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So how might the Prime Minister's decision change the political | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
We'll have reaction from across the country. | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
The cavity wall insulation causing rot, damp and heartache. | :00:14. | :00:33. | |
The Prime Minister said she made the "reluctant" decision to call | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
an election while walking in Snowdonia last week. | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
Tonight politicians representing Wales have been reacting | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
Speaking from Downing Street, Theresa May said a general election | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
is the only way to guarantee certainty and stability | :00:49. | :00:51. | |
From Westminster, our parliamentary correspondent David Cornock. | :00:52. | :00:59. | |
It was on this break in Snowdonia last week that the Prime Minister | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
changed her mind and decided to call a snap general election. | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
It was with reluctance that I decided that the country needs | :01:10. | :01:11. | |
this election but it is with strong conviction that I say | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
it is necessary to secure the strong and stable leadership we need | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
The announcement caught everybody here at Westminster by surprise. | :01:22. | :01:29. | |
The pundits, even the bookmakers and the politicians too. | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
The First Minister Carwyn Jones said the timing was odd. | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
But tomorrow, most Labour, Plaid Cymru and Conservative | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
MPs will vote to hold a early general election. | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
The Tories are using the means of a no-confidence vote | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
This is what is going to happen whether we are in | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
Labour see it as a chance to regain power in Westminster. | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
We've released policies in the last few weeks we are proud of, | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
such as raising the minimum wage to ?10 by 2020. | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
We have put them into a manifesto and we are ready to go. | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
We are totally behind Jeremy and we will be out there fighting | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
for a Labour victory on the 8th of June. | :02:20. | :02:21. | |
The Welsh Secretary was among Cabinet ministers briefed by Mrs May | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
This will strengthen the government's hand to get | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
the right deal for Wales and for the UK to also deliver | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
on that plan for Britain which is so important. | :02:34. | :02:35. | |
It's not just about Brexit but improving standards of education | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
and health care and delivering for a country | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
Voters in Wales will send 40 MPs to Westminster. | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
The proposed boundary changes which would have cut it to 29 | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
That may come as a relief to Labour, who feared losing seats. | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
Ukip will hope to build on their breakthrough in last | :02:59. | :03:00. | |
It is pure opportunism on Theresa May's part | :03:01. | :03:07. | |
It's an opportunity to clear out a bit of dross. | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
If the election occurs, I've got to stand in it, haven't I? | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
It remains to be seen whether my branch wants me | :03:17. | :03:18. | |
The Lib Dems, reduced to one Welsh MP last time, | :03:19. | :03:26. | |
hope their opposition to Brexit will fire a political comeback. | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
The Labour Party, there is no positive strong opposition, | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
so at this coming election, we Liberal Democrats will have | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
It's a long way to go but we have already done it in local | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
But Theresa May says that after last year's vote to leave the EU, | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
The Prime Minister said Britain needed certainty, | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
stability and strong leadership following the EU referendum. | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
Wales, of course, voted to leave the EU. | :03:59. | :04:01. | |
So what's at stake here in a general election? | :04:02. | :04:04. | |
Let's see how the political map in Wales currently looks. | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
The party with most of Wales' 40 seats is Labour, with 25, | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
followed by the Conservatives with 11, Plaid Cymru with three, and | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
One of the closest run constituencies in the 2015 | :04:20. | :04:28. | |
general election was Bridgend, where Labour beat the Conservatives | :04:29. | :04:30. | |
British politics is proving to be quite the ride. | :04:31. | :04:42. | |
The latest twist, the unexpected announcement of June's snap | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
election, has thrown Westminster into another spin. | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
The announcement was quite a turnaround from Theresa May. | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
She denied there would be a snap general election. | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
These things are normally held on the same issues which come | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
around time and again, the economy and taxes, | :05:01. | :05:03. | |
but she has made it clear there will only be one issue | :05:04. | :05:05. | |
This is going to be very tricky for Labour at this general election | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
because they are going to be talking about a Brexit that they did not | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
want but their traditional voters in the Valleys backed. | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
For the other parties, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats, | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
this may be an opportunity to pick up seats across Wales but that | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
Westminster might be back from its break, | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
but the holidays continued here in Porthcawl. | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
Fairgoers were seeking thrills of another kind and many | :05:35. | :05:36. | |
There is going to be a general election on June the 8th. | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
It was a massive surprise but I can see her reason for it. | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
I think fair play to her, strong women. | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
If it was me, I would want to be voted in and not just given the job. | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
There is a lot of confusion with Brexit and what is going | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
If I thought the Brexit would change, I would change | :06:00. | :06:09. | |
But I do not think that will be the case. | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
Brexit is done now and we need to move on and focus on issues that | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
This will be one of the constituencies to keep an eye on. | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
It has been a safe Labour seat for decades but at the last general | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
election, Labour only had around a 2000-vote majority | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
over the Conservatives, and in June it voted for Brexit. | :06:32. | :06:35. | |
What way will it turn in this unprecedented general election? | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
There aren't any obvious seats that the Conservatives | :06:41. | :06:43. | |
are close in contention for, but as the couple of years | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
in politics have shown us, anything can happen. | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
The Conservatives will hope they can wrestle Bridgend and other | :06:52. | :06:53. | |
pro-Brexit seats like Wrexham and Newport West off Labour | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
if their current lead in the polls hold up. | :06:58. | :07:00. | |
And Labour is likely to face tough fight | :07:01. | :07:02. | |
in Cardiff Central and Ynys Mon, where the Liberal Democrats | :07:03. | :07:05. | |
and Plaid Cymru are looking to cash in on the | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
Ukip will hope they can too, after success at | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
Theresa May has taken the gamble of her poltical career. | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
Polls suggest she is odds-on favourite to win, but with seven | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
weeks until the election and the current unpredictability | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
of politics, even she must know anything can happen. | :07:28. | :07:34. | |
Some of the views of people from Bridgend. | :07:35. | :07:36. | |
But how might this election change the wider political | :07:37. | :07:38. | |
Let's talk to our political editor Nick Servini in Cardiff Bay. | :07:39. | :07:48. | |
A central question that we will return to again and again is the | :07:49. | :07:58. | |
fundamental strength of labour. They are likely to come under real | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
pressure in places like Bridgend and north-east Wales, so why expect them | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
to run a defensive damage limitation campaign and even if they neutralise | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
any issues in relation to Brexit, they still have questions over the | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
leadership of Jeremy Corbyn. In an assembly campaign may be Labour | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
could insulated themselves against that but it will be difficult in a | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
general election. The Conservatives will campaign on the basis that | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
people have made up their minds and to reason may should get the mandate | :08:34. | :08:40. | |
to continue, Ukip will look to recreate the passions of the | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
referendum campaign and a sense of optimism today from the Lib Dems and | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
Plaid Cymru. Leanne Wood tweeted that she felt it was game on but | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
there is a real degree of unpredictability, the parties will | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
not have had time to prepare for this so those who can think on the | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
hoof will be most effective and it is all down to the public mood, who | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
have been affected by all sorts of elections in recent years, will they | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
feel the debate especially in relation to Brexit has moved on to | :09:17. | :09:23. | |
another or are we simply running the referendum campaign again and | :09:24. | :09:24. | |
reopening old wounds? It's supposed to make homes | :09:25. | :09:26. | |
more energy efficient, but thousands of properties | :09:27. | :09:29. | |
across Wales could be at risk of developing rot, | :09:30. | :09:31. | |
damp and structural problems because of cavity wall installation | :09:32. | :09:33. | |
that's been incorrectly injected. The MP for Arfon, Hywel Williams, | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
is calling on He says it's quickly | :09:38. | :09:40. | |
developing into a scandal. I want the Government | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
to take some responsibility for this dreadful mess, | :09:48. | :09:49. | |
something that's quickly developing There seems to be no information | :09:50. | :09:52. | |
about the number of cases of cavity wall insulation that | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
have gone wrong. People who are suffering are not | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
being helped to come forward. The UK Government says it's | :10:01. | :10:09. | |
committed to ensuring consumers are protected when choosing cavity | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
walls insulation. Dyfed-Powys Police are searching | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
for a woman who has gone missing 32-year-old Rebecca was last seen | :10:19. | :10:21. | |
on Saturday carrying a baby in a back harness | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
and pushing a trolley. A police spokesperson said | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
they were very concerned about her, and an urgent appeal has been | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
launched to find her. The jury in the trial | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
of a psychiatrist accused of sexually abusing some | :10:40. | :10:42. | |
of his patients in South Wales will continue deliberating | :10:43. | :10:44. | |
its verdicts tomorrow. 77-year-old Dr Brian Harris | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
is standing trial He denies 13 counts of sexual abuse, | :10:49. | :10:50. | |
including rape, against five men The Welsh theatre director | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
Michael Bogdanov has died. He was 78 and had a heart | :10:57. | :11:04. | |
attack on Easter Sunday. He was best known for directing | :11:05. | :11:07. | |
Shakespeare, but his pioneering style meant he courted controversy | :11:08. | :11:10. | |
too. Very passionate about Wales, | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
very passionate about the arts and very knowledgeable | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
about the arts He could be cantankerous and funny | :11:20. | :11:21. | |
and witty and challenging, but you could always guarantee | :11:22. | :11:28. | |
having a great time with him. It's looking largely dry unsettled | :11:29. | :11:45. | |
over the next few days with some patchy rain at times and it will be | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
warmer by day but also quite chilly by night. | :11:51. | :11:51. | |
Overnight some cloud, but largely clear skies | :11:52. | :11:52. | |
Light winds allowing a frost to form in sheltered rural spots. | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
Lows of 3-7 Celsius in towns and cities | :11:58. | :11:59. | |
High pressure in charge tomorrow keeping things settled but this weak | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
cold front slowly edges closer to the north and west of Wales. | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
Tomorrow some early rural frost, a chilly, bright start | :12:11. | :12:13. | |
And across the UK, the Midlands and the south of England holding on | :12:14. | :12:22. | |
to the brightness for longest, but as that front edges | :12:23. | :12:25. | |
closer, cloud will thicken across Northwest Scotland, | :12:26. | :12:26. | |
Northern Ireland and northern England in the afternoon. | :12:27. | :12:28. | |
Some patchy rain and drizzle here and highs of 11-15 | :12:29. | :12:33. | |
in south-east England in the sunshine. | :12:34. | :12:35. | |
For Wales later, turning increasingly cloudy. | :12:36. | :12:38. | |
Could be the odd spot of drizzle but staying dry for most. | :12:39. | :12:41. | |
Highs of 11 Celsius in Swansea, 13 in Conwy. | :12:42. | :12:47. | |
Thursday - some early drizzle but most places will stay dry, | :12:48. | :12:50. | |
more cloud around but some sunny spells too. | :12:51. | :12:52. | |
Light westerly winds and feeling pleasant in any | :12:53. | :12:55. | |
For the end of the week, a cold front will move | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
A dry start but patchy light rain or drizzle later on and behind that | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
Winds turn more northerly so a chillier start to next weekend. | :13:07. | :13:17. | |
But we will see some sunny spells at times as well. | :13:18. | :13:20. | |
We're back tomorrow at 6:25am with more news and sport. | :13:21. | :13:29. | |
From all of us on the programme, good evening. | :13:30. | :13:32. |