responsibility, and it we can expect to hear a great deal more from her. i think she s also got to be quite tactical about this, because no doubt she has been positioning herself as a potential leader of the conservative party, and certainly as a leader of the right. she is not the only person in the conservative party that will run on that ticket should they lose the next election, and she will have a very strong competition from someone like kemi badenoch, for instance, who has been demonstrably more loyal whilst in government. i think suella has to pick herfights and government. i think suella has to pick her fights and be quite tactical about them. just in terms of democratic accountability, somebody in the house of commons needs to be talking about these issues, and quite frankly, reshuffles, because a great deal of excitement people in the westminster bubble, but they are pretty insignificant once you get outside s w one, as they should be, because people have real live
increasing our vote share by 7%, our best share for seven years, double the increase the tories have seen in terms of vote share around the country. the results have been disappointing for ukip, with the party only managing to win one of the seats it has contested, losing 136 previously held council seats. the snp has finished as the biggest party in the scottish council elections, with tories replacing labour as the second biggest. there is no way that this result can be spinned as anything other than a clear and very emphatic win for the snp. in other news this evening: diesel scrappage schemes and clean air zones. the government publishes its draft plan to tackle dirty air, but critics say it s toothless. two men are charged with the murder of billionaire businessman guy hedger, who was shot at his home in dorset last weekend. marine le pen is heckled at a campaign event, while emmanuel macron poses with supporters as the french presidential candidates embark on a last pus
special investigation into human trafficking into britain. we know there are three girls currently missing who are back in the uk in glasgow? yes. and 50 years after pink floyd s debut album the new exhibition at london s victoria and albert museum. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump has defended his decision to sack the head of the fbi without warning saying he d lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. james comey learned of his fate last night when he was handed a note as he briefed fbi agents in los angeles. mr comey had been leading an investigation into alleged links between mr trump s election campaign last year and russia. but the white house insists he was dismissed for mishandling an inquiry into hillary clinton s emails last year. from washington, here s aleem maqbool. absolutely explosive news out of washington tonight. this is a fox news alert. fbi directorjames comey has been fired by the president of the united states. americ
trump needs a new fbi director after his sudden sacking ofjames comey as head of america s director america pars mac security agency. let s show you the latter that he sent to mr comey. it is brief and fairly brutal. he says in this letter, you are not able to effectively lead the bureau and he goes on to say, it s essential that we find the leadership for the fbi that restores public trust and confidence. there has been a lot of criticism of this move but asjohn sobol now reports, donald trump has defended his decision. this is a fox news alert. fbi directorjames comey has been fired by the president of the united states. the term breaking news is bandied about with abandon but last night it was justified. at fbi offices the first they knew their director had been fired was when it flashed up on their tv screens. and james comey, who was in los angeles addressing staff, knew nothing about it either until an aide handed him a note. the letter sent by president trump was br
the story of how pink floyd helped turn rock music into a visual spectacle. we would have the maddest ideas and we d follow them through a long way. obviously some of them were just too mad and got discarded, but we put a lot of time and energy and effort into the strangest ideas. there was no one to tell us you can t do it that way, because we just would do it whatever way. and we were young and arrogantand. they were some brilliant times. it was an era of massive experimentation and there was a whole generation of designers and architects creating things that they thought no one would ever built. and then along came pink floyd. the elaborate stage designs, the giant inflatable pig, the album covers. the visuals were vital for a band that was increasingly becoming almost anonymous. i do remember that when we went on the road there was a big resistance to publicity and to. i think we were a bit po faced and snotty. it is in many ways a record of an era that has now passed.