but you are right, the general public won't know very much about peter murrell.s in connection with nicola sturgeon as being her husband, but he has been seen as being key to the actual success in terms of how the party operates and the machinations that go on in terms of election campaigns. but there has been a lot of disquiet building in the last few years about how the party has been run, particularly complaints from members being not dealt with. of course, we now see from those miniature figures that initially were not going to be released and then were, that they have lost tens of thousands of members in the last few years, and again, some questions will be raised about how much fault should lie at the door of peter murrell for that. so, i think it is fair to say that scottish politics and the snp in particular are in the midst of real change, a real uprooting and change of direction, and i think peter murrell going is part and parcel of that. , ., ., ., murrell going is part and parcel of that. , . ., ., that. gina, thank you for your anal sis that. gina, t

peter murrell has been a hue resignation? peter murrell has been a huge figure _ resignation?as been a huge figure behind _ resignation? peter murrell has been a huge figure behind the _ resignation? peter murrell has been a huge figure behind the scenes - resignation? peter murrell has been a huge figure behind the scenes of l a huge figure behind the scenes of the snp for the past two decades. he is the chief executive, as you said in the introduction, he is married to the first minister nicola sturgeon, and all of these issues have come to a head now because of the leadership campaign to succeed her. she announced last month that she would be stepping down. earlier this week, the scottish national party was forced to confirm a massive drop in its membership numbers, a situation that the party has previously denied. numbers had fallen by 30,000 since december 2021 stop that is a situation that has been denied to the media, but the snp's head of press at holyrood last night stood down, saying that there were serious issues with statements he had issued in good faith in behalf

behind the scenes, peter murrell has been a key figure in the snp.s chief executive and he married party leader and first minister nicola sturgeon in 2010, but the campaign to succeed his wife has put his role under the spotlight. last month, the snp denied its membership had fallen sharply. this week, it admitted that was wrong, with more than 30,000 fewer members than in december 2021. and now peter murrell has accepted responsibility for the confusion although he insisted there was no intention to mislead. he says speculation about his future has been a distraction from the leadership campaign. ash regan, who is running in that campaign, had been especially critical of peter murrell. her rival kate forbes had also raised concerns about the election process. this is a contest about change and ultimately about reforming the party and government to make sure that there is honesty and integrity and trust at the very heart of our decision—making. hamza yusuf is seen as the favoured candidate of party headquarters, offering continuity. reform of headqua

in a statement, mr murrell said...oncerns about the state of their party. decisions within the snp have been taken by too few people, and i think that�*s well—recognised across the political domain. and snp members want to know that our institution is democratic, that they can influence it, that they can shape policy. i think there has been a feeling that they are disempowered from that process. we need to have internal reform of headquarters, and i think it should be a priority for whoever the next leader of the snp is. if it's me, within the first week i'll make sure we get the work under way to look at that internal reform of h0 which is absolutely necessary. the third candidate, ash regan, has been mr murrell�*s harshest critic. she says that democratic foundations of the party are now reasserting themselves. an era is ending for scotland�*s ultimate power couple. peter murrell played a key role in building the snp�*s slick, professional, election—winning machine. but now, say his opponents, the wheels have come of

the bbc had earlier learned that mr murrell was likely to face a vote of no—confidence by some members national executive committee if he did not stand down. this comes against a backdrop of what has become a very bitter leadership campaign. there are three people vying for the position. the health secretary, humza yousaf, the finance secretary kate forbes, and the former community safety minister, ash regan, and both ash regan and kate forbes had called into question the integrity of how the election for leader was being conducted this week. so this has been a dramatic week for the scottish national party. that was our correspondent catriona renton. the uk home secretary, suela braverman, has arrived in rwanda to discuss the controversial plan to send migrants there, if they've entered the uk illegally. the deal was first agreed 11 months ago, but so far no one has been sent to the central african country, with the plan facing criticism from both home and abroad. however, the uk government has described the plan as ground—breaking, and says it hopes that ms braverman's visit will "rei

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here in the uk, the scottish national party chief executive peter murrell has resigned with immediatefirst minister and snp party leader nicola sturgeon, who is standing down later this year. i spoke to our news correspondent catriona renton and asked just how significant his resignation is. he has been a huge figure behind the scenes of the snp for the past two decades. he is the chief executive, as he said. he is married to the first minister, nicola sturgeon, and all of these issues have come to a head now because of the leadership campaign announced last month, when nicola sturgeon said she would be stepping down. earlier this week, the snp was forced to confirm a massive drop in its membership numbers. it's a situation that the party has previously denied. numbers have fallen by 30,000 since december 2021, and that is a situation that has been denied to the media, but the snp 's head of press at holyrood last night stood down, saying there were serious issues with statements he had issued in good faith on behalf of party headquarters. today, peter merrill accepted response abilit

it follows reports peter murrell , who's reports peter murrell, who's also nicola sturgeon's husband , also nicola sturgeon's husband, was facing the threat of a vote . no confidence following a row over the party's membership numbers . in a over the party's membership numbers. in a statement he said that while was no intent to mislead, he accepts that that has been the outcome. michael russell will the operation of the snp headquarters in the interim . tv online and dab the interim. tv online and dab the radio. this is news that was over the headlines headlines . over the headlines headlines. hello and. welcome to headliners. i am simon evans making a highly saturday evening appearance and welcome to headune appearance and welcome to headline news joining me to take you through some these top news stories we have to headline favourites the golden boy lewis shaffer and acceptable representative the feminine half of the equation chris wetton our debut together chris i understand been here regularly over the weekends i have we just collided so this will be a very interesting have colli

scotland's first minister says it was right for her husband, peter murrell , for her husband, peter murrell, to immediately stand down as the snp's chief executive . as the snp's chief executive. as the party was considering a vote of no confidence in him . and it's no confidence in him. and it's mother's day. how are you celebrating? we'd love to hear from you. and if you've made any last minute dash to the shops and flowers and chocolates, let us know what you're doing with your mums today. that's a bit late. if you have yes, you have left it a little bit late, but there's still time and there is did not disappoint your mother. no, not to do that. but no, you're not to do that. but do let us what you're up to do let us know what you're up to today mothering sunday, today on mothering sunday, gbviews@gbnews.uk you can gbviews@gbnews.uk or you can tweet at . gb news. so our tweet us at. gb news. so our top story this morning and suella braverman says migrants arriving illegally on small boats could be sent to rwanda by the summer. yes. during her first official trip to the country as home s

the chief, peter murrell , married to the peter murrell, married to the outgoing leader, nicola , hased with immediate effect in. a row over party membership . the snp has confirmed that only 72,000 of its members were eligible to vote, a drop of more than 50,000. it comes after of refusing to provide figures. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon denied the snp was in crisis after the party was forced. admit that more than 40% of its members had quit, with many blaming sturgeon selfish gender reforms policy as determining factor. gender reforms policy as determining factor . she got out determining factor. she got out when she when she should have. joining me now is political at the scottish daily mail blackley. michael, thank you very much indeed forjoining us from scotland. so a 40% drop in membership is not looking good for the snp . yes, that was for the snp. yes, that was ultimately what led to the downfall of peter murrell was the confirmation finally that there snp's membership has gone down from from a high of 125 those in the few years ago , 70 those in the few years ago

it follows reports peter murrell , who's reports peter murrell, who's also nicola sturgeon's husband also nicola sturgeon's husband, was facing the threat of a vote . no confidence following a row over the party's membership numbers . in a over the party's membership numbers. in a statement he said that while was no intent to mislead, he accepts that that has been the outcome. michael russell will the operation of the snp headquarters in the interim . tv online and dab the interim. tv online and dab the radio. this is news that was over the headlines headlines . over the headlines headlines. hello and. welcome to headliners. i am simon evans making a highly saturday evening appearance and welcome to headune appearance and welcome to headline news joining me to take you through some these top news stories we have to headline favourites the golden boy lewis shaffer and acceptable representative the feminine half of the equation chris wetton our debut together chris i understand been here regularly over the weekends i have we just collided so this will be a very interesting have collide

it follows reports peter murrell , follows reports peter murrell, who's also nicola sturgeon's husband, was facing the threat husband, was facing the threat of a vote . no confidence of a vote. no confidence following row over the party's membership numbers. in a statement he said while there was no intent to mislead, he accepts that's been the outcome. michael russell will oversee the operation . the snp's operation. the snp's headquarters in interim . and headquarters in interim. and gary lineker has returned to match of the day, presenting after being taken off air last week for comments he made about the government's migration policy . mr. lineker compared the policy. mr. lineker compared the language used to launch the new illegal migration bill with that of 1930s germany. he's been covering the fa cup quarter final match evening between manchester city and burnley, alongside fellow alan shearer, who stood him and refused to take part in last week's bbc show tv online and tv plus radio. this is a gb news that was back to mark dolan tonight. tatiana is with me all evening. she retu

scottish national party's chief executive peter murrell has resigned with immediate effect. the move comes after the snp were forced to reveal a massive drop in party membership this week. next here on bbc news, it's time for our world: jessica and austin: when murder goes viral. in june 2020, three friends found a suitcase washed up on a beach, accidentally defining the story of a murdered couple. wait, open it. laughter open it. as the videos went viral, people started speculating — the clicks and shares complicating the investigation. it might even be linked to a network of serial killers in the dark web. - this is where they found the two suitcases. they're notjust entertainment. and theories on social media impacted what would end up being a two—year trial and changed the lives of two families. it's not suitcases that washed up. it was my son and it was jessica. they were human beings. when your loved one's death has gone viral, how do you remember their life before the headlines? happy mother's day, mum. give me a call. i love you. my name's gina jaschke, and jessica l

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that's nicola's hubby , murrell, that's nicola's hubby, to force his hand. but the actual figures were released . actual figures were released. peter claimed that he had become a distraction . where have we a distraction. where have we heard that before .7 from the heard that before? from the leadership race and resigned before he was pushed . and it's before he was pushed. and it's not going that well for the candidates. either the other day, front runner devout muslim snp favourite humza who ducked the same sex marriage vote, provides us with an insight into his skills of tact. diplomacy with this disastrous . when with this disastrous. when speaking to women from the ukraine. okay, so one one question i have is will all the men what a flaming and insensitive question the men are currently fighting and dying in putin's unprovoked war. more like humza yousaf less. he was even caught driving insurance as transport minister. and you couldn't make this up . then couldn't make this up. then there's candidate number two. kate forbes , so—called a rising kate for

her husband, peter murrell was chief executive and since she on announce that she was in february .trol . resignations a lot of control. vesey only a week ago , nicola vesey only a week ago, nicola sturgeon's husband, peter murrell , resigned suddenly murrell, resigned suddenly because he going to be pushed out because the hundred thousand snp members, which it was told they had, wasn't quite turned 30,000 less than that, 72,000. the media chap resigned. there's question over £600,000 in funding. what has happened to it? there's police investigations . they really have investigations. they really have got themselves into a terrible mess and also among the candidates themselves, it's been a very unedifying spectacle, much like the conservative leadership candidates last year, the divisions the infighting . the divisions the infighting. it's really been a very bad challenge. difficult, perhaps, for whom sir yusuff in that we've had cepr it to all the various claims and counterclaims , the hustings, this report on the nhs in scotland in a pretty dire state. and he's of course had that

scottish national party as the chief executive and husband of party leader nicola sturgeon peter murrell resigns in a row over party membership. a dedicated father who took a photo of his son every day for the first 21 years of his life, says it's been a joy to capture his child growing up. ian mcleod, from harrogate, wanted to make sure he didn't forget a moment of cory�*s childhood, so picked up his camera and started snapping. now cory, who's aged 30, has taken over photo duties and is continuing the project. what if i took his photo every day? it would be pretty cool to see birth until death, sol it would be pretty cool to see birth until death, so i think i'm going to keep— until death, so i think i'm going to keep going — until death, so i think i'm going to keep going until the end. | until death, so i think i'm going to keep going until the end. i had until death, so i think i'm going to keep going until the end.- keep going until the end. i had to make a decision, _ keep going until the end. i had to make a decision, start _ keep going until the end. i had to make a decision, st

and questions about a loan of more than £100,000 by the chief executive of the snp peter murrell, nicoland, who has since resigned because the party didn't tell the truth about a fall in its membership. murrayfield, scotland's national rugby stadium, will be the venue for the announcement of the result. it has seen many epic battles with the other nations of the uk, this contest is about the future of scotland itself. james shaw, bbc news, edinburgh. and james shaw is with me at holyrood. you've been following the campaign all along, james, firstly, what is yoursense all along, james, firstly, what is your sense of the final stage of the campaign, and then if i can tag on another question, the person who comes out on top today, is it realistic that they can bring the party together again? this realistic that they can bring the party together again?— realistic that they can bring the party together again? this has been a really hardfought _ party together again? this has been a really hardfought campaign, - party together again? this has been a really hardfought campaign, huw,j a really h

he replaces peter murrell, who's married to scotland's first minister, the outgoing party leader, nicolats who asked about the snp's membership numbers. it lost 30,000 members injust over a year. mr russell, said trust in the party needed to be rebuilt. there is a tremendous mess and we have to clear it up, and that is the task that i am trying to take on in the short term, and the most important thing in that short term, this is about scotland, notjust the snp, is that we have a fair electoral process. thejohn lewis partnership is looking into selling a minority stake of the business for the first time. he high street store is currentlyjointly owned by its staff. but it's understood the chairman is looking into changing the structure of the business in order to sell a part of it. the bbc understands the plan is in its very early stages and no agreeement has been made. john lewis says staff will be the first to hear about any changes. a charity that specialises in helping british muslims with financial problems, says it's been overwhelmed by people needing assistance. the national zakat

the scottish national party's chief executive, peter murrell, has resigned with immediate effect. the move comes after the snp were forced to reveal a massive drop in its party membership this week. you're watching bbc news... now its time for click. this week we're going flat out. spencer is on a building site to put up spencer is on a building site to put up a house, although it looks like he's got away without doing any actual work. he's got away without doing any actualwork. is he's got away without doing any actual work. is there some banging at some point? yep. didn't even get my hands dirty. we also look into a crypto investment scam that seems to be evading the authorities. and paul victor's factory, but where all the drivers? completely happy with the fact that there is a very large, very heavy piece of equipment driving around autonomously. the cars can go from 0 to 100 in four seconds. they are made of 80,000 parts. the brakes can hit 1000 degrees. this is formula 1. well, this year's season is getting under way and it is jam packed full of tech, and it's notjust the ca

he replaces peter murrell, who's married to scotland's first minister, the outgoing party leader, nicolaalists who asked about the snp's membership numbers. it lost 30,000 members injust over a year. mr russell, said trust in the party needed to be rebuilt. it is a tremendous mess and we have to clear it up. that is the task that i am trying to take on in the short term, and the most important thing in that short term, this is about scotland, notjust the snp and that is that we have a fair electoral process. the liberal democrats leader, sir ed davey, says his party would seek a closer economic relationship with europe, to "fix britain's trade", if it was in government. speaking at the party's spring conference, he also pledged to fix the nhs, reform social care, and tackle the cost of living crisis. yes, we need immediate solutions to the cost—of—living crisis engulfing so many families and pensioners, like using a proper windfall tax to cut energy bills. but we need far more than that, too. thejohn lewis partnership is looking into selling a minority stake of the business for the first

discipline and you would see it, you would see a discipline in the snp with her as leader, peter murrelle chief executive, where you didn't get the outbreaks of kind of argument in public that you would within the conservative party or the labour party. then, she announces she's going and suddenly, you see the sort of edifice of that discipline breaking down. and you do wonder what that will mean for the new first minister. is that kind of a more pluralistic spirit that some might see as a good thing, or does it kind of look dysfunctional, as snp people have been acknowledging over the last few weeks? it kind of has been with this row over who gets to vote on the size of the party membership and all the rest of it. and it's the day after borisjohnson gave more than 3 hours of evidence to the privileges committee who are deciding whether he misled parliament and his various statements about party gate over the years. i'm quite surprised, on the one hand that it's disappeared from the headlines so quickly, but actually then when i think about it rationally, it's like, well, it was just par

it follows reports peter murrell , follows reports peter murrell, who is also nicola sturgeon's husband , was facing the threat husband, was facing the threat of a vote of no confidence following a row over the party's membership numbers . in membership numbers. in a statement he said while there was no intent to mislead , he was no intent to mislead, he accepts that has been the outcome. michael russell will oversee the operation of the snp's headquarters in the interim . the rmt has warned interim. the rmt has warned passengers will face further rail misery unless the government offers new money and union negotiations. thousands of its members at 14 train operators have walked out for the second time in three days. it resulted in widespread travel disruption across the country . disruption across the country. the rmt general secretary, mick lynch, says transport ministers need to follow the example of other government departments . we other government departments. we need a change, we need the government to make a change in a true. there's a bit of that this week we've seen in the hea

it follows reports peter murrell , follows reports peter murrell, who is also nicola sturgeon's husband , was facing the threat husband, was facing the threat of a vote of no confidence following a row over the party's membership numbers . in membership numbers. in a statement he said while there was no intent to mislead , he was no intent to mislead, he accepts that has been the outcome. michael russell will oversee the operation of the snp's headquarters in the interim . the rmt has warned interim. the rmt has warned passengers will face further rail misery unless the government offers new money and union negotiations. thousands of its members at 14 train operators have walked out for the second time in three days. it resulted in widespread travel disruption across the country . disruption across the country. the rmt general secretary, mick lynch, says transport ministers need to follow the example of other government departments . we other government departments. we need a change, we need the government to make a change in a true. there's a bit of that this week we've seen in the hea

it follows reports peter murrell , follows reports peter murrell, who's also nicola sturgeon's husband, was facing the threat husband, was facing the threat of a vote . no confidence of a vote. no confidence following row over the party's membership numbers. in a statement he said while there was no intent to mislead, he accepts that's been the outcome. michael russell will oversee the operation . the snp's operation. the snp's headquarters in interim . and headquarters in interim. and gary lineker has returned to match of the day, presenting after being taken off air last week for comments he made about the government's migration policy . mr. lineker compared the policy. mr. lineker compared the language used to launch the new illegal migration bill with that of 1930s germany. he's been covering the fa cup quarter final match evening between manchester city and burnley, alongside fellow alan shearer, who stood him and refused to take part in last week's bbc show tv online and tv plus radio. this is a gb news that was back to mark dolan tonight. tatiana is with me all evening. she retu

nicola sturgeon, if you like, peter murrell, who was the chief of the snp for the last 20 years.ve dropped 30,000 over the last couple of years from hundred thousand to circa 70,000. now that drop had been denied when it turned out that that was indeed true, the media had media resigned and then peter murrell was basically forced to resign. otherwise they would have been a of no confidence. so they really are currently in really a state the scottish national party . the scottish national party. catherine, thank you very much indeed for that. catherine to us there live from york now. joining me now is john redwood, who's the conservative mp for wokingham . mr. redwood, thank wokingham. mr. redwood, thank you so much indeed joining us. i'm going to ask perhaps about bofis i'm going to ask perhaps about boris a bit later on, but want to concentrate, first of all, on your feelings about the because i know you have been tweeting quite a lot about what you feel about what jeremy did, and you are certainly somebody who seems to feel that the conservative party have not been bold in reduc

scottish national party — as the chief executive — and husband of party leader nicola sturgeon — peter murrelln a row over party membership. a deal allowing the export of ukrainian grain from black sea ports that was due to expire on saturday has been renewed. you're watching bbc news. now its time for talking business let's ta ke let's take a look at what is on the show. spy balloons, tiktok and taiwan. travel is neverfar away from the us china relationship so what do mounting tensions mean for the global economy? the third presidential term and joe biden halfway through his first, strains between the world's two biggest economies have deepened so what will it take to improve them? a growing number of us firms are looking beyond china to invest their cash. the president of the american chamber of commerce in china tells us why they're having second thoughts. that is despite china trade hitting a record high last year and with the president increasing his power this expert tells us what this means. when will the rivalry have the consequences for the rest of us? we'll hear from the former head

after two decades where sturgeon and murrell had an iron grip on scottish politics, the dominoes areng and who knows what more is going to emerge . watch how scheming emerge. watch how scheming sturgeon was reduced to stumbling this afternoon as she was quizzed about her mass after choosing to face off. she must have gone to some really tough journalists. i assume someone who's going to give you a really tough tough questions. oh, no , tough tough questions. oh, no, no, actually, she went no, no, no. actually, she went on . i suppose not. in on loosewomen. i suppose not. in a sense. it's going through . how a sense. it's going through. how can i put this? some growing pains. the membership yes. we've gone down a very, very high point of membership. but we are so well 30,000 down from 100,000. it's a third. none of this trip, wasn't it? the fact that the media chief, he aside was he said he was told, say, this is rubbish , we haven't lost this is rubbish, we haven't lost 30,000 members. we've been asked to we mishandle that situation. do you think another that you decide it now the ti

after two decades where sturgeon and murrell had an iron grip on scottish politics, the dominoes areng and who knows what more is going to emerge . watch how scheming emerge. watch how scheming sturgeon was reduced to stumbling this afternoon as she was quizzed about her mass after choosing to face off. she must have gone to some really tough journalists. i assume someone who's going to give you a really tough tough questions. oh, no, no, actually, she went no, no, no. actually, she went on loosewomen . i suppose not. in on loosewomen. i suppose not. in a sense. it's going through . how a sense. it's going through. how can put this? some growing can i put this? some growing pains. the membership yes. we've gone down a very, very high point of membership. but we are so well 30,000 down from 100,000. it's a third. none of this trip, wasn't it? the fact that the media chief, he aside was he said he was told, say, this is rubbish , we haven't lost this is rubbish, we haven't lost 30,000 members. we've been asked to we mishandle that situation. do you think another that you decide it now

we spoke just an hour or so after peter murrell�*s dramatic exit.ull confidence and trust in the process. the point i made around an independent auditor was to try and give as much trust and confidence to those that were voting. it's fairly standard common practice when it comes to election contests for there to be that third party independent auditing. and i would hope that we can get to the end of this contest knowing that the decisions that snp members are taking when they vote is the decision that they truly want when it comes to leadership of the party. you've been pitching yourself as the change candidate, as you've explained, but how can you be a change candidate when you've held one of the most seniorjobs in the scottish government for some time? i mean, essentially were scotland's chancellor with the powers that the finance secretary in scotland has, how can you be the change candidate when you've been part of the government? in a contest, we have the opportunity to talk about what's been going well in the party. and let's make no mistake,

the feeling was that the party under peter murrell was actually backing humza yousaf .ousaf. yeah and but why does it matter that now. supposedly it was hidden from perspective candidates that the snp has lost 30,000 members. i mean, why why was they hated and what does it matter? well, that's a question. obviously, parties don't like to admit that they are losing members, but it makes me wonder , for instance, makes me wonder, for instance, is there a relationship in the sense of losing 50,000 members since last general election and relevant to the cash flow problems that the parties had that led to the chief executive actually having to give a loan of £107,000? is that a relief ship? well, you certainly think that membership income could be a factor. that question doesn't seem to be getting asked . seem to be getting asked. certainly the parties are would be hit badly by the drop even in the last six months or so of 30,000 members going away because of it tells its own story. but rejecting the snp , story. but rejecting the snp, well, it does well , i suppose. well, i

mike russell, who stepped to in replace outgoing president peter murrell , said voting for the murrell scotland . a new, so called scotland. a new, so called immediate justice strategy proposed . the government will proposed. the government will force those who engage in anti—social behaviour such as graffiti fly—tipping, to clean up their mess within 48 hours of carrying out the offence. observers have likened the strategy to the approach taken by new labour. while we can speak to a former now to tony blair, john mctell , good to see blair, john mctell, good to see you, john. this the you, john. is this the reincarnation of the asbo then ? reincarnation of the asbo then? yes, it is. and it's an irony, isn't it, that this that the tory government abolish the asbo and. they finally come round to agreeing that blair was right and social behaviour is the beginning of crime at disorder in communities. it disproportionally impacts on working class communities and councils and something has to be done. councils and something has to be done . you know this is yet again done. you know this is

yes it certainly seems that peter murrell, along with nicola sturgeon.nicola sturgeon's chief staff and then came on be aspired to special adviser. all of them have have now left which begs the question is this going to be the same snp that these three candidates thought they were going to be leading into the race. it to be that the party is has made a lot of changes. i reckon that whoever is elected to be the new leader of the party will make more changes. of the party will make more changes . and certainly you know, changes. and certainly you know, it seems to me looking at communications coming through in my inbox , they've responded my inbox, they've responded somewhat to the criticism and taken into consideration that , taken into consideration that, however, that the party has been running since alex salmond took over and nearly 20 years ago, no , you know, we've moved on and. the public expectation of them is higher , especially when the is higher, especially when the health service , the economy and health service, the economy and many other part

peter murrell nicola election. executive of the snp had sat down asked there had sat down asked if there had comms being a comms there being a raft, resignations, of it of a resignations, all of it of a party that is in decline. if humza yousaf had had a clear mandate, that is to say if he'd won the first round of the leadership election , his leadership election, his campaign and his elevation would be much easier to . i'm going to be much easier to. i'm going to continue the nice stuff, the good policies, the ones that have the vote winners for the snp. i'm that's not been the for . case he leads now a party that's very much divided and is to say that it was not divided as it was under nicola sturgeon this breakage this break—up of popularity as it were the snp in the popular mind has in the last five weeks. he has a big challenge ahead of them. what does this mean for scottish independence? i don't think going to be happening any time . going to be happening any time. thatis going to be happening any time. that

scotland's governing of cards, scotland's governing nationalist party this weekend after snp chief peter murrellounced her shock as first minister. the downfall of scotland's foremost political power followed revelations in the mail sunday that the snp lied about its true membership numbers ahead of the leadership . critics feared the bogus numbers were being used by the party machine to inflate support for. humza yousaf seen the establishment's preferred candidate to take over as first minister. in other words , nicola minister. in other words, nicola sturgeon 2.0 humza yousaf , a sturgeon 2.0 humza yousaf, a terrifyingly illiberal autocrat who drives around no car insurance, asks a group of ukrainian women where, all the men have gone and conveniently turn up for parliamentary votes on same sex marriage and whose hate crime legislate passion wanted to make it illegal go to say something naughty your own home with the threat of a police visit if you'd said something untoward within your own four walls that was a real policy arrested for something you say in your own home. welcome to welcome to

scotland's governing of cards, scotland's governing nationalist party this weekend after snp chief peter murrell announced her shock as first minister. the downfall of scotland's foremost political power followed revelations in the mail sunday that the snp lied about its true membership numbers ahead of the leadership . critics feared the bogus numbers were being used by the party machine to inflate support for. humza yousaf seen the establishment's preferred candidate to take over as first minister. in other words , nicola minister. in other words, nicola sturgeon 2.0 humza yousaf , a sturgeon 2.0 humza yousaf, a terrifyingly illiberal autocrat who drives around no car insurance, asks a group of ukrainian women where, all the men have gone and conveniently turn up for parliamentary votes on same sex marriage and whose hate crime legislate passion wanted to make it illegal go to say something naughty your own home with the threat of a police visit if you'd said something untoward within your own four walls that was a real policy arrested for something you say in your own home. welcome to welcome

the sturgeon's husband, peter murrell resigned as the snp chief executive after the party covered upssive decline in membership. the party faces a police investigation over funds unaccounted for. the three leadership candidates trashed each other and two of them attacked the record . the them attacked the record. the party in government. scottish unionists felt relieved since the prospect of independence seems to have receded as the nationalists have descended into factionalism . northern ireland's factionalism. northern ireland's democratic unionist voted against the windsor framework in the house of commons but with overwhelming support from the conservative and labour parties on wednesday it passed easily. the dup argues that the agreement locks northern ireland into eu's orbit, undermining province's place within the united kingdom. but have recent events made our union of nations more secure? to discuss that, i'm joined by the former first minister of northern ireland. now gb news presenter arlene foster . alan cochrane, the foster. alan cochrane, the editor of the daily telegra

no peter murrell resigned from post of . chief. the three party of. chief.and scotland. i think they must be themselves. whether thatis they must be themselves. whether that is even the same party as the choice to campaign to govern, to lead the who to match stampeded. yeah. i mean we've we've got this quote from mike russell, who's interim chief, admitting a tremendous mess in the party and things are going spectacularly wrong, which indirectly then resulted ash regan calling for the ballot papers for the leadership race to be discarded in the contest to be discarded in the contest to be discarded in the contest to be restarted. i mean is that . a am i can't i couldn't dare hesitate, i guess, to be honest with you what i can tell you is the ash regan kate forbes, they have both called for what she added third party involvement. ashley glen had called for and an independent observer to the contest . kate forbes has called contest. kate forbes has called for an independent auditor. i think it says a lot about the secrecy of the party when to the three candida