but bit ”5 ft" ankle. but likely someone stepped into the breach to fill the two massive holes. sorry! the bbc scotla nd massive holes. sorry! the bbc scotland editor is here.” massive holes. sorry! the bbc scotland editor is here. i am glad to be here, you replace one scottish woman with another and may no one will notice? you are replacing the foreign language skills as well.” have to pretend i have a doctorate. let's crack on with... we are particularly reliant on the dover— calais crossing. the doubters and dim stairs, series, they are going to get it wrong again. that remain is only visible and well. brussels has described it as a dogs brexit.

it is adam at westminster. and it is sarah smith and also at westminster and a brief visit to london and normally i cover the campaign and scotla nd normally i cover the campaign and scotland and the manifesto and glasgow yesterday but am delighted to be here with you guys. i have brought you a present. a hard copy of the s&p manifesto because i know you are collecting them and you have binder and the. now has more documents than you say you are collecting these manifesto so there you go. you are bringing out the photocopier but i much prefer having the original. carried it all to lay down on that train from glasgow. the original. carried it all to lay down on that train from glasgowli know down on that train from glasgow.” know i am nosy for these things but it is so much better having the actual thing for us during the campaign but... i keep them all is well so i went and got the s&p ma nifesto well so i went and got the s&p manifesto from 2017 to compare

without one to take it to the campaign launch and saw that page is where the same and i said you did not get to do any of this in 2017 so what makes you think... do you still have the massive s&p door stopper about what an independent scotland would look like? of course. it sits on my desk along with the rail commission report obviously. we were talking about election on the other night and at the big week of interviews and a couple weeks of interviews and a couple weeks of interviews but this whole business of thatjeremy corbyn and nicola sturgeon interview. read about the prime minister? and is borisjohnson actually going to do it? he has been can do my campaigning in the southwest of england today and then write caught up with him and asked them the exact question. will you set down and be interviewed on the

bbc before polling day?” set down and be interviewed on the bbc before polling day? i will have all sorts of interviews and i'm being interviewed by you know and i am sure active discussions are taking place... we are talking for five minutes but will you agree to a proper interview on the bbc before polling day? i am sure i will be having all sorts of interrogations and inquisitions and i am no doubt the conversation is going to go to all sorts of interviews and all sorts of people and... is not a yes 01’ sorts of people and... is not a yes ora no? sorts of people and... is not a yes or a no? other people are getting involved in these conversations and it is not myjob to... they will be disguising and discussing. i am happy to be interviewed by anybody, like you and i look forward to the outcome of their discussions. like you and i look forward to the outcome of their discussionsm like you and i look forward to the outcome of their discussions. if you don't did this interview, you are afraid of scrutiny? i am being interviewed by you? five minutes is

not a full—length interviews. it is not a full—length interviews. it is not the same thing. a big sit down interview, half an hour and a studio is totally different from a quick chat on the tree campaign trail.” do not think i did an interview that was a full half hour long and you can plan it out and meet people into the corners where the detail gets more tricky for them because everybody has got one answer to the question about what you say you will do about this and they have to come back but if you say but... this will happen and that will happen and then what do you do? that is when it gets tricky and that is what you never had time for a. jeremy corbyn had his rough ride and a half an hour andi his rough ride and a half an hour and i suppose from the conservative perspective is the calculation of his, do you take a bigger head of being accused of being a chicken enough going or going on and if the president and the first two

interviews is anything to go by and andrew's approach that these things are happening our. but does nothing about being taken live on beyond the election if you are prime minister? someone said if you are dressed up ina someone said if you are dressed up in a chicken suit and follow you everywhere, which have been previously. those interviews are not just the half hour of the interview on bbc to itself but the life of the interview afterwards, the half an hour forjeremy corbyn interview afterwards, the half an hour for jeremy corbyn ended interview afterwards, the half an hour forjeremy corbyn ended up being two days of the entire media asa being two days of the entire media as a result. and clips that they can be clipped out and shared on social media or news programmes are where —— or wherever else. and maybe you made your argument over the course of 30 minutes but it doesn't work and a0 seconds. of 30 minutes but it doesn't work and 40 seconds. we need to talk about the ice cultures. instead of nigel farage and borisjohnson because they would not take part.

they had the leaders debate about climate change but borisjohnson and nigel farage were invited but did not turn up and were replaced by ice sculptures. but michael gove did turn up. he says i am here to represent the conservative so let me on inside and for the main channel for said you are not the leader. the debate goes ahead and the brexit party did not turn up at all but the conservatives sent someone else, but you are not a leader and that is that. the chief news correspondent has been treating her but michael gove said i am a reader and they said you are not the leader and he said you are not the leader and he said but i should not worry about prepositions. channel 4 said they are completely differentjobs. prepositions. channel 4 said they are completely different jobs. what is hea are completely different jobs. what is he a leader of? men? and his own

household? doubt it. it has been a good night for ice sculptures. because those two gloves, on either and sitting there melting under the tv lights. is it a good night if you watch your work slowly melting quickly i think that is every night foran quickly i think that is every night for an ice sculptures. should we talk about the document you brought from scotland, the snp manifesto? lunch ina from scotland, the snp manifesto? lunch in a groovy nightclub. the second nightclub launch. how groovy was the groovy nightclub?” second nightclub launch. how groovy was the groovy nightclub? i think at night it is quite groovy but once you covered it and stronger for scotla nd you covered it and stronger for scotland banners, it looks like any other manifesto launch to be perfectly honest. and terms of content what jumped out at you? front and centre for the argument on

scottish independence, they are the scottish independence, they are the scottish national party what else would they talk about but it is not a lwa ys would they talk about but it is not always trade that they really foreground that in every election, sometimes they want to talk about other issues because they think it helps the conservatives or galvanise the union because if they talk too much about independence. stop brexit with the sign on the podium and that is what people talk about a lot and nicola sturgeon admits she cannot do that by herself and the only way she can stop brexit is if there was an minority labour government and if she did go along with the plans for a second referendum after renegotiating a deal. brexit with a bag had but let's hear what she had to say about it. we must not let brexit rob our children's feature which means that kind of country we wa nt which means that kind of country we want scotland to be is on the ballot paper. and at the heart of it all, i ask people in scotland to consider this simple but fundamental question

before you cast your vote, and who should decide scotland because my feature, the people who live here? 0r borisjohnson. vote for the s&p on december 12th is a vote to escape brexit. by escaping brexit what she means is if there was another referendum on scottish independence if they voted to become independent and independent scotland could apply to bea and independent scotland could apply to be a part of the european union but if you listen to the clip you can see some of how this argument works in scotland where basically the snp can't list but at the prop up the snp can't list but at the prop upa minority the snp can't list but at the prop up a minority government they implement some of the pledges in the ma nifesto implement some of the pledges in the manifesto and if borisjohnson and the conservatives win a majority, brexit goes ahead and then nicola sturgeon can say that scotland has been taken out of the eu against its

will and yet another tory government it did not vote for foisted upon it in westminster and it strengthens the case for independence. this election however it turns out is a win—win for snp. election however it turns out is a win-win for snp. it was striking to listen to her, there was a statistic which you may recall it all along the lines of she was casting back towards the 19605, the last time scotland had endorsed a conservative government... 1955. and instead of making an argument on the number of general elections, it was not endorsed as a whole and the scottish election. scotland voted labour and huge numbers and sometimes got a conservative government in westminster and sled. when time returning 50 labour mps down but now they have set then and it is really looking quite difficult for them to hold onto that they might be reduced to one labourmp hold onto that they might be reduced to one labour mp at the end of this election but the big ask is another

independence referendum and they can't do that unless westminster sanctions another vote. a squabble about the date. boris johnson sanctions another vote. a squabble about the date. borisjohnson said absolutely not under a conservative government no referendum for the next five years, not happening. labour keep changing their position on this but the latest iteration is it would not happen in the first couple years of a labour government and nicola sturgeon wanted to happen next year, and 20/20 crucially before the end of the transition period. she had been changing her language on that a little bit and i have listened to her for the last couple of weeks... that westminster has to accept the principle for scotla nd has to accept the principle for scotland to decide when it has a valid and this is where she is leaving the door ajar and jeremy corbyn accepts the principle and she then chooses not to have it and 2020, not the first couple of years and asked her that directly doesn't

have to be and 2020 and she said yes. that is a redline, it must be next year. that was surprising to me. i wanted listening to her speech becau5e me. i wanted listening to her speech because she talked about westminster cannot have a veto over scotland's right to have a referendum and i5 5he looking to an amendment to the actual legislation governing her referendums are held so it becomes a cottage on the decision, you do not need to do the deal with the prime mini5ter need to do the deal with the prime minister of the day to allow that to happen. and good to ask for the end of this yearfor happen. and good to ask for the end of this year for the power to be permanent so they can have a referendum wherever they want but thatis referendum wherever they want but that is unlikely that is going to happen. a couple weeks ago we had a of ms. —— news stories with things just out of social media and cause them embarrassment or worse and there are few and scotland. a labour candidate was forced to withdraw because of anti—semitic comments she

made in the past and then just this evening the snp candidate had to stand down also for anti—semitic comments he apparently made and you standing against the current labour scottish shadow secretary and that is interesting because it is a feat where snp could do quite well and he is the only one forced withdrawal so far. who would i have said with a contender. the curiosity at this stage in the campaign is that even ifa stage in the campaign is that even if a party that sounds a candidate and they stopped campaigning, they are still on the ballot paper. and he could still be elected and if they get the most votes they could still be an mp. they could still be elected. and they will sit there on the ballot paper even if they were kicked out. if you plan to vote for labour or s&p and have not been following the minutiae you may be would not know if you voted for

someone would not know if you voted for someone who had been expelled from their own party. has the s&p had a problem with anti—semiti5m or is thi5 problem with anti—semiti5m or is this an isolated ca5e? problem with anti—semiti5m or is this an isolated case? there has been less of it generally with the labour party and scotland as well, they had more problems with it and there was in fact a tory candidate in glasgow who is made to stand down and he was expelled from the party yesterday for islamophobic remarks as well and it makes some of what was happening in the uk but... ten 01’ was happening in the uk but... ten or 15 years ago it was pretty brittle and then the referendum was incredibly heated and stayed heated and is it still heated and is it still quite... ? i think and is it still heated and is it still quite... ? ithink people and is it still heated and is it still quite... ? i think people are much more set and their views now, they know whether they are for or against independence largely, a small number of people are changing their minds on that but most of the

people are centred on that the uk are centred on leave or remain and people feel very strongly about that. the hardening of attitudes means that and the way in which that kind of identity politics came to scotla nd kind of identity politics came to scotland first before it the rest of the uk with the brexit referendum. people feel strongly about that and express their opinions quite forcibly shall we say. we like to reserve a little in the election campaign to peer over the channel and we should not avoid doing that just because she has crutches and laid out and contributes from over the channel. you bring us some donald tusk shaped news. we said goodbye to donald tu5k already hi5 term in office and and i have a new phone and did not know how to work it, but he made another goodbye and thi5 it, but he made another goodbye and this time he has posted a video tonight, thursday night, hi5

this time he has posted a video tonight, thursday night, his last night and office of him running through the park and brussels, watch out for the holes. of through the park and brussels, watch out for the holes. of his highlights, hi5 highlights a5 president of the european council that pops up. that is a swanky video. he is a keen runner and he ha5 video. he is a keen runner and he has been dragging around bru55el5 and he is in his 605 and it is very ha rd and he is in his 605 and it is very hard to look at running on camera. as candidates have discovered, michael gove... as candidates have discovered, michael gove. .. you will recreate this i of you through the streets of brussels with the greatest hits p°ppin9 brussels with the greatest hits p°pping up brussels with the greatest hits popping up along side you. brussels with the greatest hits popping up alongside you.” brussels with the greatest hits popping up along side you. i think i would rather do it sedentary, i do not look good running. what is great as he gets these testimonials from some of the heads of government, you we re some of the heads of government, you were great, emmanuel macron, we wellness your tweets. thanks. and i

suppose the thing about donald tusk is suppose the thing about donald tusk i5| suppose the thing about donald tusk isldo suppose the thing about donald tusk is i do not know how history books willjudge them is i do not know how history books will judge them because is i do not know how history books willjudge them because there is loads of unfinished business whether migration, completing the bank to avoid a financial crisis that is unfinished and i suppose what he will save and he will run and every minute now and he actually held the show together and kept that show on the road and actually we do not know what he managed to really avoid and what he managed to really avoid and what state they would be and if he had not managed to solve some problems and keep people together. some of the business has been unfinished because of dealing with brexit. one of his proudest achievements is compartmentalizing brexit which affects the rest of the year. did he though? the reason they had not been able to agree amongst the 27 is because the 27 can't agree rather than because we, the uk was

sucking up all the energy by standing in the way. this time last week we ended up doing a bit of a quiz and we were wearing abba t—shirts and this was part of t—shirts and this was part of t—shirt day and i think we were mentioned, the second trending moment of the week.” mentioned, the second trending moment of the week. i am assuming they would have things ready for me. trendy is not a trendy word. what should i have said? what is trendy for trendy? i do not know... groovy? that is even worse. on trend? did they not say that as they are good these days? —— that is bear good these days? —— that is bear good these days? —— that is bear good these days? i am not sick of these quizzes. and we also have to do this

for balance because there has been more manifestos and launch a sense la st more manifestos and launch a sense last week said this is an equally balanced quiz. i did not know there was going to be a quiz so i have no notes. let me spread them out evenly, the conservative manifesto over there. we have to have music for this, do you know who his 80th birthday it was this week? oh, tina turner. she is 80 this week, isn't that amazing? you will be hearing some generic tina turner asked music on the podcast because her people did not like current music appearing on podcasts and no one's people... i revealed a big aspect of ourjob there. is she older or younger than dolly parton? i do not... hang on i ask the questions! anyway, moving

on. so the format of the quiz this week, you have to work out, i will give you a quote, is the quote from a manifesto launch this week or from a manifesto launch this week or from a tina turner song? do we have to know which manifesto?” a tina turner song? do we have to know which manifesto? i will give you some clues so know which manifesto? i will give you some clues so here we go. wright, chris you can go for my first to give our guests time to prepare. the quote is trapped, like a lion in a cage. is that boris johnson or tina turner and private dancer? that is boris johnson. correct. what was the rest of the sentence, trapped like a tiger and a cage? is there uk trapped inside the eu? in the introduction written by borisjohnson, get eu? in the introduction written by boris johnson, get brexit eu? in the introduction written by borisjohnson, get brexit done and we can release the lien from its cage and... there we go. next quote

for you sarah. now is our time, is that item price and there manifesto or tina turner that item price and there manifesto ortina turnerand we that item price and there manifesto or tina turner and we don't need another hero? it could be like tammy bell —— but i will think it is tina turner and. you are right the first time. here is the next quote. i left a good job and the city, is that nigel farage or tina turner? he has said that before. but i think that is tina. that is tina turner, correct. last one this is for you sarah, you not pretending, let's make a deal nicola sturgeon or tina turner and make a deal nicola sturgeon or tina turnerand! make a deal nicola sturgeon or tina turner and i don't want to lose you? that must be tina turner because i

was there and i did not hear nicola sturgeon say that. correct it is tina turner. happy birthday tina turner. public service nod to stop and beat plaid camryu manifesto, the most striking thing, the conversation about the snp was brexit, they say early on no form of brexit, they say early on no form of brexit will be good for whales, it will affect the lives of thousands of people and will but if it and a greater whole, call and the margins are so slight and do you think that will be a message that resonates but thatis will be a message that resonates but that is the big thing on the big issues of the election. right, we are running out of time and what will we talk about next week? what have we got in the next week? we have we got in the next week? we have this big latest bbc debate with seven parties appearing in cardiff

with nick robinson. and it is the bank had to hide, jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson the bank had to hide, jeremy corbyn and boris johnson the following friday. you continuing on bbc scotland if he can find it on the iplayer, on the tenth with the scottish party including nicola sturgeon. what is happening next week? the prime minister has prime ministerial duties because government continued so it is that nato summit... starring... donald trump or is that the following week? it is such a weird thing that we are in the election bubble... you would think we would know when donald trump is coming to the uk. i wonder if he will go to scotland ? coming to the uk. i wonder if he will go to scotland? we have been wondering that ourselves, it is so top—secret we did not know. to golf courses in scotland, he went the last time he was here so we do not know if we will see him up there or

not. friday, charles micheltakes over from donald tusk and they do a hand over ceremony and a tiny bell being handed over or something like that. i was then that next week following labour around and i will be interesting to see the extent they did this thing strategically going after previous labour voters and brexit areas who voted for a leave themselves and might be tempted by the conservatives in the context of the people we have seen from the new government trend of the polls suggesting that they have catching up to do. thank you for joining us and i feel we should present you with a bouquet of flowers that you know how disorganised and cheap we are. i hope you enjoy it and thinks fair joining as everyone else. brexitcast on the bbc.

hello there as the month draws to a close we are at long last seen a change and mild weather that has been annoying for from any tea dryer but colder weather. with that comes more sunshine as well and the reason is high—pressure it moves and impressing the weather system and friend we have seen to the last couple of days south where it's at. it does start to move and it is allowing a northerly wind to write the way down to the arctic and temperatures will be lower by day and night with issues of widespread frost and certainly a frost first thing friday and icy patches because the ground is so damp from all the rain. it will fall with sleet and

snow over the hills and still this legacy of cloud in the south and re m na nts of legacy of cloud in the south and remnants of the weather frank getting a bit of patchy rain and drizzle as well but for most crisp and clear and particularly if you are exposed from the north wind. defrost will penetrate further southwards and ice becomes an issue a again but potentially freezing fog heading into saturday morning. potentially quite great with dense fog around an desk, really for the weekend, across southern and western areas but it looks like it will be held at bay by this notice of high—pressure. for the most another fine and bright day, the nasty little crack, cloud and the rain coming into the southwest and possibly south wales and hampshire late in the day and it has cold air with us and could be wintry over the hills and a strong easterly wind picking up and away from there, the

fog clears and frost lifts but then again through saturday night into sunday you get picture setting and and and we have a low pressure and mark cloud but again sunday thoughts are even though we have this rot easterly wind they should think way to the south and high—pressure should be the dominant force and we have the weather fronts close to the north and enhances the shower risk really and the far north of scotland perhaps just one or two clipping into east anglia and far east of england and for most of us just a cold day, morning frost and fog and then afternoon sunshine. start of then afternoon sunshine. start of the week keeps the high—pressure with us but then we do start to see the atlantic influence to the north and it looks like it starts to brush up and it looks like it starts to brush upfor and it looks like it starts to brush up for scotland so once again it can bea up for scotland so once again it can be a few easterly showers in the first thing and frost and fog potentially for the rest as well and a few wintry showers and lots of dry and settled and quite sunny weather.

mark cloud setting to be in the next really and the weather front starts to topple the area of high—pressure. most of november we have been stuck with the jet stream pushing weather systems into england and wales and it looks as if we revert back to business as usual in terms of where there should be low pressure at this time of year which is the jet stream to the north of the uk pushing the low pressures across northern and western areas primarily sell as we go through the latter half, it looks as if we will return to some rain but it looks like the rain will mostly be in the north and the last. in the meantime, colder weather to come and there are warnings out there on the website and i will have another update for you.

30 years after the hillsborough disaster, the police commander in charge on the day is found not guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 liverpool fans. david duckenfield was in charge of the fa cup semifinal in april 1989. he ordered an exit gate to the stadium to be opened after crowds built up outside, leading to a crush on the terraces. in total 96 liverpool fans died. their families have campaigned forjustice for decades. today, many of them left the court in tears. who put the 96 in their graves? who is accountable for 96 unlawfully killed? what a disgrace this has been today. it was the third time david duckenfield had gone on trial —