In the latest news in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we look at church growth in Utah and across the U.S.; an effort to end prohibition in Cardston, Alberta, Canada; and Dallin Oaks urges Latter-day Saints to marry and have children.
anything that could go wrong has gone wrong, as part of a police investigation into the snp s finances, which has a long way to run yet. now, even though no one s been charged, her party finds itself in the worst crisis it s faced, certainly since alex salmond became first minister 16 years ago. my guest this week is not sturgeon, it s not salmond. it is the new rising star of the snp, the leader of the party in westminster, stephen flynn, who seized thejob. and yes, many people think he did seize it, at the age ofjust31i. the leader of the third biggest party in the house of commons is already beginning to dream out loud about the possibility of being the kingmaker after the next westminster election. stephen flynn, welcome to political thinking. thank you, nick. could you have possibly picked a worse time to become a leader of the snp? it s been an interesting period, to say the least.
political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what shapes theirs. it isn t that long ago, since nicola sturgeon looked to be unassailable as first minister of scotland. she and her party, the snp, were held up as a contrast to the chaos and the division of the tories down south. yet since she stood down as first minister, pretty much anything that could go wrong has gone wrong, as part of a police investigation into the snp s finances, which has a long way to run yet. now, even though no one s been charged, her party finds itself in the worst crisis it s faced, certainly since alex salmond became first minister 16 years ago. my guest this week is not sturgeon, it s not salmond. it is the new rising star of the snp, the leader of the party in westminster,