Summary

  • Campaigning suspended after Manchester blast

  • Prime Minister will chair emergency Cobra meeting

  • Lib Dems leader calls off Gibraltar visit

  • SNP postpones manifesto launch

  1. 'We can't relate to suit-wearing MPs'published at 21:12 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    Voters in some parts of London say they cannot relate to politicians in their area.

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  2. Labour activist's Tinder vote drivepublished at 21:12 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    A Labour supporter turns to the dating app to encourage people to register to vote.

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  3. A pit stop for Farronpublished at 21:11 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    Breaking news: Tim Farron has stopped for a drink. The Lib Dem leader, fresh from a Q&A in Brixton, was spotted by an eagle-eyed reader who sent us this admittedly slightly grainy pic from the pub.

    Tim FarronImage source, Katie Creamer
  4. And here's another reminder...published at 21:09 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

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  5. Farron challenged about Lib Dem leaflet claimspublished at 20:22 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    Tim Farron is asked about some of the Lib Dems' leaflets in the Vauxhall constituency. You say the Tories can't win here, but they came second last time, and the Lib Dems were "nearly last" says an undecided voter in the audience (the Lib Dems were actually a distant fourth).

    Mr Farron says it's "blindingly obvious" from looking at posters in houses that it is a fight between the Lib Dems and Labour.

  6. Cabinet on message during May interviewpublished at 20:14 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

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  7. 'You lied to us Boris,' yells hecklerpublished at 20:05 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been heckled during an election campaign visit to St Ives. A man accused Mr Johnson of lying "about the money".

    As the foreign secretary headed to his car the man continued to argue with Conservative campaigners and said, "Do you really think Theresa May... is going to do us the right thing?"

  8. Tim Farron on May, Thatcher, Major and Lamontpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

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    Here's Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, water bottle in hand, fielding questions in Brixton.

    He says an "extreme" version of Brexit is being "sold as the will of the people", and that the Lib Dems will "respectfully, with grace, continue to put the opposite view".

    Mr Farron then delves into Conservative history - predicting Theresa May is heading for a "Margaret Thatcher-style majority", and that within nine months she will become "a combination of Norman Lamont and John Major".

    What he is referring to, he explains, is a large mandate "followed by obvious shambolic incompetence".

  9. Prescott and furry pal in fox hunting warningpublished at 19:58 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    Lord PrescottImage source, PA

    Vote Labour or the fox gets it...

    Lord Prescott was on vintage end-of-the-pier form at a campaign rally in Yorkshire earlier, brandishing a cuddly fox and accusing Theresa May of wanting to "tear it apart".

    He called the prime minister a "vicious woman" for pledging to give MPs a free vote on repealing the fox hunting ban if the Conservatives win on 8 June.

    "How many (here) has been on a horse and chased a fox?," he asked the crowd in Goole.

    That's what she wants to do.She wants to tear it apart, for sport, for humour."

  10. Have we heard the last of 'strong and stable'?published at 19:47 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    Theresa May only used the phrase "strong and stable" once during her entire half hour interview with Andrew Neil.

    Have we seen the last of her much used - and much mocked - election catchphrase?

    The BBC's Paul Rowley - who likes to keep an eye on these things - did count 16 "strongs" or "strongers" but just a single "stable".

  11. May: 'We're working to bring deficit down'published at 19:32 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    Here's what Theresa May had to say about the budget deficit and the previous Conservative promise to end it by 2015.

    Again, how can we trust you if you've failed to keep your promise, Andrew Neil asked her.

    "As I say, the election will be about trust," she replied, adding they that the party's been working on bringing the deficit down - it's down by three quarters.

    And we'll continue to work on that, in sharp contrast to Labour, she continues.

  12. Mixed praise for interviewpublished at 19:30 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

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  13. Watch: May denies Osborne claim about the immigration targetpublished at 19:29 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

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    General election 2017: Theresa May on immigration policy

  14. May: I'd stay PM for next Parliamentpublished at 19:28 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    Theresa May

    And we end on a little cheeky question which references David Cameron's 2015 vow - courtesy of Mr Neil.

    If she wins the election, how long will she stay prime minster?

    She'd definitely stay for the next Parliament.

    "Beyond that... I haven't got through this election yet," she smiles. "I'm focusing on the election."

  15. May: Good deal or no deal better than bad dealpublished at 19:27 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    She's asked, what are the dire consequence she refers to if the UK fails to get a good Brexit deal.

    "No deal is better than a bad deal," she says. "There are some people here who are willing to sign up to any deal.

    "We want to ensure that we get a good deal that ensures we can build our economy," she says while adding that there are those in Europe who "want to punish us" with a bad deal.

    She's confident they can negotiate a good deal, she adds, with the right negotiating hand and a strong mandate behind them.

  16. May: 'Me and my party want to control migration'published at 19:25 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    She continues on the issue of trust and bringing down migration to the UK.

    "It's me and my party" she says, before correcting herself to the on-message "me and my team" that are "committed to wanting to control migration" as opposed to Labour's wanting "uncontrolled" migration.

  17. From dress to diction...published at 19:23 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

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  18. May questioned on immigration pledgepublished at 19:23 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

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    The prime minister looks as though she may have swallowed lemons when she's questioned about her record on immigration and her previous two promises to reduce migration to the tens of thousands.

    "Why should we believe you a third time?" the former home secretary is asked.

    She says the Conservatives have "ensured" that they are working to reduce migration, and "crucially", when we leave the European Union we will "have the opportunity and the ability to... bring in rules for those who are coming from the European Union countries into the United Kingdom".

    She's asked if making pledges which aren't then kept is the reason why people have lost faith in politicians.

    The question is who voters trust to face up to the presidents and prime ministers of the EU, she says.

    Who do they trust to get the best deal for the UK? she asks.

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    They have to decide. Because it's only going to be one of two people. It's either me or Jeremy Corbyn.

  19. Journalists react to May on taxpublished at 19:21 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

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  20. May: Winter fuel allowance will be consulted onpublished at 19:20 British Summer Time 22 May 2017

    Similarly to the social care cap, who will get winter fuel allowance and where that cap will be will be open to consultation.

    She won't be setting it out in this studio in the Andrew Neil show, she adds a little bit caustically.

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    Overall we will be protecting pensioners."

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    General election 2017: Theresa May on winter fuel payment