BBC News: BBC News
4/18/2023 1:56pm
... anas sarwar must be embarrassed, i know certainly richard leonard will be, i know anas sarwar must be embarrassed by it keir starmer appealing to be right with his anti-refugee, anti-immigration ...
BBC News: BBC News
4/18/2023 1:56pm
... replacement of one tory government with a pale imitation of a tory government with keir starmer. even anas sarwar must be embarrassed, i know certainly richard leonard will be, i know anas sarwar must be embarrassed by it keir starmer ...
BBC News: BBC News
11/4/2022 4:39pm
... speaking after the committee hearing the convener of the committee who is richard leonard from labour said that the evidence of the committee confirmed there are still gaps in the information available to the public and said the first minister ...
BBC News: BBC News
11/4/2022 3:54pm
... around the procurement vessels or progress or lack of the scottish government's broad support to the shipyard are matters of significant interest and concern. speaking after the committee hearing, the convener of the committee, who is richard ...
BBC News: BBC News
2/27/2021 10:10pm
... to enjoying something closer to a normal life. katherine da costa, bbc news. the scottish labour party has elected anas sarwar as its new leader. he won the vote by nearly 60% and will replace richard leonard, who had been ...
BBC News: BBC News
2/27/2021 8:11pm
... to slightly rise again. jon donnison, bbc news. the scottish labour party has elected anas sarwar as its new leader. he won the vote by nearly 60% and will replace richard leonard who had been in post ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
1/25/2021 2:51am
... to have these exchanges. there we have a presiding officer, it is not a slip, - it is a refinement. following richard leonard's resignation as labour leader last week, it fell to the acting leader to raise another aspect of the rollout. ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
1/24/2021 2:51pm
... if she wants to continue to have these exchanges. there we have a presiding officer, it is not a slip, - it is a refinement. following richard leonard's resignation as labour leader last week, it fell to the acting leader to raise another ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
1/24/2021 5:51am
... following richard leonard's resignation as labour leader last week, it fell to the acting leader to raise another aspect of the rollout. last week, they published the covid-19 deployment plan which allows for 5% of covid-19 vaccines to be wasted. can i ask the first minister how many doses of ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
1/23/2021 2:51am
... there we have a presiding officer, it is not a slip, - it is a refinement. following richard leonard's resignation as labour leader last week, it fell to the acting leader to raise another aspect of the rollout. last week, they published the covid-19 deployment plan ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
1/22/2021 2:51am
... there we have a presiding officer, it is not a slip, - following richard leonard's resignation as labour leader last week, it fell to the acting leader to raise another aspect of the rollout. last week, they published ...
BBC News: Wednesday in Parliament
1/21/2021 3:53am
... to to have these discussions. there we have ape residing officer. -- have a. it�*s not a slip, it�*s a refinement. following richard leonard�*s ...
BBC News: BBC News at Ten
1/14/2021 10:22pm
... let's take a look at some of today's other news. the scottish labour leader richard leonard has resigned. he said that it wasn't an easy decision, but he was stepping aside in the best interests of the party. mr leonard has led the party for the past three years, but faced repeated calls to quit ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 8:49pm
... in a poll today we are challenging for second place with the tories. richard leonard wants to serve another term in holyrood, ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 8:49pm
... they have run a war of attrition because their preferred candidate lost. the former leader said politics is a rough and tough game. richard leonard did survive a coup attempt, but pledges to back his successor. and who do you think ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 8:48pm
... even from opposition he has achieved a considerable amount, for which he should be very proud. richard leonard was elected just over three ago, regarded as the pro-corbyn candidate. richard leonard is a thoroughly ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 8:47pm
... from some of his own msps. his departure leaves scottish labour looking for its fifth leader since the independence referendum in 20111. 0ur scotland political correspondent andrew kerr reports. it's been a trying time at the top four this leader. richard leonard may have been ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 8:47pm
... the scottish labour leader, richard leonard, has resigned - just months before elections to the parliament at holyrood. mr leonard, a former union official who'd led the party for three years had faced calls to stand down ...
BBC News: BBC News at Six
1/14/2021 6:20pm
... this year, there's a lot at stake. david shukman, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other news. the scottish labour leader richard leonard has resigned. he said that it wasn't an easy decision - but he was stepping aside ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 5:33pm
... a new variant of coronavirus richard leonard resigns as scottish labour leader after three years in the role. donald trump denies inciting last week's ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 5:27pm
... richard leonard will have a better chance of doing so. the pandemic has caused immense damage to retailers across the country. ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 5:26pm
... blamed richard leonard for that and ultimately it looks like he has come under pressure again over the last few weeks to stand down and taking the decision to do so. this really matters even if you're not in scotland and you're wondering is this a big issue potentially never heard of richard ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 5:25pm
... and he decided that is the best course for the party. it's not a great surprise because richard leonard had faced some internal criticism within the scottish labour party from the way that he has laid it over the last three years. ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 5:25pm
... scottish labour supporters struggle to recognise him. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. richard leonard has spent the last 20 minutes saying he's going to stand down with immediate effect ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 5:24pm
... hands of a little lockdown again. just to be clear, my mistake, there is a curfew coming into place across france at 6pm every evening from saturday. the scottish labour party leader, richard leonard, ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 5:01pm
... richard leonard resigns as scottish labour leader after three years in the role donald trump denies inciting last week's violence at the capitol - after he becomes the first us president to be impeached twice: ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 5:00pm
... to be far more advanced. in the last few minutes the government have announced passengers from many countries in south america will be banned from entering the uk amid concerns over a new variant of coronavirus there. richard leonard resigns as scottish labour leader after three years in the role ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:49pm
... breaking news on the resignation of richard leonard's and a generous reaction from his political opponent. ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:15pm
... that. there's not a lot of love lost between richard leonard and some in the party. a couple of people saying this has come too late, frankly. it is too close to the scottish election in may for the labour party in scotland to rebuild and put out a ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:14pm
... corbyn had just been re-elected convincingly. the expectation is richard leonard would walk ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:14pm
... party and the one name a few people have brought up is the glasgow msp who stood against richard leonard three years ago for the scottish labour leadership. he did pretty well, given that at the timejeremy ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:14pm
... challenging and difficult periods in our country's history including a general election and the pandemic. he runs through some of the policies richard leonard espoused and wishes him the best for the future. all of this leads to the question about the ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:14pm
... speaking, we have got a _ chance of doing so. while you were speaking, we have got a statement from the labour leader, sir kier starmer. it says the sort of things you would expect him to say. he thanks richard for his service to the party. he points out that richard leonard led a scottish labour ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:13pm
... labour could make more inroads into scottish politics and something possibly by getting rid of richard leonard, they will have a better chance of doing so.- leonard, they will have a better chance of doing so. while you were s-reakin , chance of doing so. while you were speaking. we _ chance of ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:13pm
... independence over the last couple of years, and some in the labour party blamed richard leonard for that. ultimately, it looks like he has come under more pressure again over the last few weeks to stand down and he has taken the decision to do so. ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:12pm
... leonard had faced internal criticism within the scottish labour party for the way he has led it over the last three years. there have been previous attempts to get rid of him, they all failed, some of them at the very last minute. but it seems now the pressure on richard leonard from ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:12pm
... bit out of the blue. richard - why has this happened? it comes a | bit out of the blue. richard leonard has put out a statement in the last 20 minutes saying he will stand down with immediate effect. he has decided that is the best course for the party. in other senses it is not a great surprise ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:06pm
... scottish labour leader richard leonard has resigned, and will be speaking to our political correspondent on that issue very shortly. let's go back now to the nhs. we can speak now to professor william harrop-griffiths ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:06pm
... correspondent from richard leonard. that news just breaking now that the ...
BBC News: BBC News
1/14/2021 4:05pm
... professor william harrop-griffiths first i want to bring you some news that the scottish labour party leader richard leonard has resigned. ...
BBC News: BBC News
12/21/2020 11:47am
... the principle of power going is close to people as possible. holyrood feels as remote for many people as westminster does so it has to go beyond the formal allocation of power. richard leonard is a ...
BBC News: BBC News
12/21/2020 11:47am
... parliament and secondly just comes up with for the scottish parliament and secondlyjust on the scottish labour, what would you say has been richard leonard's main achievement over the last three years? on devolution, i absolutely believe there should be more ...
BBC News: BBC News
12/21/2020 11:46am
... labour in scotland and that is absolutely what we are committed to doing. every day, every week, every month into may of next year and then on from there. working with richard leonard, scottish labour, and it is absolutely clear in order to achieve ...
BBC News: BBC News
12/19/2020 8:19pm
... from the leader of the labour party in scotland, richard lennon, richard leonard asked for the detail as to what lies behind this. he says evidence needs to be published, we need transparency, openness, there needs to be a substantial rise in ...
BBC News: BBC News
12/19/2020 6:16pm
... some reaction to that. in the last few minutes, we have heard from the leader of the labour party in scotland. richard leonard asking for the detail as to what lies behind this, he says evidence needs to be ...
BBC News: BBC News
12/3/2020 12:08pm
... of maria fyfe. richard leonard rightly said that maria fyfe was an inspiration to colleagues in the labour party put up can i say she wasn't just an inspiration labour party put up can i say she wasn'tjust an inspiration to collea g u es colleagues in the labour party, i of course for all of my ...
BBC News: BBC News
12/3/2020 12:06pm
... one that the biggest number of doses in the uk have been procured off, so we will set out every step of the way clarity to the public and we will communicate directly with members of the public as well. question two, richard leonard. can i ...
BBC News: BBC News
11/24/2020 2:35pm
... will continue to monitor that, to work with health boards and make sure as some of the uncertainties become clearer, that all parts of the system are doing what they need to do to make sure of the successful delivery of this vaccination programme. richard leonard. like too ...
BBC News: BBC News
11/17/2020 4:08pm
... should not travel to other areas of the uk. is there a consensus about these latest measures? we heard ruth davidson and richard leonard the ...
BBC News: BBC News
11/17/2020 2:47pm
... acknowledge the difference in terms of the economy and people's lives between living in level three and level four, but i hope richard leonard will also take the point seriously that the difference between level three and level for the lanarkshire, the la narkshire, glasgow the lanarkshire, glasgow ...
BBC News: BBC News
11/17/2020 2:46pm
... have been very clear. i understand that people have been frustrated the restrictions that were meant to be limited previously have not been, but level four, for the reason is that richard leonard to set out, it's meant to be a short, sharp intervention. we looked carefully at the welsh experience, ...
BBC News: BBC News
11/17/2020 2:45pm
... able to build some economic resilience as well as health resilience there and we also of course have a much greater supply of intensive care ventilators than at the start of the pandemic should they be needed as well. thank you, richard leonard. can i thank the ...
BBC News: BBC News
11/17/2020 11:06am
... countdown to the elections at the beginning of may, the question of the future of the uk. thank you very much. lets talk now to richard leonard, leader of the scottish labour party. what do you think about those ...
BBC News: BBC News
10/27/2020 4:05pm
... followed by richard leonard. we are where we did not want to be, in a mess of a second wave, hospital wards filling up, shops and businesses forced to close, many worried they will never reopen. we have no date for a vaccine and there ...
BBC News: BBC News
10/15/2020 11:50am
... hospitality, we introduced significant restrictions on hospitality nationwide last week, and even more significant restrictions in fife health board areas across central scotland. richard leonard has, last week and ...
BBC News: BBC News
10/7/2020 2:38pm
... conservative group leader at holyrood, ruth davidson. she was saying how much will they get, how do you apply and how long do you have to wait for the money? nicola sturgeon was saying she will be consulting with the hospitality industry. richard leonard from ...
BBC News: BBC News
10/7/2020 2:19pm
... do. of course, we want to make sure this mini gets to businesses as quickly and effectively as possible. 0n the point of evidence, i don't know if richard leonard has an opportunity, possibly not because i think it was published before the ...
BBC News: Breakfast
10/3/2020 7:36am
... public petition in that constituency to put the pressure on, so that margaret ferrier does step down. richard leonard, thank you for your time this morning. thank you. the time this morning. thank you. the time now is 8:36am. hello, this is breakfast with ...
BBC News: Breakfast
10/3/2020 7:33am
... talking to us this morning. let's speak now to leader of the scottish labour party, richard leonard. i , just ask, where are we now in this discussion about her position? well, ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
9/28/2020 1:42am
... is this what you expected to happen when you gave the go-ahead to students returning to universities this academic year? i suspect if we'd be in the position where we said, no students are to be at university, richard leonard perfectly legitimately might be standing up here today saying, ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
9/27/2020 1:44pm
... there is a real risk of false assurance coming from negative tests. is this what you expected to happen when you gave the go-ahead to students returning to universities this academic year? i suspect if we'd be in the position where we said, no students are to be at university, richard leonard ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
9/27/2020 4:42am
... no students are to be at university, richard leonard perfectly legitimately might be standing up here appear today saying, 'what are we going to do to get education back to young people? ' so, we have got to find the right, safe balance to have as much education for our young people while keeping ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
9/26/2020 1:42am
... no students are to be at university, richard leonard perfectly legitimately might be standing up here appear today saying, 'what are we going to do to get education back to young people? ' so, we have got to find the right, safe balance to have as much education for our young people while keeping ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
9/25/2020 1:42am
... this academic year? i suspect if we'd be in the position where we said, no students are to be at university, richard leonard perfectly legitimately might be standing up here appear today saying, 'what are we going to do to get education back ...
BBC News: BBC News
9/22/2020 1:54pm
... this is not complicated. that doesn't make it easy, but we know what we have to do, and we have got to all do it. on test and protect. i have to say i am not complacent about this but i disagree with richard leonard's characterisation, it is working well, you know, again ...
BBC News: BBC News
9/22/2020 1:53pm
... it does. on the three points richard leonard made on evidence, firstly we are hopefully soon going to public rish data at a much more local level. we publish data, local authority and health board area, we ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
9/7/2020 1:54am
... asked the independent review to give us a report byjanuary. i'm not sure whether richard leonard will still be standing in his place by then, we will wait and see. ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
9/6/2020 1:54pm
... and those who receive it are at the centre of that review? we want to move on this quickly, which is why we have asked the independent review to give us a report by january. i'm not sure whether richard leonard will still be standing in his place by then, ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
9/6/2020 4:54am
... asked the independent review to give us a report byjanuary. i'm not sure whether richard leonard will still be standing in his place by then, we will wait and see. nicola sturgeon. now, margaret thatcher famously said u turn if you want to, the lady's not for turning. ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
9/5/2020 1:54am
... quickly, which is why we have asked the independent review to give us a report byjanuary. i'm not sure whether richard leonard will still be standing in his place by then, we will wait and see. ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
9/4/2020 1:54am
... the centre of that review? we want to move on this quickly, which is why we have asked the independent review to give us a report byjanuary. i'm not sure whether richard leonard will still be standing in his place by then, we will wait and see. ...
BBC News: BBC News
8/26/2020 11:46am
... country now see that independence would be a betterfuture would be a better future for scotland. the sooner richard leonard wa kes scotland. the sooner richard leonard wakes up to that and stopped defending continue tory government is taking decisions about scotland, the better for all of us and ...
BBC News: BBC News
8/26/2020 11:45am
... taking a couple of months to start to have applications open when his own colleagues in wales are not doing it at all seems to me to be rather hypocritical stance for richard leonard to take. again i come back to this point, poverty are right now he would stop being boris ...
BBC News: BBC News
8/26/2020 11:42am
... richard leonard, you know, really aping the tories on using. which isa aping the tories on using. which is a reflection scotland's fiscal position within the united kingdom, not a reflection of how scotland would fare as independent country. but talking about deficits, at a ...
BBC News: BBC News
8/26/2020 11:41am
... his pace on these things, we have the power ahead and get these things completed. can i say to richard leonard, i will in the programme for government in the budgets that come, we will use our powers and our resources to the fullest effect possible. but if we had the powers ...
BBC News: BBC News
8/26/2020 11:41am
... against evictions in the original coronavirus legislation for an additional six months. so again richard leonard really needs to keep up richard leonard really needs to keep up with announcements as they are made by this government. i'm afraid i don't have the luxury of going at ...
BBC News: BBC News
8/26/2020 11:39am
... probably that conclusion that has led to the situation we have right now, where or almost half of richard leonard's remaining labour supporters, a dwindling band i grant pelle grant you, nearly half of them ...
BBC News: BBC News
8/26/2020 11:38am
... the uk government borrowing money. and the reason that they borrow that money and do it for us is because we don't have the power is here to do it ourselves. and what i would say to richard leonard is this, just use ...
BBC News: BBC News
8/26/2020 11:38am
... scottish government has also set out plans for a youth jobs guarantee scheme our set out more details of that in the coming days and weeks. i have to say, richard leonard is still capable of surprising in this ...
BBC News: BBC News
8/26/2020 11:38am
... again, i don't where richard leonard has been for the last few weeks, i've been asking the uk government to continue the furloughed job retention scheme almost every day. for weeks. so i'm glad that richard leonard has now decided to back that cool leonard has now decided to back that cool. in ...
BBC News: BBC News
8/26/2020 11:28am
... minute but that is the fourth time that question has been asked at first ministers questions, twice by me last week, once by richard leonard, once by me again today and that the fourth time the first minister has docked the answer. what i cannot work out is why because the ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
6/22/2020 1:51am
... and as safely as possible? yes, but - i hate to point out the basics to richard leonard - you have to do the work in order to produce that. ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
6/21/2020 2:51pm
... yes, but - i hate to point out the basics to richard leonard - you have to do the work in order to produce that. that is what is happening right now. nicola sturgeon. to stormont now, where ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
6/21/2020 4:51am
... the basics to richard leonard - you have to do the work in order to produce that. that is what is happening right now. nicola sturgeon. to stormont now, where northern ireland's first minister, arlene foster, has told mlas she's upset about hold-ups to the new government payment scheme ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
6/20/2020 1:51am
... that this can happen as quickly and as safely as possible? yes, but - i hate to point out the basics to richard leonard - you have to do the work in order to produce that. that is what is happening right now. nicola sturgeon. ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
6/19/2020 1:51am
... the resources needed to make sure that this can happen as quickly and as safely as possible? yes, but - i hate to point out the basics to richard leonard - you have to do the work in order to produce that. ...
BBC News: BBC News
6/10/2020 11:56am
... is validated. it would be wrong, and i note that fact and welcome the fa ct i note that fact and welcome the fact that richard leonard says suspected, because it would be wrong to say that these are all infections which we know where acquired in hospital. many of these infections, it may well have ...
BBC News: BBC News
6/10/2020 11:54am
... an independent chair to urgently review that work? cani chair to urgently review that work? can i say first of all in relation to richard leonard was my first comment that i absolutely agree with, we should neverforget comment that i absolutely agree with, we should never forget the human lives ...
BBC News: BBC News
6/10/2020 11:53am
... carlaw does. thank you. question numbertwo, carlaw does. thank you. question number two, richard leonard. thank you, presiding officer. the marked decline in the number of deaths to covid-19 gives us hope, but we should never forget the ...
BBC News: BBC News
5/27/2020 11:44am
... therefore my responsibility as first minister and the responsibility of eve ryo ne minister and the responsibility of everyone of my ministers is to make sure we focus on the decisions that still need to be taken, learning the lessons and applying the knowledge that we have at the time. richard ...
BBC News: BBC News
5/27/2020 11:44am
... homes. if richard leonard will forgive me, right now, my focus is on continuing to do everything we need today for the remainder of this crisis. we are not through this crisis. we are not through this crisis yet, we are not even through this phase of the crisis yet and ...
BBC News: BBC News
5/27/2020 11:41am
... published in scotland and of course, this is not political in any way, shape orform. shape or form. i shape orform. i took shape or form. i took about these issues regularly with richard leonard's colleague, the first minister of wales, where we are all grappling with these issues and ...
BBC News: BBC News
5/27/2020 11:38am
... they would have potentially exposed to the virus in hospitals and many of them would have died. in those circumstances, richard leonard would undoubtedly be standing here saying to me, but the benefit of hindsight, why didn't we try to get older ...
BBC News: BBC News
5/27/2020 11:38am
... more than richard leonard might ever be able to know, every single person who has lost their life in a care home as a result of this virus but again this is where the hindsight point comes in. had we not tried to get older people out of hospital, ...
BBC News: BBC News
5/27/2020 11:38am
... him that i have made before. firstly, in normaltimes, remember, richard leonard and others are usually standing up here criticising the scottish government for not reducing delayed discharge because these are older people that have no medical need to be in hospital and being in hospital is not an ...
BBC News: BBC News
5/27/2020 11:37am
... knew and operate with absolutely the best of intentions. i would challenge richard leonard when he says we rushed to discharge patients from hospital. i need to points to him that i have made before. firstly, in normal times, ...
BBC News: BBC News
5/27/2020 11:37am
... reliability of testing people without symptoms. that latter point still exists to some extent so we have developed our approach to testing and other things as the evidence and the advice has changed. i cannot, and richard leonard says he was talking about discharge in ...
BBC News: Politics Scotland
5/24/2020 1:47pm
... in relation to richard leonard's, is this morning he said it was irresponsible to send 921 and tested hospital patients into care homes backin back in march. can i ask you do you ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
5/11/2020 1:46am
... richard leonard. at stormont, northern ireland's economy minister told mlas that she had warned uk government ministers that mass redundancies could happen if theirjob retention scheme was ended suddenly. ...
BBC News: The Week in Parliament
5/10/2020 1:47pm
... demonstrated how rapidly and widely this virus can spread in care homes. it has also brought home the importance of testing all care home residents and all care home staff. not just those who are symptomatic. richard leonard. at stormont, northern ireland's economy minister told mlas that she had ...