“I think he will learn a very important lesson from what’s happened to the SNP.”

Keir Starmer must resist the urge to “throw red meat” to the Labour left as the SNP did in appeasing its coalition partners, says @Montie.

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“It doesn’t look entirely positive for passengers.”

Labour, if elected, plans to scrap whole rail services in a bid to appease unions, axing key commuter and weekend services with immediate effect.

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Is Labour at risk of overpromising?

“Not much chance of that with the current Labour leadership”, says Peter Mandelson.

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“I’ve not been able to get to the church at which I serve, because that’s within the cordoned off area.”

Reverend Keith John from Hainault Church has spent the day speaking to his neighbours as the community reels from a tragic stabbing.

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“What would destroy the Labour Party's fortunes? I don't know, something to do with Keir Starmer and a donkey.”

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“Mr Swinney is pretty popular, but his figures pale into insignificance compared to those of Nicola Sturgeon.”

SNP voters “aren’t sure” that John Swinney can close the Labour poll lead, says polling expert Sir John Curtice on #TimesRadio .

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'If a woman wants to be called a mother or a mum or a woman then we all respect that.'

Health secretary Victoria Atkins says the NHS shouldn’t “eradicate women” when talking about patients.

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“A grave step away from civilisation and towards barbarism”.

Peter Hitchens argues against assisted dying, saying energy should be put into better “palliative care”.

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“There is a version of events which sees the SNP’s fortunes recover a little bit”.

Former Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Kezia Dugdale, says there is an “opportunity in the aftermath” of the general election for the SNP.

John Pienaar

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“It would be better for the government to concentrate on looking after people who we know are ill.'

Lade Smith CBE, President of RCPsych, says “we want to make this better not worse”, mental health services shouldn’t be an “afterthought”.

John Pienaar

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Humza Yousaf ''inherited the poisoned chalice'' when he became leader of the SNP.

Alex Salmond tells #TimesRadio his thoughts on Humza Yousaf's resignation as Scottish first minister.

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''There will be a period of flux within the party, within politics in Scotland.''

Kate McCann explains what's next for the SNP and Scotland following Humza Yousaf’s resignation.

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“Oh, grow up!”

David Davis addresses colleagues who may be thinking about moving against Rishi Sunak after the local elections.

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BREAKING: Humza Yousaf has resigned as leader of the SNP.

''John Swinney could be installed as some kind of temporary leader while a new leader, a new formal leader is found.''

Kate McCann looks ahead to who might take over the SNP if Humza Yousaf resigns.

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“People go round the loos making sure there are no MPs still cowering in the toilet.”

Green MP Caroline Lucas tells Matt Chorley “a lot of MPs, a lot of the time have no idea what they’re voting on”, as she reveals how 'dysfunctional' parliament is.

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“The game in town is not to lose badly, because the Conservative Party is not going to disappear.”

Lord Baker, former Conservative home secretary, tells #TimesRadio he’s seen the party come back from a “worse position than this”.

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“This is just another example of the long malign tentacles of the Chinese communist government.”

Tory MP @TimLoughton tells #TimesRadio he believes he was denied entry to Djibouti because the former French colony is “doing China’s bidding.”

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“On the issue of being uncaring or not, this could not be further from the truth.”

The Conservative government has a record of “huge investment” in mental health “but we can always do better”, says work and pensions secretary Mel Stride.

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