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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
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...
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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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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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at hums of humza yousaf and the snp. but it's another egregious example of bad law in a long series of bad legislation that has been passed. and i think that, rishi sunak will be could well be end up being embarrassed by jk rowling because as tony has just said, i think it's highly unlikely the police are going to harass her for her views . harass her for her views. >> ms stewart is right that you pick up. it wasn't just the snp that voted for this. i've been looking at the numbers, the vote breakdown . it actually passed looking at the numbers, the vote brea backn . it actually passed looking at the numbers, the vote brea back in it actually passed looking at the numbers, the vote brea back in 2021. ually passed looking at the numbers, the vote brea back in 2021. only passed looking at the numbers, the vote brea back in 2021. only camed looking at the numbers, the vote brea back in 2021. only came into way back in 2021. only came into effect yesterday. 82 members of the scottish parliament voted in favour of this bill a
at hums of humza yousaf and the snp. but it's another egregious example of bad law in a long series of bad legislation that has been passed. and i think that, rishi sunak will be could well be end up being embarrassed by jk rowling because as tony has just said, i think it's highly unlikely the police are going to harass her for her views . harass her for her views. >> ms stewart is right that you pick up. it wasn't just the snp that voted for this. i've been looking at the numbers, the...
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so the snp, the conservatives. so the snp, the labour party, green labour party, the green party and democrats , have and the liberal democrats, have all backed this legislation in scotland's parliament, it's been it's this has been in the making for three years. so it's not the case of that anything has been rushed parliament, this rushed through parliament, this has has been has been something that has been carefully considered, you're right to bring up that many different parties backed this and people , perhaps in other and people, perhaps in other parts of the united kingdom, might look to some of those parties and think is another is a similar of this a similar version of this legislation other legislation coming to other constituent the uk. constituent countries of the uk. but just finally, is it not the case that under the terms of this act, as it is now an act of , of the scottish parliament, if ihear , of the scottish parliament, if i hear something that i think is offensive towards me . i will be offensi
so the snp, the conservatives. so the snp, the labour party, green labour party, the green party and democrats , have and the liberal democrats, have all backed this legislation in scotland's parliament, it's been it's this has been in the making for three years. so it's not the case of that anything has been rushed parliament, this rushed through parliament, this has has been has been something that has been carefully considered, you're right to bring up that many different parties backed this...
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have. behind the numbers that the snp have . and it's quite a few years have. and it's quite a few years until next holyrood until the next holyrood election. i don't think they're going to have the numbers today, but be interesting to see but it'll be interesting to see how because there how that vote goes because there are in the snp who are some voices in the snp who sort perhaps the sort of are seeing perhaps the error yes. error of their ways. yes. >> liberal democrats >> and the liberal democrats wanting to be put the wanting women to be put in the now act . but wanting women to be put in the now act. but humza yousaf wanting women to be put in the now act . but humza yousaf wants now act. but humza yousaf wants to have this new misogyny law. and now there's a huge question over whether transgender women should be protected in the same category it's all category as women. it's all getting rather messy for humza yousaf. wonder if he'll regret yousaf. i wonder if he'll regret what he's what he's done here. if it's what he st
have. behind the numbers that the snp have . and it's quite a few years have. and it's quite a few years until next holyrood until the next holyrood election. i don't think they're going to have the numbers today, but be interesting to see but it'll be interesting to see how because there how that vote goes because there are in the snp who are some voices in the snp who sort perhaps the sort of are seeing perhaps the error yes. error of their ways. yes. >> liberal democrats >> and...
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;. to have gone fairly doolally oveinternal snp problems, it's >> internal snp problems, it's entirely political. the first humza yousaf when he became first minister, he went out of his way to say i'm mr continuity , i'll promote nicola sturgeon's legacy. he alienated kate forbes and that whole more, sceptical wing of the party in relation to the gender politics. and he is pretty much dependent. he put himself where he's dependent on the scottish greens in government to support himself as first minister, because there's a lot of pushback with fergus ewing and kate forbes within the snp. more generally and grassroots concerns. so he's landed himself in a position where the scottish greens are really driving a lot. >> we are running to the end of the hour here, dean, but thank you very much for coming on and talking through all that really serious with us. serious stuff. stay with us. we're debating the we're going to be debating the nhs next hour. should we nhs in the next hour. should we pay - nhs in the next hour. should we pay . appointments? pay for. appointments? >> a brighter out
;. to have gone fairly doolally oveinternal snp problems, it's >> internal snp problems, it's entirely political. the first humza yousaf when he became first minister, he went out of his way to say i'm mr continuity , i'll promote nicola sturgeon's legacy. he alienated kate forbes and that whole more, sceptical wing of the party in relation to the gender politics. and he is pretty much dependent. he put himself where he's dependent on the scottish greens in government to support himself...
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. >> john swinney has been at the heart of the snp government for the last 17 years. >> he's at 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 . candidate. >> now. police investigating the discovery of a headless torso at castle dale have named the victim after more body parts were found. 67 year old stuart everett. severed body parts were scattered in four different locations across greater manchester. it comes after two men appeared in court charged with his murder and hospital patients in england will have the right to request to be treated on single sex wards under proposed nhs changes , with under proposed nhs changes, with transgender people placed in rooms on their own. the measure is part of plans by the government to update the nhs constitution. the proposal stressed the importance of bio
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this war.7 >> overwhelmed scottish police have received thousands of hate crime referrals since the snp's new speech laws came into effect this week. even first minister humza yousaf has now been reported himself. we have all the details and a teacher in birmingham has been sacked for undermining british values after he claimed islam will take over and westernised girls are lunatics. >> how could such a man be allowed to teach for quite so . long? >> now three british men have been killed in israel in an aid convoy that they were told was safe and the question is arising. is this now a turning point in this war, particularly with regard to western support for israel's air defence? >> yes, absolutely . and a number >> yes, absolutely. and a number of prominent politicians, including the leader of the liberal democrats and a former national security adviser, lord peter ricketts, have both suggested and among other voices, of course, that britain should now pause arms sales to israel off the back of this incident. we want to know whether your view has changed at all due to this horrific trag
this war.7 >> overwhelmed scottish police have received thousands of hate crime referrals since the snp's new speech laws came into effect this week. even first minister humza yousaf has now been reported himself. we have all the details and a teacher in birmingham has been sacked for undermining british values after he claimed islam will take over and westernised girls are lunatics. >> how could such a man be allowed to teach for quite so . long? >> now three british men have...
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under the snp's reports. under the snp's controversial new hate crime laws . laws. >> well, that's according to officers on the front line. now, around 8000 hate crime reports were made in the first week of legislation coming into force, with further warnings. it's being exploited to fuel personal and political vendettas . and political vendettas. >> well, joining us now is the journalist and author ella whelan , ella, thank you very whelan, ella, thank you very much for joining whelan, ella, thank you very much forjoining us. it's interesting to see just how many key figures, including frontline police officers, are coming out in the press to say this isn't working. >> yeah , well, also and >> yeah, well, also and politicians humza yousaf and some of the, you know, some of his ministers and people quite close to him using words like hysteria and, you know, sort of pinning all the blame on scots and saying that they are publishing, you know, reporting vexatious complaint and that it's really all their fault.
under the snp's reports. under the snp's controversial new hate crime laws . laws. >> well, that's according to officers on the front line. now, around 8000 hate crime reports were made in the first week of legislation coming into force, with further warnings. it's being exploited to fuel personal and political vendettas . and political vendettas. >> well, joining us now is the journalist and author ella whelan , ella, thank you very whelan, ella, thank you very much for joining...
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there's an snp mp by the name of patrick grady. he put in a formal written question to the prime minister, asking for what reason does the prime minister consider the echr to be a foreign court? now, normally these written questions have very long and ornate answers, he said. >> because it's in strasbourg , >> because it's in strasbourg, he literally wrote it's there because it's based in strasbourg. yeah, i mean, a foreign court. people will try to say all saying a foreign court is some kind of dog whistle. anyway let's get the thoughts of mep bill thoughts of former mep bill etheridge , bill. rishi sunak etheridge, bill. rishi sunak talking tough ish. should we believe him? >> no . >> no. >> no. >> absolutely not, it's an election year. >> every election year, the tories start saying things that they think people want to hear. it's been going on now for 14 years. every election , they years. every election, they suddenly become very conservative, very right wing. >> it's absolute rubbish. >> it's absolute rubbish. >> he has no in
there's an snp mp by the name of patrick grady. he put in a formal written question to the prime minister, asking for what reason does the prime minister consider the echr to be a foreign court? now, normally these written questions have very long and ornate answers, he said. >> because it's in strasbourg , >> because it's in strasbourg, he literally wrote it's there because it's based in strasbourg. yeah, i mean, a foreign court. people will try to say all saying a foreign court is...
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there's been a poll out today that shows for the first time the snp is now not the most popular party in scotland. the labour overtaken , so labour party is overtaken, so maybe this will feed into that. >> you surprised at home >> are you surprised at home coming up, we're going to be discussing one of our worst fears closures because fears pub closures because boozers continue to battle with high energy bills, soaring interest rates and not enough customers . we need more people i >> -- >> now here's a good story. for the end of an hour , britain's the end of an hour, britain's biggest pub company, stonegate might not survive past 2025 as it battles with debts of 2.3 billion. really worrying stuff. this the company, which has a network of more than 4400 pubs, including the slug and lettuce , including the slug and lettuce, says good night there, have you? i've had a i've had. i actually haven't been for ages. it's probably all my fault. haven't been for ages. it's pro oh,y all my fault. haven't been for ages. it's pro oh, this my fault. haven't been for ages. it's pro oh, this was fa
there's been a poll out today that shows for the first time the snp is now not the most popular party in scotland. the labour overtaken , so labour party is overtaken, so maybe this will feed into that. >> you surprised at home >> are you surprised at home coming up, we're going to be discussing one of our worst fears closures because fears pub closures because boozers continue to battle with high energy bills, soaring interest rates and not enough customers . we need more people i...
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and i think regular people in scotland know that they've had enough of the snp and this is their way of fighting back, of protesting and showing that really if you're going to create these laws, then they can be turned on anybody. and in this case, humza yousaf, the guy who actually came up with them. so it was a it was a way of showing that. but of course means it's course it also means it's a massive of, police time. massive waste of, police time. and they've got this script and now they've got this script that they have read. i just, that they have to read. i just, i sorry for the i just feel sorry for the scottish people having to scottish police people having to sort stuff out. sort of read this stuff out. >> this script ? >> josh, this the script? >> josh, this the script? >> no, it's script is quite >> no, it's the script is quite interesting yes police interesting because. yes police scotland have issued a guide on a form of words to recite when members of the public complain about the first minister under these that mr these new laws, states that mr yousaf had been making re
and i think regular people in scotland know that they've had enough of the snp and this is their way of fighting back, of protesting and showing that really if you're going to create these laws, then they can be turned on anybody. and in this case, humza yousaf, the guy who actually came up with them. so it was a it was a way of showing that. but of course means it's course it also means it's a massive of, police time. massive waste of, police time. and they've got this script and now they've...