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welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the uk general election. the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has launched his partys campaign ahead of the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally in glasgow, mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his partys record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a "disastrous" tory government, and he accused labo...

hello. im nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the uk general election. in the last hour the scottish national party leader, john swinney has launched his partys campaign for the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his partys record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a "disastrous" tory government, a...

You mentioned how bloody it has been. does that mean people are concerned about actually going to vote? i assume security is quite tight. there is one tactic that is used by the cartels, which is sort of posting gunmen and thugs outside polling stations. that happens in some of the hinterlands and the small villages where they are really fully under cartel control. so theres constant intimidation. it is notjust the murder of candidates which is obviously the most sort of visceral version of what...

Of posting gunmen and thugs outside polling stations. that happens in the hinterlands and the small villages where they are really fully under cartel control. so there has been constant intimidation. it is notjust the murder of candidates which is obviously the most sort of visceral version of what is going on, but it is the constant sort of intimidation, threats, fear, the sowing of fear among the electorate. so, yes, i think that is true. and also down in chiapas we saw two specific municipali...