british workers to plug skills gaps in the job market and strengthen anti exploitation laws. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. and in the coming hours, john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the party s campaign, where he ll argue independence offers the country a better future . earlier, i discussed this week s general election campaigning with anthony pickles, former chief of staff to the conservatives in wales and sonia sodha, observer columnist and former adviser to ed miliband. i started by asking sonia sodha about the criticism labour has faced over its handling of diane abbott and if this is an indication that sir keir starmer is trying to push through his allies. i think it is a fair characterisation of what is happening. i think personally the diane abbott question, whether she was going to be allowed to stand
afterwards. but this isjust reconciliation of what happened afterwards. but this is just a little bit of the build up to the 6th ofjune, where we are seeing this parachute drop. normandy will forever be marked by the d day landings and the battle of normandy, which went on to lead to the liberation of france and europe from nazi occupation. sojust some liberation of france and europe from nazi occupation. so just some of those events. and i can say, we are going to have special coverage of the date itself, the 6th ofjune, with a lot of events marked and we know that troops from the uk, from the united states, canada and france attacked the german forces on this area on the coast of northern france 80 years ago on the 6th ofjune i944. 80 years ago on the 6th ofjune 1944. these will be milestone commemorations because of course so many of the veterans are now