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the question now is can snp , can the question now is can snp, can the snp get their policies through parliament or are they a lame duck administration? it all really hangs on what will be a very dramatic seven days in scottish politics. >> it seems that humza yousaf has really shot himself in the foot here. if he wanted to go about trying to create alliances issue by issue rather than a formal coalition in order to get a budget passed in order to maintain his position there as first minister. he's done it in perhaps the most peculiar way possible. he has completely fidden possible. he has completely ridden roughshod over the democratic process that was taking place within the scottish green party. they were asking their members what they should do, and in the middle of that process, he's gone, no, you're out. it's not a way to win friends and influence people. i find it really hard to imagine how he's going to get anything through parliament now . through parliament now. >> he was acting really as though he's got a majority. he didn't actually have one senior tory in westminster tol
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she said the snp was toxic. in december, the court of session upheld the uk government's decision to block the gender recognition bill which had been introduced, of course, by nicola sturgeon , and course, by nicola sturgeon, and then the snp's hate crime act, which came in at the start of this month. if you remember, on april fools day, has proved to be hugely controversial and led to lots and lots of vexatious complaints . and then last complaints. and then last thursday, the former snp chief executive, peter murrell, was charged in connection with embezzlement of party funds. and murrell, of course , is nicola murrell, of course, is nicola sturgeon's husband and now today, humza yousaf is left leading a minority government after the snp's coalition with the greens collapsed. what a year to forget now. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00. and i'll tell you what the prince of wales has been up to in the west midlands today and we joined him. but first, it's and we joined him. but first, wsfime
she said the snp was toxic. in december, the court of session upheld the uk government's decision to block the gender recognition bill which had been introduced, of course, by nicola sturgeon , and course, by nicola sturgeon, and then the snp's hate crime act, which came in at the start of this month. if you remember, on april fools day, has proved to be hugely controversial and led to lots and lots of vexatious complaints . and then last complaints. and then last thursday, the former snp chief...
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in fact, the other the snp. in fact, the other pro—independence parties could see him as a way of keeping the nationalist kind of agenda going, keeping the pro—independence parties at the top of the food chain. here in scottish politics, alba and greens have both said that they would get behind him. but but tony, the question you've got to ask about john swinney is he he was the future once, but is he the future now ? the future now? >> i mean, he wants to win the election in 2026. does he want to serve another five years after that as first minister? well, i think that certainly is an important question because a lot of people have said that, you know, he would, as i say, just provide some kind of stopgap and as a way to almost block the unionist parties from getting in through an early election. >> now , john swinney, as you >> now, john swinney, as you say, he's he's done the rounds. he's already said today that he's taking it under serious consideration . however, you consideration. however, you know, i
in fact, the other the snp. in fact, the other pro—independence parties could see him as a way of keeping the nationalist kind of agenda going, keeping the pro—independence parties at the top of the food chain. here in scottish politics, alba and greens have both said that they would get behind him. but but tony, the question you've got to ask about john swinney is he he was the future once, but is he the future now ? the future now? >> i mean, he wants to win the election in 2026....
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even among snp voters. you know, it's very unlikely he will survive these two no confidence votes especially. he's relying on support from the, you know, loopy greens, who he just dumped , and ash regan, he just dumped, and ash regan, who he said there was no great loss when she quit the snp . but loss when she quit the snp. but i will say this. i wonder what matthew thinks of this. and lizzie, he is a desperate man in a position of weakness who also happens to be useless at politics. so i think there's a good chance he will make huge, very appealing concessions to get the support he needs. but evenif get the support he needs. but even if, you know, even if he survives this no confidence vote, it's still not looking really good for the snp, especially if he's in place before the election. it's been scandal after disaster after these are disasters . and he's a disaster. >> lee harris, thank you so much. really good to talk to you.thank much. really good to talk to you. thank you. that is our great british vo
even among snp voters. you know, it's very unlikely he will survive these two no confidence votes especially. he's relying on support from the, you know, loopy greens, who he just dumped , and ash regan, he just dumped, and ash regan, who he said there was no great loss when she quit the snp . but loss when she quit the snp. but i will say this. i wonder what matthew thinks of this. and lizzie, he is a desperate man in a position of weakness who also happens to be useless at politics. so i...
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is there anyone out there snp. is there anyone out there watching in and around scotland that agrees with that sentiment or not? do you agree with that sentiment, that actually something that could come out of this is a much more united snp? >> no, because i think the problem was this. i completely agree with what kerry was just saying. look, you've got to understand the snp basically exists for one key purpose, which is to split scotland from the united kingdom , and they the united kingdom, and they have failed in that endeavour and therefore they have gone down a million different bizarre rabbit holes like the gender recognition act, bizarre climate policy and the rest of it, the rough equivalent for us in england would be, i don't know if the brexit party or ukip had won an election outright, but couldn't get britain out of the european union and then started to pursue other strange policies. and that's exactly what the snp's done. so if the snp can't trigger a second referendum or the departure of scotland fro
is there anyone out there snp. is there anyone out there watching in and around scotland that agrees with that sentiment or not? do you agree with that sentiment, that actually something that could come out of this is a much more united snp? >> no, because i think the problem was this. i completely agree with what kerry was just saying. look, you've got to understand the snp basically exists for one key purpose, which is to split scotland from the united kingdom , and they the united...
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snp. i mean , unless they the snp. i mean, unless they refocus on independence, there's no real point . but do you? but no real point. but do you? but your question about, you know, will will everybody turn up, will will everybody turn up, will ever be back? humza yousaf i think there are some at the moment who would like to stab him in the back, but don't want to be seen doing that, and humza could help them, from making a courageous stance by resigning beforehand. so i think the pressure is on him. so humza is probably got a battle at the moment between those who want him to stay and those who want him to stay and those who want him to stay and those who want him to go, he got rid of the greens in a very clumsy manner. the greens. greens might have flounced out anyway, and he probably should have let them flounce out, to be absolutely honest, that would have seen him leave with the greens not feeling wounded and hurt and vengeful as they are now, and would have seen him move to a sort of
snp. i mean , unless they the snp. i mean, unless they refocus on independence, there's no real point . but do you? but no real point. but do you? but your question about, you know, will will everybody turn up, will will everybody turn up, will ever be back? humza yousaf i think there are some at the moment who would like to stab him in the back, but don't want to be seen doing that, and humza could help them, from making a courageous stance by resigning beforehand. so i think the pressure is...
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so it's not just a case of this is that this was snp or indeed snp green legislation. this was legislation. this was legislation that was backed by the scottish labour party and the scottish labour party and the scottish labour party and the scottish liberal democrats as well. so i think it's important to recognise, you know, that , that when there is know, that, that when there is cross—party consensus in the scottish parliament and, you know, and that, you know, that thatis know, and that, you know, that that is that's acknowledged . the that is that's acknowledged. the problem that humza found himself in, is that he had lost trust, where other party leaders in particular the scottish green party, he's then realised that, you know , in order for the snp you know, in order for the snp to navigate legislation through parliament and budgets, that we need a new leader who is going to be able to forge new iterations, because even if even if humza had managed to win the, you know, the no confidence vote, it would have been on a 64, 64 basis. if albert bachet humza yousaf
so it's not just a case of this is that this was snp or indeed snp green legislation. this was legislation. this was legislation that was backed by the scottish labour party and the scottish labour party and the scottish labour party and the scottish liberal democrats as well. so i think it's important to recognise, you know, that , that when there is know, that, that when there is cross—party consensus in the scottish parliament and, you know, and that, you know, that thatis know, and that,...
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ash regan was an snp msp. she then defected to alba after falling out with the snp leadership over her position on trans rights. she's of the j.k. rowling school of thought. she thinks that women's rights are being eroded. she didn't like the gender recognition act in scotland for example. now, when she left the party, humza yousaf said that she was no loss at all. well, he might be regretting those words now. what she what she says will decide the future of his political career. that said, even if she does end up voting for yusef, it could be that in the longer term his position becomes untenable. people aren't happy with the state of the. the snp haven't been for a while now. nicola sturgeon and her husband's potential involvement in in financial misconduct, the alleged involvement in that has has cast the whole of the snp under a bit of a cloud, and it could be that moving forwards, humza yousaf is just unable to get any legislation over the line, in which case he might have to resign anyway. what's astonis
ash regan was an snp msp. she then defected to alba after falling out with the snp leadership over her position on trans rights. she's of the j.k. rowling school of thought. she thinks that women's rights are being eroded. she didn't like the gender recognition act in scotland for example. now, when she left the party, humza yousaf said that she was no loss at all. well, he might be regretting those words now. what she what she says will decide the future of his political career. that said,...
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snp lurches into going the snp. snp lurches into another crisis as leader quits, but they've also got scroll reveals plato's final musings. why is that flautist so bad, so apparently they found a scroll and a lady was playing the flute for him and he didn't think she was very good. >> this is so. this has been discovered in, like, pompeii or. no, not pompeii . that was that no, not pompeii. that was that was roman, wasn't it? rather than greek. >> she was a scroll slave girl. yeah, yeah. and she was thracian, which is like he looked up north asian turkey. >> yes. >> yes. >> north greece , but it's also >> north greece, but it's also could be romania and bulgaria. you've got your maps out. >> you can get those books, can't you? with plato, with the maps in there, the high end. >> i'm just i'm just a fan of thracian slave girl, so i knew. i knew already. yeah, i know what i'm saying. i know in the nonh what i'm saying. i know in the north we say differently. that's my get out clause. i love that, but he wasn't worried
snp lurches into going the snp. snp lurches into another crisis as leader quits, but they've also got scroll reveals plato's final musings. why is that flautist so bad, so apparently they found a scroll and a lady was playing the flute for him and he didn't think she was very good. >> this is so. this has been discovered in, like, pompeii or. no, not pompeii . that was that no, not pompeii. that was that was roman, wasn't it? rather than greek. >> she was a scroll slave girl. yeah,...
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when snp politician, ash regan. when she left the snp over the party's mad trans policies, yousef said it was no loss, a remark that will come back to haunt him. yeah, he will be no loss to scotland when he eventually goes. this is a guy who was installed by the party to continue nicola sturgeon's legacy. well, he has achieved just that. a legacy of drug and alcohol deaths, a scottish nhs close to bankruptcy, low attainment in schools, crime through the roof and a brilliant country populated by brilliant people in the grip of woke ideology . the sturgeon usaf ideology. the sturgeon usaf dream team have seen women's rights eviscerated to placate trans extremists. they've caused a public spat with the world's greatest author, j.k. rowling. and don't pick a fight with someone who has access to wizards and their true low points. a double rapist accommodated in a women's prison, scotland has now become so terminally woke that this monster, isla bryson real name adam graham, has received an apology from a top scottish pri
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that the snp do. and, you know, and electoral contests and the liberal democrats under the leadership of alex cole—hamilton, are very much anti snp. and so all that will leave you with would be the green party, or the backwards thinking , green party, or the backwards thinking, party of alex salmond, which is the alba party. you know , and the other candidates, know, and the other candidates, which i feel, you know, have expressed racism, have expressed homophobia, have expressed transphobia . and that's transphobia. and that's certainly not not a party that a member like myself would feel comfortable working with. >> so he's toast then ? >> so he's toast then? >> so he's toast then? >> i don't think he's toast. i think that what he has to do is i mean , my understanding from i mean, my understanding from today's interview, which i must admit, right, if we're being honest, it was, i believe that humza yousaf has made a massive political misjudgement. if he felt that the greens were going to be, you
that the snp do. and, you know, and electoral contests and the liberal democrats under the leadership of alex cole—hamilton, are very much anti snp. and so all that will leave you with would be the green party, or the backwards thinking , green party, or the backwards thinking, party of alex salmond, which is the alba party. you know , and the other candidates, know, and the other candidates, which i feel, you know, have expressed racism, have expressed homophobia, have expressed transphobia...
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however, an snp government. however, a minority by that point . minority by that point. >> okay, tony mcguire, superb as eve r. >> even >> thank you for that update . >> thank you for that update. live from outside holyrood and let's go live now , let's move on let's go live now, let's move on to our next guest and we'll speak to freelance columnist at the scotsman, alastair stewart, to get his reaction . alastair, to get his reaction. alastair, welcome to the show. so we spoke at the tail end of last week. humza yousaf went mic woke and now he's gone. mic broke , a now he's gone. mic broke, a fantastic series of events. >> i've never seen a political act of harry carey like it. >> on thursday morning he ejected the greens from government in a bid to stabilise his leadership, everything that could go wrong after that has gone wrong. he's now quit today, quite rightly, before he was pushed, it was very much anticipated that he would lose two votes this week, one that was going to be in him as first minister and t
however, an snp government. however, a minority by that point . minority by that point. >> okay, tony mcguire, superb as eve r. >> even >> thank you for that update . >> thank you for that update. live from outside holyrood and let's go live now , let's move on let's go live now, let's move on to our next guest and we'll speak to freelance columnist at the scotsman, alastair stewart, to get his reaction . alastair, to get his reaction. alastair, welcome to the show. so...
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when snp politician, ash regan. when she left the snp over the party's mad trans policies, yousef said it was no loss, a remark that will come back to haunt him. yeah, he will be no loss to scotland when he eventually goes. this is a guy who was installed by the party to continue nicola sturgeon's legacy. well, he has achieved just that. a legacy of drug and alcohol deaths, a scottish nhs close to bankruptcy, low attainment in schools, crime through the roof and a brilliant country populated by brilliant people in the grip of woke ideology . the sturgeon usaf ideology. the sturgeon usaf dream team have seen women's rights eviscerated to placate trans extremists. they've caused a public spat with the world's greatest author, j.k. rowling. and don't pick a fight with someone who has access to wizards and their true low points. a double rapist accommodated in a women's prison, scotland has now become so terminally woke that this monster, isla bryson real name adam graham, has received an apology from a top scottish pri
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the snp? >> well, i'm a i'm a long way away from, from scotland, bev. >> oh, you're a long way from us how. >> now. >> you've lost you . >> you've lost you. >> you've lost you. >> i'm sorry. let's go back to. we'll try and get him back. michelle i mean, this is whatever we think of, nicola sturgeon. she was a dominant figure in the scottish parliament, and it's been one disaster after another since she went the stupid law. they brought in the hate crime law. the changes about gender recognition, is and just ten years ago, we had the ballot on independence . independence is independence.independenceis oven independence. independence is over. and the snp are going to do very badly. it seems that the general election as well . general election as well. >> yes. i mean, independence was their raison betteror, you know, thatis their raison betteror, you know, that is what they exist in effect , to deliver and they have effect, to deliver and they have failed, yes, they brought about a referendum and
the snp? >> well, i'm a i'm a long way away from, from scotland, bev. >> oh, you're a long way from us how. >> now. >> you've lost you . >> you've lost you. >> you've lost you. >> i'm sorry. let's go back to. we'll try and get him back. michelle i mean, this is whatever we think of, nicola sturgeon. she was a dominant figure in the scottish parliament, and it's been one disaster after another since she went the stupid law. they brought in the hate crime...
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where did it go wrong for the snp? was it the gender recognition bill maybe an issue that you and i probably differ on? >> well, i don't know. i think obviously that was something that was a little bit i think that was a little bit i think that was a little bit i think that was that was obviously something that was part of the agreement between the greens and the snp in to , order to sort of the snp in to, order to sort of build this coalition agreement. it got kiboshed by westminster and the snp are now sort of not putting it forward that, of course , created some friction course, created some friction between the snp and the greens, but i think much, much bigger than that was what happened last week, which is the snp formally rowed back from their net zero strategy. they had what they were boasting was the most ambitious net zero strategy in the world, 75% clean energy by 2030. now they've ditched that target, perhaps because they've run into the realities of what it takes to deliver it. but obviously that's created
where did it go wrong for the snp? was it the gender recognition bill maybe an issue that you and i probably differ on? >> well, i don't know. i think obviously that was something that was a little bit i think that was a little bit i think that was a little bit i think that was that was obviously something that was part of the agreement between the greens and the snp in to , order to sort of the snp in to, order to sort of build this coalition agreement. it got kiboshed by westminster and...
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still, this morning, on the snp thing , here we go. the snp thing, here we go. catherine says it's time for an election in the scottish parliament. the snp government, catherine says, has done a lot of damage to scotland in the first minister is out of his depth. >> yeah . terry says it's time >> yeah. terry says it's time the snp allowed the people to have their say. schools, nhs, local government and businesses are all suffering under the snp leadership or lack of it. he says. >> if you're i mean, if you're a supporter of the snp, i'd love to hear your perspective on that as well. you do want i mean, from again, from this outside perspective, you look at it and say, how is this not going to lead to early elections for the scottish parliament? be a clean slate at least. but of course you can understand why the snp doesn't want to do that at the moment, because they probably wouldn't do very well. >> well, no , do keep those views >> well, no, do keep those views coming in on that story or indeed anything else that we're talking about today. gbnews.com/yoursay s
still, this morning, on the snp thing , here we go. the snp thing, here we go. catherine says it's time for an election in the scottish parliament. the snp government, catherine says, has done a lot of damage to scotland in the first minister is out of his depth. >> yeah . terry says it's time >> yeah. terry says it's time the snp allowed the people to have their say. schools, nhs, local government and businesses are all suffering under the snp leadership or lack of it. he says....
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the snp absolutely imploding. the snp green coalition fractured beyond repair . i green coalition fractured beyond repair. i give my take on the lessons. this should teach engush lessons. this should teach english voters a little bit later on in the show. but first, we welcome the legend that is ann widdecombe. shoplifting in britain has hit a record high across england and wales, with nearly 1200 offences recorded each and every day. remember as well, the number of cases sold has fallen to a low of just 1 in 10. but how can we expect our police to catch criminals if this is the calibre of officer we employ to do so ? i think i we employ to do so? i think i will at this point just, emphasise that we've sped this clip up. it is not, in fact, a benny hill sketch, but, yeah, there's two, you know, really quite tubby people. this goes on for ages . why? we sped it up. it for ages. why? we sped it up. it goes on for. absolutely. they just cannot get hold of this quy- just cannot get hold of this guy. he gets away again in a second. they're knackered. they're out of br
the snp absolutely imploding. the snp green coalition fractured beyond repair . i green coalition fractured beyond repair. i give my take on the lessons. this should teach engush lessons. this should teach english voters a little bit later on in the show. but first, we welcome the legend that is ann widdecombe. shoplifting in britain has hit a record high across england and wales, with nearly 1200 offences recorded each and every day. remember as well, the number of cases sold has fallen to a...
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and so, so even in the snp, all the clever ones come to westminster. do they leave the duffers behind? look at alex salmond. alex salmond always loved being in westminster. right. >> and he's now pulling the strings again . >> and he's now pulling the strings again. i >> and he's now pulling the strings again . i mean, he could strings again. i mean, he could create a coalition by which the snp could hang on if they give in to his preference , his they in to his preference, his they don't seem to have entered talks in any kind of serious way. i don't think they're serious about supporting the country. they supposedly are so in love with. they want to take it independent. i personally think it would be a disaster for scotland if it weren't independent. however, i do think that that should be their choice in british taxpayers. ex scotland should be allowed to stop supporting them. >> i don't think the appetite for independence is necessarily quite once what it was, but of course they did get a bit of a raw deal because they were voting pre—brexit. so a
and so, so even in the snp, all the clever ones come to westminster. do they leave the duffers behind? look at alex salmond. alex salmond always loved being in westminster. right. >> and he's now pulling the strings again . >> and he's now pulling the strings again. i >> and he's now pulling the strings again . i mean, he could strings again. i mean, he could create a coalition by which the snp could hang on if they give in to his preference , his they in to his preference,...
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former the greens, the snp's former coalition partners, will all vote against the snp. the snp will lose vote after vote and it will lose vote after vote and it will become impossible for humza yousaf to keep his job. so either way, it seems as though he made a pretty major miscarriage. elation in ending that coalition relationship with the greens. i don't think he quite understood the strength of feeling from the greens, but for now, his future rests in the hands of a woman who he said it was no loss losing her from the snp. let's see how that plays out . out. >> did he have much of a choice though? i mean, the greens were talking about leaving anyway, weren't they? didn't he just beat them to it ? beat them to it? >> i mean he did. it was it was a sort of a bit of a question of the tail was wagging the dog in this snp green coalition, the snp obviously had far, far more seats in holyrood than the green party did. and actually, as i say, the snp was only one seat short of a majority. and yet somehow the green party seemed to be sort of setting the agenda for the snp. a
former the greens, the snp's former coalition partners, will all vote against the snp. the snp will lose vote after vote and it will lose vote after vote and it will become impossible for humza yousaf to keep his job. so either way, it seems as though he made a pretty major miscarriage. elation in ending that coalition relationship with the greens. i don't think he quite understood the strength of feeling from the greens, but for now, his future rests in the hands of a woman who he said it was...
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and so, so even in the snp, all the clever ones come to westminster. do they leave the duffers behind? look at alex salmond. alex salmond always loved being in westminster. right. >> and he's now pulling the strings again . >> and he's now pulling the strings again. i >> and he's now pulling the strings again . i mean, he could strings again. i mean, he could create a coalition by which the snp could hang on if they give in to his preference , his they in to his preference,...
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he's been at the heart of the snp party for the heart of the snp party for the last 40 years. he was the architect of the finance deals that broke local government. he was the worst education secretary in the history of the scottish parliament. he's the man that wrote and delivered the bute house agreement and now somehow wants to pretend he's the change candidate rishi sunak has backed a campaign for nottingham stabbing victim grace o'malley kumar to be awarded the george cross. >> her parents called for their daughter to be bestowed with the highest military award after she was murdered, attempting to save her friend barnaby webber from knife attacker valdo calocane calocane high security hospital order is set to be reviewed next week , after the victims families week, after the victims families expressed outrage that he avoided prison following his sentencing . well, for the latest sentencing. well, for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. we'll be back in just a moment. >> welcome b
he's been at the heart of the snp party for the heart of the snp party for the last 40 years. he was the architect of the finance deals that broke local government. he was the worst education secretary in the history of the scottish parliament. he's the man that wrote and delivered the bute house agreement and now somehow wants to pretend he's the change candidate rishi sunak has backed a campaign for nottingham stabbing victim grace o'malley kumar to be awarded the george cross. >> her...
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he's also resigned his snp membership . parents are his snp membership. parents are being warned that children aged between 5 and 7 years old are spending too much time , often spending too much time, often unsupervised, on social media. ofcom claims 38% of infant school children now use platforms including tiktok, whatsapp and instagram. despite those sites requiring users to be at least 13 years old to have an account. the regulator has also suggested a quarter of children in the same age bracket, 5 to 7 years old, now own a smartphone. the research comes as the government's online safety bill, which aims to make the internet safer for children, is set to come into force in september . that's the latest september. that's the latest from the newsroom for now. for more, do sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . com slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:07. now united states officials have said that israeli missiles struck iran this morning , with the attacks morning, with the attacks re
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and whilst the snp's finances. and whilst we're at it, why does the snp want to ask four year olds yes, four year olds if they're gay, bi or trans plus no no no no. it was all kicking off today. chaos in the commons amid the excess death scandal and did angela rayner pay up to £23,000 for this kitchen? as ever , i've got this kitchen? as ever, i've got tomorrow's newspaper front pages and a top panel to boot. tonight i'm joined by star, daily
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now, of course, of snp funds. now, of course, this is an active police investigation , and the police investigation, and the police have been erring on the side of caution to once again instruct people, of course, that this will be subject to contempt of court order. but if we take a step back and we actually look at what this week has been like for the snp and for humza yousaf , we see that hate crime act legislation , debate rolling on legislation, debate rolling on again into a third week. we now see that that the snp yesterday have chosen to ditch one of their key climate targets, the 2030 target to cut down greenhouse gas emissions by 75. and then, of course, that decision to pull new prescriptions of puberty blockers, after in the wake of the cast report, all taken together, the greens party, some of the councillors around scotland, will they actually want their party to the scottish greens to move away from the coalition deal, and to leave the snp for this recent spate of decisions? so all things considered
now, of course, of snp funds. now, of course, this is an active police investigation , and the police investigation, and the police have been erring on the side of caution to once again instruct people, of course, that this will be subject to contempt of court order. but if we take a step back and we actually look at what this week has been like for the snp and for humza yousaf , we see that hate crime act legislation , debate rolling on legislation, debate rolling on again into a third week....
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the collapse, i mean the collapse of the snp in scotland is just massive. >> good luck for them. i mean, this is huge, although actually some recent polls, the recent poll that gave the conservatives only 98 seats at the next election actually put the snp in a stronger position. >> this was , you know, using the >> this was, you know, using the methodology about the characteristics of people in all the different constituencies and actually gave a better result for the snp than other polls have been giving. so we'll see about that . but what's your about that. but what's your reaction, james, to what's going on in scotland? i mean , the on in scotland? i mean, the conservatives now here, i think the conservatives do have quite a strong card to play because they were on the right side of they were on the right side of the argument as i think it's turning out on the gender recognition bill. can they gain any credit for that, do you think? >> i hope so, i mean, it's hard to think of a less sympathetic character than humza yousaf. it's very easy to have a pop at him, and so we probabl
the collapse, i mean the collapse of the snp in scotland is just massive. >> good luck for them. i mean, this is huge, although actually some recent polls, the recent poll that gave the conservatives only 98 seats at the next election actually put the snp in a stronger position. >> this was , you know, using the >> this was, you know, using the methodology about the characteristics of people in all the different constituencies and actually gave a better result for the snp than...
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although snp leaders have a history of sort of trying to cling on, don't they? they do. but you're right. i mean, it doesn't look good as you say. vote of no confidence. so close to the election. yeah. >> it's not binding. that's the thing that's different. >> yeah. but it's it doesn't look good. it's the same thing with, you know, when thatcher went technically she won. and everything, but it was too close. it didn't look good. if it looks as though there's no confidence in him, he won't be. >> yeah, i think i don't think he can survive this. and i think it's quite exciting that that scotland is going to leave this one party state situation very soon. although that straight to labour which is well, i'm not saying that's good but you know, anyway let's move on now to the front of better. exactly well, let's move on to the front of friday's daily mail. nick what are they leading with? quite a different story. this. yeah. >> the mail have thieves hit shops a thousand times a day. this is like about the shoplifting epidemic. they're calling it quite reasonably, because it's
although snp leaders have a history of sort of trying to cling on, don't they? they do. but you're right. i mean, it doesn't look good as you say. vote of no confidence. so close to the election. yeah. >> it's not binding. that's the thing that's different. >> yeah. but it's it doesn't look good. it's the same thing with, you know, when thatcher went technically she won. and everything, but it was too close. it didn't look good. if it looks as though there's no confidence in him, he...
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the scottish people like kate forbes, the snp, liked kate forbes, the snp, liked kate forbes and who was smart and others. >> can i just reveal something about john swinney? right, so, so obviously i was in the office earlier today because i was i was covering the 12 till three. i just was in there. i was just just between you and me. right, and so we got wind at like 9:30, 10:00 this morning that john swinney was going to do a press conference afterwards. so we knew that was happening. this is way before humza yousaf has resigned. right. so we're all waiting on tenterhooks and then eventually the press conference comes and it's not a conference. he comes out like he's just like people have almost doorstepped him. he's not. he's called them all there right ? and he goes, all there right? and he goes, i'm considering it. i'm really considering it. i'm considering it. i'm really considering it . we all know. we considering it. we all know. we know that you called that press conference. you called it like you had an announcement to make everyone, everyone . why do you everyone, everyone
the scottish people like kate forbes, the snp, liked kate forbes, the snp, liked kate forbes and who was smart and others. >> can i just reveal something about john swinney? right, so, so obviously i was in the office earlier today because i was i was covering the 12 till three. i just was in there. i was just just between you and me. right, and so we got wind at like 9:30, 10:00 this morning that john swinney was going to do a press conference afterwards. so we knew that was happening....
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snp is now trying to do is stay. snp is now trying to do is stay. snp is now trying to stay in power , which trying to stay in power, which is why humza yousaf has not resigned. he's just indicated that he will resign, which is he's likely therefore to avoid the vote of no confidence in him personally because he's going anyway. but they're not going to be able to avoid the vote of no confidence, tabled by the labour party in the scottish government as a whole. so we've still got that hurdle to overcome and the whole thing's a mess. and there's i mean the, the, the truth is that the snp talent poolis truth is that the snp talent pool is actually more like a post april shower puddle . and post april shower puddle. and there are only two contenders, as you probably know, or two realistic ones. john swinney and kate forbes. john swinney was described to me this morning as yesterday's man for yesterday's party, which i thought was very apposite, and kate forbes, because of her socially conservative views, doesn't have the depth of support, that she would
snp is now trying to do is stay. snp is now trying to do is stay. snp is now trying to stay in power , which trying to stay in power, which is why humza yousaf has not resigned. he's just indicated that he will resign, which is he's likely therefore to avoid the vote of no confidence in him personally because he's going anyway. but they're not going to be able to avoid the vote of no confidence, tabled by the labour party in the scottish government as a whole. so we've still got that hurdle to...
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and she's the snp mp. and she said that voters were expressing a real anger about virtue signalling about his virtue signalling rather than tackling other issues. and if they spent half as much time advancing independence as they had on identity politics, scotland might already be an independent country. little country. now, there's two little quibbles that one, quibbles i have with that one, even basically even though i basically agree. one not virtue one is that it's not virtue signalling. it's much worse. it's racism, it's it's anti—white racism, and it's the destruction of the the active destruction of the country. two, they don't country. number two, they don't want , of course, want independence, of course, because that would destroy their whole d'etre. and then whole raison d'etre. and then they could be blamed for getting things just things wrong rather than just blaming time. so blaming england all the time. so that's quibbles there. that's my only quibbles there. basically. that's my only quibb
and she's the snp mp. and she said that voters were expressing a real anger about virtue signalling about his virtue signalling rather than tackling other issues. and if they spent half as much time advancing independence as they had on identity politics, scotland might already be an independent country. little country. now, there's two little quibbles that one, quibbles i have with that one, even basically even though i basically agree. one not virtue one is that it's not virtue signalling....
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and then what's going on with the snp . and there'll be on with the snp. and there'll be the seventh seat now. owen paterson imran ahmed khan, neil parish, david warburton , chris parish, david warburton, chris pincher, peter bone, scott benton the roll call of shame is politics completely in the gutter. catherine it's very depressing, isn't it? >> and of course, it's only 18 months since rishi sunak came in and he stood there and he said, i'm going to lead a government which is going to have integrity vie accountability and professionalism at every level. and so many of the people that you have just named, he has had to sack or remove the whip from in the 18 months since he's been in the 18 months since he's been in charge , whether it's dominic in charge, whether it's dominic raab for bullying nadine zahawi , raab for bullying nadine zahawi, £5 million in unpaid tax and just in the last fortnight, as you say, william wragg, quite an influential tory with this honey trap scandal where he'd sent something compromising and then he handed over the personal
and then what's going on with the snp . and there'll be on with the snp. and there'll be the seventh seat now. owen paterson imran ahmed khan, neil parish, david warburton , chris parish, david warburton, chris pincher, peter bone, scott benton the roll call of shame is politics completely in the gutter. catherine it's very depressing, isn't it? >> and of course, it's only 18 months since rishi sunak came in and he stood there and he said, i'm going to lead a government which is going to...
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i've seen a lot of it, snp and i've seen a lot of it, i've invited snp people onto my show and they won't turn up. you have dude on. have one dude on. >> nuts. have one dude on. >> was nuts. have one dude on. >> was ants. have one dude on. >> was an snp former >> he was an snp former councillor, an snp politician. >> a ranking, they're humourless. >> maybe that's problem. >> maybe that's the problem. >> maybe that's the problem. >> know it is? >> no. do you know what it is? and fact that they are and it's the fact that they are petty little authoritarian. yeah. you see yeah. of course. and you can see this the fact that humza this by the fact that humza yousaf wanted to criminalise speech in the home. he speech in the home. yes. he wanted to arrest people and potentially put them in jail for things they said in their home. now, if that is not stasi like, i don't know what is. of course. >> i mean, we are dealing with the snp has always been an authoritarian party. it's part of are . so what do we of who they are. so what do we do about it? the problem is as well, you have party stat
i've seen a lot of it, snp and i've seen a lot of it, i've invited snp people onto my show and they won't turn up. you have dude on. have one dude on. >> nuts. have one dude on. >> was nuts. have one dude on. >> was ants. have one dude on. >> was an snp former >> he was an snp former councillor, an snp politician. >> a ranking, they're humourless. >> maybe that's problem. >> maybe that's the problem. >> maybe that's the problem. >>...
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this all comes after the collapse of the snp's power sharing deal with the greens on thursday . a major greens on thursday. a major rescue operation is still underway after a small boat carrying up to 50 migrants ran aground on a sandbank off the kent coast. gb news home and security editor mark white has more. >> well, this migrant boat ran aground on goodwin sands, which is a notorious sandbank a few miles off the kent coast near deal miles off the kent coast near deal. the coastguard helicopter and several lifeboats have been involved in this rescue, including some smaller rigid inflatable lifeboats have been ferrying the migrants from that sandbank to the larger lifeboats. this boat that ran aground is one of four migrant boats that made it into uk waters today, as the people smuggling gangs take advantage of a change in the to weather push these flimsy boats out into the english channel in the hope of making it to the uk. >> a british tourist is in intensive care after being attacked by a shark on a canbbean attacked by a shark on a caribbean island . the 64 year caribbean
this all comes after the collapse of the snp's power sharing deal with the greens on thursday . a major greens on thursday. a major rescue operation is still underway after a small boat carrying up to 50 migrants ran aground on a sandbank off the kent coast. gb news home and security editor mark white has more. >> well, this migrant boat ran aground on goodwin sands, which is a notorious sandbank a few miles off the kent coast near deal miles off the kent coast near deal. the coastguard...
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i can't tell. >> secretly love the snp. you >> i secretly love the snp. you see what i'm doing? devil's see what i'm doing? i'm devil's advocating see what i'm doing? i'm devil's advicating see what i'm doing? i'm devil's advi know where you stand >> i know where you stand because that because you dismantled that barrister but the barrister the other day. but the thing reporting, thing is, those reporting, yusuf, are legitimate yusuf, those are legitimate complaints that complaints because he made that speech that was full of anti—white hatred. >> so those are within the penod >> so those are within the period the crime. period of the hate crime. >> that's a good point. and when quizzed it anyway, quizzed about it anyway, he said, that's just far said, oh, that's just the far right, the report of that. so if you're extreme racism, you're against extreme racism, you're against extreme racism, you far right. you're against extreme racism, youoh far right. you're against extreme racism, youoh yeah. ght. you're against extreme racism, youoh yeah. we've that for age. we've known th
i can't tell. >> secretly love the snp. you >> i secretly love the snp. you see what i'm doing? devil's see what i'm doing? i'm devil's advocating see what i'm doing? i'm devil's advicating see what i'm doing? i'm devil's advi know where you stand >> i know where you stand because that because you dismantled that barrister but the barrister the other day. but the thing reporting, thing is, those reporting, yusuf, are legitimate yusuf, those are legitimate complaints that...
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. fit snp government. they're not fit for . david i for purpose. and david says, i would peter tatchell, who would say to peter tatchell, who we on this earlier, we interviewed on this earlier, if man enough to put if you're not man enough to put up the room idiots on up with the dark room idiots on social media spewing out their nastiness, social nastiness, don't go on social media, just grow up. >> that's i mean when >> that's what i mean when i said, what does mean? just said, what does hate mean? just grow up. it's the stuff of 16 year sixth form poly physics year old sixth form poly physics room discussions. >> can't hate it. it is >> you can't stop hate it. it is a normal and actually it is a necessary human emotion. we're meant to hate some things, some daysi meant to hate some things, some days i hate the stories we talk about on this show. some days i hate what is happening in the world. and that's good because it motivate to change. it will motivate me to change. very different to hating an indiv
. fit snp government. they're not fit for . david i for purpose. and david says, i would peter tatchell, who would say to peter tatchell, who we on this earlier, we interviewed on this earlier, if man enough to put if you're not man enough to put up the room idiots on up with the dark room idiots on social media spewing out their nastiness, social nastiness, don't go on social media, just grow up. >> that's i mean when >> that's what i mean when i said, what does mean? just said,...
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the former snp chief executive was rearrested at about 9:00 this morning, with police scotland saying he was taken into custody. we now understand he's been released from police custody after being questioned by detectives. he'd previously been arrested and released without charge last april. in other news, today the uk and the united states have announced new sets of sanctions on a number of iranian individuals in response to the country's drone and missile attack on israel . at the missile attack on israel. at the weekend. lord cameron meeting with g7 leaders in italy today and saying the action demonstrates the uk's unequivocal condemnation of iran's attack on a sovereign state. he said not only was iran's reckless attack a total failure, but they revealed to the world their true nature as a malign influence in the region. britain is also freezing the assets of some iranian organisations, including the country's navy and chief of the army. it adds to the more than 400 sanctions already in place . 400 sanctions already in place. >> iran's behaviour is unacceptable and it's right tha
the former snp chief executive was rearrested at about 9:00 this morning, with police scotland saying he was taken into custody. we now understand he's been released from police custody after being questioned by detectives. he'd previously been arrested and released without charge last april. in other news, today the uk and the united states have announced new sets of sanctions on a number of iranian individuals in response to the country's drone and missile attack on israel . at the missile...
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it's it won't be the of snp. won't be the end of the snp. i don't believe a minute don't believe that for a minute because , separatists because, the separatists up there go away. because, the separatists up therthe go away. because, the separatists up therthe snp go away. because, the separatists up therthe snp have go away. because, the separatists up therthe snp have ruinediway. because, the separatists up therthe snp have ruined their reputation. >> well, it wouldn't matter. >> well, it wouldn't matter. >> and he's going to go . he's >> and he's going to go. he's going to go at some point. and this only thing he's this is the only thing he's ever going to deliver. >> authoritarian >> i have a real authoritarian streak you streak he must do because, you know, about know, he's talking about criminalising people what criminalising people for what they homes. they say in their own homes. he's about people. he's talking about people. the criminalisation comedians criminalisation of comedians is a act. criminalisation of comedians is a if act.
it's it won't be the of snp. won't be the end of the snp. i don't believe a minute don't believe that for a minute because , separatists because, the separatists up there go away. because, the separatists up therthe go away. because, the separatists up therthe snp go away. because, the separatists up therthe snp have go away. because, the separatists up therthe snp have ruinediway. because, the separatists up therthe snp have ruined their reputation. >> well, it wouldn't matter. >>...
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snps. right. the scottish. yeah snp msps. yeah snp yeah. they were keen on this bill as well. this is, this was not an snp creation in the anas sarwar. >> the labour leader, he's also done his own anti—white speech. >> he's basically a copy of humza yousaf. but yeah, the problem with it, what thought problem with it, what i thought when this is the problem when i read this is the problem with tyranny is that you with anarcho tyranny is that you have have the resources, have to have the resources, don't so they're don't you? yeah. so they're trying a narco tyranny, trying to do a narco tyranny, but got enough but they haven't got enough resources to terrorise the population. and that's probably why soviet union why things like the soviet union collapsed. these collapsed. at some point these things so absurd they things become so absurd they just the only thing things become so absurd they jlwas the only thing things become so absurd they jlwas thinking the only thing things become so absur
snps. right. the scottish. yeah snp msps. yeah snp yeah. they were keen on this bill as well. this is, this was not an snp creation in the anas sarwar. >> the labour leader, he's also done his own anti—white speech. >> he's basically a copy of humza yousaf. but yeah, the problem with it, what thought problem with it, what i thought when this is the problem when i read this is the problem with tyranny is that you with anarcho tyranny is that you have have the resources, have to...
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with the demise of the snp ? demise of the snp? >> yeah, well labour certainly are, on the march in scotland at the moment. there was another poll out yesterday which showed them, i think, one point ahead or neck and neck with the snp. as far as holyrood voting intention is concerned, the same goes for westminster, voting intention. the labour are very optimistic about picking up a lot of seats in scotland, at the general election. so yeah , general election. so yeah, labour at the moment are rubbing their hands with glee at at the state of the snp and hoping that they can usurp them as the pre—eminent party north of the border, the conservatives, they're still roughly around about 18, so they're not as well placed as labour to take advantage of the snps troubles. >> i heard sir keir starmer being described yesterday as a very lucky general because he's only had to sit back and watch the tory psychodrama in westminster. the collapse of the snp leadership had absolutely no policies forward particularly, but really see the poll rat
with the demise of the snp ? demise of the snp? >> yeah, well labour certainly are, on the march in scotland at the moment. there was another poll out yesterday which showed them, i think, one point ahead or neck and neck with the snp. as far as holyrood voting intention is concerned, the same goes for westminster, voting intention. the labour are very optimistic about picking up a lot of seats in scotland, at the general election. so yeah , general election. so yeah, labour at the moment...