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Stephen Nolan

Election reaction. Jonathan Powell on DUP deal. The role of the youth vote. Theresa May's future. Papers preview.

5 Live listeners have their say on the outcome of the 2017 General Election, in which the Conservative Party won the largest number of votes and seats but failed to secure an overall majority.
Former Downing Street Chief of Staff & architect of the Good Friday Agreement Jonathan Powell urges Theresa May to think again before striking a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party, warning it could set back twenty years of progress made in Northern Ireland.
Conservative Bernard Jenkin MP says Theresa May's position is 'stronger' after the election result; Labour's Paul Flynn MP hails the result for Jeremy Corbyn; and the SNP's Dr Philippa Whitford says tactical voting was behind electoral losses for her party in Scotland.
Actor & producer Femi Oyeniran from Grime4Corbyn and Thomas Barton from UCL Conservatives discuss the role of younger voters in determining the outcome of the campaign. Plus Sam Tarry from the TSSA union & Katy Balls of the Spectator assess where the two largest parties go from here.
And Jessica Lee & Dreda Say Mitchell discuss the coverage of the election outcome in Saturday's papers.

3 hours

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Fri 9 Jun 2017 22:00

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  • Fri 9 Jun 2017 22:00