level? , . . levels but particularly city council level? , ., ., ., , ., level? it s a matter of whether you feel it gets level? it s a matter of whether you feel it gets in level? it s a matter of whether you feel it gets in the level? it s a matter of whether you feel it gets in the way level? it s a matter of whether you feel it gets in the way or level? it s a matter of whether you feel it gets in the way or whether. feel it gets in the way or whether you feel it should be in the way. for lots of opponents of the scottish national party it absolutely gets in the way. although the striking thing i ve noticed about the election, i ve been getting leaflets through my door is for all that you hear particularly labour party and conservative saying that shouldn t be about independence. i have a leaflet that was all about independence, in the negative sense saying we don t want to talk about in the pendants and therefore a vote would move the debate on. the s and p of course
across most of england and wales and it could be a few showers from london to 0xfordshire and wells in the southwest through the course of the southwest through the course of the day, best of the weather will be for sure in southwestern scotland in 19 degrees and one or two spots of cold north easterly wind on the north sea coast and it could be as low as 10 degrees and that s east northeasterly and that will be with us for the next few days and so the best of the weather in this situation always out towards the west and very little rainfall on the forecast apart from the odd sprinkle here and there. that is it.
would not hotly debated. in the background you have wider themes, you have the theme of independence, which you can t really get away from in scotland for the you have the effect potentially of the downing street parties, will that affect the conservative vote was met and the question about labor. can they stage a revival world? for keir starmer that s really important, if you want to get to downing street 0k, he doesn t need counsellors but he needs a base upon which to build in scotland, which labour had for so long. scotland, which labour had for so lone. , . scotland, which labour had for so lon. , ., ., scotland, which labour had for so lone. , ., ., ., ., scotland, which labour had for so lon.. , ., ., ., ., . long. it s hard to imagine how much the cities of long. it s hard to imagine how much the cities of change long. it s hard to imagine how much the cities of change in long. it s hard to imagine how much the cities of change in the long. it s hard to imagine
disappointed by the scotland result. because chances are they re going to end up with the words no change on the screen. you d be forgiven for thinking that means i hasn t been a shift in power. although there is no possibility of a shift of power. in fact the last five years, no counsel in scotland, there are 32 of them has been run in a majority by a single party. but that doesn t mean a party haven t been in charge and decisions have been made. let s find out more from james cook who is the scotland editor. scotland editor. let s talk first of all about that. scotland editor. let s talk first of all about that. partly scotland editor. let s talk first of all about that. partly a scotland editor. let s talk first of all about that. partly a product . scotland editor. let s talk first of| all about that. partly a product of the voting system isn t it? largely without getting into too much detail is not a first pass pose system such as we have at west minister, it s a single tra
tend to end up after the election is horse trading and arguments and minority administrations and strange coalition sometimes. unusual bedfellows that s a situation we have at the moment. the largest party in terms of the number of candidates in scotland and all 1200 are up for election this time is a scottish national party, labour and third place at the moment which is a big change from the long sweep of history in this country. so they will be looking to try to improve on that and people looking to see if they can hang onto position. thea;r they can hang onto position. they are way out they can hang onto position. they are way out in they can hang onto position. they are way out in front they can hang onto position. they are way out in front at they can hang onto position. they are way out in front at the moment. i think 22% the first preferences five years ago when these elections were last contested. all of that was messed around by covid and markdown and the impact of tha