:00:28. > :00:29.Hello and welcome to The Election Wrap -
:00:30. > :00:32.our guide to all the election news of the day, with just over one
:00:33. > :00:34.week to go until voters head to the polls.
:00:35. > :00:37.In the programme, Jeremy Corbyn appears to have been taking media
:00:38. > :00:41.He fails to give the cost of his free childcare policy
:00:42. > :00:43.when he's asked for it in an interview on Woman's Hour.
:00:44. > :00:46.Meanwhile, Theresa May insists that only she has a plan
:00:47. > :00:50.She says an election victory for Labour would leave Jeremy Corbyn
:00:51. > :01:16."alone and naked" in the EU negotiating chamber.
:01:17. > :01:24.Also can we take the mood Bogside to photos there. Are you only attracted
:01:25. > :02:48.to Brexiters? Leading the UK naked in the
:02:49. > :02:54.negotiating chamber. Nicola Sturgeon launched the SNP
:02:55. > :02:58.manifesto calling for a second Scottish independence referendum at
:02:59. > :03:01.the end of the Brexit process. The SDLP in Northern Ireland launched
:03:02. > :03:07.their manifesto with a focus on fighting hard Brexit and hard
:03:08. > :03:09.border. Its leader said their party would stand up against Borders,
:03:10. > :03:17.division and cruel and crippling cuts. As we face new challenges we
:03:18. > :03:22.must be mindful of protections but Europe as gifted us and remind
:03:23. > :03:26.others of a situation that is unique and more challenging and deeply
:03:27. > :03:30.deserving of special status. To do that we need strong voices taking a
:03:31. > :03:39.stand against the Tories at the heart of the action. Welcome to the
:03:40. > :03:47.programme. Laura Hughes and Jason are here. Jeremy Corbyn a failure of
:03:48. > :03:51.memory, a bit like Diane Abbott earlier in the campaign? It is not
:03:52. > :03:56.great, you would have thought he would have had a briefing before
:03:57. > :04:00.going to interview on the date that you're launching a manifesto policy,
:04:01. > :04:04.you should know your numbers. You cannot judge a policy on whether or
:04:05. > :04:09.not the leaders remember the numbers and that is true. But for a party
:04:10. > :04:14.constantly being told it is not good on the economy, you cannot trust
:04:15. > :04:19.Labour on the economy, not great for them. He just needed to log that
:04:20. > :04:26.iPad! It is excruciating to listen to and watch. I would point out at
:04:27. > :04:31.least they have costings to forget least they have costings to forget
:04:32. > :04:46.unlike the Conservative Party. They unlike the Conservative Party. They
:04:47. > :04:47.do not have any costings so easy for do not have
:04:48. > :04:48.Theresa May. But the key thing is Theresa May. But the key thing
:04:49. > :04:48.Labour are going and facing a hostile
:04:49. > :04:56.double the work of the Conservatives. They do have
:04:57. > :05:02.briefings and it is not the end of the world. He did not fall off the
:05:03. > :05:05.stage. I've seen worse than that. But it is embarrassing. Do you think
:05:06. > :05:11.voters care about this kind of thing? It is not great when you have
:05:12. > :05:16.consent was repeating that mantra that he is incompetent. Many Shadow
:05:17. > :05:20.Cabinet members resigned last year because they said he was not
:05:21. > :05:26.competent. And getting basic facts like that wrong does not help. It
:05:27. > :05:29.has not been plain sailing for Theresa May but she is trying to
:05:30. > :05:35.steer this back to Brexit. She probably had a worse experience and
:05:36. > :05:40.almost sabotaged her own campaign, that you turn on social care.
:05:41. > :05:44.They're moving as fast as they can away from that. And getting back
:05:45. > :05:48.onto one issue which seems to be playing well for the Conservatives
:05:49. > :05:53.which is Brexit. It was noticeable in the TV debate last night, there
:05:54. > :05:58.was muted applause for Theresa May until she spoke about Brexit. Then
:05:59. > :06:03.the audience came to life and got behind her. The instead of the
:06:04. > :06:09.strategy have noticed that and will be thinking, this is her strong
:06:10. > :06:10.card. -- the Conservative strategy. We will be back with you both later
:06:11. > :06:25.on. Thank you. Eliot prize has been asking voters
:06:26. > :06:37.to register their views. Today she has been to Luton. And asking about
:06:38. > :06:44.the question of security. They not about kicking people out
:06:45. > :06:51.but making sure everyone is equal and that is why I choose Labour.
:06:52. > :06:59.Even if we did not know he was a politician he is a genuine person.
:07:00. > :07:06.Who makes you feel safer? Neither. I do not feel they make you feel safe
:07:07. > :07:09.at all. When it comes to the idea of national security, I would trust
:07:10. > :07:19.people who have been taking care of it previously rather than throwing
:07:20. > :07:25.my lot in with the new guys. I really like the red rose, the
:07:26. > :07:35.flower. Nothing to do with national security? Love and unity and care.
:07:36. > :07:39.It is difficult on security because of the tried and playing with Jeremy
:07:40. > :07:48.Corbyn, but I don't trust the Conservatives with anything at the
:07:49. > :07:52.moment. Conservatives. Why? Jeremy Corbyn said he would impress the
:07:53. > :08:11.regular button. Labour. Definitely labour. I agree
:08:12. > :08:17.with Theresa May but I will vote for Jeremy Corbyn. I like the way the
:08:18. > :08:21.Jeremy Corbyn said that the reason we have these problems is because we
:08:22. > :08:28.have messed around in other people's countries. Instead of giving these
:08:29. > :08:34.people bread and security and been nice to these people, we have blown
:08:35. > :08:46.up their children. Labour or the Conservatives? She is certain.
:08:47. > :08:50.Lytton has voted for the Labour Party since 1997 and it looks like
:08:51. > :08:56.they trust the Labour Party more than the Conservatives on the issue
:08:57. > :09:00.of national security. Do you think that picture is reflected
:09:01. > :09:05.nationally? You would get a different result in different parts
:09:06. > :09:09.of the country. This is something that the Conservatives have honed in
:09:10. > :09:17.on because they think it is Jeremy Corbyn's weak spot. Well to reason
:09:18. > :09:22.me is weak on domestic issue, Jeremy Corbyn is weak on security. Trident
:09:23. > :09:28.came up time and time again, we know he does not support renewing it but
:09:29. > :09:34.it is in the Labour Party manifesto because he has to go along with the
:09:35. > :09:39.party. We know he has been against nearly every British intervention
:09:40. > :09:45.there has been. Questions about the Falklands and his support in the
:09:46. > :09:48.past for the IRA. There are real questions about Jeremy Corbyn and
:09:49. > :09:54.how far he would go to protect Britain. He has an argument that
:09:55. > :09:58.resonates with a lot of voters which is that intervention does not
:09:59. > :10:07.increase our security. Particularly younger voters. I think there is not
:10:08. > :10:14.only a generational divide, there is also a geographical divide. A lot of
:10:15. > :10:18.the Labour in peace I speak to, particularly in the heartlands in
:10:19. > :10:22.Yorkshire and Humber, South Wales, in the north-east, they will say
:10:23. > :10:27.that the voters like Trident and the like Britain being a strong country.
:10:28. > :10:32.That is difficult for the Labour Party to square. Their defence
:10:33. > :10:37.spokesman is shone on this and says that we will keep Trident and renew
:10:38. > :10:42.it and be part of Nato, but this distance between what members of the
:10:43. > :10:47.party state and what Jeremy Corbyn believes in is very difficult for
:10:48. > :10:54.the party. It is quite obvious that he is out of step with the majority
:10:55. > :11:01.of his MPs. Thank you very much indeed. The SNP launched its
:11:02. > :11:07.election manifesto and they promise to boost public sector pay and call
:11:08. > :11:14.for a second referendum at the end of the process. Does it add up?
:11:15. > :11:19.Chris Morris has been looking in the reality check.
:11:20. > :11:25.In most parts of the UK you can abort for the SNP. In Scotland they
:11:26. > :11:31.won an unprecedented 56 out of 59 seats, which made them the third
:11:32. > :11:38.largest party in the UK Parliament in Westminster. The SNP has plenty
:11:39. > :11:46.to say about UK politics as a whole. The manifesto includes plans to
:11:47. > :11:50.invest an extra ?118 billion in public services across the UK,
:11:51. > :11:56.keeping the triple-lock on pensions and the winter fuel payment as well
:11:57. > :12:01.as increasing the minimum wage. They are also promising an increase in
:12:02. > :12:05.spending on the NHS. The manifesto says that health spending in
:12:06. > :12:11.Scotland is already 7% higher per head than in England. It would cost
:12:12. > :12:21.more than 11 billion pounds for England to catch up. I will be an SP
:12:22. > :12:27.-- I will be SNP pay for this? They will introduce a new top income tax
:12:28. > :12:30.of 50p across the UK. Because they run the Scottish Government the SNP
:12:31. > :12:36.could increase income tax in Scotland alone if it so chose, but
:12:37. > :12:42.Nicola Sturgeon has refused to do that for fear of driving high wage
:12:43. > :12:49.earners side of the border. The SNP believes the biggest danger is the
:12:50. > :12:52.threat of hard Brexit. It says, quoting the University of
:12:53. > :12:58.Strathclyde, that leaving the EU single market could lose 80,000 jobs
:12:59. > :13:04.in Scotland over ten years. Last year Scotland voted to stay in the
:13:05. > :13:08.EU, bucking the UK wide trend. They want a place that the Brexit
:13:09. > :13:11.negotiating tables of the party can work to keep it in the single
:13:12. > :13:20.market. If the Conservatives are returned to power, there is no sign
:13:21. > :13:25.that would happen. But an unpopular Brexit, the SNP believe that the
:13:26. > :13:28.give fresh fuel for the other referendum it cares about, a second
:13:29. > :13:37.referendum on Scottish independence once the terms of the Brexit deal
:13:38. > :13:44.are known. Back to Laura and Jason. They talk in the SNP manifesto about
:13:45. > :13:51.the second referendum was buried. In the speech Nicola Sturgeon made, it
:13:52. > :13:58.did not mention independence, it only said independent and that only
:13:59. > :14:03.came up once. The SNP are coming under criticism from the
:14:04. > :14:10.Conservatives who are trying to answer Labour to become their main
:14:11. > :14:13.rivals. What about the state of education, the health service,
:14:14. > :14:20.public services and general? That is hitting home. Nicola Sturgeon's
:14:21. > :14:25.focus was on domestic issues, improving wages, improving public
:14:26. > :14:35.services, and they feel under threat from a resurgent Conservatives under
:14:36. > :14:41.Rick Davidson. Do you think that the Conservatives are the SNP's main
:14:42. > :14:46.opponents? Rick Davidson is very powerful and people almost not
:14:47. > :14:49.relate higher to the English Conservative Party. There have been
:14:50. > :14:59.calls for her to come to Westminster. She is very popular, it
:15:00. > :15:02.is very interesting. The Labour Party in Scotland, there were
:15:03. > :15:07.council seats they could not even find candidates for. This is a
:15:08. > :15:11.change in direction and it is Nicola Sturgeon backing down because she
:15:12. > :15:18.said that she wanted in the second referendum on independence next
:15:19. > :15:24.autumn, and now she's saying, OK, we will wait until after Brexit. We
:15:25. > :15:29.will be back with you, but thank you very much again. Now look at some of
:15:30. > :15:32.the other stories making the election campaign news.
:15:33. > :15:34.The Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, has been
:15:35. > :15:38.After making some pastry, Mr Farron said the Lib Dems
:15:39. > :15:40.could form a strong opposition and are "a real alternative"
:15:41. > :15:45.to what he called Conservative "meanness" and Labour "fantasy".
:15:46. > :15:47.Meanwhile, the Co-Leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas,
:15:48. > :15:50.has accused the Conservative and Labour of creating an "almost
:15:51. > :15:57.She has also sent letters to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
:15:58. > :15:59.and Prime Minister Theresa May expressing "alarm" at the lack
:16:00. > :16:01.of discussion and debate about the environment
:16:02. > :16:07.And Ukip's Leader Paul Nuttall has blamed the Prime Minister
:16:08. > :16:10.for the cuts to police numbers when she was Home Secretary.
:16:11. > :16:12.Mr Nuttall is calling for more local neighbourhood police officers
:16:13. > :16:19.in the wake of last week's Manchester bombing.
:16:20. > :16:23.With polling day just a few days away, we're taking a closer look
:16:24. > :16:25.at some of most closely fought battle grounds, and
:16:26. > :16:31.Northamptonshire's most marginal seat is Corby.
:16:32. > :16:40.The Conservatives took the seat from Labour at the last election
:16:41. > :16:46.Sam Read's been looking at what might swing it this time.
:16:47. > :16:56.The cube, Corby's centrepiece. This centre of an industrial town but
:16:57. > :17:02.this constituency also include swathes of East Northamptonshire. It
:17:03. > :17:09.is a constituency of two has. Over there in east so that -- East
:17:10. > :17:14.Northamptonshire, people earn on average ?140 a week more than people
:17:15. > :17:21.in Corby. The constituency is regularly moving between Labour and
:17:22. > :17:25.the Conservatives, who took the seat two years ago. The contrast means
:17:26. > :17:30.the candidates have to address different challenges with different
:17:31. > :17:34.voters. The biggest challenge is making sure that are keen in a
:17:35. > :17:39.teasing generations feel represented and looked after, young people
:17:40. > :17:42.getting on the housing ladder, Labour will build 100,000 more homes
:17:43. > :17:48.and scrap tuition these, and for older people it is whether they feel
:17:49. > :17:53.cared for and protected. The largest challenges also the largest
:17:54. > :17:57.opportunity, this is a result of the housing growth we are seeing. That
:17:58. > :18:03.places additional strain on our infrastructure. That is a challenge
:18:04. > :18:07.we need to overcome. Whoever is elected on the 8th of June news to
:18:08. > :18:12.shout from the rooftops for more investment in our infrastructure.
:18:13. > :18:19.Large housing growth is what most of the candidates want to focus on in
:18:20. > :18:24.this election. I want to make sure that the housing, the infrastructure
:18:25. > :18:28.for the housing is there. I want to make sure the housing is up to the
:18:29. > :18:34.kind of environmental standards that the Green Party is looking for.
:18:35. > :18:37.There was a lot of investment under the Labour Government, that has no
:18:38. > :18:42.old and I think the area has been struggling to catch up with that. I
:18:43. > :18:45.would like to see more investment into the area to create more jobs
:18:46. > :18:52.and hopefully we can start looking at unique industries as well, things
:18:53. > :18:55.a bit Corby on the map. The Liberal Democrats want to bring the
:18:56. > :19:00.conversation back to Brexit, even though this area voted clearly to
:19:01. > :19:05.leave. We need a good deal whether we stay in or leave, if we come out
:19:06. > :19:09.the public have a right to decide on the deal. I would rather we stayed
:19:10. > :19:12.in the single market and the customs union and that leads into the
:19:13. > :19:18.economy, it makes the economy more buoyant. We would be silly to turn
:19:19. > :19:21.our backs on our biggest market. It is vital the candidates take steps
:19:22. > :19:27.to appeal to the widest range of butchers. Past form says the party
:19:28. > :19:30.that wins here often ends up forming the next Government.
:19:31. > :19:32.And here is a list of all of the candidate standing
:19:33. > :19:47.In the last half an hour, Jeremy Corbyn has appeared on the BBC and
:19:48. > :19:52.he has been talking about his childhood, his passion for manhole
:19:53. > :19:59.covers, and how he likes to unwind. Jam was mentioned as well. That is
:20:00. > :20:07.your allotment. That was not taken this year. What do you love about
:20:08. > :20:11.your allotment? It as open space and a chance to grow things and reflect
:20:12. > :20:15.on things and a chance to unwind and be yourself and chat to all the
:20:16. > :20:22.other people who have allotments, exchange plants and all that. There
:20:23. > :20:29.is something magic. When you grow your own beans and potatoes and corn
:20:30. > :20:35.and ticket hall. Then you turn fruit trees into jam. I would like to
:20:36. > :20:44.present the show with a jar of my jam. He likes to spend time on the
:20:45. > :20:55.allotment. He should not have time to make jam. He was very relaxed.
:20:56. > :21:01.Theresa May looked quite nervous and he was very composed. I don't think
:21:02. > :21:07.many voters will have seen that before. I don't think that will have
:21:08. > :21:14.done him any harm, it may have corrected his mistake from the
:21:15. > :21:19.woman's hour. He comes across as sincere, he does come across as very
:21:20. > :21:26.sincere. He is comfortable in his own skin, it is authentic, some of
:21:27. > :21:31.his policies may be unpalatable but he holds his views deeply and
:21:32. > :21:37.genuinely. He has not been briefed about what to say, he has not been
:21:38. > :21:48.told to get certain words in. Can you imagine Tony Blair talking about
:21:49. > :21:54.allotments? We have not had proper leaders' debates on TV, but do you
:21:55. > :21:57.think this glimpse at this sort of people behind the politicians, is
:21:58. > :22:03.that what people want to see and hear? What will be decide?
:22:04. > :22:07.Ultimately they will decide on which person they think is most likely and
:22:08. > :22:11.most plausible to be Prime Minister and which party has the best
:22:12. > :22:18.policies. That is mostly on the economy. Jeremy Corbyn has narrowed
:22:19. > :22:22.the gap as the campaign has gone on. He is definitely doing better. I
:22:23. > :22:28.think it has a lot to do with Theresa May and the extraordinary
:22:29. > :22:33.U-turn on her social care policy, and think that was very damaging.
:22:34. > :22:38.Jeremy Corbyn does have a huge following among younger voters. Will
:22:39. > :22:44.these young voters who are boosting the polls for him turn up and vote?
:22:45. > :22:45.Wing-mac back with you guys in a moment.
:22:46. > :22:47.What happens when two strong-minded individuals from opposite sides
:22:48. > :22:49.of the political debate sit down for lunch?
:22:50. > :22:52.The Victoria Derbyshire programme sent former Ukip leader Nigel Farage
:22:53. > :22:54.and journalist Rachel Johnson - a prominent Remain campaigner,
:22:55. > :23:07.and the sister of Boris Johnson - on an election blind date.
:23:08. > :23:20.Hello, I'm Rachel Johnson. How do people best know you? That is in
:23:21. > :23:26.question. I have to admit that I am the sister of Boris, which is
:23:27. > :23:30.annoying but I have to accept it. I am a journalist. I have joined the
:23:31. > :23:35.Liberal Democrats. I am concerned that we do not go off a cliff
:23:36. > :23:39.willy-nilly in terms of Brexit because I'm thinking about my
:23:40. > :23:43.children and grandchildren. It would be great fun if it was Nigel Farage,
:23:44. > :23:58.but he will drink me under the table. Hello. How about that. Hello.
:23:59. > :24:03.I have a theory. I don't think people cared about Project Fear, I
:24:04. > :24:07.don't think that people care that the eurozone is good to boom and
:24:08. > :24:10.we're going to go off at cliff, it is the common ideology and people
:24:11. > :24:15.just want to be able to say they have the country back without
:24:16. > :24:18.knowing what that means. The ideology is delighted to dozen
:24:19. > :24:23.countries in Europe and to tell them they are joining an economic club
:24:24. > :24:30.and then take away their democracy and independence. Are you single,
:24:31. > :24:35.Nigel? That is a good question. I am not very married at the moment. It
:24:36. > :24:42.is sad that your private life has fallen apart. You have done it for a
:24:43. > :24:52.noble cause. I am 53, separated and skint. Coogee go to bed with a
:24:53. > :24:59.Remainer -- could you go to bed with a Remainer? I am not grant a hamster
:25:00. > :25:10.that. -- I am not going to answer that. Are you will be attracted to
:25:11. > :25:14.Brexiters was back how was your day? I enjoyed it. We will have another
:25:15. > :25:23.dinner date in ten years and we will see if it has been the success you
:25:24. > :25:26.hope for and I hope for two. In ten years the European Union will not
:25:27. > :25:35.exist then it will be a different conversation. I do not agree. Thank
:25:36. > :25:40.you for a lovely lunch. What an extraordinary date. Do you have any
:25:41. > :25:46.political opposition that like to bring together? I think Boris would
:25:47. > :25:53.be entertaining if you put him against Emily Thornbury. They both
:25:54. > :25:59.speak their minds and I think it could get interesting. Maybe Diane
:26:00. > :26:11.habit? I wonder if Diane Abbott would just not speak to him. I think
:26:12. > :26:15.Emily would engage. Can Clark and Caroline Lucas, I cannot think of
:26:16. > :26:27.two more opposed characters. It might be a disaster. You want to see
:26:28. > :26:34.it. They need a little bit of spark. Rhys Morgan would be great because
:26:35. > :26:43.he is charming. She was asking Nigel Farage some personal questions. This
:26:44. > :26:49.was an example of politicians giving too much away, we do not need to
:26:50. > :26:57.know this information. Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May on a blind date? I
:26:58. > :27:04.think it would be boring. It would be awkward. They could talk about
:27:05. > :27:10.manhole covers and allotments. I don't think it would be great
:27:11. > :27:17.television. Good to have you both with us. Thank you for being with
:27:18. > :27:18.us. That is it from the election wrap, thank you for watching,
:27:19. > :27:33.goodbye. Good evening. It has been a better
:27:34. > :27:37.day today with more sunshine around. There was some cloud and rain in
:27:38. > :27:40.Northern Ireland but it did not last for long. The rain is no petering
:27:41. > :27:42.out as