as they were read out, the actor in the dock sobbed. he denies all the charges. now on thursday voters go to the polls in three constituencies across england in a series of by elections which will provide a major test of rishi sunak s authority. the conservatives currently hold all three seats but the prime minister faces the possibility of losing them all after their previous mps resigned from parliament. and over the next few days we ll be in all three seats. and today it s the turn of selby and ainsty in north yorkshire. the seat was held by the former minister and conservative mp nigel adams who quit in the wake of his ally boris johnson s resignation as an mp last month. labour believe they can prize the seat away from the conservative party despite a 20 thousand majority for the tories at the last election. 0ur reporter luxmy gopal reports from selby.
this is a contest about change and ultimately about reforming the party and government to make sure that there is honesty and integrity and trust at the very heart of our decision making. hamza yusuf is seen as the favoured candidate of party headquarters, offering continuity. reform of headquarters is very much needed and, certainly, i will be looking to see what i can do to shake up that operation headquarters from day one. in recent years, peter murrell and nicola sturgeon were the powerhouse behind the scottish national party, but nicola sturgeon s resignation has exposed bitter splits in the party and a changing of the guard at the top of the scottish politics, with a host of figures following her out of senior positions in the party, the scottish government or both. other issues hang over mr murrell s time in charge with questions about why he lent the snp more than £100,000, which the party said was a personal donation, and there s a police investigation into party finances. th
ash regan, who is running in that campaign, had been especially critical of peter murrell. her rival kate forbes had also raised concerns about the election process. this is a contest about change and ultimately about reforming the party and government to make sure that there is honesty and integrity and trust at the very heart of our decision making. hamza yusuf is seen as the favoured candidate of party headquarters, offering continuity. reform of headquarters is very much needed and, certainly, i will be looking to see what i can do to shake up that operation headquarters from day one. in recent years, peter murrell and nicola sturgeon were the powerhouse behind the scottish national party, but nicola sturgeon s resignation has exposed bitter splits in the party and a changing of the guard at the top of the scottish politics, with a host of figures following her out of senior positions in the party, the scottish government or both.
heart of our decision making. hamza yusuf is seen as the favoured candidate of party headquarters, offering continuity. reform of headquarters is very much needed and, certainly, i will be looking to see what i can do to shake up that operation headquarters from day one. in recent years, peter murrell and nicola sturgeon were the powerhouse behind the scottish national party, but nicola sturgeon s resignation has exposed bitter splits in the party and a changing of the guard at the top of the scottish politics, with a host of figures following her out of senior positions in the party, the scottish government or both. other issues hang over mr murrell s time in charge with questions about why he lent the snp more than £100,000, which the party said was a personal donation, and there s a police investigation into party finances. the snp has suffered another blow, while the leadership campaign continues. catrina renton, bbc news.