He did resign from the party because of sir keir starmer post match stance on palestine. You of sir keir starmer postmatch stance on palestine. You mentioned other candidates, stance on palestine. You mentioned other candidates, and stance on palestine. You mentioned other candidates, and particularly i other candidates, and particularly interested in the conservative candidates and how they are dealing with being with associated with the government on a national level. That is interesting government on a national level. Twat is interesting because last year we saw in Milton Keynes that the conservatives were all granting themselves as local conservatives. It didnt really help them, they lost five of the seats in Milton Keynes last year, but they are having a go with that again this year, defending nine seats this time and we are in a situation in Milton Keynes it is looking very likely that Milton Keynes will become a fully run Labour Council after 18 years of there being no overall c
Hope you had a cracking weekend. What a weekend its been because its a long time in politics. 48 hours humza yousaf on friday at close of play said i vow to fight on now hes had it. Hes history. Hes history. Hes history. Hes stepping down. Finally face the music. What next for scotland . Will they ditch at last . The trans politics, the hate crime stuff and the net zero zealotry . Or is that too much to hear for get in touch all the usual ways, and theres a new way to do that. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay. Ive just logged in. Youll see my ugly mush. Leave some replies, keep them clean. Ill leave and ill them clean. Ill leave and ill read out a few before the end of the show. Loads of gets stuck into. But first its time for your latest News Headlines. Very good afternoon to you. Its just after 3 00 and we start with the latest developments in our top story this afternoon, that a contest for a new snp leader will now take place, after the Scottis
Announced his resignation. Last week i stood here announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announce announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announce the announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announce the ending l i stood here to announce the ending of the Cooperation Agreement between the snp and the greens. And the snp would seek to govern as a Minority Government. I made that decision as leader of the snp as i believed and then Bute House Agreement was the right one for the party i lead, and i still do believe that to be the case, but most importantly i believe it was the right decision for the country. My hope was to continue working with the greens in a less formal agreements as the snp moved into a new face of Minority Governments. Unfortunately, in ending the Bute House Agreement in the manner that i did i clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset that caused my green colleagues.
As a result, he had been facing two separate votes of no confidence this week. Well, in an emotional statement a short time ago, mr yousaf said hes not willing to trade his values and principles simply to hold on to power. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has this report. Under pressure and out of time. Humza yousaf facing judgment on his future, jumping before he was pushed. A Route Through this weeks motion of no confidence was absolutely possible. I am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power. Therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, for the government, and for the country that i lead, ive concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm. I have therefore informed the snps National Secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader and ask that she commences a Leadership Contest for my replacement as soon as p
The king is back in business, his Cancer Treatment progressing well. So when he is out and about, what will that mean to different people . Tonight werejoined by laura lee, the head of maggies, the cancer care charity, and historian tessa dunlop. Also tonight, labours shadow chancellor rachel reeves, whos tried to forge a reputation for Fiscal Discipline. Where does that Leave Spending on defence . Churchill didnt say, lets have a Defence Review. He said, there is in existential threat right there, lets arm. He lost that argument. Shouldnt we be getting down to it right now . We are committed to get Defence Spending up to 2. 5 of gdp. And also, crucially, working with our nato allies, because its important that other countries also play their role. Scotlands First Minister, who yesterday unceremoniously dumped the snps coalition partners, is trying to save his skin by wooing back the scottish greens. What are his chances . As humza yousaf fights for his political survival, some snp sou