wales. it looks pretty messy for the weekend with some longer, heavier spells of rain and then sunday or monday, look what happens there. we start to pick up a northerly wind and temperatures plunge right the way across the uk. spring has not properly set up shop yet. you have been warned, thank you, susan. and that s bbc news at ten on tuesday the 18th of april. there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which is just getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are but from the ten team, it s goodnight. the police investigation into snp finances widens. another arrest on the day the new first minister hoped to set out his stall to scotland. is the snp now in freefall and, if it is, what, or who, can stop it? can humza yousaf the snp continuity candidate distance himself from the previous sturgeon regime, when he wa
that he will not do the right thing and suspend them while the investigation is ongoing. afterjust three weeks already, - we have a lame duck first minister, leading a lame duck snp government. this country is now i crying out for change. scottish labour believes humza yousaf was hamstrung from the start. humza yousaf is a self styled continuity candidate, - but it s clear continuity s not going to cut it incompetence is not going to cut it. incompetence has consequences. and he might want to ditch - a few of the policies that have been so chaotic over the last period. but the reality is, this i is a chaotic government. the symptoms of this go much deeper than these three - individual policies. this is a government that s lost its way. . it s lost touch with reality. it s grown arrogant in power, and it needs to go back to opposition. - but support for the first minister from his governing partners. i thought the first minister gave a really inspiring speech, committing to redistribu
though he s still standing by the former first minister. he announced a delay to a controversial bottle recycling scheme, a review of plans to restrict alcohol advertising, a delay to a vote on the national care bill, and scotland will rejoin two international schemes comparing educational outcomes. this government s work will be defined by three distinct and interdependent missions. those missions centred on the principles of equality, opportunity and community require us to tackle poverty, to build a fair, green and, indeed, a growing economy, and to improve our public services. they will be central to our efforts over the next three years to improve the lives of the people of scotland. a scathing assessment from the opposition. the snp is in total meltdown. humza yousaf is so indebted to his former mentors
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