the nationalist party and its green allies, as you say, will seek to secure over 50% of the popular vote in that election, which it will then claim is a mandate for independence. but i think constitutionally, that is a bit questionable because a general election is a general election. it is an election to determine the membership of the house of commons, to determine the composition of the uk government. so just because one particular party might claim that it is a de facto referendum does not change what it is, which is an election. so we will wait to see whether there are going to be any other initiatives, citizen involvement or some big broader kind of democratic campaign that the party might try to launch over the coming months. party might try to launch over the coming months. yes, we fully expect to hear a lot coming months. yes, we fully expect to hear a lot from coming months. yes, we fully expect to hear a lot from the to hear a lot from the pro independence side. what
defeat in a scottish referendum than david cameron thought he faced when he went ahead with the referendum in 2012. even if 80%, 90% of people appearsay 2012. even if 80%, 90% of people appear say they support independence we now see a position where that could be ignored at westminster because of the right of veto over our ability to choose independence it seems to me whether you support scottish independence or not, that is a completely unacceptable situation and something has to give here. we need a means by which people in scotland can exercise their right to choose. we decided about giving people a voice and that voice was heard very clearly in the scottish elections last year, the snp won an overwhelming victory on the basis of holding a new independence referendum, 85% of scottish constituencies, equivalent of 550 of the 560 seats in a general election at westminster, nobody has done that in 100 years. the mandate
labour party, first type. more quickly through than expected? i want to thank the supreme court for their speedy, unanimous and decisive ruling their speedy, unanimous and decisive ruling today. now we must have a focus ruling today. now we must have a focus on ruling today. now we must have a focus on the two biggest issues facing focus on the two biggest issues facing the country, rising bills and the nhs facing the country, rising bills and the nhs crisis, whether you support independence or not, the nhs waiting list, independence or not, the nhs waiting list. we independence or not, the nhs waiting list, we need to confront those issues list, we need to confront those issues. whilst there is not a majority issues. whilst there is not a majority in scotland for a referendum, no majority for independence, there is a clear majority independence, there is a clear majority against the status quo, people majority against the status quo, people want to change and i can u
rescued, couldn t they? is that the priority at the moment? yeah. as a matter of fact, our local partners are part of the search and rescue team there on the ground. there are some landslides and also some debris that needs to be cleared. we are not sure exactly whether they are still alive or not. but i guess with the current condition, we try and do it one step at a time and we hope that we can get to those people in time to be rescued. we are hearing a response from scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon to the uk supreme court ruling saying that scotland does not have the right to bring forward legislation that would lead to a second independence referendum without the consent of the westminster government, and there is
they could generate more money from manchester united. that is why they are looking at a potential sale of this football club right now. simon stone reporting regarding that huge news. we can see the fans here in full voice ahead of those games to come today. if the action was anything to go by yesterday, you won t want to take your eyes off it today. you can probably see here at the moment in the souk with lots of fans gathering and local qatari people enjoying the action, which really feels, this world cup now, is in full flow. john watson reporting from doha. let s get more now on scotland. supreme courtjudges have rejected the scottish government s argument that it can hold a second independence referendum. lord reed says he and his fellow judges unanimously agree that power on this issue lies with the uk government. joining me now is akash paun. he leads the devolution programme for the institute for government