To jump ship. 7 were going to to jump ship . Were going to have richard in the studio, but Katherine Forster has more. Katherine forster has more. Yes, he came from labour, the conservative party offered him a home, but could lee anderson now go over to the reform party . Go over to the reform party . Ill bring you the details of that meeting shortly. That meeting shortly. No thanks. Emmanuel macron britain has rejected a draft french plan to send nato troops into war in. Ukraine and the into war in. Ukraine and the Royal Protection verdict. Royal protection verdict. The duke of sussex will learn whether hes won a high Court Challenge over a decision to change the level of his personal security during our show this morning, well bring you that when we have it. When we have it. And theres a huge farmers demonstration in cardiff , demonstration in cardiff, tractors descending on the Welsh Parliament building. Remember, wales has been run by labour for 20 years and they are very, very unh
questioning and release of the former first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, in connection with the investigation into the finances of the scottish national party. mrs sturgeon says her arrest was a shock and she is innocent of any wrongdoing. she s been released without charge pending further investigation. our scotland editor james cook reports. nicola sturgeon, for so long, front and centre in scottish politics, was arrested well away from the cameras, just after 10am. detectives questioned her as a suspect, before releasing her without charge seven hours and 15 minutes later. this evening, ms sturgeon issued a statement which was raw, blunt and defiant. i am certain i have committed no offence, she said, describing the situation as both a shock and deeply distressing. she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm either the snp or the country, and she insisted in the strongest possible terms that i am in fact innocent o
it s monday 12th june. mps who have been investigating whether borisjohnson misled parliament about covid lockdown parties are meeting today to conclude their inquiry. mrjohnson has already seen a copy of their report and he resigned as an mp on friday describing the common s privileges committee as a kangaroo court. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. this is what the privileges committee has been looking into. borisjohnson attending pandemic parties. at one he broke the law and was fined. did he lie to parliament? will the prime minister tell the house whether there was a party in downing street on the 13th of november? prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i m sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. for almost exactly a year, the seven mps on the privileges committee, a majority of whom are conservatives, have been investigating his conduct. last week, they sent him notice of the findings. certain t
course, that makes it difficult as well forjournalists. there is what is known as the contempt of court act, which restrains what anyone can say in these circumstances, it limits any speculation, but it is fair to say that this is a huge development, a very high profile politician, a former first minister, scotland s longest serving first minister, arrested today and being questioned as we speak in connection with this investigation into her party s finances are. party s finances are. very big moment. party s finances are. very big moment. as party s finances are. very big moment, as you party s finances are. very big moment, as you say. - party s finances are. very big moment, as you say. just - party s finances are. very big moment, as you say. just in | party s finances are. very big - moment, as you say. just in terms of what impact this will have on the snp, the us operation for a long time, it began in 2021, has been casting a shadow over the snp. it has, but i t