And thats why im absolutely determined to fight incredibly hard for what i believe for and the future country that i want to build. And thats what im going to do. Well, liberal democrat leader sir ed davey says he will table a motion of no confidence in the government in an effort to pressure rishi sunak to call a june general election. Sir ed claims that the disastrous local Election Results show the country has, in his words , had country has, in his words, had enough of rishi sunak and his out of touch government. The out of touch government. The motion will be tabled when parliament returns tomorrow. The parliament returns tomorrow. The new snp leader, john swinney, says he will seek to build a coalition of the willing to focus on scotlands problems, but wont resurrect the power sharing deal that they had with the scottish greens. In his acceptance speech, mr swinney called for unity and said that the polarised version of politics does not serve the country well. Mr swinneys appoin
Theyre exhausting every possible, every possibility regarding negotiations. An israeli official described the proposed deal as softened and said it was a ruse intended to make israel look bad. Hamas claims it meets several demands, including the return of displaced people and a prisoner swap. It comes after israel ordered the evacuation of parts of rafah ahead of a large scale military offensive. Theres been no successful agreement on a ceasefire in gaza since a week long pause in november. Rishi sunak says hes determined to fight, and the general election is not a foregone conclusion. The Prime Minister is calling for unity among tory mps after saying that he believes britain could be heading for a hung parliament. The conservatives lost hundreds of Council Seats and the West Midlands mayoralty results rishi sunak described as bitterly disappointing. But he bitterly disappointing. But he says hes not giving up what the independent Analysis Shows that whilst of course this was a disapp
Tom i want to point out, this is alex arriving. He is trying to win that seat. He could win it easily. What can you make of what is happening in scotland and what it means for the u. K. As a whole . Im a unionist, so it is worrying. Gordon brown hasnt got to bear responsibility for this. Gordon brown was a to factor leader of the labour party in scotland for all those years. Prime minister and chance and he has to bear report on those responsible is. And he has to show responsibly for whipping up antienglish feeling of scotland, for no election purposes or advantages. If you and that is what the labour party is doing now. And i cannot help having a tiny laugh. Tom on the question of u. K. , the election, one thing you could say is that you are in a difficult position. On one hand, you wanted to fight on behalf of the National Party but on the other had if you did with the liberal democrats did for many years, hyper concentrate on a number of seats and vote for us here, you might have d
Sky News has been tracking locations visited by party leaders in the first half of the general election campaign to decipher what their choices tell us about the parties' election strategies.
Sky News has been tracking locations visited by party leaders in the first week of the general election campaign to decipher what their choices tell us about the parties' election strategies.