To the Bbc News At Six. Tunnel vision on the one side, mind boggling hypocrisy on the other. The Prime Minister and the snp traded accusations, as theresa may addressed the conservative Party Conference in glasgow. She claimed the snp are pursuing independence at any cost and called on the Party Faithful to campaign for a united britain post brexit. The snp claimed she was making a power grab. Sarah smith was watching. No cuts here welcome to glasgow. A rather lonely little protest came out to greet the Prime Minister, who has come here to try and resist another referendum on Scottish Independence. Theresa may has heard the warnings that the snp really might try to call another vote. She said they should focus on governing scotland. Politics is not a game and government is not a platform from which to pursue constitutional obsessions. A Tunnel Vision nationalism, which focuses only on independence at any cost, sells scotland short. Butjust in case, shes already rehearsing the arguments
To balance the books. Expect action when Philip Hammond unveils the contents of the Famous Red Briefcase next wednesday. It has been a big day in Northern Ireland, results being declared in the Northern Ireland Assembly Election. These were pictures from earlier, 7a seats declared not long ago, sinn fein and the dup polling strongly. One developing piece of news, as a result of his party not looking like it will do so well, the Ulster Unionist Party debt mike nesbitt has announced that he will resign leader. He felt he had to ta ke resign leader. He felt he had to take responsibility for the rejection of his partys message and what had happened. The election was called after sinn fein withdrew from the Power Sharing Executive in january. That is all from me, were now going tojoin january. That is all from me, were now going to join a special Election Programme presented by my colleagues. They have reporters at every cou nt colleagues. They have reporters at every count centre across No