ps, and i love this bit. i avoided using tartan wall purely for laura s benefits . so handy, we got you here this week. yes. good morning to you, laura. tartan wool. i m not a fan. i m not a fan of tartan wool either. and we will answer that question, connor. we will answer it, but you have to keep listening. and a few other things to go through today. sure. yeah. we have the various commitments made that seem to be fairly new commitments on welfare reform. and we also have the previews for the manifestos. it s going to be an exciting episode of this sunday s newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s laura in the studio. it s faisel in studio two. it s james in glasgow. hurray! how nice to have the two of you with me here on a sunday afternoon, having been abandoned by paddy and henry and adam and everybody else. i fought my way through thickets of pollen. apparently, it s all male trees that try and mate with you. what? someone planted only male plain trees. and this is
Despite the excitement after Labour s by-election win in Scotland, it is not a done deal yet. At the party s conference in Liverpool, Sir Keir Starmer will need to go beyond "if not them, why us?" during his speech, writes Adam Boulton.
EDDIE BARNES: Yesterday, a little-known 37-year-old named Humza Yousaf was elected the new leader of the SNP, replacing Nicola Sturgeon - until recently the party s all-powerful superstar.