starmer was visiting greenock last friday he talked about the damaging conflicts ongoing between the uk and the scottish government and he pledged to improve that relationship should he become prime minister. do you commit to working with him on that, on that toxicity that we have seen, even if he suggests it ends up denting the support of independents? i have been engaged with intergovernmental relationships with the government for many years and i have had many occasions where that has been successful and constructive and many where it has been difficult and many where it has been difficult and we have not been able to get agreement. for most of the time that has been a respectful environment. i would say that my experience of the gordon brown government, the cameron and clegg government, the following cameron government and the theresa may governments were generally on issues that affected people prosper but lives pretty constructive. i have to say, i was part of those dis
can you hear us? what do you make of what the first ministerjohn swinney had to say this afternoon? yes. what the first ministerjohn swinney had to say this afternoon? had to say this afternoon? yes, i can hear you- had to say this afternoon? yes, i can hear you- i had to say this afternoon? yes, i can hear you. i think had to say this afternoon? yes, i can hear you. i think there - had to say this afternoon? yes, i can hear you. i think there were | had to say this afternoon? yes, i i can hear you. i think there were key themes from john swinney during that speech. perhaps none of them completely unexpected. he talked about the snp s record in government. of course, this is a westminster election but the snp has beenin westminster election but the snp has been in power at holyrood in edinburgh for 17 years, so he talked about some of what he sees as the party was my achievements there. another central theme was about voting for the snp to get rid of the conservatives in westmins
theirs for the taking. how will his campaign launch have gone down with the labour party? it is campaign launch have gone down with the labour party? the labour party? it is interesting the labour party? it is interesting the first minister the labour party? it is interesting the first ministerjohn the labour party? it is interesting the first ministerjohn swinney i the labour party? it is interesting the first ministerjohn swinney is| the first ministerjohn swinney is not afraid, not shying away from, the fact that his party, the snp, have gone through a difficult time over the last few months, whether it is his predecessor humza yousaf or nicola sturgeon. he described this election as the biggest challenge the snp has had for years. he began his speech by saying he did not expect to be in this position four weeks ago anti did notjust mean being in a general election, he meant being the snp leader. he spoke of a specific policy area that led to the downfall of his predecessor hum
cheers of the afternoon. let s not forget that five or six weeks ago no one was expecting john swinney to be leader of the scottish national party, to be first minister, let alone to be leading the scottish national party into a general election. he touched on that at the start of his speech and said it was a surprise and he described it as the loveliest of surprises. he then went on to talk about the dates of this election, the 4th ofjuly, independence day he said four friends in the us. that went down very well with the crowd. but he was trying to talk to people beyond the room. the room was full of activists and candidates and he was trying to get the message out to people beyond that room, that the snp will be a champion for everyone in scotland. we had the election campaign launched today. what happens next forjohn swinney? forjohn swinney? well, this election campaign forjohn swinney? well, this election campaign is - forjohn swinney? well, this election campaign is only i for
not the case. but clearly the issue of health is a huge issue for all the parties in this election. we heard from the parties in this election. we heard from john swinney saying he wants his party to be the largest party in scotland. the green party say they want to aim for four mps in what they are calling their most ambitious campaign. we what they are calling their most ambitious campaign. what they are calling their most ambitious campaign. we also heard on laura kuenssberg s ambitious campaign. we also heard on laura kuenssberg s programme - ambitious campaign. we also heard on laura kuenssberg s programme earlierj laura kuenssberg s programme earlier from one of the greens co leaders, adrian ramsay, and it is interesting they are taking a slightly different approach in this election to one they have perhaps taken in previous elections. they are being very honest that they are targeting those four seats. we have seen in previous elections they may have hopped off in lots of o