Veteran Party Activist Graham Mccormick has pulled out of the race to become leader of the snp and scotlands next first minister. It leaves just john swinney as the official candidate to succeed humza yousaf, after the former leader announced hes stepping down. Mr mccormick says that hell be backing mr swinneys nomination for the role instead, after the pair had, he said, a fruitful conversation. A candlelit vigil conversation. A candlelit vigil has been held for a teenager who was stabbed in North East London earlier this week. 14 year old Daniel Anjorin was attacked on his way to school by a man with a sword for other people were also injured in the attack. Four men have been arrested. Believe men have been arrested. Believe this is a different story. Men have been arrested. Believe this is a different story. Well this is a different story. Well move on. Four men have been arrested after £40 million worth of cocaine was found in east yorkshire. Around 500 kilos of the drug were disc
It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
Morning. Were doomed. It says lame duck pm loses tory stronghold this is obviously in reference to andy street losing the West Midlands , do you think the West Midlands, do you think rishi sunaks in jeopardy at the moment . Because im not sensing moment . Because im not sensing an appetite to depose him. I was speaking to one mp yesterday who said they want to get rid of him, frankly, but his colleagues lack the guts to do so and i think thats where were at. I think the stomach has really gone out of a lot of conservative mps right now. Youve got to remember theres 350 of them. About 100 are standing down. Theyre not particularly invested in a struggle. They want to see that. And i think theres actually, you know, personally, a lot of the tory mps quite like rishi sunak. And hes quite an inoffensive type compared to, say, Boris Johnson got a few colleagues backs up, but theyre obviously thinking its not about the leader necessarily, its about the party and the partys brand, as weve see
Make sure that there are meaningful tax cuts that people can feel and benefit from. Put a cap on legal migration. Take us out of the European Convention on human rights so that we actually stop the boats and make sure that we reclaim our streets back from the extremists, Suella Braverman there speaking to us earlier this morning. Well, while opposition leaders are calling for a general election now, government minister mark harper insists the conservatives are focusing on the priorities of the british people. I think all conservatives now need to get behind the Prime Minister. As the chairman said in his article this morning and take that message to the country. We see from the analysis the experts have done that. The experts have done that. The results show that the position is closer than the polls are suggesting. So its everything is delightful for the next election, and were absolutely up for that fight. Mark harper well, in other news, a candle lit vigil has been held today for a
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