that was after a pretty devastating election result in may 2003 for the scottish parliament election of unhappiness in the membership about the strategy when it came to independence so that party conference, mr swinney faced a challenge from an ordinary member, challenge from the leadership from a member called bill wilson who did go on to become a member of the scottish parliament for the snp a bit later on. mr swinney survived that challenge but then in june survived that challenge but then injune 2004, he faced another bad election defeat when it came to the european parliamentary election. in those days, when that united kingdom were still in the european union. and after that, time is up for mr swinney and he gave up, had to give up being snp leader at that point. to be replaced, of course, by one alex salmond with his deputy as one nicola sturgeon. so in terms of snp leadership figures, really notable figures in scottish politics. those have been on quite quick succession in a sense. it is interesting that mrs when he will obviously now use this opportunity, second time as part

snp took a hammering in the general election and they are now facing the holyrood election to scottish parliament a minority government so in order to get it bills though he needs to get other parties on site. in this programme for government he talks about commitments that are practical and not partisan. he's is at the fact that he is in a minority government. he talked about commitments that were affordable, impactful and deliverable. perhaps talking to the fact that there has been half £1 billion of cuts and an ounce. the programme of government includes 1a bills that alongside 12 bills that are already before the scottish parliament. i think what was most interesting was the commitment of the direction of travel. the way that he would like to see his government don't make the areas he would like to see his government on in the 12 months. chief amongst thatis in the 12 months. chief amongst that is the aim of eradicating child poverty, what he called the moral compass of his government. yes, there were other announcements to do with bringing down nhs waiting times, to invest in infrastructure.

some of them sadly did not live to see the reconvening of the scottish parliament. membership. many knew they might not never see the independent scotland for which they had campaigned their whole lives. but they also knew that without their efforts, without their passion, these goals would never be achieved. and they have passed the torch on to us. 0ver they have passed the torch on to us. over the years, i have been privileged to have a front row seat, as this nation has steadily grown in confidence. taking the first steps to self—government and rediscovering our own voice on the international stage. every other morning i get up and go for a run through the streets of edinburgh, it clears my head and gets me ready for the day. but it does something else. when i watched the rising sun, light up the buildings of this ancient and stunning city, i often think about howl ancient and stunning city, i often think about how i am looking at the very same steeples, streets and geology that inspired some of the greatest minds ever to have lived. visionaries who understood th

king charles and queen camilla have visited the scottish parliament to mark the 25th anniversary of devolutiontland". 0ur scotland editor james cook reports. song, splendour and speeches mark this milestone meeting of the scottish parliament. a quarter of a century after queen elizabeth opened the institution, hersum queen elizabeth opened the institution, her sum and air pay distribute.— institution, her sum and air pay distribute. this place has not 'ust pay distribute. this place has not just arrived _ pay distribute. this place has not just arrived but _ pay distribute. this place has notjust arrived but in - pay distribute. this place has notjust arrived but in doing i notjust arrived but in doing so has borne witness to the enduring relationship but between and parliament, the crown and the people of scotland. there remains much more to be done for scotland, for the united kingdom and equally in addressing the challenges we all share as inhabitants of a planet because climate is changing dangerously and whose biodiversity is been seriously depleted.— seriously depleted. outside, proteste

addressing msps at holyrood, the king described the formation of the scottish parliament in 1999 as "ooking ahead, he warned of the dangers of climate change, saying the planet's biodiversity was being seriously depleted. scientists say that hundreds of emperor penguin chicks who were feared dead are, in fact, still alive. in may, a huge iceberg broke off from an antarctic ice ice shelf, it drifted, and came to a stop right in front of the halley bay penguin colony, sealing it off from the sea. it seemed to spell the end for hundreds of newly—hatched chicks, whose mothers were out hunting for food at the time. but a few weeks ago, the iceberg shifted and satellite pictures reveal the penguins have survived the winter, suggesting their mothers had found a way back in after all. you're watching bbc news. a reminder of our top story. we can look at the live pictures in beirut. around half past two in beirut. around half past two in the morning, after a day of strikes across the border following the news of the killing of the leader of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah. and iran now calling for

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addressing msps at holyrood, the king described the formation of the scottish parliament in 1999 as "— saying the planet�*s biodiversity was being seriously depleted. a space x crew bound for the international space station took off on saturday with a mission to shuttle back two stranded nasa astronauts. suni williams and butch wilmore were meant to return to earth after a brief mission, but technical problems with the boeing starliner craft turned an eight—day test into what will be an eight—month mission. the spacex capsule has two seats reserved for the stranded astronauts, and will make its way home in february 2025. it will be good to see them back soon. you�*re watching bbc news. thank you from everyone here in washington. 0ur colleagues in london take over from now. goodbye for now. hello there. saturday�*s sunny skies will gradually be eroded by cloud and then wind and rain for many as we close out sunday. yes, it�*s going to gradually turn wet and windy, particularly from the south and west. now, we�*ve already, in southern england, seen some record—breaking rainfall totals f

in scotland, the bill in the scottish parliament, the definition can apply to people have — definitionve you imminently dvind _ not have to have you imminently dying i— not have to have you imminently dying. i think the other issue is, it's— dying. i think the other issue is, it's easy to say people have _ is, it's easy to say people have to _ is, it's easy to say people have to have capacity, but what has happened in practice is at the boundaries get blurred, see how people in belgium and the netherlands who don't have capacity, he cannot give consent, being euthanised without— consent, being euthanised without giving explicit consent. there is a study from belgium — consent. there is a study from belgium which showed that, about— belgium which showed that, about 25%, i think it was, or people — about 25%, i think it was, or people coming in for assisted death— people coming in for assisted death not giving their explicit consent _ death not giving their explicit consent. that's troubling. dr consent. that's troubling. gordon and consent. that's troubling. d gordon and also jacques co

the king and queen have visited holyrood to mark the 25th anniversary of the scottish parliament beingvened. the celebration showcased scottish music and culture and was attended by local heroes who've been nominated thanks to their contribution to local communities . and finally, three communities. and finally, three people have been charged with criminal damage after soup was thrown at two van gogh paintings in the national gallery on friday. three just stop oil activists targeted the artwork just an hour after two other activists were jailed for a similar protest back in 2022. stephen simpson, philippa green and mary somerville will appear at westminster magistrates court on monday . those at westminster magistrates court on monday. those are at westminster magistrates court on monday . those are the latest on monday. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to mark for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. a very

private members bills have already been introduced at westminster and at the scottish parliament, holyroodoughout the british isles, the impassioned debate on this key issue will continue. fergus walsh, bbc news. that said from me but stay with us on bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello again. you may have noticed it was pretty cold this morning, the earliest september frost across england and the temperature down to —2.7 degrees in yorkshire this morning. through the next few days, that colder air disappearing. you notice on this air mass picture, we switch to a southwesterly by saturday and into sunday, so the temperatures rising, we won't see that frost again for a while. for today, staying pretty sunny for the rest of this afternoon. a few showers affecting northern scotland, perhaps some down the north sea coast as well. more cloud across northern ireland later but otherwise, with light winds and that sunshine, feeling pleasant, milder than the last few days. through tonight, the cloud increasing across scotland and northern ireland. the southwesterly wind picking

. >> now the king and queen are visiting holyrood to mark the 25th anniversary of the scottish parliamenteing reconvened. the celebration showcased scottish music and culture and was attended by local heroes who have been nominated thanks to their contribution to local communities. his majesty spoke of the success of the devolved parliament from that day until this . this. >> through its work over a quarter of a century , this place quarter of a century, this place has not just thrived , but in has not just thrived, but in doing so has borne witness to the enduring relationship between the parliament, the crown and the people of scotland . crown and the people of scotland. >> meanwhile, the king has also been leading tributes for national treasure dame maggie smith after she passed away yesterday at the age of 89. in a statement, the king praised her warmth and wit, while the prime minister marked what remarked she was beloved by so many for her great talent. she leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who were devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother , j

the king and queen are visiting holyrood to mark the 25th anniversary of the scottish parliament being showcased scottish music and culture and was attended by local heroes who have been nominated thanks to their contribution to local communities. his majesty spoke of the success of the devolved parliament from that day until this, through its work over a quarter of a century, this place has not just thrived, but in doing so has borne witness to the enduring relationship between the parliament, the crown and the people of scotland . crown and the people of scotland. at least 43 people have been killed as hurricane helena makes its way across the southeastern part of the united states, leaving millions without power. emergency crews are racing to the rescue of trapped people flooded in homes after the category four hurricane struck the coast of florida last night . the coast of florida last night. just stop oil have targeted van gogh's sunflower paintings again. three climate activists targeted the artwork just an hour after two other activists were jailed for a similar protest back in

there's also another one before the scottish parliament at holyrood, but timetables are unclear.et some of the day s other news now. reports in the us media suggest israeli special forces have destroyed an iranian missile plant in syria. israel has not commented on the operation but syrian state media says 18 people were killed by israeli strikes near the city of masyaf on monday. kenya and germany have signed a migration treaty during president william ruto�*s visit to berlin. it's intended to make it easier for skilled workers from kenya to find employment in germany, especially in the health sector. the agreement will also simplify the repatriation of kenyans who are in germany without legal permission. china has announced that it will raise the age at which people retire, as it looks to temper a looming demographic crisis. it currently has one of the world's lowest retirement ages. the government says men will in future stop working at 63 not 60. the age of retirement for most women will be raised from 55 to 58. south—western china. or a competition between villagers has capt

private members bills have already been introduced at westminster and at the scottish parliament, holyroodg. but throughout the british isles the impassioned debate on this key issue will continue. fergus walsh, bbc news. and fergusjoins us now. as you say, this is an impassioned subject. what was the decision mean in tangible form? ., ., , . , ., form? -- what does the decision mean? well. _ form? -- what does the decision mean? well, it— form? -- what does the decision mean? well, it adds _ form? -- what does the decision mean? well, it adds to - form? -- what does the decision mean? well, it adds to the - mean? well, it adds to the debate. the nuffield council of bioethics says that opinion polls have consistently shown that a clear majority of adults in england, and infact throughout the uk, would like to see the law changed to allow assisted dying. but what policymakers at westminster, holyrood, wanted to know was, why? what are the reasons? critics of this whole exercise will say, well effectively this was a rigged jury. because they were selected, with demographics to reflect the po

anyone represents them, who are scunnered by the divisiveness and the fringe obsessions of the scottish parliament and failed by politicians of every single party, sometimes including ours, who think politicians are all the same. if you feel that way, i get it, but i'm not the same. i'm not a career politician. i understand your frustrations and your sense that nobody really represents the views that you share and hold, and that is going to change under my leadership. the scottish conservatives are going to change. we will work hard to earn your trust by doing things differently. we will be a voice for decent, mainstream scotland and the values of hard work, self—reliance and value for taxpayers. we will spend our time and energy on your concerns, your hopes and your needs. the partner of nicola bulley has described the online obsession with her disappearance as a "monster" that got out of control. the 45—year—old mother—of—two went missing while walking her dog in january last year. her disappearance received world—wide coverage and became the subject of online conspiracy theories by amateur inte

the last labour government created the london mayor, the scottish parliament, the welsh senedd and thefinally complete that irreversible shifting opportunity, power and wealth across the whole country. it is why we can deliver how we can deliver real sustained change for every region, and labour mayors are already proving it. buses under local control in greater manchester, £2 fares in west yorkshire, 0xford greater manchester, £2 fares in west yorkshire, oxford street regeneration in london, publicly owned battery trains in liverpool, and opportunities for unemployed young people in the west midlands. labour mayors have shown what is possible when labour is in power. applause and that is why i'm giving mayors more powers over house—building and planning as well as transport and skills. a new white paper will map out how we move power out of whitehall, and i'm delighted to announce today that we will move forward with two investments owns, creating high—qualityjobs in advanced high—quality jobs in advanced high—qualityjobs in advanced manufacturing in the west midlands and in life scie

this ties in with what is happening on wednesday in the scottish parliament, it will be mr sweeney'sthe year ahead. those are to tie in with his priorities there. that is what he will be attempting to set out in the hall today, move on from that election result and try to look the future a bit. how will he explain away the fact that some of those financial decisions might be rather difficult?— financial decisions might be rather difficult? yes, that is ri . ht, rather difficult? yes, that is right. and — rather difficult? yes, that is right, and he _ rather difficult? yes, that is right, and he is— rather difficult? yes, that is right, and he is going - rather difficult? yes, that is right, and he is going to - rather difficult? yes, that is i right, and he is going to have a pretty tough time. when you are talking about improving public services, when you look at the nation's finances. as part of that sequence of events with the speech today, and in his programme for government on wednesday, on tuesday we are going to get a big announcement from the finance secretary about millions

this is the reality of life less than four miles from the scottish parliament.eet. and yet now, here and across scotland, the tough times could be about to get worse. prolonged westminster austerity, the economic damage of brexit, a global pandemic, the war in ukraine, and the cost of living crisis have all placed enormous and growing pressure on the public finances. i must take further and more urgent action now to ensure that we can balance the scottish budget in 2024—25. and i call... there is also £800 million of additional spending for new pay offers, and all that means £500 million in direct service cuts, plus a raid on the proceeds of offshore wind and publicly owned scottish water. given the recent independent analysis, will the cabinet secretary finally put on the record that the large black hole in scotland's public finances is a result of the actions of the scottish government and not the actions of westminster? this statement is a threadbare - attempt to once again pass the buck. after 17 years in power, always someone else . to blame, again and agai

private members bills have already been introduced at westminster and at the scottish parliament holyroodssed the only laws, are already on track to introduce assisted dying. but throughout the british isles, the impassioned debate on this keyissue the impassioned debate on this key issue will continue. fergus walsh, bbc news. i will take you straight back to bedfordshire police where we are awaiting the press conference, and we can see the assistant chief constable john murphy the about to give some details on a triple murder investigation after three people were found dead at the flat in luton this morning. we are awaiting him to give us his first words about this investigation, the latest on the investigation. good afternoon, everybody. my name isjohn murphy, assistant chief constable of bedfordshire police. at approximately 530 this morning, officers were called to an incident in the north area of luton in bedfordshire. this was in response to a report of a disturbance called into a spiked member of the public. officers deployed to be addressed concerned immediately and sadly upon arr

private members bills have already been introduced at westminster and at the scottish parliament, holyroodss their own laws, are already on track to introduce assisted dying. but throughout the british isles, the impassioned debate on this key issue will continue. fergus walsh, bbc news. let's now speak to anne kerr from the nuffield council on bioethics who set up thejury group. professor, thank you for your time and joining us on bbc news today. the campaign group, right to life you say these types ofjuries are not always truly representative. why did this group of people, 28 of the 30 ended up voting, what qualified them to come up with their findings? thisjury was set them to come up with their findings? this jury was set up in partnership with a number of organisations and the foundation worked with us to go out to a number of households, 7000 households to understand if people like to participate. then we use demographic data to make sure that we selected a representative sample based on things like age, gender and ethnicity. we also did a survey where we surveyed 2000 people and we

private members bills have already been introduced at westminster and at the scottish parliament, holyroodheir own laws, are already on track to introduce assisted dying. but throughout the british isles, the impassioned debate on this key issue will continue. fergus walsh, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. now, the term time has started for many children around the world, but in gaza, getting education has become a much difficult, if not impossible, mission for many because of the ongoing war. the united nations estimate that more than 600,000 students are being deprived of access to formal education for another year. the un relief and works agency says no official schooling is available in any of its 200 schools, with many serving as shelters for displaced palestinians. with me now is somaya ouazzani, co—chair of the charity children not numbers. we talk about the challenges of children face in gaza on some different fronts but one of the things we don't explore perhaps in enough detail is the impact on education. what does your organisation do when it comes

they help 31 of the hundred and 29 seats of the scottish parliament. he hasjust taken over today.wo teenage boys. the sentencing of two 13 year—old boys for the murder of shawn seesahai. the 19 year—old was killed with a machete in wolverhampton in november last year. the pair — who were 12 at the time — are believed to be the youngest convicted murderers since the killing ofjames bulger more than 30 years ago. our midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. posing with the machete just hours before it was used to take a teenager's life. this picture was found on one of the boy's phones, where the police also found a conversation in which one said "i'm scared man," to which the other replied, "i'm not," and "idrc," or i don't really care, the morning after they'd murdered shawn seesahai. this is the last image of shawn a few minutes before he was fatally attacked in a nearby park. they killed my son like they kill a dog suffering a detached retina during a basketball game. his parents couldn't afford to come back to the uk for this hearing, but hope the boys are given a long sente

all this comes ahead of the scottish parliament elections in 2026.mplaining about financial scams has hit a record high this year. at least half involved fraudsters tricking victims into making authorised payments — by pretending to be a business, for example. new rules are due to come in, offering better protection and speeding up compensation payments in such cases. figuresjust figures just released show how common financial scams have become. they have been a record number of complaints about fraud. 8000 734 complaints were made. it is the highest number in any three month period. more than half of the complaints from people who have fallen foul of so—called authorised push payments. that is where people are tricked into making an online payments to a fraudster was pretending to a business. the ombudsman says it is disappointed to see complaints increasing, while the body representing uk banks saying they are doing what they can to help customers.- can to help customers. there are a lot _ can to help customers. there are a lot of — can to help cus

all this comes ahead of the scottish parliament elections in 2026.ised payments — by pretending to be a business, for example. new rules are due to come in, offering better protection and speeding up compensation payments in such cases. here's our business presenter, ben boulos. financial fraud scams are now very— financial fraud scams are now very common. more than 8700 complaints were made between april— complaints were made between april and — complaints were made between april and june. that is two and half thousand more than a year earlier — half thousand more than a year earlier. and it is the highest number— earlier. and it is the highest number in _ earlier. and it is the highest number in any three—month period _ number in any three—month period. the watchdog says that it is receiving around 500 scam cases— it is receiving around 500 scam cases a — it is receiving around 500 scam cases a week. more than half of the complaints are from people who have — the complaints are from people who have fallen foul of so—called authorised push payments.

this is the reality of life less than four miles from the scottish parliament. of muirhouse make ends meet. and yet now, here and across scotland, the tough times could be about to get worse. prolonged westminster austerity, the economic damage of brexit, a global pandemic, the war in ukraine, and the cost of living crisis have all placed enormous and growing pressure on the public finances. i must take further and more urgent action now to ensure that we can balance the scottish budget in 2024—25. and i call... there is also £800 million of additional spending for new pay offers, and all that means £500 million in direct service cuts, plus a raid on the proceeds of offshore wind and publicly owned scottish water. given the recent independent analysis, will the cabinet secretary finally put on the record that the large black hole in scotland's public finances is a result of the actions of the scottish government and not the actions of westminster? this statement is a threadbare - attempt to once again pass the buck. after 17 years in power, always someone else .

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this is the reality of life less than four miles from the scottish parliament.a community centre handing out free bread to help the residents of muirhouse make ends meet. and yet, now, here and across scotland, the tough times could be about to get worse. prolonged westminster austerity, the economic damage of brexit, a global pandemic, the war in ukraine, and the cost of living crisis, have all placed enormous and growing pressure on the public finances. i must take further and more urgent action now to ensure that we can balance the scottish budget in 2024—25. and i call... there is also £800 million of additional spending for new pay offers, and all that means £500 million in direct service cuts, plus a raid on the proceeds of offshore wind and publicly owned scottish water. given the recent independent analysis, will the cabinet secretary finally put on the record that the large black hole in scotland's public finances is a result of the actions of the scottish government and not the actions of westminster? this statement is a - threadbare attempt to once ag

the king and queen are visiting holyrood to mark the 25th anniversary of the scottish parliament. being reconvened. the celebrations, the celebration showcased scottish music and culture and was attended by local heroes who've been nominated thanks to their contribution to local communities. his majesty spoke of the success of the devolved parliament from that day until this . this. >> through its work over a quarter of a century , this place quarter of a century, this place has not just thrived , but in has not just thrived, but in doing so has borne witness to the enduring relationship between the parliament, the crown and the people of scotland . crown and the people of scotland. >> now, three people have been charged with criminal damage after a soup was thrown at two van gogh paintings in the national gallery on friday, three just stop oil activists targeted the artwork just an hour after two other activists were jailed for a similar protest. back in 2022. stephen simpson, philippa green and mary somerville will appear at westminster magistrates court on monday. the national g

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parliament being reconvened. the celebration showcased scottish music and culture and was attended by local heroes who've been nominateds to their contribution to local communities. his majesty spoke of the success of the devolved parliament from that day until this. >> through its work, over a quarter of a century, this place has not just thrived, but in doing so has borne witness to the enduring relationship between the parliament, the crown and the people of scotland . crown and the people of scotland. >> those are the latest gb news headlines. more in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia and hello and welcome to the saturday night showdown. now sir keir starmer is caught in a political death spiral . it feels like death spiral. it feels like every day he says he's been completely open and transparent and admitted to everything. and every day there's a new scandalous revelation. just yesterday, keir has admitted that lord alli gave him double the money for clo

the king and queen have visited holyrood to mark the 25th anniversary of the scottish parliament beingeconvened. the celebration showcased scottish music and culture and was attended by local heroes who've been nominated thanks to their contribution to local communities. >> from that day until this , >> from that day until this, through its work over a quarter of a century , this place has not of a century, this place has not just thrived , but in doing so just thrived, but in doing so has borne witness to the endunng has borne witness to the enduring relationship between the parliament, the crown and the parliament, the crown and the people of scotland. >> those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's time for headliners. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> hello and welcome to headliners, your first look at sunday's newspapers. i'm nick dixon and tonight i'm joined by scottish asylum seeker leo kearse and bbc migrants steve and alan. see see what

he will address the scottish parliament this afternoon, just 24 hours after his financy secretary laidrespondent lorna gordonjoins us now. lorna, what are we expecting to hear today from john swinney? yeah, john swinney is relatively new as first minister and would probably like to make his mark in a space programme for government as first minister with some big policy ideas but those kind of ideas often necessitate large amounts of cash and it's hard to see how he's going to be able to pull a rabbit out of the hat. because of those financial constraints, half £1 billion of cuts announced by his finance secretary yesterday. he doesn't look like he has got a lot of room for manoeuvre. when he took over of lead as the snp he said for him the main area to focus on was to tackle child poverty and he has made clear that he is going to emphasise that this is also his government biggest priority, there are policy areas in scotland different from elsewhere such as the scottish child payment, payable to the families of each child under 16 and in a low income households. campaigners say the scal

. >> if we didn't have a devolved scottish parliament, scotland would have voted to leave the uk. >>ople , taxpayers in certain people, taxpayers in england who would say to us, well, i think i'd be interested. >> it's interesting from a national identity perspective, if that's what you think it is. >> but we have the mad situation where scottish mps in parliament can vote on things that affect engush can vote on things that affect english people. but not theirs, tuition fees was the best example i know. >> all right, folks, it's time for this . all right, alex, what for this. all right, alex, what have you got? >> well, that fourth plinth in trafalgar square was meant to be for our late queen, and that's been going back when ken livingstone even said it was there for the late queen. >> and i think it would have been a beautiful tribute to her. but instead, what have we got? we've got an absolute monstrosity. i believe there is now faces of non—gender aligning people up on that plinth , people up on that plinth, amongst many other monstrosities that have been put on there by the sadi

. >> the king and queen have visited holyrood to mark the 25th anniversary of the scottish parliamentg reconvened. the celebration showcased scottish music and culture and was attended by local heroes who have been nominated thanks to their contribution to local communities. his majesty spoke of the success of the devolved . of the success of the devolved. parliament. and there's a man who can wear a kilt. oh, he looks good in a kilt. >> yeah, i suppose he does. >> yeah, i suppose he does. >> really? >> really? >> he's just used to it, suppose. >> yes. good night. >> yes. good night. >> do you know anyone who's worn a kilt? >> no. >> no. >> i wouldn't mind wear it, i quite fancy, i think it looks quite fancy, i think it looks quite good. >> it looks. it can look really, really good. >> but i've never done it, so. >> well, that's on your bucket list. it's on the bucket list by a kilt. >> i'd like to see it. >> wouldn't you? >> wouldn't you? >> cost a lot of money, though. i can imagine a decent. >> i think they do, because they're made of this incredibly heavy fabric and there are many

i'm sure constituents right across scotland will be watching very carefully how scottish members of parliamenturage them to bed with us this evening? i she encourage them to bed with us this evening?— us this evening? i think we all know that _ us this evening? i think we all know that geographical- know that geographical disparities exist not only in terms of how cold parts of the country are but also in relation to the differing energy costs, the different communities face. notjust in terms of those different ways but also because of the different means of fuel. 0bviously, different means of fuel. obviously, i am standing here and we will be supporting the official opposition is tonight and other mp5 across the house do so. going back to age uk, they have drawn attention to low take—up rates for pension credit around 1 million pensioners would be eligible but do not claim it often due to a lack of awareness. since the chance the's announcement we've seen lots from the government about how going to increase the update and we have seen reports that suggest an increase in application but also t

all of this comes ahead of the scottish parliament elections in 2026. ., ~ y.ne of thick cloud remains across parts of thick cloud remains across parts of the yorkshire area, parts of the midlands, particularly east midlands and outward central and southern england. sunniest of all will be western scotland, a fresh breeze, temperatures 15 or 16. a few showers into the scotland, if you are in northern ireland compared this morning, which is only in the mid—teens. some showers of the west of england and wales, so if you will avoid them altogether. the cloudier zone towards the east of it, some sunshine breaking through but not as hot as it has been, temperatures 20 or 22 degrees. heavy rain tonight developing cross england and south wales, could be lots of big puddles around tomorrow morning. the strengthening east a north—easterly breeze tomorrow which means north—western areas will see the best of the sunshine. elsewhere very cloudy thursday in store. more details later. thank you very much indeed. we are going to the beach. christmas came early for some gavin

in the local elections and the kind of assembly elections like the welsh parliament and the scottish parliamentall underestimating reform. i still think they're all underestimated, not just laboun all underestimated, not just labour, but the conservatives you know, if reform really get a ground campaign together, that's what they were missing last time they had the votes, but they didn't have a get out the vote. and, you know, this could be a serious problem for them. and i think you're right. they do need to address these issues because they're not just talking to the party faithful. they're talking to the country when they're doing this. >> and i'm glad you made that point, because it felt to me listening to yvette cooper. who are you talking to? are you talking to the conference floor where she was bound to get applause for the stuff about violence against women? obvious stuff, but still very important. very important. but she's got a whole country to talk to. >> she does. and her brief, more than any, really. well, you know , than any, really. well, you know, there's three of them, rachel r

stuck with their party of preference and voting for them, whether it was a local election, scottish parliamentn, general election, and they just generally stuck to the same party. but what is now very apparent is voters will change their vote depending on the election, depending on what level of government they are electing and i think despite huge defeat that we've just, suffered and the apparent success of the labour party, there's nothing to say that come there's nothing to say that come the next election, voters could change their mind and decide they want to revert back to the, conservative party. so i don't think it's lost the next election, which is why it's all the more important we pick a leader now who has the drive and the conviction, the ability to reform the internal workings of the conservative party, but also develop policies and ideas that are going to connect with all those voters who deserted us in the last election. >> okay. all right. thank you. good to talk to you, john. come on again. secretary of state for scotland. john lamont there. >> nobody is listening. and he's. an

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that there is no consensus across the irish government, across the irish parliament for this, as there isn't in the british or scottishliaments either. and that's the problem. nobody can define what hate speech is. and i'm actually rapidly forming the opinion that hate speech is no issue whatsoever. and it's something that's been invented by politicians to get them elected. well, this is the point. >> well, if you if you say that hate is illegal and then a future political party says, well, we think that criticising the government is hateful, then you have a legislation that justifies them locking people up. >> so it's not a law as such, but in terms of how behaviours have changed. so obviously i'm a stand up comedian and i do these clips online and blah blah blah, and i'm clearly in a comedy club. i've got a microphone, it's got a comedy club sign, hot water, whatever, but videos will get taken down. so i do a joke about my daughter and that she needs shooting. it's taken down because it's inciting violence and you're going, it's a joke. it's clearly a joke from a comedian about her child. yes, but there's no recours

we saw that with the scottish greens in parliament, the reason they're out of government now is because a harebrained, completely bankrupt policy of self—id, which was found to be contrary to our own equality legislation. >> and there's a number of parties that this has affected. obviously, the snp are another example. a number of the major parties in ireland are another example. there's all sorts of parties this seems to just infect the party so that discussion is no longer possible, why do you think this particular ideology has this power? >> well, the green party is often proud of saying that we do politics differently. unfortunately we don't. we are the opposite of that. we're actually worse than the worst hypocrites of political corruption. so you could say it's to do with common or garden careerism in the party. we have a subset of people who are driving out, people who have rational environmental convictions like myself, in to order push themselves forward. sian right in thinking >> but am i right in thinking that they had expected or hoped that they had expected or hoped that yo

scottish national party, should be incredibly proud that together we made that happen. applause friend's, ten years on, where stands scotland today? after the referendum, new powers came to our parliamentent country were created. what does that mean? it means the scottish child payment helping to keep 100,000 children in scotland out of poverty, it means a social security system with fairness and compassion at its heart, a world away from the dwp�*s often shameful processes... the dwp's often shameful processes. . ._ processes... we are interrupting - processes... we are interrupting that - processes... we are interrupting that for| processes... we are - interrupting that for some processes... we are _ interrupting that for some more on our breaking business news this hour, the post office boss nick reed is to step down from the role next year. he previously announced his intention to temporarily step back from the role to give his entire attention to the next stage of the horizon it inquiry. let's go to our business correspondent, ben king. his tenure has been dominated by the inquiry, hasn't it. dominated by the inquiry, hasn't it— dominated by the inquiry, hasn't it. . �* , ., , has