He did resign from the party because of sir keir starmer post match stance on palestine. You of sir keir starmer postmatch stance on palestine. You mentioned other candidates, stance on palestine. You mentioned other candidates, and stance on palestine. You mentioned other candidates, and particularly i other candidates, and particularly interested in the conservative candidates and how they are dealing with being with associated with the government on a national level. That is interesting government on a national level. Twat is interesting because last year we saw in Milton Keynes that the conservatives were all granting themselves as local conservatives. It didnt really help them, they lost five of the seats in Milton Keynes last year, but they are having a go with that again this year, defending nine seats this time and we are in a situation in Milton Keynes it is looking very likely that Milton Keynes will become a fully run Labour Council after 18 years of there being no overall c
Announced hes to resign. Hes been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the scottish green party. Hes been facing a vote of No Confidence, he released an emotional statement today, and we have a report from lorna gordon who can tell us what happened today. Over the next half an hour, we will go through all of the implications with the bbc s special correspondent allan little, who is with me here. At westminster, were joined by our Political Correspondent nick eardley. This starts with Nicola Sturgeon, whose great strength as a politician is placing herself at the heart of huge grassroots Progressive Coalition, people very committed to the Progressive Causes which characterised her leadership. One of the things she could have been failed to have done is to carry Public Opinion with her, committing to the Progressive Causes has always been much more strongly rooted in the Independence Movement than scottish public as a whole. So her government and humza yous
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keir starmer will costjobs in the north sea oil and gas industries, but the party leaders are likely to try to hammer home their key campaign messages at the tv debates. the stage is set for tonight s clash. rishi sunak will argue that a corner has been turned and his plan for the economy is working, while keir starmer will use his legal background to try to put the conservatives record in government on trial. but the final verdict will be delivered by the voters onjuly the 4th. iain watson, bbc news. nigel farage will officially launch his campaign as leader of the reform party later, after announcing yesterday that he has changed his mind about standing in the general election. we can speak to chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. there were moments of indecision but now nigel farage will stand. how