Europe - Part 3 Vote 2014

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Good morning, live from Westminster. The UK Independence

Party's emphatic victory in the European elections has sent a jolt

through the other political parties. With results from Northern Ireland

and Scotland still to come in, Nigel Farage and UKIP have won 23 seats so

far, increasing its presence in the European Parliament by ten MEPs. The

games have come largely at the expense of the Lib Dems, who lost

all but one of their seats. The Conservatives lost seven seats in

Brussels, whilst the Labour Party has gained the same amount following

a poor showing last time round. Will the results change the prodigal

landscape? In 2009 the Conservatives held the biggest share, now UKIP

dominates. Earlier, party's spokesman said UKIP could no longer

be dismissed as a protest vote. When you have won, champagne tastes

good even if there are no glasses around.

This was the East of England, but UKIP are celebrating everywhere.

The people's army of UKIP have spoken tonight and delivered just

about the most extraordinary result that has been seen in British

politics for 100 years, and I am proud to have led them to that.

Contrast that to these phases of defeat. The Lib Dems have almost

been wiped out. Neither the Labour Party nor the

Tories had the backbone to stand up to you by Schmeichel to UKIP. We

took the unpopular side of the argument that are being punished but

I would do it all over again. Labour have beaten the

Conservatives, but only narrowly. It is a result that will worry the

party. Both they and the Tories are now wondering what on earth to do

about UKIP. We will respond by making clear that

we can fix the relationship between Britain and Europe, we can deliver

real change and give people a say in a referendum.

UKIP have been a symptom of people's disaffection with politics

and they are using their vote in the European parliamentary elections to

express their dissatisfaction with politics. This was the scene at

Manchester town Hall as BNP leader Nick Griffin arrived.

He later lost his seat. It is snaps like these that tell the

story of the night. Smiling for a picture has never been easier for

UKIP. We will be speaking to William

Hague, who will be with me in a moment, but the Prime Minister, who

has already been on the radio giving his reaction to last night's

results, let us listen to that. I take a clear message from the

elections, that people are deeply disaffected with the European Union,

they do not feel the current arrangements are working well enough

for Britain and want change. I would say that message, as far as I am

concerned, is absolutely received and understood. We have to

demonstrate we are the ones with a plan to start out this relationship

and give able choice in or out by the end of 2017 in the referendum.

`` to sort out this relationship. That is what we have to focus on.

There are those, particularly at the sceptical end of your party, many of

whom are really sympathetic to UKIP, that say the problem with

where you are now is that people do not trust you to really deliver a

fair referendum. For example, they say you will have a phoney

renegotiation and recommend that we stay income and the public will be

bounced into voting into staying in the EU. Can you give reassurance on

that front to those in your party and supporting that will not

happen? I want to see a genuine

renegotiation. I have set out some of the things I want to achieve in

that renegotiation, but in the end it will be for the British people to

decide whether they want to stay in a reformed European Union on leave.

My view is it is in the national interest to stay in the European

Union and it does take time to get the renegotiation done and to

convince people about how genuine it is owned and how guaranteed `` how

genuine it it `` how genuine it is and how guaranteed we are to get a

referendum. The real test will be when people have a choice, do you

want David Cameron and the Conservatives that will give you

that referendum, or do you want Ed Miliband and labour who want the

status quo in Europe to continue? I think that lies behind why Labour

did so badly last night, they had so little to say about Europe, they try

to talk about other things the rather than respect the voters and

doc about the issues we were voting on.

That was the Prime Minister in the last half hour.

Let's speak to William Hague, who is with me. Good morning.

Good morning. A pretty full set of results, when was the last time the

Conservatives finished third in a national poll?

It is an unusual set of results. It has not happened before that the

fourth party wins a nationwide election, however from the

conservative point of view we are only about 3% down on where we were

five years ago. The governing party has always lost these elections for

30 years, the official opposition have usually done much better than

Labour have done, so I think these are creditable results from the

Conservative's point of view, but UKIP have one and across Europe

there is a deep disillusionment with the European Union. That message has

to be heard loud and clear in Brussels.

What are you going to do about that? You have tried ignoring UKIP,

insulting them, aping them, what will you do?

This is about the voters and their decision...

But you cannot carry on as if nothing has happened.

We have to make it clear that when it comes to a general election, it

is not a free hit as the European election has been described by UKIP

themselves. In that choice, it is the Conservative Party that offers a

referendum on Europe. The other parties are against that...

But in the local elections? In the local elections the

Conservative Party was up on the previous year, and for a government

in power it was a good set of results. By any previous comparison

of local elections to general elections, it is the Labour Party

that has a terrible set of results. We have two votes ahead of the

general election. Your colleague, David Davis, said

your policy on the referendum lacks clarity and credibility.

Why do you not bring it forward to 2016?

The whole point is to have a referendum when we are clear about a

new relationship with Europe. That will take some time to

negotiate, when the Conservative government is elected next year that

has to be negotiated, a Europe that is more flexible, more democratic,

lest centralised... Butterfat is that lack of clarity.

Give me three clear things you plan to negotiate in terms of powers?

We have already given example is a red cards for parliaments, National

Power is a red cards for parliaments, national stop the union

applying to the UK, being able to tighten up on so`called benefit

tourism and abuse of the welfare system.

These are among the things we like to see in Europe changed, and then

we will have a referendum. You talk of abuses, but immigration,

Nigel Farage is right ` there is fundamentally nothing you can do

about immigration in the EU as you do not control borders, it is free

movement of labour and there is nothing you can do about that. Look

at immigration figures on polling day.

We have already brought down immigration from outside of the EU

to levels not seen since the 1990s. Inside the unit is tightening up on

benefit claims and people coming here to take advantage of our

welfare system. But legitimate people who come

here, those are the numbers you have no control over.

We do have some control by tightening up those systems. There

is more we can do other than that and more we can do as a conservative

only government, a Conservative majority government.

We will gamble on those issues at the general election next year.

Lord Ashcroft's own polling, Labour marginals, but Labour are in

double`digit leads, that must be hugely worrying for you.

We take nothing for granted in a general election but in all polls

the Conservative Party has been improving as to where it has been

over the last couple of years and that is a strong basis for the

general election campaign next year...

But you need your voters to come back.

Clearly for me, tell me what you will do to try to entice them back?

We're going to see a general election, unlike and European

election, is a choice. You get a referendum, in or out of Europe with

a Conservative government, and you do not get that any other way.

The Prime Minister is just speaking on camera.

People are disillusioned with the European Union and the waiters

working, the way it is working for Britain, and they want change. The

challenge is now for my party to demonstrate that we have the plan to

deliver that change, to renegotiate Britain's place in Europe, to get a

better deal for Britain, to change Europe and then put the choice to

the British people in a referendum before the end of 2017. That is what

do and the real test for that plan will, at the general election.

There are people saying that votes for UKIP are not necessarily

interested in Europe, and this is a kicking of the major parties and

that perhaps you are completely out of touch on the issues people really

care about. People use elections like this to send election `` send a

message to the government. I absolutely receive and understand

that message on Europe, that people want change. After a long and

difficult recession, of course people have things they are

frustrated about, they want to see more jobs and higher living

standards, they want to see us complete our long`term economic

plan, and I see that as a demand for us to deliver. We have to

demonstrate that tackling immigration, reforming welfare,

getting Britain's place right in Europe, all of these things are part

of the economic plan that has seen an increase in the people of Adam

Macklin another people in work, tax cuts, the deficit down, but there is

work to do. How do you feel about UKIP now?

Realistically, isn't packed good idea?

`` isn't a coalition agreement. We are going to work harder, we're

going to do more and convince people and that is what I will spend my

time doing in the next 350 days. One question about Nick Clegg. He is

due Deputy Prime Minister. Where does this leave the coalition

if he goes? The coalition is a strong government

and is delivering, it particularly in terms of turning around the

economy, getting people back to work and cutting taxes. That work will

continue. People should be in no doubt we have a strong and

determined government with a very clear plan and that plan continues.

At how does the coalition work without Nick Clegg?

That is for the Liberal Democrats to decide themselves. I am very clear,

we have a strong coalition government that is effectively

changing our country, putting people back to work, cutting taxes, getting

the deficit down. We have a very clear plan and my job as Prime

Minister is to deliver that plan. That is what I will be working doing

over the next 350 days. Well, there it is, we have a plan,

we have to stick to it and deliver it.

That is the assessment from the Prime Minister.

We broke away from William Hague to listen to that, let us return for a

final thought. The Prime Minister was talking about the referendum in

2017. One final question on that, because does this result not

underlined that David Cameron cannot control the way that referendum

goes? He can put out the arguments coming

weekend renegotiate and put out arguments to the population, but

does this result not sure that actually there is every chance they

could reject it and you will find yourself out?

Well, it is democracy. We believe in democracy, and the reason we want a

referendum is for the people to decide, one way or another. It is

nearly 40 years since there was a referendum on Europe in the UK.

People like me were too young to vote in that referendum. We believe

in people having their say, irrespective of the result.

William Hague, thank you for being with me this morning. We will assess

the result in terms of what they mean for all of the parties through

today. We are expecting to hear from Nick Clegg within the next hour, but

let's take a look at the result across Europe.

A big result in France, with that thought for the National Front fair,

a big win for them. And the anti`EU parties from left to right have made

significant gains in these elections, with MEPs across the 28

member states. Love those countries looking and make an assessment of

where they now. Let's go to our political

correspondent, Ben Wright come in Brussels for us.

The headline thought from where you are? For many years, the MEPs has

seen Euroscepticism as particularly British but no longer, there has

been a backlash across the continent and in polling booths across Europe,

voters were queueing up to protest against the priorities of the EU.

Victory for Marine Le Pen and a first for the Front National.

One in four of the votes cast in France went to the anti`immigrant,

The leader, Marine Le Pen, said that people have spoken loudly and wanted

It was a vote against the unpopular socialist President and a vote

The anti`EU Danish People's Party came first in Denmark.

That was on a promise of taking power back from Brussels.

When MEPs meet here next, more often than ever will be critics

of the parliament they have been elected into.

The mainstream centre`right and centre`left will have a majority,

but anti`Europe MEPs will be a noisy and disruptive block of dissent.

In Greece, the radical left Syriza Party topped the poll.

The country has been hardest hit by austerity and it won

The far`right Golden Dawn came third,

There has been a backlash against Europe and immigration

and it is Front National's victory in France and the UKIP win in

Turnout was 43%, almost identical to the turn and five years ago in 2009.

Most eligible voters did not think they would rather add it was not

worth their while turning out to vote in this election. Letters look

at the composition of the European Parliament as a result of this. The

leading group, the People's party, on the centre`right, that remains

the largest. They still have around 25%. Socialists and Democrats, about

21% and then the Liberals and the Greens. The group that UKIP sitting,

the freedom and democracy group, lost quite a few but Nigel Farage is

showing and they remain at about 5%. This huge group is classed as other

at the moment, including the front national in France and

antiestablishment parties. The big story from Europe is that it is an

extraordinary result in France and I am joined by Kristian Frazier. It

was remarkable in Paris. What explains that? A lack of political

trust. And Francois Hollande has not had a good first few years, and they

do not like taxes and spending has been falling. Across the road,

parliamentarians and within the National Front, they want to

re`negotiate the treaty and that will be their biggest objective when

they sit in this new parliament. Letters look at those figures, the

first thing is to say this is not a regional victory for the National

Front, finishing first in 70% of the departments. You can see from this

graphic, 25.4%, that is a massive surge. They took just 6% last time

with three Parliamentary seats. UMP, slumping. Nicolas Sarkozy, his

leadership under threat, he has not got a coherent message on Europe.

Socialists, what an appalling night. They were hoping for 16%. But they

have lost about three or four seats. They will have just 13. The bigger

parties licking their wounds today, the Cabinet had an emergency meeting

this morning at 8:30am and the headline is that they are talking

about tax cut for the low and middle income families. Just how he can

afford that, we do not know. Three quarters of zero growth and he is

under pressure from Brussels to bring the deficit into line. Some

damp rides this morning. This is the right wing paper. Figaro.

Earthquake. Another debacle for Francois Hollande. And approximately

personal victory for Marine Le Pen, she has changed the party since

taking over from her father. We knew, of course, that the National

Front would do well but we thought it was just a stream to step over

that, in fact, it is a raging torrent. Left`wing press. There is

concern this morning that France will be identified by the far

right. Extraordinary, when you think of the country that is the spiritual

heart of Europe, it is the key sceptic voice. You can see some of

these glum faces on the panel in the television studio. They talk about

the crisis of leadership on the left. Socialists have to win back

the working class vote because as they have been crunching these

numbers, what is apparent for Socialists is they have lost the

working class vote in many constituencies, over 55% in the East

of voting for the National Front and the younger vote, 30% under 35

voting for the far right. Some big things to think about. Thank you

very much indeed. The question is, what will this mean for the future

direction of the European Union? How will work done here? We have easily

MEPs coming to Brussels, they might form a powerful the group and with

that comes money and voting rights and speaking rights on the floor of

the chamber and doubtful whether they will try hard to do that,

because I think their differences are just too great. To get the

numbers together. And the focus of parties like UKIP and the National

Front is not here. This is the enemy, but the audience is domestic.

We want to appeal to voters in Britain and France and Denmark. It

might not change the way politics within the parliament is done but

the response of the bureaucracy will be interesting. Were they think and

listen and ask difficult questions about the momentum of the European

project? The drive for closer union? Will will they stop and think and

try to slow down? In response to this. I was talking to the Secretary

General last week and he was pretty sanguine, he said we know there will

be an upturn in Eurosceptic feelings but economies are pretty depressed

and once they recover, that will die away. I think the real impact of

these folks will be is felt in the national capitals with rational and

governments to bring powers back from Brussels to the national

capitals and really look at how the European Union works. Lots to choose

over. Thank you. Let us look at the domestic ramifications. Nick

Robinson is with me. What is your analysis? There were doubts when the

phrase earthquake was used after the local elections and nobody can have

any doubt now. No party other than the name to have won a national

election in over 100 years and UKIP have done this and have shown they

can win local contests as well as European and what that means is

there is a fourth force in British politics and that is important,

because by winning in Scotland and Wales, they have defied those who

said they were merely a force in English and is and obviously they

did less well in Scotland but they are going to get a seat. What that

means in the end is at talk of UKIP getting MPs over there in

Westminster, which would have seemed slightly risible two years ago,

seems totally possible. Lastly, Nigel Farage said he would hope to

hold the balance of power in 2015. Some people thought that was

preposterous. It seems less so? But still difficult. These were

elections and he described as a free head and these elections will and

reformers proportional representation that means it is

easier to get votes. They need to win above the parties in one or

localised places and they have not been able to do that yet, Newark is

go `` is coming up. It is interesting to hear what he wants to

do, it was to copy Paddy Ashdown, not try to fight across the country

but get in a lot of votes in a very small number of places. For all of

the main parties, this is a headache, what to do? What is the

impact of this? Awkward. The Tories, third for the first time in their

history, losing a quarter of the European Parliament members, seeing

the Conservative family fractured. They must hope that they simply

saying to UKIP voters, you may not like David Cameron but you prefer

him to Ed Miliband, you might not like our policies but you would

refer the referendum, that will squeeze the vote. But there will be

huge pressure to flesh out these rather vague promises. You try to

get more out of William Hague about reforming Europe. And whether they

could ever walk away from Europe if they did not get that? Labourer:

Relieved because of it was afterwards in the capital, they were

neck and neck with the Conservatives. `` labour. They would

say they never do well in European elections. On the other hand, there

are people in the party who will say, one year away from a General

Election, we do not smell like winners and is this tension between

the politics that is working for Labour in the capital and outside of

the capital, and are not doing well at all there. Trying to reconcile

that. And Nick Clegg, most people around him act him and said,

changing the leader is not the way. The problem is, what is? Just

returning to Labour and Conservative, they almost have the

same strategy, which is to help and weighed just before the 25th

election to say, it is either Ed Miliband or David Cameron. ``

weight. That is dangerous? To be fair, Ed Miliband is doing more than

that, he is going to Thurrock tomorrow, a council Labour Party did

not get in a large part because of UKIP and he is going to make a

speech that effectively says I know you did not back me, you are not yet

convinced that I have the right answers. But I believe the

disaffection you will feel the anger, this sense of alienation, is

one we have the answers to. To be fair, he is trying to take head`on

that view, not on issues of Europe and immigration but of the standards

of living, wages, job security and so on. David Cameron is trying to

double up the offer he made the promise of a European referendum.

Thank you for that. Nick Robinson. Talking about some of the challenges

and questions at the Labour Party have to look at. Graham Stringer is

in our Salford studio. Critical after those local election results

on Friday. What we were thoughts this morning? We did very well in

London and very well in the North`West. There are a lot of

marginal seats. Some of the responses from my leadership has

been, we have to change and listen. But it is not clear how they will do

that. While these elections were about Europe, and there is some

protest votes, there were also people voting against the direction

that this country is going in Europe. And unless we have a policy

response to that, which has to be as a minimum to give people a

referendum, we are going to lose votes. My constituents are concerned

about immigration and jobs. The factors, the free movement of people

is locked into the treaties of Europe and we cannot do anything

about that unless we force fundamental change in the European

Union and we're not doing anything. It is very attractive. Disabled for

us, but we cannot do anything about the major concerns. Because Europe

will not let us. We have to improve the offer. We cannot just keep

saying, this has been a major wake`up call. But we're not going to

do anything. Do you think those at the top of

your party understand those concerns?

When I was talking to Douglas Alexander on Friday he was littering

to criticism and was making the point that you are almost a serial

critic, if you go back to Gordon Brown you are criticising him.

My concern has always been for the Labour Party to win the election.

Douglas supported Gordon Brown at that time and we lost the election.

We could have done better had we changed the leader.

At the moment I believe we could do much better if we tighten up our

organisation around Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party, and we

changed some of our policies so that we have more resonance with the

electorate. It is very elitist and arrogant to

carry on saying, we will just go the way that Europe is going, with ever

deeper integration within the European Union. That is not what

people who I represent what it is not what people in the UK want all I

want to do is to improve the Labour Party's position for the next

general election, and I think it is complacent by Douglas and some of

the other people in the leadership to carry on with business as usual.

We have do have some major organisational changes and some

policy changes that will attract more voters to the Labour Party.

So it is policy that has to change? Do you acknowledge also that perhaps

your party has an Ed Miliband problem in terms of someone who can

project himself as a leader? The opinion polls do not tell lies.

Ed is not doing as well as David Cameron and the public's mind.

He is a decent human being with a high intelligence and he is the

leader of the Labour Party. What we have to do is improve the

organisation around him, which frankly has been amateurish, and we

have to end prove `` improve our policy offering.

No party has won in the general election by the leader has been

behind and we have been behind in economic policy.

We have to improve the organisation around Ed but we also have to

improve our basic economic policy, which means changing some of the

policies on Europe. If we do not, we are in difficulty, despite as having

good results over this weekend. We have also had some poor results and

we have to improve in those areas. Graham Stringer, we are grateful for

your time this morning. You are watching BBC News, it is a

little after 9:30am as we take you through results and analyses of this

European election. If you have just joined us on BBC

News, welcome, because the politicians here are taking stock of

another startling performance from UKIP.

Nigel Farage has described the results as the most extraordinary

results in British politics in 100 years.

They have 23 MEPs, 27% share of the vote.

The Liberal Democrats, well, they faced almost wiped out, winning only

one MEP, pushed into fifth place. Labour have made gains, but only a

little ahead of the Conservatives in terms of vote share. Elsewhere in

Europe, it is the antiestablishment parties come again, that have

performed strongly. In France, shock result there with the National Front

winning. We will analyse those results in a

little more detail in a moment, but first this report from our political

correspondent, Ross Hawkins. It looked good for UKIP last night,

toasting the result with champagne and, having topped the national

vote, it looks even better this morning.

My dream has become a reality. Despite the onslaught we faced in

the last few weeks, as if the whole world was against us, the British

public have stood firm, backed UKIP and we have won and national

election. I am over the moon.

Compared that with the fate and faces of Liberal Democrats, all but

wiped out, left with a single MEP. It went wrong because there is a

very feeble oil anti`European atmosphere in this country in the

moment. `` and very febrile. There is a general death that

Schmeichel disaffection with politicians.

More votes and MEPs for Labour, beating the Conservatives but only

just. Everyone is wondering how UKIP did so well.

`` there is a general disaffection with politicians.

Everyone was there are disaffection with politics generally.

For the Conservatives come in third place, similar questions.

I think the result showed a clear message, which is that people are

disillusioned with the European Union, the way it is working for

Britain. They want change. The in Europe ``

to renegotiate Britain was Michael place in Europe.

`` Britain's place. There were scuffles as the BMP

arrived at Manchester town Hall, but Nick Griffin had already been beaten

by the voters. The big picture, though, I UKIP

triumph. The question is whether we will see

more of this at the general election.

With me is John Curtice, professor of politics at the University of

Strathclyde. Welcome.

What do you make of these results, specifically for UKIP, first of all?

There is no doubt UKIP have achieved a remarkable feat in coming first in

a nationwide election. It was the target Nigel Farage set for his

party some month ago. Many thought he was at risk of exaggerating

expectations of what his party could achieve but he has met his target.

What we need to remember is that European elections are the occasion

on which borders are, firstly, more willing to vote for smaller parties,

and secondly, as we know from the 2004 and 2009 elections, more likely

to vote for UKIP in particular. To that extent, we cannot presume that

if there were a general election that UKIP would have come top with

28% of the vote. What we know from a couple of opinion poll exercises is

around half of the people who voted for UKIP on Thursday said they would

vote for UKIP in the general election. We also know that people

who voted for them in the European election did not fought for them

locally. Roughly what the opinion polls have been saying for the time

being is around 40% support for UKIP. That is not anything like

enough for UKIP to win a Parliamentary seat, `` 14%, but it

is enough to make sure that in the coming months the Conservatives and

Liberal Democrats will be wanting to win back those votes.

You talk about the national share potentially going to 14%, but it has

been interesting watching their tactics, we heard them talking about

how they would approach the general election.

It is the Liberal Democrat model about not worrying on the headline

national jab at targeting areas and hoping to receive the vote in those

areas. That could be effective. That certainly could be what they need to

do, because under our electoral system, unless a party that is very

popular, if it has a geographical spread it loses out.

What we see is UKIP developing an area of strength, the east coast of

Kent, Basildon, Thurrock, Great Yarmouth, part of Lincolnshire.

There is a strip down the eastern coast of England were UKIP seemed to

have particular popularity, particularly well dug income and I

undoubtedly think they will concentrate there.

Can they build up such a strong local base in those areas within now

less than 12 months? It is a long task building up a

local base. For the main parties, take me

through their challenges. The truth is there is a collective

challenge to the board of all parties. In part, the reason UKIP

are where they are is because of the collector called `` collector

situation the three parties have. What I mean by that is that we have

coalition for the first time. As a result, the Lib Dems are not

available as a party of protest. That undoubtedly is one of the

reasons UKIP have the opportunity they have. The coalition will not

disappear tomorrow. The second big usual thing about Westminster

politics at the moment is that all three party leaders are relatively

unpopular. That is one of the reasons why Nigel Farage's apparent

directness, his ability to hold people's attention is any booing his

party. Those circumstances of the unpopular leaders and a coalition

are not going to disappear, and that is why it will be forgot to get the

UKIP thought Aaron. That said, the Conservatives this morning has said

we will go on about Europe. This is not just about Europe, it is

certainly not about wanting a referendum, it is either wanting to

get out of Europe or a particularly about the consequence of Europe for

immigration in an age of austerity. On the Lib Dems specifically, is it

recoverable? They are in a dire situation and

have been ever since the beginning of this Parliament. They will not

lose all of their seats in the next general election but they could

easily lose half of them. John Curtice, thank you for those

thoughts. Let us get away from Westminster for

a while because Graham Satchel is in Worksop, part of the East Midlands

region where UKIP got the most votes, the Conservatives in second.

Thank you. We are at a car`boot sale here near Worksop in North

Nottinghamshire. It is a beautiful day, a lot of people out and about.

UKIP did very well here in the East Midlands, they topped the poll and

have come away with two MEPs. have come away with two MEPs.

The Tories, also have two, and Labour have one.

UKIP are up one on five years ago. Let us talk to some of the

stallholders here in North Nottinghamshire.

Brian Hugh has a stall with a lot of games and other bits of household

items. Brian, how did you vote? I voted

UKIP. Why? Well, it is different opinions,

isn't it? You were not satisfied with the

other parties? No. Why not?

You cannot really comment on that, can you?

You cannot! But you're not happy with the others?

I have never voted in my life. This is your first time question

mark first time I have voted. And you voted UKIP? Would you vote

them in a general election? I would, yes.

Like you very much, Brian. That is a first`time voters who

voted UKIP because he was disillusioned with the other

parties. Let's talk with Sandra.

Sandra, can I bring you up? Sandra has a stall here as well, how

did you vote? Labour. What did you think about

UKIP coming Top Of The Pops everyone is entitled to their own opinion,

but I feel people moving further that way in respect of immigration,

I have concerns for the local area in general.

Things may overspill. `` everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

What do you mean about overspill? Well, I look around and everyone

seems to speak a foreign`language. I am of the over `` older generation

and I accept that, but if it becomes more I will find that difficult to

live with. So you can see why people have voted

UKIP? Yes, I can see that but I am labour,

always have been, always will. It was my parents that said to me, you

thought what you are, and that is what I have been.

What is interesting, Sandra can is that a lot of people like you in the

Labour heartland have decided enough is enough of a The Mall it `` Ed

Miliband and they want action. Would you vote different in a general

election? Nope, I am Labour.

Lovely, Sandra, thank you very much. We have a by`election not far away

from the next Thursday, in new work, whether it is probably the first big

test for UKIP as far as Westminster is concerned. `` Neawrk `` tempt ``

Newark. You vote? No. You are not alone,

many people did not vote. What do you think would help?

Just to listen to policies that people of this country believe in.

They seem to ignore us. I just think we want it to return back to how

good old Britain was. What does that mean creche and Mark

you are worried about immigration? Yes, I think it worries everyone if

I am honest. Government just seems to ignore...

Yes, they are just ignorant about what people want, I think.

What are you saying, quickly then, that you would like the door shut to

future European immigration? Not essentially shut, but I think

there should be limits on what is going on.

Simon, thank you very much. There you are, Simon did not vote

and he is certainly not alone because two thirds of people in the

end did not vote. For all people saying this is a portable

earthquake, we should perhaps keep that in mind, that one `` only a

third of the electorate bothered to vote.

There you see someone who did not, but still aligning himself with the

philosophy of UKIP. Graham, thank you very much. We are

still waiting for the results to be confirmed in Scotland and also

Northern Ireland. Large areas of England and Wales

turned from conservative blue to UKIP purple overnight.

Those results, we should get them around midday from Scotland, when

the full results are due to be announced around that time, with

UKIP hoping to get their first NEP in Scotland.

Jeremy Langdon has been looking in detail about where the party picked

up ports and what results could mean for next year's election. And

further afield in Europe. As huge election across 28

countries, let us look at the dramatic events in the UK.

This is the map last time in 2009. Under Gordon Brown pinned back to

the north`east year. The Scottish Nationalists are

painting Scotland yellow, but the rest of England is all conservative

plan. 12 regions. Let us mark the map with

the colours it was left after the 2014 European election and how

dramatic is this? UKIP purple all over England, Labour

first in Wales, the north`west and north`east.

Scottish nationalist yellow in Scotland, and Labour are doing very

well in London. The UKIP advance is really quite

extraordinary. If I'm narrow down the map and get it to shore areas

where parties came first by local council, there is quite a lot of

conservative blue here, but when it flashes places, where the party that

was first this time was not first class time, have a look. Second

place, Labour have 20, the Conservatives had 26 last time. The

Green party, in fourth place with three. That was a good night for

them. And catastrophic for the Lib Dem 's, just one. And the others,

nationalists among them. In terms of the share of the vote, these are the

figures. You can see UKIP, 28%. Labour, the London effect lifting

labour. It was touch and go but the Conservatives in third place. The

Greens, 8% and the Lib Dems, only 7% and the others on 8%. Huge advances

for UKIP and Labour not doing as well as they would want and the

Conservatives pushed back but the Lib Dems are the real victims. And

more widely, all over Europe, voters were standing up to make a point to

the establishment. In France, the grey in that we'll shows the

National Front, the hard right party, coming first. And in the

South`East of Europe, Greece. The deep red is a hard left. Across

Europe, we saw traditional parties being punished by outsiders. In

Wales, Labour topped the polls but very narrowly. We should get the

thoughts from there in a moment. The line has just dropped away.

Apologies. The Conservatives had topped the poll last time around and

Wales so a big turnabout in Wales. We will get thoughts there. Jeremy

Vine taking us through the polling and the results in different parts

of Europe. Letters look at the European perspective. With me is

Matt Pearson, who promotes European reform and Peter Wilder. Who is in a

campaign to keep Britain in the EU. Your headline for this? The big

story across Europe is the rise of antiestablishment parties in seven

different countries and the big question is, how can politicians

respond) press ahead with more centralisation or choose a different

path, reform? This is an amazing wake`up call for the established

parties. Instead of cowering in the corner, they should recognise that

this message is antiestablishment and what the British public wants is

clear direction. And all three leaders, they could get that, but

they have been frightened of the press and themselves for too long.

Isn't the message clear, the public do not want the sort of Europe and

structures that you want? Exactly. The unfortunate thing is, David

Cameron and David Miliband and `` Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg agree that

change should happen and those leaders have a very clear choice,

either make change or lose Europe. For decades, peace and prosperity in

Europe, built around these structures. If that is castaway,

what are you left with? I would argue that you could be left with

something far worse than the reform option. A system of nation states

where people are set back several decades. Some people perhaps might

want that. Europe with borders. And I think that would be the worst

option so I think it is essential that we press on with some reforms

and it is interesting to see that some of his founding members,

including in France, have gone this way. Immigration has played so big.

In terms of reforming that, how do you reform that when we have freedom

of movement? We would argue that one way of doing that is to change the

rules around access to benefits because if you look at a lot of

these parties, one of the points are making is they come here... Is that

a red herring? There might be people who come here for benefits but the

majority of people come for jobs and although sorts of reasons,

legitimately? I would argue that on the whole, free movement has been

beneficial for the UK and other countries but this is about ensuring

voters have confidence in the political system and showing voters

we have transparent and sensible rose around access to benefits. That

is an easy way to take away some of the oxygen from the stronger

anti`immigration parties. You talk about trade and all of these reasons

to be in the EU. Is the problem that am actually, a lot of people are not

listening to that? They have trained eye to those thoughts because

immigration is so big? `` trimmed out. People want firm direction,

they want Britain to be powerful in Europe and the world and that is

like Nigel Farage appeals, he has a clear message. `` that is why. 75

percentage people here think we have zero influence in Europe and people

think this country has been ganged up upon. The German and the French

run the show. Nothing could be further from the truth and it is up

to Westminster to make the case for British leadership clearly. After

these results, how can this country be viewed by all of those countries

and Brussels? This is not just a British phenomenon, this is across

Europe. What has to happen is a member states who want to move

Europe into a period of change with jobs and growth, they simply have to

get around the table and say, the British have a plan, we have signed

up to this plan, let us do it. In terms of David Cameron, his strategy

has been laid out, negotiate, and more powers back, do these results,

do they make it harder or easier for him in that discussion? It is a

double`edged sword. On the one hand, of course, this might serve as a

welcome Ashbury wake`up call to leaders. If you give voters a choice

between no Europe or more, they will choose no Europe. `` wake`up call.

On the other hand, the European Parliament itself might actually be

more centralised because the main groups in the Parliament that tends

to put the same have a strong incentive to gang up and freeze out

the other contingent and the parliament will have a strong say

over some of these items in the reform agenda. I disagree. The

Parliament looks in on itself, it is a longer left versus right, it is in

and out, it has no particular power or leadership to stage a member

states, listen to us. It will not be an obstacle change because the

member states need the change to happen. Thank you both very much for

joining us. We have run out of time. Plenty more in the coming minutes.

Let's return to the studio. Thank you very much. The Pope has paid the

Holocaust memorial site a visit. He spoke of the boundless tragedy of

the Holocaust, describing it is as an unfathomable abyss. He travelled

there and kissed the hands of solid cost `` Holocaust survivors in the

hall of remembrance. As you can see. He said, never again, Lord. We will

have full coverage of this continuing visit, he has invited

both sides of the conflict to the Vatican and they have so far given

it positive response to that. More later on that. Pfizer is expected to

make a statement today admitting defeat in the attempted takeover

AstraZeneca. The latest offer was rejected by AstraZeneca's board and

Pfizer has until 5pm to make a better offer or withdraw. Current

rules say that public can try again after six months. Let's get the

weather forecast. Carol is on the balcony.

As they go through today, we're looking at a mixture of bright

spells, sunshine and showers. The weekend that we get headers looking

unsettled, breezy and it will feel cool but for some others, there will

be sunny spells as well. Through the course of the early part of today,

we have seen rain coming in, across the English Channel, particularly

heavy towards the West and we have had a plethora of showers and they

will continue through the day. In between, lovely blue skies. Low

pressure in charge and through the latter part of today and

pressure in charge and through the latter part tonight and tomorrow,

this weather front is coming our way, ringing heavy rain. This

morning, we still have showers, some merging to give longer spells of

rain and still showers towards the West and in between, bright skies

meaning high cloud and also some sunny spells also. They could be

potent, particularly afternoon across Northern Ireland,

where they could be thundery. Thundery showers for Scotland, not

as heavy as yesterday in Edinburgh and sunshine in between. Northern

England, Cumbria will see sunshine but for the rest, lots of cloud

around and though showers. East Anglia, Essex and Kent, some

sunshine through the afternoon again but we can also see showers and in

the Midlands, some could be quite heavy. For the South`West, bright

spells and sunny skies, one or two showers affecting parts of Wales but

a lot of dry weather with sunny intervals. Overnight, lots of

showers will drift towards the West and they will be replaced in the

East by this next system coming from the continent and that will bring

heavy rain. East Anglia and Leicestershire and Lincolnshire and

South Yorkshire. That will be with us tomorrow and we will also drag in

this onshore wind so it will feel particularly cold on the East Coast

but inland, the wind will also be brisk. And still, some scattered

showers towards the West. And in between, some bright spells and

sunny intervals. As we move into Wednesday, more of the same, rain

piling in from the East, moving into Northern Lincolnshire and southern

Scotland and possibly West of Scotland as well. Still onshore

winds and for the North of Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland and

Wales and towards the South`West, we will see something Emma Dreier. At

least we can keep right up to date online. `` something Dreier.

National. This is BBC News live from

Westminster where for the first time since 1910, nuclear Labour nor the

Conservatives have won a national election.

`` neither Labour nor the Conservatives. The UK Independence

Party emerges as the major winner in the European electionings, topping

the poll with almost 28% of the vote.

My dream's become a reality and, despite the onslaught we face over

the last few weeks as if the whole world was against us, the British

public have stood firm, backed UKIP and we've won a national election.

The challenge is now for my party to demonstrate that we have the plan to

deliver that change, to renegotiate Britain's place in Europe to get a

debt b better deal for Britain, then to put the choice to the British

people in an in`out referendum before the end of 2017.

The biggest losers failing to hold on to all but one of their seats,

the Liberal Democrats. We have taken the unpopular side of

an argument and we have been punished. I would do it all over

again. Labour fails to break through in key battle grounds, but narrowly

beat the Conservatives with 25% of the vote.

Across the rest of Europe, Euro`Sceptic and antiestablishment

parties make big gains In France, a platical earthquake,

the first time the Front National of Marine Le Pen has won a national

vote and they take fist place in 70% of departments around the country.

We'll bring you the latest reaction and developments live as they happen

throughout the day. The other headlines: Pope Francis

visits Israel's Holocaust memorial on the third and final day of his

Middle East tour. And in Ukraine, billionaire

confectionary magistrate e`Mr Porochenko looks to have won the

first election. Good morning and welcome live from

Westminster as the politicians here take stock of last night's dramatic

European election results. The UK Independence Party's emphatic

victory in the European elections, well, it's sent a jolt through the

other political parties with results from Northern Ireland and Scotland

still to come in. Nigel Farage's UKIP's won 23 seats so far

increasing its presence in the European Parliament by ten MEPs.

Those gains have come largely at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who

lost all by one of their seats. The Conservatives lost seven seats

in Brussels, whilst the Labour Party has gained the same amount following

its result last time around. In 2009, the Conservatives held the

biggest share of the vote. Now UKIP dominates. Earlier, the party's

Deputy Leader said the result shows support for UKIP could no longer be

dismissed as a protest vote. Here is our Political Correspondent, Ross

Hawkins. It looked good for UKIP last night,

toasting the results with champagne in mugs and after having beaten

their rivals nationwide, it looked better to their leader this morning.

My dream's become a reality. Despite the onslaught, as if the whole world

was against us, the British politic have stood firm, they have backed

UKIP and we have won a national election. I'm over the moon.

It went wrong because there's a very febrile anti`European atmosphere in

this country at the moment. There's a general disaffection with politics

and politicians. More votes and more MEPs for Labour, they beat the

Conservatives but only just and everyone's wondering how UKIP did so

well. This isn't really about Europe. We

know that there was a huge amount of discontent, both with the economy

really coming after the 2008`09 crash and with politics generally.

For the Conservatives, in third place, similar questions.

I think the results show a clear message which is people are deeply

the disillusioned with the European Union, with the way that it's

working for Britain and they want change, the challenge is now for my

party to demonstrate that we have the plan to deliver that change.

There were scuffles as the BNP arrived at Manchester Town Hall, but

Nick Griffin had already been beaten by the voters. The big picture

though, a UKIP triumph. The question is whether we'll see more of this at

the general election. Joining me here at Westminster is

Labour's Shadow Business Secretary, Chuka Umunna, thank you very much

for your time. There was another poor showing wasn't it, defeated but

UKIP and only marginally ahead of the Conservatives? I couldn't agree

more. In this election, just passed, we got more than 25% of the vote, 20

MEPs compared to 13. We are waiting for the final results. We expect

around 20. That's coming off the back of a very solid performance in

the local elections. Is that Be` complacent, given where you were in

2009 with Gordon Brown, only just ahead of the Conservatives, as the

main opposition party behind UKIP? Let's not forget, we haven't won a

European election in over 20 years and that that includes during the

premiership and leadership of Tony Blair when we got two landslide

victories and a third general election victory. What happens in

the European elections isn't necessarily indicative of what

happens in a general election, of course. You will remember William

Hague won the European elections in 1999 but went down to a landslide

defeat in 2001. What we have seen is a good, solid performance, does that

mean that the general election is in the bag next year? Absolutely not.

We have got to keep building on the success and winning back more

support. Sure. In terms of the local election result, you saw us putting

on seats in the crucial marginal constituency seats. But there is a

theme with UKIP isn't there, affecting all of the main parties,

but is your colleague Jon Mann right that you made an error, you didn't

take them on strongly enough? I don't agree with that. What I think

you will see, going into the general election, UKIP have stated they want

to get 20 seat at the general election, is that there'll be more

scrutiny of their policies. Nigel Farage has been saying this is

beyond... I'm talking ability you, Labour? But it comes to us because

this is about policy, how it's going to affect your viewers' lives, is it

going to affect them. But I'm asking how you plan to get the voters back.

Is Ed Balls right when he says that you need to be clearer, talk more

about immigration? We have been talking about immigration. He's

talking about... Saying he'll toughen up on border control, we'll

ensure people are counted in and out, he'll stop the exploitation of

workers which is bad for migrant Labour because they get exploited,

it's bad for Labour in this country because they get undercut. He's

going to do things about that. All of the parties have been losing

support to UKIP, but what UKIP has become is a repository for people's

anger within the economy and the political system. I wouldn't deny,

by the why there are people who vote UKIP because they believe they have

got strong views on the European Union, but above and beyond, it's

about people's discontent. You are slightly guessing, but I wonder if

you have got a credibility problem in terms of what you did on

immigration whilst you were in Government because, as you touched

upon it, you have got a lot of policies that perhaps working class

people would support the minimum wadge for example, zero hour

contract, rent, all those thing, yet you are losing those people towel

kip. That is a problem vsmt people tuned you out because they don't

trust you on immigration `` people to UKIP. That is the problem. If you

looked at Labour's vote between 1997 and 2005, we lost four to five

million vote, including in heartland areas. Part of the problem was that

the massive explosion in globalisation, technological change

passed many communities by. If we say for example got rid of the

Eastern European immigrants, pulled out the EU as UKIP suggests, would

it solve the problem that so many of our businesses... Nigel Farage is

right though, if you stay within the EU, you cannot control legitimate

immigration? That is the problem isn't it? That's not right. There

was a habitual residents test which you have to be able to comply with

to claim benefits, you have to be able to show that you can work here

for example. What I'm saying is, if all those Eastern Europeans that he

talks about often in very unfavourable ways and nasty horrible

terms, if they left our country, would the businesses be able to

recruit people with the skills they need, no, because we need to sort

out the skills system, to get more engineering and technical skills for

young people and apprenticeships. UKIP in a way are subject to a test

that we are not subject to. UKIP say to people, you are angry, we are

angry too and that builds support. The job for prospective parties of

Government is to come up with solutions and I want your viewers,

their children who're watching this programme, I want to ensure they

have got the right skills that our businesses need. That the solution.

Sure but you are only 12 months out from an election. Why aren't you

doing better? Do you think part of the reason is, Graham Stringer was

critical of the strategy and the way the leadership's been directing the

party and communicating with the public, do you have an Ed Miliband

problem? I don't accept the picture you are painting. I've got lots of

respect for Graham but let's not forget in May 2010, if you asked

people whether Labour could be a one`term opposition, they would have

laughed at you. People are seriously considering us as a proposition for

Government next year now. We put on around 2,000 councillors before we

went in. Sure, you made that point. Address the point about Ed Miliband

because... I don't think... YouGov were saying they done polling, 56%

of people saying they think he looks and sounds a bit weird. Poll goes up

and down. What matters is. He's at the lowest in terms of possible

ratings. Is that part of the problem? Yes.

I will talk to you about how we put on 10% more. I talked to you about

how we have dealt with things we need to do. I'm asking why you are

not further ahead in the polls in two sets of elections after four

years of austerity and I'm asking you is it to do partly with your

leader? No, it's not. I ask you to remember, we went down to the second

worst defeat in 2010 and we have sought to rebuild. That's what we

have done. Approached this with humility in light of the big defeat

we went down to in 2010. Safe in the knowledge that we have got to do

even better than already to win next year. You will have pored over the

weekend papers and seen your name mentioned as a possible successor to

Ed Miliband, does that interest you? Not at all. I backed his leadership

campaign before anybody thought he could become the leader of the

Labour Party because I thought he was the one who was best qualified

to become Prime Minister. That is still the case and any talk of soap

opera nonsense that you get around this place is totally

self`indulgent. What everybody is focussed on in the Labour Party is

ensuring that we have Ed Miliband as our Prime Minister this time in next

year to deliver a better tomorrow for your viewers. They've for your

time here on BBC News. `` thank you very much for your time here on BBC

News. We'll wait to hear from Nick Clegg. Still haven't heard from him.

We heard from Tim Farron through the night in terms of their reaction to

the devastating results for the Liberal Democrats, but the Prime

Minister has been speaking in the last hour or so, and David Cameron

said that people are deeply disillusioned with the EU. Let us

hear that. I think the results show a very

clear message which is people are deeply disillusioned with the

European Union, the way that it's working and working for Britain and

they want change. The challenge is now for my party to demonstrate that

we have the plan to deliver that change, to renegotiate Britain's

place in Europe, to get a better deal for Britain, to change Europe

and then to put the choice to the British people in an in`out

referendum before the end of 2017. That is what we'll do and the real

test for that plan will come at the next general election. There are

people saying that people voting for UKIP aren't necessarily just

interested in Europe and that this is a kicking of the major parties,

on the other hand perhaps you are completely out of touch on the

issues that people really care about? Well, people use elections

like this to send messages to the Government and the message on Europe

I absolutely receive and understand which is people want change in

Europe. Of course after a long and difficult recession, people do have

other things they are frustrated about. Them to see more jobs, they

want to see higher living standards and see us complete our long`term

economic plan and I see that as a demand for us to deliver and we've

got to demonstrate that tackling immigration, reforming welfare,

getting Britain's place right in Europe, all of these things are part

of our long`term economic plan that has seen an increase in the number

of people in work, taxes cut, the deficit down, but there's a lot more

to do. How do you feel about UKIP now? I know you are sticking to the

line that really a vote next year is just for a Conservative Government.

But realistically, isn't a pact a good idea?

I believe we can win the next election outright and we should put

in front of people our message which is let's complete the long`term

economic plan which is turning this country around. So we can win that

election, we are going to have to work harder, do more and convince

more people and that is what I'll be spending my time doing this next 350

days. One question about Nick Clegg. He's looking vulnerable. He is your

Deputy Prime Minister. days. One question about Nick Clegg.

He's looking vulnerable. He Where does in all leave the coalition,

especially if he goes? Well, the coal six a sfroning Government

that's delivering for Britain, particularly in terms of turning

round our economy, getting people back to work, cutting tacks. That

work will continue. People will be in no doubt, or should be in no

doubt that we have a strong, determined Government with a clear

plan and that plan continues. A coalition without Nick Clegg, how

does that work though? Look, the Liberal Democrats, that's for them

to decide themselves, I'm very clear, we have a strong coalition

Government that is effectively changing our country, putting people

back to work, cutting people eats taxes, getting the deficit down, we

have a very clear plan. My job as Prime Minister is to stick to and

deliver that plan. That's what I'll be working flat out doing over the

next 350 days. The full Scottish result will be

known until lunchtime, as no counting is permitted

in the Western Isles on a Sunday. As it stands UKIP is on course to

win its first Scottish while the SNP Significant, because when you look

across the whole of the country, there is likely to be in UKIP

presence. That is right. You cannot talk about a political earthquake in

Scotland, because UKIP support is nowhere near what it is in other

parts of the UK, but you could certainly say, Andy suggested, that

it looks as though UKIP will have representation in Scotland as well

as the rest of the UK, and that is a bit of a surprise for the

established parties in Scotland. One of the big pictures before polling

day last week was, vote for us to keep UKIP out of Scotland, and that

appeal has failed to some extent and means that the SNP has some

explaining to do as to how it is that this right`wing party seems to

have gained some significance in a part of the UK and Scotland which is

generally seen as being more left`wing than the rest of the

country. People cannot have voted without

thinking about the referendum, that is not that far away. Is there

anything from these sets of results in the way people have voted that

will perhaps any of the parties would be looking at them and

thinking, idea like the way that has gone? If you look at the governing

party in Scotland, their votes has held up, 29%, as it was more or less

in 2009, so there is some comfort for them there. Labour's that has

gone up and the Tory's that has gone up marginally. The Liberal Democrats

are in sixth place below the Green Party and UKIP. To some extent,

people's votes will have been polarized if they are thinking about

the vote in the `` referendum in September. If they `` it is very

difficult to extrapolate, because you cannot say that if you are

voting SNP if you are in favour of independence, but all of the main

parties will take some comfort from the fact that there votes have held

up generally, apart from the Lib Dems, since 2009.

In Wales, Labour narrowly came top in the polls,

In terms of the story from Wales, the Tories won last time around in

2009, so a big turnaround. It is a curious mix of all change, and as

the shutter and the four Welsh seats in the European Parliament remained

in the hands of Labour and UKIP. That is `` but look beyond that and

there are have been some very big indeed in the number of votes, the

share of the votes that each of those four parties have had. In

2009, the Conservatives topped the poll, and this time it is Labour, no

surprise there, very much in line with what the opinion polls were

suggesting. But Labour has fallen considerably short of the number of

votes it needed to win two seats in the European Parliament for Wales,

that is the gold that was set, and they have not reached that. By

contrast, UKIP are delighted, because they came second in Wales,

just a whisker behind Labour, 0.6% of the vote, in fact. Throughout the

campaign, UKIP had been saying they thought they had a chance of topping

the poll in Wales. They very nearly did do that. 4500 votes short of

what Labour had tallied. In 2009, UKIP had surprised even themselves,

I think, by winning a seat in Wales, a contrast with last night

where they came ahead of the Conservatives comfortably. The

Conservatives have slipped back from 2009, in which they topped the polls

in Wales, the first time in a very long time, the first time since 1918

that Labour had not topped the poll. There were some polls suggesting

that one party was in danger of losing its seat in the European

element. Jill Evans is the party's and she been since 1999 and she is

going to keep her seat. The `` the party's MEP. Things have really been

shaken up. Let's have a look at a European story that's emerged. Let's

look in`depth at what across Europe. Let's had to Brussels. An emergency

cabinet meeting this morning. Yes, big shock in the UK and in France,

where the national front is shaking things up for stop the president's

own front has had its worst showing ever in European elections. But

don't know if you can see behind me, the this is the up`to`date results

here at the European Parliament. They are showing that the two big

blocks, 214 on the right, 189 on the left, they are all pro`integration

with the EU, and they are going to control the European Parliament. One

insider said to me this morning that there might be a grand coalition

that seeks to deepen the powers of the EU even further. We are not

quite sure how much influence the insurgents can wield here, but they

are certainly going to try to be disruptive. A first for the national

front. One in four of the votes cast in France went to the

anti`immigrant, far right party, a huge jump in support. The party's

leader said that the sovereign people had spoken loudly and wanted

to be masters of their own destiny. It was a vote against the unpopular

socialist president but also against EU membership as well. The NT way

macro Danish party `` when MEP meteor, they will be critical of...

The mainstream centre`right and centerleft parties will have a voice

here, but there will be a disruptive block of dissent.

And they don't just come from the right. In Greece, a radical left

party topped the poll. The country has been hardest hit by the

austerity and one by opposing the cuts. The far right old and on came

the third, winning MEP for the first time. There has been a backlash

against Europe and immigration and it is the front national's win in

France and the wind of UKIP in Britain that define this election.

Let's go to France now, to our correspondent in Paris. An upsurge

of anger against the establishment. How has the establishment reacted?

Some gloomy faces around the establishment this morning. Good

morning from Paris. You might agonize that big thing behind me.

This was the scene of a massacre during the Revolution, and some

might see a massacre in these figures for the two mainstream

parties. There have been some revolutionary ideas about the way

the French feel about Europe at the moment. It is not just a regional

result, it is right across the country, they finished top, 17%

around the country, and they have taken the bulk of the working`class

vote and 30% of the votes of people who are under 35. Let's have a

closer look at these figures and how they break down. 25.41% of the vote,

a huge surge for the front national. They had just three seats

in the European Parliament and now they will have between 23 and 25.

The party of the former president Nicolas Sarkozy went down to 20%.

They have lost between eight and ten seats. Just look at the socialists.

A lamentable performance. A real crisis mode within the Socialist

Party at the moment. They have lost between three and four seats. A

crisis meeting of the cabinet this meet `` morning. The headline coming

out of that is they are going to try and cut taxes for middle and lower

income families. How they are going to do that, goodness only knows.

They are under pressure from Brussels to cut this deficit that

they have here in France. Lots of things to think about. Prices on the

left and right. `` crises. Immigration will be looked at, and

to think what you will get in that Parliament building behind you is a

block of French parliamentarians who really want reform, not just the

national front, but the UNP as well, and they are going to what answers

in the months ahead. We are about to move to Berlin, but let me show you

what is happening behind us. This is the leadership of one of the big

parties, the party of European Socialists, and they are talking

about what they do next, they are talking about growth, the need to

make themselves relevant economically. We are going to take

you to Berlin, where our correspondent has been watching the

results. It was not the insurgent earthquake, but it was an

interesting alternative. Not an earthquake but certainly a

tremor, something for Chancellor Merkel to think about. And in the

euro party got 70% of the votes, and that gets it into the political

system, if you like, so there is a strong view that the euro has had

its day. The majority parties remain. The voice is now in there.

What does it mean for Britain? If the debate in Germany was two years

ago, about how much power should go from Berlin to Brussels, in other

words, an assumption that the movement was all in that direction,

the presence of alternative for Deutsche land Dean's that will slow

at that the `` means that will slow that process up. Angela Merkel knows

there is skepticism about integration and that might make her

more amenable to phone calls from David Cameron to do something about

that process. On top of that, because of a change in the rules

here, we have got a whole host of very small parties, all getting one

seat. The far right have got one seat, some call them neo`Nazis, but

they deny that, but they are certainly extreme right and they

will have one seat. A party called the party, it gets one seat. The

German contribution to the parliaments will be very mixed and

very different ends very much harder to predict in its behaviour.

Just briefly, you have talked about the way that Angela Merkel might be

speaking with David Cameron, but you also have to think about the Franco

German access at the heart of the European Union, and the French

people are saying they would like to pull back.

The one thing that comes from the governing party this year is, this

morning, is dismayed about the situation in France, and I thing

that will make Angela Merkel think, we really do need prison within the

European Union, and also, how do we get this position of the euro back

when there is this jaundiced view across the whole of the continent,

this you that something has gone out later on, that's the direction has

been a bit too fast in the wrong direction.

Thank you very much. Just referring to what is happening behind me, what

is being said by the party of European Socialists, is that their

candidate for the president of the European Commission is a centerleft

candidate and they want him to get that position that we have heard

only a few minutes and the candidate on the centre`right says, it is my

turn. There is haggling for the top jobs that could help design the

weight Europe goes over the next five years.

Thank you very much. Plenty more from around Europe and the major

capitals in the next few moments. Ed Miliband giving his reaction to last

night's results. Labour made good progress pushing the Tories into

third place for the first time ever in a national election.

But I think what last night also reflects, including among those who

voted for UKIP, is a desire for Europe to work better for Britain

and also a deep sense of discontent with the way this country is run and

the way our economy works. I'm absolutely determined over the next

year to show people that Labour can bring the change.

Doesn't this tell you though it's time to think about offering the

British public a referendum? We set our orposition for the election on

the referendum. We'll have one if there's any transfer of power to the

European Union. But I think these results go much deeper than what's

happening in Europe. I think there are a lot about what's happening in

Britain and that people think Britain doesn't work for them and

our economy doesn't work for them. My priority as Prime Minister will

be to tackle that and show we can tackle the big issues people worry

about in this country. When you look at the turnout, you could say the

winner was apathy, followed by Euro`Scepticism, people don't just

want a referendum on power, but they want one on whether to be in Europe?

I think you are right about the turnout. It's true that two thirds

of people didn't vote. I think that's a sign that there is huge

discontent with the political process and indeed all the party's

standings from those that didn't vote. Our task is to show people

that whether it's about their son or daughter getting a job, the

cost`of`living crisis, the NHS, so many of the issues they are worried

about that people talk to me around the country about, we cannance that

call for change. It's all about changing Britain, that's what the

Labour could would do `` can answer that call for change.

There were people saying that you should have done better in the

European elections. Do you take responsibility We won the local

election, beat the Tories in the European elections, we were making

gains in some of the key seats that we need to win for the general

election. So these elections show Labour make program gross. We have

got further to go and I'm absolutely determined we do that. Could you

have done better and should you have? I think we did well from a

party that in 2010 got one of its worst shares of the vote ever in an

election. Labour is a party over the last few years that has been making

progress. There's further to go but I believe we are in a position where

we can win the general election. Are you election.` really on track for

that though? The European elections and local election results don't put

you in a strong enough position for a majority in Westminster next year.

I think if you look in detail at what the results were in those local

elections, you see that in lots of the key areas that we need to win

right across Britain, they have been really important target seats.

Labour was winning those key seats, if you look at the votes that were

cast. I think that is a sign that Labour can win the general election,

we have got further to go, but I'm determined that we do win.

When you look at the big picture, the results show an electorate that

in many ways is moving to the right. You are at the Head of A party which

is in some ways moving to the left. Aren't you going the wrong way? I

don't see it that way. I see deep discontent, a sense that it hasn't

worked for people for some time now. People are asking whether any

politician can turn it around. We are a party that says Britain

does need to change, unlike the Conservatives who say everything's

fixed and getting better. Our job over the next year is to show people

that we can bring the change we need. We have convinced some people

of that, we need to convince more of that. That's what I'm going to do.

You seem to have done well in London in the sets of elections. You seem

to be in tune with the country here, but less so beyond the capital.

London in some ways save you from coming third in the European

elections. Do you worry about how well you are

doing outside London? It's a varying picture across the UK, as you saw at

the local elections and the European elections last night. All I snow

that across the country, people asking a similar question. They are

asking questions about the future for their kids and whether they can

make ends meet. They are asking about whether this

country over a long period of time, why their hard work isn't being

rewarded by life getting better. It's those questions that people

were asking, and it's those fundamental questions that need to

be answered and that's what I believe Labour will do.

Finally, this has been an astonishing result for UKIP, topping

a national pole without having a single MP. Would you like to

congratulate Nige feel Raj? Of course I will congratulate him on

winning the elections. I think the questions that will be asked about

UKIP in the year ahead towards the general election is where they stand

on some of the major issues that will be decided in a general

election, where they stand on taxation and spending and the

National Health Service, those questions will be asked of UKIP. But

I think the task for Labour is to understand lessons of the elections

and show that we can answer that desire for change. Many people

voting for UKIP will say we are discontent with the way the country

works and we are asking whether politics can answer that. I intend

to show we can. Thank you very much.

Ed Miliband there with his reaction to the results, saying there was

deep discontent within the country. Our job, he said, is to show people

we can bring the change. He was asked about the referendum position,

no change in that position. We heard Graeme Stringer earlier urging him

to trust the people. He said there would be no referendum unless there

was a transfer of power. He was asked should he have done

better and he made the point there's further to go, they are making

progress he thought and he said they could still win the general

election. Those the headline thoughts from the Labour leader.

We'll have more from here in the coming minutes.

Let's catch up with the weather. Boar Thank you. A contrast in

weather conditions this Bank Holiday Monday. Northern areas seeing

sunshine. Many areas will be unsettled with

rain at times, breezy in the east. The best of the conditions will be

across the extreme north and west of the UK. You have the rain across

central southern areas into the south`east. Heavy bursts mixed in,

but gradually it will fragment. Sunshine developing to spark off

heavy showers, there are certainly some across Scotland and Northern

Ireland, into the south`west, some thundery and slow`moving too.

Tonight, a few showers still around, but the focus will be the rain

moving in off the near continue tent into the counties.

Breezy and cool down the East Coast. In the sunshine further west, it

will feel warm with a top temperature of 18.

We are taking stock of those We are taking stock of those

European elections results And analysing what it mean force the

main parties. We'll have reaction from across Europe in a moment, but

if you are just joining us, welcome, we'll take you through.

Nige feel Raj #15ied the dream has become a reality.

Startling performance from UKIP in the European elections.

23 MEPs with a 27% share of the vote. He said that was the most

extraordinary result in British politics for 100 years. Now, the

Liberal Democrats, they have faced almost wipe out, only winning one

MEP, they have been pushed into fifth. Labour have made gains, only

just ahead to the vote share of the Conservatives.

UKIP making a gain of 10 MEPs in those seats that they have won. So

those the results in so far. Still waiting for the results in the

Northern Ireland and in Scotland. In Scotland we expect the results to

come in around lunch time. Let's get the thoughts of Norman Smith and

Norman, what is your analysis of the results we have had?

Well, a huge, huge triumph, very obviously, for UKIP who now say they

believe they are on course for seats at the general election and may even

hold the balance of power. Whether it's an earthquake, we'll

have to see, but the tea cups are rattling and the ground is shaking.

Let's be honest, this is not a general election.

Half of UKIP's supporters say they'll stick with them at the

general election. That means their support goes down to 14% which makes

it harder to win seats at a general election and we know his forically

the first`past`the`post system is there, on top of which they are

going to have to talk about other policies. They can't keep going on

about Europe or immigration. policies. They can't keep going on

about Europe They are going to have to come forward with issues on the

NHS and the economy. That means they'll be far more open.

Many Farage has already indicate head knows he cannot go on as a

one`man band. But they are going to have to develop a broader range of

credible, individuals, so there's still an awfully long way for you

dip go. `` UKIP to go. Be in no doubt, they have caused three main

parties huge disquiet and unease as they ponder what on earth they do

and how they respond to the UKIP challenge. We have heard some of

that. We listened to Ed Miliband, we have heard the Prime Minister

earlier and we are waiting to hear from Nick Clegg after almost wipe

out in these elections on top of what happened on Friday. Is it

survivalable for him? `` survivable for him? I think things are perhaps

more ominous for him than those around him appear to appreciate.

Over the past few hours, we have heard from the party, like Paddy

Ashdown and Tim Farron rallying round. It seems there is much more

significant discontent and I've learned that the Liberal Democrat

Parliamentary candidate, Helen Flynn, standing in the target seat

of Harrogate, she's also added her voice to those calling on Nick Clegg

to stand down. We have had three Lib Dem Parliamentary candidates who've

gone public with demands for her to break ranks. Why I say it's more

serious for Nick Clegg than he might realise is this is not an accident,

there is a degree of coordination going on here and through the day, I

expect we'll see other Liberal Democrats breaking cover to votes

their view that the reason the Liberal Democrats did so badly last

night and in the locals was very largely because of Nick Clegg who's

toxic. They regard him as a leader who must take responsibility and

accountability for last night's results and my sense is that we will

see a carefully collaborated attempt to crank up the pressure on him.

Will we see MPs coming forward to demand he goes? We may. I'm being

told we should expect others to break cover. That suggests to me

that there is now a view, certain think grass roots, maybe in sections

of the Parliamentary party, that it's time for Nick Clegg to go.

That's very interesting. We'll watch that through the course of the day.

Norman Smith at headquarters, thank you very much for now. Let's get the

thoughts of Natalie Bennett, the leader of the Green in England and

Wales who is with me now. You made a gain last night. We did indeed. I'm

very pleased that we have elected the south`west. This is a great gain

and a step forward for us and we are seeing Green Party member numbers

grow fast. We have a positive message from last night. Is that

something you anticipated, to push the Liberal Democrats into fifth?

That is what we were hearing. There was deep satisfaction as the vote

shows. We are offering a positive change in

a Society of Politics that workforce a common good, not just for the good

of some. The UKIP vote will force the other main parties to change, is

it not? The signs are encouraging. What they have been doing up to now

is chasing after UKIP on issues ranging from immigration to climate

change. They have been trying to out UKIP. We say we have to stand up to

UKIP. The free movement of people in the European Union, for example, is

a good thing, to be celebrate and they climate change is here, a

reality and we need to act. That makes you, on the first point

certainly, out of kilter with the vast swathe to have public that

voted. You've saw how they voted yesterday? I think we have to look

at what this vote was. It was a vote against things and a vote being

driven by fear. How do you know that? Well... People might have

looked at the literature, listened to the policies and thought, I like

the sound of that? Mr Farage doesn't have any policies, but we hear on

the doorstep saying I'm voting you dip give Labour a kicking. If you

look at the statistics, the in`out referendum, people said they wanted

to stay in Europe, 37% were against `` I'm voting UKIP to give Labour a

kicking. A quick question of how you think

the results and what happens in Brussels and Strasbourg, how you

think it will work there now. You have a lot of antiestablishment

representation there, people who almost want to bring the thing down?

Yes. So what do you think the effect of that is going to be in terms of

how the whole system works? I think that's going to be difficult. It's a

problem and Beale there as Greens fighting on the proposal of US free

trade deal and fighting to protect and improve environmental standards.

I think what we are looking at is potentially creative chaos, just as

if the Scots vote yes in the referendum, we are in a period of

rapid, massive change that. Opens possibilities up `` that opens up

lots of possibilities. Do you think things will slow down in the

European Parliament? Let's have a look at how there has

been a big vote for the establishment parties of the right.

Let's jump around and see how those have gone in countries. Let's see

what our correspondent in Athens has to say. What has the reaction been?

It is very much the anti`austerity parties that have done well here in

Greece, unsurprisingly considering that Greek people have been feeling

the pain of austerity perhaps more than most. We have the left`wing

party which has done particularly well, top of the polls in the

European elections. It now has six MEPs, and its whole message has been

about fighting austerity, and its leader has said that this proves

that the people of Greece want a change and they want to push for

early elections, and he will be meeting with the President of Greece

sometime this lunchtime to discuss the possibility of that. It is not

clear whether he will get what he is after. The Prime Minister, of new

democracy, which came second, does not want there to be early elections

in Greece, and we have been hearing in local media that he is likely to

have a reshuffle sometime this week in response to these results. On the

other side of the political spectrum we have Golden Dawn, who are seen in

Greece as being a neo`Nazi party, but they are denying that. Their

leader and some of the other politicians and the party are in

jail and are being accused of being a criminal organisation. The

political `` people have voted for them and they now have three MEP in

the European Parliament and they are seen as being so right wing that

even Marine Le Pen in France has said she would not want to work with

them, so you certainly have both sides of the political spectrum here

in Greece getting votes from people who have been feeling the pain of

austerity and have been expressing that through the polls. Now we will

see what is going on there. Poland see what is going on there. Poland

is questioning itself, however in the European figure, just how he

could get enough votes to send for MEP to Parliament. He is hugely

controversial in this country. He is a self`proclaimed monarchist and

thinks democracy is stupid. He has said that women are less intelligent

than men so they should not be allowed to vote. There is really no

outright winner in this country and stop the centre`right governing

party is tied practically neck and neck with the Conservative

opposition party. There is barely a percentage points between them and