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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 k...

Investigation is continuing just now, that has been difficult for the snp, hard for people to move past that. There was a lack of progress, of course, on independence. A number of people who have criticised a strategy that Nicola Sturgeon pursued, that Hamza Yusuf pursued as well, her successor, and of course Nicola Sturgeon was such a successful politician. She resigned quite suddenly and was replaced by Hamza Yusuf as her predecessor, who had a short time as First Minister and of course, he di...

First muslim to be appointed to the Scottish Government, he worked as a political adviser before becoming scottish justice political adviser before becoming scottishjustice secretary. Mp political adviser before becoming scottish justice secretary. Mp for nine years, elected to the Welsh Assembly in 2016 and party leader a year ago when he set out a path to achieving welsh independence, the leader of plaid cymru, adam price. Jonathan bartley, co leader of the green party in england and wales, co...

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Crossing the English Channel yesterday. As youve just heard, the home secretary , suella the home secretary, Suella Braverman, described the incident as a tragic loss of life and confirmed shed chaired a meeting with Border Force Officials immediately afterwards , as campaigners also say, the incident was an appalling and preventable tragedy. Kate marsh, whos manager and support coordinator at the migrant charity samphire , says there charity samphire, says there are, however, safe and legal way...

Europes first black leader, after winning the welsh labour leadership election. The outgoing First Minister, mark drakeford, will step down from the post next week. Mr gething was born in zambia and is a former solicitor. In his acceptance speech, he highlighted the historic nature of his win. Today, we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together. Notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a gener...

Turkey inherited a disparate group of cultures and began a process of rapid modernisation under its founder, ataturk. Im travelling the country to understand how all of these diverse cultures were brought together. From the Burial Grounds of the god kings of ancient anatolia. To the turquoise coast, where Queen Cleopatra is claimed to have once bathed. To an original ottoman coffee house in gaziantep. And the hotel frequented by the founder of the republic here in istanbul. Welcome to turkey. No...

Country , but because a country, but because a generational dial has jumped to like ken and jane. Devolution is not something that i have had to get used to or to adapt to, or to apologise for. Devolution. Welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities is in my blood. Drivers in and around the m25 have been dealing with major disruption today as unprecedented closures caused significant delays. Motorists reported miles of tailbacks on the approach to the five mile closure between junctions ...

Problems and opportunities is in my blood. Drivers in and around the m25 have been dealing with major disruption today as unprecedented closures caused significant delays. Motorists reported miles of tailbacks on the approach to the five mile closure between junctions ten and 11in surrey. Its the first time the motorway has been closed during the day since it openedin closed during the day since it opened in 1986. It will remain that way until 6 am. On monday morning for bridge repairs and rugby...

The labour leadership contest. Mr gething, who will become the first black leader of any european country, won a narrow contest with 51. 7 of the vote. His only rival, jeremy miles, got 48. 3. He is expected to replace Mark Drakeford as first minister on wednesday, following a vote in the senate , and says a vote in the senate, and says after 25 years of devolution, he remains committed to the cause. Today we turn a page in the book of our nations history , a book of our nations history, a histo...