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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 party's campaign ahead of the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally in glasgow, mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party's 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 labour of "giving an awfully good impression" of them. let's take a listen to some of what the snp lea...

Difficulties— has, despite many challenges, many difficulties that you went through, many— difficulties that you went through, many mountains that you had to climb. _ many mountains that you had to climb, once more you have acquitted yourself— climb, once more you have acquitted yourself with excellence, professionalism and integrity and we applaud _ professionalism and integrity and we applaud you as we hereby do. applause. millions of south africans have cast their votes — millions of south africans have cast their votes in cities, in towns, in our villages— their votes in cities, ...

Africa _ africa. applause. 0ur applause. our people have given effect to the 0ur people have given effect to the clarion— 0ur people have given effect to the clarion call— our people have given effect to the clarion call that has resonated across — clarion call that has resonated across generations, that the people shall govern. 0ur across generations, that the people shall govern. our people have spoken — shall govern. our people have spoken. whether we like it or not, they have — spoken. whether we like it or not, they have spoken. as the leaders of political— they have spoken. a...

There are many south africans that have spoken from many points of the world, to them as well i say thank you. applause. we now take this moment to remind all of us that south africa is an enduring democracy, but we are not where we should be and every day we must work hard to continue on this journey. let me thank you all. even as i asked that the lord will bless our country south africa and prosper her people. it is now my singular honour to hand over to the elected peoples of this nation, to hand over

Let us now receive... let us now receive the results of the national assembly. let's bring catherine back in. catherine, we are now seeing the national results. the chairman of the electoral commission admitted it had been quite a long day for him. indeed, this has been a very difficult day and we are all trying to get a sense of the proceedings at the moment. what is happening now is there is a regional vote for the national assembly. those are the figures we are seeing at the moment. shortly after that we will then have that final national tally. as you can see, everyone's eyes are glued to ...