Lets speak to our scotland Political Correspondent, jenni davidson. Jennl jenni, for those of us that dont follow the Politics Of Scotland that much, who is this activist . Follow the Politics Of Scotland that much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track record much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track record of has a bit of a track record of challenges to the snp leadership. He is a former lawyer. Last year he stood against former snp msp and former government minister mike russell for the snp presidency. And quite memorably, he also described the snps Independence Policy as flatulence in a trance, whatever that might mean im not quite sure. So we have been Hearing Reports in the last couple of days that Graeme Mccormick is planning to challenge john swinney for the snp leadership. It had looke
A fascinatingly close result. Richard parkerfor labour, 225,000, andy street for the conservatives, 224,000. The majority, despite there being more than half a million votes, wasjust 1508, thats reflected in the percentages. 37. 8 for labour, 37. 5 for the conservatives. One interesting thing to point out is independents 12 , that was a candidate critical of labours policy on gaza. Still didnt stop them winning, just. Have a look at how the rates have changed. The conservative vote went right down. Labours vote went down as well but the fact the conservative vote went down by so much was what got labour over the line. There is the swing. Conservative to labour, 4. 6 . That was the big result from last night but there was another really important result yesterday in the capital, london. Here it is. Sadiq khan comfortably beating the conservative susan hall, 275,000 votes in it this time, a lot more. This is what the swing looked like and is why labour won. A 3. 2 swing from the conserva
For labour, its the man who saw woke. Its a wonder he sleeps. Benjamin butterworth in the blue corner, trying to find some gloom among the wreckage. Its. Ill be. Rishi can still win this amankona. And in the spoilt ballot. I couldnt give a fig about any of them. Its the one and only ben. Leo trying to bnng and only ben. Leo trying to bring a bit of sanity to proceedings and making her debut on the show, i finally got another durham dynamo in the form of fleur meston. And of course we want to know your views as well. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay vie. And dont forget all your questions. They need to come in thick and fast for our ask the five segment, where you can ask us anything. But before we start tearing each other apart, its your saturday night news with sam francis. Sam francis. Darren. Thank you and very good evening to you. Its just gone 6 00 and well start with the latest developments in the local elections and to london, where labours
Well be discussing the tory party. Is it the end . As we know it . And if you are a fan of married at first sight, you will not want to miss star florist rosalind darlington, also known as ros. But before we get started, lets get your latest. News. Very good afternoon to you. Its just gone 3 00. And the top story this afternoon. Afternoon. Labour sources say they are confident that sadiq khan has won the mayoral contest in london. Thats despite the battle with conservative challenger susan hall being said to be closer than previously expected. Well, the count is well underway and so far mayor khan has won the five of six london boroughs due to declare susan hall has won just one of those officials have asked candidates to arrive at city hall for 430 this afternoon. So we can expect to have a declaration soon after that. We will bring that to you here on gb news. In total, seven contests are being announced today, with labour already retaining Liverpool City Region and south yorkshire.
This weekend will be very mixed , this weekend will be very mixed, varying from place to place and from day to day. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello and this is breakfast on. Breakfast on. Gb news. On that, i have to say, on the harry story, its across a lot of the papers this morning, and i know there will be people saying, oh, here we go again. Saying, oh, here we go again. Harry coming back to the uk, looks like his wife wont be with him. But you know what. 7 if its a father and son relationship, if they can rebuild that a little bit, thats got to be a good thing, hasnt it. 7 i mean, away from all the hoo ha around it all. If they can do that on a personal level, thats got to be good. And theres clearly still a lot of love there, especially from the king towards harry. So i think if harry can come and see his, his father, i thought it was really lovely. After the kings, cancer d