after such a success in the rutherglen by-election where i the rutherglen by—election where labour noto trounced the conservatives and secured a very good result. and the by—election winner, he was immediately promoted to the front bench of labour which sends a signal to scotland that they will be part of a labour government. in rochdale, in england, in two weeks' time, ten days' time, labour have a serious problem because the candidate, the labour candidate still on the ballot paper listed as a labour candidate because it was too late to change, the situation after the ballot papers were printed, he has been disowned by labour for his endorsement of an extraordinary conspiracy theory that israel allowed the hamas attacks to happen as an excuse for invading gaza. ~ ., happen as an excuse for invading gaza. ~ . ., ., ., gaza. we have time for one more, if ou could gaza. we have time for one more, if you could sum _ gaza. we have time for one more, if you could sum up — gaza. we have time for one more, if you could sum up your— gaza. we have time for one more, if you could sum up your ma

they won one from the snp in rutherglen and won five from the conservatives, all with big swings.fficult because i think people don't necessarily have to like you or particularly like your policies, but if you've got a consistent message to sell them, at least they've got some kind of understanding of what you stand for and where you're going to go. and you don't have that at the moment. i don't think we've got that at the moment. no, i think we've got too many little factions in the party, too much infighting. wellingborough is smack bang in the middle of the mi—ai corridor. these two roads stretch up from london to the north. some claim the area in between is the home of aspiration. this political landscape is packed with seats that voted labour in 1997 but have been turning tory ever since. now, though, swing voters seem to be on the move, meaning areas close by like kettering, corby, milton keynes, northampton could be in play for labour once again. this part of middle england could significantly speed keir starmer on what he hopes is hisjourney to downing street. with me, joe

wherever you are in scotland, wick, five, motherwell, rutherglen, aberdeen, leith, glasgow here todaylue of politics is written into the walls of every community in this nation. you can see it in the scotland that the solidarity of working people built. that the labour movement built, the industrial spirit, the sense of community, the social housing, the nhs, the welfare state all emerging out of the trauma of national sacrifice. all delivering security for working people in defiance of a volatile world. but it is also their in the scars of the scotland born of 1979 onwards. when the labour party was turfed out of power, in part, it has to be said, by the snp... applause. and the tories... and the tories got to manage a period of enormous upheaval instead. scotland, where too much of the prosperity oil and gasket have brought up was squandered. where the governments are working class security, not as a source of hope and dynamism, but as a threat. and where the economic transition away from central scotland's main industries was, as it was across britain, chaotic, unstable and needles

the rutherglen hamilton west by—election being the perfect example of that.behind the snp to now many polls being ahead of the snp. but feet on the ground, we've won one by—election, we've still got lots more work to do and we're completely cognisant of that. i think the other challenge is... you like that word, don't you, cognisant? what is that word, cognisant? it's probably my... it's probably my word of the day, sorry. maybe just words i wake up with i use a lot on any given day. i like it. i'll try and use a different one, then. no, no, don't, i'm all for cogni... i don't know, i don't think, i can't say it and i certainly wouldn't be able to spell it! but i'm quite happy to have my vocabulary expanded. james is aware of the word. listen, i hope you guys can give me other_ words in the day as well, and i'll use them on other podcasts and other shows when i'm on. i'll give you one word... i'll give you one word. can i answer the point? no, finish your point, quickly, yeah, go for it. sorry, go on. because i think it's a really important question, actually

conference, eileen and i first met in rutherglen and hamilton, the place where our party was reborn.uggles that you have endured over the past decade or more, the hard yards that went into that victory, the years when your commitment and patriotism towards this nation were questioned, just for supporting our party, you should enjoy this moment. not too much, we can't get carried away. we can't stop fighting for every vote, not even for a second. nonetheless, take pride in your efforts that have put us back on our way in scotland. enjoy the feeling that a tide has turned. that the wind has changed. the labour party has returned decisively back to the service of scotland's working people. applause conference, i want to thank michael shanks, of course, a fantastic candidate in that election. he is now providing some company for ian murray who is doing a greatjob representing scotland's interest in westminster. applause i am proud to so to note so many candidates today to arrange join and serve this nation with pride and dignity. and conference, finally, i would also like to thank their

one the big successful it was one of the big successful labour in labour slogans last year in the rutherglenng to hear it and again it again and again and again from labour. >> but is it just about , um, >> but is it just about, um, affording extra powers to ethnic minorities? a lot of people are saying that's what the labour party is all about. and for party is all about. and if, for example, a white working example, you're a white working class less than class person earning less than anybody else, will they also qualify or do you only qualify based fact you're a based around the fact you're a part some suppressed minority part of some suppressed minority interest ? what what's the interest group? what what's the detail? this is this this is about race equality . about race equality. >> uh, so it is about paying workers , um, for all workers. workers, um, for all workers. labour's uh, charter workers rights is new rights for workers, new deal for workers is going to give trade unions greater access to workplaces to unionise , to organise. and so, unionise, to organise. and so, yeah, if you