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first minister, nicola sturgeon, was sometimes critical of how the westminster government handled this. cast your mind back to the height of the pandemic when we were all facing government imposed restrictions, look down rules on social mixing. different nations were able to set their own rules and that sometimes lead to clashes between the government in london and the scottish government about everything from messaging to concrete decisions. it is an example. this is a message that em...

stand—off. there is a question, can someone come through the middle and when that? meanwhile, parties of opposition in england, scotland and wales have called for an immediate general election. we dont have to go on like this, we can have stability and to have an economy that works for working people, thats why we need a general election. im samantha simmonds. in other news this morning: a warning — the health and social care system in england is �*gridlocked and unable to cope w...

Are seen as contenders, and backers of borisjohnson are urging him to stand. lets take a look at how the contest will work. conservative mps have until monday to nominate their preferred candidate. each candidate needs at least 100 nominations — if only one candidate achieves that, theyll be declared prime minister on monday afternoon. if more than one candidate gets at least 100 nominations, then therell be a vote by conservative mps. depending on the result of that, the final decision could ...

Between the us and russia to reduce tensions. meanwhile, the first members of a 30 strong british military team have arrived in ukraine to help train local members in the use of anti—tank measures. borisjohnson says any russian incursion into ukraine would be a disaster for both countries and the world. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has the very latest from geneva. it is not just it is notjust the russians who are conducting military exercises. these are pictures released by ukr...

White house. >> so, if you look at that and the numbers on handling unemployment, i mean, does this election ultimately come down to jobs, jobs, jobs? i mean, is there anything else really at this point that you see being more influential than that? >> no, absolutelyi its jobs. and also the sense of the economy. you can have a jobless rate pretty high but if people think things are better, were back on the right track, that could be a comfortable position for an incumbent to run. but with unempl...