Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley

LibDems a very keen to point out the wuyda messages from the results yet but as we know violation results don't necessarily translate into white up political results and. Contest here was a particular one the conservatives themselves did not put up a candidate neither did the greens and I'm joined now by Jonathan bought leave from the Green Party now you.

Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley

Supported the lib dem candidates issue was MP issue now is Sarah Olney about why did you decide to do that. Well actually what we said was people should vote for the positive kind of that hope who they felt that was I think we're reaching a time where we needed to make a very clear statement against the regressive alliance of conservatives and you kept and that's in a win against their aggressive alliance was also win nothing for new politics of hope a new way of doing politics were saying that parties can put aside that tribalism and under all broken first possibly system wagon night ends up often as it was in this election being the choice between 2 candidates people want I imagine to to express how they feel and the channel that feelings at this time I threw a by election and I think it's a very interesting mod wasn't for the future if we can get parties working together and saying you know we have things that are in common we have things that we can stand together on and we can work together to make those things happen using as a model for the future so your press we should be looking for some sort of pact between the greens in the lib dems and maybe a few others.

But I think that's an interesting point to raise that we would have to be done locally parties as happened here in Richmond would have to agree that that's what they want to do that have to be agreement at the higher levels between party leaders to bring about you know what they want bring about and that would be I think election reform it is about not changing the system because we changed people's lives we deal with your check I need to change the system up. This collection result though is not gonna change people's lives necessarily is not even necessarily going to change the course of the bricks it process did you have to accept that this is a particular result in a particular constituency which has a very true European electorate on that that is not necessarily representative of the whole of the country.



Because it's representative of what's going on here the local level violations often now but is also clearly indicative for about what's happening right across the country I think we had a very very loud cry in the referendum everyone agrees about taking back control of feeling that people weren't being heard their voices weren't being listened to and here in this constituency a very very clear signal has been sent to government other people having to listen to that and I walk breaks it looks like hasn't been made clear people feel they weren't given all the facts during the referendum process. And when parties can find that common ground that common agreement of course we should work together why would we know that is real life meant few people think that the whole world is is divided up neatly into 2 or 3 different options people believe that you can work together you can have a post tribal politics which really works for me won't.

Body thank you very much indeed for joining us Sunday yes the LibDems 17 you do have a a spring in their step but clearly what it has done is given the a bit of recognition a chance to put that case across on the media I'm not in it self will be quite up valuable for Tim fireman his party as they try to drool wide to conclusions from this but it is warm by election in one constituency we got another one next week that does it for now for Richmond's. Okay Carol thank you very much Carl Walker that talking about Sara Lee's victory in Richmond park.

Sarah Olney Interview in Richmond Park

And in terms of the tone of the whole brexit debate and I'm joined now by the newly elected MP Sarah Olney all the congratulations of what do you think you did manage to overturn. 23000 majority.

Sarah Olney Interview in Richmond Park

Well we started the campaign talking about our opposition to Heathrow expansion because that's when the by election was cool about it as we went round talking to voters we realize the bricks that was something that mattered a great deal more to them that's a lot of anxiety a lot of people very disappointed in the result so you know we started to get out a message about it we've always have a. St pro European has only come in very hard for remain and that went down really well with the voters now you said that you will actually vote against triggering article 50 to stall the bricks that negotiations.

That may be something that'll please some of your photos here but surely it is flying in the face of the views of the majority of people who voted to leave when I made that a central part of my campaign here in Richmond park and now that I've been returned to parliament it gives me a personal mandate from I have photos that I represent too to oppose article 50. But this constituency is not representative the whole country 70 percent have voted to remain pre know what the bricks that result is sure we've got to accept that. Well you know as I say you know I've got a very clear mandate from the constituents I represent and you know it say it's a Monday it they voted 70 percent remain anyway and now I've got a very clear Monday. This is an extraordinary victory but it's not going to make any difference really is it to the course of the brexit negation they go see Asians and to the government's determination to deliver on those with the will of the British people.



Well you know we just take the time to a massive 23.5000 majority here and it was very clearly a case of people voting against 2 reason Mase current approach to Brecht's it so I think that will give her polls as she can she. She will see now she's using both she's lost a seat that was previously a very safe seat for the Tories and I hope that that will cause it to change her mind about her current approach to Brecht's it. What about liberal democrats'you still love a pretty small full so Westminster you don't really gotta be able to do too much to change what is that all you well you know the momentum is with this people voting liberal democratic and not just in this election but in many council elections have been held since last year and I think in future elections we got some excellent candidates lined up I'm I think. I think we can we can win more seats.

But you're still a very small schools we've got you kept saying that that game to make gains. Approaching this whole brexit process from a completely different. Approach. Well I think to be honest I think to reason may has probably been too influenced by the UKIP and of the political spectrum and I think what this victory yesterday represents is. Is that you know she's to she needs to look out for the live with Democrats as well because we are providing now strong opposition only remain side of the political debates and that that's winning US boats and it's winning a seats there only thank you very much indeed for talking to ramble what's clear is that it wallows that whole issue of Europe on brexit which swung the did his decision here it was is that a pull the LibDems another new MP that's certainly Kohut that's it for now from Richmond. Carol thank you very much!