that's a swing from snp to labourof snp to labour of slightly more than 20%. scottish labour leader says that the results show that scottish politics has fundamentally changed. this comes after the removal of snp mp margaret ferrier who was removed after breaking coronavirus rules. michael shanks, scottish labour party, 17,831. this was a stunning victory widely forecast but not with a win and a swing as big as this. it's time for change. that change can't come fast enough but one thing is now clear, there is no part of this country where labour can't win. winning hamilton and rutherglen west doubles the number of seats labour has in scotland from one to two. small numbers but the party has big ambitions ahead. it's an extraordinary win and i think this is a seismic night here in scotland and a historic one and i think scottish politics has fundamentally changed and i think people in rutherglen and hamilton west have sent a very clear message that they are sick of too tired, incompetent and failing governments and they are desperate for a fresh start. they are

. i turnout argument is a bit weak to the snp. ., ., ., ., ., the snp.. i am hearing labour ahead of their conference had an extra i of their conference had an extra wing for the number of businesspeople that turn out and hobnob. we heard there from dale vince a moment to go. the message we are getting a safety first, don't rock any votes, they had to be more than that surely. i rock any votes, they had to be more than that surely.— than that surely. i think if you take a step — than that surely. i think if you take a step back— than that surely. i think if you take a step back and - than that surely. i think if you take a step back and look- than that surely. i think if you take a step back and look at l than that surely. i think if you i take a step back and look at british history, as you well know, the labour party doesn't win many elections. it is rare for the labour party to beat as consistently ahead in the polls. so i understand from a strategic point of view the fact that they don't want to do anything to take any unnecessary risks or scare the

snp. the snp and it is grown up with the extraordinary times we have lived through anything labour have 41 and peace in 2010 and five years later they had one. those extra and everything where i don't know if we can really digest it the change and that came eight months after losing an independence referendum to the snp in the just thought they could defy political gravity and they could just get the victory against all in a general election and we have benchmarked the snp of that pretty heady height and 0k, snp of that pretty heady height and ok, 16 years snp of that pretty heady height and 0k,16 years in office and problems than the party, scandals looking in the background and also sorts of difficulties in leadership on an election those very cantankerous you be astonished if any party, any governing party would be astonished if any party, any governing party appeared to come to a seat like this in the fifth most likely labour target in the 36 for the scottish national party and this is

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and as for the snp, this isn't aboutjust a few months of turmoil in the snp.rom here. there is much more work to do. this is a first step on a very, very importantjourney for all of us, in important journey for all of us, in scotland, importantjourney for all of us, in scotland, for all of us across the whole of the united kingdom. we get the chance now to lay out our positive case for change when we go to our conference in liverpool. that's what we will be doing, setting out the change we want to see in this country. but because we have changed, we are the hope of change. because we have changed, we can answer the question, why labour? because we have changed we are hungry for power and because we have changed, we are ready to serve across scotland and across the united kingdom. thank you so much, everyone. fantastic campaign! cheering and applause well done. fantastic. . . ., fantastic. there we have it, a lot of celebration _ fantastic. there we have it, a lot of celebration taking _ fantastic. there we have it, a lot of celebration taking place - fantastic

but what does the snp face?em humza yousaf has is that he personally is not that popular amongst the public in general and amongst snp voters in particular, and secondly his party which hitherto has been remarkably united for most of the last 16 years that he's been in office in edinburgh has now acquired a taste for division. there are a number of dividing lines going on, and of course voters don't like divided parties and they have noticed, the snp being a divided party has increased, so the question is humza yousaf, whose authority over his party still has a question over it, unite his party, bring to give a sense of direction behind which everyone will be falling behind. i have to say at the moment there is a degree of uncertainty as to whether he will be able to achieve that. john, thank you, always good to get your analysis. john, thank you, always good to get youranalysis. it john, thank you, always good to get your analysis. it wouldn't feel like a by—election morning if we didn't hearfrom you, so a by—e

and that is the snp deliverin: applause. and that is the snp delivering for _ applause.elivering for people _ applause. and that is the snp delivering for people when - applause. and that is the snpj delivering for people when they applause. and that is the snp - delivering for people when they need it the most. as well as supporting people during these tough times, we need to do everything we can to support our public services. and there is no more cherished and institution than our national health service. the snp are already providing record funding to our health service. we have the best performing a&e units in the uk but increased waiting lists are the inevitable consequence of the necessary decisions we had to make during the pandemic. we are working hard to reduce these. and we've seen significant reductions in the longest waits since targus were announced lastjuly. we've opened to national treatment centres in fife and thailand, dedicated areas for procedures. and we will expand that capacity with the second phase of the jubilee capacity with the second phase of

i is more affection for labour the difficulties for the snp?- difficulties for the snp?re i difficulties for the snp? i think there is a balance. there is i difficulties for the snp? i think there is a balance. there is no | there is a balance. there is no doubt — there is a balance. there is no doubt that— there is a balance. there is no doubt that the margaret ferrier situation — doubt that the margaret ferrier situation has been a problem. also the fact— situation has been a problem. also the fact that the scottish government led by the snp is struggling on a range of domestic fronts. _ struggling on a range of domestic fronts, and of course you got the issue _ fronts, and of course you got the issue in— fronts, and of course you got the issue in the — fronts, and of course you got the issue in the snp of a don't have a route _ issue in the snp of a don't have a route map — issue in the snp of a don't have a route map to independence. that will clearly _ route map to independence. that will clearly demoralise their supporters. all of— clearly demoralise their supporte

could have been worse i >> snp now good on them . >> snp now good on them. >> snp now good on them. >up with snp in this constituency. sorry, are you fed up with snp in this conservative in such a muddle ? conservative in such a muddle? close enough though. but labour won last night. yeah. happy labour won. >> well i don't stay in this area but yes i am but i don't stay in this area anyway so i couldn't vote anyway. but yes, i am . would you like to see labour am. would you like to see labour be back in power next time? definitely >> any thoughts on labour getting into the election last night ? night? >> skater? >> skater? >> if you did vote who would you have voted for? nana labour. >> i'm just not doing anything. he's not making any change. >> he's not pushing the independence which is independence agenda, which is what snp were originally what the snp were originally there for. i go to get the feeling the if they do feeling that the snp, if they do gain independence as they the whole point is they'll have to step back when an election comes along and allow a new party. and i don't

but what does the snp face?der a leader who has yet to prove himself. the problem that humza yousaf has is that he personally is not that popular amongst the public in general and amongst snp voters in particular. and secondly, his party, which hitherto has been remarkably united for most of the last 16 years that it's been in office in edinburgh, has now acquired a taste for division. there are a number of dividing lines that are going on and of course voters don't like divided parties and they have noticed the perception of the snp being a divided party has increased. so the question is can humza yousaf, whose authority over his party still got a question mark about it, unite his party, bring it around, give it a sense of direction behind which everybody is willing to fall behind. i have to say, at the moment, there is a degree of uncertainty as to about whether he will be able to achieve that. the green party's annual conference is beginning in brighton, with the party setting ambitious targets to increase it

the snp is in a re tell conference? the snp is in a pretty bad _ tell conference?the snp is in a pretty bad place, the _ tell conference? the snp is in a pretty bad place, the worst - tell conference? the snp is in a l pretty bad place, the worst place it's been in about ten years or so since the independence referendum backin since the independence referendum back in 2014. this was humza yousaf�*s chance to try to get back on the political front foot and sell himself to the country. he's been firefighting since he became leader. there was a lot of policy, money to bring down the waiting list, money for abuse survivors, £500 million to try and build more wind farms in scotland. the most eye—catching the cost pledge. scottish government says it's going to fund a freezing council tax in scotland next year. that something that was done for years in scotland and then it stopped and now the snp is going back. most interesting in that context was that humza yousaf was wanting to talk about that policy, cost of living, the economy, the health service rather than the thing

and that puts the snp leader under severe pressure. i'm the leader of the snp.absolutely does stop with me, but i think everybody knows that this particular by—election has some very difficult contextual factors around it. margaret ferrier's reckless actions, of course, came up time and time again. and the police investigation, of course, that's engulfed the party over the last two months again came up on a number of doorsteps. it was also a terrible by—election for the conservatives, whose vote simply collapsed. i think it's so tempting to extrapolate a lot. from one single by—election. a general election is i quite some way off yet. i think what we saw last night. was a continuation of what we've been seeing in scotland over a few months actually, and that - is a coming together- in the unionist vote to stop the snp being successful. can i ask you what you thought of the by—election result? yes, yes! tell me why. because the snp have just absolutely messed everything up, to be fair. and i think it's good that labour are back in. it was predictable. we knew tha

there is plenty more on the snp _ on track. thank you very much.rence on the bbc news website. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. the second named storm of the season, storm babet is on its way later on in the week. so some wet and windy weather on the cards, but a week of two halves really in the next few days, mostly dry. we've got some frost, but some sunshine by day. it's from midweek onwards that we see the weather turning increasingly windy with some heavy rain, too. so if we take a look at storm babet, it will be heading its way gradually in from the southwest, moving towards our shores. i think increasingly heavy rain developing from wednesday onwards and lasting particularly through thursday and friday across eastern scotland. but lots of wet weather on the cards for many of us. back to the here and now, though, today it's really quite quiet out there. we've got a lot of high cloud across much of england and wales. so fairly grey here, some sunshine for northern england, though, northern ireland and scot

the snp returned six.n rutherglen showing they'll get back nearly all of those 40 seats. and as everyone says is the road to number 10 for labour goes through scotland and it looks like this is going to deliver a working majority for keir starmer . keir starmer. >> well, yes, and of course ian , if labour do well in scotland , it takes the pressure off them to win back the red wall, which could be tight. to win back the red wall, which could be tight . yes, exactly . could be tight. yes, exactly. >> and i think though i understand stuart's dismay about the drift of intellectual policy and attitudes in academia in particular and in politics. but i think he's missing something very important in scotland that this by—election results has underlined. there's been a significant sea change in attitudes in scotland. if you look at labour's policies in recent months , they've been recent months, they've been tacking quite significantly to the right . in 2019, the tacking quite significantly to the right. in 2019,

i think, yes, the snp will seek to take some - snp will seek to take some consolation from the fact thatout, but i think the scale of the victory for labour shows that there are problems with the party. during the campaign, hamza yusuf, who campaigned really heavily in this constituency, was out several times without the camp —— with the candidate, saying that if the snp did not win the seat the buck. with him. there are questions around his leadership now. it's often referred to as �*the innocence tax" — the huge legal defence fees paid by thousands of people accused of a crime, even if they're found not guilty. in england and wales, legal aid is only available to those who have a household disposable income of less than £37,000. nick garnett met brian buckle in pembrokeshire, who spent six years and hundreds of thousands of pounds clearing his name. when i was put in the cell, i just sat there all night and just cried and cried. sentanced to 15 years after being wrongfully convicted. at that point, you realise you're a convicted sex offender. yes. yeah. it would take brian buckle six y

and that puts the snp leader under severe pressure. i'm the leader of the snp.erybody knows that this particular by—election has some very difficult contextual factors around it. margaret ferrier's reckless actions, of course, came up time and time again. and the police investigation, of course, that's engulfed the party over the last two months again came up on a number of doorsteps. it was also a terrible by—election for the conservatives, whose vote simply collapsed. i think it's so tempting to extrapolate a lot. from one single by—election. a general election is i quite some way off yet. i think what we saw last night. was a continuation of what we've been seeing in scotland over a few months actually, and that - is a coming together- in the unionist vote to stop the snp being successful. can i ask you what you thought of the by—election result? yes, yes! tell me why. because the snp have just absolutely messed everything up, to be fair. and i think it�*s good that labour are back in. it was predictable. we knew that it was going to happen, but it doesn't re

the snp is failing our country. the snp is failing our country. the snp is failing our country.d . the snp are struggling to run a tap, let alone a country . so a tap, let alone a country. so i really think that it's about time that perhaps neil recognised that and maybe maybe actually did something more useful with his time. >> all right. neil. well well i mean the fact of the matter is that political parties sometimes do well and certainly under alex salmond , the snp did remarkably salmond, the snp did remarkably well in a whole range of issues , not least to bring support for independence up from 26% to 45. >> and now above that. so in terms of the argument about independence , it's as i said, independence, it's as i said, thatis independence, it's as i said, that is decoupled from support for the snp. this is this is a consequence of the snp's policy failures and rightly so , they failures and rightly so, they should be punished. they have. can i ask on that on that neil because one of the keys. yeah i want to ask about that because i was, i thinking initially was, i was th

it’s snp back on the front foot will be touth, �*, ., , snp back on the front foot will be tou~h. �*,, tough. it's always good to talk to. thank ou tough. it's always good to talk to. thank you so _ tough. it's always good to talk to. thank you so much _ tough. it's always good to talk to. thank you so much for— tough. it's always good to talk to. thank you so much for bringing i tough. it's always good to talk to. l thank you so much for bringing that update from the conference, it feels like people have gone home. maybe it is time for nick to go home as well. taking us back to our top story — you remember we have been talking all day about the rafah crossing, or parts of and air strike hitting the rafah crossing, and we have had news from our reporter in gaza and he has confirmed to the bbc that rafah was indeed hit by an air strike, according to hanna, the building on the palestinian side of the crossing has been damaged. he also reports that there is damage to the road between gaza and egypt. in that report there own that reported strike on the rafah crossing. to stay with us here

snp party chief and the former snp party chief and the former snp first minister.of that rigmarole has happened and of course this is humza yousaf four fs first electoral test as the new first minister and it hasn't gone well for the snp . for the snp. >> can they turn this around and the snp? >> the one caveat i'd say is that the labour party did win this seat in 2017. so this is flip flopped between the snp and the labour party over the last four elections. so if corbyn could win this seat, but the fact that starmer won this seat, perhaps it doesn't indicate that there would be an overall majority. but the scale by which it was won, perhaps the labour party can pick up many, many more seats from the snp. >> very, very interesting. that's humza yousaf that's exactly what humza yousaf is it? he's is saying, isn't it? he's saying, well, win it straight back. so we'll have to wait and see that but thank you, see on that one. but thank you, tom. can come back into the tom. you can come back into the presenter's my other presenter's realm now. my other hat it's handy t

hick snp and the conservatives. nick eardle , snp and the conservatives.ck eardley, thanks very much. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the most vulnerable children will be living with the long shadow of covid for the next ten or 20 years, according to the former children's commissioner for england. anne longfield said that on occasion, the government's decisions were "incoherent" and that they were "indifferent" to the impact on children. the royal college of nursing is urging the government to scrap an increase in the cost of a health and care visa, which they warn will make the uk a less attractive place to work. the college says the increase may make nursing unaffordable. politicians and privacy campaigners say the police and private campaign —— police should stop facial recognition surveillance, they say it raises issues around human rights and has the potentialfor discrimination. the cameras have already been outlawed in the eu. the international paralympics committee has announced the

there's about the snp. there's a lot about the snp.s. >> anna, another >> there's also anna, another fascinating point night, fascinating point last night, a collapse 30, collapse in turnout to 30, decrease turnout, 37% of decrease in turnout, only 37% of people to a polling people made it to a polling booth versus 66.5. 2019 by elections typically are always a bit lower. bert is the none of the above party out there is the ennui . the above party out there is the ennui.is the above party out there is the ennui . is the apathy going to be ennui. is the apathy going to be a factor ? a factor? >> really agree with >> i don't really agree with that. afraid low. that. i'm afraid it's low. obviously it sounds low, but for a by—election, it's not that low. >> okey dokey. okay. >> okey dokey. okay. >> well, thanks for getting in touch with your views. john says last shows rishi sunak last night shows rishi sunak hasn't a in hell of hasn't got a hope in hell of winning next election. and winning the next election. and dean the dean says, well,

labour winning double the votes for the snp. the party of. the votes for the snp.olyrood face challenges going into the vote and had been managing expectations of a win, but even so it was a bruising result for them. i even so it was a bruising result for them. u, , even so it was a bruising result for them. _, , ., ., ., , them. i recognise that we have a big challenae them. i recognise that we have a big challenge on — them. i recognise that we have a big challenge on our— them. i recognise that we have a big challenge on our hands and - them. i recognise that we have a big challenge on our hands and as - them. i recognise that we have a big challenge on our hands and as a - challenge on our hands and as a party— challenge on our hands and as a party we — challenge on our hands and as a party we need to come together collectively to write to the wrongs that have — collectively to write to the wrongs that have happened in the last few months _ that have happened in the last few months. ., ., , ., , months. turnout was low, but those crunchin: months. turnout was l

and that puts the snp leader under severe pressure. i'm the leader of the snp.tely does stop with me, but i think everybody knows that this particular by—election has some very difficult contextual factors around it. margaret ferrier's reckless actions, of course, came up time and time again. and the police investigation, of course, that's engulfed the party over the last few months, again came up on a number of doorsteps. it was also a terrible by—election for the conservatives, whose vote simply collapsed. i think it's so tempting to extrapolate a lot. from one single by—election. a general election is i quite some way off yet. i think what we saw last night. was a continuation of what we've been seeing in scotland over a few months actually, and that - is a coming together- of the unionist vote to stop the snp being successful. can i ask you what you thought of the by—election result? yes, yes! tell me why. because the snp have just absolutely ballsed everything up, to be fair. and i think it's good that labour are back in. it was predictable. we knew that it

snp�*s expense.ld be at the snp's exense. . ~ ,, , . snp's expense. thank you very much, nick eardley- — people in the constituency of tamworth in staffordshire vote for a new mp later this week. the by—election was triggered when the conservative chris pincher resigned as an mp after losing an appeal against his suspension from the commons for drunkenly groping two men. it's one of two by—elections on the same day, which will provide crucial insight into the public mood in advance of next year's general election. yesterday we reported from mid bedfordshire. today our political correspondent alex forsyth reports from tamworth. a training session for the potential footballers of the future on a tuesday evening in tamworth. these are some of the dosthill courts' youngest members, but it's their parents and coaches' attention that some political players are vying for as they try to win votes. what would you like to hear from your next mp, the person that wants to represent tamworth? it's the things that

the snp have made . if you another choice. the snp have made.ling on a low income, you are now entitled to £25 a week thanks to the scottish child payment . payment. when budgets are tight that is a huge investment for any government to make. but it's the right choice. but you know what it means that means an estimated nine 90,000 fewer children in scotland are living in poverty this year because of the actions of the snp government. that is, our government that is delivered and delivering for the people of scotland . and friends . that scotland. and friends. that delivery is of course in no small part down to my predecessor conference nicola sturgeon transformed scotland. she reformed scotland's public services, she improved the life chances of thousands of scotland's young people. and we will never forget, never forget that in the toughest of times, our country faced , nicola was our country faced, nicola was the calmest of voices and the coolest of heads . so for all of coolest of heads. so for all of this and more , we say, thank this and mo

the snp returned six.n rutherglen showing they'll get back nearly all of those 40 seats. and as everyone says is the road to number 10 for labour goes through scotland and it looks like this is going to deliver a working majority for keir starmer . keir starmer. >> well, yes, and of course ian , if labour do well in scotland , it takes the pressure off them to win back the red wall, which could be tight. to win back the red wall, which could be tight . yes, exactly . could be tight. yes, exactly. >> and i think though i understand stuart's dismay about the drift of intellectual policy and attitudes in academia in particular and in politics. but i think he's missing something very important in scotland that this by—election results has underlined. there's been a significant sea change in attitudes in scotland. if you look at labour's policies in recent months , they've been recent months, they've been tacking quite significantly to the right . in 2019, the tacking quite significantly to the right. in 2019,

it was a big swing against the snp i hoped? you can say that again!the snp on record, 20% swing to labour, and there were particular issues in rutherglen and hamilton west, but the general run of opinion shows that the snp is heading for a substantial setback over the next election, perhaps losing at least 15 of its mps in the next general election. and that obviously is not going to be a good reflection on the policy, which is supposed to be that if the snp gets a big majority then westminster will have to negotiate, westminster will have to negotiate, westminster will have to negotiate, westminster will turn around and say, you have had your de facto referendum, you have lost seats, so let's not talk about independence any longer. let's not talk about independence an loner. �* let's not talk about independence any longer-— any longer. and let's talk about some of the _ any longer. and let's talk about some of the other _ any longer. and let's talk about some of the other issue - any longer. and let's talk about some of the other issue is - any longe

that's more than double that of the snp's katie loudon . labour the snp's katie loudon.abour leader sir keir starmer says scotland is key to securing a majority at the next general election . former first minister election. former first minister and current alba party leader alex salmond says humza yousaf has days to save his job after the by—election defeat . the by—election defeat. scotland's first minister says the snp needs time to reflect on the snp needs time to reflect on the result . the result. >> the snp we didn't do enough . >> the snp we didn't do enough. we know that there was contextual factors. margaret ferrier's reckless actions , the ferrier's reckless actions, the police investigation of course , police investigation of course, but we've got to reflect. i've got to reflect the party has to ensure we've got a good campaign machine behind us, but also that we're inspiring people with a message. we clearly got a message. we clearly got a message from the voters of rutherglen and hamilton west that snp has lost some trust that the snp has lost some trust in

labour winning double the votes cast for the snp. of power at holyrood faced challenges going into the vote and had been managing expectations of a win, but even so, this was a bruising result for them. i do recognise that we have a big challenge on our hands and as a party, we need to come together collectively to right the wrongs that have happened in the last few months. turnout was low, but those crunching the numbers say if this result was repeated uniformly across scotland, labour could win as many as 42 seats in a general election. by—elections will often exaggerate the swing against the government but, still, it's the direction of travel you cannot ignore in this by—election. i suspect that if this kind of swing was replicated across scotland as a whole, labour would clearly be the dominant party north of the border again. labour believe this win demonstrates they are back in business in scotland, and with a general election looming, hope this will give momentum for their push to more scottish seats and the keys to number ten

the snp seemed happy with that policy, but there are difficulties because the snp at the last electionmandate for taking independence forward. also, the strategy depends on the uk government engaging with talks, talking about the idea of a second referendum. bear in mind both the conservatives and labour at the very least are saying that they don't want to engage with that question. some in the snp pending hope on the idea of a hung parliament where no party has a majority in the might have a bit more sway. it was a two hour debate this afternoon. the snp... that was certainly what they did this afternoon. some wanted to push harder, some cautious about how hard the party is currently. but a good—natured debate, it must be said, and now humza yousaf has that strategy, he says he wants to stop talking about process, talk about the opportunity of independence as he sees it. you may find that difficult because running into the next election, the slightly complex position is you would imagine would take a bit of explaining to the voters who probably were watching proceedings in the confere

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in power in uk for 13 years, snp in power in uk for 13 years, snp in power for 16 years.al gravity asserts itself. >> i asked the transport secretary mark harper, earlier whether the tories had given up on scotland . i mean, what on scotland. i mean, that's what it like. that chap who it looks like. that chap who went the by—election in went for the by—election in rutherglen got 1000 odd votes. i mean deposit . are scottish mean deposit. are scottish tories going to be an oxymoron come 2024? >> not an oxymoron. >> not an oxymoron. >> that's a big word for sunday morning. jesus >> no i think it's the right word though. >> well, i'm just you know, sometimes they say young tories an oxymoron, but we wouldn't necessarily agree with that. >> scottish tories >> but scottish tories rutherglen till rutherglen was a tory seat till 64 when i when i worked out there with john for different newspapers turn of the newspapers at the turn of the century. exactly. century. john exactly. >> then was was >> the big issue then was was the was. rae that the poll tax. that was. rae that was t

wou but the snp stay in the did, the snp would lose again.lose again. wou but the snp have taken n the uk, but the snp have taken a beating. yes. and the interesting thing about that, they concede that they've they won't concede that they've taken beating. labour's taken a beating. labour's majority was than the snp majority was larger than the snp vote . that's right. back to the vote. that's right. back to the that's pre pre referendum politics. labour is dominant. you have to accept when the voters send you a message, you've got to go, we got it. that's one of the reasons that keir starmer has taken labour on a journey. look, the a journey. he said, look, the voters were to reject voters were right to reject jeremy corbyn. the voters in scotland were right reject scotland were right to reject the the snp don't the snp. if the snp don't listen, again and listen, they'll lose again and again again. so the labour again and again. so the labour can come in scotland and can come back in scotland and win labour back win seats. labour can come ba

irlick snp's current position. nick eardle , snp's current position. gathering at the crossing, after news that an evacuation route may temporarily open. our correspondentjon donnison sent this report and a warning that you might find some of the images in his report upsetting. outside the main hospital in rafah, ice cream trucks. the morgue is full. some of the dead have been here for two days, he tells us. these freezers are meant forfood, he says. "these freezers are meant for food," he says. "not bodies." and this is right in the south of gaza where people are now being told to evacuate to. hundreds of thousands are now heading in this direction. but egypt says it won't open the crossing even for foreign nationals until israel agrees to allow aid in. and hamas also controls this border and has a say on who is allowed out. the nearby united nations school is packed with those seeking shelter. but it was already at full capacity before this latest evacuation order. "as palestinians, what did we do for this to happen to us," she asks? she tells us she

a tough night for the snp. very difficult, of course.umber of factors that played into that, we were told time and time again on the doorstep that margaret ferrier�*s reckless actions counted against us. of course, the police investigation has had an impact as well. i think the snp has to reflect, we've got to regroup, reorganise. we've had tough adversities, tough election results in the past. we've bounced back stronger and very, very keen to make sure that we are fighting for the next electoral test. it was an even worse night for the conservatives they lost their deposit. lord kim darroch — former uk ambassador to the us & eu and fomer national security adviser. mo elleithee — democratic political campaign strategist. hello both. thank you very much a being our panel this evening. let's start with you, how do you try and rank this result? 1 start with you, how do you try and rank this result?— rank this result? i think that labour were _ rank this result? i think that labour were always - rank this result? i think that labour were al

it's just that the snp. right? the they've got humza yousaf the useless in office and useless in office now and actually the scottish people aren't all of a sudden saying labour are the best thing since sliced bread or the conservatives. i mean the woman that's defected defected the conservative party apparently because a social because she's quite a social conservative. so it's not that the are suddenly the conservatives are suddenly mmp the conservatives are suddenly romp home in scotland, is it? >> you're but, >> yeah. you're right. but but, you know, think the you know, look, i think the important is, i mean, we'd important thing is, i mean, we'd be very interesting to the snp party conference weekend party conference this weekend is to see whether humza yousaf actually u—turns promise actually u—turns on his promise which he made only last month, to know, if the snp are to say you know, if the snp are the largest party in scotland, i will use that as a negotiation tactic to get another independence referendum.

instead of the snp?oing a >> um, the snp are doing a pretty good job of destroying themselves. i think. nana themselves. ithink. nana they've had 14 years of a complete mismanagement of the scottish economy , ruined the scottish economy, ruined the scottish economy, ruined the scottish education system. >> i think that labour will pick up quite a few seats in scotland, but you must remember that the people of scotland vote for the snp because labour had become such a crony party up in scotland. >> so i'm not sure if they'll get as much support as they think they will, but i think they'll probably take about 20 seats or so. >> well, it'll be interesting to see, but all i want is them to just remove the strong stranglehold of the snp and so we can keep a united kingdom. but thank you very much, alan mcneilly. british mcneilly. he's a great british voice. alan's voice. great to hear alan's totally we've become totally right that we've become complacent in scotland it's complacent in scotland and it's good w

the snp , absolutely smashed. the snp, they've got about 58% of the votes .le talking votes. a lot of people talking here because it was a swing of about 23. a huge swing . you can about 23. a huge swing. you can see the votes there. interesting enough the turnout there was only a ten out of 57.19. but you can see the massive difference there between labour and of course, the snp. you're . talking course, the snp. you're. talking 18,000 to 8000 there or thereabouts. for those that are listening , not watching in fact, listening, not watching in fact, actually, no. i shall start with you, keir starmer absolutely. beside himself with joy at the moment saying that this is obviously seismic. it's a shape of things to come. he reckons that that labour that it proves that labour can win listening to win anywhere. i was listening to a couple of pollsters earlier on saying if the general saying that if the general election follows the same swing, you'll see potentially 40 seats up in scotland for labour. what do you make to it all? >> i think by elections generally a

the snp already faced challenges _ labour. the snp already faced challenges heading _ labour.heading into i labour. the snp already faced challenges heading into this i labour. the snp already faced i challenges heading into this vote, but this is a first by—election loss for them in 16 years in power, is another blow. flit for them in 16 years in power, is another blow.— another blow. of course it is a challenge. _ another blow. of course it is a challenge, but _ another blow. of course it is a challenge, but i _ another blow. of course it is a challenge, but i do _ another blow. of course it is a challenge, but i do feel i another blow. of course it is a i challenge, but i do feel confident that we can get the offer rate, then rather than in the claimant managed decline of the uk, one of the most unequal countries in the world, we can move forward with a bright future for independence, but we have to go the offer rate and we have work to do. to go the offer rate and we have work to do— to go the offer rate and we have work to do. turnout was low, but this win was _ work to do

the snp's katy loudon came in second.s, almost as high as it was in 2010, before the snp virtually wiped them out in scotland. that's a swing from snp to labour of slightly more than 20 per cent. the scottish labour leader anas sarwar said he believes the result shows that scottish politics has "fundamentally changed." in the past few hours we heard from labour leader, sir keir starmer. here's some of that speech. they said that we couldn't change the labour party, and we did it. they said that we couldn't win in the south of england and the north of england, and we did it. they said you will never beat the snp in scotland and, rutherglen, you did it! that was sir keir starmer looking very happy today. let's go to nick eardley who joins us now. take us through the significance of this result. i through the significance of this result. ., �* ~' �* , through the significance of this result. ., �* ~ �* , ., , result. i don't think there's any doubt that _ result. i don't think there's any doubt that it's _ result. i don't th

dying for the snp? >> yeah, it's a fascinating day for the snp.know traditionally even in terms of turbulence in british politics, the snp have managed to hold on to those seats. they've won nine out of 11 by elections in the past. so i mean, look, i don't know whether the independence itself off the view of independence is going to go away. i think that's something that's going to stick around for quite some time. but you know, to humza yousaf yesterday to have humza yousaf yesterday say that, you know , we don't say that, you know, we don't want to take this as a sign of general election next year , general election next year, frankly, don't know whether frankly, i don't know whether that's going to be something that's going to be something that that the snp agree with . that that the snp agree with. you know, he is down at a —7% on his own approval rating. so look let's see what happens over the next few weeks with his own leadership. i would be very fascinated to see it. >> i mean, the snp historically are very, very good at grassroots politic

been an snp spokesman.art fantastic . lovely to see stuart fantastic. lovely to see you. pleasure. and see you. my pleasure. come and see us in moment, we us again soon. in a moment, we go back to raf scampton, the dambusters base, where we might just just have a piece of good news. hang on. we'll tell you all in two minutes. can see that they represent pure evil. and it's right that israel exercises its right to self—defence . this show has been self—defence. this show has been doing its absolute best to save raf scampton from becoming a migrant base . migrant base. >> we think the great dambusters story , the history of 607 story, the history of 607 squadron and indeed what bomber command did from that county of lincolnshire is something that should be preserved and remembered. but it's not been looking good. but will hollis gb news is east midlands. reporter might have tonight for us live a little bit of good news. well what have you got ? what have you got? >> yes well in recent weeks, the voice of conc

what will it tell us about the prospects for labour and the snp?y, your election night coverage starts here. ukraine says at least 51 people, including an eight—year—old boy, have died in a russian attack on a village in the north—east of the country. president zelensky described the attack as an act of russian terror. ukraine's defence ministry said there were no military targets in the area — only civilians. local officials say a cafe and a shop were hit in the village of hroza, south—east of kharkiv during a wake for a local resident. there has been intense fighting in the region in recent weeks, with russia attempting to recapture territory it lost last year. earlier, mr zelensky told a european summit his country was defending itself against russia to ensure european security — and said if kyiv was not successful, then russia would turn its attention to nato member countries. president putin today accused the west of wanting to create a new iron curtain. we will get more on the wider war effort in a moment, but first, this report on today's ev

, or do they put their trust in snp, are they trust in the snp, are they bringing real change?ests think >> see what our guests think anyway all britain's newsroom. anyway, all britain's newsroom. >> patrick christys on gb news. i'm gb news radio . gb news radio. >> good morning . we're now >> good morning. we're now looking at scenes from gaza, i believe . as you can see in the believe. as you can see in the distance, there are plumes of what appears to be smoke from an explosion or two, perhaps in the far corner of that picture in the distance . we'll keep you up the distance. we'll keep you up to date with charlie peters will be with us all day live from tel aviv to give you the very, very latest on the israel gaza war. >> okay, moving on to issues a little closer to home now. it's the third and final day of the snp conference. >> yes. stephen flynn opened the snp conference in aberdeen this week a message his week with a message that his party the only one offering party is the only one offering real change in scotland. do the scottish people feel the same? >> so we're goin

been an snp spokesman.art fantastic . lovely to see stuart fantastic. lovely to see you. pleasure. and see you. my pleasure. come and see us in moment, we us again soon. in a moment, we go to raf scampton, the go back to raf scampton, the dambusters base, where we might just just have a piece of good news. hang on. we'll tell you all in two minutes. can see that they represent pure evil. and it's right that israel exercises its right to self—defence . this show has been self—defence. this show has been doing its absolute best to save raf scampton from becoming a migrant base . migrant base. >> we think the great dambusters story , the history of 607 story, the history of 607 squadron and indeed what bomber command did from that county of lincolnshire is something that should be preserved and remembered. but it's not been looking good. but will hollis gb news is east midlands. reporter might have tonight for us live a little bit of good news. well what have you got ? what have you got? >> yes well in recent

and that puts the snp leader under severe pressure. i'm the leader of the snp.ess actions, of course, came up time and time again. and the police investigation, of course, that's engulfed the party over the last few months again came up on a number of doorsteps. it was also a terrible by—election for the conservatives, whose vote simply collapsed. i think it's so tempting to extrapolate a lot. from one single by—election. a general election is i quite some way off yet. i think what we saw last night. was a continuation of what we've been seeing in scotland over a few months actually, and that - is a coming together- of the unionist vote to stop the snp being successful. can i ask you what you thought of the by—election result? yes, yes! tell me why. because the snp have just absolutely messed everything up, to be fair. and i think it's good that labour are back in. it was predictable. we knew that it was going to happen, but it doesn't really matter. it's more tory austerity. it's just that keir starmer's going to continue in the same theme as the tories, so no