And as First Minister of scotland when his party faced the latest in a series of crises. John swinney, welcome to political thinking. Lovely to be with you, thank you. It has been something of a rollercoaster six months, havent it . You retire from Front Line politics, then the First Minister of scotland is forced from office and you decide to come back into Front Line politics, come to your partys rescue. Then Rishi Sunak calls a surprise early election in the summer, then you have a bit of a kick in the general election, the westminster election. Has it all been very stomach churning . Its been absolutely a whirlwind. A whirlwind, i think is the best way to describe it, because i quite literally, in the days before Humza Yousaf resigned as First Minister, was making further plans about what would be my gentle scaling down of political activity. And i was actually on the day that he resigned, giving a reflective speech about 25 years of devolution in scotland down here in london. And
Will see whether they make the boat turned around and go back to france or what will happen. It follows on from the deaths of 12 people including a number of 12 people including a number of children and pregnant woman in the English Channel yesterday. So the french Coastguard Vessel right beside that small boat now. And they do keep sending, the people smugglers, people across. And people are desperate to make the journey. People are desperate to make thejourney. So people are desperate to make the journey. So these people are desperate to make thejourney. So these pictures off the coast of france and we will keep a night on that situation. Now moving on to Ukraine And Russia has mounted another attack in the country a day after 51 people were killed in a city. Air defences over the capital try to bring down russian missiles. The ukrainian military said the whole country had been placed under air alert. These are some of the latest pictures we have had. The Citys Mayor says many buildi
Can claim back. A 30th Gold for paralympicsgb as Faye Rogers wins a thrilling 510 100m Butterfly final In Paris. Whats occurring on Barry Island . The cast of Gavin Stacey have been spotted filming the last ever episode of the much loved comedy. Sunshine and showers across the uk, one or two saying dry. Feeling fresher for many but the humid air will make a comeback later this week. I will have the details. Its wednesday 4th september. Our main story. A pregnant woman and six children are among at least a dozen people who died when their small boat capsized off the french Coast Yesterday 51 others were rescued, some are in a critical condition. It is the biggest single loss of life so far in the channel this year. The government insists its taking action to target the criminal Smuggling Gangs, describing the deaths as truly horrific. Our Paris Correspondent Andrew Harding reports. French Rescue Helicopters busy once again, bringing casualties from the sea to the shore. This the scene a
Decisions that allowed a legal flammable claim to be put on the building. The building. What are your thoughts the building. What are your thoughts on the building. What are your thoughts on the the building. What are your thoughts on the other thoughts on the other recommendations of the inquiry . Obviously too many to go through in one interview but pick out the key recommendations from your perspective. Recommendations from your perspective recommendations from your perspective. There were a lot of recommendations, perspective. There were a lot of recommendations, 52, perspective. There were a lot of recommendations, 52, i i perspective. There were a lot i of recommendations, 52, i need to go through the report and properly digestive. One of the key recommendations is that Fire Safety for the construction of buildings is standardised. That is a key recommendation and needs to be implemented. This government have been committed to do so but they say it would take five years. That is
Looking for, has anyone really got a lot of support and as far out in front . And then, another mp said to me what they are then looking for is some kind of momentum. Because some of these candidates come from. Studio imjust these candidates come from. Studio im just going to stop you because we have seen the chair of the 1922 committee come into the room. Lets listen to what he has to Say. James cleverly, 21 votes. Robertjenrick, 21 votes. Priti patel, 1a Votes. Mel stride, 16 votes and Tom Tugendhat 17 votes. So is the result of the ballot, Priti Patel is eliminated from the contest. And there will be a further ballot on tuesday to reduce the list from five to four candidates. He will then be going to the conservative Party Conference. Thank you very much for your attendance. We look forward to the ballot next week. Studio there we have Bob Blackman the chair of the 1922 committee announcing the Priti Patel, the former Home Secretary is out. She got 1a Votes. We miss the very top due