30 Mar 2023

UK: New SNP leader, Corbyn's comeback, laughing gas ban

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 30 March 2023
Scottish National Party (SNP) leadership candidates Ash Regan (L) and Kate Forbes (R) applaud as Humza Yousaf (C) reacts as he hears he has won the the SNP Leadership election vote, during the result announcement at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on March 27, 2023.

Scottish National Party (SNP) leadership candidates Ash Regan, left, and Kate Forbes, right, applaud as Humza Yousaf, centre, reacts as he hears he has won the the SNP leadership election vote, during the result announcement at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on 27 March 2023. Photo: AFP

UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to look at Humza Yousaf's confirmation as Scotland's new first minister and the line-up of his new Cabinet. Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has given his strongest hint yet that he'll stand as an independent candidate - and it's possible he could win. And even the government's own advisers think a plan to ban laughing gas to tackle anti-social behaviour probably won't work.