. find a very different view on their record in holyrood.— a very different view on their record in holyroodord in hol rood. �* ,, ., record in holyrood. and the snp have been around — record in holyrood. and the snp have been around for _ record in holyrood. and the snp have been around for quite _ record in holyrood. and the snp have been around for quite some _ record in holyrood. and the snp have been around for quite some time, - been around for quite some time, john swinney has been around for quite some time, a lot of political experience but he has not been the leader for a experience but he has not been the leaderfor a long time? that experience but he has not been the leader for a long time?— leader for a long time? that is ri . ht, leader for a long time? that is riaht, he leader for a long time? that is right. he has— leader for a long time? that is right, he hasjust _ leader for a long time? that is right, he hasjust been - leader for a long time? that isj right, he hasjust been leading leader for a long time? that is - right, he hasjust been leading the right, he has just been

different view on the snp's record at holyrood-— different view on the snp's record at holyrood.e snp, john _ at holyrood. and it is a long record for the snp, john swinney - at holyrood. and it is a long record for the snp, john swinney has - at holyrood. and it is a long record for the snp, john swinney has a i at holyrood. and it is a long record | for the snp, john swinney has a lot of political experience, but he's knew as the leader, he has not been the snp leaderfor very knew as the leader, he has not been the snp leader for very long at all? absolutely, this is his second stint in charge, but this time around, he has only been in charge for four weeks or so and i think if anyone had said six weeks ago, john swinney will be leader of the house mp, he will be leader of the house mp, he will be leader of the house mp, he will be first minister, and also he will be first minister, and also he will be first minister, and also he will be leading the snp into a general election campaign, on the ath ofjuly, i think that would have taken many people by surprise. he did say not lon

they are a government because they been in power in holyrood for 17 years, but in opposition becauseo the uk government, and that sort of demand request for the uk government to spend more money in england so it bounces a scotland is that large of the opposition side rather than we have been responsible for the nhs in scotland for 17 yhears. than we have been responsible for the nhs in scotland for 17 years. and the idea about rejoining the eu without any details. all of these things are designed to showcase the difference - between the parties - and in john swinney's view, showcase what he sees - as a fundamental difference between an english electorate, - which he suggests is moving further away from is scottish electorate, which she suggests is further- to the left, so it's definitely- a case of sticking out the ground. james, thank you very much, and talk about the nhs, victoria, that is a big theme of your show in birmingham tonight. it is, we are here to talk to our audience of 50—60 people and a group of politicians including the man who wants to be in two weeks�* time, wes st

, and what _ yield 1.6 billion four holyrood, and what is _ yield 1.6 billion four holyrood, and what are in opposition to the uk _ because they are in opposition to the uk government, and that sort of demand _ the uk government, and that sort of demand request for the uk government to spend _ demand request for the uk government to spend more monk —— money in england _ to spend more monk —— money in england so— to spend more monk —— money in england so it _ to spend more monk —— money in england so it bounces a scotland is that large — england so it bounces a scotland is that large of the opposition side rather— that large of the opposition side rather than we have been responsible for the _ rather than we have been responsible for the nhs is. find rather than we have been responsible forthe nhs is— for the nhs is. and the idea about re'oinin: for the nhs is. and the idea about rejoining the _ for the nhs is. and the idea about rejoining the eu _ for the nhs is. and the idea about rejoining the eu without _ for the nhs is. and the idea about rejoining the eu without any - rejoining th

holyrood parliament, where the majority— holyrood parliament, where the majority were _ holyrood parliamentrity were from snp and - holyrood parliament, where the majority were from snp and thej majority were from snp and the greens, — majority were from snp and the greens, in— majority were from snp and the greens, in favour— majority were from snp and the greens, in favour of— majority were from snp and the i greens, in favour of independence. do i greens, in favour of independence. do i think— greens, in favour of independence. do i think that _ greens, in favour of independence. do i think that he _ greens, in favour of independence. do i think that he believes- greens, in favour of independence. do i think that he believes that - do i think that he believes that will he — do i think that he believes that will be considered, _ do i think that he believes that will be considered, no - do i think that he believes that will be considered, no i - do i think that he believes that will be considered, no i don't. i do i think that he believes that - will be considered, no i don't. and there _

instead he talked about already having a mandate for a second vote for the 2021 holyrood election. a majority of members for a five—year term, committed to the delivery of a referendum on independence and delivering scottish independence if that was supported in the referendum. i think that democratic mandate from the people of scotland, clearly given, has got to be delivered. and i think it is, this election is an opportunity for us to advance those arguments. but it is crystal clear that people in scotland have expressed their preference to determine their own constitutionalfuture, and i think westminster should remove the obstacles that are stopping scotland from having that choice. as you can imagine, the constitution has been a theme of this general election campaign here in scotland. there has been a lot of discussion about that mandate for a second referendum. but it has to be said that even if the snp does achieve that even if the snp does achieve that majority of seats, and this election and goes to westminster, goes to the new uk government looking to negotiate a second r

did hammer was they record at holyrood, and his perception that they have a lot to shout about on thattioned, attacks on the conservative record attacks on the conservative record at westminster, that has been happening since this election campaign was called. john swinney has been saying that austerity, brexit, the cost of living crisis, has been imposed on scotland by westminster. he also took a swipe at labour as well, saying that they were doing an awfully good impression of impersonating the snp, and as you would expect, there was a huge focus on independence. and it was in fact whenjohn swinney was talking was in fact when john swinney was talking about was in fact whenjohn swinney was talking about independence, and the speakers before him, that there was loud cheering in this room. the room was full of activists and candidates, and john swinney was also making the point that he wants to speak to people beyond that room, to speak to people beyond that room, to the whole of scotland. katie hunter in glasgow _ to the whole of scotland. katie hunter in glasgow with - to the whole o

the first was talking about the snp�*s record in government and the snp has in been in power in holyroodements in holyrood but attacks there on the conservatives�* record in westminster and he at one point described them as a disastrous and chaotic tory government but he also took a swipe at labour as well and said that labour weren�*t exactly the same as the conservatives but were doing an awfully good impression of the tories and of course independence was a key theme running through this speech and john swinney said he passionately believes in independence and every time independence was mentioned in that room which was full of candidates and activists, there were huge cheers, but i thinkjohn swinney was also attempting to speak to people beyond that room, to voters he will have to attract if he wants to win this general election in scotland. the former great britain rugby league international rob burrow has died at the age of 41 after a lengthy battle with motor neurone disease. burrow spent his entire rugby league career with leeds rhinos and helped them win eight super league title

forjohn swinney it is business as usual at holyrood. scottish parliament voted through legislation to exonerate sub postmaster is in scotland that were caught up in the horizon scandal. butjohn swinney did acknowledge during that speech that the snp is facing its biggest challenge for years. if we just talk about that for a few minutes. back in the last general election the snp won 48 of the scottish seats at westminster. none of the other parties in scotland got into double figures. labourwon parties in scotland got into double figures. labour won one seat in 2019. but if you look at the polls now they are suggesting the gap between the snp and labour is closing. in fact, between the snp and labour is closing. infact, recent between the snp and labour is closing. in fact, recent polls suggest labour are now ahead of the snp and labour were once dominant in scotland, especially in the central belt around glasgow, and they are once again eyeing up dozens of cities across here and across scotland. rishi sunak and keir starmer have been up

i remember in 2011 in the january there was a prediction of a majority labour government in holyrood.ast forward to the election and the snp won it with a historic majority. polls are interesting but the reality is the one that matters is the one that takes place next thursday, and whether voters respond to that message from the snp, voting snp to put scotland's interests first to ensure that a future for scotland is made in scotland. at the moment they look on and see keir starmer and rishi sunak having this faux debate with each other. i think the former chief economist at the bank of england was right when he said that you could not get a lettuce leaf between labour and the conservatives when it comes to fiscal policy. if people want to reject that £18 billion worth of public sector cuts proposed by sir keir starmer and his pro—brexit labour party, they should vote snp next thursday. i want to ask you about that, because the ifs has looked at the snp manifesto and says the snp's manifesto ignores the big fiscal challenges. it says, on their own figures, the snp proposals would also

while campaigning, the deputy first minister said his priority is westminster and not holyrood and hel play but too early to establish the cause of death. his remains were found after a four—day search. his wife described him as wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant. it was here on a rocky hillside that michael mosley was found. he was just metres from safety when he was seemingly overcome by the heat and collapsed. the people of this island and the greek authorities had done everything they could. despite that, he was not found for nearly four days. it was on that beach of agia marina that the body, which has now been identified as michael mosley, was found. he was found lying just to the right side of that fence you can see over there, so really close to where people would have been relaxing and playing on this popular and busy beach. we spoke to a police source who said that the body of michael mosley had been there for a number of days. it was a tragic end to a story that had begun on wednesday when michael mosley left the beach where he'd been with his wife clare atabout1.30pm. he

_ government at holyrood, working day in. day out _ government at holyrood, working day in, day outant to add something to that list— today i want to add something to that list id. democracy. that's how democracy— that list id. democracy. that's how democracy should work respectful communication, taking into account everybody's view, working together. it's through the power of democracy that we _ it's through the power of democracy that we will end independence. there is no other— that we will end independence. there is no other way to lou to do it we must _ is no other way to lou to do it we must never— is no other way to lou to do it we must never lose faith in the democratic voice of the people of scotland — democratic voice of the people of scotland. in 2021 they voted for a scottish _ scotland. in 2021 they voted for a scottish parliament with a clear manritv — scottish parliament with a clear majority for a referendum on independence. that must be respected. at this election we have the opportunity to enforce the case for scottish independence. and that starts _ for scottish i

this election to cut straight on his job as a member of the scottish parliament head of the 2026 holyroodaberdeen north, he said he had to lead from the front. the green party co—leader, adrian ramsay, has been outlining its plans for the nhs including an extra £30 billion of funding a year in england. he says the health service is in a desperate situation and that he's outlined a fully costed proposal for the very richest to pay more tax. a full breakdown of costings will be in the party manifesto. we all value our nhs, and the green party is the only party being honest in this election about the level of funding that's going to be needed, and being honest that we're going to need to ask the richest in society, including the multimillionaires, the billionaires, to pay modestly more in tax in a way that could raise the funding that's needed to protect our nhs. we can get a little more on this. our correspondentjenny hill was at the launch of the policy in central london. well, the greens say, in their words, they want to nurse the nhs back to full health, and they've been telling us how t

he�*s also said he�*ll stand down as an msp in holyrood if he�*s returned to westminster.dent in edinburgh. tell us more about why he has decided to make this move and how much i blow it will be for the scottish conservatives? —— how much of a blow. it scottish conservatives? -- how much of a blow. , ., ., ., , of a blow. it is extraordinary timin: of a blow. it is extraordinary timing to — of a blow. it is extraordinary timing to announce - of a blow. it is extraordinary timing to announce your - of a blow. it is extraordinary - timing to announce your decision to retire as the party leader in the middle of a general election, as one said committee jaws dropping —— as one said, it is jaw—dropping. many of his msp colleagues were very unhappy with the suggestion and on reflection he has decided that is not feasible and he is going to stand down after the election and once a successor is in place and if he�*s successful at being re—re—elected to westminster he will quit holyrood altogether. he came to the conclusion that msps were not happy about him continuing to have doub

for 17 years and he wants to talk up their achievements in holyrood but attacks there on the conservativesnce point described them as a disastrous and chaotic tory government but he also took a swipe at labour and said that labour weren't the same as the conservatives but were doing an awfully good impression of the tories and independence was a key theme running through this speech and john swinney said he passionately believes in independence and every time independence and every time independence was mentioned in that room which was full of candidates and activists, there were huge cheers, but i thinkjohn swinney was also attempting to speak to people beyond that room, two voters he will have to attract if he wants to win this general election in scotland. katie hunter live in glasgow, thank you. and remember you can keep across the latest from the campaign trail on our live page on the bbc news website — we've got updates and analysis from our correspondents across the country. you can also find it on the bbc news app. and you can also find it on the bbc website. to south africa next,

a complaint has been made to the holyrood authorities over claims the party has used parliamentary stampsar he's been given assurances that that hasn't happened. all of this just provides ammunition for opposition parties to attack the snp on that issue of trust. now it's time for a look at today's sport. we'll look ahead to huge day at the euros shortly but let's start with a moment of cricket history as afghanistan beat australia at the t20 world cup. pat cummins took a second hat—trick in as many games — the first player to achieve the feat in t20 internationals. but australia collapsed from 106—6 to 113—9 and eventually fell 21 runs short, to seal victory for afghanistan — their first against the aussies in any form of the game. it gives, you know, the people back home so much hope, and especially the young generation, getting involved in cricket and getting that attention into the sport, and also the nation. cricket is the only source of happiness back home, we all know that, and i feel like we are so lucky to be here giving those happenings to the people back home. we hardly see tho

this election to concentrate on his job as a member of the scottish parliament ahead of the 2026 holyroodad to "lead from the front". and here's a list of all the candidates currently on the ballot. douglas ross is expected to be confirmed within the next hour or so. a full list will be on the bbc news website after nominations close tomorrow. in the past hour, england manager gareth southgate announced his 26—man squad for the euros, which start in germany next week. jack grealish, harry maguire and james maddison are among those who haven't made the squad. let's go live tojoe wilson, for more on this — joe. yes, it is hard to imagine a time previously in english football when they have had at their disposal, technically gifted players like jack grealish and james maddison and left them out for a major tournament, but thatis them out for a major tournament, but that is what has happened. gareth southgate said this has been one of his most difficult days in the job, to leave those two out in particular. england have a surplus of options in attacking positions and southgate said players li

he points to policies they brought in at holyrood like the scottish child payment as proof that his partyt the party's serious moment to set out the pa rty�*s stall. serious moment to set out the party's stall. the snp to win seats for the measures being proposed today. lorna gordon, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. president biden has been speaking in the united states. he was addressing earlier talking about immigration. i want those with an educated us couege want those with an educated us college university for their skills and knowledge to work in america and i want to keep building the strongest economy in the world, with the best workforce of the world. with credit of 15 million newjobs, record and within record economic growth, record small business growth and i doubt why the action was taken today matters if you wonder about that, just ask business leaders, labour leaders, economists, elected officials. they know it's good for american business and the american business and the american economy, they know it's good for america period. that was presi

he'll also quit holyrood if he is elected as an mp.he wake of the announcement in the wake of the row over his decision to stand in the aberdeen north and moray east constituency . moray east constituency. elsewhere on the campaign trail, the lib dems will launch their manifesto this morning pledging to put the nhs and care at the centre. meanwhile, the snp's looking at grassroots sports today and reform uk will set out their economic policy later on. the nhs has launched a major appeal for o—type blood donors following a cyber attack on hospitals in london. the health service says it can't match patients blood at the same frequency as usual, meaning they need more safe stock to give to patients. the attack on pathology services across the capital has led to missed transfusions as well. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen , or the qr code on your screen, or go to gbnews.com/alerts . go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> still to come, grab your popcorn. lib dem leader sir ed davey is l

leaders in two years, one questioned by the police, the other resigned having lost the confidence of holyrood emergency in scotland, does the snp really deserve — deserve — the votes of scots? the snp's had a tough time in the last few years. i'm the first to accept that. that's why i'm here. and i'm here to sort it out and to strengthen the snp and to build the trust with the electorate, and that's exactly what i'm doing. john swinney, first minister, thank you very much indeed forjoining me. thank you. now we're speaking to seven party leaders ahead of the election. the prime minister, rishi sunak, we've already done. you can see that on bbc iplayer. keir starmer is next, on friday evening. that'll be at 7.30pm on bbc one and bbc iplayer. goodnight. thanks for watching. hello, i'm ben thompson. you're watching the context on bbc news. we want to continue to push on an urgent basis with our partners, with qatar, with egypt, to try to close this deal because we know it is in the interest of the israelis, palestinians, the region, indeed, the entire world. translation: we need to take clear po

a complaint has been made to a holyrood's authorities about claims that the party has used parliamentarys not happened, but all of this just provides ammunition for opposition parties to attack the snp on that issue of trust.— parties to attack the snp on that issue of trust. ., ~ , ., , . as we've been hearing, scotland play hungary later. victory in stuttgart for scotland could propel them past the group stages of a major competition for the very first time. among the sea of tartan army supporters are paul leonard and his son archie, a bagpiper. archie and paul have taken it upon themselves to lift the morale of the scottish fans before the games. have a look at one of their performances in stuttgart. in the last hour i was joined by paul and his son archie. it's been really building the last few days because scotland had a game in cologne a few days ago, so the tartan army has been arriving en masse over the last few days and the atmosphere's really building. i'd say there's probably 10,000 to 20,000 fans in the fan zone today. 0ur german hosts have been so hospitable and the fans are

promised to do this when you had a majority of mps in scotland for many years, you have power in holyroodyears and it's not something you been able to deliver thus far. you are making the same promise again. you say this is about democracy, if you don't get a majority of scottish seats in this election, will you accept that means it is the will of the scottish people that they don't want to have another independence referendum? i'm not going to prejudge the outcome of an election which is in 12 days�* time. hang on, you can't have it both ways. you are saying if you have a majority you will do this, but if you don't have a majority, they're not answer the part of a question. if you don't have a majority, will you accept that as the scottish electorate telling you they don't want to pursue independence right now? parliament was elected in 2021 with a majority of members for a five year term, committed to the delivery of a referendum on independence and delivering scottish independence if that was supported in a referendum. i think that democratic mandate from the people of scotland has got

backin back in 2022 msps here at holyrood to pass legislation and that legislation was to make it easier someone to change their legally recognised sex in scotland but it was blocked by the uk government who believed it was encroaching on the reserved areas, areas affecting the rest of the united kingdom that msps are not supposed to legislate in and it has been a bit of a political argument for some time. scottish green is calling on the next uk government to lift that the veto. i got some time withjohn swinney the leader of the snp before he took part in the pride march and they asked what he wanted the next government to do. we asked what he wanted the next government to do.— asked what he wanted the next government to do. we have passed leuislation government to do. we have passed legislation in _ government to do. we have passed legislation in the _ government to do. we have passed legislation in the scottish _ legislation in the scottish parliament which is the democratic decision of the parliament in scotland and i think that should be respected. the decisions of the scottish parl

, are really interested to know what would happen if a similar electoral system to that used for holyroodrtional representation actually fairer? and doesn't it better serve and represent citizens? thank you! well, it's a great question. so, in the scottish parliament, as there is in other parts of the world and in other parliamentary systems, there's a form of proportional representation. i'm not going to go on and on and on about how it works at the moment because we don't need to. but it's a form of pr where you vote for somebody on a list who's representing the party and also your local person. so it's a sort of half in, half out kind of system. i think it's almost impossible to work out what the impact would be on westminster if it was that kind of system, because it's not just that the numbers would stack up differently, but also the parties might behave differently and they might campaign differently — because everything about westminster, even the way that the parties are set up opposite each other, close to each other, the distance of a sword, is designed for tough debate, scrutin

in 2021 in the elections to the hollywood part of parliament where a majority of of msps to the holyrood, therefore in favour of independence. do i think that he believes that that will be conceded? no, i don't. and also, there is a feeling on the ground in scotland, certainly among labour canvassers, senior labour canvassers say that even supporters of independence are saying, "maybe not now. maybe right now is the time for the economic crisis and the cost of living crisis to be addressed". john swinney is aware of that. so it is a double edged sword. it is a single transferable campaign. what he says is, "we will campaign for you on the issues of the cost of living, brexit, austerity," all these issues that he raised and he blames upon westminster. but at the same time, he is simultaneously pleading to those supporters of independence, if you wish independence to stay relevant, if you wish it to stay germane, if you wish it to proceed, then the only way to do that is to vote snp. it is a multiple approach. meanwhile in northern ireland, sinn fein have been launching their manifesto. th

the snp's been in power at holyrood just along the coast from here in edinburgh for a good few yearsthey have been involved with giving permission to projects like this one. they say if there is more of the regulation and indeed the pricing decided here in scotland, then they could see things like the benefits of these projects passed more directly onto local residents because they say, as it stands, people can look out the window on a clear day and see a wind farm, but they don't necessarily feel the benefit of that in their bills here in scotland. and it has become a bit of the debate here between the different parties in terms of, you know, a lot of it's been about oil and gas, but renewables, too, because labour have their plans for a clean energy company to be headquartered in scotland. so, yeah, a bit of discussion about the energy revolution going on. and we can hear some of what kate forbes had to say this morning about that now. scotland has the potential to be a green powerhouse globally, and with wind farms like this that were developed when the snp first came to power, we

holyrood election.. you would presumably accept what they say about independence. i would presumably accept what they say about independence.— say about independence. i accept what the lss _ say about independence. i accept what the 155 have _ say about independence. i accept what the 155 have said _ say about independence. i accept what the 155 have said about i say about independence. i accept what the 155 have said about our| what the iss have said about our funding — what the iss have said about our funding proposals that say that the £30 billion of additional revenue we could _ £30 billion of additional revenue we could take _ £30 billion of additional revenue we could take by going back in the eu is not _ could take by going back in the eu is not unreasonably high, and the figures _ is not unreasonably high, and the figures on — is not unreasonably high, and the figures on independence, looking at scotland _ figures on independence, looking at scotland in the uk, the point being that we _ scotland

he focused on authority of the mandate for his second vote in the 2021 now the router election —— holyrooddum. i think that democratic mandate clearly given as got to be delivered and i think this collection is an opportunity for us to advance those arguments but it's crystal clear that they have expressed a preference to determine their own constitutional future and i think westminster should remove the obstacles that are stopping scotland from having the choice. the constitution has been the theme of this general election campaign here in scotland there's been a lot of discussion of that mandate for a second referendum but to be said that even though the snp may achieve the majority of seats in the selection and go to westminster and the new uk government look to negotiate a second referendum, nothing we read so far from rishi sunak sir keir starmer suggested the next uk government is going to entertain those kinds of conversations. search teams looking for a british teenager, missing in tenerife, have spent the day focusing on some small outbuildings, near to where his phone was last lo

the scottish greens — the third biggest party at holyrood — are not on stage tonight.id start late. but brian, what are you expecting to come of tonight's debate, where you think the most heated debate may come? you have 0 enin: heated debate may come? you have opening statements _ heated debate may come? you have opening statements from _ heated debate may come? you have opening statements from the - heated debate may come? you have | opening statements from the leaders i expect, john swinney is saying something about putting scotland's interests first, he's talking about independence but talking about it through the prism of popular concerns. and this has been the basis of the snp campaign, do say ultimately we want independence but right now we know she you guys are hurting and we will use devolved powers to try and address things like the cost of living but we ask you to, mr swinney there, we ask you to argue and they argue simultaneously that independence is the best way to achieve that. we can expect from an srr that the mantra of change that scotland can join in

last december the snp government in holyrood used its devolution powers to introduce a new a5% rate onve imposed a new hire top rate of info —— income tax, a8% on incomes above £125,000 whereas in the rest of the uk it is a5%. does the scottish national party's westminster general election manifesto add up in terms of its tax and spending proposals? for all the reasons we have outlined, when it comes to a party only running in scotland in a westminster election, sadly not a simple question to answer. ben, thank you. bbc verify have been through all the manifesto is launched, crunching those numbers and making sure they all add up so we are very grateful to them. the lib dems have announced plans to spend an extra £1 billion a year in the next parliament, to fix crumbling nhs hospitals and remove dangerous concrete. here's the deputy leader of the liberal democrats, daisy cooper, on the party's plans for the nhs. well, liberal democrats have pledged £9 million of additional investment every single year in our health and social care, and with that particular amount of money, we've said w

scotland with more respect, but kirsty my egg eldest son is 16, he will get his first vote in next holyroods helped their education back, and it is what i hear on the doorsteps, i have knocked 10,000 doors in this election and people don't talk about independence, they are talking about getting a gp appointment, getting an nhs dentist to deliver care in their locality. fixing their children's education, getting our schools back up education, getting our schools back up the league tables. getting the sewage out of our... in up the league tables. getting the sewage out of our. . ._ sewage out of our... in that case how does — sewage out of our... in that case how does anybody _ sewage out of our... in that case how does anybody work - sewage out of our... in that case how does anybody work out i sewage out of our... in that case how does anybody work out why | sewage out of our... in that case i how does anybody work out why the support for independence, patrick harvie, has remained solid? i think increasingly — harvie, has remained solid? i think increasingly people _ harvie, has remained so

(tx sot) backin back in 2022 msps here at holyrood passed legislation.ho believed it was encroaching on the reserved areas, areas affecting the rest of the united kingdom that msps are not supposed to legislate in. it has been a political argument for some time with the scottish greens are calling on the next uk government to lift that the veto. i got time withjohn swinney government to lift that the veto. i got time with john swinney the got time withjohn swinney the leader of the snp before he took part in the pride march and asked him what he wanted an snp government to do. we him what he wanted an snp government to do. ~ , , him what he wanted an snp government todor . him what he wanted an snp government todo.~ ., .,., ., to do. we passed a decision on parliament _ to do. we passed a decision on parliament which _ to do. we passed a decision on parliament which is _ to do. we passed a decision on parliament which is the - to do. we passed a decision on i parliament which is the democratic decision of the parliament of scotland and they believe that

that is the snp in government at holyrood , working day in, day holyrood, working day in, day out toow we will not always get everything right, but we will always, always put the interests of people in scotland first. the uk is going in a different direction. it's going in the wrong direction . far too often wrong direction. far too often the interests of scotland are ignored altogether. i've spoken a lot in this campaign about the abc of westminster imposed austerity cuts, brexit and the cost of living crisis. scotland wanted none of that, but they were all imposed anyway, against our will. so today i want to introduce a d to that list. democracy with independence. people in scotland will always get the governments they vote for. that's how democracy should work. engaging and respectful persuasion , taking account of persuasion, taking account of everyone's view, working together wherever possible in the national interest. and it's through the power of democracy that we will win our independence . there is no other independence. there is no other way to do it. we must never lose fai

one of the snp's former ministers faced sanctions in holyrood after being found to have breached theal opponents. —— that led to attacks. that is only being a bit of a theme of the election for the snp. what is the snp's strategy for independence in this election campaign?— independence in this election camaiun? ,, , ., ., campaign? the snp is going into the selection with _ campaign? the snp is going into the selection with a _ campaign? the snp is going into the selection with a pledge _ campaign? the snp is going into the selection with a pledge that - campaign? the snp is going into the selection with a pledge that if- campaign? the snp is going into the selection with a pledge that if they i selection with a pledge that if they get a majority of seats in scotland, 29 seats in scotland out of the 57 that are on offer, then that would empower the party to enter into negotiations for a second independence referendum. john swinney has been asked many times what it would mean if the party doesn't achieve that majority of seats. with the snp take that as a message from the electorate

he will also quit holyrood if he's elected as an mp. decision to stand in the aberdeen north and moray east constituency. he lib dem leader sir ed davey has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put health and care at the heart of the campaign . sir ed spoke about campaign. sir ed spoke about growing up caring for his mother, who died from hodgkin lymphoma. the party leader said the experiences of carers is exhausting. sometimes but also full of love. well, reform uk has set out its economic policy for the election campaign plans include raising personal tax threshold allowance to £20,000, abolishing ir35 for sole traders and raising the vat threshold for small businesses to £150,000. and as we've been hearing, local media reports suggest that doctor michael mosley died from natural causes after the body of the tv doctor was found on a greek island, the 67 year old went missing after leaving his wife and friends on the wife of the island of symi on wednesday . he appeared to on wednesday. he appeared to have taken the wrong ro

holyrood. >> do you think lewis now, though, were simply at that time north of the border, the same aswe are down in westminster? and thatis we are down in westminster? and that is people just want change and all eyes seem to be on the indication that the labour party will become the biggest party north of the border in scotland, andifs north of the border in scotland, and it's looking pretty bleak for the snp . for the snp. >> that certainly seems, how it is. martin i mean, i think you can see the change in the sort of attack lines that the snp are taking. it used to be always about the tories targeted towards boris johnson when he was prime minister, liz truss rishi sunak. but during this election all focus has really been on and labour, because people are looking at the polls and they see the massive majority that labour looks like it will get. so the snp are really turning fire on labour. they're trying to say that labour will lead to a lot of cuts and only they can. only the snp can for stand up scotland, is what they are sort of claiming and trying to really push that narrative.

lets talk more about the i conservative announcement made this morning, which affects certainly holyroodntions are the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, you know, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemphasise that sex in the law means biological sex. it always has done, but there has been a lot of misinterpretation and we are adding that clarification so the law is clearer. asa as a young conservative woman do you welcome what kemi badenoch was say something i welcome what kemi badenoch was say somethin: ., �* ., welcome what kemi badenoch was say somethina ., �* ., ., ~ something i don't at all. i think regrettably. — something i don't at all. i think regrettably, the _ something i don't at all. i think regrettably, the debate - something i don't at all. i think regrettably, the debate roundl something i don't at all. i think- regrettably, the debate round trans issues seems to be used as political football for this mythical culture what the conservative party seems to be fighting, i don't know why we are fighting it. i don't know who we are fighting it

. >> you have that sense both in westminster and in holyrood, that it's time for a change, whether it'sand or the conservatives governing the whole of the uk, there is that mood of we're just fed up. we want something different and hence why his sloganeering , keir hence why his sloganeering, keir starmer particularly, it's just that one word change, which i noted in manchester. >> can i talk to you about a constitutional matters because you've got some skin in the game here. the historian david starkey. and indeed it was followed up by peter hitchens in the mail in the week, have expressed concern that starmer has endorsed this paper and then seemed to have echoed it in his manifesto. this idea of taking more power away from mps and elected representatives and putting it in the hands of the supreme court and then quangos, arm arm's length bodies that aren't as accountable to the pubuc aren't as accountable to the public as, say, elected representatives and he's saying starkey. and indeed hitchens is saying this is a continuation of brown and blairism. the idea of taking power away from

he's their leader in westminster, but i think he'll be their leader in holyrood in years to come.ht, but you know, they've got to stop shouting over each other. well they interestingly have you seen the minutes michelle hussein did a reasonable job in terms of the minutes because it was roughly within a minute of each other. they all got the same, which is i felt that it was dominated by penny mordaunt and she had two minutes more. yeah. and then but the others were all about about ii. 11. >> i'm sorry. 11.— >> i'm sorry. i 11. >> i'm sorry. i think seven is too much because no one gets a chance to put their policies forward and get their view. tony blair brought this in, by the way, to have seven. did you know that? and he never stood there himself, and that's the truth of it. and i think actually what was interesting from this was penny actually saying twice how, totally wrong rishi was with leaving d—day. >> that was really the only standout moment, wasn't it? >> and i could see that she was. >> and i could see that she was. >> he's already said that he was wrong. he's acknowle

the scottish greens will not be represented despite being the third biggest party at holyrood, a decisionons are also being held in mexico where exit polls indicate that claudia sheinbaum will become the country's first everfemale president. the former mayor of mexico city is backed by the outgoing president. ms sheinbaum's morena party has already claimed victory, but her main rival is urging supporters to wait for official results. meanwhile in south africa, the party once led by nelson mandela, the african national congress, has had its worst election result since the end of apartheid three decades ago. the party has lost its majority in the national assembly for the first time. this means a fresh political landscape for the country. the anc leader cyril ramaphosa will now have to find coalition partners. the number of nhs patients being treated in corridors and other crowded places now amounts to a national emergency, according to the royal college of nursing. one in three nurses who replied to an online survey said that on their last shift, they had to provide care in a waiting area,

. >> he's giving an interview to holyrood magazine , tackling the holyrood magazine, tackling the subjectroblem with. two years ago. remember, yvette cooper, the shadow home secretary, said the issue of the transgender versus women's rights issue was a rabbit hole, and sir keir starmer initially struggled with the question of what is a woman? before stating that 99.9% of women haven't got a penis. no 100% of us just putting that right anyway , tony blair has right anyway, tony blair has actually come off the fence on this one and said, i don't understand why this is such a big issue. of course i can say a woman is with a vagina and a man is with a penis. i think that is quite clearly, the point is that if people want to reassign their genden if people want to reassign their gender, this is what he's saying. that's fine. but women's spaces must be secure. all of thatis spaces must be secure. all of that is absolutely fine. but what he doesn't then go on to explain is how he treats people that identify as trans when it does come to prisons and hospital wards and things like that. i mean, th

the snp�*s been in power at holyrood just along the coast from here in edinburgh for a good few yearsbroad energy mix, although the snp remain opposed to nuclear power. we believe that with the plentiful supply of clean green energy in terms of wind, we should focus when it comes to the energy transition on green industry and on creating jobs for the future. it's a win—win situation because, here, we have created jobs. we are developing schemes like this, and in so doing, we are also ensuring that people in scotland have access to green energy. the snp are hoping that their role here can really be to kind of push labour to the left because there are no seats in scotland which are a contest between the labour party and the conservatives as you might see in england. it is much more a contest either between the snp and the tories or the snp and labour, and the snp will feel that they can attack labour from the left. and if they have mps returned to the house of commons, those mps will be the ones who are pulling labour to the left on issues, you know, from the economy to energy. obviousl

mr swinney points to policies they've brought in at holyrood, like the scottish child payment, as prooffferent. you stole my seat! have i stolen your seat? i'm so sorry. child's play here, but manifestos are a serious moment to set out a party's stall. the aim for the snp to win seats through the measures being proposed today. lorna gordonjoins us from edinburgh now. lorna, who are the snp hoping to win over with this manifesto? well, the westminster political rap, which was labour red for decades, tanned snp yellow back in 2015. the snp wants to keep it that way. they came first or second in every single constituency here at the last general election. the polling would suggest they had got a fight on their hands in many of the central belt constituencies, the strip of land that sits between glasgow and edinburgh and that labour fancy their chances in many of those seats. the snp has been very explicit in their messaging, they're signalling throughout their campaigning so far. in a manifesto today they say their party is different and their manifesto will be the only centre—left manifes

susan, because you mentioned the cass review there, and i know that doctor hilary cass did appear at holyroodt the scottish government has? surely they have changed their mind about this on the basis of this expert, study that took over four years to put together? i mean, even in london, wes streeting for the labour party has said they're going to implement the findings of the cass review. aren't the snp going to follow suit and therefore presumably rewrite that guidance for schools ? that guidance for schools? >> well, the scottish parliament did. you're right. they voted to endorse the cass report. and, in theory, yes, they should be pulling this straight away, they're not and it's very difficult. of course, when something's in, and it may have to take a legal challenge to get it out , but, it runs completely it out, but, it runs completely contrary to cass. and what is terrifying, what is really , terrifying, what is really, really terrifying with these flies that we found are that parents are being positioned as the enemy , only 4% of schools the enemy, only 4% of schools said that they w

and even then they need the majority in holyrood rather than westminster to start pushing through thatvernment that that allows independence, but even so , i just don't see how even so, i just don't see how the snp could do it. >> they've sort of got themselves into a bit of a mess like the tories had, because you had nicola sturgeon as first minister. yeah, gone. replaced by humza yousaf. everybody knew him by his nickname humza useless . yeah. went gone and now useless. yeah. went gone and now we've got a third one. john swinney, who was scottish snp leader for a few years, 20 odd years ago, wasn't very good at it and he's a he's a sturgeon ally . ally. >> yeah, but he has stabilised the ship. and the one thing the one thing is that about rishi. well i think rishi probably did . well i think rishi probably did. i mean, the only thing is that what's going on at the moment for rishi, it's not rishi sunak's fault or not all his fault that the tories are in the dire straits they're in at the moment. >> i think a lot of it is actually well. >> the rod started with boris johnson. it was co