the decision not to bring charges against four retired detectives, who ran the first investigation into the murder of stephen lawrence. stephen was murdered in april 1993 in a racist attack in south london. the initial investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of the murderers were eventually convicted in 2012. our reporter daniel de simone broke this story, here s his report. we have had a statement from stephen s mother. she is saying that today s decision by the cps marks a new low in the way that the criminal justice system has treated her and her family. justice system has treated her and herfamily. herstatement justice system has treated her and her family. her statement says the decision of the cps not to prosecute the senior officers who were involved in the investigation of her son s cases unjustifiable. she goes on to say that institutional racism was at the heart of the first investigation and yet no consideration had been given to how it impacted the de
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snp and any snp leader but obviously if the new snp leader does not try to unify that logic independence movement, there could be splinter parties and movements and ultimately that could end up damaging rather than helping the cause of independence. than helping the cause of independence. than helping the cause of indeendence. ., . ., , ., independence. how clear is it to you as a pollster independence. how clear is it to you as a pollster how independence. how clear is it to you as a pollster how well independence. how clear is it to you as a pollster how well the as a pollster how well the individual candidates are doing? it seems to be somewhat opaque? absolutely. there s very little known about the snp membership and even party membership in general. we conducted a poll of snp members, earlier in the campaign but it showed things were tight, humza yousaf leading kate forbes by 31 25, ash regan behind but 32% at that time said they did not know. because there is not loads k
scottish people. i think that remains to be seen. independence will remain a focus as you can imagine, snp is the reason for existing is a party, it s what keeps them together. the one thing all snp members is a desire for independence. members is a desire for indeendence. : . :, ~ members is a desire for indeendence. : :, . ~ independence. alastair, thank you for our independence. alastair, thank you for your thoughts independence. alastair, thank you for your thoughts there. independence. alastair, thank you for your thoughts there. political | for your thoughts there. political editor of the scotsman. in fact, i can see in another monitor that joining me for west minister is a former snp leader, alex solomon who now leads the elbow party after quitting the act of one. welcome to you welcome to bbc news. it was a close result. what does that do to the party? i close result. what does that do to the -a ? .. , , the party? i think it s the first time in metairie the party? i t
timescales. humza yousaf. i independent in the next five years? timescales. humza yousaf. i believe it can be and timescales. humza yousaf. i believe it can be and l timescales. humza yousaf. i believe it can be and i want timescales. humza yousaf. i believe it can be and i want to timescales. humza yousaf. i believe it can be and i want to be timescales. humza yousaf. i believe it can be and i want to be the one i it can be and i want to be the one who delivers but to do that we have to stop talk who delivers but to do that we have to stop talk about policy and start talk about we need a vision. people talk about we need a vision. people don t get inspired by that. i have believed that if we build a consistent majority for independence not 51% consistent majority for independence not 51% one day, 49% another day. if we build not 51% one day, 49% another day. if we build that consistent majority then those political obstacles that are put then those political o