and for the currency to humza yousaf.ing about it. —— for the current leader. this can do almost nothing about it. -- for the current leader.— for the current leader. this began back in 2021. _ for the current leader. this began back in 2021, is _ for the current leader. this began back in 2021, is there _ for the current leader. this began back in 2021, is there still- for the current leader. this began back in 2021, is there still a - for the current leader. this began back in 2021, is there still a long l back in 2021, is there still a long road ahead for the snp? the police are not declaring _ road ahead for the snp? the police are not declaring anything - road ahead for the snp? the police are not declaring anything with - are not declaring anything with regard to that. the background was that 666,000 plus was raised. mostly the brexit referendum, in anticipation of a further independence referendum. the question is what became of that cash. various snp figures as i say, are adamant that they have answers to give, an

humza yousaf is focusing on exactly that. _ dealings? humza yousaf is focusing on exactly that.g on exactly that. there is a review i on exactly that. there is a review taking place to make sure we have got best practice in place and that is what will happen. he will show that we will win the trust of the people of scotland as we head to the election next year. i am working with him on the economic perspective, making sure that we are delivering the green job that scotland needs. we are making sure we are showing people there is a way through the cost of living crisis. have you spoken to nicola sturgeon since her resignation and after she was questioned? t since her resignation and after she was questioned?— was questioned? i speak to the former first — was questioned? i speak to the former first minister— was questioned? i speak to the former first minister regularly, j was questioned? i speak to the i former first minister regularly, but i have not spoken to her in the last 24—hour. i have not spoken to her in the last 24-hour. ~ ., ., , ., i have not spoken to her in the last

it humza yousaf in those comments _ isn't it? it humza yousaf in those comments and _ isn't it?it humza yousaf in those comments and said it _ isn't it? it humza yousaf in those comments and said it has - isn't it? it humza yousaf in those comments and said it has been . comments and said it has been stressful for nicola sturgeon in relation to his conversations that he has had with her. but as you said, he said she has beenjust like she is a good place and doing well. but he also emphasised that he cannot comment on a live ongoing police investigation. inevitably, for any individual, this would be an immensely stressful situation to be in, arrested and questioned by police. but of course this is a multifaceted... it's not only difficult for the individuals involved, but it's difficult for the snp as well. they have been the dominant political force here snp as well. they have been the dominant politicalforce here in scotland for many, many years. the dividing fault line in scottish politics is whether or not you support independence and they are a pro—independence party, that h

the difficulty for humza yousaf, vying for. the difficulty for humza yousaf. book _ vying for.ing for. the difficulty for humza yousaf, book current first - vying for. the difficulty for humza | yousaf, book current first minister is that this is all out of his hands there is nothing that he can do to move this case along. i there is nothing that he can do to move this case along.— there is nothing that he can do to move this case along. i suspect that there will be — move this case along. i suspect that there will be cause _ move this case along. i suspect that there will be cause for _ move this case along. i suspect that there will be cause for him - move this case along. i suspect that there will be cause for him to - move this case along. i suspect that there will be cause for him to do - there will be cause for him to do and i believe one westminster has already called for this is to suspend nicola sturgeon from the party. i think when alex image was initially investigated by police a few years ago he withdrew from the party —— alex salmon. so i think there will be cause

veueef— conference, including humza veueef le— conference, including humza yousaf is hilarious.on with the protest that elem-l— confrontation with the protest that tttn-t ge— confrontation with the protest that didn't go well. that's in the— that didn't go well. that's in the melte— that didn't go well. that's in the media buzz.— that didn't go well. that's in the media buzz. tomorrow's front page— the media buzz. tomorrow's front page te— the media buzz. tomorrow's front page te ea— the media buzz. tomorrow's front page te an the— the media buzz. tomorrow's front page te an the way— the media buzz. tomorrow's front page is on the way too hot off the— page is on the way too hot off the geese. — page is on the way too hot off the prete- a— page is on the way too hot off the press. a new— page is on the way too hot off the press. a new greatest etttata— the press. a new greatest britain union— the press. a new greatest britain union jackass as well. tate— britain union jackass as well. ttte te— britain union jackass as well. ttte te dan— britain union jackass as well. this is dan

humza yousaf would say that is what he — governments.t he is _ governments. humza yousaf would say that is what he is trying _ governments. humza yousaf would say that is what he is trying to _ governments. humza yousaf would say that is what he is trying to do. - governments. humza yousaf would say that is what he is trying to do. he - that is what he is trying to do. he is trying to move on, and get back to policy, and talking about the things that people need. but this is quite frankly, out of his hands. there is nothing he can do about this investigation.— there is nothing he can do about this investigation. perhaps the new first minister, _ this investigation. perhaps the new first minister, and _ this investigation. perhaps the new first minister, and yousaf - this investigation. perhaps the new first minister, and yousaf could - first minister, and yousaf could perhaps tell us what he knew, and when, when he was informed by the former first minister nicola sturgeon of 20 would be arrested, or if she had been arrested, why she resi

it the new first minister of scotland, humza yousaf.— humza yousaf. a really positive meeting, and - humza yousaf. it was a really - positive meeting, and straightaway after the meeting he's called for his release, and he promised to write to rishi sunak, and he's done that. i don't know what else he can do because it's not within humza yousaf�*s reach to be able to go to india and bring him back home. but it is within the uk government's reach. , ., it is within the uk government's reach. ,., . it is within the uk government's reach. . , . it is within the uk government's reach. ., , ., ., reach. got a statement here from the uk foreian reach. got a statement here from the uk foreign office, _ reach. got a statement here from the uk foreign office, saying _ reach. got a statement here from the uk foreign office, saying it _ uk foreign office, saying it has raised its concerns, including the allegations of torture, with the indian authorities on more than 100 occasions. it also says that consular staff visit him regularly to check on his welfare. the

even with humza useless as some people are eefffwe— humza useless as some people are eefffwe ww— humzaough them. but since he fewwewee— through them. but since he launched the— through them. but since he launched the alba party, it just never has taken— launched the alba party, it just never has taken root at all. and it never has taken root at all. and ff fewee— never has taken root at all. and ff fewee fe— never has taken root at all. and ff fewee fe ee— never has taken root at all. and it tends to be older— never has taken root at all. and it tends to be older , more kind it tends to be older, more kind of it tends to be older, more kind ef eeeewrfef— it tends to be older, more kind ef eeeewrfef .— it tends to be older, more kind of eccentric . members of the snp of eccentric. members of the snp wwe— of eccentric. members of the snp wwe wewe— of eccentric. members of the snp who have backed— of eccentric. members of the snp who have backed it— of eccentric. members of the snp who have backed it . there's who have backed it. there's never been a— who have backed it. there's never bee

humza — the snp has been operating? as you say, humza yousaf— the snp has been operating?yousaf would very - the snp has been operating? as you say, humza yousaf would very much like the focus to be in policies. he wants to plough his own furrow as the first minister, he was seen as the first minister, he was seen as the continuity candidate, taking over when nicola sturgeon left off. but in the day when he was making his big statement to the scottish parliament and his political priorities, that was overshadowed by colin beattie's arrest, the former party treasurer and, as i say, today is big interview, that has now been overshadowed as well. and is big interview, that has now been overshadowed as well.— is big interview, that has now been overshadowed as well. and could you 'ust overshadowed as well. and could you just describe — overshadowed as well. and could you just describe to _ overshadowed as well. and could you just describe to us _ overshadowed as well. and could you just describe to us how— overshadowed as well. and could you just describe to us how the _ overs

the problem that humza yousaf faces in a senseis problem that humza yousaf faces in a sense is not simplynancial irregularity, his big problem is that voters in scotland including many who voted for the snp at the last election north of the border are not necessarily convinced that humza yousaf is the right person to be first minister. of course, how will he try to reverse that, well by being able to get onto the front foot to be present the snp and the government in a positive light. and it is that task that is frankly made pretty much impossible for so long as these allegations are in place. so in other words not necessarily going to be direct impact on snp support, the problem is that it will make it more difficult for the snp to recover and widen the lead over labour that it needs to if it is going to hang onto most of its westminster seats in 18 months's time. its, most of its westminster seats in 18 months's time.— months's time. a complex but fascinating _ months's time. a complex but fascinating picture. _ months's time. a complex but fascinating picture. thank- months's time. a c

yes should humza yousaf grow a natt— yes should humza yousaf grow a nan-atten— yes should humza yousaf either overrule the whole committee or to make promises to people. now i wasn't prepared to do that. as i wasn't prepared to do that. as i said, i didn't think it was right. and if people don't like that, then tough rishi sunak the american bank. jp morgan chase has american bank. jp morgan chase nas agreea— american bank. jp morgan chase nas agaeet a— american bank. jp morgan chase has agreed a settlement- ' f jp morgan chase has agreed a settlement of over ttto— has agreed a settlement of over ezso ntttten— has agreed a settlement of over £230 million with— has agreed a settlement of over £230 million with the past wettns— £230 million with the past wettns et— £230 million with the past victims of the— £230 million with the past victims of the former financier ant— victims of the former financier and convicted— victims of the former financier and convicted sex— victims of the former financier and convicted sex offender jeffrey— and convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein _ and convic

i call him humza. hsetess— humza yousafs. i call him humza. hsetess. het— humza yousafs.ailure as first minister. there-s he— failure as first minister. there's no reason to stand by thts— there's no reason to stand by thts werheh— there's no reason to stand by this woman. she's— there's no reason to stand by this woman. she's left scotland as this woman. she's left scotland es e hetteh— this woman. she's left scotland es e hetteh h— this woman. she's left scotland as a nation in a— this woman. she's left scotland as a nation in a far— this woman. she's left scotland as a nation in a far worse place then— as a nation in a far worse place the t— as a nation in a far worse place the t wes— as a nation in a far worse place than it was when— as a nation in a far worse place than it was when she took the job- — than it was when she took the eeh. tett.— than it was when she took the eeh. tett. t— than it was when she took the job. well, i think— than it was when she took the job. well, i think that's absolutely right . and the way in absolutely right. and the way in which they

i call him humza. aseress— humza yousafs. i call him humza. aseress har— humza yousafs.ilure as first minister. there's no reason to stand by rhhs— there's no reason to stand by rhhs wechah— there's no reason to stand by this woman. she's— there's no reason to stand by this woman. she's left scotland as a racer— this woman. she's left scotland as a racer h— this woman. she's left scotland as a nation in a— this woman. she's left scotland as a nation in a far— this woman. she's left scotland as a nation in a far worse place char— as a nation in a far worse place rhah h— as a nation in a far worse place rhah h was— as a nation in a far worse place than it was when— as a nation in a far worse place than it was when she took the job- — than it was when she took the job- wea.— than it was when she took the job- wea. r— than it was when she took the job. well, i think— than it was when she took the job. well, i think that's absolutely right . and the way in absolutely right. and the way in which they have actually fallen in the polls and remember, we have not yet had an opinio

yousaf what he may or may not know on the situation and which is being investigated by the police, humzawould be inappropriate for him to comment on an active police investigation. as recently as this morning although the interview was actually recorded on friday for the sunday with laura kunz burke programme on bbc, humza yousaf had said he had spoken to nicola sturgeon recently saying that it had been a difficult time for her but essentially he thought that she was doing well. that is what the labour party are saying. the conservatives are saying among other things that they think this is all a distraction and a distraction which in their view is damaging the government of scotland and that the snp is being distracted from the key issues which actually matter to voters in scotland. whether that be health or education and so on. so that is the position of the two main opposition parties. in the scottish parliament and in the default scottish government which the snp continues to run. . ., government which the snp continues to run. ., ~' ,, we can speak now to alan cochrane, who is a jou

and not the points which humza yousaf was making in his interview this morning.johnson that he's the victim of a witch hunt have been rejected by a leading government minister. the energy secretary, grant shapps, says the country wants to "move on" from the political drama surrounding borisjohnson. the former prime minister resigned as an mp after getting an advance copy of a cross—party report that's expected to find that he misled parliament. meanwhile, the former conservative cabinet minister, sirjacob rees—mogg, has warned the party's leadership not to try to block any future attempt by mrjohnson to return to parliament. he says "any attempt to do so could plunge the conservatives into civil war." the committee investigating lockdown parties in downing street is due to meet on monday to finalise its findings. more from our political correspondent leila nathoo. has he run out of road? borisjohnson angrily resigned from parliament on friday, saying he was being forced out by the parliamentary committee investigating him over covid rule breaking in downing stree

humza yousaf the first minister of scottand— humza yousaf the first minister of scotland is— humza yousaf first minister of scotland is facing calls to suspend— of scotland is facing calls to suspend ms— of scotland is facing calls to suspend his predecessor , nicola suspend his predecessor, nicola sturgeon,— suspend his predecessor, nicola sturgeon, from — suspend his predecessor, nicola sturgeon, from the snp . she was sturgeon, from the snp. she was arrested— sturgeon, from the snp. she was arrested and— sturgeon, from the snp. she was arrested and questioned over the party's— arrested and questioned over the party-s finances— arrested and questioned over the party's finances yesterday. she says— party's finances yesterday. she says that— party's finances yesterday. she says that she's— party's finances yesterday. she says that she's innocent of any wrongdoing— says that she's innocent of any wrongdoing. — says that she's innocent of any wrongdoing . of— says that she's innocent of any wrongdoing . o” (jim. says that she's innocent of any wrongdoing . o” (all. says that she's innocent o

if indeed humza on the new first minister, humza yousaf . if indeed humza yousaf yousaf.— arrested and questioned for many nonrs ianx— arrested and questioned for many nonrs ianx pas— arrested and questioned for many hours faux pas police before being— hours faux pas police before being released— hours faux pas police before being released without charge. wow— being released without charge. wow sne-s— being released without charge. wow sne-s noi— being released without charge. now she's not at— being released without charge. now she's not at her home in siasgow. — now she's not at her home in siasgow. sne— now she's not at her home in glasgow. she and— now she's not at her home in glasgow. she and her husband, ieier— glasgow. she and her husband, peter murrell,— glasgow. she and her husband, peter murrell, who is of course , arso— peter murrell, who is of course , also arrested— peter murrell, who is of course , also arrested a— peter murrell, who is of course , also arrested a few weeks ago ani— , also arrested a few weeks ago and nave— , also arrested a few weeks ago an

and what humza yousaf has said is that if you— humza yousaf has said is that if you sannot— humza yousafing his leadership and i expect other elected members to task— expect other elected members to task to — expect other elected members to task to ttrst— expect other elected members to back the first minister andrew toyte — back the first minister andrew toyte ot— back the first minister andrew toyte ot ou— back the first minister andrew doyle of our party 100. and the tetng— doyle of our party 100. and the reason being is,— doyle of our party 100. and the reason being is, is— doyle of our party 100. and the reason being is, is because a tnttet— reason being is, is because a unttet tany— reason being is, is because a unttet tany ts— reason being is, is because a united party is what will tettver— united party is what will deliver independence . and i deliver independence. and i tetteve— deliver independence. and i believe there— deliver independence. and i believe there have been some tarttanentary— believe there have been some parliamentary ones who have stottet— parliamentary ones who

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the first minister of scotland, humza yousaf, is urging the uk government to step up efforts to secure's been jailed in india for 6 years. in a letter to rishi sunak, the first minister said jagtar sinthohal had been wrongfully imprisoned. mr sinthohal was in punjab for his wedding when he was arrested over an alleged murder conspiracy. our news correspondent jamie mcivor has more on this. jagtar sinthohal is from dumbarton, near glasgow. he's been held without conviction on terror charges since 2016. his family claim he's been tortured and forced to sign blank confession documents — that's a claim which is strongly denied by the indian authorities. now, mr sinthohal has been detained in a number of prisons over the years. he's accused of funding the purchase of weapons used to assassinate hindu political and religious leaders. he claims his arrest was politically motivated. now, his family in scotland continue to fight for his release and earlier this week, his brother met the new first minister of scotland, humza yousaf. it was a really positive meeting — to the extent straight away,

in the polls at 38% is exactly what it was on average in the polls that have been conducted after humzabecame leader of the snp, towards the back end of march and that arrest of mr purr richly equally the level of support for independence at round a7, 48% equally the level of support for independence at round a7, a8% that also is unchanged. now, that is not to say that the snp doesn't have its political difficulty, it does. it faces a labour party north of the border which is much rejuvenated. labour was the dominant party and thenit labour was the dominant party and then it fell to one seat, but, more or less on the back of the rise of the labour party south of the border because the uk government, conservative government's difficulty in borisjohnson and then liz truss, labour has emerged as the prince public health challenge tore the snp and running at currently at round eight or nine points best line them in the opinion poll, that is enough for labour to have reasonable prospect of beginning to be able to pick up seats in scotland, at the next westminster election, which improves the

i would like to i add to what humza yousaf said about the number— add to what humza yousaf said aboutnimously in the scottish— government unanimously in the scottish parliament _ government unanimously in the scottish parliament are - government unanimously in the scottish parliament are being i government unanimously in the - scottish parliament are being struck down _ scottish parliament are being struck down by— scottish parliament are being struck down by westminster. _ scottish parliament are being struck down by westminster. obviously, i scottish parliament are being struck. down by westminster. obviously, the trans-bill— down by westminster. obviously, the trans—bill before _ down by westminster. obviously, the trans—bill before that, _ down by westminster. obviously, the trans—bill before that, the _ down by westminster. obviously, the trans—bill before that, the drs, - down by westminster. obviously, the trans—bill before that, the drs, so i trans—bill before that, the drs, so many— trans—bill before that, the drs, so many in _ trans—bill before that, the drs, so many in thes

— humza yousaf got over the line in-et tat— humza yousaf got over the line in-et we sat— humza yousafp clearly ten-t want— the job that the snp clearly don't want to _ the job that the snp clearly don't want to . _ the job that the snp clearly don't want to . xrirtllyr rii�*r: i don't want to. exactly and it's a difficult one and the media is walking this tightrope as well. and unfortunately, i think it means that are managing to means that they are managing to avoid a of scrutiny at the avoid a lot of scrutiny at the moment. but you're doing a great job. thank so much to meghan job. thank you so much to meghan gallagher, deputy leader of the scottish conservative party. but coming up in uncancelled as itv chief executive dame carolyn mccall prepares to face a grilling by mps tomorrow, will the select committee get to the bottom those claims bottom of those claims of a cover and as meghan markle cover up and as meghan markle stepping back and allowing husband to humiliate husband harry to humiliate himself , husband harry to humiliate himself, esteemed royal biographer gives his biogr

yousaf_ her cabal that made sure that humza yousaf got over line humza yousaf got over the line in humza investigation that's taat-s— police investigation that's that's ongoing— police investigation that's that's ongoing . but focusing on that's ongoing. but focusing on the that's ongoing. but focusing on rat itt— that's ongoing. but focusing on tie it taat— that's ongoing. but focusing on the job that the— that's ongoing. but focusing on the job that the snp clearly tea-t— the job that the snp clearly tea-t waat— the job that the snp clearly don't want to _ the job that the snp clearly don't want to . _ the job that the snp clearly don't want to . xrirtllyr rii�*r: i don't want to. exactly and it's a difficult one and the media is walking this tightrope as well. and unfortunately, i think it means that are managing to means that they are managing to avoid a of scrutiny at the avoid a lot of scrutiny at the moment. but you're doing a great job. thank so much to meghan job. thank you so much to meghan gallagher, deputy leader of the scottish conservative party. but coming up in uncancelle

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but rather during the course of the conservative — the snp leadership contest and the problem that humzas in a sense is not simply noises off associated with the claims about financial irregularity, his big problem is that voters in scotland, including many who voted for the snp at the last two elections, are not necessarily convinced that humza yousaf is the right person to be first minister. how does he wan to try to reverse that position? well, by being able to get on to the front foot to present the snp and the government is a positive light. it is that task, that task that is frankly made pretty much impossible for so long as these allegations are in place. so in other words, not necessarily going to be direct impact on snp support, the problem is that it will make it more difficult for the snp to recover and widen the lead over labour it needs to do if it is going to hang on to its westminster seats in 18 months�* time. meanwhile, a senior member of the british government says the country wants to "move on" from the political drama surrounding borisjohnson, after the former prime m

humza yousaf, first minister and leader of the snp for a little over two months.uspend his predecessor nicola sturgeon from the party.- suspend his predecessor nicola sturgeon from the party. being in government. _ sturgeon from the party. being in government, you _ sturgeon from the party. being in government, you are _ sturgeon from the party. being in government, you are always - sturgeon from the party. being in | government, you are always going sturgeon from the party. being in . government, you are always going to be under pressure. that is part and parcel of thejob. be under pressure. that is part and parcel of the job. the way i operate as leader is to make sure i have consistent values as a leader. i will treat nicola sturgeon no differently than i have treated colin beattie or others. she has been released without charge, and i think it's important that the presumption of innocence is upheld. it is eight o'clock on the 12th of june _ it is eight o'clock on the 12th of june. ~ , it is eight o'clock on the 12th of june. a ,, ., �*, it is eight o'clock on

, humza yousaf, is now teethe— minister, humza yousaf, is now teethe mee— minister, humza yousaf, is that perhaps eetee— deal indeed, but that perhaps eetee eeehe— deal indeed, but that perhaps pales beside nicola sturgeon on tetmet— pales beside nicola sturgeon on tetmet ttee— pales beside nicola sturgeon on tetmet ttee et— pales beside nicola sturgeon on former jipe of scottish politics former jipe of scottish politics tet ee— former jipe of scottish politics tet ee tehe— former jipe of scottish politics for so long being— former jipe of scottish politics for so long being arrested by eethe.— for so long being arrested by eehee. tethe— for so long being arrested by police, being questioned . for police, being questioned. for seven hours as— police, being questioned. for seven hours as part of this two yeee— seven hours as part of this two yeet eehee— seven hours as part of this two year police investigation in over a missing— year police investigation in over a missing £600,000 in tehettehe— over a missing £600,000 in tehettehe .— over a missing £600,000 in donations . so— over a m

humza yousaf well, humza yousaf eon-re toretw— humza yousaf well, humza yousaf can-is barely able— humza public ot notwroot— appearance, of course, in public at holyrood since— appearance, of course, in public at holyrood since she was orreetet— at holyrood since she was arrested and— at holyrood since she was arrested and then released wttnoet— arrested and then released without charge— arrested and then released without charge in the probe into the without charge in the probe into tne swr-e— without charge in the probe into the snp's finances. just to rentnt— the snp's finances. just to rentnt woe— the snp's finances. just to rentnt woe .— the snp's finances. just to remind you , she spent nearly remind you, she spent nearly seven hours in— remind you, she spent nearly seven hours in police custody otter— seven hours in police custody otter tene— seven hours in police custody after being arrested on sunday, rene— after being arrested on sunday, rene tne— after being arrested on sunday, rene tne ntn— after being arrested on sunday, june the 11th, before being reteoeet— june the 11th, be

present nobody has been charged, there is always the best of the difficulties that could pose for humzainnocent until proven guilty and nicola sturgeon strongly insists she is innocent. 0k, thank you very much forjoining us and that update. before we go — let's leave you with these pictures. a giant bronze head emerging from the water isn't what you expect to see on a trip to the british seaside. the striking sculpture is the centre piece of an arts festival this weekend. the 1.8m piece of work is on show — right on the sand — in suffolk. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. a lot of energy pent up in the atmosphere, thunderstorms are forming, many of us are going to appreciate the rain, parks, gardens and wildlife as well, we do not necessarily want an awful lot of rain in a short space of time because that needs to flash flooding. let's have a look at the picture through the quest of today, at risk of thunderstorms, many areas of england, wales and northern ireland. initially these potent storms will be forming in distinct areas, distinctive under cloud or cells, and this will produc

humza yousaf has in custody. humza yousaf has sett— in custody.aid he sees no reason to suspend— said he sees no reason to suspend nicola- said he sees no reason to suspend nicola sturgeon from the snp suspend nicola sturgeon from the we tettewhe— suspend nicola sturgeon from the snp following her— suspend nicola sturgeon from the snp following her arrest . suspend nicola sturgeon from the snp following her arrest. but sht— snp following her arrest. but snp parliamentarians have called on the— snp parliamentarians have called on the theme— snp parliamentarians have called on the former first— snp parliamentarians have called on the former first minister to teeth— on the former first minister to teeth the— on the former first minister to resign. the whip— on the former first minister to resign. the whip after she was queettehet— resign. the whip after she was questioned yesterday by police hveettgethe— questioned yesterday by police investigating the— questioned yesterday by police investigating the party's theheee— investigating the party's thehee

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humza yousaf has been trying to regain the political initiative. doing well. she and i have caught up on a couple of occasions. i've been asking about her welfare, she has mentioned how difficult and traumatic those last few weeks have been. is she 0k? she's in a good place, doing well. this is the third high—profile arrest in the investigation into the funding and finances of the snp. ms sturgeon's husband, peter murrell, the former chief executive of the party, was previously arrested and released without charge. the home they both shared searched by police. the party's headquarters was also searched. officers removing material. later they arrested and released without charge the party's former treasurer, colin beattie. back in april, ms sturgeon described it all as beyond her worst nightmares. there are many questions that i would want to be able to answer, and in the fullness of time, i hope i will answer. but it would be wrong and inappropriate for me to get into any detail that is related to what the police are currently investigating. i coul

as you rightly point out, this makes the situation difficult for rishi sunak and humza yousaf. here, then? where do you think they go from here, then? where does this leave them? so they've each got to try and find the space and time to define their own leaderships in their own way and be seen to be their own men, if you like, detached from their predecessors. but that is hard, given the attention that nicola sturgeon and boris johnson are generating. from the perspective of scotland's first minister, he takes over from a former first minister nicola sturgeon who was there for a long period of time and was very dominant and prominent during the covid enquiry in particular, so it was always going to be difficult for him to come out a distinctive position and find a voice as a first minister but he does so in the swell of all of this that is going on at the moment in scottish politics. as far as rishi sunak is concerned, it is again, the situation around borisjohnson is an attention grabber that he can do without. he has defined his premiership so far, the last seven or so months

the first minister of scotland humza yousaf is urging the uk government to step up efforts to secureshi sunak, the first minister said jagtar sinthohal had been wrongfully imprisoned. mr sinthohal was in punjab for his wedding when he was arrested over an alleged murder conspiracy. he is from dumbarton, near glasgow, and he is being held without conviction on terror charges. he was arrested when he was in punjab for his wedding. his family claim he has been tortured, and they also claim that he was made to sign a blank confession document. that is strongly denied by the indian authorities. here in scotland he was an active blogger, highlighting the historic abuse of sikhs in punjab. he is being detained in a series of prisons in india over the past six years or so, accused of funding the purchase of weapons used to assassinate a number of hindu, religious and political leaders. he denies the charges against him and claims his arrest was politically motivated. 0bviously his family are very worried about him and have been meeting the first minister this last week, haven't they? his fam

humza yousaf has been trying to regain the political initiative.aution, he insisted his political mentor was doing well. she and i have caught up on a couple of occasions. i've been asking about her welfare, she has mentioned how difficult and traumatic those last few weeks have been. is she 0k? she's in a good place, doing well. this is the third high—profile arrest in the investigation into the funding and finances of the snp. ms sturgeon's husband, peter murrell, the former chief executive of the party, was previously arrested and released without charge. the home they both shared searched by police. the party's headquarters was also searched. officers removing material. later they arrested and released without charge the party's former treasurer, colin beattie. back in april, ms sturgeon described it all as beyond her worst nightmares. there are many questions that i would want to be able to answer, and in the fullness of time, i hope i will answer. but it would be wrong and inappropriate for me to get into any detail that is related to what th

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she was succeeded by humza yousaf, who is now facing calls from opposition politicians to suspend herfromticians to suspend her from the calls from opposition politicians to suspend herfrom the party. let's go live now to our scotland correspondence. nicola sturgeon is speaking outside her home. she was speaking outside her home. she was speaking in the past few moments, she only spoke for a few seconds, but she confirmed that she does not intend to resign from the snp or resign from parliament for the moment. just to remind you that nicola sturgeon was arrested and questioned for several hours by police last sunday, as part of a major ongoing investigation into snp finances. in particular have some £600,000, raised for campaigning on a second independence referendum, was spent. she was released without charge after several hours, and at the time, she issued quite a defiant statement, in which she protested her innocence. in many respects, what she did this afternoon was reinforced that. what was significant was that she was seen publicly and spoke publicly for the first time. she is in t

say humza is basically the— a lot of people will say humza is basically the continuity eamlllale. —has been all a bit of a blur to the snp's brand— has been all a bit of a blur to the snp's brand and it's unrecoverable - the snp's brand and it's unrecoverable or not? r:rt:r“ . unrecoverable or not? i don't mew— unrecoverable or not? i don't know unrecoverable because know about unrecoverable because was ultimately the question was the ultimately the question that divides scotland is independence or not at the moment that's lagging in the polls and the snp are doing worse than they've done for over ten years. but it is still a very strong constituent . ac and very strong constituent. ac and that constituency tends to vote for the snp, whatever the snp's failures on, as ben said , a failures on, as ben said, a multitude of other issues are what it is doing is making it very, very hard for them to advance at all at the next election and not go quite considerably backwards. humza yousaf is proving to be an incredibly weak leader because incredibly weak leader because in terms of whether

i think humza useless . probably done humza useless. probably done damage— humza useless.ity nonsense that— or the woke gender identity nonsense that sturgeon adopted vviin — nonsense that sturgeon adopted vviin sucn— nonsense that sturgeon adopted with such vigour.— nonsense that sturgeon adopted with such vigour. but it was suppened— with such vigour. but it was suppened by— with such vigour. but it was supported by the labour party, suppened— supported by the labour party, suppened by— supported by the labour party, suppened by a— supported by the labour party, supported by a lot of tory msps in sceiiand— supported by a lot of tory msps in scotland as— supported by a lot of tory msps in scotland as well. so this isn-i— in scotland as well. so this isn't something— in scotland as well. so this isn't something which the snp is respensiiie— isn't something which the snp is responsible for— isn't something which the snp is responsible for alone . but i responsible for alone. but i inini— responsible for alone. but i inini ine— responsible for alone. but i think the economic

i think humza useless . probably done humza useless. probably done damage— humza useless.ity nonsense that— or the woke gender identity nonsense that sturgeon adopted vviin — nonsense that sturgeon adopted vviin sucn— nonsense that sturgeon adopted with such vigour.— nonsense that sturgeon adopted with such vigour. but it was suppened— with such vigour. but it was suppened by— with such vigour. but it was supported by the labour party, suppened— supported by the labour party, suppened by— supported by the labour party, suppened by a— supported by the labour party, supported by a lot of tory msps in sceiiand— supported by a lot of tory msps in scotland as— supported by a lot of tory msps in scotland as well. so this isn-i— in scotland as well. so this isn't something— in scotland as well. so this isn't something which the snp is respensiiie— isn't something which the snp is responsible for— isn't something which the snp is responsible for alone . but i responsible for alone. but i inini— responsible for alone. but i inini ine— responsible for alone. but i think the economic

to be very careful,- humza-whola i mean, humza yousaf, who is a i mean, te-s— humza yousaf, who is ate braced for this was tee ttts— he was quite braced for this was tee ttts ts— he was quite braced for this was he? this is this— he was quite braced for this was he? this is this is— he was quite braced for this was he? this is this is unexpected tetttet. — he? this is this is unexpected tetttet. tt— he? this is this is unexpected territory. it is. _ he? this is this is unexpected territory. it is. it's- he? this is this is unexpected territory. . . c he? this is this is unexpected territory. . c territory. it is. it's back to the old unpressed. but it is it? and i think because i think there's, again, such a division in scotland, people who absolutely worship the ground that nicola sturgeon walks on and people that are just sick to death of her and it is that thing you kind of go, oh, thing where you kind of go, oh, you know, it too much. it's you know, it is too much. it's a bit much, isn't it? just can somebody some leaders just somebody can some leaders just not things that warran

humza yousaf has been trying to regain the political initiative.before ms sturgeon�*s questioning under caution, he insisted his political mentor was doing well. she and i have caught up on a couple of occasions. i've been asking about her welfare, she has mentioned how difficult and traumatic those last few weeks have been. is she ok? she's in a good place, doing well. this is the third high—profile arrest in the investigation into the funding and finances of the snp. ms sturgeon�*s husband, peter murrell, the former chief executive of the party, was previously arrested and released without charge. the home they both shared searched by police. the party's headquarters was also searched. officers removing material. later they arrested and released without charge the party's former treasurer, colin beattie. back in april, ms sturgeon described it all as beyond her worst nightmares. there are many questions that i would want to be able to answer, and in the fullness of time, i hope i will answer. but it would be wrong and inappropriate for me to get

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