right. so today, a big, big figure left the political stage nicola sturgeon had her last ever episode of first minister s questions because, after monday, she s not the first minister anymore. it was her, what, 286th or seventh? i think it was a lot. and this is how she sounded. and actually, spoiler alert, she s quite emotional. words will never adequately convey the gratitude and the awe i hold in my heart for the opportunity i have had to serve as your first minister. applause. and yeah, then the other party leaders just dived in with loads of party political points, like a classic first minister s questions. i suppose nicola sturgeon s immediate political, legacy is quite a lot of chaos in her party as they pick a successor. yeah. so we ll hear who the new first minister is going to be on monday. and i mean the extraordinary thing i mean, firstly, the very human moment for nicola sturgeon there, you know, to have reached the pinnacle of her trade, i suppose. i know sh
it was her, what, 286th or seventh? i think? it was a lot. and this is how she sounded. and actually, spoiler alert, she s quite emotional. words will never adequately convey the gratitude and the awe i hold in my heart for the opportunity i have had to serve as your first minister. it truly has been the privilege of my lifetime. and with these words, presiding officer, i draw it to a close. applause. and yeah, then the other party leaders just dived in with loads of party political points, like a classic first minister s questions. i suppose nicola sturgeon s immediate political legacy is quite a lot of chaos in her party as they pick a successor. yeah. so we ll hear who the new first minister is going to be on monday. and i mean the extraordinary thing i mean, firstly, the very human moment for nicola sturgeon there, you know, to have reached the pinnacle of her trade, i suppose. i know she hasn t delivered the very thing she would have loved to, which is scottish indepen
so, the real issue is tiktok is a data harvester but with an ability to be able to use that data for malicious intent for a foreign government. and at last, america s ahead of us on this one. and lots of other countries have acted earlier. but the british government s finally decided it should be banned from their telephones. but i ve argued and i m pleased that parliament has acted so swiftly but i ve argued that individual ministers should have it off their private telephones because they have their offices their telephones in their offices. they use them. they talk to each other on them the whole time, often about government business. we said, well, they shouldn t be doing just the same. that isn t it really arguable? well, it s exactly my point. so, if you re going to ban it from a government telephone, ban it from the minister s telephone while they re a minister. and just to give tiktok a right to reply, as they re not here to defend themselves, they insist that they do not
as far as china is concerned, sanctioned by beijing. indeed, lam. and my family. and yourfamily. and we ve seen this colossal shift, haven t we, in uk foreign policy attitudes towards china in just the last seven or eight years from david cameron and the chinese president having a pint in a pub in oxfordshire to a more sceptical outlook now, but perhaps not as sceptical as you d like to see. what do you make of this this tiktok ban? i ve been campaigning on tiktok for some time and, of course, in china, there is a national security law that mandates every company individuals, too that, when required, must pass all data they have over to the intelligence services. you ll be arrested if you don t do it. and the reality about this is bytedance, which owns tiktok, is locked heavily to lots of suppliers inside china who also pass their data over regularly. so, the real issue is tiktok is a data harvester but with an ability to be able to use that data for malicious intent for a foreign