that was john linden, the executive director of the alliance of middle east peace. many thanks indeed for your time. i are voting for the next year of pain parliament is drawing to a close and if predictions are accurate, right, when parties will make major gains in the selection. this could shave the policies of the european union for the next 5 years on issues from migration to climate change and security cooperation. 720 seats are up for grabs. final results are expected on monday. and we have correspondence on the ground in several countries including italy, germany and poland. and the breakdown diminishes for us in italy, the european elections, i mostly about one, roman, georgia, maloney, the jelly and prime minister and leader of the ripening populace party affinity taya is on top of the ballad because she's also the lead candidate of pod you vote for georgia that says logan, she has no intention actually to take her seat and that you'll be in parliament. she wants to remain as a prime minister in italy, but after the election. writing pods in your should for

john swinney, has been campaigning in glasgow today. swinney said his party would tackle child poverty and austerity. i spoke to david linden, the socialjustice spokesperson for the scottish national party. i began by asking him how his party can address a vote for independence, when both the conservatives and labour have refused to discuss another independence referendum. we will continue to do as we always do, which is to make the democratic argument. sir keir starmer and his pro—brexit labour party have gone into this campaign asking the population at large to endorse their manifesto. the fact is that the snp has consistently stood on manifestos pledging that scotland's future should be in scotland's hands, not that of a westminster government we didn't elect. the challenge for us here is to ensure that the labour party and indeed the conservative party actually respect democracy in scotland, because if they don't i suspect they'll get rather short shrift from an electorate, that, with every passing day of this campaign struggles to see much difference between them. mr linden, looking at some of the polls they suggest th

john swinney, has been campaigning in glasgow today. swinney said his party would tackle child poverty and austerity. i spoke to david lindenndependence, when both the conservatives and labour have refused to discuss another independence referendum. we will continue to do as we always do, which is to make the democratic argument. sir keir starmer and his pro—brexit labour party have gone into this campaign asking the population at large to endorse their manifesto.