didn't alex salmond am i right in thinking this ? this?report rishi sunak to the police about some comments? apparently jokes that he made about sturgeon? >> i believe that's the case, yes. >> what do you think to that? >> what do you think to that? >> well, anyone is entitled to vote to report anything they like to the police. it's a free country . what the police what country. what the police what the police do about it, what the police do about it is another matter altogether. >> says, do not count your >> sue says, do not count your chickens . starmer. you think chickens. starmer. you think that people are getting a little bit carried away with themself? who's this? simon says. michelle this is why are people talking about a good victory? look at the turnout again, he says. basically it feels like all the labour votes voters came out, whereas everyone else perhaps stayed at home. brian says again, you're talking to me , again, you're talking to me, michelle, about turnouts at less than 40. i would suggest that that says that uk politic

alex salmond's alba party which has two mp defectors but which has posed little electoral threat.cently expelled from the snp. and fergus ewing — a scottish government minister for 14 years — last week suspended for criticising the leadership. of course, there are rows, rivalries and splits in every political party. but the snp has in recent history been united and disciplined. so have sagging poll numbers changed that internal grip? so have sagging poll numbers just look at recent trends. nicola sturgeon�*s resignation in the spring seems to have been a significant moment — hitting her own party. and boosting labour. humza yousaf may be able to turn it around. but if not, scottish labour could ease keir starmer�*s path to downing street. joining us from liverpool ahead of the conference is labour party chair and shadow secretary of state for women and equalities annaliese dodds. thanks forjoining us. isn't the result in rejection of two problem stone governments in westminster and holyrood are not necessarily an endorsement of the party? —— problem stone. it endorsement of the pa

says humza yousaf alex salmond says humza yousaf usaf has days to save his job after the by—electioneat . scotland's first minister says the snp needs time to reflect on that result. >> the snp we didn't do enough. we know that there was contextual factors. margaret ferrier's reckless actions, the police investigation , of course, police investigation, of course, but we've got to reflect, i've got to reflect the party has to ensure we've got a good campaign machine behind us, but also that we're inspiring people with a message. we clearly got a message. we clearly got a message from the voters of rutherglen and hamilton west that the snp has lost some trust in that seat. we've got to make sure we regain it. >> a key supporter of the just stop oil protest group says he's redirecting his funding to a youth voting campaign . green youth voting campaign. green energy industrialist dale vince says he's given more than £340,000 since the group's foundation . but he says under foundation. but he says under the current government, protests cannot work . and he warns cannot work. and he warns

alba rivals the snp as a pro—independence party and it was set up by former first minister alex salmond first minister alex salmond, humza yousaf the snp leader has played down the defection , played down the defection, though, saying it's no great loss and that he's not surprised . and south africa have won the rugby world cup for a record fourth time, beating new zealand in a dramatic final at the stade de france south africa edged a tight game 12 points to 11. all of their points from the boot of flyhalf handre pollard . and the flyhalf handre pollard. and the turning point may have been the sending all blacks sending off of the all blacks captain cane for a captain sam cane for a bad tackle in the first half. his was first red card in was the first red card in a world cup final. south africa won every match from the quarterfinal onwards by a single point . this quarterfinal onwards by a single point. this is gb news. that's it for the moment. but now it is time for headliners . time for headliners. thank you, aaron. >> hello and welcome to headliners . >> hello and welcome to headli

it was set up by former first minister alex salmond , humza minister alex salmond, humza yousaf, theefection , has played down the defection, saying it's no great loss and that he's not surprised . that he's not surprised. meanwhile, forecasts are warning of further flooding to areas of the country that are still reeling from the effects of storm babett . yellow weather storm babett. yellow weather warnings are in place for several parts of the country. the east coast of scotland and northern ireland and the south of england. been plenty of england. there's been plenty of england. there's been plenty of flooding around the country too, because of heavy rain, a shopping centre in hastings in east sussex evacuated east sussex was evacuated earlier because of flooding and some rail services have been suspended following the damage caused by storm babett . we're on caused by storm babett. we're on tv , digital radio and also on tv, digital radio and also on smart speaker . that's it for tv, digital radio and also on smart speaker. that's it for me for the moment. now back to the five . s

it was set up by former first minister alex salmond , humza minister alex salmond, humza yousaf.np leader played down the defection, though, saying it's no great loss and he's not surprised . and there's he's not surprised. and there's been a warning of further flooding for areas of the country still reeling from the effects of storm babet a yellow weather warnings are in place for the east coast of scotland. northern ireland and the south of england . there's been of england. there's been flooding earlier today as a result rain, high winds result of heavy rain, high winds as well heading some parts of the country. hastings, the country. in hastings, a shopping centre had to be evacuated earlier because of flooding and some services flooding and some rail services have been suspended . that's it have been suspended. that's it for the moment. i'll be back with more in about an hour's time. now it's over to . mark my time. now it's over to. mark my thanks to aaron armstrong, who returns in an hour's time. >> cracking show for you . it is >> cracking show for you. it is saturday nig

former first minister and current alba party leader alex salmond says humza yousaf has days to save hisb after the by—election defeat . scotland's by—election defeat. scotland's first minister says the snp needs time to reflect on the result . result. >> the snp we didn't do enough. we know that there was a contextual factors. margaret ferrier's reckless actions. the police investigation of course. but we've got to reflect, i've got to reflect the party has to ensure we've got a good campaign machine behind us, but also that we're inspiring people with a message . we clearly got message. we clearly got a message. we clearly got a message from the voters. rutherglen and hamilton west that the snp has lost some trust in that seat. we've got to make sure we regain it. >> a conservative councillor has called for the home secretary's resignation over the handling of scampton. the government is accused of ignoring a legal order to stop converting the former air base into a migrant camp to house 2000 people. the home office says it's confident the project meets planning requirements, but counc

says humza yousaf alex salmond says humza yousaf usaf has days to save his job after the by—electiont . scotland's first minister says the snp needs time to reflect on that result. >> the snp we didn't do enough. we know that there was contextual factors. margaret ferrier's reckless actions, the police investigation , of course, police investigation, of course, but we've got to reflect, i've got to reflect the party has to ensure we've got a good campaign machine behind us, but also that we're inspiring people with a message. we clearly got a message. we clearly got a message from the voters of rutherglen and hamilton west that the snp has lost some trust in that seat. we've got to make sure we regain it. >> a key supporter of the just stop oil protest group says he's redirecting his funding to a youth voting campaign . green youth voting campaign. green energy industrialist dale vince says he's given more than £340,000 since the group's foundation . but he says under foundation. but he says under the current government, protests cannot work . and he warns cannot work. and he warns f

actually i think of alex salmond . the snp are struggling to run a tap, let alone a country .e that perhaps neil recognised that and maybe maybe actually did something more useful with his time. >> all right. neil. well well i mean the fact of the matter is that political parties sometimes do well and certainly under alex salmond , the snp did remarkably salmond, the snp did remarkably well in a whole range of issues , not least to bring support for independence up from 26% to 45. >> and now above that. so in terms of the argument about independence , it's as i said, independence, it's as i said, thatis independence, it's as i said, that is decoupled from support for the snp. this is this is a consequence of the snp's policy failures and rightly so , they failures and rightly so, they should be punished. they have. can i ask on that on that neil because one of the keys. yeah i want to ask about that because i was, i thinking initially was, i was thinking initially i was, i was thinking initially i was initially was thinking initially about, okay, what is it that okay, well, wh

but it was alex salmond who you know well, who was forever saying scotland isn't up yet.e scotland isn't full up yet. come and join i think that and join us. and i think that humza yousaf has inherited that via his predecessor , nicola. and via his predecessor, nicola. and it's a continuing a theme within the snp , the scottish people. the snp, the scottish people. we've got a quite big for a very small population of 5.5 million inches scotland. we've got big ethnic communities up there which have integrated extremely well. one can think of east asians and those from from the indian subcontinent, a very big jewish community. so i don't think that there are any intrinsic biases in the scottish population against this sort of thing. but as your correspondent from your country , from america from your country, from america said, nobody has asked the gazan palestinians where they want to go. >> no, no. at that point is a very important point. but it is interesting because when you look at the social attitudes survey, you find that actually scottish opinion across all ages cla

but it was alex salmond who you know well, who was forever saying scotland isn't up yet.e scotland isn't full up yet. come and join i think that and join us. and i think that humza yousaf has inherited that via his predecessor , nicola. and via his predecessor, nicola. and it's a continuing a theme within the snp , the scottish people. the snp, the scottish people. we've got a quite big for a very small population of 5.5 million inches scotland. we've got big ethnic communities up there which have integrated extremely well. one can think of east asians and those from from the indian subcontinent, a very big jewish community. so i don't think that there are any intrinsic biases in the scottish population against this sort of thing. but as your correspondent from your country , from america from your country, from america said, nobody has asked the gazan palestinians where they want to go. >> no, no. at that point is a very important point. but it is interesting because when you look at the social attitudes survey, you find that actually scottish opinion across all ages cla

alba rivals the snp as a pro—independence party and was set up by former first minister alex salmond.umza yousaf has played down the defection, though, saying it's no great loss and he's not surprised . loss and he's not surprised. a proposal to close rail ticket offices has resulted in the biggest ever response to a pubuc biggest ever response to a public consultation. the rmt union says around 750,000 passengers have had their say way ahead of an expected announcement on the future of ticket offices at train stations. and the union's head, mick lynch, is warning the government against the closure, saying 98% of those who did respond are opposed to the controversial plan . around £7 controversial plan. around £7 million of taxpayers money has been spent renovating the home of the speaker of the house of commons since sir lindsay hoyle took office in 2019. more than £1 million a year has been spent on the property, including on state rooms and offices. the figures which were released in a freedom of information request, don't specify how much was spent on furnishings compared to struc

anti sturgeon than me, so they're splinterindependent they're a splinter independent party led by alex salmond fish and the fish people , the independence fish, people of scotland . so i guess they of scotland. so i guess they were trying to say that it might prejudice the trial in some way , but he was very careful with his language . it was very light his language. it was very light entertainment in terms of its joke. was amusing , it got joke. it was amusing, it got a laugh. i giggled when i when i heard it. there was no offence to be taken anywhere and they just need and if and if he just need to. and if and if he wants to influence the trial, he can make a few phone calls when nobody's looking . what do you nobody's looking. what do you make of this? >> are you worried about the state in scotland? >> are you worried about the staibecause in scotland? >> are you worried about the staibecause i in scotland? >> are you worried about the staibecause i mean, cotland? >> are you worried about the staibecause i mean, the and? >> are you worried about the staibecause i mean, the hate >> because i

former first minister and current alba party leader alex salmond says humza yousaf has days to save hisb after the by—election defeat. scotland first minister says the snp needs time to reflect on the result . result. >> the snp, we didn't do enough . we know that there was contextual factors. margaret ferrier's reckless actions. the police investigation of course , police investigation of course, but we've got to reflect , i've but we've got to reflect, i've got to reflect the party has to ensure that we've got a good campaign machine behind us, but also that we're inspired people with a message we clearly got a message from the voters of rutherglen and hamilton west that the snp has some trust that the snp has lost some trust in seat . we've make in that seat. we've got to make sure regain it a conservative sure we regain it a conservative councillor has called for the home secretary's resignation over the handling of scampton . over the handling of scampton. >> the government is accused of ignonng >> the government is accused of ignoring a legal order to stop converting the former ai

former first minister and current alba party leader alex salmond says humza yousaf has days to save hisob after the by—election defeat . the by—election defeat. scotland's first minister says the snp needs time to reflect on the snp needs time to reflect on the result . the result. >> the snp we didn't do enough . >> the snp we didn't do enough. we know that there was contextual factors. margaret ferrier's reckless actions , the ferrier's reckless actions, the police investigation of course , police investigation of course, but we've got to reflect. i've got to reflect the party has to ensure we've got a good campaign machine behind us, but also that we're inspiring people with a message. we clearly got a message. we clearly got a message from the voters of rutherglen and hamilton west that snp has lost some trust that the snp has lost some trust in we've got to make in that seat. we've got to make sure regain it. sure we regain it. >> key supporter of the just >> a key supporter of the just stop oil protest group says he's redirecting his funding to a youth voting campaign . green yout

former first minister and current alba party leader alex salmond says humza yousaf has days to save hister the by—election defeat. scotland first minister says the snp needs time to reflect on the result . result. >> the snp, we didn't do enough . we know that there was contextual factors. margaret ferrier's reckless actions. the police investigation of course , police investigation of course, but we've got to reflect , i've but we've got to reflect, i've got to reflect the party has to ensure that we've got a good campaign machine behind us, but also that we're inspired people with a message we clearly got a message from the voters of rutherglen and hamilton west that the snp has some trust that the snp has lost some trust in seat . we've make in that seat. we've got to make sure regain it a conservative sure we regain it a conservative councillor has called for the home secretary's resignation over the handling of scampton . over the handling of scampton. >> the government is accused of ignonng >> the government is accused of ignoring a legal order to stop converting the former airbas

>> this is actually really, really significant because you might have expected her to go to alex salmond'sre pro—independence in scotland . pro—independence in scotland. the fact that she's gone to essentially to a unionist party and gone all the way over to the conservatives is it's almost unprecedented , actually. it unprecedented, actually. it really is. and she's she's focussed on and this is very damaging for the leadership of the snp the bullying and toxic atmosphere in the snp westminster group, which is a pretty pretty serious allegation . it really is. >> rishi sunak has said he was delighted to welcome her. he called it a brave and committed mp , but of course her mp, but of course her constituency agents will now have to wake up to realising that they're represented by a conservative mp now who is a unionist and so she's come up with a sort of a slightly mealy mouthed, maybe a bit harsh, but a statement along the lines of that she's a health professional. >> she wants to focus on that and health issues across the four nations of the union. so she's trying to dance on a on a real

and going back further, alex salmond but then there was a change of pace, then there was a change ofis what we have done for scotland now . for me as what we have done for scotland now. for me as humza what we have done for scotland now . for me as humza yousaf as now. for me as humza yousaf as your new first minister, here's what we're going to do. and of course the big one right out the gate, there was the council tax. and as someone that lives in scotland, can i just say that i am delighted, but certainly this is going to be there was cheers in the room there that came right through the microphones coming in. and this is going to be a big win. council tax rates have gone up and up and up here in scotland, certainly after the freeze that was on during the pandemic . and as many households pandemic. and as many households you heard there, that a lot of middle class workers, such as teachers and nurses coming to his constituency to you know, ask for advice or for help because even, you know, working middle class families are struggling with the current financial situation. and then,

. >> well, former first minister and current alba party leader alex salmond says sums of usaf has days> the snp , we didn't do enough. >> the snp, we didn't do enough. >> the snp, we didn't do enough. >> we know that there was contextual factors. >> margaret ferrier's reckless actions, the police investigation , of course, but investigation, of course, but we've got to reflect, i've got to reflect the party has to ensure we've got a good campaign machine behind us, but also that we're inspiring people with a message. >> we clearly got a message from the voters of rutherglen and hamilton west that the snp has lost some trust in that seat. we've got to make sure we regain it. a conservative councillor has called for the home secretary's resignation over the handung secretary's resignation over the handling of raf scampton. >> government is accused of >> the government is accused of ignonng >> the government is accused of ignoring a legal order to stop converting the former airbase into a migrant camp to house 2000 people. the home office says it's confident the project meets planning req

no, i wasn't a particular fan of nicola sturgeon or alex salmond, but at least you felt there was an you know, blah, blah, how i get know, blah, blah, how do i get a headune know, blah, blah, how do i get a headline in the scottish press? oh, know . appeal to the right. >> but dennis, i'm sorry, i'm just going to drill down on this because this is a massive problem that i look around europe and handful of europe now and a handful of politicians have made decisions that have impacted the lives of the vast majority of people who hundreds of millions of people living on a continent, whether it angela merkel deciding to it was angela merkel deciding to throw open throw the doors open to a million or however refugees million or however many refugees or people unelected or whether it's people unelected people, a lot of the time in europe talking about we need open borders and all of this. and we have real world consequences. we've got some from tunisia riding the from tunisia riding around the streets brussels with an streets of brussels with an ak 47 a moped. we've got 47 on a moped. now

driving force and a figurehead for the independence movement via the snp, but not in the same way as alex salmondacto referendums and the next election , in the final analysis, election, in the final analysis, the scottish government formed by the snp has got to go to westminster to ask for a section 30 order to have the power to hold a referendum and westminster is just going to say no. so the snp has got nowhere to go . yeah, right. to go. yeah, right. >> talking about nowhere to go. claire muldoon went somewhere. she left scotland and she went to live in england. now what i want to ask both of you and i want to ask both of you and i want you, first of all, stuart, is what what has or do you believe that scottish independence has anything now to do with with an expat like claire muldoon ? claire muldoon? >> oh, yes, absolutely . i mean, >> oh, yes, absolutely. i mean, i think that in many ways, the rules of representing your country at sport should apply in many ways. scottish diaspora is about five times the size of the population of scotland, scotland. and i think all of us who have a stake i

i'll be interested to see how alex salmond's party does. he salmond's alba party does. set up in 2021 and it doesn't have the stain of nicola sturgeon with him. whether this will late to a big will translate late to a big sort of labour majority in scotland is another question because of course you've the because of course you've got the north—east scotland where gas north—east of scotland where gas and oil is hugely popular and all the polling up there is huge majority supportive of the gas and oil industry and the economic benefit. now labour's proposals to not renew any more gas and oil licences will be economically ruinous for the north—east of scotland and will get rid of tens of thousands of jobs. so they'll have to think carefully. >> it's not not to renew, it's not to extend oh, not to extend existing ones. >> you're still minimising. >> you're still minimising. >> yeah, yeah, absolutely. and some people argue against that, but just bearing in mind butjustjust bearing in mind the screen transition that everyone funded hugely everyone wants is funded hugely by th