:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me -
:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight on Reporting Scotland, we are live at Westminster
:00:07. > :00:20.on the day MPs approved a snap general election.
:00:21. > :00:26.If it is right that the people here have a vote on the future of the
:00:27. > :00:32.country, why isn't it right that the Scottish people have a vote? Now is
:00:33. > :00:35.the time for an election because it will strengthen our hand on a vote
:00:36. > :00:39.on Brexit. It is time for second Scottish independence referendum was
:00:40. > :00:40.it will weaken our hand in negotiations on Brexit.
:00:41. > :00:43.The First Minister's group of 54 SNP MPs abstained in the vote,
:00:44. > :00:47.but it still passed with an overwhelming majority.
:00:48. > :00:49.So we'll be bringing you the latest action and reaction
:00:50. > :00:55.And from the green rolling hills of the Borders,
:00:56. > :01:25.Good evening from Westminster, where MPs are - three years
:01:26. > :01:29.earlier than expected - preparing once again
:01:30. > :01:36.A UK general election will be held on the 8th June after MPs backed
:01:37. > :01:41.the Prime Minister's call for a snap poll.
:01:42. > :01:44.The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, made the Scottish National Party's
:01:45. > :01:50.initial election pitch here this morning, before MPs had even voted
:01:51. > :01:53.on the Conservative government's plans for that June election.
:01:54. > :01:56.And, when it came to the vote on that issue this afternoon,
:01:57. > :02:07.Here's our Westminster Correspondent, Nick Eardley.
:02:08. > :02:19.It started, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon was quick off the mark
:02:20. > :02:24.today, setting out her party's electoral pitch. Only the SNP stands
:02:25. > :02:27.between Scotland and an increasingly hardline Tory government. She
:02:28. > :02:32.offered to work with other parties to try and keep the Conservatives
:02:33. > :02:35.out of government and argue that an SNP win in Scotland would mean the
:02:36. > :02:44.case against another independent vote... When the time is right will
:02:45. > :02:50.crumble to dust. In 2015 her party won 56 Scotland's 59 seats. I will
:02:51. > :02:53.be leading a campaign to return each and every one of the constituencies
:02:54. > :02:56.be leading a campaign to return each to the SNP that we won in 2015 and
:02:57. > :03:03.have a go at the other free as well. Winning both 56 seats will be a huge
:03:04. > :03:05.challenge. Ruth Davidson has predicted that we have hit the peak
:03:06. > :03:11.challenge. Ruth Davidson has and the only way is down. Hello! All
:03:12. > :03:17.smiles as the campaign begins. But there is a long road ahead. The
:03:18. > :03:22.Prime Minister hopes to be smiling, too, come June the night. She wants
:03:23. > :03:26.your backing for her Brexit plans for government, she said offering...
:03:27. > :03:31.A chance to have a general election to secure the strong and stable
:03:32. > :03:34.leadership the country needs to see us through Brexit and beyond. But
:03:35. > :03:39.she has faced claims of hypocrisy for saying that an independent vote
:03:40. > :03:43.would be a distraction but calling an election in response. It will
:03:44. > :03:47.strengthen our hand in the negotiations on Brexit, but now is
:03:48. > :03:50.not the time for a second Scottish independence referendum was it will
:03:51. > :03:56.weaken our hand in negotiations on Brexit. The SNP and Conservatives
:03:57. > :04:00.argue that it is a straight battle between them in Scotland but others
:04:01. > :04:05.want your vote as well. The Lib Dems will speak for people in Scotland
:04:06. > :04:10.who want Scotland in the UK and the UK engage with the EU. We want to
:04:11. > :04:13.send a message that we don't want another independence referendum and
:04:14. > :04:17.a message to the Prime Minister that we don't want a Tory hard Brexit
:04:18. > :04:26.Ozturk a large majority of MPs backed an early election. SNP MPs
:04:27. > :04:33.abstained. And so, for the next seven weeks, there will be arguments
:04:34. > :04:34.from across the political spectrum about policy, about Brexit, about
:04:35. > :04:45.the future of the UK and Scotland. Let's talk live with the SNP's
:04:46. > :04:50.deputy leader, Angus Robertson, who leads the party at Westminster. Your
:04:51. > :04:55.MPs abstained on this question this afternoon. Why couldn't you make up
:04:56. > :04:59.your mind whether you were for or against an election? We are in
:05:00. > :05:04.favour of an election, just not for fiddling around with the legislation
:05:05. > :05:08.of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act. We were not going to give the Prime
:05:09. > :05:11.Minister a blank cheque. But there is now going to be a general
:05:12. > :05:15.election and in Scotland it will be a straight contest between the SNP
:05:16. > :05:18.and the Tories, and I think most mainstream people in Scotland, when
:05:19. > :05:23.they are going to look for a party that will stand up for Scotland or a
:05:24. > :05:28.party that will pursue a hard, damaging Brexit, will vote SNP. It
:05:29. > :05:33.is either Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn for Prime Minister. Who would
:05:34. > :05:36.you prefer? It is going to be disastrous for the Labour Party,
:05:37. > :05:39.which is why the Prime Minister has called an early election, so the
:05:40. > :05:43.question for us is whether we are going to sign a blank cheque and let
:05:44. > :05:47.the Prime Minister get on with what she wants to do or whether we are
:05:48. > :05:53.going to send people to Westminster to stand up for Scotland, to oppose
:05:54. > :05:56.austerity and make sure that our ability to make decisions for
:05:57. > :06:02.ourselves is protected. I am confident that the SNP will defeat
:06:03. > :06:05.the Tories in Scotland. In terms of the UK picture, the First Minister
:06:06. > :06:08.has raised the possibility of working in some kind of alliance
:06:09. > :06:11.with Labour and other parties, if that could keep the Tories out.
:06:12. > :06:16.Tonight, Jeremy Corbyn appeared to rule out doing any business with
:06:17. > :06:21.your party. Frankly, he's ruling out the prospect of running the
:06:22. > :06:24.election. I don't think anybody seriously believes Labour will win
:06:25. > :06:28.the election. We are happy to work with other parties try and get a
:06:29. > :06:33.progressive alliance if the maths stats, but it's unlikely that it
:06:34. > :06:36.will. At this stage, given that the election campaign has only just
:06:37. > :06:40.started, I think we should start off on the right foot by embracing the
:06:41. > :06:45.opportunity to properly debate the issues in the run-up to polling day,
:06:46. > :06:47.and that is why I think an emerging issue we are hearing about is the
:06:48. > :06:50.fact that the Tories are not prepared to debate with the other
:06:51. > :06:56.party leaders, and I think we will hear more about that in the next
:06:57. > :07:01.weeks. Two years ago, you campaigned for what you called for financial
:07:02. > :07:03.responsibility for Scotland. Since then, the First Minister has
:07:04. > :07:09.demanded another referendum on independence. When you have a
:07:10. > :07:12.specific commitment to a second referendum in your manifesto? There
:07:13. > :07:15.is more than a demand about a referendum. The people of Scotland
:07:16. > :07:18.gave the Scottish Government a mandate in the Scottish Parliament
:07:19. > :07:22.elections, and since then the Scottish Parliament has voted in
:07:23. > :07:25.favour of there being an independence referendum. Just as I
:07:26. > :07:29.think the Prime Minister has made a U-turn on the timing of a general
:07:30. > :07:33.election, I expect she will U-turn and we will have a referendum in
:07:34. > :07:34.Scotland, given that that is what people voted for. Thank you very
:07:35. > :07:35.much. Our political editor,
:07:36. > :07:59.Brian Taylor, casts a wry glance Now, in politics, these are pretty
:08:00. > :08:03.troubled, confusing times. I thought I'd try and take things back to the
:08:04. > :08:07.roots. Over the next few weeks or so, you might find it handy to have
:08:08. > :08:11.a clove of garlic ready to keep those canvassers away. What I really
:08:12. > :08:22.want to do is quote that great Scottish sage, the movie ogre Shrek,
:08:23. > :08:27.who reminded us that onions have layers. So, too, do elections. The
:08:28. > :08:32.first layer is the constituency. This isn't a presidential contest.
:08:33. > :08:35.These are Westminster Parliamentary elections. You are directly electing
:08:36. > :08:41.a constituency MP, your local champion. Secondly, the UK
:08:42. > :08:45.Government and you are selecting indirectly a tenant for this house.
:08:46. > :08:52.You are choosing a UK Cabinet in overall control of the economy. Both
:08:53. > :08:57.sides say, alongside institutional turmoil, there must be an emphasis
:08:58. > :09:02.on growth and jobs. Focus on the economy, on telling us exactly what
:09:03. > :09:05.the government is going to do to create an environment that business
:09:06. > :09:09.can actually grow and invest in. That should be the priority. It's
:09:10. > :09:15.about jobs, investment and infrastructure for business. A focus
:09:16. > :09:18.on the policies that matter to people in their daily lives. It
:09:19. > :09:22.should be about the quality of employment, the fact that too many
:09:23. > :09:25.people are in a precarious work, with low paid, they don't have
:09:26. > :09:28.access to quality public services, and those people work in public
:09:29. > :09:36.services are struggling to provide quality services. Layer three,
:09:37. > :09:41.Brexit. Theresa May once support for her for long version of quitting the
:09:42. > :09:43.EU. She wants a bigger majority, to steer that through Parliament. The
:09:44. > :09:46.proponents want variously to challenge her, either thwarting
:09:47. > :09:49.proponents want variously to Brexit altogether, defending the
:09:50. > :09:58.single market or seeking a Scottish deal. And there is independence. The
:09:59. > :10:04.Tories hope that a bigger vote for them in Scotland would ease the
:10:05. > :10:07.pressure for a referendum. By contrast, the SNP give primary focus
:10:08. > :10:10.to countering Conservative austerity and a hard Brexit. They insist they
:10:11. > :10:16.already have a Holyrood mandate for a referendum, but they say a big
:10:17. > :10:20.vote for them would reinforce that, meaning that the Tory opposition
:10:21. > :10:24.would crumble to dust. But of course there is another thing to bear in
:10:25. > :10:26.mind when you are unappealing the layers of an onion. It could all end
:10:27. > :10:40.in tears. I'm joined by the Secretary of State
:10:41. > :10:44.for Scotland, David Mundell. Now is not time for the renewed debate
:10:45. > :10:48.about independence, so why on earth is it time for a general election?
:10:49. > :10:51.They are completely different propositions. What Theresa May has
:10:52. > :10:55.brought forward is a short, sharp election, a six-week campaign in
:10:56. > :10:59.order to allow their to be a five-year Parliament during which
:11:00. > :11:02.the Brexit negotiations, transition, five-year Parliament during which
:11:03. > :11:06.implementation can take place, to give maximum certainty and stability
:11:07. > :11:11.and flexibility in those negotiations. The proposal for an
:11:12. > :11:14.independence referendum is to have a divisive referendum campaign right
:11:15. > :11:19.in the middle of these unprecedented negotiations. That isn't acceptable,
:11:20. > :11:22.and it's not acceptable that, in such a referendum, people in
:11:23. > :11:27.Scotland would not be able to have a clear idea of what they were voting
:11:28. > :11:31.on. If the SNP win the election in Scotland and finish with the largest
:11:32. > :11:38.number of seats, doesn't that give them a renewed mandate to push for
:11:39. > :11:43.that referendum? This is a UK wide election. The decision of the people
:11:44. > :11:46.of Scotland in 2014 was to remain part of the UK, and therefore
:11:47. > :11:52.elections for the UK Parliament across the whole UK. If the SNP
:11:53. > :11:55.continue to campaign in relation to a referendum, they will face a very
:11:56. > :11:59.robust campaign from Ruth Davidson and my Conservative colleagues
:12:00. > :12:06.saying no to another referendum, and standing up for Scotland's place in
:12:07. > :12:11.the UK. The SNP say, in the event that they win most seats in
:12:12. > :12:14.Scotland, the Prime Minister's opposition to a second referendum
:12:15. > :12:18.would crumble. Suddenly, she has had a dramatic change of mind on the
:12:19. > :12:21.issue of a general election. If she can change her mind on this, why
:12:22. > :12:26.should we believe any of her other commitments? She made it clear that
:12:27. > :12:31.this was a difficult decision but made in the national interest in the
:12:32. > :12:34.context of the Brexit negotiations. It has become clear that a general
:12:35. > :12:39.election in 2020 would cut across the Brexit process, the negotiation
:12:40. > :12:44.process, bringing uncertainty to that, and the implementation,
:12:45. > :12:48.transition and moving forward with the Brexit field. That is why she
:12:49. > :12:53.has changed her mind. She has been clear about why she has done it. And
:12:54. > :12:58.everybody's interests, people across the UK, is to get the best possible
:12:59. > :13:02.deal from these negotiations, so everybody should be coming together
:13:03. > :13:03.to ensure that is achieved. ... David Mundell, Secretary of State
:13:04. > :13:05.for Scotland, thank you. So, to that campaign and the battle
:13:06. > :13:08.for your votes to come. What is on your mind
:13:09. > :13:10.and how will you decide where to mark your cross
:13:11. > :13:13.on the ballot paper? Cameron Buttle reports
:13:14. > :13:31.from Scotland's most marginal seat. This is called Scots view, because
:13:32. > :13:35.it was said to have been Scots' favourite views of the Scottish
:13:36. > :13:37.borders, and it is in the heart of the Berwickshire Roxburgh and
:13:38. > :13:41.Selkirk constituency, which covers a huge swathe of southern Scotland,
:13:42. > :13:47.from the west right over to the east. All of that is the battle
:13:48. > :13:57.ground for the closest fight in Scotland. And that includes places
:13:58. > :14:01.like Hoyke, Galashiels, and Kelso, where it is the talk of the town. I
:14:02. > :14:08.think public transport is a big issue here because it has been cut
:14:09. > :14:16.so badly. And the NHS. If I could get rid of this independence
:14:17. > :14:22.argument, that would be a wee help. But that isn't going to happen.
:14:23. > :14:28.Undecided. Whether devout Scotland to go on their own or just stay. I
:14:29. > :14:35.don't know if she's running scared a little bit. So you are going to go
:14:36. > :14:40.SNP? Yes. In one shape or another, this constituency was Liberal
:14:41. > :14:46.Democrat -- Liberal Democrats the decade but, in 2015, the SNP swept
:14:47. > :14:50.through the Borders. Callander took the seat by 328 votes. Second place
:14:51. > :14:55.went to the Scottish Conservatives. Michael Moore for the Lib Dems was
:14:56. > :15:00.knocked into third, but he still got more than 10,000 votes. The question
:15:01. > :15:05.is, what will happen to those votes? Is interesting. Brexit will come
:15:06. > :15:11.into it. 60% voted to remain in Europe. 66% voted to remain in the
:15:12. > :15:17.UK. It's a mixed message, a mixed message going out to the Tories. I
:15:18. > :15:25.would imagine the Tories will be expecting to wrestle it away from
:15:26. > :15:29.the SNP. That is the key votes. Labour has never had a big showing
:15:30. > :15:32.down here, although they do have their voters. But some of them are
:15:33. > :15:40.thinking hard about what they are going to do. Here, I voted Labour,
:15:41. > :15:47.but people -- labour will never get involved but you wouldn't think
:15:48. > :15:53.about tactical voting? No. Unless I thought the Tories would get an
:15:54. > :15:55.extra seat. There are around 75,000 votes to fight for in this
:15:56. > :16:02.constituency. It doesn't get any tighter.
:16:03. > :16:05.but now it's over to the studio in Glasgow, where Catriona Shearer
:16:06. > :16:13.Police Scotland say officers have "no authority" to arrest
:16:14. > :16:15.a suspect who is the subject of an Interpol alert.
:16:16. > :16:18.Harris Binotti is being sought by authorities in Myanmar,
:16:19. > :16:22.They want to question him about the death of another British
:16:23. > :16:27.Both men had been working as teachers there.
:16:28. > :16:29.Mr Binotti left Myanmar the day before Mr Ferguson's body
:16:30. > :16:38.According to newspaper reports, Mr Binotti has
:16:39. > :16:41.The funeral of the millionaire car magnate Sir Arnold
:16:42. > :16:49.He began his business in the 1950s, and became Britain's richest car
:16:50. > :16:51.trader, selling 200,000 vehicles a year.
:16:52. > :17:00.The private service was held at Glasgow Cathedral.
:17:01. > :17:03.The Scottish Conservatives say they want to be a "national" party
:17:04. > :17:05.again as they launched their manifesto for
:17:06. > :17:08.As a general election also looms, they're standing firmly
:17:09. > :17:10.against a second independence referendum, while also appealing
:17:11. > :17:13.for what they call a "decade of SNP centralisation" to be reversed.
:17:14. > :17:21.Our political correspondent Andrew Kerr has more.
:17:22. > :17:27.The Conservative leader is not in the mood for mending fences. Ruth
:17:28. > :17:30.Davidson is wanting to break new ground. Hopeful out what these new
:17:31. > :17:35.electoral challenges may bring for the party. We are always happy to
:17:36. > :17:39.serve as the community! She's attempting to give the Conservatives
:17:40. > :17:41.a new look, as she helped with the refurbishment of this
:17:42. > :17:45.a new look, as she helped with the children's Centre. They are opposed
:17:46. > :17:49.to a second independence referendum, a key plank in the campaign. But
:17:50. > :17:53.they also want to reverse what they call as a decade of SNP
:17:54. > :17:58.centralisation. We are all about local democracy, we would be leaving
:17:59. > :18:03.local democracy, the SNP believes the opposite. They do not trust
:18:04. > :18:07.councils but we do. We want to hand power back to councils, and
:18:08. > :18:12.communities, so that they can make their own areas flourish. Localism
:18:13. > :18:17.for growth is the main theme of the campaign. Handing power back
:18:18. > :18:23.includes having directly elected provost 's, competitive taxation to
:18:24. > :18:26.encourage growth with councils keeping more revenue, and a
:18:27. > :18:32.significant focus on education, with a pledge to extend childcare to more
:18:33. > :18:35.disadvantaged one and two-year-olds. This local goblet election is hugely
:18:36. > :18:42.important to the Scottish Conservatives and I want there to be
:18:43. > :18:46.a Scottish representative in every community so we are truly national
:18:47. > :18:49.again and so people can see our strength, and that we are the only
:18:50. > :18:54.people capable of taking on the SNP in the election one month later.
:18:55. > :18:58.They want more of Scotland painted blue, ultimately trying to look like
:18:59. > :19:02.an alternative Scottish Government. So the Conservatives are set for
:19:03. > :19:07.this election on the 4th of May, with the local campaign in the fall
:19:08. > :19:11.swing. But all eyes are on the main prize. The 8th of June, the general
:19:12. > :19:14.election. Andrew Kerr, BBC reporting Scotland,
:19:15. > :19:17.Edinburgh. And in Rugby, just two Scots have
:19:18. > :19:19.made it into the British and Irish Lions squad for the summer
:19:20. > :19:22.tour of New Zealand. Full back Stuart Hogg and winger
:19:23. > :19:25.Tommy Seymour are head coach Warren Gatland's only Scottish
:19:26. > :19:27.selections in his 41 man squad. More from our sports
:19:28. > :19:34.reporter David Currie... Two lions and a shirt, like the one
:19:35. > :19:39.these Glasgow boys will be wearing on the Lions tour of New Zealand in
:19:40. > :19:43.the summer. No wonder their faces are gleaming... I'm chuffed to be
:19:44. > :19:49.going to New Zealand. It's hard to sum up. There's been a lot of
:19:50. > :19:54.speculation in the last few weeks as to who is going and who is not.
:19:55. > :19:58.Since my name was read out today, I'm massively excited for the next
:19:59. > :20:04.few weeks ahead. It is amazing, an amazing feeling. A really proud
:20:05. > :20:09.moment for me and my family, when things like that happen. As everyone
:20:10. > :20:13.described it, it is a things like that happen. As everyone
:20:14. > :20:17.once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing. After a successful 6 Nations tour
:20:18. > :20:21.where Scotland won three of their five matches, including wins over
:20:22. > :20:25.Wales and Ireland, there was disappointment as well. After all,
:20:26. > :20:31.there are 11 Irish and 12 Welsh players in the squad. To have two in
:20:32. > :20:36.this stage, that's very disappointing. I thought one of the
:20:37. > :20:42.brothers may have gone. Schwartzman, Finn Russell, if you look at those
:20:43. > :20:46.selecting it, they have gone with who they know. The Welshman and the
:20:47. > :20:50.Englishman, they have gone with who they know and who they trust.
:20:51. > :20:56.Selection is a matter of opinion. I slightly disagree but that is what
:20:57. > :21:00.makes it interesting. This will be a physically demanding tour, with ten
:21:01. > :21:02.matches being played in just about five weeks, including three tests
:21:03. > :21:07.against the world champions New five weeks, including three tests
:21:08. > :21:12.Zealand. That means injuries and further call ups are inevitable.
:21:13. > :21:17.With Scotland on tour in Australia, while the Lions are in New Zealand,
:21:18. > :21:19.Scotland players may make handy stand-bys! David Currie, Reporting
:21:20. > :21:21.Scotland, Murrayfield. Now let's get the
:21:22. > :21:29.forecast from Chris. Good evening, spells of sunshine
:21:30. > :21:33.around for many of us today, the morning cloud clearing away, and the
:21:34. > :21:38.sun coming out. A second batch of cloud comes in from the West.
:21:39. > :21:42.Sunshine at 16 degrees. Tonight, fairly cloudy for most of us, as
:21:43. > :21:46.cloudy weather in the West spreads eastwards. Dry for most because
:21:47. > :21:51.there will be some spots of rain. This cold front is in the West. For
:21:52. > :21:55.western coastal areas and perhaps towards the Southern uplands spots
:21:56. > :22:02.of rain, mist and murk to go with it. For many of us, dry and cloudy.
:22:03. > :22:07.And mild once again. Temperatures in towns and cities no lower than 6-8 .
:22:08. > :22:12.To begin the day tomorrow, a cloudy start with some spots of rain across
:22:13. > :22:16.western areas. Heavy rain towards the Northern Isles, windy from the
:22:17. > :22:22.West. Rain moves away from the Shetlands, lingering in Orkney. In
:22:23. > :22:25.the West, drizzle and light rain off and on for a good part of the day
:22:26. > :22:34.but further east it is largely dry and largely cloudy. It will be a
:22:35. > :22:38.milder day tomorrow compared to today. In the West were cloud and
:22:39. > :22:44.drizzle is, stunted somewhat. In the north-east, 17 degrees. Brightness
:22:45. > :22:48.coming through, that's in the east. From Peterhead southwards to the
:22:49. > :22:53.Borders. Heavy rain across Orkney lingers for most of the day. The
:22:54. > :22:58.Shetlands are brightening. The rest of the afternoon and into the
:22:59. > :23:01.evening and overnight it is cloudy again, wet weather intensifies a
:23:02. > :23:06.touch across the North West. This weather front moves in as we head
:23:07. > :23:09.into Friday. High pressure is tantalisingly close but that weather
:23:10. > :23:13.front will produce some wet weather for us. On Friday, cloudy without
:23:14. > :23:19.bricks of rain moving southwards. Northwards, bright weather but
:23:20. > :23:22.cooling down. It will feel chilly with strengthening north westerly
:23:23. > :23:24.breezes as well. That's the forecast for now.
:23:25. > :23:34.Nobody from the Labour Party joining for the moment - now back
:23:35. > :23:39.Nobody from the Labour Party joining us at Westminster this evening, no
:23:40. > :23:43.audio was available, but the former Scottish Secretary for the Liberal
:23:44. > :23:46.Democrats is here. I'm a bit confused, your party insisted that
:23:47. > :23:50.we should have a fixed term parliament but you voted
:23:51. > :23:55.enthusiastically for an early election here today. Context is
:23:56. > :23:59.everything, the fixed term parliament 's act gives the right to
:24:00. > :24:02.MPs to dissolve Parliament, it was not to be held in the power of the
:24:03. > :24:08.Prime Minister, that has happened here today. It is not what we
:24:09. > :24:12.necessarily -- where we would necessarily have wanted to be but I
:24:13. > :24:15.think she may have done it for cynical reasons, we need a general
:24:16. > :24:22.election and we are up for this fight. You will try and use this
:24:23. > :24:26.election to overturn the vote in the referendum on Brexit. What we will
:24:27. > :24:32.be using the election for is to put the case for a sensible Brexit, one
:24:33. > :24:36.that rejects Theresa May's hardest possible Brexit, which would take us
:24:37. > :24:40.out of the single market and the customs union. We believe there are
:24:41. > :24:45.better ways where we can engage with the EU in future, and when we have
:24:46. > :24:48.that deal, at that stage, the deal which is structured be put to the
:24:49. > :24:52.people in a referendum. The people which is structured be put to the
:24:53. > :24:56.started this and they should finish it. Alistair Carmichael for the
:24:57. > :24:59.Liberal Democrats, thank you. Final thought from our Westminster
:25:00. > :25:03.correspondence David Porcher. How do you think this contest will shape up
:25:04. > :25:08.in the next 50 days? After the shock of yesterday, the nitty-gritty today
:25:09. > :25:11.with legislation going through to allow their to be a general
:25:12. > :25:16.election. Different campaigns in different parts of the UK. England,
:25:17. > :25:19.essentially, will have a campaign about Brexit and leadership that
:25:20. > :25:23.Jeremy Corbyn has said he wants to do no deals with other parties. In
:25:24. > :25:29.Scotland, that inevitably will be put through the constitutional
:25:30. > :25:33.question and a second referendum. Politicians may say they don't want
:25:34. > :25:34.to discuss it at the moment but by the end of the seven weeks, that is
:25:35. > :25:36.exactly what we will have done in the end of the seven weeks, that is
:25:37. > :25:45.Scotland. David, thank you. the end of the seven weeks, that is
:25:46. > :25:51.Thank you to all of my guests here at at Westminster on a historic day.
:25:52. > :25:56.MPs voted overwhelmingly 522-13 to have an early general election. We
:25:57. > :26:01.know the Prime Minister Theresa May intense debate to go ahead on the
:26:02. > :26:05.8th of June in just 58 days' time. There's a lot of campaigning to take
:26:06. > :26:09.place between now and then, plenty more debate across the BBC but from
:26:10. > :26:11.all of us here at Westminster, enjoy the rest of your evening. Good
:26:12. > :26:15.night.