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 kick in the general election, the westminster election. Has it all been very stomach churning . Its been absolutely a whirlwind. A whirlwind, i think is the best way to describe it, because i quite literally, in the days before Humza Yousaf resigned as First Minister, was making further plans about what would be my gentle scaling down of political activity. And i was actually on the day that he resigned, giving a reflective speech about 25 years of devolution in scotland down here in london. And
Its known in scotland these are the exchanges a Prime Ministers questions the Prime Minister is a democracy was a stage of the final straw was his calling privately admit this position is undemocratic unacceptable and completely unsustainable the Prime Minister has showed an utter contempt for scottish democracy youre Scotlands Parliament for scotlands people to speak of it was not only the right honorable gentleman who leads the s. N. P. In this house it was also alex salmond and his protege nicholas sturgeon who said at the time of the referendum that it was a once in a generation to any city they said it did the right thing why they changed their mind here is that you know are these that in our area of democracy yes im still how is the impasse likely to be resolved alex asked political commentators this wishart and former s. N. P. M. P. George coven. Professor welcome back to the alex salmond show thanks alec now in your preelection forecasts of a month ago you were more or less spo
Other unionist parties did even worse with labor it used to its soul that she seat and the liberals losing their you keep party leader she also said however that is no sign that borders johnson is prepared to buy to s. N. P. Government demands for the powers to hold another referendum or indeed have to as its known in scotland these are the exchanges a Prime Ministers questions the Prime Minister is a democracy was a stage of the final straw was his calling privately admit this position is undemocratic unacceptable and completely unsustainable the Prime Minister has showed an utter contempt for scottish democracy your school the parliament for scotlands people the speaker it was not only the right honorable gentleman who leads the s. N. P. In this house it was also alex salmond and his protege nicholas sturgeon who said at the time of the referendum that it was a once in a generation to any city they said it they the right thing why they changed their mind here is the dinar is that in
Took place in glasgow. Of course this follows another general election victory for the s. And p. Where their unionist appointed sorted used to a grand total of 11 seats compared to 48. 00 pro independent same piece however there is no sign whatsoever that bothers johnson is prepared to accept that landslide as a month date for the for the independence referendum this week hed ought to nicolas cage and the scottish 1st minister brushing aside her demand for a new pool and a future programme will examine in detail the westminster response to the Scottish Governments demand for the for the independence referendum but the show will feature the fuse of commentators and probably maintain and on how scotland should best progress its claims in the face of this feat today we asked 2 top political commentators. And judge kevin how the drama is likely to play it im to be asked to expedience to s. M. P. Parliamentarians from scotland and with spencer for their views on with their scotland but 1st
And his step son wounded after being shot during a suspected robbery outside a five star hotel in buenos aires. Around 2,000 properties are still without water in and around Leighton Linslade in bedfordshire after supplies failed on friday night. Sport stars from around the world gather in aberdeen for this years Sports Personality of the year. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. Labours leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, have apologised for the partys defeat in the general election, which saw them lose 59 seats. Mr corbyn said he was sorry they came up short. Speaking to the bbcs andrew marr, mr mcdonnell said it was unfortunate the party hadnt been able to articulate its message more effectively. He also blamed the medias portrayal ofJeremy Corbyn, insisting that hed been demonised for four years solid. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. TheJeremy Corbyn era is coming to an end. But what will that mean for labour . How much does the party