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The general election as a de facto referendum. in other words, if you or you and perhaps other pro—independence parties can win more than 50% of the vote in a general election, you would take that as a mandate to open negotiations with westminster over scotland leaving the united kingdom. so she does that first and then she says, were going to have a special party conference to decide whether thats a good idea. thats a bit odd, isnt it? i think the uk set up is pretty odd, to tell you the trut...

I am just being clear that that is your view — that is what you think. well, i mean, it would be crazy to say that compared with, say, a couple of years ago, were experiencing strikes and we werent then. the difference, of course, is not only going through covid and all of that but, primarily, the increase in inflation. i suspect that if we hadnt seen inflation spike as it did because of putins war in ukraine, the energy prices and, therefore, the inflation that has followed it, i dont suppose...

Are not sitting in whitehall, but government is shifting itself out of london as well. so i mean, i agree with the idea that, you know, the country, the closer you can govern to people, the better. but in the end, we are one nation. you have got to collect the money somewhere. decisions have to be made somehow and actually, i do think the west midlands has done superbly well under andy street and long may it last. well, something that is happening all across the nation, it is strikes, isnt it? i...

Front thats going to drive in this milder air. so, a south—westerly wind starts to kick in to northern ireland and scotland for the start of the weekend. that will bring milder air with it, a rapid snow melt, as well, at times. you can see to greet us first thing on saturday morning 3 or 4 degrees here, but across much of england and wales, still temperatures below freezing. its going to be another cold, frosty start. lots of sunshine around across england and wales on saturday but the cloud w...

Quite an interesting day, i think. you know, knocking on doors and you were taking on douglas alexander. of course, you won. and you go to the house of commons and you are what they call, and i bet you dont like this, the baby of the house. but thats what they call it, the youngest mp. how old were you? 20? 20. right, and now youre the deputy leader of the party at westminster. its a journey, isnt it? its a big question but whats that been like? its all downhill from here, you know! ive peaked t...

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The uk has the lowest tree cover in europe. the government has set some ambitious tree—planting targets. claire marshall, bbc news, herefordshire. stay with us on outside source — still to come... the climbing events at the tokyo olympics are taking place this week. we�*ll hear from a british climbing expert about what to look out for. scotland�*s first minister nicola sturgeon has said that people will find it "a bit odd" that prime minister borisjohnson has not accepted her invitation ...

If you saw anything strange, if you saw anything the park, anything that might have seemed a bit odd, they want people to share that information. a man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of murder, but he has since been released under investigation pending further inquiries. we are expecting a police press conference shortly this morning here. morning we press conference shortly this morning we have seen a drone in the park weve seen police officers looking for evidence. this is very much the ...