credibility and therefore, to be honest, i think the only advice is he s only way back. as has been suggested, the potentialfuture for him as an after dinner speaker and he is a good speaker, a very good in that kind of environment. there may also be a role for him on television. alarm as a politician, i think frankly n0- alarm as a politician, i think frankly no. thanks - alarm as a politician, i think frankly no. thanks for - alarm as a politician, i think frankly no. thanks for that. | alarm as a politician, i think - frankly no. thanks for that. always with a historical frankly no. thanks for that. always with a historical reference - frankly no. thanks for that. always with a historical reference as - frankly no. thanks for that. always with a historical reference as well, | with a historical reference as well, professor. we had reaction and from the labour party and the dams, and now from the snp. not a single tear will be shared tonight in scotland at this news, an
it s five weeks since nurses first went on strike this winter. yet there s no resolution in sight. in fact, the dispute is only intensifying. nurses are taking industrial action at even more nhs trusts today than they did before christmas. we want to make nursing a safe and sustainable profession for all. we want our colleagues and the patients we care for to receive the care they deserve. nurses at 55 trusts in england are on strike today and tomorrow. next month, the industrial action will be more widespread, covering 73 trusts. 12 health boards and organisations in wales will also go on strike. a decision on further strikes in northern ireland will be taken in the coming weeks, while in scotland industrial action remains paused as negotiations continue. the advice for people who have medical appointments on strike days is to assume they re going ahead if the hospital hasn t been in touch. nhs leaders are warning that the strikes couldn t come at a more difficult time for t
In the country. This has happened in the last couple of hours. There were scuffles and punches thrown inside the parliament, and large crowds gathered to protest outside it. The new law would force Civil Society groups and Media Organisations to declare foreign funding. Opponents fear it will be used to silence dissent. The bill now faces a likely veto by georgias president , but parliament can override that by holding another vote, forcing the law through. This really is an issue that has divided georgia. Lets go live to our correspondent Rayhan Demytrie, who is in tbilisi. I know it is very noisy there, there have been dramatic scenes outside the parliament and inside, scuffles, as i say, but the final upshot is this law has just been passed in the parliament . This law has ust been passed in the parliament . This law has ust been passed in the parliament . Parliament . Thats right, there is a dramatic scene, parliament . Thats right, there is a dramatic scene, you parliament . Thats
last christmas, scotland s health secretary michael matheson went on a week long holiday to morocco. he brought along his ipad, which was issued by parliament, and while he was there he racked up a data roaming bill of almost £11,000. this is a breakdown of his ee usage, which was released by parliament, and it shows that he used more than six gigabytes of data while on that trip. he assured staff that the ipad was being used for parliamentary business, and of that business the parliament said that they would cover the bill, but that £3,000 should come out of the expenses budget from mr matheson s office. it then transpired that the sim card in the ipad should have been updated a year earlier, and that mr matheson had been made aware of that information by e mail. so, on that basis, he has since agreed to pay the bill in full, but there are still questions about how exactly he managed to use such a huge amount of data. the opposition scottish conservatives have pointed out
officials about the pressures on hospitals. the timing has been criticised by both the health secretary and nhs bosses, who say in the middle of an election campaign no party is in a position to negotiate. my opening question to all of you is connect if keir starmer has ruled out meeting a 35% pay restoration demand byjunior doctors, with a change of government resolve anything? i doctors, with a change of government resolve anything? resolve anything? i don t know. i have no idea resolve anything? i don t know. i have no idea what resolve anything? i don t know. i have no idea what level- resolve anything? i don t know. i have no idea what level keir- resolve anything? i don t know. i- have no idea what level keir starmer would settle this dispute. we have already been clear and raised salaries forjunior doctors by 9% this year. there have been negotiations for another 3% on top of that. they are fair figures. we have settled the nurses dispute and consultants. 35%, is