materially, that didn t happen. nobody came to me and said, you know, if that said agreed to restart work on independence, that would mean something much more than that it does. there was not a process of consideration of that then saw somebody come to me with a proposal to restart work on independence. i m sorry, i am genuinely sorry if it sounds like i m dancing on the head of a pin, i sounds like i m dancing on the head ofa pin, i don t sounds like i m dancing on the head of a pin, i don t mean to. but the key point here is that we did not restart work on independence at that point, oranywhere restart work on independence at that point, or anywhere near that point. if it were to be decided on the basis if it were to be decided on the basis of if it were to be decided on the basis of the evidence before this inquiry basis of the evidence before this inquiry that there was a politicisation of the pandemic, and that you politicisation of the pandemic, and that you had u
importantly than that, it s essential to the scrutiny of the decisions that i will carry the impact of these decisions with me forever and i want to make sure that those who come after me in politics have the benefit of the learning, the things that my government did right and the things my government did that were not right, with hindsight that we wish we had done differently. i cannot say strongly enough how important that is to me. these decisions were of a magnitude beyond what i had ever experienced and that is true of decision makers everywhere and the impact of them. i think about that literally every day and i want this inquiry and the scottish inquiry to scrutinise those decisions so we can learn and future governments can learn appropriate lessons from them. in governments can learn appropriate lessons from them. governments can learn appropriate lessons from them. in case there is an doubt lessons from them. in case there is any doubt on lessons from them. in ca
scotland at that point. spain had been particularly high. that was the reason for our initial decision. spain had taken, i think, further steps to suppress the virus. it was coming there. i am not sure whether at this point cases were, there was even the indication yet of cases starting to rise in scotland. these were decisions that involved her changing data, the data that was often changing on a daily basis. flan often changing on a daily basis. can we look at page two, please? and in this regard, we look at page two, please? and in this regard, again, doctor smith says this regard, again, doctor smith says that this regard, again, doctor smith says that he asked for review on the robustness says that he asked for review on the robustness of this data for spain. there robustness of this data for spain. there has robustness of this data for spain. there has been a remarkable change in the there has been a remarkable change in the pain there has been a remarkable
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the programme. a un human rights official has accused israel of beating, blindfolding and stripping palestinians detained during its military operation in gaza. the head of the un human rights office in occupied palestinian territories claimed that some of the former detainees he met during a visit to the territory had been held for nearly two months in often cramped conditions. during my time here, i managed to meet a number of police detainees. these are men who were detained by the israeli security forces in unknown locations for between 30 to 55 days. they described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill treatment and to what may amount to torture. they reported being blindfolded for long periods, some of them for several consecutive days. one man said he had access to a shower only once during his 55 days in detention. there are reports of men who were subsequently released, but only in diapers without any adequate clothing i
welcome to the programme, we start middle east. welcome to the programme, we start in the middle east. a suspected israeli air strike has hit a residential building in the syrian capital, damascus. iranian state media says four members of iran s revolutionary guards were among those killed. they include two high ranking military advisers one of whom is reported to be the head of the force s information unit in syria. iran is blaming israel for the strike. iranian advisers have played a key role in keeping president assad in power during the civil war in syria. with me is issam ikirmawi, who is a correspondent with bbc arabic. good to see you. just talk us through at the moment what we know what we think we know that what is happening. we what we think we know that what is ha eninu. ~ ~ ., ., what we think we know that what is ha enin~.~ ~ ., ., ., happening. we know from syrian forces that happening. we know from syrian forces that an happening. we know from syrian