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And its a Political Party growing in popularity. But will reforms announcement this morning help or hinder their ambitions . Well be hearing live from richard tice in about an hour with further insight then from deputy leader ben habib. From deputy leader ben habib. And muslim Protection Fund. The government is spending more than £117 million to keep muslims and mosques safe in britain. Is that how you want to see your money spent and generation creativity . Generation creativity . After rishi sunak said he wants teens to study maths until 18, an labour leader, sir keir starmer , announces that he wants starmer, announces that he wants the arts to be accessible to every child in britain, not just privileged pupils but what lessons will they ditch to meet this aim . Weve got a sneaky suspicion us conference might be about. So were going to talk to our political editor, chris hope, about that. Look, its been very quiet. Its quiet politically. Post budget. So reform are choosing make this big choosing today to make this big announcement. If its announcement. I wonder if its anything. What chris anything. Well see what chris hope wonder if hope thinks. But i wonder if todays the announcement today because royal story, in my because this royal story, in my view, is going to get a lot bigger. Yeah, think people yeah, i think some people will thinking, will be thinking, why does anybody theyve anybody care if theyve manipulated a photograph . How extensive was the well, how extensive was the manipulation supposed to manipulation it was supposed to be that the princess of be to show that the princess of wales is fit, healthy and happy. If some if theyve weve seen some evidence manipulation. Evidence of the manipulation. What manipulate what else are they manipulate and does it matter . And why does it matter . Trust. We have as well, trust. We have to as the British Public trust the royal family. Do we not . Let us know your gb at know your thoughts . Gb views at gb first though, the gb news. Com first though, the very latest news with sam francis. Francis. Bev and andrew. Thank you very much. Good morning from the gb newsrooms. Just gone 930 and as you may have heard, leading the news this morning, speculation is mounting over an image of the princess of wales after it was withdrawn by some News Agencies over claims that it may have been digitally altered. The First Official altered. The First Official picture of the princess since her Abdominal Surgery is said to have been taken by Prince William, but it was withdrawn over concerns that a number of edits may been made , edits may have been made, including to sleeve of including to the sleeve of princess cardigan. Princess charlottes cardigan. There has so far been no official response from Kensington Palace. Three former conservative home secretaries are calling for a united front to tackle extremism from islamists and far right groups. In a joint statement, dame priti patel, sir sajid javid and amber rudd are urging both labour and conservative to Work Together to understand and combat the issue. Understand and combat the issue. It comes as Community Secretary michael gove is preparing to announce a new government definition of extremism. And in definition of extremism. And in other royal news today, the queen will lead the royal family at the annual Commonwealth Day service. Later, as the king continues his Cancer Treatment , continues his Cancer Treatment, her majesty, accompanied by the prince of wales, will gather at Westminster Abbey for the celebration. This years event draws on the theme of resilience against a backdrop of Health Worries in the royal family. And though hell miss todays service, the king will deliver a video message echoing the late queen by reaffirming his commitment to serve the 56 member countries to the best of his ability. And finally, last his ability. And finally, last nights oscars were dominated by the nuclear bomb epic oppenheimer , winning seven oppenheimer, winning seven awards, including best director for Christopher Nolan and best actor for cillian murphy. Heres the moment that he claimed that top acting honour. We made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb. And for better or for worse, were all living in oppenheimers world, so i would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere. Everywhere. Cillian murphy there receiving his award. Well one of the other biggest cheers of the night went to emma stone, who took her second award for best actress. This time, though, for the dark comedy poor things. But it was a night of bad luck for songwriting legend diane warren, the of 33 top ten singles the writer of 33 top ten singles has notched up 15 nominations over the years, but sadly, zero wins. Last nights award for best original song instead went to Billie Eilish and Finneas Oconnell for the track what was i made for, which was featured in barbie. Those are the headunes in barbie. Those are the headlines for now. More in the next half hour. In the meantime, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the qr code there on your screen or go to gb news. Com alerts. News. Com alerts. Very good morning. It is 935 monday morning. This is britains newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson. With andrew pearson. Bev turner. Bev turner. Well, were going to go to talk to chris hope, our political editor, because rumours swirling. Reform rumours are swirling. Reform uk is press conference in is holding a press conference in just an hour. Theres just under an hour. Theres theyre billing it with major theyre billing it with a major announcement. Weve a announcement. Weve got a suspicion what it might suspicion we know what it might be. Hope is the man in the be. Chris hope is the man in the know. Chris is there. Chris give us a clue. What what are us a clue. What are what are they going to tell us and where are you, by the way . Morning, andrew. Morning, bev. A location bev. Im in a location in Central London, stones throw Central London, a stones throw here houses of here from the houses of parliament. Thats because here from the houses of parl announcementats because here from the houses of parl announcement , s because here from the houses of parl announcement , we because here from the houses of parl announcement , we think e here from the houses of parl announcement , we think no this announcement, we think no confirmation reform uk. But confirmation from reform uk. But we understand we are going to see a major tory mp defecting to join reform uk this morning. Again, no confirmation on from reform uk, but it looks like it might be lee anderson, the former partys deputy chairman, joining reform uk. Now if this happens , as it is a it is happens, as it is a it is a significant to blow rishi sunak and his attempts to win back that crucial red wall seats. That, of course, Boris Johnson won for the party back in 2019. Lee anderson has been described as the red wall made flesh by some bbc reporters. Hes the mp for ashfield , a former labour for ashfield, a former labour councillor who in fact only voted tory for the first time in 2019 for himself when he became a conservative mp. So if this happens and again, it wont be long to wait. Now the press conference here in, in Central London, in, in westminster is due to start around 10 30 am. It is a massive, massive blow for the Prime Minister, which is sunak for the party chairman, the party organisation. The fact they cant hang on to someone like lee anderson is a real blow. Again, no confirmation from reform uk, but im here at the venue and this place is alive with rumours. Chris, you should just remind people he got into difficulty because of something he said on gb news about the mayor of london and the labour leader, sir keir starmer , being in sir keir starmer, being in thrall to islamists. And he admitted hed used clumsy language but refused to apologise. Apologise. Well, that, in summary, that is exactly what happened. He was on the Martin Daubney show around two weeks ago, last friday, around 5 00 in the afternoon, and he was Martin Daubney was asking, why on earth cant the police enforce the law and stop protesters beaming offensive language to about israel that really offends the jewish people here in this country, onto the onto the tower that houses big ben. Why isnt that houses big ben. Why isnt that happening . And lee anderson that happening . And lee anderson responded by saying, well, he felt that sadiq khan, the mayor of london, and sir keir starmer, theyre in thrall to islamists, now, he didnt resile from that. And of course he wouldnt apologise for that. He said. I did use clumsy language and then he lost the whip on the saturday from the chief whip, simon hart removed the whip from him, which meant that he was no longer a tory mp, was independent. So hes politically hes been homeless politically for what hasnt for two weeks. And what hasnt happened theres been no no happened is theres been no no way get back in. Weve way to get him back in. Weve heard james cleverly, the home secretary, hunt, week secretary, jeremy hunt, a week last sunday, both saying he must apologise before hes allowed back in and he wont apologise. He says hes being clumsy, but he wont say sorry for what he said. And its that breakdown in the lack of an apology from lee anderson, means theres anderson, which means theres been back in for him to been no way back in for him to the tory party and i think thats part of why he might be joining reform uk again , no joining reform uk again, no confirmation for reform uk or from anderson this is what we from mr anderson this is what we think. Chris thank you very okay chris thank you very much. News conference will much. That News Conference will be 1030 i believe be happening at 1030 i believe richard has a rather richard tice has a rather shorter speech than politicians tend to like. Tend to like. On occasions like this, it will still be too long. So. So will he appoint lee so. So will he appoint lee anderson as a member of the reform party and therefore a reform mp . And it will be their first mp. And if you go back a few years to the ukip, they had two mps defected, mark. Mark reckless and the mp for ive forgotten his name. Well come to him in a moment. They both then put the for their defection to a by election and one of them won, well. Lets see. And lets face it, if anybodys going to have an opinion, douglas carswell. Just remember, the other quys just remember, the other guys going to be you at home. Gb news viewers are going to have an opinion on whether lee anderson reform , if that anderson joining reform, if that indeed the announcement indeed is what the announcement is, idea or not. Is, is a good idea or not. Obviously, hes a rather divisive, divisive character. Gb views news. Is the views at gb news. Com is the email address, so yeah, the main story of the day. Huge story front page of all the papers around yesterday as around the world yesterday as well. Course, online and this well. Of course, online and this is, this is around the world because those four major agencies with withdrew the photographs. Up what they call a they put up what they call a kill order includes reuters kill order that includes reuters around donkeys years , around for donkeys years, Associated Press, because they say photographs have been manipulated. Very odd this. So some people have called out the inconsistencies in charlottes sleeve. You can just see sleeve. You can just see a little blurring there, if you like, above where, her thumb would be. Yeah, on her left arm and also the louis fingers. Would be. Yeah, on her left arm and also the louis fingers. Yes. And also the louis fingers. Yes. You could say. Well, hes just a little boy bending his fingers. Thats one of the. I mean, some people have really gone to town on this photo. Theres about, theres items, theres an image about 20 items, but charlotte appears to have a heel on one shoe and no heel on the other shoe. Whats now . And of course, other and of course, the other thing we shouldnt forget. The princess shes not wearing thing we shouldnt forget. The prinwedding shes not wearing thing we shouldnt forget. The prinwedding rings not wearing thing we shouldnt forget. The prinwedding rings now. Nearing thing we shouldnt forget. The prinwedding rings now. Shesg thing we shouldnt forget. The prinwedding rings now. Shes had her wedding rings now. Shes had surgery, so may have lost surgery, so she may have lost weight. It may be its advisable not to wear the rings. But this not to wear the rings. But this is mothers day, and it would have occurred to me that people would obviously comment on that. So would i was taking so i would have if i was taking the photographs, ensured you dont her all. Dont see her hands at all. First thing i noticed was theres no ring on her finger and well, that plays and i thought, well, that plays into that into this accusation that there is troubles marriage, and is troubles in the marriage, and that why shes gone out of that is why shes gone out of the public eye. The issue here, we dont know, do we . We dont know what is going on with this photograph. We dont know if its been cobbled together with old because kate does old pictures because kate does not her picture taken. It not want her picture taken. It might be that the two of them have just taken a stand and said, we want our privacy. Said, no, we want our privacy. And theres a dispute within the palace whether they should palace as to whether they should issue picture or not. Issue a picture or not. They always put they do always put out a photograph mothers day photograph on mothers day of kate kids. Yeah. So kate with the kids. Yeah. So theyre up with that theyre keeping up with that teacher. Well, lets talk to former royal correspondent former bbc royal correspondent michael some michael cole. Michael, some people texting in people already are texting in and and tweeting and emailing in and tweeting and saying in saying this is a storm in a royal cup, let alone a teacup. But actually it it clearly has been manipulated. And the whole point of this photograph was to show world that the princess show the world that the princess of wales happy and healthy of wales is happy and healthy and in full bloom. And yet, if theyve manipulated the photograph, people will think, why did they do that . Is she not as as they would us as healthy as they would have us believe . Believe . Andrew. Andrew. Good morning andrew and also beverly. This good morning andrew and also beverly. This is an absolute fiasco. It is an object lesson fiasco. It is an object lesson in how to turn success into immediate failure, and it is very serious because if you compromise truth, credibility goes with it, youve just, pointed out beverly has just pointed out beverly has just pointed out beverly has just pointed out the apparent, evidence that the image taken , evidence that the image taken, it must be said by prince of wales, Prince William has been altered before it was released. Now, that may seem a trivial matter, but it is not a trivial matter. And because i knew i was coming to talk to you, i spoke to the top person in the United Kingdom at associate press, and she said, and im going to quote from her, she said, for us, it does not matter for what the manipulation is. Only that happen. And thats quite right, because , it was foolish in the because, it was foolish in the extreme for somebody to put out a doctored image because at ap and upi, and reuters and Agence France presse, ap and reuters are the two most prestigious agencies in the world. And i can say that i used to work for their biggest rival, upi. Theyve got people who look at images from war zones, from gaza, from the ukraine. They have to spot fakes because there are people out there. The warring factions are peddling propaganda. And to think that they thought that ap, that they could get a dodgy image past these experts was insane. Totally insane. And im afraid it does undercut the credibility of the royal family. Ive just for, andrews paper mailonline about this and the importance cannot be, exaggerated is extremely important that very soon, in fact, immediately kp needs to become candid about this. They have to explain what happened. They have to explain who did it, because it has to give Prince William some cover who actually manipulated this photograph. This is a disaster photograph. This is a disaster by a photoshop and its such a big mistake by a press office to do that. This is the age of fake news and artificial intelligence. We see prince louis there crossing his fingers. Perhaps he was crossing his fingers that nobody would find out about this fake. That is what it is. What we need is an explanation, and we need is an explanation, and we need is an explanation, and we need it very fast. Michael and if. Yeah, just. Id love to know your thoughts on the fact that if this was issued clearly it was issued with the intention of being perceived as an absolutely genuine, authentic photograph. Why would Kensington Palace release a picture in which the princess of wales is not wearing her wedding ring . Well, there there is no act of Parliament Subject to andrew correcting me that says a woman has to wear her wedding ring or her Engagement Ring every day. I her Engagement Ring every day. I dont know what the reasons are, andifs dont know what the reasons are, and its an extremely good question, but that is why we need some candour from kp on your program. In the past, ive said in the absence of any news about the health of the princess of wales, guidance should have been given to accredited journalists by kp so that the news vacuum didnt fill up with rubbish, which of course it does, which of course it does. So we need some explanations. I must just tell you this is a major own goal, you cant get away from it because if, if a photograph is faked, what else cant be believed . And can we cant be believed . And can we not believe about her Health Condition . Is the next thing. Do we have to look at the crown jewels and say, are they really the crown jewels, or are they paste and pinchbeck . You know, its a slippery slope. You cannot compromise truth without your credibility going down the drain. And im afraid this is a drain. And im afraid this is a major we have find major mistake. We have to find out who did it, why they did it, and there is not a full and if there is not a full explanation for ever more people wonder about images coming out of Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace and say, can we believe it . Thats the worst of all possible worlds. It is. Thank you. Michael michael, colette. Fascinating. It is fascinating having that conversation with the head of ap in britain. It is. Thats the point. They cannot it compromises the agencies. They are four of the most prestigious agencies in the world. Reuters. For heavens sake. Reuters. And they see mile off. They could see from a mile off. Well, its either the press association, the National Agency have not withdrawn it yet. Kensington. And that will happen today have either been very naive indeed. Very naive indeed. Extremely naive to think that that all of those Armchair Detectives for a start because this all kicked off straight away on social media yesterday and i was then actually , i was and i was then actually, i was personally quite surprised to see that the Mainstream Press also picked these also picked up on these anomalies in these photos. I was very that that they had. Very pleased that that they had. Yeah, because thought, you yeah, because i thought, you know, a few years, maybe know, rewind a few years, maybe the papers would have just run the papers would have just run the picture and not questioned the picture and not questioned the authenticity of it. The Christmas Card , forget the Christmas Card, the Little Finger was the little lad, finger was missing. You remember . Missing. Do you remember . Yeah. Yeah. And we thought, oh, well, its the Christmas Card. It was its the Christmas Card. It was different. This is a this is a this is a very, very subliminal statement from the palace saying shes at her. Shes shes fine. Look at her. Shes fine. Just a few days after the paparazzi photograph where i thought she looked very puffy, it smacks of desperation in a way they desperately want to appease. Want to, assuage our they want to, assuage our worry. And yet its. And the pressure will now be on to say, can we see the unexpurgated version, the one where which wasnt doctored at all . Ever see it . All . Will we ever see it . We need to. We need to. And as i say, why, if shes not wearing a wedding rings, why did we see her hands . Us know your thoughts. Gb let us know your thoughts. Gb views at gb news. Com up next though, find many though, find out how many millions of pounds the government to keep government has pledged to keep muslims gb news. Well, the governments announcing more than £170 million of taxpayer money to increase protection at our mosques, muslim schools and Community Centres. This is against potential hate crimes. It follows a similar package of 70 million to support jewish groups. Were going to get the thoughts of the co chairman of the Muslim Jewish Forum of greater manchester, Muhammad Amin mohammed. If we can use good morning. If we can use your much . Your first name, how much . Potential hate crime or how many disturbances have there been at mosques, presumably since the gaza dispute, since the war in gaza dispute, since the war in gaza . Gaza . Good morning. I dont have first hand knowledge of hate crimes , but tell mama the crimes, but tell mama the Monitoring Organisation that is funded by the government, has reported a very significant increase in anti muslim hate crime since the 7th of october, in the same way that weve seen a significant increase in anti semitism since that date as well. And its a very sad reflection on our society that this type of physical protection is needed, ive gone to synagogues, for many years, and its an amazing level of security that they have to have. And sadly, that is necessary. And sadly, that is necessary. And i grew up in an environment where mosques were basically just open, but sadly, there is more and more need to keep people out. Weve had people murdered occasionally , and im murdered occasionally, and im pleased to see that the government is taking action. Mohammed, £170 million is a huge amount of money to spend protecting one particular group of people. Do you know how it will actually be spent . Will actually be spent . I understand from previous, funding for religious Premises Security that the process is that Community Institutions are requested to put in bids to describe what they want to do, how the money will be spent, and those are then vetted centrally by government. Ive never been involved directly with the process, but at the Muslim Jewish Forum, we have previously circulated, previous funding rounds from the government for security for religious premises. So private security firms, presumably maybe cctv cameras in those areas, but its up to the local community on how that money is spent and they can apply for that. Apply for that. A lot of it will be spent on fencing in the case not involving government money. My wife to be head teacher wife used to be the head teacher of a Muslim Primary School in manchester, and after 911, when they experienced significant levels of hatred from sort of the far right in britain, they had to spend money. In this case, it was their own money because these Government Schemes did not exist , putting in did not exist, putting in additional security fencing so that you couldnt break into the school. Okay, mohammed, weve run out of time. Im so sorry, Mohammed Ahmed there. Us know your ahmed there. Let us know your thoughts on that. Does it feel a bit divisive . I think if bit more divisive . I think if there are security concerns, maybe. Just yet maybe. But it just feels yet again, reason defining again, a reason for defining dividing people, right . Heres the weather. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb views. News. Views. News. Hello there welcome to your latest gb news weather. Were looking at a damp start across many areas. 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On monday, the 11th of march. This is britains newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and Andrew Pierce. Well, gb news understands tory mp lee hanson is going to defect to reform uk this morning. Party leader richard tice is hosting a press conference shortly in our time. Stay tuned, you wont want to miss that. And this manipulated royal photo. It is a mystery. The picture, issued by Kensington Palace of the princess of wales and her children, has been recalled major photography recalled by major photography agencies, is not agencies, saying that it is not genuine and it has been altered and the kings commonwealth vow. The king pledges to serve the 56 countries to what he describes as the best of his ability , and this muslim ability, and this muslim Protection Fund. The government is spending more than £117 million to keep muslims safe in britain. Muslims safe in britain. And it was up on oppenheimer tonight at the oscars. Well bnng tonight at the oscars. Well bring you up to date with all the winners and the losers. If this press conference is only half an hour with richard tice, its only going to last for about ten minutes, so dont go anywhere. If they do announce that lee anderson has joined reform, i think there are pros and cons to that. I dont think its as simple as great decision. Yeah, well, we henri paul yeah, well, we know spoke to ben abebe, the know we spoke to ben abebe, the deputy leader, week who had deputy leader, last week who had grave about him joining. And ben will be here to talk to us after the announcement. So and ben will be here to talk to urwillar the announcement. So and ben will be here to talk to urwill be he announcement. So and ben will be here to talk to urwill be incredibly cement. So that will be incredibly interesting what has interesting to see what he has to gb at gb news. Com to say. Gb views at gb news. Com is the email so you can tell us what you think first though, the very news with sam very latest news with sam francis. Beth andrew, thank you very much. Good morning from the gb newsrooms. Just gone 10 00. And newsrooms. Just gone 10 00. And as youve been hearing the top story of the day is that speculation is now mounting over an image of the princess of wales after it was withdrawn by some News Agencies over claims it may have been digitally altered. The First Official altered. The First Official picture of the princess since her Abdominal Surgery in january is said to have been taken by Prince William , but it was Prince William, but it was withdrawn over concerns that a number of edits may have been made, including to the left sleeve of princess charlottes cardigan. Theres been no official so far from official response, so far from Kensington Palace. Three former Kensington Palace. Three former conservative home secretaries are calling for a united front to tackle extremism from islamists and far right groups. In a joint statement, dame priti patel, sir sajid javid and amber rudd are urging both labour and the conservatives to Work Together to understand and combat the issue. It comes as Community Secretary michael gove prepares to make an announcement today of a new government definition of extremism. Meanwhile more than 50 victims of islamist terror attacks have also signed a separate letter condemning anti muslim hate. Condemning anti muslim hate. They say its important to separate extremists from the majority of british muslims. Majority of british muslims. Meanwhile, the government has pledged over £117 million to safeguard mosques. Muslim schools and Community Centres in britain over the next four years. The funding, unveiled today follows the Prime Ministers promise to also allocate more than £70 million to protect Jewish Community sites. In other news, the mother sites. In other news, the mother of murdered teenager brianna ghey has met with the family of one of her daughters killers. One of her daughters killers. Scarlett jenkinson and her accomplice eddie ratcliffe, were 15 when they murdered 16 year old brianna. They were sentenced to life in prison, while esther ghey has said that the meeting gave her hope that they may Work Together on what shes called peace of mind, which is a Community Interest company. Shes launched as briannas legacy. Miss jai says its a moment of collective grief. The crime thats been committed has impacted so many other people , and obviously what other people, and obviously what theyve gone through is terrible as well. And theyve lost. Theyve lost a child and they havent only lost a child, but theyve also got to live with whats happened now for the rest of their life. Of their life. And back to some other royal news. The queen will lead the royal family today at this years Commonwealth Service. Later, as the king continues his Cancer Treatment , her majesty, Cancer Treatment, her majesty, accompanied by the prince of wales and various other members of the royal family, are due to gather at Westminster Abbey for the annual celebration. This years event draws on the theme of resilience against a backdrop of resilience against a backdrop of various Health Worries within the royal family, and though hell miss todays service, his majesty will deliver a video message reaffirming his commitment to serve the 56 member countries he says to the best of his ability , police say best of his ability, police say that 350 people have now contacted them about an Ongoing Investigation into a chain of funeral homes, after concerns were raised about how the dead were raised about how the dead were being treated there. Three branches of legacy independent Funeral Directors have been searched and they remain cordoned off after a 46 year old man and a 23 year old woman were arrested on suspicion of preventing a lawful and decent burial. We understand 34 bodies burial. We understand 34 bodies have now been respectfully transported to a mortuary for formal identification. Formal identification. Detectives are asking the public to refrain from any speculation and to respect the potentially heartbroken families that are involved. Politicians, tech involved. Politicians, Tech Companies and Financial Institutions are to meet in london today to tackle international fraud. The event, international fraud. The event, hosted by the british government, is the first of its kind. Security minister Tom Tugendhat told us earlier that the government is working to protect the british people. Already were leading on bringing fraud down, so its down 13 year on year and weve already led globally with the onune already led globally with the online fraud charter, which is a huge moment where weve got Tech Companies, the largest Tech Companies, the largest Tech Companies and other companies, Telecoms Companies to Work Together to protect the british people. Today , thats all people. And today, thats all about bringing that to partners and finally to the us, where last nights oscars were dominated by the nuclear bomb epic oppenheimer , winning seven epic oppenheimer, winning seven awards in total, including best director for Christopher Nolan and best actor for cillian murphy. Heres the moment that he claimed that top acting honour. We made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb. And for better or for worse, were all living in oppenheimers world, so i would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere. Well, one of the biggest cheers of the night also went to emma stone, who took home her second award for best actress, this time for the black comedy poor things. But it was a night of bad luck for songwriting legend diane warren, the writer of 33 top ten singles has now notched up 15 nominations, but zero wins last nights award for best original song instead went to Billie Eilish and Finneas Oconnell for the track what was i made . For which you may have heard featured in barbie. Those are the headlines. Lots more still to come with andrew and bev over the course of this morning. In the meantime, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the code there on your screen, or if youre listening on radio, go to gb news. Com alerts. 1007 youre with britains newsroom on gb news. Andrew pearson bev turner. Were going to go straight back to chris hope because hes with reform uk are about to hold big press are about to hold a big press conference. Expecting lee conference. Were expecting lee anderson unveiled as their anderson to be unveiled as their new chris so reform mp. New tory mp chris so reform mp. Andrew and bev. Yeah thats right. We are expecting although no confirmation from reform uk or from lee anderson, that the former deputy chairman of the tory party, lee anderson, it will be unveiled today as in a big role at reform uk , he will big role at reform uk, he will become reform uks first mp. Its a major moment here for the reform party, of course, a blow for rishi sunak. Reform party, of course, a blow for rishi sunak. Lee anderson of for rishi sunak. Lee anderson of course, was named the red wall, made flesh, by other journalists. Hes seen as somebody who almost stands for the for the red wall. Hes often seen by other Party Members as someone who they allows them to understand it. He is regularly booked out on friday nights and saturday. Is he going to speak in the south to tory members to explain why the north voted tory back in 2019 . Now, to lose this individual to join the reform, to join reform uk is a big blow. Hes been on something of a political journey. Lee anderson, of course, he was a labour councillor. He voted a tory for the first time in 2019 for himself, when he stood to be a tory mp for ashfield. And now hes almost completing that journey, going across the waterfront to the right of the of the tory party, to reform uk. Okay. Thank you chris. Okay. Thank you chris. There we go. Big news. If there we go. Big news. If youre just joining us, lee anderson , the disgraced tory mp, anderson, the disgraced tory mp, former labour mp before he was tory. Labour is now. Labour is now. Thank you. He wasnt an mp for labour. Thank you andrew. Now hes joining the reform party. That is massive news and new at home will have an opinion on that. Let us know gb views at gb news. Com now opinion we want most at the moment most of all at the moment though, weve got the pr though, weve got the great pr guru of them all. Piers pottinger with us used to work for the royal family, prime margaret thatcher, john major, into major, lets take you into kensington now. Kensington palace right now. Piers. Public relations . Piers. What Public Relations . What advice do you give them to dig themselves out of this spectacularly own goal , spectacularly large own goal, this big hole theyve dug . This picture has been according to Associated Press, manipulated, yes. And its been withdrawn by four Major International agencies. Yeah , its a disaster, yeah, its a disaster, really. And michael cole , who really. And michael cole, who was on earlier on your program, summarised it extremely well, i thought, but its interesting because the real explosive element to this was the word that ap agency used when they said the picture had been manipulated. Now, ive never manipulated. Now, ive never seen that word used before in terms of a photograph, manipulation is something usually done emotionally, but what they really mean is it was edhed what they really mean is it was edited and clumsily and clumsily and if that is all it was and it doesnt actually matter whether whether the photograph was taken this week or last week or last yean this week or last week or last year, it was meant to be a mothers day message card, rather like a Christmas Card, along with a message from kate thanking everyone for all their support and if she is extremely ill as a result of her operation , then i think she has the sympathy of the country behind her. But i do feel that Kensington Palace could have killed this straight away by coming out and saying it was an edhed coming out and saying it was an edited photograph. Unfortunately, we do all this now digitally. We didnt get it quite right and were sorry about that. They should have done that last night when they should have doneit last night when they should have done it immediately. Orders were released. Absolutely. Because all this has is fuelled half has done is fuelled the half crazed conspiracy theorists who take all their information from bizarre social media sites on the front page of all the Mainstream Press isnt just the conspiracy theorists. All the papers are saying there are questions to be answered here. I mean, the fact that theyve got leaves on the trees in the background, its taken the summer. Pearce taken in the summer. Pearce well, it may be, again, well, it may be, but again, i mean, i honestly would say in all fairness, does that really matter was taken because matter when it was taken because they it was taken the they said it was taken in the last week the prince of wales . Well, 7 well, i . Well, i didnt know. They said they had said that. Yeah. Well in that case then they need to explain whats going on and it just crass stupidity. If it is just crass stupidity. If indeed they have lied. Yeah. Which i mean, it does of course kill the trust immediately and i mean, i do sometimes wonder about the modern Day Communications experts and the press offices of some of these organisations, including the conservative party. I mean, they seem so far detached from common sense that it beggars belief. It doesnt say, and your experience is vital at a time like this. Piers, lets also bnngin like this. Piers, lets also bring in a royal photographer, if we can. Helena chard, helena. Good morning, good morning. Good good morning, good morning. Good morning. Just help us understand this a little bit. Were hearing the pr angle from pearce. But what does this mean to digitally alter photograph like that . What does this mean to digitally alter which graph like that . What does this mean to digitally alter which circumstances . What does this mean to digitally alter which circumstances might under which circumstances might this something do this be . Something you would do with the of intentions, and with the best of intentions, and that might do manip bait that you might do to manip bait the public . Well, i think in this situation, i mean , this is situation, i mean, this is really unfortunate and everyones been waiting for the first photograph to come out. It didnt have to come out this way. When i originally saw the photograph, i thought, oh my goodness, thats a lovely picture. And it looked like a typical picture that catherine, the of would the princess of wales, would take because shes take because obviously shes studied didnt studied photography, i didnt think photograph think it would be a photograph that would take. That Prince William would take. Yes, course we can edit yes, of course we can all edit photographs, and they can be edhed photographs, and they can be edited incredibly well or quite clumsily. I would say in this clumsily. I would say in this instance, it does seem that theres been a small amount of editing quite clumsily done , but editing quite clumsily done, but it seems the theyre silly things , i cant understand why things, i cant understand why they would want to edit the things that theyve edited. I can only believe this is human error. Thats what i want to feel, but you know, for four of the worlds picture agencies to kill the pictures and actually take them out of their their photo libraries. Take them out of their their photo libraries. This is something serious, i know that Associated Press are waiting to hear from Kensington Palace. Everyones waiting. And i think everyones waiting. And i think its in their interest to get that, you know, to update everybody because as you said, its a trust thing. And we all want to believe in the monarchy. Want to believe in the monarchy. And so this is so important, i, you know , they didnt need to you know, they didnt need to put this picture out. Thats the sad, sad incident. Put this picture out. Thats the sad, sad incident. But, i really think another element of this when i first saw the photograph, the first thing that struck me, shes not wearing her wedding fings yeah. Now shes had surgery. Shes lost. Possibly lost weight. Maybe its not it. Shes lost weight. So theyre not theyre not fitting. But theres as you know, the internet is alive with lurid speculation. Why not have made why wouldnt you not have made sure photograph that sure the photograph that went out her wedding . Her out didnt show her wedding . Her hand . Didnt need to see the hand . You didnt need to see the hand, if you were in hand, did you . If you were in charge the pr photograph charge of the pr photograph there, that photograph not there, that photograph would not have gone out. Well, i think its, you know, as helen has said, its been sloppily i would hope sloppily done. And i would hope as does, its human as she does, its simply human error. Its not as she does, its simply human error. Its not a very good job. Dont forget, if prince of dont forget, if the prince of wales took photograph, he wales took this photograph, he wouldnt taken one. Hed wouldnt have taken one. Hed have taken quite lot. And it have taken quite a lot. And it may have been a medley of some of them and some bright spark said, oh no, the background, we should make brighter. And oh, should make it brighter. And oh, she needs to put the hand there. And theyve been moving things around without any overall view of how the final object really comes across. I mean, i think it looks to me like sloppy editing, nothing more sinister than that. The only thing thats made it more sinister has been Kensington Palace. Yeah, slow slowness in clearing this matter up. And slowness in clearing this matter up. And it does, unfortunately need to be cleared up because when the News Agencies said kill the photograph , none of the the photograph, none of the newspapers have. No, theyre all using them even more. Its had the reverse effect. I wonder helen, if this was your photograph and it had been edhed your photograph and it had been edited or manipulated in this way, how would you be feeling about that . About that . Oh, incredibly disappointed. I mean, it wouldnt be my photograph because i wouldnt put it out like that, but and i cannot even believe that catherine, princess of wales and Prince William would do Prince William would, would do that. Somethings that. I think its somethings happened palace. Happened at Kensington Palace. I mean, i certainly wouldnt, because putting out photographs, it to be an authentic it has to be an authentic picture, you cant be doctoring things. I mean, goodness me, were sort of going down the i route scene, it just i just feel really sorry because its actually, in theory, take away all those bits and absolutely lovely photograph, and its a big shame i have my thoughts, but, you know, i, we just are waiting to hear Kensington Palace really does have to update everybody. Update everybody. Last 30s, weve been reported at the weekend that Meghan Markle is looking for a Public Relations advisor in great britain. Are you offering your services to . Certainly not. No. I mean, shes talking about relaunching a brand. She hasnt got a brand, a brand. She hasnt got a brand, its just her and her husband whingeing about themselves the whole time and jumping on any woke bag band wagon they can to make them look trendy and caring. I mean, its nauseating. Caring. I mean, its nauseating. And theres nothing to relaunch. They are not welcome in the uk. Full stop. Right there we are. Right there we are. Theres some pr advice right up next, its rumoured that bofis up next, its rumoured that Boris Johnson might be returning to frontline politics. Could he save the tories . This is britains gb news. Yeah. Its fine. Yeah. Its fine. 1020. With britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. Weve got in the studio with us. Former labour adviser matthew laza. Good morning from broadcaster emma woolf. Good morning. Both the breaking news this morning. Weve edge of weve all been on the edge of our seats. Will lee anderson joined uk. Weve had joined reform uk. Weve had it confirmed that he will. And therell press conference therell be a press conference in minutes about it. In ten minutes about it. Absolutely. Absolutely. This is lees well, look, this is lees third its still third third party. Its still its me its quite strange for me because to knock on doors because i used to knock on doors with comrade anderson for the labour ashfield, for labour party in ashfield, for gloria of this parish, Gloria De Piero of this parish, he was her agent. He was her agent. In the 2017 campaign, agent. And in the 2017 campaign, basically, lee and i were shoulder to shoulder getting gloria at re elected , along with gloria at re elected, along with all the local Party Members campaigning Jeremy Corbyn to campaigning for Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister. Well, i, gloria and i were knocking on doors and saying, can i do an impression of gloria . I think im to. Shes been my im allowed to. Shes been my best for years. She best friend for 20 years. She goes, i love. And oh, people goes, oh, i love. And oh, people going, oh, ive been i my, my husband was a miner was my grandad a miner. My dad was grandad was a miner. My dad was a, everybody a, you know, everybody in my family a miner. Dont family was a miner. We dont want jeremy and we, we want Jeremy Corbyn and we, we and were saying gloria was and we were saying gloria was saying, worry love, he saying, oh dont worry love, he aint going to be Prime Minister if you want to send to if you want to send me back to westminster well, westminster now, sadly, well, not i wanted to not sadly, because i wanted to see mps elected, but see labour mps elected, but ultimately go. So ultimately jeremy didnt go. So yeah, was campaigning to yeah, but lee was campaigning to make Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister theory, get minister in theory, more to get gloria elected. Hes bevan. Speculating hes bevan. I was speculating earlier it could. Earlier that it could. Its these its these things arent just its going be publicity. Going to be huge publicity. Theyll all its theyll milk it for all its worth reform uk but its a double edged sword because hes marmite. He is marmite. I did his show on last i was filming him on last i was filming with him on last i was filming with him on and i was on his on thursday and i was on his show on friday. I have a lot of time for lee anderson and when i tweet picture of anderson, tweet a picture of lee anderson, i had hundreds of abusive i have had hundreds of abusive messages lee, but messages about lee, but actually, i think the actually, i think out in the country, hes incredibly popular because a sense with because there is a sense with lee that is a real lee anderson that he is a real person. Done jobs, person. He has done properjobs, he his mind, but he he does speak his mind, but he cares real people. And as cares about real people. And as you say, hes worked as a coal miner. I know his politics have been interesting journey, but been an interesting journey, but i so have lots of others. I mean, so have lots of others. But yeah, theyve an but yeah, theyve been on an interesting i think theyll be happier drifting happier from left drifting Centre Think Centre to right. I think its interesting because interesting about reform because you big you know he is a big personality. You know its a big media story and there some media story and there are some big egos already. Yeah, big egos there already. So yeah, i think thats be i think thats going to be a popular move. But i think hes but but i think hes basically hes not really a tory in the sense that i mean, you know, hes a kind of populist sort know, you know, sort of, you know, you know, hes economically you hes hes economically hes, you know, be as, as know, not going to be as, as right as the tories. Right wing as the tories. Fair labour under corbyn. So fair labour under corbyn. So fair labour under corbyn. Couldnt bear yeah. And he couldnt bear labour under corbyn. He was a bit naughty he wound bit of a naughty boy. He wound he corbynistas he wound the corbynistas up locally where was locally in ashfield where he was a councillor, said you a councillor, and said some, you know, just to, i think to know, things just to, i think to wind which didnt wind them up which you didnt mean, which them an excuse mean, which gave them an excuse to, him out. I think to, to push him out. But i think that, reform with his that, you know, reform with his big, big of big, big, big issues of immigration, brexit immigration, and, and brexit will will the heart of will be, will be at the heart of a labour win back the ashfield seat massively. Seat because hes massively. Well, probably well, ashfield is probably one of because of the most interesting because they local they also have a local independent ex lib dem independent whos an ex lib dem who won the seat as a lib who nearly won the seat as a lib dem. Has various legal dem. He has various legal troubles, awaiting dem. He has various legal troubiappearances, awaiting dem. He has various legal troubiappearances, aw¢but,| dem. He has various legal troubiappearances, aw¢but, his court appearances, but but, his independent party has almost every local council, every seat on the local council, so going a four way so its going to be a four way split. Are we crazy . Its going to be the craziest. Our viewers are lots of our viewers are getting and ive just getting in touch, and ive just been told by our breaking news system that system here in gb news that there mps there are nine conservative mps who are in talks to leave the tories and join reform. Yeah, i heard ive heard these stories before. It has to be said. I wrote these stories a lot about ukip. There are 30 tory mps going to defect, two in the defected , so well see. The end defected, so well see. Well lets see, bill, our viewer emma says if lee anderson is joining reform, see viewer emma says if lee anderson isjoining reform, see this viewer emma says if lee anderson is joining reform, see this is is joining reform, i see this is the several tory mps the first of several tory mps are going defect. Dont are going to defect. I dont consider divisive consider him a divisive character. He says it as he sees it. Views are to right, it. His views are to the right, where should where the tory party should be if want to compete in the if they want to compete in the next election. The conservatives know got an issue with know theyve got an issue with this, isnt it, person x, andrew, that theyre trying to target . Yeah. Yeah. Candidate person x and that person x who the tories need is a reform voter at heart. Yes. And i think you know what. Its quite a lonely place to be being an independent. You know i mean he had for a couple of weeks but actually and lee isnt part that westminster part of that whole westminster kind he really isnt. Kind of bubble. He really isnt. And doesnt that and he really doesnt feel that comfortable there. And just and he really doesnt feel that comfcthatle there. And just and he really doesnt feel that comfcthat actually and just and he really doesnt feel that comfcthat actually he|d just and he really doesnt feel that comfcthat actually he is just and he really doesnt feel that comfcthat actually he is going think that actually he is going to well, know he does to well, he i know he does appeal to a lot of people out there. Person x , what an odd way there. Person x, what an odd way of putting know, why not of putting it. You know, why not just workington woman of putting it. You know, why not ju worcester workington woman of putting it. You know, why not ju worcester woman gton woman of putting it. You know, why not ju worcester woman or n woman of putting it. You know, why not ju worcester woman or monde01 of putting it. You know, why not ju worcester woman or mondeo man or worcester woman or mondeo man man know, so man and its you know, so whatever way the try and whatever way the tories try and dress up, its a blow because dress it up, its a blow because it is start of a trickle it is at the start of a trickle or a flood, and it shows that rishi cannot hold on to the red wall tories. He embodiment of the he was the embodiment of the red wall. Tory. Absolutely. I think what well is a bit of sort well see is a bit of a sort of meltdown other meltdown amongst the other red wall even they wall tories, not even if they dont decide defect to dont decide to defect to reform. Seen this week reform. Weve seen this week apparently leaked whatsapp messages about, giving £1 million the muslim million to them, to the muslim war memorial has got some of the red tories angry if they if red wall tories angry if they if they reports the whatsapp messages to be believed. So there watching this. There are people watching this. Absolutely i mean i absolutely yeah. Yeah i mean i disagree but know disagree with them. But you know there certainly upset it. There certainly upset about it. And think just shows and so i think it just shows that confidence of the red that the confidence of the red wall mps in the leadership is really really. Really is really. Tories really but the tories really dont seem able get a grip on seem to be able to get a grip on whats i mean, we whats happening. I mean, we heard the death a heard about the death spiral a few ago they really i few months ago and they really i mean, budget was so mean, that budget was so underwhelming. Know, underwhelming. You know, it could written could have been written by a kind of economics, know, kind of economics, you know, a Level Economics since a Level Economics student since then, what have we had . Weve had bleating about new had some bleating on about new definitions which had some bleating on about new defoneons which had some bleating on about new defone iss which had some bleating on about new defone is crying which had some bleating on about new defone is crying out which had some bleating on about new defone is crying out for which had some bleating on about new defone is crying out for awhich had some bleating on about new defone is crying out for a new1 no one is crying out for a new definition. Theyre just crying out do out for us to get control, to do the police, it . Feels the police, doesnt. It . Feels as they really are now as though they really are now in decline. And decline. And with lee, and probably the return of Boris Johnson as well, which weve seen reports over the weekend. So would join . Seen reports over the weekend. So would would join . Seen reports over the weekend. So would johnson join . Seen reports over the weekend. So would johnson jointo why would Boris Johnson want to join a party massively on the decline . Where is the safe seat . They parachute into . Parachute him into . Exactly. Exactly. Because theres about because theres talk about putting his old seat of putting him in his old seat of henley upon thames. But at the moment the cusp moment that would be on the cusp of won by the liberal of being won by the liberal democrats, kind of is democrats, as that kind of is oxfordshire, of very oxfordshire, that kind of very posh of the home posh elements of the Home Counties like theyll counties look like theyll go for the lib dems. Boris is joining, you boris is not joining, you know, a loser. He know, hes not a loser. He doesnt to be joining party. Hes making going to lose. Hes making going to lose. Writing his books, hes writing his books, writing memoirs. Hes writing his memoirs. Hes writing his memoirs. Hes writing of writing his biography of shakespeare, was shakespeare, which he was supposed to 2018, which supposed to live in 2018, which i was doing, doing, i think he was doing, doing, doing those cobra meetings. Very young children, very young children. In. Where was hes holidaying in. Where was he when he went he holidaying when he went to see maduro . Venezuela yeah. He was. About was. I didnt even know about that private that little cheeky private houday that little cheeky private holiday visit with the holiday special visit with the with the president. Yes, exactly. Yes, exactly. Hes in hes going so hes in hes going to wait and how defeat is. And see how bad the defeat is. Absolutely. Whether he absolutely. And then whether he comes the issue is comes and thats the issue is about what lees about what what does lees defection about future defection say about the future of tory party . Of the tory party . Actually lee is this actually lee positioning himself what positioning himself for what could and if we saw polls could be if and if we saw polls last week of and 20 . I dont last week of 18 and 20 . I dont believe those. But we see believe those. But if we did see that and there believe those. But if we did see that 50 and there believe those. But if we did see that 50 tory and there believe those. But if we did see that 50 tory mps and there believe those. But if we did see that 50 tory mps left, there believe those. But if we did see that 50 tory mps left, thene were 50 tory mps left, then youre have, you know, youre going to have, you know, talk of reform and the tories merging. Yeah. This what will this what does this what will this mean terms election mean in terms of election timing . Mean in terms of election timir know talk this i know we talk about this a lot, the lot, but depending on the reaction to and the domino reaction to this and the domino effect of what that does the effect of what that does to the conservative emma , how conservative party, emma, how does this play into potential launching an election date . Launching of an election date . I think we are still i mean, sunak has been insisting this weekend, we are still looking at the second half of 2024, which weekend, we are still looking at the most1d half of 2024, which weekend, we are still looking at the most of half of 2024, which weekend, we are still looking at the most of usf of 2024, which weekend, we are still looking at the most of us means24, which weekend, we are still looking at the most of us means what,ich for most of us means what, october, november. Does he want to clash with the us election . To clash with the us election . Does that not matter . So i think to clash with the us election . Does looking matter . So i think to clash with the us election . Does looking atatter . So i think to clash with the us election . Does looking at sort . So i think to clash with the us election . Does looking at sort of,o i think to clash with the us election . Does looking at sort of, you hink were looking at sort of, you know, late mid autumn. Of the fears, though, one of the fears, though, wasnt might wasnt it, that reform might think has gone off the think may has gone off the agenda now. The boats crossing the small boats crossing channel. Im pretty now channel. Im pretty sure now theres be another theres going to be another fiscal i think. I dont fiscal event i think. I dont think september, october and there will be a cut in the basic rate of income tax, which they should have been something budget, something desperate last minute. Policy of getting rid their policy of getting rid of insurance entirely, of National Insurance entirely, which i which is about that, that i think will be quietly forgotten and be and therell be therell be a headune and therell be therell be a headline should have cut headline i should have cut income last week because income tax last week because that everybody, that benefits everybody, pensioners included. Do not pensioners do not get a pension. And although, you know, no. And although, you know, theres argument that, theres an argument that, you know get lot know that pensioners get a lot of other support. Just of other support. Just an argument but they argument to make. But if they paid indeed. But but they paid well indeed. But but they are on average the wealthiest in this your average this country. If your average voter over why would you voter is over 65, why would you give cut that doesnt go give a tax cut that doesnt go to most of voters . So i to most of those voters . So i mean, politically, just mean, politically, its just its just madness. Labours still gearing a may still gearing up for a may election, frankly, still a little nervous a little bit nervous about a may election, but i dont think theyre going it all. Theyre going to get it all. Just i know what this just get i know what this strategy is. Matthew youre strategy is. Matthew laza youre trying tories are frit. Yeah, thats a quote. Yeah, thats a quote. Wont go. Wont go. They wont go. They wont go. They wont go. They wont go. If only. If only if only. If only if only. No. Look, if youre a Political Party, of course theres element of that. But theres an element of that. But i tell that the labour i can tell you that the labour party are seriously gearing party were are seriously gearing up for may election, but even up for a may election, but even they caught. Up for a may election, but even the even caught. Up for a may election, but even the even simple caught. Up for a may election, but even the even simple clikeit. Up for a may election, but even the even simple clike the even simple things like the fact theyre having their fact that theyre having their Access Starting access talks, theyre starting their which the their access talks, which is the heads which a heads of department, which is a totally normal thing. Does totally normal thing. It does look they are the look as though they are the party know, ready to party and, you know, ready to move into number 10. Were talking about whilst were talking about reform were talking reform and whilst were talking about do about the conservatives, we do we enough time we dont give enough time to talking situation with talking about the situation with the think the the labour party. I think at the moment just keeping their moment they just keeping their heads know whether heads down. I dont know whether you galloway did you saw, but George Galloway did a long down with gb news a big long sit down with gb news neil and show. If a big long sit down with gb news neildidnt and show. If a big long sit down with gb news neildidnt and it, show. If a big long sit down with gb news neildidnt and it, its w. If a big long sit down with gb news neildidnt and it, its very you didnt watch it, its very interesting. Watch interesting. You can watch it online. Neils got online. Still with neils got a two hour special online now. And in George Galloway fighting in that George Galloway fighting talk absolutely absolutely, absolutely determined to take some seats off be determined, but he may be determined, but its about real votes in its all about real votes in real ballot boxes. And they did elect in elect George Galloway in rochdale, votes. But rochdale, those real votes. But last there was mayoral last week there was a Mayoral Election elected lewisham directly elected mayor. Lewisham is with about is a london borough with about 250,000 200,000 in it, 250,000 200,000 people in it, and was, with a sizeable and there was, with a sizeable muslim population, a very vocal left wing element. Its quite a sort of lot of, you know, liberal liberals with a with a small l and George Galloways party party got 2000 Party Workers party got 2000 votes and labour got 23,000. So the truth of the matter is, if you could clone George Galloway to every one of these, every one of those seats, then, then they might be in with might be they might be in with making of impact. Making some sort of impact. But i that as always, i think that george, as always, is through his hat, and is talking through his hat, and you , we need to id be wary you know, we need to id be wary of underestimating galloway. I i think some of the independents in london, we know that the theres going be an theres going to be an independent tower hamlets. Independent in tower hamlets. Yeah, stand against russian kagames lawyer. Yeah. Shamar bagans lawyer and so i think id be worried about some of those independents. I dont think know, think think that, you know, i think there issues with muslim there are issues with Muslim Community anger with labour, but i dont its all going to i dont think its all going to end up. Think its going to be and i think its going to be balanced out by the that so balanced out by the fact that so many are just going balanced out by the fact that so mturn are just going balanced out by the fact that so mturn up are just going balanced out by the fact that so mturn up because ;t going balanced out by the fact that so mturn up because they going balanced out by the fact that so mturn up because they cant; to turn up because they cant bnng to turn up because they cant bring themselves vote for bring themselves to vote for laboun bring themselves to vote for labour. Going to labour. Theyre simply going to stay home. So i labour stay at home. So i think labour will even if its will still be okay, even if its by default or spoil ballot by default or spoil the ballot papen by default or spoil the ballot paper. Waiting for this press we are waiting for this press conference any minute now. Richard be taking to conference any minute now. Ricistage be taking to conference any minute now. Ricistage central taking to conference any minute now. Ricistage Central Londonto conference any minute now. Ricistage Central London to the stage in Central London to announce as a announce lee anderson as a member reform and a member of the reform party and a reform mp and then we are going member of the reform party and a rere1 mp and then we are going member of the reform party and a rere talking|d then we are going member of the reform party and a rere talking to then we are going member of the reform party and a rere talking to ben we are going member of the reform party and a rere talking to ben habib, going member of the reform party and a rere talking to ben habib, the 1g to be talking to ben habib, the deputy reform, about to be talking to ben habib, the depu� that reform, about to be talking to ben habib, the depu� that means reform, about to be talking to ben habib, the depu� that means andm, about to be talking to ben habib, the depu� that means and whethert to be talking to ben habib, the depu� that means and whether lee what that means and whether lee is all good for reform or whether hes going to attract some criticism. Its a strange week as well, matthew, to launch this from reform, because of course , this royal story is course, this royal story is going to be the front page of the papers again tomorrow. Absolutely dominate today. Absolutely dominate today. I mean, mean, yeah. I mean, i mean, yeah, i think probably they just thought they it out. They had they had to get it out. They had to out the way. These to get it out of the way. These things are its quite hard to pull these things then pull these things because then people say pulled it. Yeah. I mean think might been mean i think i might have been inclined to, i mean, the inclined to, but i mean, the other is it depends how inclined to, but i mean, the oth it is it depends how inclined to, but i mean, the oth it leakediepends how inclined to, but i mean, the oth it leakediepe|wh0|ow inclined to, but i mean, the oth it leakediepelwho you far it had leaked and who you thought to it, thought was going to write it, because then done as because it could then be done as a you know, hes pulling a he, you know, hes pulling from reform, pulling from reform, not just pulling the press conference. Its the press conference. So its a very a tough decision to very its a tough decision to make a comms point view. Make from a comms point of view. But the royal, the royal but i mean the royal, the royal photo to go photo story is just going to go on on. I think as wait to on and on. I think as we wait to find where the associated find out where the Associated Press going reinstate press is going to reinstate it or well, the press or not. Well, and the press association, do they decide whether the whether to, rescind the photograph well . Photograph as well . Yeah. Yeah. Moment, its just the at the moment, its just the american who dominate american agencies who dominate the picture world the picture agency world who pulled the picture agency world who puland in your view, because and in your view, because youve and in your view, because youabsolutely. To make absolutely. They have to make a they . Yeah. A statement, dont they . Yeah. I mean, because i mean i mean, look, because i mean i mean, look, because i mean i mean is couldnt couldnt mean this is couldnt couldnt be its literally be worse. I mean its literally textbook of what to not do. Isnt it at a time when the internet was, was, you know, isnt it at a time when the internewith was, was, you know, isnt it at a time when the internewith conspiracyyou know, isnt it at a time when the internewith conspiracy theories, awash with conspiracy theories, all you know, all of which im sure you know, arent fuel arent true . Why add fuel to that by putting photo that fire by putting out a photo which the innocent explanation for is some crass photoshopping. But people but of course, you know, people are than that. Its i, you know, i always take reading into space conspiracy its conspiracy theorist because its a that told a lot of a label that i get told a lot of the time, not so much anymore, but my its but my point is, its interesting when you all interesting when you say all these theories and these conspiracy theories and what dont want to actually what do i dont want to actually go into detail because dont go into detail because i dont think when think thats fair when its a woman recovering woman whos recovering ostensibly operation, woman whos recovering osteit;ibly operation, woman whos recovering osteit doesnt operation, woman whos recovering osteit doesnt to aration, woman whos recovering osteit doesnt to be ion, but it doesnt have to be a doesnt have to be a conspiracy theory. Weve got a statement oh, weve got a statement from weve from Kensington Palace. Weve got kensington got a statement from Kensington Palace here. It is. Like many amateur photographers, this is from the princess of wales herself. This is her statement. Like many amateur photographers, i occasionally experiment like many amateur photographers, i editing1ally experiment like many amateur photographers, i editing. Illy experiment like many amateur photographers, i editing. Ily experiment like many amateur photographers, i editing. I wantediment like many amateur photographers, i editing. I wanted toznt with editing. I wanted to express my i want to express my apologies for any confusion. The family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy mothers day. Little cryptic. Were going to be reflecting on that in a moment. First of all though, you reform uk conference. Richard uk press conference. Richard tice stage. Here he tice is on the stage. Here he is. We h a e h a plan. Well, and the we have a plan. Well, and the plan is working. Prime plan is working. The Prime Minister it endlessly. Minister repeats it endlessly. Clearly no ones told them that the economy, our country is in recession. Clearly no ones told recession. Clearly no ones told them that that recession per person is the longest since records began almost 70 years ago. People are getting poorer. That recession almost two years per person, if thats their plan. Well, its not the plan of the british people to get poorer. Lets be honest, its not surprising theyre sinking in the polls if they think a recession is a good idea and something significant has changed in recent months, ive noficed changed in recent months, ive noticed peoples concerns and anxiety has turned to anger and fury because nothing works. Britain is broken and we all know who broke it. There are so many areas where its broken. But let me just give you a few examples. I mean, there is examples. I mean, there is absolute fury across the country that the tories have imposed on us without any democratic consent whatsoever in complete breach of what they promised in the 2019 manifesto and previous manifestos. Theyve imposed on us Mass Immigration that we can see from the data is making us poorer, no question whatsoever. Poorer, no question whatsoever. People also, separately, are appalled at whats going on in our streets , in our towns and our streets, in our towns and our streets, in our towns and our cities. Weaken week out with these anti semitic , hate filled these anti semitic, hate filled pro hamas marches that is leading to genuine fear. The Jewish Community in london afraid to go out at the weekend. Many of them thinking about leaving london to go back to israel. What a shocking israel. What a shocking indictment of the performance of the boss of the met police of the boss of the met police of the person in charge of security in london, the mayor of london sadiq khan of the home secretary and of the Prime Minister that the Jewish Community are terrified. Absolutely appalling. Terrified. Absolutely appalling. Separately, people are horrified, horrified that this gender ideology is infecting our schools, poisoning the minds of our children, parents, grandparents in their millions. Shocked by this. And also, shocked by this. And also, people are waking up to the absurd multi trillion pound cost of this obsession with net zero. But any of us who want to talk about this, oh no, were a bigot. Yeah were mis smeared. We must be labelled. Were phobic in some way. No were not. Were just talking common sense. The genuine concerns of tens of millions of people up and down the country. And its and down the country. And its only reform uk that is to prepared have that conversation. Ive said it before, but i have to say, i think the westminster establishment has never been more out of touch with the concerns of tens of millions of hard working british people up and down the country. Thats why and down the country. Thats why were going up in the polls just last week, we were only 5 behind the tories, who were sinking under sinking sunak to just 18. Were going up and theyre going down now. Many people think this is a short terme Pressure Group for one election. Forget it. Youre wrong. This is a serious medium terme plan. We have to shape and terme plan. We have to shape and influence and change the course of direction of this country of ours. Because at the moment it is broken and people are getting poorer. And where does this poorer. And where does this start . Well, ill tell you where. Were polling even higher. And that, of course, is in the red wall. Millions and millions of people , as they hear millions of people, as they hear about us, they say, thank heavens for reform. So lets be heavens for reform. So lets be clear about our ambition. Its clear about our ambition. Its bold. Its ambitious. In the red wall this election, we want to replace the tories as the main alternative to starmageddon. Thats what it is. Its a nightmare coming to everyone near you in 2024. So were going to replace the tories in the red wall, which means we need a champion, of course, of the red wall, someone who completely understands it, who is trusted by voters to tell it as it is. No nonsense, no waffle, clear, bafic no nonsense, no waffle, clear, basic , common sense. And im basic, common sense. And im delighted to announce that i have found that champion of the red wall for reform uk. Hes also , coincidentally, going to also, coincidentally, going to be reform uks first member of parliament in the house of commons. He is, of course, a person of great integrity, no nonsense and is the member of parliament in the county of nottinghamshire for ashfield. Please welcome mr lee anderson. Please welcome mr lee anderson. On. Thank you. Thank you very much indeed. Brilliant. Lets go have a quick, quick vote. He looks happier than you. He looks happier than you. He looks happier than you. Hes not having an interview now. Hes not having an interview. Brilliant. Well done. Interview. Brilliant. Well done. Over to you. Can you see me . Can you see me . Here so im you all see me . Here so im going to keep it brief. Guys ladies and gentlemen, im going to start by saying i want my country back over the last year or so, ive had to do a lot of soul searching on my political journey, and it was laughing and i dont expect much in politics other than to be able to speak my mind and speak on behalf. Is that you, harry . Laughing speak on behalf of my friends, family and my constituents. Now i might not know a lot of these long words. Some of the people using parliament, but i know a few short ones , but unfortunately, short ones, but unfortunately, this sometimes leads me to be labelled as controversial. Controversial in my opinions, but my opinions are not controversial. There are opinions which are shared by millions of people up and down the country. Its not controversial to be concerned about illegal immigration. Often its not controversial to be concerned about legal migration. Its not controversial to be, you know, worried, concerned about the metropolitan police and a failing london mayor and the hate marchers, the street crime and the shoplifters literally getting away with ruining businesses on a daily basis. Its not controversial to fight back in the culture war, a culture war that is sweeping our nation. I am proud of our great country and the gifts it has given to the world over hundreds of years. Gifts like the industrial revolution, rail, ways, culture, sports, medicine such as vaccines which have saved hundreds of millions of lives. And we defeated fascism lives. And we defeated fascism in two world wars. We have always punched above our weight on the international stage. But on the international stage. But now, like millions of people in this country, i feel that we are slowly giving our country away. We are giving away our way of life. We are allowing people to erase our history. We are giving up our streets to a minority of people who literally hate our way of life. We are allowing way of life. We are allowing people into our country that will never integrate and adopt our british values. Parliament doesnt seem to understand what many british people want, and quite frankly, some of them need to get out more. I made some remarks a few weeks back about the london mayor for which i was stripped of the whip from the conservative party and let me be clear right now, on this stage, i not apologise. It is no i will not apologise. It is no secret that ive been talking to my friends in reform for a while, and reform uk has offered me the chance to speak out in parliament on behalf of millions of people up and down the country feel that theyre country who feel that theyre not being listened to. People will say that ive took a gamble and im prepared to gamble on myself. As i know from my myself. As i know from my mailbag, how many people in this country support reform uk on what they have to say . And like what they have to say . And like millions of people up and down the country, all i want is my country back. Now, this may sound offensive to the liberal elite, but its not offensive to my friends , my family, my my friends, my family, my constituents and some of my donors. Consider its like my mum and dad who told me they could not vote for me unless i joined reform uk. My parents are joined reform uk. My parents are both nearly 80 and they get it and i must not let them down. As i said at the beginning, i want my country back. Thank you. My country back. Thank you. Brilliant. Well done. Fantastic , fantastic. Fantastic, fantastic. Fantastic, fantastic. So, thank you for that. Im so, thank you for that. Im going to take some questions from members of the media and the press will start with the peoples channel. Chris hope gb news microphone elianne. Chris hope from gb news. Lee hanson on the 2nd of january. You said reform is not the answer. It leaves the door open for sir keir starmer. What has changed in ten weeks and how can voters trust you at the election when you so publicly betrayed the well over the last the tories . Well over the last ten weeks weve seen well, one big thing changed last week and that mr galloway coming into parliament. And have to fight back as and we have to fight back as a the only party a country and the only party thats fight back. Thats offering that fight back. What is reform uk. You what i can see is reform uk. You know, this is this big know, this is this is a big problem. Its a concern. Its worrying constituents and worrying my constituents and constituents , people up down constituents, people up and down the who worried the country who are worried about like george about people like George Galloway getting into parliament. Fight parliament. We have to fight back. Unfortunately we, the back. And unfortunately we, the conservative and the conservative party and the labour fight back. Labour party wont fight back. This party will fight back. And thats why ive joined. Is another big and there is another big difference. On 3rd of difference. Chris on the 3rd of january, i that we were january, i said that we were facing you facing a recession, that you cannot economy the cannot grow the economy with the burdens identified them burdens that i identified them of the highest taxes, the highest government highest wasteful government spending. State spending. Nanny state regulations, Mass Immigration and net zero. A month later, i was proved right. Sadly, the was proved right. Sadly, the economy is in recession. I have said for two years per person we are in recession. Thats whats changed. Theres a massive, massive wake up call. I hope that helps. Beth, are you next . Thank you, mr anderson. You talked there about a lot of soul searching. You were a labour backer then. You were a conservative. So if you are just joining us, that was the announcement that lee anderson has joined reform uk. He will be there as reform uk. He will be there as reform uk. He will be there as reform uks mp. Were reform uks first mp. Were going be talking in just going to be talking in just a moment to ben habib, deputy leader of reform. But i want to come also first to former labour adviser mccgwire adviser Scarlett Mccgwire scarlett. Day. Scarlett. What a happy day. Its for great well obviously its for great laboun well obviously its for great labour, but actually seriously, im so disappointed in reform that that theyll have somebody who is known, that he shouts his mouth off whenever he wants. I mean, its like putting up Simon Danczuk for the rochdale by election when, you know, hed been thrown out of labour for sixteen a 17 year old. We now have somebody who, you know, is an islamophobe and quite clearly, i mean the hidden message of what lee anderson was saying all the way through is the muslims are taking over our country, which i think is disgraceful. Its untrue and disgraceful. Its untrue and disgraceful. So i think on the one hand its dreadful. I mean, i am really disappointed , i am really disappointed, because knowing ben habib and richard tice and although i disagree with them on policy, i mean, i dont find them racist. And theyre having theyre having the hes plugging into a view, isnt he, as enunciated by galloway, that actually the labour party has lost its way completely with muslims and the policing of the muslim in our inner cities has got has lost completely because they always come first. Patron. One of the papers patron. One of the papers today, scarlet a young man today, scarlet of a young man being a grapple to the Ground Holding a hamas posting hamas are the terrorists. Yeah. And hes being grappled to the ground right by the police. Well, hes right, hamas are the terrorists, but the police are the police are grappling him to the ground. But why . But why . Why cant he say hamas are terrorists on a poster . Its a statement of the obvious. Its a fact. Hes but fact. No, but but hes but but what do re arrest what they had to do re arrest him. Him. Yeah. Absolutely. So but whats i think actually whats i mean, i think actually that that to say that the police are pro muslim. Right is taking are pro muslim. Right is taking it pretty far. You talk so the muslim hate crime, right. I mean i was talking to a muslim activist friend of mine yesterday, 235, particularly women wearing hijabs. Right. So actually to start to start saying the muslims are taking over our streets, theyre not there. I mean, there is anti semitic and anti muslim abuse, the whole thing. I think, again, this is the problem is we end up getting hooked onto that particular issue, dont we . And lee anderson would absolutely refute the accusation , given that he is islamophobic. But as andrew says, he is certainly tapping into a sense weve had this announcement today of £117 million being spent purely on the security of mosques and the Muslim Community, and some people feel thats not fair, and £1 million towards a muslim statue. On the opening of the budget, scarlet , opening of the budget, scarlet, £70 million is being spent on on against anti semitism right there are ten times as many muslims in britain as jews. There are three times as many synagogues. So three times as many mosques as synagogues. What theyre saying is we have to protect the mosques because there is a lot of anti islam feeling like theres a lot of anti semitism, and there is a real problem here. And yeah, and how awful that weve, you know, we are fighting here in this country , ben, over dispute country, ben, over a dispute 2000 miles which is 2000 miles away, which is effectively been transplanted. It is a issue here. And it is a big issue here. Lee bit of a double edged lee is a bit of a double edged sword for you. When you were on last you looked a little last week, you looked a little lukewarm his potential lukewarm about his potential arrival, lukewarm , arrival, a lot less lukewarm, you said. Much so. And quoted very much so. And i quoted you the paper. Oh, well, im you in the paper. Oh, well, im very i you dont think he got hes mastered the language sufficiently be reform sufficiently to be a reform uk mp. I will ask your mp. I will ask your mp. I will ask your mp. I will absolutely address that. Can just come back to that. Can i just come back to what scarlett saying . What scarlett was saying . We talked the for the talked about the need for the protection mosques. Talked talked about the need for the protecthe mosques. Talked talked about the need for the protecthe need osques. Talked talked about the need for the protecthe need forues. Talked talked about the need for the protecthe need for the talked about the need for the protection synagogues and protection of synagogues and what were seeing is not an attack on islam or attack on attack on islam or an attack on muslims or indeed, i think an attack on jews as much as an attack on jews as much as an attack on jews as much as an attack on the United Kingdom. What were seeing in evidence and now in, in, in a government having to spend money on the protection of these various , protection of these various, places of worship is failure of multiculturalism a failure of 25 years of unbridled immigration without any attention given to the integration of people who come to this country into our values and lee is absolutely right when he talks about our history being trashed and the way theyve done this is to say that the british, the english language, is racist and colonial. Needs to be colonial. It needs to be decolonised that our forefathers were all slave traders, and we should be ashamed of ourselves. That White Privilege exists. And if you dont recognise that youre white and privileged , youre white and privileged, youre white and privileged, youre therefore a racist. And this being taught at our this is all being taught at our schools and our tertiary education. My own , ex education. My own, ex university, cambridge university, is long on this kind of nonsense and ideology. As a result of that, i dont have any contact with my college at cambridge anymore. So i was cambridge anymore. So i was a donor and i wont be any more because they are embedding this kind of division in society and politics has become very identity based and what reform stands for, and this is central to what richard and i believe, is that everyone is equal. To what richard and i believe, is that everyone is equal. You is that everyone is equal. You cannot have division in society. This notion that you can have progressive discrimination in to order level the Playing Field is a fundamentally flawed notion. A fundamentally flawed notion. The only way you get a level Playing Field is by repeatedly saying everyone is equal, and weve got to integrate it. Weve got to slash immigration until weve got our own social construct. That is the United Kingdom settled again. Why you werent why werent you keen on him defecting to your party . Okay, now ill answer that question. Am circumspect about question. I am circumspect about all mps. Theyve sat on all tory mps. Theyve sat on those green benches for 14 years, delivered this country to the precipice of economic, social, cultural and constitutional disaster. Thats what weve got a United Kingdom thatis what weve got a United Kingdom that is facing existential threat. Do not underestimate what im saying. Threat. Do not underestimate what im saying. Dont think threat. Do not underestimate what im saying. Dont think im speaking in hyperbolic terms because it suits a political agenda to do that. This country is facing an existential threat. And so im very circumspect about all tory mps, particularly tory mps , who cant express tory mps, who cant express themselves clearly. Its very important, anderson. Its very important. And i picked him up on it. When he described sadiq khan as being controlled by islamists. Clearly, sadiq khan is not controlled by islamists. Sadiq khan is a is a divisive and plays the identity politics game entirely of his own volition. Hes not controlled by anyone , but hes given cover by anyone, but hes given cover by the regulatory and legal regime that has been put in place by tony blair and then by cameron may. And im afraid Boris Johnson , in sequence. And the johnson, in sequence. And the tory party needs to, as a bare minimum, ditch the regulatory requirement for diversity, equality and inclusion, which infects every institution in this country. And they need to recognise that the only way for equality for this country, the only way were going to get a settled social construct, the way, any way were going to do away with marches on our streets espousing hate against democratically settled states in the middle east is by settling the middle east is by settling the social status of the United Kingdom. Scarlett, lets bring you in then, to give us your thoughts on that. On that. We need less diversity, eqtu we need less diversity, equity and inclusion to bring the country together. And lee the country together. And lee anderson speaks to those people who that. Who want that. I mean, lee anderson yeah. I mean, lee anderson certainly speaks a certain to certainly speaks to a certain to a sort of people. I a certain sort of people. I dont understand when dont quite understand when we talk about having to protect mosques and synagogues and then ben says this is because we dont have integration. Well, that it proves multiculturalism isnt working, scarlett. But what what we weve got division in society. What we want is what we want is a place, a country where you have mosques and synagogues and churches and everybody feels fine about it. I think its really , really think its really, really important. I mean, my sisters just come back from kerala in india and says, unlike northern india, where there is a real problem with hindu nationalism, actually in kerala , there are actually in kerala, there are mosques, there are there are things, there are, there are masses of catholic churches. I mean, what we want here is we do want integration. We want to we want integration. We want to we want a country that is at peace with itself, but we havent got one. And its lovely. I want to be andifs and its lovely. I want to be and its getting worse to be india to be, to be frank. I want to be britain. Yeah. I want to be britain. Yeah. Let me just ask you this. What does leandersson bring the does leandersson bring to the party just that press weve just seen that press conference streamed Live Conference being streamed live on news networks. On all major news networks. Thats not happened before with on all major news networks. Tha reform happened before with on all major news networks. Tha reform uk pened before with on all major news networks. Tha reform uk Conference Re with on all major news networks. Tha reform uk conference he vith the reform uk conference he bnngs the reform uk conference he brings. Doesnt yeah, brings. That doesnt he . Yeah, he that. He brings that. I mean his own and i mean lee, by his own admission, been admission, has has been on a political labour admission, has has been on a politiyto labour admission, has has been on a politiyto conservatives labour admission, has has been on a politiyto conservatives and ur admission, has has been on a politiyto conservatives and now party to conservatives and now eventually a genuinely eventually to a genuinely small C Conservative Party and, you know, the proof of the pudding will be in eating. And of will be in the eating. And of course, im course, all even though i im circumspect tory mps, of circumspect about tory mps, of course, any tory mp who shares our ideology , who wishes to put our ideology, who wishes to put the United Kingdom first, wishes to settle that social construct, wishes our economy to do well, has a small a low tax, small state view of the way the world should be is a welcome. And how man are you to . Talking well, that would be that would be indiscreet of me. Well, we heard why youre here. 9 00. You to be there nine, 9 or 10, 9 or 10 conservative mps in conversation. As far as lee is concerned. I mean, it was absolutely. What he said to to stand be an said is i want to to stand be an mp. Hes been thrown out. You know, the tories wont have him anymore he apologises. Anymore until he apologises. And so i mean, so hes gone to you. I mean, thats the thing about lee anderson hes just a complete anderson is hes just a complete well , actually, you well, actually, i can put you right on that. Sunak was making strenuous efforts to retain lee. They may have suspended him, but they regretted it. They did. And so he wouldnt. So he sunak had to say, because, i mean, we all we both know that sunak is incredibly weak. He had to say , you have to weak. He had to say, you have to apologise, you have to do something, and he wouldnt do it. So it was absolutely obvious. Told you obvious. I could have told you a week that you were going to week ago that you were going to take lee anderson, though take lee anderson, even though you, well, you know, hes a you, you well, you know, hes a loose cannon. Well, if you hes going well, if you knew hes going to you trouble. If you to cause you trouble. If you knew a week ago, a week knew a week ago, you knew a week before pretty because before me, pretty much because we through a process we had to go through a process to ensure that we were ideologically we ideologically aligned, that we had common view of how the had a common view of how the economy should be managed. And our social construct, those conversations easy. I think thats i think , well, i think thats i think, well, thats a very knowing laugh. But listen, youve all discussed it and hes there. Lee anderson is the new reform mp right. First one. Is he the first of many, princess of wales on that photo . Dont go anywhere. Dont go anywhere. Dont go anywhere. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. News. News. Hello. Very good day to you. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. For many, it is going to stay largely dry as we goi 90 ng to st ay large ly d ry a s w e going to stay largely dry as we go through today, but bit of a go through today, but a bit of a chilly feel towards eastern parts because low pressure to chilly feel towards eastern part southeast low pressure to chilly feel towards eastern part southeast ofw pressure to chilly feel towards eastern part southeast of the essure to chilly feel towards eastern part southeast of the uk ure to chilly feel towards eastern parisoutheast of the uk ise to the southeast of the uk is dragging in easterly wind, dragging in an easterly wind, and chilly wind and and thats a chilly wind and were going to see quite bit were going to see quite a bit of cloud thick cloud could of cloud here. Thick cloud could lead to a few spots of rain and some murky lingering some murky conditions lingering into the afternoon. Otherwise, though, largely dry, though, many places largely dry, some outbreaks of rain for Northern Ireland and perhaps western scotland too, and a few showers in the southwest of the uk. But here also some decent bright or sunny spells. Temperatures around are a touch below average for time of below average for the time of yeah below average for the time of year. I said, feeling year. Like i said, feeling chilly east later on chilly towards the east later on as the evening. As we go through the evening. Some more persistent rain feeding across of feeding in across parts of northwest scotland. But then northwest scotland. But then its go through early its as we go through the early hours were likely to see hours that were likely to see some spreading across parts hours that were likely to see so northernpreading across parts hours that were likely to see so Northern Ireland] across parts hours that were likely to see so Northern Ireland and oss parts hours that were likely to see so Northern Ireland and then arts of Northern Ireland and then reaching western of reaching western parts of england, scotland to england, wales and scotland to further east. Staying dry and there will be some clear skies, perhaps a touch of frost and also a few patches of fog to watch out for, but most places starting relatively mild tomorrow, as we go tomorrow, however, as we go through tomorrow it is going to be wet. Going to be windy be wet. It is going to be windy at times too, the heaviest rain likely to over higher likely to be over Higher Ground towards the west, particularly over of over the hills and mountains of nonh over the hills and mountains of north we could see north wales. Here we could see some totals building some significant totals building up, places will see up, but most places will see some wet and windy weather for a time. But temperatures rising. Time. But temperatures rising. We some warmer air pushing we have some warmer air pushing in, of around 13 or 14 in, so highs of around 13 or 14 by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Know. Know. But we 11 am. On monday, the 11th of march. This is britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. Ray. Good morning. Ray. Good morning. Thank forjoining us. So thank you forjoining us. So the of wales has spoken the princess of wales has spoken out. Has apologised out. She has apologised personally confusion. Personally for any confusion. She mothers day she says over her mothers day photograph caused as five agencies retracted the concerns that it was photoshopped. We will be talking about that and tell you exactly what she said. And the former tory mp lee johnson. Hes defected to reform uk. A scoop for the party or could he even be a hindrance . Could he even be a hindrance . And the muslim Protection Fund . The government is spending more than £117 million to keep muslims and mosques safe in britain. Britain. Holiday somehow just upper campaigners. They dont get it, campaigners. They dont get it, do they . They plan to ruin your family getaways this summer by wreaking havoc at airports across the country. Were to talking later talking them a little later. Extraordinary. So the statement is directly from her. Weve not seen her or heard from her since Christmas Day , when she was with Christmas Day, when she was with the whole family at the church at sandringham. So a statement in her own name, because the palace no , this is with this had palace no, this is with this had the. Well, it was escalating. Yes. Its the. Well, it was escalating. Yes. Its on her Instagram Account and shes taking responsibility for this photograph being edited badly. Why would she do that . Do you still believe it for me , it still believe it for me, it doesnt quite have the right ring of truth to this statement. And also, you know well , tell us and also, you know well, tell us what you think. Gb views at gb news. Com. We its so easy to speculate about this, isnt it, first though, the very latest news with sam francis. News with sam francis. Bev and andrew. Thank you very much. Good morning. From the gb newsroom. Its just gone 11 00. And we start with the news that weve heard in the last half hour that lee anderson has reform uks mp has become reform uks first mp in a to Prime Minister in a blow to Prime Minister rishi sunak. Announcing that news earlier, leader news earlier, Party Leader Richard Tice said reform would aim to build a red wall in traditionally conservative constituencies. Im delighted to announce that i have found that champion of the red wall for reform uk. Hes also , coincidentally going hes also, coincidentally going to be reform uks first member of parliament in the house of commons. He is, of course, a person of great integrity , no person of great integrity, no nonsense and is the member of parliament in the county of nottinghamshire for ashfield. Nottinghamshire for ashfield. Please welcome mr lee anderson. Please welcome mr lee anderson. Well, lee anderson was stripped of the conservative whip after refusing to apologise for claiming that islamists had, he said, got control of the london mayor. Mr anderson was deputy chairman of the conservatives until he resigned in january amid another row that the governments plan to send migrants to rwanda was incorrect , he said. Speaking in london in the last half hour, mr lee anderson said he would aim to serve the beliefs of the british people. People. Parliament doesnt seem to understand what many british people want and quite frankly, some of them need to get out more. I made some remarks a few weeks back about the london mayor, for which i was stripped of the whip from the conservative party. And let me be clear right now, on this stage, will not apologise. It stage, i will not apologise. It is secret that ive been is no secret that ive been talking to my friends in reform for a while , and reform uk has for a while, and reform uk has offered me the chance to speak out in parliament on behalf of millions of people, up and down the country who feel that theyre not being listened to. Well, in other breaking news that weve heard in the last hour or so, the princess of wales has now personally apologised for, she said any confusion over the family photograph that was issued on social media and on mothers day , after it was withdrawn by some News Agencies over claims that it may have been digitally altered. It was the First Official picture of the princess and her family since her Abdominal Surgery, and was said to have been taken by Prince William, but it was withdrawn over concerns that a number of edits may have been made, including to the left sleeve of princess charlottes cardigan, while princess said that, while the princess said that, like many amateur photographers, she occasionally experiments with editing. Three former with editing. Three former conservative home secretaries are today calling for a united front to tackle extremism from islamists and far right groups. In a joint statement, dame priti patel, sir sajid javid and amber rudd are urging both labour and the conservatives to Work Together to understand and combat the issue. It comes as Community Secretary michael gove is preparing to announce a new government definition of extremism. Meanwhile, more than 50 victims of islamist terror attacks have signed a separate letter condemning anti muslim hate. And they say its important to separate extremists from the majority of british muslims. Meanwhile, the muslims. Meanwhile, the government has pledged over £117 million to safeguard mosques , million to safeguard mosques, muslim schools and Community Centres across the country over the next four years. The funding, unveiled today follows the Prime Ministers promise to allocate more than £70 million to protect Jewish Community sites. Other royal news today, sites. Other royal news today, the queen will lead the royal family at this years Commonwealth Day service. Later, Commonwealth Day service. Later, as the king continues his Cancer Treatment , as the king continues his Cancer Treatment, her as the king continues his Cancer Treatment , her majesty, treatment, her majesty, accompanied by the prince of wales and other key members of the royal family, are due to gather at Westminster Abbey for the annual celebration and this years event draws on the theme of resilience against the backdrop of Health Worries among the royal family. And though hell todays service, his hell miss todays service, his majesty will deliver a video message his message reaffirming his commitment to serve the 56 member countries to the best of his ability. Last nights oscars his ability. Last nights oscars were dominated by nuclear bomb epic oppenheimer, winning seven awards, including best director for Christopher Nolan and, of course, best actor for cillian murphy. Heres that moment that he claimed the top acting honour i we made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb. And for better or for worse, were all living in oppenheimers world, so i would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere. Everywhere. Well, one of the other biggest cheers of the night went to emma stone, who took home her second award for best actress. This time, though, for the black comedy poor things. But it was a night of bad luck for songwriting legend diane warren, the writer of 33 top ten singles has so far notched up 15 nominations, but sadly zero wins. Last nights award for best original song instead went to Billie Eilish and Finneas Oconnell for what was i made for, which was featured in barbie. Those are the headlines for more, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code there on your screen or, if youre listening on radio, go to gb news. Com alerts. Bear. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Britains forjoining us. Britains newsroom on gb news with me and andrew. Getting andrew. Lots of you getting in touch about this touch at home about this announcement anderson touch at home about this announce thet anderson touch at home about this announce the reform anderson touch at home about this announce the reform party. Ierson is joining the reform party. Pete says, i find appalling pete says, i find it appalling that be a labour that a person could be a labour and then change to conservatives. And now hes reform compass reform his political compass is haywire. Where and how can we trust he trust lee anderson when he himself doesnt true himself doesnt know his true political direction . Himself doesnt know his true pol i ical direction . Himself doesnt know his true poli loveiirection . Himself doesnt know his true poli love whaton . Himself doesnt know his true poli love what lee neil says. I love what lee neil says. Lee anderson is not a disgraced tory mp. The tory party are the disgrace. And clive says the reform is the new reform party is the new conservative party. In changing reform. Simply staying reform. Lee is simply staying true to his conservative roots. See if he is. Well, lets see if he is. Lets now to our political lets go now to our political edhon lets go now to our political editor, chris at the editor, chris hope, at the reform conference. Good reform uk press conference. Good morning chris, interesting response from our inbox. A lot of our viewers, of course, love reform uk. They think that Lee Andersons appointment is entirely positive, but it wont be greeted like that from all sides of the political spectrum, will it . Will it . Andrew and bev. Yeah. Morning. Im here in westminster with this news breaking that, the mp for ashfield, the independent mp for ashfield, former Tory Party Deputy chairman, has joined the reform party and he joins me now , party and he joins me now, leanne and some of our viewers, some of them positive, but some are saying how can they trust you . You were a labour councillor, a tory mp , now councillor, then a tory mp, now youre an independent, now youre now an independent, now reform well, first of all, reform mp. Well, first of all, i dont think people are actually saying that. Dont think people are actually say i |g that. Dont think people are actually say thinkt. Dont think people are actually say think this journalist i think this is a journalist again, have again, being mischievous. Have you hall you seen in this, in this hall today . Ive said numerous today . And ive said numerous times that times today, this morning that im going to put my country first, the constituency come second, and then the party unfortunately comes third. So im for my country. Im doing it for my country. Was email out by that was an email read out by my turner just now my colleague bev turner just now on that thing on air saying that very thing that probably keir starmer. Was it . Was it . When decide to join when did he decide to join the reform party . You did say, didnt the 2nd of didnt you, back on the 2nd of january, think, gb news january, i think, on gb news that reform was party that reform was not the party for you. Was opening a door for you. It was opening a door to keir starmer. Things have changed. Well, things have changed. Things on. Chopper well, things have changed. Thingthen. On. Chopper well, things have changed. Thingthen. We on. Chopper well, things have changed. Thingthen. We saw on. Chopper well, things have changed. Thingthen. We saw on. Chcsawr since then. We saw the we saw last galloway last week, George Galloway entering parliament, which frightens a lot frightens me to death and a lot of people across the of mainstream people across the country. Hes country. Thats scary. Hes mobilising in the rest of parliament seem be parliament seem to be sleepwalking disaster, not sleepwalking into disaster, not prepared to stand up and fight, fight against threat. Fight back against this threat. So you know, reform party so you know, the reform party often policies as often sound economic policies as well as sticking up for this great country of ours. You know, and ive time and time and ive said time and time again, all i want is my again, chopper, all i want is my country back. To able again, chopper, all i want is my co feel back. To able again, chopper, all i want is my co feel safe k. To able again, chopper, all i want is my co feel safe and to able again, chopper, all i want is my co feel safe and family able again, chopper, all i want is my co feel safe and family and to feel safe and my family and friends walking the friends feel safe walking the streets. Want these streets. I want these demonstrations our streets of demonstrations on our streets of london. These idiots that london. Stop these idiots that are these yobbos are out, you know, these yobbos that shouting murderous, you that are shouting murderous, you know, things on the streets of london. To be locked london. These need to be locked up. Its well and good, you up. Its all well and good, you know, spouting out strong words from downing from the steps of downing street and chamber. And in in the chamber. But people want action. They want to see action. They want to see this stop. They want they want our and you know, our country back. And you know, we incredibly proud we should be incredibly proud of this its this country and its achievements hundreds achievements over hundreds and hundreds we seem achievements over hundreds and hun to ds we seem achievements over hundreds and hun to be we seem achievements over hundreds and hun to be apologising we seem achievements over hundreds and hun to be apologising for seem achievements over hundreds and hun to be apologising for ourem now to be apologising for our past, our history, our culture. Its to the world, this its a gift to the world, this great country of ours. We have given world much. But given this world so much. But slowly surely, giving slowly but surely, were giving this people who this country away to people who just like our way of just do not like our way of life. Will you get your country how will you get your country back . Leaving party back . By leaving the party governing country. Back . By leaving the party gov so ing country. Back . By leaving the party govso thats country. Back . By leaving the party govso thats by ountry. Back . By leaving the party govso thats by campaigning up so thats by campaigning up and with reform and down the country with reform uk, making that people get and down the country with reform uk, andzing that people get and down the country with reform uk, and people that people get and down the country with reform uk, and people have people get and down the country with reform uk, and people have now ple get and down the country with reform uk, and people have now got get out and people have now got a reason the reason to vote, because the big thing was picking the thing i was picking up on the doorsteps over past 6 or 7 doorsteps over the past 6 or 7 months or so that people will months or so is that people will not out and vote next time. Not go out and vote next time. You know, reason the labour you know, the reason the labour party behind party are 20 points behind ahead, because ahead, sorry, is because a lot of conservative voters of the conservative voters just dont theyve got dont want to vote. Theyve got they politically homeless they feel politically homeless at now, this might at the moment. Now, this might trigger now to trigger a few people now to thinking there a thinking actually there is a difference. Is a different difference. There is a different party. Something party. There is something to vote a reason to go vote for. Theres a reason to go out election day and vote for out on election day and vote for something completely different, because moment, the because at the moment, the conservative and conservative party and the labour divide labour party, you cant divide them and money has changed them and no money has changed hands, no at hands, absolutely no money at all. Im hoping that choice will by tuc will buy me a pint later, but have more chance of but i have more chance of getting out him than getting a pint out of him than they you, the shopper. They have from you, the shopper. And did you her . And when did you tell her . Sunak pardon . When did rishi sunak pardon . When did you Prime Minister . You tell her, Prime Minister . Told him. Ive not told him. Ive not told him. He was finding out on gb news right now. Well, find from well, youll find out from the conference this the press conference this morning. Mean, twitters morning. No, i mean, twitters been rumours this been alive with rumours this morning, ive morning, you know, ive got ive got with i think got no truck with rishi. I think hes good man. I think hes hes a good man. I think hes a decent man. They should have decent man. But they should have never whip me, i, never took their whip off me, i, you know, and when you look around the country chopper at the had the amount of support ive had over you know over my comments, and you know this from gb news, the amount of emails thats come in over 4000 emails, at work, a sack emails, inbox at work, a sack full of mail. You know, everywhere i people want to everywhere i go, people want to shake my hand. You know, i was a football match last week. People coming to me shaking hand coming up to me shaking me hand and done league. And saying, well done league. This got the mood of the this is ive got the mood of the nafion this is ive got the mood of the nation im sure i have nation im pretty sure i have now. People that now. There were some people that obviously say that hes nazis, hes a bigoted. Hes a fascist, hes a bigoted. All these silly things. Nothing. I few weeks back about i said, a few weeks back about malcolm was islamophobic or or racist. Its nonsense. You know, racist. Its nonsense. You know, people need a voice. And if i cant speak up for them in that place over there, then i might as well not there. As well not be there. And just finally, any other colleagues you. Colleagues might join you. I have. Have no idea. Im supposed the old drums will beating, and therell will be beating, and therell be lots messages and lots of messages going back and forth. But i dont forth. Chopper. But i dont know. Up to them, andrew know. Thats up to them, andrew and to you. Bev, do you and bev back to you. Bev, do you have a question lee have a question for lee anderson . Have a question for lee anclee. N . Lee. Lee. lee. Lee. Morning. And its big morning. And its a big moment for reform uk. Now, will moment for reform uk. Now, will you put your money where your mouth is, lee, and have a by election trigger a by election . Because what by election . Because thats what happenedin by election . Because thats what happened in 2014 when carswell and reckless left the tory party and reckless left the tory party and defected to ukip. And they both won won and big. You could win big. You going to do it . Win big. Are you going to do it . Thats Andrew Pierce, our colleague at gb news, saying, will you have a by election . You could win big happened with douglas carswell. Why not put your money where mouth is your money where your mouth is and signed, in fact, and you have signed, in fact, a motion, havent you, andrew mangles motion. Youve signed that not . That before. Why not . Have a by election and yourself . By election and back yourself . To watch what andrew needs to watch what happened here. Hes obviously not is andrew. Not paying attention, is andrew. Its him well. Its a bit like him as well. Andrew, to what i andrew, Pay Attention to what i said and that said earlier, andrew. And that is that there could be an election may. So it would be election in may. So it would be rather foolish to call a by election now. Thank you. Andrew, got question. Andrew pierce a hard time. So im on board. Hes just won my vote, right. Thank you both. Lee anderson, Christopher Hope theyre really good. Very good. Question from my colleague Andrew Pierce about the potential for violence. And if there isnt a by election in if there isnt a general election in may, he could have the by election in june. Yeah. Really interesting. You know, you you knock him you cant you cant knock him can you. Hes likeable. Have you told what rishi say . Told what did rishi sunak say . I havent him. Hes probably havent told him. Hes probably just telly. Well, just watching the telly. Well, Prime Minister gbviews gbnews. Com is the email. If to let us know if you would like to let us know what think about last what you think about that last minute defection there or very recent and of course, recent defection, and of course, labour are laughing. They are, because im sure they are, because this because there have been this is because there have been many our own email many we know from our own email box text box, so many tory box here, text box, so many tory voters who are reform voters who are voting reform next theyre fed up i right. This is the big story of day. The princess of of the day. The princess of wales has now personally apologised for confusion over the family photograph issued by Kensington Palace over the weekend. Shes put this on her instagram site. She said like many amateur photographers i do occasionally experiment with editing. I want to express my apologies for any confusion. The family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy day. She, happy mothers day. Now she, were told, didnt take the photograph. Her husband, Prince William, but she then william, did, but she then edhedit william, did, but she then edited it afterwards. Well, our royal correspondent Cameron Walker has got the latest. This is turn cameron. We knew is a turn up. Cameron. We knew the would say something, the palace would say something, but words the but in the own words of the princess of wales herself. Princess of wales herself. Yeah, i think they absolutely had to say something. And i think it just shows how incredibly seriously the princess is. Clearly taking this issue because she has personally released that statement. So as released that statement. So as you said, andrew, it was the prince of wales that took that image the princess and her image of the princess and her three in an attempt to three children in an attempt to provide some reassurance from the princess, whos still continuing recover from continuing to recover from abdominal i do Abdominal Surgery. I do understand , and that the prince understand, and that the prince and princess were keen to show and princess were keen to show an amateur family photograph in the privacy of their own home in windsor, and that the princess did herself make minor adjustments to that image. But clearly now the question is, well, surely somebody in Kensington Palace would have looked at the photo a thoroughly looked at the photo a thoroughly looked at the photo a thoroughly looked at the photo before it was published, because they knew that this was going to be an incredibly scrutinised photograph. If the conspiracy photograph. If the conspiracy theories over the last few weeks as the state of the princess as to the state of the princess of waless health have been wild. And there are, if you look at the photo closely , some very at the photo closely, some very obvious errors, but clearly it appears to be quite an innocent mistake from the princess of wales. Here but it just does rage a sorry raise a wider issue, and that is if the prince and princess insist on privacy and princess insist on privacy and kind of doing everything themselves and having overall control of the images of the princess and indeed their children by taking the image themselves, as is common with themselves, as is common with the childrens birthdays, the princess usually takes those those images by not allowing an independent news photographer into their guarded world that clearly has now created problems for Major International News Agencies have pulled the photos because its been manipulated as well as the press association, which is in regular contact with the palace here in the United Kingdom. They have also pulled the image, so has now damaged the image, so it has now damaged the image, so it has now damaged the integrity of the information and getting and photographs were getting from Kensington Palace. They will the princess is will hope that the princess is statements today will make sure that it blows over in time for the Commonwealth Service at Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey. I suspect this isnt the end of it and i think theres some wider issues have been raised here. Okay. Thank you cameron, and remind us as well why youre at westminster today. Westminster abbey today. Yeah. So it is the Commonwealth Day service. Its the 75th anniversary of the Commonwealth Day. 56, independent nations who want to bnng independent nations who want to bring together prosperity and democracy and peace. The king is democracy and peace. The king is head of the commonwealth. Hes not going to be here, but he has , delivered a message. Which a video message, is going to video message, which is going to be at the commonwealth be played at the Commonwealth Service saying service this afternoon, saying that precious source of that its a precious source of strength, inspiration pride. Strength, inspiration and pride. But biggest think , but the biggest line, i think, is the wants to continue is the he wants to continue serving the best of his serving to the best of his ability, the best of my ability. Now that is a line that Queen Elizabeth ii now that is a line that Queen Elizabeth i used following her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in june 2022. Serving to the best of my ability, the king is receiving regular treatments for cancen receiving regular treatments for cancer. He will not be attending the service here today because hes not attending any public engagements while he has that treatment. Neither is the princess wales, but the other princess of wales, but the other major be here major royals will be here representing the crown as well as, as you can probably see behind me, lots of yellow signs. There are public protests too, so going a busy day so its going to be a busy day here at Westminster Abbey. Cameron, you thank you cameron, and you will that later will be bringing us that later on. Gb news still to come this morning. Just oil are morning. Just stop oil are planning ruining summer planning on ruining your summer holidays. Be protesting at going to be protesting at airports so that your aeroplane does not take off. Were going to to them to if to be talking to them to see if they justify their plans. Gb news. Bay. Good morning. Bay. Good morning. Good morning. Were nattering here in the studio. Of course we are. Emma woolf is back with us and matthew plaza. So weve had the official confirmation. We were before, but were speculating before, but anderson is now a member of the reform party. Three parties. Li. Hes already called. I mean, i already being called. I mean, i think what you saw from ben ben habibs reaction there was there were some in reform will be a little nervous about what lee might say and might get up to. So dont think its a slam so i dont think its a slam dunk its dunk for reform. Obviously its a sure that a coup, but im not sure that its slam dunk terms of, its a slam dunk in terms of, you know, lee his own man and you know, lee is his own man and hes going restrained hes not going to be restrained by any parties concerned. Back in 2014 to we had and back in 2014 to we had two defected to ukip , mark two mps defected to ukip, Mark Reckless and douglas carswell. They put it to they both put it to a by election won. And yeah, and by election won. And yeah, and in 2015 the ukip won millions of votes. They didnt. They they held one mp. Yeah. Carswell. That was it. Absolutely. So i mean, is absolutely. So i mean, is this whats going to happen with reform. Yeah. Yeah. I mean it looks like i mean i mean, the first past the post system does not make it easy for challenger parties. Is now a supporter of proportional. Absolutely. Is nigel. Absolutely. As is nigel. Yeah. Mean nigel has for yeah. I mean nigel has been for a i i think, you a while. I mean, i think, you know what what you said andrew was that if we was absolutely right that if we dont may election, we dont have a may election, we should lee fight should expect lee to fight a by election. And from a political junkies point view, political junkies point of view, political junkies point of view, political commentators point of view, what an amazing by election it would be with these this these three parties plus this independent Party Independent whos whose party runs the local. Runs the whole of the local. He . Could he . Could he . Why should no no no no, why should he . No no no no, he was suspended the he was suspended by the conservatives. Yeah. He conservatives. Yeah, yeah. So he doesnt fight. He doesnt have to fight. He doesnt have to fight. He doesnt fight doesnt have to fight a by election. It costs money. Doesnt have to fight a bycosts tion. It costs money. Doesnt have to fight a bycosts costs it costs money. Doesnt have to fight a bycosts costs money. Osts money. Doesnt have to fight a bycosts costs money. I;ts money. Doesnt have to fight a bycosts costs money. I love oney. It costs costs money. I love i love three parties. Lee. We can add £0. 30 lee, which is add that to £0. 30 lee, which is what calls him. And what everybody calls him. And wasnt saying no, wasnt he brilliant saying no, i didnt sunak didnt didnt tell sunak didnt tell i no. Should yeah. No. Should he. Yeah. You sunak obviously but you see sunak obviously considered be an considered him to be an electoral not that long electoral asset. Not that long ago, him leader ago, he made him deputy leader of the conservative party because appeal this. Because of the appeal to this. This. This chairman. This. I hate this chairman. Did i say . Sorry. What did i say . Leader . Deputy of leader . Sorry. Deputy chair of the party, just slight the party, just a slight difference, he does difference, because he does represent this awful phrase. The red wall. Look, when he was in the labour party, i mean, i mean, you know, we joked with him that we should do sticker saying lee for leader because we thought hed be an authentic working class prescott class voice of John Prescott like leader like figure as the deputy leader of didnt of the labour party, we didnt know views would know that his views would develop have at this develop as they have at this point, but realise that point, but i didnt realise that it would leader to it would be lee for leader to keep crossing the name of keep crossing out the name of the party. But but why dont you look at how the parties have changed when parties change peoples views change, you know . Some of what he yeah, i think some of what he does is performative, that does now is performative, that the party longer the labour party no longer represent he represent lees views, and he would and hanson will say would and lee hanson will say the party has him exactly. What p thats what im saying. I dont he has changed massively. I think the country has changed think the parties changed and i think the parties have i think think have changed. I think i think many people same way many people feel the same way and think its important that and i think its important that the labour listen people in the labour listen to people in the red wall. But think sometimes but i think sometimes lee plays up the plays up to wind up the westminster which westminster elite, which obviously , hes, hes so obviously hes, hes, hes so despises. Obviously hes, hes, hes so despisyone of the first things he so one of the first things he said was, i dont know all these long words. Which yeah. Which is, which is a little himself. Little bit unfair on himself. And slightly is slightly and hes slightly it is slightly performative, bright. Hes performative, very bright. Hes very bright. Very hes very bright. Bright, but hes not he is bright, but hes not eloquent in the sort polished eloquent in the sort of polished practice westminster manner. Benhabib and is very nervous. Benhabib and is very nervous. I know i know, and i was surprised at ben actually saying that, repeating that again this week, that saying, you know, i dont know. But but thats dont know. Well, but but thats responding to lee saying, you know, clumsy in my in my know, i was clumsy in my in my speech about about the mayor. Also like the fact but then i also like the fact that is saying we are a that ben is saying we are a party that is going to have some difficult we party that is going to have some diffi not we party that is going to have some diffi not agree we party that is going to have some diffi not agree on we party that is going to have some diffi not agree on everything; may not agree on everything. Theres nothing worse. What theres nothing worse. And what he and saying he was trotting out and saying something is he was trotting out and saying somthats is he was trotting out and saying somthats what is he was trotting out and saying somthats what i is he was trotting out and saying somthats what i respect is he was trotting out and saying somthats what i respect about and thats what i respect about lee and about that they lee and about ben, is that they are politicians who are actually saying had much empty weve had so much empty rhetoric. Weve had years now of politicians answering their own question or not answering any question or not answering any question at all, or literally just nothing , just just saying nothing, just corporate speak. And i think people feel you know, lees many things, but hes not a smooth, you know, cookie cutter politician , you know, well, politician, you know, well, lets talk about the of lets talk about the prince of wales. I we all expected a statement come from Kensington Palace. I did not expect it to be from her directly. So i think its posing more questions than its answered. I mean, so we were told that william took the photo. Well, obviously, is in it obviously, because kate is in it and got a very long arm. Yeah. No, but also it has, basically prince of wales, he has the, what do you call it, the by line credit. The picture. Credit. Yeah. The picture. Credit. Yeah. Credit. Thats it. Credit. Thats it. So i mean, im frankly, i was slightly pushing credulity to think that he, that he, that he took unaided , but it turns took it unaided, but it turns out that he was by his out that he was aided by his missus because she then he must have whatsapped it her and have whatsapped it to her and she from we read, if we she then, from we read, if we read statement, correctly read the statement, correctly that she then played with it on her phone and, and made the changes which have got it into hot water, which again seems very me. Very odd to me. Have then sent it she would have then sent it to palace to Kensington Palace communications. Didnt know. Communications hub. Didnt know. Would have there you would have thought there would on this. Would be real scrutiny on this. Yes. What slightly confused yes. What im slightly confused about i dont think its about is i dont think its beyond the realms of possibility that the photo, then that he took the photo, and then she fiddled the way you she fiddled with it the way you do. Tend to be bit more do. Women tend to be a bit more fussy about they and fussy about how they look, and maybe im maybe fiddle with it. What im confused about changing confused about is changing things know, the things such as, you know, the specifics. Really has. It specifics. It really has. It hasnt filtered. And hasnt just been filtered. And to her look rosier or to to make her look rosier or to make give a bit of a make her to give her a bit of a tan , the kind of basics that tan, the kind of basics that people looks like its people do, it looks like its been in quite odd ways. Been altered in quite odd ways. So think that, you know, so i am i think that, you know, oh , what a tangled web we weave oh, what a tangled web we weave because getting further. Because theyre getting further. What about the deeper into this, that this, into this minefield that suggests it was taken last summer . Well, i mean, thats what the thats what thats what people are sceptics. I wont say conspiracy say thats conspiracy that i say thats what saying. What sceptics are saying. I just think very odd. Think its all very, very odd. Heel and shes got and the heel and shes got a heel and the heel and shes got a heel. The prince, the little whats, she called, charlotte. Charlotte. How can she. Charlotte. How can she. She has a heel on one shoe and not on the other, you know what i mean . Its weird. Its weird. Even weirder. Even weirder. The reason cant get away the reason you cant get away with sort of manipulation with this sort of manipulation anymore everybody anymore is because everybody has access software. And also, access to software. And also, there are so many Armchair Detectives out there now. You obe, youre only going to have to compare the childrens to go and compare the childrens teeth. Good teeth. It takes a very good point. If you look at the teeth, you can when pictures you can know when these pictures were taken. You are the conspiracy queen. You are the conspiracy queen. Thats just mother thinking. Because you havent even because if you havent even thought of that bottom tooth, then mother, you look then you as a mother, you look at when youre looking at pictures your kids, work pictures of your kids, you work out. Was oh, she out. When was that . Oh, she didnt two front. Yeah, didnt have a two front. Yeah, yeah. Thats can yeah. 2017. Thats how you can tell the picture was taken. Tell when the picture was taken. Its so bizarre that its just so bizarre that at a time when the, the whole point of photo was to an of this photo was to be an antidote to those rumours online, people antidote to those rumours online,that people antidote to those rumours online,that x, people antidote to those rumours online,that x, y people antidote to those rumours online,that x, y and people antidote to those rumours online,that x, y and hadeople saying that x, y and z had happened that she was happened to her, that she was much iller than than we were being to believe. Being led to believe. Youve to and yet youve managed to make to just make it, you managed to just just stoke that fire. Just to stoke that fire. Be antidote its meant to be an antidote to theories her to the theories of her disappearance. It meant to disappearance. It was meant to be building trust. Yeah. Yeah. What. And its done. Thats what. And its done. Exactly. Reassuring. Reassuring. Think it meant to be i think it was meant to be reassuring public. I would reassuring the public. I would be that is be astonished if that is a photo, a year old photo that they they dare, they are, that they dare, or nearly from last summer. Nearly a photo from last summer. I that there would i do not with that there would be a row. Yeah. And you be such a row. Yeah. And you know can the fashion know you can have the fashion line say, well, we hadnt line can say, well, we hadnt released jumper, know, released that jumper, you know, because lovely french. Somebody theyre somebody making, theyre probably asking , probably making, theyre asking, somebody checking. Probably making, theyre asking, sonand dy checking. Probably making, theyre asking, sonand also checking. Probably making, theyre asking, sonand also cheyboots because and also her boots because she those boots a few she wears those boots a few times. There are her favourites. So could probably look at the so we could probably look at the boots work out you but boots and work out you know. But this madness. This is madness. Its that even this is madness. To its that even this is madness. To do that even this is madness. To do that. That even this is madness. To do that. And even this is madness. To do that. And just en have to do that. And it just shows that palace needs to shows that the palace needs to work a better of work out a better way of communicating. When communicating. Because when members have members of the royal family have health issues, you know, we need to balance between the, to find a balance between the, you found they you know, nobody found out. They didnt they didnt even tell king was dying king george that he was dying until, know, that he had until, you know, that he had cancer until, know, the cancer until, you know, the sticking on sticking of the notice on buckingham somebody sticking of the notice on buckingaway, somebody sticking of the notice on buckingaway, is, somebody sticking of the notice on buckingaway, is, you;omebody sticking of the notice on buckingaway, is, you know,ydy passes away, which is, you know, as the first we hear about it versus its modern clashing versus its the modern clashing with running commentary. This with running commentary. In this age, find a balance. Age, you have to find a balance. Heard walker you heard Cameron Walker making in the making the point that in the prince kings address, prince in the kings address, commonwealth address, hes referring expression referring to the expression i will the best of my will serve to the best of my abilities. Now, already, now people thats what people are making. Thats what the queen said at the Platinum Jubilee. Had when her jubilee. She had when her capacity was reduced. Yeah. Almost knew she only almost certainly knew she only had. If now again, had months. If now again, because havent complete because we havent got complete transparency king. Is transparency with the king. Is he telling us . I think we know more about it completely. But i feel we know more about the king. Weve of course, seen the king. Weve of course, seen the you since he the king you know, since he started treatment. Started his treatment. Were not seeing him today. Were not seeing him today. Were not seeing him today. 75 years old, huge moment for the and wont the commonwealth. And he wont be yeah, and of course, be there. Yeah, and of course, one of the interesting things for republicans course, for republicans is, of course, as presiding, the as the queen is presiding, the queen of blood. Queen is not of royal blood. She shes like any she is, shes just like any of so, you know, she could of us. So, you know, she could have elected president have been an elected president and with it. And getting away with it. So, know, and i almost so, you know, and i almost think im just to so, you know, and i almost thinibut im just to so, you know, and i almost thinibut i im just to so, you know, and i almost thinibut i love just to so, you know, and i almost thinibut i love a|st to so, you know, and i almost thinibut i love a bit to so, you know, and i almost thinibut i love a bit we to so, you know, and i almost thinibut i love a bit we were say. But i love a bit we were told categorically we would told categorically that we would not i know thats not see the i know thats better. Yeah. So theyve capitulated. Capitulated to. Yes. Yes. Either stick to what think. Either stick to what i think. I should have i think they should have actually preserved, know, actually preserved, you know, not until easter and not done this until easter and just that as their, their just had that as their, as their because said the other because when they said the other mothers day photo, this isnt the mothers or mothering the only mothers or mothering sunday my, my late mum would sunday is my, my late mum would have calling it have insisted on calling it which it. Which she does it. Mother mothering which she does it. Imother mothering which she does it. I suppose. Iothering which she does it. Yeah, suppose. Iothering which she does it. Yeah, supp ofmothering which she does it. Yeah, supp of usthering which she does it. Yeah, supp of us were|g yeah, none of us were expecting but the other expecting that, but the other mothering photo, of mothering sunday photo, of course, halliwell, course, is geri halliwell, as posted her other half, posted by her other half, christian horner, no christian homer, and we have no time talk about it. Time to talk about it. For now. Dont go anywhere though. To though. Were going to be talking a stop oil talking to a Just Stop Oil protesters a moment. Protesters in just a moment. They ruin your summer they are out to ruin your summer holidays. We will be finding out why. Though very latest why. First, though very latest news sam. News with sam. Beth. Andrew, thank you very much. 1130 exactly. The headunes much. 1130 exactly. The headlines this half hour as weve been hearing, lee anderson has become reform uks first mp after he defected from the conservatives responding to the news, a conservative Party Spokesperson said a vote for reform would be a vote for sir keir starmer. Reform would be a vote for sir keir starmer. But speaking in keir starmer. But speaking in london earlier, mr anderson said he would use a new platform to speak for millions of british people. People. Parliament doesnt seem to understand what many british people want and quite frankly, some of them to get out some of them need to get out more. I made some remarks a few more. I made some remarks a few weeks back about the london mayor, for which i was stripped of the whip from the conservative party. And let me be clear right now, on this stage, i will not apologise. It is no secret that ive been talking my friends in reform talking to my friends in reform for a while, and reform uk has offered me the chance to speak out in parliament on behalf of millions of people up and down the who feel that the country who feel that theyre not being listened to. Theyre not being listened to. In other news, the princess of wales has now apologised for confusion over a family photograph that was issued on mothers day. Its after the image was withdrawn over concerns it may have been altered. The princess said that, like amateur photographers, like many amateur photographers, she occasionally experiments with. Kensington palace with editing. Kensington palace has also said it has no plans to reissue the original, unedited photo. And the queen is leading photo. And the queen is leading the royal family at this years Commonwealth Day service as the king continues his Cancer Treatment this years events drawing on the theme of resilience against the backdrop of various Health Worries within the royal family, though hell miss todays service, his majesty will deliver a video message promising to serve the 56 member countries to the best of his ability, echoing a pledge by his late mother. Those are by his late mother. Those are the headlines. For more, you by his late mother. Those are the headlines. For more, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the qr code. There on your screen or go to gb news. Com alerts. Alerts. For exclusive, limited edition and rare gold coins that are always newsworthy, rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news Financial Report , and news Financial Report, and heres a look at the markets this morning. The pound will buy you 1. 2845 and the pound will buy you 151. 2845 and ,1. 1741. 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Yes, and lee has previously spoken about how you should trigger trigger a by election under these kind of circumstance cases. So should there be a by election . We got that question to him. We got that question to him. He was with chris hope and he said, well, ive said andrew and bev, theres possibly an election in may. We dont need a by election. I dont think anybody thinks theres an election. Theres not going to be an election. Theres no election in may. Lets by election theres no election in may. Lets yes by election june. Yes i mean, it would be principled he said principled considering he said so that thats the so previously that thats the right thing to do. Also looking at rise but also looking at the rise of ukip 2014, they won in of ukip in 2014, they won in august, douglas carswell, defected conservatives defected from the conservatives to ukip. He was a big believer in direct democracy. He he held a by election in his own seat so that he could swap from one party to another, and he won with 60 of the vote. Yeah, he did. And then in rochester and strood, down strood, which was 100 seats down ukips it wasnt ukips target list, it wasnt a top target. The demographics werent particularly ukip and Mark Reckless their their candidate, the former conservative switched to ukip held a by election and they won that one two. It showed a confident party. Yeah. And it showed momentum for that party. So theres a real question of the tactics of reform uk here if theyre not going to hold a by election. Is that going to stunt their momentum. Theres likely a by election up in likely to be a by election up in blackpool south. Yeah it will be a clamour in a few in a few weeks. How will they do there. More longer time. Will they find different seat to find him a different seat to stand where hes a in . Stand for where hes a shoo in . Oh, thats the worst sort of. Well, your ideas to tom and well, send your ideas to tom and emily like lee emily where youd like lee anderson to stand. And one final, one and theres one final, one final to note leave final thing to note to leave them on on a cliff hanger. Them on the on a cliff hanger. Youll have to tune 12. Youll have to tune in at 12. All that, course. All that, of course. Be tuning theyll be tuning break. Whats the time . The time is 1138. Youre with britains news one gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. And the time. Is it time up for the tories . Because reform uk will be delighted. Thats right. Theyve delighted. Thats right. Theyve got first mp. He is got their first tory mp. He is lee anderson of this parish. They be regretting big time they will be regretting big time suspending him from the party because if they hadnt suspended him still be a tory mp. Him he would still be a tory mp. Well, deborah i am a well, deborah says i am a Current Conservative Party Member Association member and Previous Association chairman like lee chairman and officer like lee anderson. Ive been doing an anderson. Ive been doing an awful of searching with awful lot of soul searching with regards political regards to my political allegiances. I down from allegiances. I stepped down from my involvement with the my deep involvement with the local i could not, local federation. I could not, with good conscience, on with good conscience, stand on doorsteps, campaigning for a party contributed to party that has contributed to the downfall of our country and the downfall of our country and the i did not believe the values i did not believe in. I already decided to vote i have already decided to vote for reform. Yeah. For reform. Yeaimarion says ignore and marion says ignore criticism moving criticism of lee moving from both because started both labour because he started off with labour, then he went to the just doing what the tories. Hes just doing what electors wall did, electors from the red wall did, were to the were moving to the conservatives. George says, were moving to the co andrew ves. George says, were moving to the co andrew and george says, were moving to the co andrew and bev,3eorge says, were moving to the coandrew and bev, youge says, were moving to the coandrew and bev, you needs, were moving to the coandrew and bev, you need to hi andrew and bev, you need to rethink that. The reform party will seats the will not win any seats in the next may may next election. They may they may be point. George be just making the point. George is when ukip were on this is that when ukip were on this roll had two roll and they had two defections, which they both held one at by elections, carswell held on to his seat in 2015. Reckless didnt and they got no other mps. Ukip absolutely great news for us all, says alan, that lee anderson is joining the reform party and what a fantastic speech. He tells it like it is. He represents my views, jeremy. Everything that man said is truth. Millions resonating truth. Millions are resonating with his thoughts. More success to reform. Interestingly, ive to reform. Interestingly, ive been looking at some of how the news sites have reporting. Lee andersons arrival at the reform party. And of course, theyre party. And of course, theyre very much explicitly making the connection with nigel farage. So theyre announcing it as lee anderson joins Nigel Farages party, because much as we like richard the big beast in richard tice, the big beast in the jungle, theyre the biggest beast is nigel farage. He really is. He really is. And of course, those websites at the guardian websites. And you know, they know that there is association for many is an association for many people with nigel farage absolutely middle. Some absolutely down the middle. Some people some people people love him, some people despise nigel and lee anderson is also fits that kind of marmite mould. Yes, he is marmite. He is. Yeah, i like him, i like him, but what i like him and what lee said there is i think i am, i think i represent the nation, he said. The mood of the nation, he said. I am speaking to and i think i hes right that there is i think hes right that there is a change in the air. Yeah. And i think these marches, saturday for marches, every saturday for palestine, not palestine, which are not peaceful , theyre seen that the peaceful, theyre seen that the police are a blind eye police are turning a blind eye to anti semitism, which is to the anti semitism, which is on evidence and the moment. Well, i gave the example in the papers today, the picture of the guy holding the hammers poster up hammers a terrorist bundled to the ground arrested and to the ground and arrested and such to the ground and arrested and sucand people, of course, and some people, of course, would they marching would say that they are marching for peace. Thats they for peace. Thats what they are marching just need marching for in gaza. Just need to out. To point that out. All the wokeist world its all the wokeist world today. All these councils spending of pounds on spending millions of pounds on diversity, nhs spending diversity, the nhs spending millions we millions of pounds. What do we need this need all this for . Morning and philip, good morning philip. Pensioner philip. Philip is a pensioner living in spain and philip has said vote for bev turner as said i vote for bev turner as Prime Minister shes the most sensible person the job that sensible person for the job that is not a big group of people right now. And did you know . I didnt know bev turner had brother in know bev turner had a brother in spain, philip. Spain, philip. Right, keep oh. Thanks, mom. Right, keep your coming. Gb views at your views coming. Gb views at gb news. Com still to come . Just stop oil. Say that they will glue themselves the runway. Glue themselves to the runway. This spoil your this airport to spoil your holiday. How dare they . Andrew and going to be getting and i are going to be getting stuck into one of their activists here in the Climate Change activists. Just stop oil. Call them what you will. Are planning to ruin family holidays this summer by wreaking havoc at airports across the country. Thats right. They have plans to storm terminal buildings, to hold sit glue themselves to hold sit ins, glue themselves to run ways. We are joined now in the studio by Just Stop Oil campaigner sean sean, campaigner sean irish. Sean, thank for coming thank you very much for coming in. What gives you the right to spoil peoples holidays . When they work hard all year, they make money to go away once a year and enjoy a week of sun, and then you lot are going to be sat there stopping their plane. Take off. It breaks my heart. So bev, i took a train up here today and the train was delayed due disruptions delayed due to disruptions on the rail. Whos going to be the rail. Whos going to be served section for that . Served the section 12 for that . Who to be put in jail . Who is going to be put in jail . Whos going be arrested and whos going to be arrested and put court . One, because put in court . No one, because its government failures. What just is the Just Stop Oil is saying is the government to take action. Government needs to take action. They to take on the they need to take action on the cost living, energy cost of living, the Energy Crisis the climate crisis. Crisis and the climate crisis. There a simple demand just there is a simple demand just stop just tory oil stop new oil, just stop tory oil and there will be no need for us to take direct action. You wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop because this government is doing this. Government is doing quite a lot already, you know that. You know theyre failing. Andrew, lie. Andrew, lets not lie. So no, no, im not lying. You are. Why go back to bevs question. What right have you got to sit a runway and stop got to sit on a runway and stop a plane taking off . When people have for that money have worked hard for that money all round . It be the all year round . It may be the only they can afford to have. We w so we are looking at a cost of crisis. We to be of living crisis. We have to be realistic about this 1 of aviation. Who take aviation. The people who take the contribute of the flights contribute 50 of aviation , right . This is Aviation Fuels, right . This is a massive contributor to the climate crisis. What we are saying is the government is not taking action. And have taking action. And what have people historically, when taking action. And what have peop governmentyrically, when taking action. And what have peop government ignoreswhen taking action. And what have peop government ignores them, their government ignores them, they make they take action. They make themselves un ignored. You want to all do you want to ground all flights . Dont you . No. Not really. No. I want no. Not really. No. Iwant the you do or you the government. You do or you dont. Today rishi dont. Well, if today rishi sunak says we will sunak comes out and says we will not with the genocidal not continue with the genocidal policy of new oil and gas, then no, i will not go anywhere near runways. Well, hes not going to do that, is he . What i find fascinating. Can you how would you politics, your you describe your politics, your political you describe your politics, your pol i ical you describe your politics, your poll believe in democracy. I believe in democracy. I believe that power should be given the people. Given back to the people. I believe citizens assemblies. Believe in citizens assemblies. I should be held i believe our mps should be held to account. Realise that you but do you realise that you are doing the work of all the big corporations the moment big corporations at the moment in of stopping us normal in terms of stopping us normal people travelling and people from travelling and allowing the elites to carry on in private jets . Youre in their private jets . Youre doing their work for them completely opposition what completely in opposition to what you your politics is. You would say your politics is. What a ridiculous statement. You this the arguments you know, this is the arguments that have been said against every protest throughout every single protest throughout history. Unfortunately, people history. Unfortunately, people like news will not talk to like gb news will not talk to us. As you said before, i came in, youre literally, why am i here . Why am i here . Because youre one of the very few people who, one of the people who will come in and have these debates. And we had my you for im here because caused im here because we caused disruption that us disruption and that makes us newsworthy. Im here. Newsworthy. Thats why im here. If not if i was just at if i did not if i was just at home these views, home with these political views, you gb news you would not have me on gb news right now. Then understand but then that i understand that and i understand that you need do some sort of radical need to do some sort of radical protest. But youre losing the public. When public. Thats right. So when you sunak and keir you have rishi sunak and keir starmer rowing back on their green its because green policies, its because theyre responding to the electorate of your theyre responding to the electorayou of your theyre responding to the electorayou have of your theyre responding to the electorayou have alienated even means. You have alienated even people who want a cleaner planet, cleaner waters, cleaner air. Most of us want environmental changes. Were just not entirely. Youre telling me very radical. So radical that mothers are sitting at home going, you know what, i think its fine. I cant afford food for my baby because people are so because these people are so annoying that its okay. Hang on. This is no ones saying on. No, this is no ones saying that. Are saying need to that. We are saying we need to take action. People in the take action. The people in the pubuc take action. The people in the public saying labour public are saying the labour party £28 party is abandoned by its £28 billion splurge on billion a year annual splurge on green. Green projects. Its £28 billion a year all around europe. Is happening around europe. This is happening too. You are too. Its because you are undermining the cause. You are turning it into an issue where people who ordinarily be on your side, youre losing the people. You have to take the people with you, and the people are on board. Youve lost the labour party, youve lost the labour party, youve lost the labour party, the labour party have been for years. Been lost for years. Dont think can take i dont think we can take responsibility that. I dont think we can take res|thatslity that. I dont think we can take res|thats the that. I dont think we can take res|thats the government, the thats the government, the next government. Youve lost them so protest them already. So this protest are to on with are going to carry on with labour then. Are going to carry on with labso then. Are going to carry on with labso what. Are going to carry on with labso what we are saying is that so what we are saying is that we need a return to democracy. If labour going to if labour is not going to represent the people represent what the people need, then to then people are going to take action like they in action just like they have in the past. Do not like the past. If you do not like annoying protesters, make your government do something that doesnt protested. Doesnt need to be protested. Youre saying the people but youre saying the people want this. People want a net zero. People want no, no, they dont necessarily. Dont know dont necessarily. I dont know where youre getting that figure from. Be to from. People want to be able to afford fuel. They want to afford their fuel. They want to heat houses. Heat their houses. You are we getting that you know, are we getting that our fuel economy . Our fossil fuel economy . Getting that right are we getting that right now . That by now . Are we getting that by funding millions taxpayers funding millions of taxpayers money fuel money into the fossil fuel industry . That by industry . Are we getting that by not fuel . We not taxing Aviation Fuel . Are we getting that by not fairly taxing and taxing millionaires and billionaires . Be billionaires . When will you be that getting . That what were getting . You happy . What when will you be happy . What would government policy need when will you be happy . What wc look government policy need when will you be happy . What wc look like overnment policy need when will you be happy . What wc look like for rnment policy need when will you be happy . What wc look like for you ant policy need when will you be happy . What wc look like for you ant p to y need to look like for you guys to stop disrupting peoples times . Had just stop have gb news had Just Stop Oil on many . So what just oil on many . So what is just stop demand . Stop oils demand . I presume you want you want no oil . Want a net zero no new oil . You want a net zero policy . Presumably this, but to be honest , this is no new oil. Be honest, this is no new oil. No new oil and gas is our simple demand end. New oil and gas. Simple demand end. New oil and gaswhat we replace it with . What do we replace it with . What do we replace it with . So again we can dive overnight like if you want it to stop that can go live. So were not saying overnight you not demand. You thats not our demand. Going well thats whats going to happen people on happen to these people sat on the in aeroplanes. The runways in their aeroplanes. Stopping their youre youre stopping their houday youre youre stopping their holsoy youre youre stopping their holso again, train was so again, my train was delayed here. Whos going to be held for that. Held into prison for that. Keep changing why do you keep changing the subject . Back to subject . Ill just go back to the on the plane who the people on the plane who are going to alicante for a weeks holiday. Theyre watching this going to alicante for a weeks holidtheyve re watching this going to alicante for a weeks holidtheyve re watupng this going to alicante for a weeks holidtheyve re watupng tit s now. Theyve saved up for it all year again year round. Explain again to them youre not them why they why youre not going them do it again. Going to let them do it again. It is not. This is this is what direct action is. This is what direct action is. This is what getting the news is what getting on to the news is about. Explain about. Will you explain our voice heard. Explain it. Explain it. We saying that we do not we are saying that we do not want disrupt people. Want to disrupt people. You disrupting so why but you are disrupting so why are it . Are you explain it . Doing it because we are doing it because unfortunately, not unfortunately, if we do not cause gb will cause disruption, gb news will not have us we do not not have us on. If we do not cause disruption, we do put cause disruption, we do not put pressure on the government. Much you achieved how much have you achieved politically these politically since these ridiculous protests have started . Ridiculous protests have started party, which labour party, which is abandoned. Labour party, which is abahanged. Weve lost spending. Hang on, weve lost spending. Hang on, weve lost spending. Entirely. So every you not entirely. So every you have. On. Finish the have. Hang on. Let me finish the question ending new oil and question of ending new oil and gas licences. Let me go back to it. No, no, let me go back to it. The labour abandoned the labour party has abandoned that splurge the labour party has abandoned thegreen splurge the labour party has abandoned thegreen issues. Splurge the labour party has abandoned thegreen issues. Youve splurge the labour party has abandoned thegreen issues. Youve lost|rge on green issues. Youve lost them. What you achieved them. What have you achieved with protests . Youve with these protests . All youve done in done is put people in ambulances. Some of them have had health had serious, Serious Health issues because of the disruption youve caused, whether its on motorways with ambulances, fire and officers, thats and protection officers, thats what. What youre doing. So one, we have a blue light policy. We do not stop ambulances. Weve seen it with our own eyes. Weve seen it our own eyes. Weve seen it with our own eyes. Weve seen it with our own eyes about this. Eyes clear about this. Is causing ambulance what is causing ambulance delays to the nhs. What delays is cuts to the nhs. What is seen with is causing. Weve seen it with our own eyes. I think what ive heard you say is we are attention seeking in order to keep this the in order to keep this in the pubuc in order to keep this in the public consciousness. Fine get all the attention you want, but you havent taken the politicians you you politicians with you and you havent taken the people and your frustration. Stop you for let me stop you for two seconds. E w w s no, let me just no, no, no, let me just finish your frustration of not having today. Having your train come today. Thats having your train come today. Thawe all, all know it. We all, we all know it. We all, we all know it. We all know it. And whats going this summer when going to happen this summer when you planes , you disrupt these planes, everybodys to feel that everybodys going to feel that sitting planes. And sitting on those planes. And its not fair on the British Public. Cant anything public. They cant do anything about stop. Just about it. They cant stop. Just stop if you want to get stop oil. If you want to get involved politics, involved in politics, get involved in politics, get involved politics, stand involved in politics, stand in an election, something meaningful. Put your very youve just put your very much of what much nail in the coffin of what were saying public. And were saying the public. And thats you thats terrifying, dont you think . Democracy, the think . In a democracy, the people cant do anything . Think . In a democracy, the peotheyant do anything . Think . In a democracy, the peothey wantio anything . Think . In a democracy, the peo they want to anything . Think . In a democracy, the peothey want to go thing . Think . In a democracy, the peo they want to go thin holiday terrifying. W m emm e m holiday. A they want to go on holiday. A political represents political system that represents the where the people, because thats where this way, lets it to the this way, lets put it to the ballot. Lets put peoples ballot. Lets put in peoples assemblies. Assemblies. m assemblies. Go on holiday, where do you go on holiday, by way . By the way . Been on holiday in i havent been on holiday in years. Last holiday went. Was years. Last holiday i went. Was it in right. Okay not w. W. youd want to go im not sure youd want to go along you actually, because along with you actually, because you a lot of you would probably be a lot of fun dont mind me saying fun if you dont mind me saying that. But think people that. But do you think people watching, you going to say watching, are you going to say to im sorry, coming to them, im sorry, im coming after your holiday . To them, im sorry, im coming afteso our holiday . To them, im sorry, im coming afteso again,liday . To them, im sorry, im coming afteso again, were coming so again, were not coming after yes, after peoples holidays . Yes, you same way we you are per se. Same way when we were the roads, were targeting the roads, we were targeting the roads, we were saying that you cannot were not saying that you cannot drive car. Not saying were not saying that you cannot driveall car. Not saying were not saying that you cannot driveall flights not saying were not saying that you cannot driveall flights need not saying were not saying that you cannot driveall flights need tot saying were not saying that you cannot driveall flights need to be aying that all flights need to be stopped for ever. What we are saying is we take a saying is we need to take a logical we logical approach to this. We need to take need the government to take logical divesting logical steps towards divesting from fuel economy. It from the fossil fuel economy. It is benefiting british is not benefiting the british people struggling people who are struggling in a cost living it is not cost of living crisis. It is not making look good on an on an making us look good on an on an international where our international footing where our government is saying to some countries government is saying to some countfossil fuels, but were from fossil fuels, but were going investing. You going to keep investing. So you do it us, but were not do it for us, but were not going to do you know, it going to do it. You know, it makes britain look weak. Be protesting shouldnt you be protesting outside Chinese Embassy . Outside the Chinese Embassy . You should come yeah. And you should come with me. Isnt m h well, isnt that where theyre or the indian or the indian where theyre Indian Embassy where theyre really pollution . Really pumping pollution . Think is so dont you think it is so hypocritical for over in hypocritical for us over in britain go over to china and britain to go over to china and say, not going to do say, look, were not going to do anything. Wont do it because anything. We wont do it because we you know, first we enjoy our, you know, first world and going we enjoy our, you know, first wccontinue and going we enjoy our, you know, first wccontinue destroy going to continue to destroy the planet. Were were planet. What were doing, were not ignore what were doing. Sean. Sean. Peoples court, its been there electric bill there electric and gas bill every quarter. Lets put to the well, lets put it to the people. Demand peoples assemblies defend assemblies get gb news to defend peoples assemblies and actually put it to the people. By the way, youre the by the way, youre doing the work the major corporations. Labour, by the way, have just abandoned plan abandoned their plan for peoples appreciate you sean, we appreciate you coming and conversation. Just coming in and conversation. Just stop Oil Campaigner sean irish there. Thank you very much. Right. Thats it from britains newsroom today. Up next, emily and tom. Here they are. Defection to start the a defection to start the week. What could role from week. But what could role from here is this the first of many. And how do the conservative party respond. Could they be in for electoral wipe out. For electoral wipe out. And princess catherine has apologised for the confusion over her family photographs. She says she was simply experimenting with photoshop, but now there are calls for to her release the unedited photograph should she or should she ignore them . All of that after your weather. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello. Very good day to you. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. For many , it is the met office. For many, it is going to stay largely dry as we goi 90 ng to st ay large ly d ry a s w e going to stay largely dry as we go through today, but a bit of a chilly feel towards eastern parts pressure to parts because low pressure to the southeast of the uk is dragging an easterly wind, dragging in an easterly wind, and thats a chilly wind and were to quite a bit were going to see quite a bit of cloud here. Thick cloud could lead few spots of rain and lead to a few spots of rain and some murky conditions lingering into afternoon. Otherwise, into the afternoon. Otherwise, though places largely dry, though many places largely dry, some of rain for some outbreaks of rain for Northern Ireland, and perhaps western scotland too, and a few showers in the southwest of the uk. But here also some decent bright or sunny spells. Temperatures around are a touch below average for the time of yeah below average for the time of year. Said, feeling year. Like i said, feeling chilly the east later on chilly towards the east later on as we go through the evening, some persistent rain some more persistent rain feeding of feeding in across parts of northwest scotland. Then northwest scotland. But then its through the early its as we go through the early hours that were likely to see some spreading parts some rain spreading across parts of northern and then of Northern Ireland and then reaching of reaching western parts of england, and scotland, two england, wales and scotland, two further staying and further east, staying dry and there will be some clear skies, perhaps a touch of frost and also a few patches of fog to watch out for. But most places starting relatively mild tomorrow. However, as we go through it is going to through tomorrow, it is going to be wet. It is going to be windy at two heaviest rain at times. Two the heaviest rain likely over Higher Ground likely to be over Higher Ground towards the west, particularly over mountains over the hills and mountains of nonh over the hills and mountains of north we could see north wales. Here we could see some totals building some significant totals building up, places will see up, but most places will see some and windy some wet and windy weather for a time. But temperatures rising. Time. But temperatures rising. We some warmer air pushing we have some warmer air pushing in, or 14 in, so highs of around 13 or 14 by by. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good afternoon. Britain. Its 12 00 on monday, the 11th of march. Lee joins nigel lee anderson dramatically quits the conservatives today to join the reform party , becoming their reform party, becoming their first mp. Well, other tories follow. And who could be next . Follow. And who could be next . Kate apologised. His princess kate apologised. His princess catherine issued an official apology over the manipulated photograph of her and her children, released on mothering sunday. She says she was simply experimenting with editing, but is now facing calls to release the original picture and the met police under fire. The police have been accused of pandering to extremists as they arrest a man with a sign calling hamas terrorists, but allow pro Palestine Protesters to celebrate attacks on british ships