i almost take _ scottish parliament. and beyond that? i almost take the - scottish parliament.inkin: that? i almost take the wishful thinking of _ that? i almost take the wishful thinking of my opponents - that? i almost take the wishful. thinking of my opponents as some unintended compliment. it's almost as if my opponents have concluded they can't beat me or remove me from office themselves so they are kind office themselves so they are kind of crossing their fingers and hoping that i will remove myself from office. but they are going to be really disappointed, because i am to be around a lot longer. thank group in an interview, you talked about writing your memoirs. people ask me, what are you going to do after politics? i am 51 years old. i have no intentions of going anywhere as first minister but i still think i will be relatively young when i get to the point of completing other things. to the point of completing other thins. �* :: ~ ., �*, ., things. after 2026, that's a different question, - things. after 2026, that's a different question, but - things. after 2026, tha

certainly be challenged by the uk government who will say the scottish parliament just doesn't governmentve the power to authorise a referendum, so that will become a legal battle that would end up in the supreme court, they will have to decide that one. there is also a significant political issue for nicola sturgeon, which it is far from guaranteed the snp would win an independence referendum if they have won in the next couple of years. she knows she needs to make a brand—new case for independence. since the last vote we had brexit, the pandemic and the economic argument has completely changed. in 2014 there were point receipts from north sea oil but now it's clear an independent scotland can't base its economy on fossil fuels so there is a lot of work to do in scottish government and the wider independence movement to come up wider independence movement to come up with a really detailed proposition that could convince voters they would be better off leaving the united kingdom. sarah smith, is in _ leaving the united kingdom. sarah smith, is in correspondence, - leaving the united kingd

but the scottish parliament session.but the commitments from the largest nations in the 620 always seem to be heavily caveat it. on monday, the prime minister promised i billion uk aid for climate finance but here is the catch, only if the uk economy grows as forecast. it is exactly the same excuse that has presented when it comes to the government's disgraceful policy of cuts to overseas aid. so, can i ask the prime minister when will the uk government stopped caveat in its 6overnment stopped caveat in its commitment to climate justice and follow scotland's leadership and establish a climatejustice follow scotland's leadership and establish a climate justice fund? 0n afghanistan, establish a climatejustice fund? 0n afghanistan, can i ask what concrete actions and timelines were agreed to help end the terrible famine that is ripping through that country and finally on covid—i9, what specific targets and timelines were agreed to rapidly increase vaccine roll—outs to those nations that are being left behind in the suppress

mark rascal, member of the scottish parliament and the scottish green parties spokesperson on climate and the environment. and in mulatto mozambique ditty, but now got international climate justice and energy program coordinator at friends of international welcome to the program mark. i'm going to start with you where people confident at any stage that politicians at cop 26. we're actually going to be able to put together something that in practical terms was going to work. i don't think the confidence has been there and no, and i think probably quite a lot of the blame for that has to come to do the u. k. presidency, i don't think we've seen the kind of intensity of diplomatic effort that we saw before the power agreement 6 years ago where the french state had hundreds and hundreds of bilateral meetings and multilateral meetings with parties ahead of that, that critical cop summit which deliver the paras agreement now that you take on, it will say that there are reasons for that. mccovie crisis being one of those, but of course caught was delayed for a year. so, you know, there is co

first minister of scotland has told the bbc today that she will present legislation to the scottish parliamentd already started on setting out what an independent scotland would look like. but a referendum can't take place without approval from westminster. the first minister also dismissed rumours about her future — declaring that she would serve a full term until 2026. ms sturgeon was speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. the view from the top, from the desk of a politician who wants to stay there. nicola sturgeon was already in charge before brexit, before borisjohnson in number ten and certainly before a world emergency she's still grappling with now. we're in a position in scotland right now, and i say this with some trepidation because we know how unpredictable this virus still is, cases have stabilised, they're slightly declining. the position, though, remains precarious. i know a lot of scots are wondering why people can go to nightclubs, but they can't see their kids in a nativity play. there is no 100% perfect logic to this. some governments across europe right now are f

is scathing about borisjohnson�*s leadership, accusing him of undermining the powers of the scottish parliamenter. i defy anyone to look at the broken, corrupt, self—serving westminster system that we are currently part of and conclude that it provides a secure basis for the future of scotland. so i would not be discharging my duty to the people of scotland if i did not seek to keep the promise on which we were elected, to offer the people of scotland the choice of a better future through independence. the campaign for scottish independence has been overshadowed by the pandemic but has not gone away. nicola sturgeon may not be able to push for another referendum right now, but remains determined to have a vote within the next two years. in the course of next year i will initiate the process necessary to enable a referendum before the end of 2023. and just as importantly, our party will set out afresh the positive case for independence. we will outline the opportunities and advantages that independence will open up. the people of scotland should be allowed to decide the country's future, said th

studio: nicola sturgeon there at the scottish parliament. i there at the scottish parliament.l precautions over covid she said although the situation remains precarious it was more positive than she had feared even a few weeks ago. the most significant element is that the decision not to extend further at the covid certification scheme and actually to allow people an alternative to showing they have been vaccinated if they had a recent natural flow test even though they are not always so reliable. ? lateral flow test. what did you make of her statement? you lateral flow test. what did you make of her statement?— lateral flow test. what did you make of her statement? you summed it up re of her statement? you summed it up pretty well- — of her statement? you summed it up pretty well- the _ of her statement? you summed it up pretty well. the idea _ of her statement? you summed it up pretty well. the idea briefly - of her statement? you summed it up pretty well. the idea briefly of - of her statement? you summed it up pretty well. the idea briefly of it - pretty well. the idea bri

is scathing about borisjohnson's leadership, accusing him of undermining the powers of the scottish parliamentat we are currently part of and conclude that it provides a secure basis for the future of scotland. so i would not be discharging my duty to the people of scotland if i did not seek to keep the promise on which we were elected, to offer the people of scotland the choice of a better future through independence. the campaign for scottish independence has been overshadowed by the pandemic but has not gone away. nicola sturgeon may not be able to push for another referendum right now, but remains determined to have a vote within the next two years. in the course of next year i will initiate the process necessary to enable a referendum before the end of 2023. and just as importantly, our party will set out a fresh our party will set out afresh the positive case for independence. we will outline the opportunities and advantages that independence will open up. the people of scotland should be allowed to decide the country's future, said the snp leader, telling the prime minister not to try a

it has already transferred funding from the scottish parliament to westminster, it has torn up the conventioncoming an elected dictatorship. during the run—up to the independence referendum in 2014, the head of the no campaign then dismissed the idea of borisjohnson becoming prime minister as a scare story. we have been reminded over these past few weeks that in so many different ways, just why anti— independence leaders were so keen to rubbish the prospect of borisjohnson ever entering downing street. the reality of it has been everything many people back then feared. but it is notjust people back then feared. but it is not just about people back then feared. but it is notjust about him as an individual, the much bigger problem is a westminster system that enables someone like him to become prime minister in the first place. that is not a secure foundation on which scotland can't build a better future. ourfuture must be billed on a platform of democracy, fairness and economic prosperity. that is what we are seeking to build now and it is why we want scotland to become independent. in here an

and we recently doubled our climate to 6 million so basically 24 million pounds over the scottish parliament and the commitments from the largest nations in the g20 almost seem to be heavily caveat to date and on monday, the prime minister promised 1 billion for climate but here is the catch. only a few uk forecast and is exactly the same excuse that presented when he comes to the government and the policy. so can i ask, when will the uk government stopped carrying this commitment to climate justice and follow scotland's leadership and establish a climate justice fund. in afghanistan, can i ask for concrete actions as things were agreed to help into the terrible - j country and finally, what specific targets and timelines would agree to rapidly increase to those nations that are being left behind in the suppression of the violence. >> first of all the climate for the world, is making a valid point in that it's absolutely essential that the developed world but that is why 100 million is so important. in the contribution and the japanese and we saw yesterday with the have done and what german

is scathing about borisjohnson's leadership, accusing him of undermining the powers of the scottish parliamenty to the people of scotland if i did not seek to keep the promise on which we were elected, to offer the people of scotland the choice of a better future through independence. the campaign for scottish independence has been overshadowed by the pandemic, but has not gone away. nicola sturgeon may not be able to push for another referendum right now, but remains determined to have a vote within the next two years. in the course of next year, i will initiate the process necessary to enable a referendum before the end of 2023. and just as importantly, our party will set out afresh the positive case for independence. we will outline the opportunities and advantages that independence will open up. the people of scotland should be allowed to decide the country's future, said the snp leader, telling the prime minister not to try and prevent a vote on independence. but in a pandemic, debate over scotland's place in the uk must wait until the worst of the crisis is past, and no politician can sa

scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, tells the bbc that she will present legislation to the scottish parliamenting the way to a possible referendum on independence. the widow of pc andrew harper meets the prime minister after she wins a campaign to give mandatory life sentences to the killers of emergency service workers. we wa nt we want to look at our laws and be proud of it and to be able to say, yeah, you know, that's what should be happening. and so to reach this point with harper at�*s law, i'm really proud of all the work that we've done. labour accuses borisjohnson of breaking promises about the funding of social care and questions his recent performance. is everything 0k, prime minister? well, _ is everything 0k, prime minister? well, mister speaker, itell you what_ well, mister speaker, itell you what is— well, mister speaker, itell you what is working, _ well, mister speaker, itell you what is working, it's _ well, mister speaker, itell you what is working, it's that - well, mister speaker, itell you what is working, it's that line . well, mister speaker, itellyou| what is working, i

we're going to cross now to the scottish parliament, where the first minister nicola sturgeon is updatingy a single dose has been recommended for these age groups but following yesterdayupdated advice from the first night we are now offering a second dose to 16 and 17 euros. 0n first, second and booster and third doses scotland is currently the most vaccinated part of the uk, town of course to the incredible hard work of everyone involved in organising and delivering the programme and i want to record my thanks to each and every one of them. today's weekly update coincides with the latest three week review point for the remaining covid regulation so i can confirm that at our meeting earlier today the cabinet agreed to keep the current regulations in place with no immediate changes but we also considered although have not yet reached final decisions on the possibility of future changes to the covid certification scheme and i will say more about that shortly. the numbers reported in recent days here in scotland, which i will talk about in more detail, illustrate the need for continued preca

scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, tells the bbc that she will present legislation to the scottish parliament

it is quite possible the scottish parliament will pass legislation anyway, that will end up in the supremehe problem, isn't it? we thought it was wrong to remove it in the first place, as i say, but bring it back will be more difficult, particularly when the government itself has not led by example. they left it as suggestion it was a good idea to wear a face covering in those situations but left it as a matter of individual choice and demonstrated their own individual choice was not to wear face coverings and that has left a very unpleasant situation because it means when a staff in retail start trying to remind people again they should now be wearing face coverings, it will lead to more flexion for argument and more violence, unfortunately, get some retail workers. tell violence, unfortunately, get some retail workers.— retail workers. tell us about that then. retail workers. tell us about that then- this _ retail workers. tell us about that then. this what _ retail workers. tell us about that then. this what sort _ retail workers. tell us about that then. this what sort of— retail worke

scottish daily mail. let me bring you up—to—date at home with the front pages. the metro focusses on the work the mp geoffrey cox has been doing away from parliament.abour are calling for an offical inquiry. the care sector is facing an acute shortfall in workers, according the i. it's partly down to rules over vaccinations kick in. that's malala on her wedding day on the telegraph. it also has quotes from the education secretary, who says oxford university owes jewish students an explanation over the cash it received from the mosleys. the ft has an image from poland's border with belarus. further troops have been deployed there, after migrants began to gather in large numbers. there's a similar image on the guardian — it's top story though is the warning that global temperatures will rise by 2.4 degrees, even with cop 26 climate pledges taken into account. and the star points at what it refers to as calls eco—hypocrasy, over cop delegates taking short haul flights up to glasgow. so let's begin... natalie, i don't know i've been calling you victoria. i'm very sorry. can you hear me? i don't think natalie is hearing made off with up do you want to k

scottish national whips will reconsider. because this is a very important part of our parliamentary scrutiny is that the reviews and members of parliamentview of the rules. the shadow international trade secretary emily thornberry said this was a government without shame. they have set up a committee where they will not be the balance between labour members and politicians any more, it will be a majority of conservatives, conservatives will share it and they're doing it because they're getting into trouble. and they don't like it. and they are protecting themselves was up they are protecting themselves was up and because they been found out and because the rules of fight against them they decided to change the rules. it is corrupt as corrupt goes. if donald trump was able to blush this would make donald trump blahs. this is not the way that you behave. honestly, it'sjust extraordinary that they think that rules do not apply to them, rules apply to everyone. lilo rules do not apply to them, rules apply to everyone-— rules do not apply to them, rules apply to everyone. no one is above the law. apply to everyone. no one is above the law- w