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when we talk performance in 2019. interestingly when we talk about performance in 2019. interestingly when we talk about labour s i when we talk about labour s performance, labour s performance in london has been traditionally very strong and the challenge seems to be outside london. would it not be more fairfor us to be outside london. would it not be more fair for us to be saying to viewers tonight we need to be focusing probably on labour s performance outside in those areas where you lost traditional areas to the conservatives, certainly at the last general election? those are the real test areas for you, not the big london councils were londoners seem to see it as a labour city anyway. the lion s share of the seats tonight are up in london but of course we have to look at the picture across the country and that is notjust in the traditional, so called red wall areas, it is also in the south and the south east, and i will be looking to see what those results look like in places
there s ten days to go before the local elections, the results may give us some clues about the wider political landscape. the labour leader sir keir starmer s potential route to number ten would be smoother if his party could recapture some of the ground it has lost in recent years to the scottish national party. the snp currently has the largest number of councils in scotland, with the conservatives in scotland, with the conservatives in second place on labour third. 0ur scotland editorjames cook reports from glasgow. for decades, glasgow rumbled along as a labour city. five years ago came a shock when the snp took charge. but are they now about to hit a bump on the road? potholes are a hot topic for the council here, and for others around the country. glasgow says it is focused on making permanent, high quality repairs. hi there. how are you doing? good, thanks. just going to ibrox, please. but for some scottish motorists, it s a real pain. potholes in the city of glasgow at the mom