in parliamentary elections. polls suggest the governing centre right new democracy party is on course to win the most seats. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to 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
come under strain. manchester city are the premier league champions following second placed arsenal s 1 0 defeat today at nottingham forest. and while celebration are afoot in manchester, the arsenal side finds consolation in coming second their best result since 2016. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky meets uk prime minister rishi sunak at the g7 summit injapan after landing in japan. zelensky tweeted that peace will be closer as a result of his meetings. sinn fein is for the first time the largest party in both local government and the northern ireland assembly, after making huge gains in council elections. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to 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 Police Arrest after a Critical Incident was declared in hainault. A man with a sword has been arrested. The statement from police says that they were called shortly before seven oclock to report other vehicle driven into a house in the Thurlow Gardens area and there were reports that people have been stabbed. This is what they know so far, this is what they are telling us from the statement. At this time, we understand the suspect went on to attack other members of the public as well as two Police Officers. They said that they are waiting for an update on the condition of those injured because a reminder, reports that several people have been stabbed. We do have those updates on our live page. More details on the person who has been arrested. This is again from the Police Statement, from the met police. 36 year old man was arrested at the scene and he is in custody. The Deputy Assistant commissioner has said, this must have been a terrifying incident for those concerned. I know the W
hello. welcome to the programme. we start this hour here in the uk with the general election campaign. labour says it s committed to reducing the number of people legally migrating to britain if it forms the next government. but speaking earlier, the shadow home secretary yvette cooper refused to set a target or any date by which a reduction would be achieved. net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000 last year. labour s plans include more apprenticeships in jobs that are currently reliant on a significant level of migrant workers. here s our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this election campaign, and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how much they would reduce it by, a
the scottish national party leader, john swinney, will formally launch the party s general election campaign in the next hour or so. let me take you live to the scene in glasgow, where the speeches have begun. he will urge people to vote snp to put scotland s interests first and will say independence offers the country a better future . let s speak to liz lloyd, former chief of staff to former snp leader and first minister nicola sturgeon. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. i mention independence will be part of his message. how do you think that independence message will be from the snp in the general election campaign? t will be from the snp in the general election campaign? election campaign? i don t think independence election campaign? i don t think independence will election campaign? i don t think independence will be election campaign? i don t think independence will be the - election campaign? i don t think l independence will be the forefront of this camp