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left the since, uh, alex salmond left the snp .isten, you were also amid your business success. you were a director at the iconic rangers football club. tell me about your time looking after that business. and of course , an important part of course, an important part of scottish life . scottish life. >> yeah. i mean , it's a part of >> yeah. i mean, it's a part of scottish history, you know, it's a i probably have a different answer every time i'm asked this because i always remember something. no, listen, it was exciting. it was a challenging , exciting. it was a challenging, uh, but, you know, it was an honoun uh, but, you know, it was an honour. and i still hold it as an honour. and i still cherish the moments that we were there. it was a, as i said, very challenging, but we took it head on. >> yeah, well, the ex—footballer gerry barton played for rangers for a while. i think he did quite well. didn't he. do you have a view on his recent comments about ex female pros not being pundits on men's football ? football? >> well, you

there's the other alex salmond other one of alex salmond with ed top pocket, ed miliband in his top pocketwhich but the latest campaign, which is meant to kind of take is meant to be this kind of take on, um, let's call saul, which is like a reference to breaking bad saying, let's call bad and it's saying, let's call keir because it's basically saying that . and he this saying that. and he made this point pmqs didn't he? rishi point in pmqs didn't he? rishi sunak, you know, um, we try and ban terrorist s keir tries to defend them. is that an effective attack line, do you think, um , i think it could be think, um, i think it could be slightly effective if the country was in a mood to sort of. >> mull returned the conservatives for yet another turn, which i don't think it is. so um, i think generally keir starmer gets the benefit of the doubt of having a long legal career and, you know, got involved in some cases that he might not ideally chosen to. yeah absolutely. and clearly you know, he's well to the left of what he poses as now. but i think the country has got this this, uh position wit

, and took over from alex salmond, she most she was undeniably the most effective communicator , bettercotland . but how will she be scotland. but how will she be remembered now with that spectacular end game? and now at the covid inquiry she saying she didn't think she was up to the job, that she wishes that she hadnt job, that she wishes that she hadn't there seems hadn't been. there seems a million away, doesn't it, million miles away, doesn't it, from those heady days when she first swept in as the first minister, now around 30,000 american xl bully dogs have been registered for an exemption before the ban comes into force tomorrow . for months, tomorrow. for months, campaigners have been in a legal fight to overturn the government's ban on xl bullies and gb news. national reporter theo chikomba reports and a warning you may find some of the footage distressing . footage distressing. >> suella has been part of anne—marie's family for many years . he has anne—marie's family for many years. he has an exemption certificate ahead of the ban, but must be kept on a lead and wear a muzzle

one of which is that, um , when one of which is that, um, when she was giving evidence against alex salmonding back to 2018. so she hadnt uh, dating back to 2018. so she hadn't deleted those. and the other one was, of course, this email that you mentioned. there was an email sent from seville servants with a do not destroy notification and clearly saying do not get rid of any communication that might be of interest to a public inquiry. she said she always knew there would going to be a public inquiry . she said that she inquiry. she said that she didn't conduct business over whatsapp, that she used it to a minimal amount , that basically minimal amount, that basically the implication was that they were not relevant. of course, i think the covid inquiry would have wanted to be the judge of that. she was also criticised for perhaps, um, not having consulted, not having included other people in the team widely . other people in the team widely. she was asked, um, if the scottish government doesn't like to have a light, a light, she on on it? um, she disputed that. but hearing evidence in the l

co—founder previously gave the snp more than £25 million during alex salmond's stint as first ministere snp appears like he? i mean, the snp appears like he might be about to go pop. well it's, i mean eye—watering that only managed to raise that he's only managed to raise £10,000 pounds since he's become leader i that's just but that says it all though doesn't it. saysit says it all though doesn't it. says it all about exactly. >> it says it all. and now he's put up, uh, income tax. so the business leaders are all rattled and don't particularly want to give money, but £10,000 give him any money, but £10,000 is peanuts. but this guy, this guy couldn't run a bath, right? >> he's been in >> he's everything he's been in charge of been an absolute charge of has been an absolute disaster. of disaster. he's in charge of health on health and scotland's record on that as that is widely regarded as absolutely appalling. when he was transport minister , there was transport minister, there were issues with him, whether or not he was actually wearing a seat belt or car insurance not he was actually

forlorn lost attempt because of course , he attempt because of course, he was a huge supporter of alex salmondemed like there might be a sniff of independence. two thousand and seven to 2014 and the run up to indyref one. i wonder if it's not just so much the fact that the party's finances are questionable, perhaps even it's something to do with the humza yousaf factor himself. but but thirdly, is it actually the receding prospect of independence at all? that's part of the problem , correct? of the problem, correct? >> and all three points, i would say under humza yousaf of the snp , have raised on less than snp, have raised on less than £10,000 so far. so he's not the big draw. um, but but it would be a mistake to think that nicola sturgeon was because under nicola sturgeon, all of the big donor money dried up altogether. so from if you think 2017 forward, no big donation headune 2017 forward, no big donation headline figures were coming in the party. the snp increasingly relied on membership donations and that membership is decreasing. membership figures . decreasing. membership figures. acc

but alex salmond, her predecessor for, um, giving evidence, the other day, said that no, that was not sturgeon. other people such as kate forbes, humza yousaf , etc. kate forbes, humza yousaf, etc. have kept whatsapp messages, so some of nicola sturgeon's comments will be unearthed from them. but not a good look at all. and really, i think worth noting too that the excess deaths in in in scotland who were seen to go sort of harder were seen to go sort of harder were tougher, more restrictive than england, and restrictions went on for longer and although the excess deaths in england were higher in 2020, by 2021, they were pretty much level. so for all the differences in policy and there turned out to be not that much difference in in the behaviour in the deaths in the behaviour in the deaths in both countries . in both countries. >> thank you catherine, thank you very much indeed . just you very much indeed. just a dream update here. khalife. this is quite interesting . carly is quite interesting. carly says.i is quite interesting. carly says. i didn't realise that isabel was doing dry