:00:21. > :00:22.Hello and welcome to The Election Wrap -
:00:23. > :00:28.our guide to all the election news of the day.
:00:29. > :00:30.The Conservatives' election expenses scandal returns -
:00:31. > :00:32.Craig Mackinlay, who beat Nigel Farage in South Thanet last
:00:33. > :00:41.time round, is charged with overspending in his 2015 campaign.
:00:42. > :00:44.She'll be there this time - and so will he.
:00:45. > :00:47.Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn slug it out tonight in a BBC
:00:48. > :00:50.Those two might not be going head-to-head tonight,
:00:51. > :00:52.but our guests tonight will - Anne McElvoy from the Economist,
:00:53. > :00:57.and political reporter for the Guardian, Jessica Elgot.
:00:58. > :00:59.Now, it's gone this way and that in recent elections,
:01:00. > :01:02.but who will take the marginal swing seat of Enfield North this time?
:01:03. > :01:05.And talking the talk, and walking the walk -
:01:06. > :01:07.we're on the campaign trail with CBBC's Hacker T Dog -
:01:08. > :01:11.Here I am, Hacker the dog, at Downing Street.
:01:12. > :01:15.But look who's here, Cocker - it's my first constituent.
:01:16. > :01:23.And talking the talk, and walking the walk -
:01:24. > :01:26.we're on the campaign trail with CBBC's Hacker T Dog -
:01:27. > :01:36.We should have invited him here to join us!
:01:37. > :01:38.Let's bring you up to date with the latest developments
:01:39. > :01:41.Police charge the Conservative candidate for South Thanet,
:01:42. > :01:43.Craig Mackinlay, over an alleged breach of election spending
:01:44. > :01:48.Well, the Conservative Party continues to believe that these
:01:49. > :01:50.allegations are unfounded - he's innocent until proven gulity
:01:51. > :02:01.Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage, who lost to Craig MacKinlay
:02:02. > :02:03.in South Thanet in 2015, says he's baffled by
:02:04. > :02:06.Once again, it is bad judgment from Theresa May.
:02:07. > :02:10.Why on earth would you allow someone to go ahead as a general election
:02:11. > :02:20.candidate when this cloud was clearly hanging over him?
:02:21. > :02:22.The reaction to Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate
:02:23. > :02:25.change accord sparks a political row here - opponents attack
:02:26. > :02:27.the Prime Minister for not joining other European leaders
:02:28. > :02:34.Given the chance to present a united front for our international
:02:35. > :02:37.partners, she has instead opted for silent, and once again,
:02:38. > :02:40.It's a dereliction of both her duty to this country,
:02:41. > :02:53.And Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, clarifies her
:02:54. > :02:55.position on whether the SNP should join a potential
:02:56. > :03:03.I don't think it's going to be a hung parliament, but if it was then
:03:04. > :03:07.I've made very clear in the past I would want to be part of a
:03:08. > :03:12.progressive alternative to a Tory Government, and in that situation of
:03:13. > :03:16.course the SNP, on Scotland's the half, would wield significant
:03:17. > :03:23.influence, and we would seek to pursue progressive policies -- on
:03:24. > :03:25.Scotland's behalf, we would wield significant influence.
:03:26. > :03:28.Let's talk first about Craig Mackinlay being charged
:03:29. > :03:30.by the Crown Prosecution Service over his 2015 election expenses,
:03:31. > :03:33.along with his election agent and a party official.
:03:34. > :04:04.He's released this statement on his Facebook page.
:04:05. > :04:07.With me is Jessica Elgot from the Guardian, and Anne McElvoy
:04:08. > :04:20.We must be very careful of course because there is a potential to
:04:21. > :04:26.prejudice this case. He is only just being charged. But, Jessica, how
:04:27. > :04:29.much of a concern will this be for the Conservatives? I think this is
:04:30. > :04:34.the end of another quite bad week for the Conservatives and their
:04:35. > :04:37.campaign. The first signs of misfire came at the manifesto launch,
:04:38. > :04:41.launching it at the social care policy which other parties have been
:04:42. > :04:45.naming the dementia packs. Throughout the week a series of
:04:46. > :04:49.criticisms for the Prime Minister, for not turning up for the last TV
:04:50. > :04:52.debate and sending Amber Rudd instead -- the dementia segment.
:04:53. > :05:00.This will be seen at Conservative Party headquarters I think as
:05:01. > :05:07.another knot. But so many twists and turns in this election campaign. How
:05:08. > :05:10.much, Anne, could this be seen as a minor distraction? The Conservatives
:05:11. > :05:14.were well ahead and thought this would not get to a serious enough
:05:15. > :05:16.matter to be sent to the Crown Prosecution Service in the first
:05:17. > :05:21.place. They could be found innocent in the end and he has put up a
:05:22. > :05:24.strong defence themselves today, Mr Mackinlay, but it is another
:05:25. > :05:30.problem, another thing you would probably rather not have around, and
:05:31. > :05:33.as it happens, and in this case, you know, it has happened to all parties
:05:34. > :05:39.in the past, but in this case it happens to be the Conservative
:05:40. > :05:42.Party. This campaign, really every rule of campaigning has probably
:05:43. > :05:46.been broken, we have heard. We have had U-turns, people not being
:05:47. > :05:52.certain about how Theresa May wants to comport herself. She has many
:05:53. > :05:55.strengths but I would not see this week has been the best one we have
:05:56. > :06:00.seen them in. Not what they would probably have chosen. Not their
:06:01. > :06:07.finest. This is surely one of the most bizarre images of the election
:06:08. > :06:11.campaign so far... Picked up by conservative Jacob Rees Mogg, there
:06:12. > :06:22.he is, with his little boy. Probably not one of the most tech savvy
:06:23. > :06:25.people in the world, but who is? But he has opened an Instagram account
:06:26. > :06:31.and posted this photograph of himself with his son, and you might
:06:32. > :06:39.have noticed they are standing in front of a Labour poster, rather at
:06:40. > :06:46.odds with their rosettes, I'd say that tattoo parlour, and Mr Rees
:06:47. > :06:49.Mogg has never been into the tattoo parlour himself, but the owners say
:06:50. > :06:54.he is welcome for a visit. This is causing quite a stir on social
:06:55. > :06:57.media. I think he has quite a few followers already on social media
:06:58. > :07:01.because people want to see what he is posting. I guess that shows you
:07:02. > :07:07.need to get your locations carefully and choreographing events...
:07:08. > :07:12.LAUGHTER Not tech savvy, but I would think
:07:13. > :07:16.you would know a lot about the tech world but whether he chooses to use
:07:17. > :07:21.it is another matter. There might be a lot of irony there. That notion of
:07:22. > :07:25.people with very different outlooks and very different views who
:07:26. > :07:31.instinctively will think Jacob Rees Mogg, what a snotty Tory, and others
:07:32. > :07:37.who think, God, I hate tattoo parlours. Giving him the benefit of
:07:38. > :07:42.the doubt, I think it is very amusing. And what is written next to
:07:43. > :07:46.the picture on Instagram, we will have to take custom elsewhere. So he
:07:47. > :07:49.is clearly aware of what he is standing next to, but they need to
:07:50. > :07:53.reach out and try to convince people who would not normally vote for
:07:54. > :07:58.them. I think Jacob Rees Mogg has always had a good eye for a good
:07:59. > :08:02.eye-catching stud. A lot of his Tory colleagues affectionately refer to
:08:03. > :08:06.him as the honourable member for the 19th century, and I think that is
:08:07. > :08:10.part of this charm, perhaps. He was certainly very entertaining when he
:08:11. > :08:16.appeared on Have I Got News For You, I think you took everybody by
:08:17. > :08:19.surprise. But on one hand you hear people saying, if I hear the words
:08:20. > :08:23.strong and stable, I'll go mad, so people do a bit of us don't, take a
:08:24. > :08:27.bit of RS, I don't think we should... Not at all! We have
:08:28. > :08:30.enjoyed it immensely and I hope he does it again in the few days --
:08:31. > :08:48.take a bit of a risk. In an hour's time, the Prime
:08:49. > :08:50.Minister and the Labour Leader will face each other
:08:51. > :08:53.in a Question Time special. It will not be
:08:54. > :08:54.a head-to-head debate. Instead, members of the audience
:08:55. > :08:56.will ask a question, which Mrs May and Mr Corbyn
:08:57. > :08:59.will then answer one Earlier today, Simon McCoy went
:09:00. > :09:03.onto the set of the show in York, ahead of the debate,
:09:04. > :09:09.where he found out more about this As you can see luggage rack, nothing
:09:10. > :09:11.left to chance. All the microphones labelled here. Two for Babel --
:09:12. > :09:13.David Dimbleby, putting the questions to the members and taking
:09:14. > :09:16.those from the audience. This set has yet to be unveiled. Let's talk
:09:17. > :09:19.to the director of tonight's show. I call it a show, but you have to be
:09:20. > :09:26.ready for anything, haven't you? Yes, because it is live. The public
:09:27. > :09:32.here will ask the questions, and who knows what will be said and what
:09:33. > :09:36.will spark or ignite the clamour, the sort of success or failure of
:09:37. > :09:40.the night of course depended on the interaction between the politicians
:09:41. > :09:44.and the audience. A quick word on the audience. How are the chosen?
:09:45. > :09:57.That is a very complex issue. It is very balanced. It is demographically
:09:58. > :10:02.and politically representative of the area. That is our formula for
:10:03. > :10:06.Question Time but tonight I think it is even more focused on a national
:10:07. > :10:11.agenda. I know you have a lot to do so I will let you get on. So of
:10:12. > :10:14.course all the cameras will be focused on here, but in many ways it
:10:15. > :10:18.is not just the two people performing here that will be the
:10:19. > :10:23.focus, but the questions from the audience. 150 people sitting here,
:10:24. > :10:26.and as we have seen before it is a question from a person sitting here
:10:27. > :10:30.and the response to that that could be making the headlines tomorrow.
:10:31. > :10:36.STUDIO: Well, we will find out of course, in the paper review at
:10:37. > :10:40.10:30pm when Jessica and Anne are still here. Jessica, what do you
:10:41. > :10:43.think the leaders need to do tonight? The last time they went
:10:44. > :10:47.head-to-head, and you couldn't call it a debate because they never saw
:10:48. > :10:51.each other's faces, Jeremy Corbyn did a lot better than people may
:10:52. > :10:54.have expected of him, and I think Theresa May played it quite safe. I
:10:55. > :10:59.think the main thing to take away from the last debate, what it took
:11:00. > :11:08.away, neither of them had a real knockout blow, not a real special
:11:09. > :11:12.moment when you could say that was the moment when the won the campaign
:11:13. > :11:14.or they threw it away, and I think they will clearly be trying to avoid
:11:15. > :11:17.the latter, but both of them I think will be hoping to land some sort of
:11:18. > :11:20.knockout moment in each of the debates they do. How problematic is
:11:21. > :11:23.that they are not facing each other? I am sure the audience will give
:11:24. > :11:26.them a tough time. Yes, they will, but the format is interesting the
:11:27. > :11:30.way it is. It is interesting given that they did not want to do debates
:11:31. > :11:33.they have never been backed the television, have they? More than
:11:34. > :11:36.East Enders! LAUGHTER
:11:37. > :11:41.In terms of Jessica's comment on the knockout blow, I've remit a bit
:11:42. > :11:43.differently. I think it is about people in the country watching, way
:11:44. > :11:47.beyond the audience in the studio, about who will be the next Prime
:11:48. > :11:53.Minister. Going into the last days, all that stuff about a late Jeremy
:11:54. > :11:57.Corbyn a bit more comedy not as left as I thought, even though he is, or
:11:58. > :12:02.I don't like Theresa May even though she is reliable, but we are not
:12:03. > :12:06.inviting them in for a cup of tea, it is about who will run the
:12:07. > :12:10.country, and I get that is the -- I guess that is what their teams will
:12:11. > :12:13.be focusing on. A bit different from the earlier part, the software
:12:14. > :12:18.shows, where they could just establish themselves as all the
:12:19. > :12:22.people. And Jeremy Corbyn has had a good week and Theresa May not so.
:12:23. > :12:26.There is an opportunity and risk for them both tonight? Definitely an
:12:27. > :12:31.opportunity. I think Jeremy Corbyn goes into this having had the easier
:12:32. > :12:34.week. He will be looking not to jeopardise any of the momentum he
:12:35. > :12:38.has gained in the past week by making some sort of terrible gaffe,
:12:39. > :12:42.and this is Theresa May's opportunity to try to seize back
:12:43. > :12:44.whatever momentum she has lost in the last week and really take the
:12:45. > :12:50.initiative going into the final days. I suppose that is what makes
:12:51. > :12:54.question Time so exciting. Politicians might be able to
:12:55. > :12:59.second-guess what journalists can ask, but not so much members of the
:13:00. > :13:03.public? I think that is very true. I have been out for lots of this
:13:04. > :13:06.campaign, more than I care to reveal on your show! But when I have seen
:13:07. > :13:10.politicians really look like they were grappling, not sure what they
:13:11. > :13:15.were reaching for, it was when somebody just said something that
:13:16. > :13:19.through them off, thinking back to Mr Blair, being asked about the
:13:20. > :13:23.health service, you don't really care, and that really threw him in a
:13:24. > :13:29.way journalist would have gone after the figures, said this is what you
:13:30. > :13:31.said then, but that direct thing, and the public is unpredictable
:13:32. > :13:34.which is what makes it so interesting and I think it is very
:13:35. > :13:39.good they are doing it, even if they don't want to debate each other, I
:13:40. > :13:45.think it will bring out something. I think as well, parties do prep this
:13:46. > :13:49.kind of thing to the nth degree, they have their aides standing in
:13:50. > :13:53.for other politicians, pretending to be David Dimbleby, but you can't
:13:54. > :13:57.prep for everything. Things came up in the last debate with the leaders
:13:58. > :14:01.that Theresa May did not anticipate. There was a question about climate
:14:02. > :14:05.change, and a couple of the aides admitted to me in the spin room
:14:06. > :14:08.backstage they had not prepped a question on climate change, perhaps
:14:09. > :14:17.telling in a different way. Of course they will have tonight after
:14:18. > :14:21.Trump's decision. And that Question Time leaders special debate with
:14:22. > :14:26.David Dimbleby featuring Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn takes place this
:14:27. > :14:27.evening. There will be full coverage on the BBC news from 8pm and the
:14:28. > :14:36.debate starts at 8:30pm. One of the most important
:14:37. > :14:38.battlegrounds in this election may well be the London suburbs,
:14:39. > :14:41.where Labour, the Lib Dems and the Conservatives will all be
:14:42. > :14:43.hoping to pick up crucial seats. And nowhere more so than in
:14:44. > :14:46.the marginal seatof Enfield North. It's currently held by Labour,
:14:47. > :14:49.but for in recent years has swung back and forth between them
:14:50. > :14:51.and the Conservatives. So what might tip it
:14:52. > :14:56.one way or the other? It is London's northernmost
:14:57. > :15:00.constituency and come election day in Enfield North every vote counts.
:15:01. > :15:04.For many years this seat has swung between Labour and the
:15:05. > :15:06.Conservatives. At the last election there was just 1000 votes between
:15:07. > :15:14.the two candidates. Both parties will also be trying to woo Ukip
:15:15. > :15:18.voters whose candidate last time polled 4000 votes. The Labour
:15:19. > :15:23.candidate was first elected when Tony Blair came to power in 1997. In
:15:24. > :15:29.the last election she took the seat back from the conservative. The
:15:30. > :15:33.hospital was the biggest issue. The Labour Government under Gordon Brown
:15:34. > :15:38.side of my plans to downgrade it and in opposition David Cameron vowed to
:15:39. > :15:42.save it, but later as Conservative Prime Minister both the maternity
:15:43. > :15:46.and A units were closed down. Can local people trust the Conservatives
:15:47. > :15:52.on the NHS given what happened with the Hospital? I think local people
:15:53. > :15:56.do trust us because they know we are the party in the government that
:15:57. > :16:05.will continue to keep the economy strong to fund those services we
:16:06. > :16:09.need. We are already seeing now that the CCG has effectively got its act
:16:10. > :16:14.together, GP surgeries, we are seeing health care very much on the
:16:15. > :16:19.agenda. My view is no hospital, Noel A, is currently safe under the
:16:20. > :16:23.Tories. There is only a Labour Government that will protect and
:16:24. > :16:27.properly invest in the NHS is available free at point of use. How
:16:28. > :16:34.will they pay for an? They have made it clear how they will pay for it.
:16:35. > :16:38.Do think it is important that the Labour Party has costed all of its
:16:39. > :16:47.proposals. Like many other parts of London, Enfield has also seen a rise
:16:48. > :16:50.in knife cream. As the MP worked to amend the legislation -- knife
:16:51. > :16:56.crime. Those in possession of a blade will be given an automatic
:16:57. > :17:01.jail service. We have now had 11 stabbings, three of which were
:17:02. > :17:05.fatal, since April the 1st. We have lost 188 uniformed officers off the
:17:06. > :17:09.streets of Enfield since 2010, since the Tory Government, and in that
:17:10. > :17:12.very same period we have seen a doubling of violent crime. Austerity
:17:13. > :17:15.cuts under the Conservatives have not helped. Cuts to local youth
:17:16. > :17:29.services, the police force. What would you say about
:17:30. > :17:32.that? Firstly, in terms of the police force, when I arranged for
:17:33. > :17:34.the Home Secretary to, here to Enfield two weeks ago we met with
:17:35. > :17:37.the borough commander and he was absolutely clear he has the
:17:38. > :17:40.resources to do the job and he has echoed that sense. Here, as in some
:17:41. > :17:42.other seats, Ukip have not fielded candidates were pro-Brexit
:17:43. > :17:46.candidates are standing, but that has not happened here. Our Ukip
:17:47. > :17:50.still relevant given the conservative support for Brexit?
:17:51. > :17:53.Very relevant, because Theresa May could backslide at any minute. We
:17:54. > :17:58.need to be there to be fully pushing the buttons and be there, a force to
:17:59. > :18:02.be reckoned with, to keep her on her toes. With just a few days of
:18:03. > :18:04.canvassing left, all the candidates running in Enfield North will be
:18:05. > :18:11.working hard to get their message across.
:18:12. > :18:16.STUDIO: The Liberal Democrats and the Greens are also standing in
:18:17. > :18:22.Enfield North. Here's the full list of the candidates.
:18:23. > :18:24.With the election fast approaching, my colleague Victoria Derbyshire has
:18:25. > :18:26.been organising a series of Election Blind Dates -
:18:27. > :18:29.a lunch between two people with very different political views.
:18:30. > :18:31.Today it's the turn of Labour's Jess Phillips
:18:32. > :18:32.and the Conservative's John Whittingdale.
:18:33. > :18:49.I am Jess Phillips and I was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham
:18:50. > :18:53.in that election. I was raised to in that election. I was raised to
:18:54. > :18:58.hit the Tories and there are still some I see as the headed monsters. I
:18:59. > :19:05.feel slightly anxious about going to meet somebody, I don't know who it
:19:06. > :19:11.is... I'm John Whittingdale, the parliamentary candidate at the
:19:12. > :19:16.moment for Maldon Essex, some I can fashion to you, I am taking a night
:19:17. > :19:25.off from the election campaign for this. Hello, how are you? Nice to
:19:26. > :19:29.see you. Sit down. Sign actually, we have put more money into education.
:19:30. > :19:33.When people stand up at the dispatch box and say there is more money in
:19:34. > :19:34.education, I look around and wonder where it has gone, because it is not
:19:35. > :19:42.on my children's School it is not just university education.
:19:43. > :19:47.All the college funding has gone. There have been cuts. These are
:19:48. > :19:51.things that really matter. Again, every problem, yes, you could be
:19:52. > :19:55.spending more money. The problem is in every area you want to spend more
:19:56. > :19:59.money. Yes, I want to spend more money on the kids in my
:20:00. > :20:05.constituency. Yes, but I also want to get the economy to work properly.
:20:06. > :20:12.This tells you, on ridiculous lives we lead, I went to Ibiza and all I
:20:13. > :20:17.did, put up a tweet, and it got picked up. Sacked culture secretary
:20:18. > :20:21.spends weekends in Ibiza. People have this idea that MPs are not
:20:22. > :20:23.normal people and we don't enjoy doing the things everybody else
:20:24. > :20:34.enjoys doing. People are always looking at me, you like rock music?
:20:35. > :20:37.As if it is somehow bizarre. I was buying something backs the other day
:20:38. > :20:42.my constituency and somebody said, I can't believe you are in Wilkinson
:20:43. > :20:46.'s! -- buying some bin bags. I have to put things in the Ben! I don't
:20:47. > :20:52.have people to put things in my bins! We agreed on quite a lot of
:20:53. > :20:58.things but did not agree on how the nation should spend its finances.
:20:59. > :21:02.There was a line in the sand but... That was Jess Phillips and the
:21:03. > :21:07.conservative's John Whittingdale. You can see the full version of that
:21:08. > :21:13.blind date on the BBC website. A great idea. They turn up and really
:21:14. > :21:15.don't know who they are meeting! It has been quite a week on the
:21:16. > :21:23.campaign trail. The polls apparently began
:21:24. > :21:26.to narrow; Theresa May didn't turn up for a TV debate; Jeremy Corbyn
:21:27. > :21:29.forgot his figures while live on the radio; Tim Farron said
:21:30. > :21:31.everyone should be watching Bake-Off; while Nigel Farage denied
:21:32. > :21:34.the FBI wanted to speak to him and claimed he was the
:21:35. > :21:36.victim of "fake news." So what more can the campaign
:21:37. > :21:42.throw at us as it enters Let's ask Jessica and Anne. What are
:21:43. > :21:45.you looking forward to? LAUGHTER
:21:46. > :21:53.After that what... You need a lie down! It is like, the skittles have
:21:54. > :21:58.gone down and... Yes, this is the week coming up with people who are
:21:59. > :22:02.not consuming politics by the bucket load thinking, OK, well I change my
:22:03. > :22:06.vote? Well I always do what I did before? Have I changed since the
:22:07. > :22:10.beginning of the campaign? All of this stuff looks very dramatic when
:22:11. > :22:12.you're sitting in Westminster village, or maybe you just what a
:22:13. > :22:16.lot of politics on television because you enjoy it but a lot of
:22:17. > :22:20.people are not like that. These are the people the parties need to
:22:21. > :22:23.appeal to and I think in the last week we will see the message honed
:22:24. > :22:28.towards them. It might get a little boring again for that reason but I
:22:29. > :22:32.am taking a bit of a risk... Saying that we will have a boring week!
:22:33. > :22:42.That has not turned out to be the case! Such an unpredictable election
:22:43. > :22:46.and I think a lot of us journalists, we thought what a boring election,
:22:47. > :22:57.huge Government polls, but it has been very unpredictable. I expect in
:22:58. > :23:00.the last week it will get more predictable, Theresa May talking
:23:01. > :23:07.about strong and stable leadership, Brexit negotiations... It is all
:23:08. > :23:10.still there. To bring us back to that, but I expect to really focus
:23:11. > :23:15.on that and last week and I expect Jeremy Corbyn to try to go back to
:23:16. > :23:19.his safe space, if you like, about social justice, domestic policies,
:23:20. > :23:24.education, the health service. To personal might it be, though? It
:23:25. > :23:27.could get personal to the extent that it Theresa May is saying I am
:23:28. > :23:29.the only one who can be trusted with Brexit, she can do a positive
:23:30. > :23:48.message, but I think she has underline it and presence. I don't
:23:49. > :23:50.think she is a politician who is very comparable with a negative
:23:51. > :23:53.message. She likes to think of herself as quite an upright person
:23:54. > :23:59.but I think she needs to take on this new soft Jeremy, because the
:24:00. > :24:06.Corbyn team has done very well by focusing on his qualities and making
:24:07. > :24:09.his own jam and everything, but a lot of the Labour members think he's
:24:10. > :24:14.too far to the left, so I think she will go the other way round, saying
:24:15. > :24:19.you are much more right-wing than you seem and much more the all-party
:24:20. > :24:24.-- not to much older tradition that you pretend. And I wonder what the
:24:25. > :24:28.polls will throw up this weekend. Yes, they have been so
:24:29. > :24:35.unpredictable. Such a gulf between what some and others are saying.
:24:36. > :24:37.Earlier in the week YouGov predicted a hung parliament and others are
:24:38. > :24:41.saying the Tories are 12 points ahead. No one seems to know what is
:24:42. > :24:48.going on. Someone will have egg on their face. Yes, they are! Never
:24:49. > :24:52.journalists. Especially us, we don't have opinions! Forgave me for
:24:53. > :24:59.this... We all know politics
:25:00. > :25:01.is a dog-eat-dog world, but what happens when a pooch tries
:25:02. > :25:03.to get into parliament? CBBC's Hacker T Dog has
:25:04. > :25:05.pounding the pavements, and hounding the political
:25:06. > :25:07.establishment, as he tries to find out exactly what it
:25:08. > :25:10.takes to become an MP. So very soon adults
:25:11. > :25:15.in the UK will be voting I thought that stood
:25:16. > :25:18.for meat paste, Cocker. Here I am, Hacker the dog,
:25:19. > :25:25.at Downing Street. But look who's here, Cocker -
:25:26. > :25:33.it's my first constituent. I'm here with Edwina Currie,
:25:34. > :25:39.who used to be an MP. Now, where's that
:25:40. > :25:40.Newsnight studio... Are you going to help me out
:25:41. > :25:47.with my big plan to be an MP? I'm standing to be Prime
:25:48. > :26:08.Minister or something - I I want to get plenty of votes here,
:26:09. > :26:12.Edwina Currie, so I win And become the new king -
:26:13. > :26:16.the King of Wigan! You'd like me to come
:26:17. > :26:21.on the show and be interviewed It's about the policies that you're
:26:22. > :26:30.taking to the people of the United Kingdom
:26:31. > :26:42.for this election? He is a shoo-in, isn't he?
:26:43. > :26:49.Especially with that jacket. Would you vote for him? I think he's one
:26:50. > :26:55.of those terrifying TV animals. He looks a bit like Basil Brush. And he
:26:56. > :27:02.does actually have some little political tropes going on, slightly
:27:03. > :27:04.worrying! I think people can run far less competent election campaigns
:27:05. > :27:09.than that! LAUGHTER
:27:10. > :27:12.He certainly had Evan on his toes. Both of you, thank you very much.
:27:13. > :27:22.It's time for a look at the weather forecast.
:27:23. > :27:29.Hello. Good evening. A bit of a mixed bag through the day-to-day.
:27:30. > :27:33.The weather fronts working eastwards, a few showers and
:27:34. > :27:35.thunderstorms, spells of rain in Wales, but some places managed to
:27:36. > :27:37.see some sunshine.