badly wrong for the Conservatives. In the last

half an hour, I have spoken to a couple of senior Conservatives. A

senior member of the Cabinet has pulled me that she will stay. She

will not change her mind. And although you say her political

authority is shot and drained away, the argument is her constitutional

responsible to an prerogative to hang on and try to form a

government... Not just that, they are talking about imagining the

alternative. Imagine if the Conservative Party, normally so

ruthless, ends up with a leadership challenge. It's almost inevitable

that one of the rivals would want to call an election or said they needed

their own mandate, and then we are back at a general election. The one

thing everyone in the Tory party can agree on this morning is that is

something none of them want. Another senior Conservative who has talked

directly to Theresa May told me she is resolute in the fact that she is

not going anywhere. There is a bit of a sense of Tories starting to

rally around, but a bit of a spanner in the

works in the last few minutes, the leader of the DUP, who would be

vital for Theresa May's prospects of staying on, has suggested in an

interview with BBC Ulster that it may be very difficult for her to

survive. If the DUP don't play ball, the calculus inside Number Ten

completely changes this morning. In terms of concluding anything, I can

conclude that it feels very fluid. Extremely fluid. Are you expecting

to see the Prime Minister, will she make a statement? What will the

morning bring? It would be unprecedented if we don't, let's put

it that way. The normal routine of these things is, win or lose, Prime

Ministers emerge from the door when the result is settled. Or they have

a sweeping victory walk up Downing Street, with their family, their

spouse or whatever. So much of this election has been unusual and

unprecedented that perhaps we will not. The optics of Theresa May

staying holed up inside Number Ten and not coming out at all would be

extraordinary and would not look very good. But also, traditionally

in these circumstances, the chairman of the 1922 committee, the group

representing Tory backbenchers would traditionally have some kind of

conversation with the party leader for they conclude what to do. The

chairman of the 1922 committee right now is Graham Brady. My sense from

sources close to him is he believes she should try to stay on. It may be

that until that conversation takes place, we are not going to see

anything from the Prime Minister. All we have had is guidance from

Tory sources that she's planning to stay on. We have not had anything

official in any way, shape or form. Bear with us. In a moment we will

get a statement from Jeremy Corbyn. He is about to speak.

It's clear the Conservatives are going to try and form a minority

government, perhaps with the DUP. Are you going to try and block the

move or are you going to be prepared to offer a compromise? What we were

elected to do was put forward a programme, which is about ending

austerity in Britain, is about supporting our National Health

Service and social care service, is about proper funding of our

education service and is about improving the lives of people in

this country through protection of the triple-lock on pensions, for

example. You sound like a man who is preparing to try and form the next

government. We are ready to serve this country. That is what we fought

the election for, and this is the programme we put forward. But you

have also said no deals and no pacts. Is that also the case? We are

offering to put forward the programme on which we fought the

election. We have done no deals with anybody. We are there as the Labour

Party to put our points of view, everyone knows what they are and

everyone can see the huge increase in our support because of the way we

conduct of the election and the comprehensive nature of the

programme we put forward. Do you envisage that you would be able to

form a minority government? Or are we heading, as many people are

predicting, for another general election? Parliament must meet, and

Parliament will have to take a decision on what happens when a

government puts forward the Queen's Speech. We will put forward our

point of view. We are of course ready to serve. Do you think in all

this uncertainty that the Brexit negotiations should be delayed? They

are supposed to be happening in 11 days. They have to go ahead. Who is

going to do it? The Government in office in 11 days will have to

conduct the Brexit negotiations. Our position is clear, we want a job 's

first Brexit. So the most important thing is the trade deal with Europe.

A good idea for Parliament would be to vote that EU nationals can remain

in Britain. Do you think there should be a delay to Article 50 or

any delay whatsoever to the negotiations? That decision has to

be taken either parties in the negotiations. We are ready to

negotiate on behalf of this country to protect jobs and to have a

sensible, tariff free trade arrangement with Europe. Do you

think Theresa May should resign? I said so last night, that she fought

the election on the basis that it was her campaign, it was her

decision to call the election, it was her name out there, and she said

she was doing it to bring about strong and stable government. This

morning, it doesn't look like a strong government, it doesn't look

like a stable government, it doesn't look like a government that has any

programme whatsoever. You can't put forward a stable government either.

Maybe you should resign. We have just been elected to Parliament only

a few hours ago, my party has had a huge increase in the vote, we have

gained seats in every region of this country and in Scotland and Wales. I

think everyone in the Labour Party, and everyone who supported the

Labour Party yesterday, young people, old people, everyone in

between, I think they should be very proud of what we achieved yesterday.

Just to be clear, are you saying you are the victors, and you should be

forming the next government? We put forward strong and hopeful policies

and they have gained an amazing response and traction. I think it is

pretty clear who won this election. So you should be forming the next

government? We are ready to serve the people who have given their

trust to us. Jeremy Corbyn, thank you very much. Labour leader Jeremy

Corbyn saying that Labour is ready to serve and that the Brexit talks

will have to go ahead as planned, on the timetable set out under Article

50. Mr Corbyn's close colleague John McDonnell is with Andrew Neil.

He is indeed, John McDonnell, welcome, Shadow Chancellor

throughout the Corbyn years. Labour has now lost three elections in a

row. Where does that leave your party? Disappointed we are not

forming a majority government, but looking back on the last six weeks

or so... Six weeks ago, we were 22 points behind in the polls. I was

predicting that would narrow, no one believed me at the time. The

achievement of this campaign has been tremendous. Did you think it

would go this well for Labour? I knew that the polls would narrow and

we would pick up additional seats. We have been on the ground around

the country and listening. The activist base is feeding back

messages of confidence so we thought, yes, we would be. Still not

a majority government so I am disappointed but we have laid the

foundations for the potential of a minority government and eventually a

majority government. We have both been around long enough to remember

1974, two general elections. The first one produced a hung parliament

although it did produce a change of government too. We have yet to see

that will happen. What are the chances of a second election this

year or early next year? The interesting thing about the first

election in 1974, Ted Heath went to the country with one question, who

governs the country? The people said that's not the question, it is about

our living standards. That is exactly what has happened this time.

I was amazed Theresa May used that tactic. I was amazed she called the

election. I could see the short-term advantage. I said the lead could

easily disappear. The instability that we now have is not from the

Labour Party or other parties, it is the Conservative Party itself. If we

can form a minority government, I think we can have a stable

government and produce eggs received programme a budget based on our

manifesto, which I think could majority support. Policy by policy.

That would prevent another election, because I think it will have had

enough of elections. It is an interesting prospect. We know that