:00:00. > :00:10.than the pro-Brexit seats, who have a double hill to climb, if you like,
:00:11. > :00:12.but Labour MPs are not happy today. We have two very senior journalists
:00:13. > :00:15.here, much better than those two! It here, much better than those two! It
:00:16. > :00:17.is good to see you both. We'll have a full edition of The
:00:18. > :00:20.Papers at 11:30, but Laura Perrins, co-editor of political website
:00:21. > :00:22.the Conservative Women, and Joe Watts, political
:00:23. > :00:33.editor at the Independent, This is an amuse-bouche of the
:00:34. > :00:40.papers before the news, why did she do it? A reluctant decision, but
:00:41. > :00:43.certainly the right decision for the country, because what this general
:00:44. > :00:47.election will do, if the Conservatives win it, it will
:00:48. > :00:50.strengthen her negotiating position against Brussels in the Brexit
:00:51. > :00:55.negotiations. Secondly, it will bring stability to the economy, we
:00:56. > :00:57.have already seen sterling rise today on calling this election, and,
:00:58. > :01:00.thirdly, it will bring certainty for thirdly, it will bring certainty for
:01:01. > :01:05.at least five years, which will go through the negotiations and after,
:01:06. > :01:11.so the right decision for the country. OK, Joe, the front page of
:01:12. > :01:16.the Daily Telegraph, May's bolt of the blue, what do you think? Well, I
:01:17. > :01:20.think it is a good idea for her, strategically speaking, she will be
:01:21. > :01:24.really reluctant about accepting a landslide victory and all those
:01:25. > :01:30.extra seats to let her do what you once. She very clearly talks in this
:01:31. > :01:34.piece about bringing forward her vision of Brexit, you know, she is
:01:35. > :01:40.very clearly putting the focus on her. She has seen the opinion polls,
:01:41. > :01:43.and she has seen not only how far her party is ahead, but also how far
:01:44. > :01:48.she is ahead of Jeremy Corbyn. She is putting the focus on her, it will
:01:49. > :01:53.be about her, pushing through her version of Brexit. And while there
:01:54. > :01:56.is this big push to suggest that she very recently and reluctantly made
:01:57. > :01:59.this decision, just in the last few days, there has clearly been an
:02:00. > :02:03.element of contingency planning, even if the final decision was not
:02:04. > :02:07.made until recently. A lot of thought has gone into this decision.
:02:08. > :02:16.Briefly onto the Daily Mirror, the lady is for U-turning, so can she be
:02:17. > :02:20.trusted? It is important to remember that it is not just a question of
:02:21. > :02:25.what she likes in terms of Brexit, she is going back to the people yet
:02:26. > :02:30.again, essentially, for a mandate for Brexit. I mean, up until now,
:02:31. > :02:34.there were certain factions on the political left asking for a second
:02:35. > :02:39.referendum. They have essentially got that, and yet they are still not
:02:40. > :02:44.happy. It is very clear that it will be the people who decide, it will be
:02:45. > :02:49.the people's mandate that gives the go-ahead in relation to how to
:02:50. > :02:52.negotiate on Brexit. I mean, she cannot be criticised for calling
:02:53. > :02:59.Aidan McArdle held election. That is what the Micras years. -- for
:03:00. > :03:04.calling a critically held election. Theresa May has characterised this
:03:05. > :03:15.as the Brexit election, bad news for Labour? Their Brexit policy is all
:03:16. > :03:19.over the shop! Theresa May, very much to the detriment of Ukip, has
:03:20. > :03:32.made the Tory party the party of Brexit, taking the harder stance is
:03:33. > :03:34.that people in her party wanted. The Lib Dems are calling for a second
:03:35. > :03:37.referendum, and Labour is caught in referendum, and Labour is caught in
:03:38. > :03:42.the middle with some northern seats where the population were very much
:03:43. > :03:50.for Brexit, and some seats in south London and other areas where the
:03:51. > :03:58.seats were very much pro Remain. So they have a difficult tightrope to
:03:59. > :04:03.walk, and it does not make for a very clear manifesto message. Very
:04:04. > :04:08.briefly, the Financial Times, May calls snap election to strengthen
:04:09. > :04:14.hand in Brexit talks. That is what this is about. Absolutely, and if
:04:15. > :04:17.you are British and working and employed in Britain, you want your
:04:18. > :04:21.Prime Minister to have the strongest hand possible when going into
:04:22. > :04:25.negotiations. You want your team playing their best players, and that
:04:26. > :04:30.is what this election will give her. All right, that was the starter, the
:04:31. > :04:33.main courses at 11:30. Now time for a look at the weather with Tomasz
:04:34. > :04:43.Schafernaker. A lot of clear weather this evening,
:04:44. > :04:47.temperatures falling rapidly, we are in for a frost across central and
:04:48. > :04:51.southern areas of the UK tonight. Last night, Scotland was the coldest
:04:52. > :04:52.place, down to