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and alex salmond, who of this. and alex salmond, who of course fell out with the snp party big time, really enjoying every moment of it, calling him humza. the brief i think was the was was the nickname he used. it'll be fascinating to see what happens next week. i think it is quite likely that yousaf sort of limps on, but will his position be tenable? will he be able to govern? will he be able to get any of his bills through? he doesn't have a majority. and not only that, but most of holyrood, the majority by one of holyrood, actively seems to loathe him. >> well, olivia lee high drama and then they'll be dissing off the bagpipes perhaps for his funeral music. thank you very much olivia utley. on a dramatic day in scottish politics. and of course we'll have lots more on that story throughout the show. and there's plenty of coverage on our website gbnews.com. you've helped make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much. now there's still plenty of time to grab your chance t
and alex salmond, who of this. and alex salmond, who of course fell out with the snp party big time, really enjoying every moment of it, calling him humza. the brief i think was the was was the nickname he used. it'll be fascinating to see what happens next week. i think it is quite likely that yousaf sort of limps on, but will his position be tenable? will he be able to govern? will he be able to get any of his bills through? he doesn't have a majority. and not only that, but most of holyrood,...
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one is that ash regan is now a member of the alba party, which is led by alex salmond, which mr yousaf has been extremely critical of in recent months and years . and now recent months and years. and now mr regan finds herself in a position where she actually needs to cast what is effectively one of the final votes on it. now. she was laughed out of the leadership election that mr yousaf subsequently won. she's not been taken seriously since, and now she finds herself very much as a kingmaker for his entire future in politics, irony does occasionally come about, but this is a particularly hurtful bout of karma for anyone in the snp who is laughing at alex salmond and laughing at ash regan and not taking their chances of a comeback seriously , chances of a comeback seriously, because they are very much now here and they have something to say . say. >> and if humza yousaf does resign, if he's forced out with these no confidence votes , who's these no confidence votes, who's there to replace him? oh, we are joined now by katherine forster. oh no we're not. i'm asking essentially what happ
one is that ash regan is now a member of the alba party, which is led by alex salmond, which mr yousaf has been extremely critical of in recent months and years . and now recent months and years. and now mr regan finds herself in a position where she actually needs to cast what is effectively one of the final votes on it. now. she was laughed out of the leadership election that mr yousaf subsequently won. she's not been taken seriously since, and now she finds herself very much as a kingmaker...
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their leader, alex salmond, told the bbc that a renewed push for scottish independence is the price of their support. the home office says it�*s entering the "final phase" of putting its rwanda policy into practice. a report in the guardian newspaper suggests the detention of asylum seekers — ready for deportation — would begin on monday. a home office spokesperson said at some stage people would "inevitably" start being detained in preparation for the first flight, which is due to take off in 10 to 12 weeks. the irish prime minister has said foreign migration policies cannot be allowed to undermine those of ireland. simon harris said ireland "�*will not provide a loophole for anyone else�*s migration challenges�*. hisjustice minister said there had been a rise in the number of people crossing from the united kingdom — from northern ireland — to the republic of ireland. a uk government source said the uk "won�*t accept any asylum returns from the eu via ireland" until the eu changes its policies. tesla chief, elon musk, has met government officials, including china�
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their leader, alex salmond, told the bbc that a renewed push for scottish independence is the price of their support. more from our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. wow, what a view! it's been a bruising few days for humza yousaf, as he faces a vote of no confidence as first minister in a minority government... good morning, everyone. ..after he decided to end a power—sharing deal, the bute house agreement, with the scottish greens. 0ne senior snp mp made an appeal to the scottish green party. i apologise for what has happened this week. it could have happened in a different way, but we are where we are. the choice that every member of the scottish parliament has this week is, are we going to support that government under humza yousaf, to make sure that we deliver the legislation that we all agree on? but the greens insist they will not back mr yousaf in the coming days. the scottish green group have said we will vote in support _ of a vote of confidence, vote of no confidence . against humza yousaf. and i cannot imagine - anything at this point that could change that posi
their leader, alex salmond, told the bbc that a renewed push for scottish independence is the price of their support. more from our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. wow, what a view! it's been a bruising few days for humza yousaf, as he faces a vote of no confidence as first minister in a minority government... good morning, everyone. ..after he decided to end a power—sharing deal, the bute house agreement, with the scottish greens. 0ne senior snp mp made an appeal to the scottish...
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she left the snp and joined the alba party, which is alex salmond... the former first minister who was also an snp first minister, the party he leads now. she set out a number of conditions that she would support mr yousaf on. if he loses the personal vote, he is not legally bound to resign but you could imagine there is political pressure on him. we have heard from one snp msp this morning that he believes that humza yousaf would have to stand down if he loses that vote. we are watching him at the moment trying to reclaim the narrative, sort of putting his party on an election footing and looking at some of the issues that he would like to take to the doorstep so that is where we are right at the moment. he is running a campaign now to fight for his life. the bbc�*s catriona renton there. four vietnamese nationals have been arrested as part of an operation by british and french authorities against people—smuggling. it's alleged they were part of a group which advertised small boat crossings on facebook. another 12 people said to be linked to the s
she left the snp and joined the alba party, which is alex salmond... the former first minister who was also an snp first minister, the party he leads now. she set out a number of conditions that she would support mr yousaf on. if he loses the personal vote, he is not legally bound to resign but you could imagine there is political pressure on him. we have heard from one snp msp this morning that he believes that humza yousaf would have to stand down if he loses that vote. we are watching him at...
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i think it's very, very kind of alex salmond to pop up when humza yousaf is in trouble and a benevolently offer his advice and help , i think his advice and help, i think he'll be delighted to return to the fray, but i think people of scotland should look at the record of the snp in government, and recognise that the only thing they've ever cared about is securing independence and not delivering for the people of scotland, not delivering on pubuc scotland, not delivering on public services and the have governed very poorly. >> andy, briefly, i wonder whether keir starmer needs to get the scottish labour party back in the bottle. i mean, some of the votes that the scottish labour party has been involved in in the scottish parliament, i think, you know, do not help the labour party nationally. is there an issue there? >> i don't think there's necessarily necessarily an issue because they're in opposition. but i think if they are hoping to go into government and the opportunity presents itself sooner rather than later, i imagine that there'll be some serious conversations between the scottis
i think it's very, very kind of alex salmond to pop up when humza yousaf is in trouble and a benevolently offer his advice and help , i think his advice and help, i think he'll be delighted to return to the fray, but i think people of scotland should look at the record of the snp in government, and recognise that the only thing they've ever cared about is securing independence and not delivering for the people of scotland, not delivering on pubuc scotland, not delivering on public services and...
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alba to allow him to survive as first minister but the snp "old guard" stepped in to block it, alex salmond has claimed. the alba leader said yousaf had been on the phone with alba at 7:30am on monday morning in a last—minute bid to stay on as first minister, even as reports overnight said he had decided to resign. this idea that humza yousaf didn't want to do a deal with is just simply untrue. 7:30 this morning, he was trying to do a deal with alpa and complimented the proposals we'd made as very reasonable. the reason he didn't do a deal with fell apart is the forces within his own party who stopped them doing it. let's call them the old guard. see, the ultimate problem for hamzah was he wasn't actually control of his own party, which is why he wasn't able to survive over the next week. no love lost between the old guard and alex salmon. of all the political ironies that he would call on reagan who defected to the party, someone he said was no great loss to the snp. it's an extraordinary turn of events in a short space of time. it's extraordinary _ a short space of time. it's extraordin
alba to allow him to survive as first minister but the snp "old guard" stepped in to block it, alex salmond has claimed. the alba leader said yousaf had been on the phone with alba at 7:30am on monday morning in a last—minute bid to stay on as first minister, even as reports overnight said he had decided to resign. this idea that humza yousaf didn't want to do a deal with is just simply untrue. 7:30 this morning, he was trying to do a deal with alpa and complimented the proposals...
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but later alex salmond accused him of coming under religious pressure. since becoming first minister, he's reportedly overseen the contraction of the scottish economy. he's missed a&e targets, nhs waiting lists, which have increased by 9.5% apparently on the year before he took over, spending 134 grand of taxpayers money on nine independent papers. a rise in violence and sexual offences and more than 12,400 trains cancellations. he's made several inexplicable decisions, like deciding to go on a family houday deciding to go on a family holiday to qatar , which houses holiday to qatar, which houses hamas leaders just a couple of months after hamas invaded israel, he unilaterally announced that scotland would be the first part of the uk to welcome refugees from gaza, and not sure how popular that would have been, with most people in scotland, to be honest. he decided to donate 250 grand to the unrwa aid agency in november 2023. at the same time as his parents in law were among millions unable to leave the enclave. they have since left, but any insinuation o
but later alex salmond accused him of coming under religious pressure. since becoming first minister, he's reportedly overseen the contraction of the scottish economy. he's missed a&e targets, nhs waiting lists, which have increased by 9.5% apparently on the year before he took over, spending 134 grand of taxpayers money on nine independent papers. a rise in violence and sexual offences and more than 12,400 trains cancellations. he's made several inexplicable decisions, like deciding to go...
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that's the party that is led by the former first minister alex salmond, mr reagan stood for the leader of the snp against mr yusuf before leaving to stop she set out a number of conditions but if humza yousaf makes concessions to her could have that rock the boat elsewhere? if humza yousaf lifts the boat himself he is not legally bound to resign but you can imagine the political pressure he will be under and we heard from an ms np in his own party today saying he would have to step down if you lost the vote. humza yousaf is trying to reclaim the narrative we expect a raft of policy announcement this week to try and shore up some support ahead of those votes. ibig and shore up some support ahead of those votes-— those votes. big week next week. thank ou those votes. big week next week. thank you very — those votes. big week next week. thank you very much _ those votes. big week next week. thank you very much for - those votes. big week next week. thank you very much for that. - itv news said the presenter ragan omar is receiving medical care as he became unwell live on air. he was p
that's the party that is led by the former first minister alex salmond, mr reagan stood for the leader of the snp against mr yusuf before leaving to stop she set out a number of conditions but if humza yousaf makes concessions to her could have that rock the boat elsewhere? if humza yousaf lifts the boat himself he is not legally bound to resign but you can imagine the political pressure he will be under and we heard from an ms np in his own party today saying he would have to step down if you...
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snp leadership contest last year, she has sincejoined the pro—independence and the party led by alex salmond and she touched in this letter a long—standing issues she has had a scottish government policy. she highlights her bill in hollywood of devolving powers for a second vote on independence, so she is setting out her demands there. alba sources say to me that they want tangible commitments from humza yousaf if he is to win over her support to get the backing to get through this vote next week. we will see if he says anything when he speaks later today, but certainly now we know he has tabled in another speech for today after counselling and we will see what he has to say after another perilous few hours for him. , ., ., ., ~ i want to bring you a line of breaking news that we are getting in from wales. 13—year—old girl has been remanded to youth detention accommodation. she is charged with three counts of attempted murder. but after a stabbing at a school in south wales earlier in the week. that incident left to teachers and a pupil hurt and they have since been released from hospi
snp leadership contest last year, she has sincejoined the pro—independence and the party led by alex salmond and she touched in this letter a long—standing issues she has had a scottish government policy. she highlights her bill in hollywood of devolving powers for a second vote on independence, so she is setting out her demands there. alba sources say to me that they want tangible commitments from humza yousaf if he is to win over her support to get the backing to get through this vote...
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i asked him about claims from leader of the alba party, alex salmond, that humza yousaf was interested in doing a deal with his party. had humza yousaf sought to do a deal with alba, relying on ash regan�*s vote, there would certainly be a substantial number of people within his own ranks, within the snp, it would be deeply uncomfortable with that, given the history of relations between the parties. so i think, in essence, humza yousaf found himself pretty much boxed in with nowhere to go, and obviously, as he said himself, he spent the weekend reflecting, essentially trying to see if there was a way out of this. but there was no obvious way out, as soon as the green party, the scottish greens made clear that they were going to vote in favour of this motion of no confidence in him personally, i think it became increasingly clear that there was nowhere to go and the game was up. for so many years, the snp has been a dominant force, a seemingly unassailable dominant force in scottish politics, but then came power—sharing with the greens, and now this. is the dominant era over? i thin
i asked him about claims from leader of the alba party, alex salmond, that humza yousaf was interested in doing a deal with his party. had humza yousaf sought to do a deal with alba, relying on ash regan�*s vote, there would certainly be a substantial number of people within his own ranks, within the snp, it would be deeply uncomfortable with that, given the history of relations between the parties. so i think, in essence, humza yousaf found himself pretty much boxed in with nowhere to go,...
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his political career literally rests in the balance of alex salmond . and with of alex salmond. and with scotland's drug deaths being worst in europe alongside problems with education, housing and poverty, useless just rolls off the tongue where humza is concerned in other news, rwanda is in everyone's is on everyone's lips . it seems the everyone's lips. it seems the french are stepping up after five people died. one of whom was a seven year old girl, when the people smugglers boat that she was travelling in was effectively hijacked by other migrants , the french can no migrants, the french can no longer sit by and just allow people to leave the uk, leave for the uk and this bbc question time clip went viral. no i think there's an exclusion on people from rwanda being sent to from rwanda. >> they're from congo, they're from congo, and they're supposedly from congo. they're supposedly from congo. they're supposedly war in these people from rwanda are they then going to be sent to rwanda if they came here on a crossing from from congo? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> would people be sent fr
his political career literally rests in the balance of alex salmond . and with of alex salmond. and with scotland's drug deaths being worst in europe alongside problems with education, housing and poverty, useless just rolls off the tongue where humza is concerned in other news, rwanda is in everyone's is on everyone's lips . it seems the everyone's lips. it seems the french are stepping up after five people died. one of whom was a seven year old girl, when the people smugglers boat that she...
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there was a suggestion perhaps he could do some sort of deal with the one member of alex salmond's alba party in here but the snp did not want to do that, they did not want to get involved. that left him with no options but to go. mr yusuf, are you resigning today? fix, options but to go. mr yusuf, are you resigning today?— resigning today? a simple answer, es. not resigning today? a simple answer, yes- not at — resigning today? a simple answer, yes. not at home _ resigning today? a simple answer, yes. not at home in _ resigning today? a simple answer, yes. not at home in dundee, - resigning today? a simple answer, yes. not at home in dundee, but. resigning today? a simple answer, i yes. not at home in dundee, but here at the official residence of the first minister in edinburgh, the place which gave its name to the power—sharing deal with the greens which humza yousaf dumped so disastrously last week. unfortunately in ending the bute house agreement in the manner that i did, i clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset that caused. i have concluded that repairing our rel
there was a suggestion perhaps he could do some sort of deal with the one member of alex salmond's alba party in here but the snp did not want to do that, they did not want to get involved. that left him with no options but to go. mr yusuf, are you resigning today? fix, options but to go. mr yusuf, are you resigning today?— resigning today? a simple answer, es. not resigning today? a simple answer, yes- not at — resigning today? a simple answer, yes. not at home _ resigning today? a simple...
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she pointed to the fact that there has previously been scottish men are under alex salmond and nicola sturgeon, —— there has been scottish minority governments and others people and they have been able to get legislation through by negotiating with individual parties and in some cases individual msps.— cases individual msps. kathleen nutt, political — cases individual msps. kathleen nutt, political correspondent. cases individual msps. kathleen nutt, political correspondent at| cases individual msps. kathleen i nutt, political correspondent at the herald, thank you very much. we will keep an eye on that story. in the meantime, the post office inquiry continues today with a former post office executive who is described as knowing more about the faulty horizon system than anyone else giving evidence at the inquiry. angela van den bogerd was the most important person in the legal action taken and wasjudged important person in the legal action taken and was judged heavily for giving misleading evidence. angela is our head of network services. she was paula vennells' right hand wom
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you know, are advised, shall we say, by alex salmond and by neil hanvey, who will probably, you know , see this as probably, you know, see this as an opportunity to further the position of alba on issues like independence and the gender bills, etc. so, yeah, interesting times. and it feels like we're only at the beginning here. >> thank you. tony mcguire . live >> thank you. tony mcguire. live from holyrood and moving swiftly onwards, ireland's premier millom simon harris has said his country's immigration laws will need to change after it emerged that a over 80% of asylum seekers in ireland enter from the uk. and this comes amid ever growing tensions in ireland on the issue of immigration, with a sharp increase in migrant arrivals worsening the republic's already acute housing crisis that has led to many asylum seekers sleeping in tents. well, joining us now to discuss this is the president of the irish freedom party, herman kelly. herman, welcome to the show. so, spiralling out of control and it's the united kingdom that's to blame . he's kingdom that's to blame. he's muted okay. w
you know, are advised, shall we say, by alex salmond and by neil hanvey, who will probably, you know , see this as probably, you know, see this as an opportunity to further the position of alba on issues like independence and the gender bills, etc. so, yeah, interesting times. and it feels like we're only at the beginning here. >> thank you. tony mcguire . live >> thank you. tony mcguire. live from holyrood and moving swiftly onwards, ireland's premier millom simon harris has said...
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a salmond's alba party. a spokesperson is admitting that dismissing the idea as fantasy , dismissing the idea as fantasy, he said mr yousaf is reaching out to those political opponents ahead of a no confidence motion expected this week. >> a gold pocket watch recovered from the body on the richest man on the titanic has been sold at auction for a record breaking £1,175,000. it had only been expected to fetch around 150,000, the previous highest amount paid for a titanic artefact was 1.1 million for a violin, played as the ship sank , violin, played as the ship sank, and the white house correspondents dinner has wrapped up in washington, journalists and politicians were met by palestinian protesters as they arrived. >> however, joe biden made the most of the situation, poking fun at donald trump . of course, fun at donald trump. of course, the 2024 election is in full swing, and yes , age is an issue. swing, and yes, age is an issue. >> i'm a grown man running against a six year old. but donald has had a few
a salmond's alba party. a spokesperson is admitting that dismissing the idea as fantasy , dismissing the idea as fantasy, he said mr yousaf is reaching out to those political opponents ahead of a no confidence motion expected this week. >> a gold pocket watch recovered from the body on the richest man on the titanic has been sold at auction for a record breaking £1,175,000. it had only been expected to fetch around 150,000, the previous highest amount paid for a titanic artefact was 1.1...
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it is designed for a minority government, indeed the snp in the first administration under alex salmond governed as a minority government, but what it means is that they will have to reach out for other parties to get backing for their losses. there will have to be more compromises going forward with other parties. 50. more compromises going forward with other parties-— other parties. so, how did the power-sharing _ other parties. so, how did the power-sharing agreement - other parties. so, how did the power-sharing agreement in l other parties. so, how did the - power-sharing agreement in scotland, power—sharing agreement in scotland, without? what led to its collapse? sophia explains. the power-sharing deal between _ sophia explains. the power-sharing deal between the _ sophia explains. the power-sharing deal between the snp _ sophia explains. the power-sharing deal between the snp and - sophia explains. the power-sharing deal between the snp and the - sophia explains. the power-sharing l deal between the snp and the greens in scotland has collapsed, so how do we get here? the arr
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and then there were the look the other way progressives thaddeus stevens salmond, pete chase. good on a.c., bad on catholic immigration. lincoln himself would from inconsistent nancy all the way to fostering truly revolution era change in military and civilian life, acting in transformative ways. and we'll get to that in a few minutes. not that lincoln solved all the problems about refugees and migrants for all time. that's obvious. as we know he did. however, point in the direction of expanding the definite vision of what it meant to be american. but i don't want to get ahead of the story. i was astonished, i guess, when i started for this book, to be reminded that the constant tution did not give. the federal government, the power to regulate immigration only, to regulate naturalization. so the the power to police new arrivals rested with the states and localities and the result not until the supreme court reinterpreted the issue of foreign oversight that much later was open borders, though some localities did turn away arrivals that they described as indigent or idiots. som
and then there were the look the other way progressives thaddeus stevens salmond, pete chase. good on a.c., bad on catholic immigration. lincoln himself would from inconsistent nancy all the way to fostering truly revolution era change in military and civilian life, acting in transformative ways. and we'll get to that in a few minutes. not that lincoln solved all the problems about refugees and migrants for all time. that's obvious. as we know he did. however, point in the direction of...
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it is designed for a minority government, indeed the snp in theirfirst administration under alex salmond governed as a minority government, but at what it means is that they will now have to reach out to other parties to get backing for their policies. there will have to be more compromises going forward with other parties such as the conservatives or labour, or indeed the greens. they are united with the snp that scotland should be an independent country, but make no mistake, this will be a challenging time for the snp, for their leader, will be a challenging time for the snp, fortheir leader, humza will be a challenging time for the snp, for their leader, humza yousaf, going forward. snp, for their leader, humza yousaf, going forward-— going forward. here is the reaction from the green _ going forward. here is the reaction from the green co-leader, - going forward. here is the reaction from the green co-leader, patrick| from the green co—leader, patrick harvie. humza yousaf informed us of his desire _ humza yousaf informed us of his desire to — humza yousaf informed us of his des
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but just just whilst alex salmond, whether this is true, we will never know. but we're saying that humza yousaf was on the phone to the alba party as late as 730 this morning, which implies that, you know, he was quite desperate, and i also thought it was remarkable how he managed to crowbar in multiculturalism and diversity in the first few lines of his resignation thing . i thought, resignation thing. i thought, look, just know when you beat him. but anyway, look, coming up, we will have tomorrow's papers. tonight will probably be a bit more humza in that if you're not sick of it. and next. harry and meghan though, decided to visit nigeria next month after the duchess of sussex learnt about her heritage. yep. so apparently she's 43% nigerian. apparently oh well yeah, exactly. so she's got to go and they're going to be engaging in cultural things. so there we go. the editor at large at the mail on sunday, charlotte griffiths, will join me to share more of the couple's latest. i would argue fake royal stuff. here's patrick christys donelan gb news. okay. welco
but just just whilst alex salmond, whether this is true, we will never know. but we're saying that humza yousaf was on the phone to the alba party as late as 730 this morning, which implies that, you know, he was quite desperate, and i also thought it was remarkable how he managed to crowbar in multiculturalism and diversity in the first few lines of his resignation thing . i thought, resignation thing. i thought, look, just know when you beat him. but anyway, look, coming up, we will have...
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she left the snp and joined the alba party, which is alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland, the party he leads now full stop she set out a number of conditions that she would support mr humza yousaf on. if he loses the personal vote, humza yousaf on. if he loses the personalvote, he humza yousaf on. if he loses the personal vote, he is not legally bound to resign but you could imagine there is political pressure on him. we have heard from one snp msp this morning that he believes that humza yousaf would have to stand down if he loses that vote. we are watching him at the moment trying to reclaim the narrative, sort of putting his party on an election footing and looking at some of the issues that he would like to take to the doorstep so that is where we are right at the moment. he is running a campaign now to fight for his life. . ~' , ., , is running a campaign now to fight for his life. ., ~ i. , . for his life. thank you, very much. the bbc's — for his life. thank you, very much. the bbc's catriona _ for his life. thank you, very much. the bbc's catriona renton - for h
she left the snp and joined the alba party, which is alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland, the party he leads now full stop she set out a number of conditions that she would support mr humza yousaf on. if he loses the personal vote, humza yousaf on. if he loses the personalvote, he humza yousaf on. if he loses the personal vote, he is not legally bound to resign but you could imagine there is political pressure on him. we have heard from one snp msp this morning that he believes...
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indeed, the snp, in theirfirst administration and alex salmond, governed as a minority government. but it means they will now have to reach out to other parties to get backing for their policies. there will have to be more compromises going forward with other parties such as the conservatives or labour or indeed the greens. they of course are united with the snp in their belief that scotland should be an independent country. but this will be a more challenging time for the snp and their leader and humza yousaf. ~ . ., , ., snp and their leader and humza yousaf. ~ . ., yousaf. what would you say the advantages _ yousaf. what would you say the advantages are _ yousaf. what would you say the advantages are for _ yousaf. what would you say the advantages are for him - yousaf. what would you say the advantages are for him in - yousaf. what would you say the i advantages are for him in getting out of the agreement, versus those risks you are talking about? ltrul’eii. risks you are talking about? well, he would say _ risks you are talking about? well, he would say it — risks you are t
indeed, the snp, in theirfirst administration and alex salmond, governed as a minority government. but it means they will now have to reach out to other parties to get backing for their policies. there will have to be more compromises going forward with other parties such as the conservatives or labour or indeed the greens. they of course are united with the snp in their belief that scotland should be an independent country. but this will be a more challenging time for the snp and their leader...
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the party that was led by the former first minister...that is led by the former first minister alex salmond. she stood for a leader of the snp against humza yousaf before leaving for alba. she set out a number of conditions. but if humza yousaf makes concessions to her could that rock the boat elsewhere? if humza yousaf loses the vote in himself, he is not legally bound to reside but you can imagine the political pressure he will be under. we heard from an msp in his own party today say he would have to step down if he lost the vote. mr yousaf is trying to reclaim the narrative. we expect a raft of policy announcement this week to try and shore up some support ahead of those votes. some breaking news to bring you from the middle east. hamas have published a new video showing first proof of life from two more hostages in gaza: keith siegel and 0mri miran. the video is not dated, but miran says he has been held captive for 202 days and siegel mentions the passover holiday, indicating the clips were likely filmed recently. siegel is a us citizen, taken captive with his wife from their home in
the party that was led by the former first minister...that is led by the former first minister alex salmond. she stood for a leader of the snp against humza yousaf before leaving for alba. she set out a number of conditions. but if humza yousaf makes concessions to her could that rock the boat elsewhere? if humza yousaf loses the vote in himself, he is not legally bound to reside but you can imagine the political pressure he will be under. we heard from an msp in his own party today say he...
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so alex salmond was punished for not getting over the line, but she, in effect wasn't, but she obviously was married to the chief exec, peter murrell. and they ran the snp with a rod of iron. you know, you were not allowed to step out of line, we've all seen all the sort of video clips that have been circulated during all the problems they've had , and it was problems they've had, and it was made quite clear that if you in any way opposed, disagreed, spoke out against it, you were punished, so the snp was a very, very tight ship under the morals and the morals have gone and all those, you know , a lot of what's those, you know, a lot of what's going on isn't necessarily humza yousafs fault, but it is a symptom of that releasing of the pressure that they were all kept under to, to tow the line and do as they were told, and now, you know, the morals are out of the picture for the purposes, you know, they can do what they like, sorry, i'm just need to put some power on my system. that's okay. don't worry. >> well, we lost power completely from ivan kaplan, so we're doing quite well with you
so alex salmond was punished for not getting over the line, but she, in effect wasn't, but she obviously was married to the chief exec, peter murrell. and they ran the snp with a rod of iron. you know, you were not allowed to step out of line, we've all seen all the sort of video clips that have been circulated during all the problems they've had , and it was problems they've had, and it was made quite clear that if you in any way opposed, disagreed, spoke out against it, you were punished, so...
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alba party's leader, alex salmond, told the sunday times mr yousaf might win her over by striking an electoral pact in which snp candidates stood aside in favour of alba in some seats in future elections. but a source close to mr yousaf called the idea "a fantasy and ridiculous". the main opposition say the first minister has run out of road. i think it's an act of desperation on the part of the current first minister. we have had plenty of opportunities to collaborate over the years but what i am looking at is a very chaotic government that is frankly incompetent and embarrassing to the people of scotland. well, humza yousaf is one of the most divisive and incompetent first ministers scotland has ever seen. and it shows how desperate he is that he _ and it shows how desperate he is that he is— and it shows how desperate he is that he is humiliating leave having to write _ that he is humiliating leave having to write to — that he is humiliating leave having to write to his political opponents in order— to write to his political opponents in order to — to write to his politica
alba party's leader, alex salmond, told the sunday times mr yousaf might win her over by striking an electoral pact in which snp candidates stood aside in favour of alba in some seats in future elections. but a source close to mr yousaf called the idea "a fantasy and ridiculous". the main opposition say the first minister has run out of road. i think it's an act of desperation on the part of the current first minister. we have had plenty of opportunities to collaborate over the years...
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fascinating to in the background alex salmond. >> alba what do we make of wmmw >> alba what do we make of summit. why isn't summoned more front and centre of this party? >> yeah, that's a good question isn't it? i don't quite understand this. ash regan, is there only a, msp, isn't she? he's the only person from that party in there. he's the sort of eminence in the background. but he said to the scottish first minister, okay, fine. we're very willing to sort of help you as long as you promise at the next election to make sure that there are alba candidates in all the various places. obviously, very, very strong supporters of independence rather than your snp colleagues. again, you know, that's a sort of rather inviting someone to write a political suicide notice. >> no, i mean, in getting out of the coalition, the snp now finds itself in a coalition with the very people it didn't want to be in coalition with, potentially. so it's not great politics, mail on sunday's got a really interesting spread by the political editor, glen owen, on the idea of the eu aping the rwanda scheme , i mean
fascinating to in the background alex salmond. >> alba what do we make of wmmw >> alba what do we make of summit. why isn't summoned more front and centre of this party? >> yeah, that's a good question isn't it? i don't quite understand this. ash regan, is there only a, msp, isn't she? he's the only person from that party in there. he's the sort of eminence in the background. but he said to the scottish first minister, okay, fine. we're very willing to sort of help you as long...
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with that, he was no longer the respected man that he was when he was part of alex salmond's cabinet as finance minister, and in fact has faced no confidence votes himself in the time i was in parliament and had to be strongly backed by nicola sturgeon to survive. so i think what you have to consider is are we getting the true john swinney, you know, is was john swinney, you know, is was john swinney merely playing whatever game was in front of him to keep his position in the party? and i think there's a few people would, would be uncertain now . would, would be uncertain now. and i think if he does, if he does pull through and become leader again, that this won't be the first time. remember, he he was leader once before and it wasn't a great success. and he's been interim leader before. but if he does come, this may be as a chance for him to say, this is what i believe and this is what i stand for, and we might see the true john swinney in terms of what he believes in, but, you know, money's on the bet now as to which way he'll go. yes. >> the general election looming , >> the gener
with that, he was no longer the respected man that he was when he was part of alex salmond's cabinet as finance minister, and in fact has faced no confidence votes himself in the time i was in parliament and had to be strongly backed by nicola sturgeon to survive. so i think what you have to consider is are we getting the true john swinney, you know, is was john swinney, you know, is was john swinney merely playing whatever game was in front of him to keep his position in the party? and i think...
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the problem here is that humza yousaf , more than you know, yousaf, more than you know, sturgeon or salmond, seems to think that scotland is an independent country that can dictate things like climate change policy and foreign affairs. you know, if they got their numbers wrong, it was their numbers wrong, it was their mistake on a political level, right? they have to act within the boundaries of what the government to do the uk government chooses to do and projections and all the uk government chooses to do and rest projections and all the uk government chooses to do and rest of projections and all the uk government chooses to do and rest of it. projections and all the uk government chooses to do and rest of it. so )jections and all the uk government chooses to do and rest of it. so iactions and all the uk government chooses to do and rest of it. so i kind|s and all the uk government chooses to do and rest of it. so i kind ofand all the rest of it. so i kind of think it's a bit rich. i mean, it's very typical of the snp that they always blame westminster. >> but do you think that was a laud
the problem here is that humza yousaf , more than you know, yousaf, more than you know, sturgeon or salmond, seems to think that scotland is an independent country that can dictate things like climate change policy and foreign affairs. you know, if they got their numbers wrong, it was their numbers wrong, it was their mistake on a political level, right? they have to act within the boundaries of what the government to do the uk government chooses to do and projections and all the uk government...
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once when alex salmond failed to get a budget through in his first couple of years, and then one immediately the day after brexit was voted for in order to plan the next independence referendum. so it gives you an idea of how extraordinary this was. but for many people , was. but for many people, they'll be thinking that this was inevitable and only a matter of time. we've seen relationship deteriorate quite significantly over the last couple of weeks. first, with those, 2030 green targets of greenhouse gases reductions by 75. last week. and then, of course, the withdrawal of hormone therapies for children. now, i went out and i spoke to people in edinburgh today to break the news to many of them, actually, and to ask them how much confidence they still had in this minority snp government. >> i think it's a good thing for scotland . i think the greens scotland. i think the greens have not been a force for good in our country. so i frankly, i think yes, it's i'm glad. i'm glad to see the bute house agreement come to an end. >> and you think the snp will still be okay with a minority and minor
once when alex salmond failed to get a budget through in his first couple of years, and then one immediately the day after brexit was voted for in order to plan the next independence referendum. so it gives you an idea of how extraordinary this was. but for many people , was. but for many people, they'll be thinking that this was inevitable and only a matter of time. we've seen relationship deteriorate quite significantly over the last couple of weeks. first, with those, 2030 green targets of...
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and he's left going cap in hand to alex salmond, the person who just couldn't bear nicola sturgeon in the alba party. >> so extraordinary astonishes of what was really interesting there. tony mcguire spoke to a bunch of people on the streets. the voters, the public, the people who matter were the people's channel. and what i was struck by was a total dissatisfaction with the entire political agenda . one of them political agenda. one of them even almost sound like lee anderson. he said, brilliant. we'll get our country back. another said, we've become a country obsessed with grievance. do you think or do you hope chris hope, that humza yousaf go might spell an end to this obsession with identity politics, with what people may call woke politics? get back to what people care about crime. the nhs , schools, real politics. the nhs, schools, real politics. and that's what. >> rishi sunak. the prime minister has been saying should happen. now. the snp should go back to what matters . the bread back to what matters. the bread and butter issues, the issues which are devolved to the administr
and he's left going cap in hand to alex salmond, the person who just couldn't bear nicola sturgeon in the alba party. >> so extraordinary astonishes of what was really interesting there. tony mcguire spoke to a bunch of people on the streets. the voters, the public, the people who matter were the people's channel. and what i was struck by was a total dissatisfaction with the entire political agenda . one of them political agenda. one of them even almost sound like lee anderson. he said,...
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those that don't know, is an msp who defected from the scottish national party to alba, which is alex salmond's other independent si king political party and she says she won't back humza yousaf unless he gets rid of self—identification trans laws. so he ain't going to do that, is he? so he's somewhat snookered and my understanding is that those two haven't actually spoken since humza yousaf prevailed in that leadership election last year, so he's in a very tricky spot. >> there's no doubt about it. he's being defiant, but both for the scottish parliament, for the snp's representation in the scottish parliament and for their leadership of scotland, and also for the wider political landscape across the uk. this is chaos for the scots nats. we shouldn't forget that, although they've been running scotland now for some time, there is no majority in scotland for their raison d'etre for their flagship policy, which is, of course, as the name suggests , scottish the name suggests, scottish independence. what i would say is that this is an enormous and i'm sure charlie will say it's an opportunity fo
those that don't know, is an msp who defected from the scottish national party to alba, which is alex salmond's other independent si king political party and she says she won't back humza yousaf unless he gets rid of self—identification trans laws. so he ain't going to do that, is he? so he's somewhat snookered and my understanding is that those two haven't actually spoken since humza yousaf prevailed in that leadership election last year, so he's in a very tricky spot. >> there's no...
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up with the state of pubuc are fed up with the state of public services, and that's gone from alex salmond to nicola sturgeon to humza yousaf. so yes, he may have played his hand badly, but the decline in public services in scotland has been going on quite a bit longer than merely the last 12 months. >> well, that, of course, is true, but he , you know, he true, but he, you know, he hasn't done anything that is good, that is affected. it really he hasn't done anything good about it all. he's talked about a lot or all. all we've heard about are a lot of the culture or issues, the hate crime legislation, which is totally unreleasable . i mean, totally unreleasable. i mean, that was a ridiculous thing, him being the most hated in the end. i mean, well, yeah, i mean, i think those are vexatious reports, but but your point. no, that's not that's true, it's true, it's true . there were true, it's true. there were a thousand complaints a day. then by the end of the week, there was 7000 people complaining the police had agreed or humza had said that all, all of them would be investigated. i spoke
up with the state of pubuc are fed up with the state of public services, and that's gone from alex salmond to nicola sturgeon to humza yousaf. so yes, he may have played his hand badly, but the decline in public services in scotland has been going on quite a bit longer than merely the last 12 months. >> well, that, of course, is true, but he , you know, he true, but he, you know, he hasn't done anything that is good, that is affected. it really he hasn't done anything good about it all....
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we understand that he has ruled out a deal with alex salmond's alba party so his other options were to look to the greens. they are still furious with him too and that power—sharing agreement. it looks like he could resign as early as today but no confirmation as the on that. we await an confirmation as the on that. , await an announcement about politics being politics, people have to think about who might replace him. what are the names people should be thinking about looking at? absolutely, things do move very quickly, even though there is no resignation. there were reports that john swinney has been approached to take over in the interim, at least, and then kate forbes is being seen as a possible replacement. she was narrowly beaten by humza yousaf last time, but she had insisted a couple of days ago that she was backing the first minister humza yousaf. there were some other names in the frame, the education secretary, the culture secretary angus robinson, the health secretary angus robinson, the health secretary neil gray but any successor would face similar difficulties or chall
we understand that he has ruled out a deal with alex salmond's alba party so his other options were to look to the greens. they are still furious with him too and that power—sharing agreement. it looks like he could resign as early as today but no confirmation as the on that. we await an confirmation as the on that. , await an announcement about politics being politics, people have to think about who might replace him. what are the names people should be thinking about looking at? absolutely,...
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it was a party that's led by the former snp leader alex salmond. so he is going to be entirely reliant on her support because there is only one vote in this and she has yet to say what she's going to do. so it is looking extremely precarious for him. >> it is the most extraordinary time in scottish politics at the moment, isn't it, suzanne? >> it is , in a sense, we've had >> it is, in a sense, we've had the whole implosion of the scottish nationalist party, arguably culminating in the arrest of nicola sturgeon's husband last week. we've had the possibility, i think, of a second referendum on scottish independence. pretty much dead independence. pretty much dead in the water now. the economic fortunes of scotland are still very much up in the air, so, sorry, my light has just gone off, so we'll have to see what happens , i mean, it's happens, i mean, it's interesting, isn't it, that even if he loses this vote, if he's not forced to go , it doesn't it not forced to go, it doesn't it doesn't force any change. but would there be would there be enough,
it was a party that's led by the former snp leader alex salmond. so he is going to be entirely reliant on her support because there is only one vote in this and she has yet to say what she's going to do. so it is looking extremely precarious for him. >> it is the most extraordinary time in scottish politics at the moment, isn't it, suzanne? >> it is , in a sense, we've had >> it is, in a sense, we've had the whole implosion of the scottish nationalist party, arguably...