What is next for the SNP after Humaz Yousaf’s resignation? Dan Poulter defects from the Conservatives to Labour. How did Alastair Campbell handle defections? Why is the world spending so much money on military defence?

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00:00 Intro
01:12 First Minister Humza Yousaf resignation
16:10 Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez one-man protest
23:27 Political defections
35:41 Defence spending around the world