in parliamentary elections. polls suggest the governing centre right new democracy party is on course to win the most seats. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what shapes theirs. it isn t that long ago, since nicola sturgeon looked to be unassailable as first minister of scotland. she and her party, the snp, were held up as a contrast to the chaos and the division of the tories down south. yet since she stood down as first minister, pretty much anything that could go wrong has gone wrong, as part of a police investigation into the snp s finances, which has a long way to run yet. now, even though no one s been charged, her party finds itself in the worst crisis it s faced, certainly since alex salmond became first minister 16 years ago. my guest this week is not sturgeon, it s not salmond. it is the new rising star
come under strain. manchester city are the premier league champions following second placed arsenal s 1 0 defeat today at nottingham forest. and while celebration are afoot in manchester, the arsenal side finds consolation in coming second their best result since 2016. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky meets uk prime minister rishi sunak at the g7 summit injapan after landing in japan. zelensky tweeted that peace will be closer as a result of his meetings. sinn fein is for the first time the largest party in both local government and the northern ireland assembly, after making huge gains in council elections. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what shapes theirs. it isn t that long ago, since nicola sturgeon looked to be unassailable as first minister of scotland. she and her party, the snp, were held up as
against mark selby five frames to three. hello and thanks for joining hello and thanks forjoining us. here is your latest sports news. everton face a huge task to stay in the premier league following a 4 1 thrashing by newcastle united. newcastle continued their selling from in front of goal which has seen them scoring ten goals in the past two games. and are eight points above fifth place tottenham as they look to secure champions league football. everton are 19th, two points from safety, with just five games left to avoid the clubs first relegation in 69 years in 69 years in the top flight of english football. for a large part of that half, even with the result, i will take that performance. when the second goes in, you cannot take that performance. that is when the basics were out the window. the form goes out the window. there was plenty inside that goal so there is no chance. the return to form in the return to form in a the return to form in a really good way. ithin
all but secured. everton are in real danger of relegation. barcelona are back in the women s champions league final, they beat a spirited chelsea 2 1 on aggregates. and mark allen claims the first session of the world s snooker championship semifinals against mark selby five frames to three. hello and thanks forjoining us. here is your latest sports news. everton face a huge task to stay in the premier league following a 4 1 thrashing by newcastle united. newcastle continued their stunning form in front of goal which has seen them scoring ten goals in the past two games. and are eight points above fifth place tottenham as they look to secure champions league football. everton are 19th, two points from safety, with just five games left to avoid the clubs first relegation in 69 years in the top flight of english football. for a large part of that half, even with the result, i will take that performance. when the second goes in, you cannot take that performance. that is when the
newcastle united. newcastle newcastle u nited. newcastle continued newcastle united. newcastle continued their stunning form in front of goal which has seen them scored ten goals in the last two games. eight points above fifth place tottenham as they look to secure a champions league football. ever ten r 19. league football. ever ten r19. two points from safety with just five games left to avoid the club s first relegation after 69 years in the top flight of english football. for a lane flight of english football. for a large part flight of english football. for a large part of flight of english football. er? a large part of that half, i would take that, even if that s the result, i will take the performance, but when the second cousin, you cannot take that performance. the basics go out the window, the feel of the performance goes out the window. those pundits are saying they are gone, there is no chance. it is exactly the same. that s the reality of the challenge i took