Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have apologised over Labour's "catastrophic" defeat in Thursday's election, which saw them lose 59 seats. Mr Corbyn said he was "sorry that we came up short", while Mr McDonnell told the BBC he "owns this disaster". The leader and shadow chancellor [McDonnell] said they would step down in the new year.
Labour suffered its worst election result since 1935 on Thursday and saw its vote share fall by eight points. The Conservatives won a Commons majority of 80 - the party's biggest election win for 30 years - sweeping aside Labour in its traditional heartlands.
Mr McDonnell said it "should be a woman leader next" and was "most probably time for a non-metropolitan" leader, adding: "I think it is time for a non-London MP, we need a northern voice as much as possible."
Tony Blair represented Sedgefield, County Durham in northern England which went to the Conservatives. As Blair's former manager commented Sedgefield has always been conservative with a small "c" but voted Labour.
Meanwhile, the Conservatives are preparing for the first week of their new government. Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rishi Sunak, told Andrew Marr it was their "intention" to bring back Boris Johnson's Brexit bill to Parliament "before Christmas" - although he would not confirm the date. "As soon as possible would be perfect," he said. "But obviously those conversations are happening between the relevant parties and the House authorities as we speak."
MPs will return to Westminster on Tuesday and begin the process of swearing in, before the Queen formally opens Parliament on Thursday. Mr Johnson's Queen's Speech will include a commitment by the party to put its NHS spending plan into law as a symbol of commitment to the health service.
But Mr Gove said the government would not grant Scotland another referendum on independence, despite the success of the SNP in Thursday's election.
The party, which campaigns for an independent Scotland, won 48 seats - up from 35 - and its leader, Nicola Sturgeon, said she had "earned the right to pursue the plan" for another vote. Ms Sturgeon, who is also First Minister of Scotland, said: "They will rage against reality for as long as they can but Scotland has chosen a very different kind of future than most of the rest of the UK, and they cant stand in the way of the will of the Scottish people. "Fundamentally democracy has to be offered and respected."
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Independence is the whole reason for the existence of the SNP, but they are a regional party they don't run candidates outside of Scotland. Scotland has 8.3% of the UK population which is 66.4 million, they are very small. The term of Parliament is five years and it's Boris' show with a majority of 80 seats.
So the Brexit bill will be passed before Christmas and the UK will definitely be a done deal by January 31, 2020.
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