The Written Test Tens Of Thousands of Minicab Drivers in london will need to pass to get behind the wheel. And bed and banksy the Elusive British Graffiti Artist opens a hotel on the west bank with a message for the middle east. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News captain eoin morgan shows the way in antigua scoring a century in englands opening one Day International against west indies. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. The Prime Minister set her sights on the Scottish Nationalists today as she accused them of Tunnel Vision at the Tory Party Conference in glasgow. The snp, for its part, accused her of mind boggling hypocrisy. Mrs may claimed the snp are pursuing independence at any cost and called on the Party Faithful to campaign for a united britain post brexit. The snp said she was making a power grab. Our scotland editor sarah smith was watching. No cuts here welcome to glasgow. A rather lonely little protest came out to greet the Prime Minister, whos come here t
migrants, celebrating and always celebrate the migrants, that contributes so much to her migrants, that contributes so much to her country. migrants, that contributes so much to our country. so let s take a look at what mr yousaf s has been promising over the course of his campaign. he s pledged to appoint a senior figure to devise a strategy for rejoining the eu. he s said he would be prepared to challenge westminster s decision to block a scottish bill on gender recognition though he did add that it would depend on legal advice. and he said he would seek to build a consistent majority in favour of independence. so what are some of the challenges that lie ahead for him? this is former bbc scotland political editor brian taylor. it will make you may be disdained in disowned it will make you may be disdained in disowned by the conservative party of westminster but he does not need to court of westminster but he does not need to court favour there, he needs to court to court
distinguished by its failure in the whole range of policies from building to education, to the national health service. nicola sturgeon resigned just over a month ago here s a reminder of what she said at the time. in my head and in my heart, i know the times now. that it is time for me, for my party and the country. and i am announcing my intention is minister and leader of my party. individual polls come and go but i m from the of the view that this is no majority support for independence in scotland. you heard nicola sturgeon mention independence in her resignation speech it s the cause she s most associated with. it s why she entered politics. these pictures are from 2014 where scotland ended up voting to remain part of the uk.
these pictures are from 2014 where scotland ended up voting to remain part of the uk. rob watson is our uk political correspondent he spoke to me earlier from the scottish capital, edinburgh. he was the favourite candidate, almost certainly, of nicola sturgeon. i think most members of the scottish government wanted him and i think most members, snp, members of the scottish parliament wanted him. but it was an amazingly close race in the end and it was a rather divisive race which rather blew the lid off of what the snp has been rather famous for these last ten, 20, 30 years, which is iron discipline. so, of course one of the first tasks of mr yousaf is going to have to be to put the lid back on and to get the party united again. and where do you think he s going to take the party? what do his policies look like? well, i think it is continuity. nicola sturgeon in the following broad sense, and that is like nicola sturgeon, he s very much a left of centre politician.
majority, some point but with regards to majority, is extremely tight and very narrow indeed and division and uncertainty very narrow indeed and division and uncertainty and anxiety within the scottish uncertainty and anxiety within the scottish national party as well as within scottish national party as well as within the wider public. there s been plenty of reaction from the opposition. douglas ross, the leader of the scottish conservatives, called on humza yousaf to abandon his divisive plans to push independence. and in westminster, the leader of the labour party, keir starmer, congratulated mr yousaf but added: the snp do not have the answers on the nhs or on the cost of living crisis. 0nly labour can provide the change that scotland needs. jim sillars is the former deputy leader of the snp who voted for kate forbes in the leadership contest. this is what he told the bbc. i think everything depends on whether he ceases to be the continuity candidate or not. if he remains