I was elected as first minister for a five year term and that is the term i intend to serve. Can i ask you to clarify post about them is to date the date you are sending the letter to the prime list . Yes. It will be going any time i should say, i dont know how much time you have had to read the document but it clearly says that today we are requesting the transfer of Power Production document is effectively the request and it will be sent by letter to the Prime Minister later on today. You said the prime list ignores the result of election after election. In 2014 scotland voted no to independence. Opinion polls, almost all of them can indicate there is a majority for staying in there is a majority for staying in the union. As well as you did at the election last week, 45 of the vote was behind you is it you that is ignoring result after result . Its not. Let me take the election result last week. People cannot have this both ways, we either accept the mandate and what constitutes a ma
Sir ed davey vowed to remove the tories from power across the country. People are crying out for change and this election is the chance to make that happen. In chance to make that happen. In so many parts of the country, its the liberal democrats who can beat the conservatives, who have taken people for granted. Have taken people for granted. In other news, uk inflation has fallen to the lowest level in nearly three years in april, dnven in nearly three years in april, driven by lower gas and electricity prices. The latest figures show. Inflation dropped figures show. Inflation dropped to 2. 3 last month, but people in birmingham say theyre still struggling to make ends meet and one person has died in a mudslide on the edge of the nonh mudslide on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors. As rain continues to batter the uk. It happened at carlton in cleveland at around 130 this afternoon. Nonh at around 130 this afternoon. North Yorkshire Police have asked the public to avoid the area. Fo
Will bring you that live from central london. Thats all coming up after the latest headunes coming up after the latest headlines with sophia wenzler. Tom. Thank you. Good evening. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom and as youve been hearing, the Prime Minister has announced a 4th of july general election. In a statement outside downing street, rishi sunak said he had met with the king to request the dissolution of parliament. The royal family has postponed engagements which may appear to divert attention or distract from the Election Campaign. Mr sunak made the surprise announcement after a day of speculation and urged the nafion day of speculation and urged the nation to stick with him over sir keir starmer. And we will have a general election on the 4th of july. This election will take place at a time. When the world is more a time. When the world is more dangerous than it has been since the end of the cold war. Meanwhile, the labour leader, keir starmer, responded to the announce
Studio shortly. And with fears of an all out war in the middle east growing by the day, ill get the blistering take of one of americas biggest conservative commentators, the world ben shapiro. Also world renowned ben shapiro. Also coming up, as prisons in britain struggle with an overcrowding crisis , should foreign criminals crisis, should foreign criminals face immediate deportation . And face immediate deportation . And a ban from returning to the uk , a ban from returning to the uk, is it good riddance . Ill be is it good riddance . Ill be asking reform uk leader and gb news star richard tice s plus should it be against the law to misgender someone . According to misgender someone . According to labour plans for justice, calling someone by the wrong pronoun could land you in jail. Pronoun could land you in jail. Ernest jones and rebecca jane debate that one in the clash. All so ive done a few in my time. Our fat jokes offensive time. Our fat jokes offensive the brains behind nottin